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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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Hirono Golf Club (#55 in the World)
Full Review →: Hirono Golf Club (#55 in the World)Japan’s greatest course — Charles Alison’s Rokko Forest masterpiece near Kobe is one of the 20 finest courses…
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Merion Golf Club — East Course (#54 in the World)
Full Review →: Merion Golf Club — East Course (#54 in the World)Bobby Jones’s Grand Slam venue. Justin Rose’s 2-iron on 18. The wicker baskets. Merion East is America’s most…
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Wentworth Club — West Course (#53 in the World)
Full Review →: Wentworth Club — West Course (#53 in the World)The Burma Road — English golf’s most televised stage. Harry Colt’s Wentworth West Course, enhanced by Ernie Els,…
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TPC Sawgrass — Stadium Course (#52 in the World)
Full Review →: TPC Sawgrass — Stadium Course (#52 in the World)The 17th island green — the most photographed hole on earth. Pete Dye’s Players Championship venue is the…
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Sunningdale Golf Club — New Course (#51 in the World)
Full Review →: Sunningdale Golf Club — New Course (#51 in the World)Harry Colt’s more demanding companion to Willie Park Jr.’s Old Course — many scratch golfers rate the New…
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Sunningdale Golf Club — Old Course (#50 in the World)
Full Review →: Sunningdale Golf Club — Old Course (#50 in the World)Bobby Jones’s perfect round — 66 in 1926 qualifying. Sunningdale Old is England’s finest heathland course; the New…
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Gleneagles — The King’s Course (#49 in the World)
Full Review →: Gleneagles — The King’s Course (#49 in the World)James Braid’s Perthshire moorland masterpiece — the King’s Course at Gleneagles is Europe’s most complete golf resort destination,…
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Kapalua — The Plantation Course (#48 in the World)
Full Review →: Kapalua — The Plantation Course (#48 in the World)The PGA Tour opener in January, humpback whales offshore and 663-yard par 4s downhill to the Pacific —…
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Pearl Valley Golf Estate (#47 in the World)
Full Review →: Pearl Valley Golf Estate (#47 in the World)Nicklaus’s finest African design in the Paarl wine valley — Pearl Valley is the benchmark for South African…
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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…
