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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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Golf Club de Sperone — Corsica (#28 in the World)
Full Review →: Golf Club de Sperone — Corsica (#28 in the World)Robert Trent Jones Sr.’s most spectacular site — seven holes along the Corsican cliff tops above the Strait…
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Gothenburg Golf Club (#27 in the World)
Full Review →: Gothenburg Golf Club (#27 in the World)Willie Park Jr.’s 1891 Swedish masterpiece — heathland, pink granite and 18 hours of summer daylight make Gothenburg…
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Evian Resort Golf Club (#26 in the World)
Full Review →: Evian Resort Golf Club (#26 in the World)An LPGA Major venue above Lake Geneva with Mont Blanc on the horizon — Evian Resort Golf Club…
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Leopard Creek Country Club (#25 in the World)
Full Review →: Leopard Creek Country Club (#25 in the World)Elephants on the fairways, crocodiles in the river, leopards in the rough — Gary Player’s Leopard Creek borders…
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Royal Melbourne Golf Club — West Course (#24 in the World)
Full Review →: Royal Melbourne Golf Club — West Course (#24 in the World)MacKenzie’s greatest bunkering, the fastest greens in the Southern Hemisphere, and the most demanding sandbelt routing in Australia…
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Augusta National Golf Club (#23 in the World)
Full Review →: Augusta National Golf Club (#23 in the World)The world’s most famous course — Amen Corner, Magnolia Lane, the Butler Cabin and Bobby Jones’s vision. Augusta…
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Pebble Beach Golf Links (#22 in the World)
Full Review →: Pebble Beach Golf Links (#22 in the World)Jack Nicklaus’s perfect round. Watson’s chip on 17. Tiger’s 15-shot demolition. Pebble Beach Golf Links — the most…
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Club de Golf Valderrama (#21 in the World)
Full Review →: Club de Golf Valderrama (#21 in the World)The Augusta of Europe — the 1997 Ryder Cup venue, Robert Trent Jones Sr.’s finest design, and the…
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Swinley Forest Golf Club (#20 in the World)
Full Review →: Swinley Forest Golf Club (#20 in the World)Harry Colt’s self-declared masterpiece — no website, 250 members, introduction only. England’s most private and most beautiful heathland…
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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…
