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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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Les Bordes Golf International (#73 in the World)
Full Review →: Les Bordes Golf International (#73 in the World)Baron Bich’s private forest masterpiece — France’s best course by a margin. Les Bordes’ 14 water features and…
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National Golf Links of America (#72 in the World)
Full Review →: National Golf Links of America (#72 in the World)C.B. Macdonald’s “ideal” course — every template hole from British links golf contextualised in the Southampton dunes. The…
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Aberdovey Golf Club (#71 in the World)
Full Review →: Aberdovey Golf Club (#71 in the World)Bernard Darwin’s beloved home course — “the course my heart loves best.” Aberdovey at the Dyfi estuary is…
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Costa Navarino — The Dunes Course (#70 in the World)
Full Review →: Costa Navarino — The Dunes Course (#70 in the World)Twice European Golf Resort of the Year — Costa Navarino Dunes Course combines thousand-year-old olive trees, Ionian Sea…
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Royal Adelaide Golf Club (#69 in the World)
Full Review →: Royal Adelaide Golf Club (#69 in the World)Australia’s most underrated championship course — Royal Adelaide’s Seaton dunes links is consistently rated in the country’s top…
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Penha Longa — Atlantic Course (#68 in the World)
Full Review →: Penha Longa — Atlantic Course (#68 in the World)Kyle Phillips’s Sintra Hills redesign — Penha Longa’s Atlantic Course overlooks UNESCO heritage landscape from the Ritz-Carlton estate.…
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Bandon Dunes Golf Course (#67 in the World)
Full Review →: Bandon Dunes Golf Course (#67 in the World)The course that launched America’s greatest resort story — David McLay Kidd’s 1999 original Bandon Dunes remains the…
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North Berwick Golf Club — West Links (#66 in the World)
Full Review →: North Berwick Golf Club — West Links (#66 in the World)The original Redan, Bass Rock and the Pit bunker — North Berwick West Links is golf’s most inventive…
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Emirates Golf Club — Majlis Course (#65 in the World)
Full Review →: Emirates Golf Club — Majlis Course (#65 in the World)The first grass course in the Middle East — Faldo’s 1989 inaugural Dubai Desert Classic win. Emirates Golf…
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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…
