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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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Oakmont Country Club (#46 in the World)
Full Review →: Oakmont Country Club (#46 in the World)Nine US Opens, Johnny Miller’s 63 and the Church Pew bunkers — Oakmont is America’s most demanding and…
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Kingston Heath Golf Club (#45 in the World)
Full Review →: Kingston Heath Golf Club (#45 in the World)MacKenzie’s bunkering transformed an existing layout into one of Australia’s finest — Kingston Heath is many experts’ preferred…
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Bethpage State Park — Black Course (#44 in the World)
Full Review →: Bethpage State Park — Black Course (#44 in the World)The famous warning sign on the 1st tee, Tiger’s 2002 US Open and the most demanding public course…
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Trump International Golf Club Dubai (#43 in the World)
Full Review →: Trump International Golf Club Dubai (#43 in the World)Tiger Woods’s first completed course design — strategic, demanding and full of the risk-reward decisions that define how…
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Whistling Straits — Straits Course (#42 in the World)
Full Review →: Whistling Straits — Straits Course (#42 in the World)The 2021 Ryder Cup venue on Lake Michigan — Pete Dye’s 1,000-bunker spectacular is the most visually arresting…
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Cypress Point Club (#41 in the World)
Full Review →: Cypress Point Club (#41 in the World)MacKenzie’s self-proclaimed masterpiece — the 16th hole across the open Pacific Ocean is golf’s most audacious par 3.…
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Cape Wickham Links — King Island (#40 in the World)
Full Review →: Cape Wickham Links — King Island (#40 in the World)The world’s best new course in 2015 — Cape Wickham’s lighthouse, Bass Strait headland and volcanic basalt cliffs…
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Pinehurst Resort — No. 2 Course (#39 in the World)
Full Review →: Pinehurst Resort — No. 2 Course (#39 in the World)Coore & Crenshaw’s masterful 2011 restoration returned Donald Ross’s vision to its wire-grass natural state. Pinehurst No. 2…
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Golf Club Crans-sur-Sierre (#38 in the World)
Full Review →: Golf Club Crans-sur-Sierre (#38 in the World)Seve’s alpine redesign — the Matterhorn as backdrop, 1,500m above sea level and the European Masters since 1939.…
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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…
