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Top 100 Golf Courses
One hundred courses. Thirty-two countries. Six continents. Every ranking personally assessed for Golf Quality, Playability, Setting, Conditioning and the Complete Experience — the most authoritative list in golf travel.
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Durban Country Club (#82 in the World)
Full Review →: Durban Country Club (#82 in the World)South Africa’s finest urban course — Durban Country Club’s subtropical parkland above the Indian Ocean combines South African…
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Golf de Morfontaine (#81 in the World)
Full Review →: Golf de Morfontaine (#81 in the World)France’s most private golf club — Tom Simpson’s 1927 Picardy heathland masterpiece rivals Sunningdale for design quality and…
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Bandon Trails (#80 in the World)
Full Review →: Bandon Trails (#80 in the World)Bandon’s most architecturally sophisticated course — Coore and Crenshaw’s inland forest routing delivers more terrain variety and strategic…
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Old Prestwick Golf Club (#79 in the World)
Full Review →: Old Prestwick Golf Club (#79 in the World)The birthplace of The Open Championship in 1860 — Old Prestwick’s Cardinal Bunker, Alps blind hole and Victorian…
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PGA Catalunya — Stadium Course (#78 in the World)
Full Review →: PGA Catalunya — Stadium Course (#78 in the World)Spain’s finest course outside Valderrama — PGA Catalunya’s Stadium Course in the Pyrenean foothills combines Augusta conditioning with…
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Kawana Hotel Golf Course — Fuji Course (#77 in the World)
Full Review →: Kawana Hotel Golf Course — Fuji Course (#77 in the World)Mount Fuji on the horizon, eight Pacific clifftop holes and Charles Alison’s finest Japanese design — Kawana Fuji…
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Royal Troon Golf Club — Old Course (#76 in the World)
Full Review →: Royal Troon Golf Club — Old Course (#76 in the World)The Postage Stamp — 123 yards, Gene Sarazen’s hole-in-one aged 71 and the shortest hole in Open history.…
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Blackwolf Run — River Course (#75 in the World)
Full Review →: Blackwolf Run — River Course (#75 in the World)Se Ri Pak’s barefoot recovery shot, the Sheboygan River valley and Pete Dye’s most dramatic Wisconsin creation —…
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Sentosa Golf Club — Serapong Course (#74 in the World)
Full Review →: Sentosa Golf Club — Serapong Course (#74 in the World)Singapore Open host and Southeast Asia’s finest course — Sentosa Serapong combines tropical jungle drama, Straits of Singapore…
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Courses, Homepage: Editor’s Picks, Top 100 Golf Courses, Top 100: UK & Ireland, UK & Ireland, World-Class CoursesRoyal County Down — Championship Course (#1 in the World)
Read More →: Royal County Down — Championship Course (#1 in the World)Location: Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland Partner Accommodation: Slieve Donard Resort Editor’s Note (Low-Handicap Perspective): > RCD is…
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Discover Scotland’s Top 3 Hidden Gem Links Courses: Luxury Golf Classics
Read More →: Discover Scotland’s Top 3 Hidden Gem Links Courses: Luxury Golf ClassicsIf you love golf as much as I do, then Scotland feels like hallowed ground. It’s the birthplace…
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A Family Affair on a Ryder Cup Icon: Playing the Twenty Ten at Celtic Manor
Read More →: A Family Affair on a Ryder Cup Icon: Playing the Twenty Ten at Celtic Manor6–7 Min Read • The Global Golfer Some golf courses have history. A few have pedigree. But only…
