Top 100 best golf courses in the world năm 2024

Every two years, Golf Magazine (USA) publishes its list of the World's Top 100 golf courses. This highly respected listing is the culmination of voting by a select panel of just over 100 panellists, many of whom have played most if not all of the courses featured. Whilst there are other "world" rankings published this listing is considered the most credible.

Course NameLocationCountry2021201920172015201320112009

Pine Valley Golf Club

Pine Valley, New JerseyUSA1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Cypress Point Club

Pebble Beach, CaliforniaUSA2 2 2 2 2 2 2

St. Andrews Golf Club (Old)

St. Andrews, FifeSCOTLAND3 3 3 3 4 4 4

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

Southampton, New YorkUSA4 4 6 6 5 6 6

National Golf Links Of America

Southampton, New YorkUSA5 5 7 10 11 12 12

Royal County Down Golf Club

Newcastle, DownN. IRELAND6 6 4 5 6 5 5

Royal Melbourne G.C. (West)

Melbourne, VictoriaAUSTRALIA7 7 11 12 13 13 14

Oakmont Country Club

Oakmont, PennsylvaniaUSA8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Augusta National Golf Club

Augusta, GeorgiaUSA9 9 5 4 3 3 3

Sand Hills Golf Club

Mullen, NebraskaUSA10 14 13 13 12 11 11

Muirfield Golf Club

Gullane, LothianSCOTLAND11 12 10 9 10 9 9

Royal Dornoch Golf Club

Dornoch HighlandSCOTLAND12 10 15 14 14 16 15

Merion Golf Club (East)

Ardmore, PennsylvaniaUSA13 15 12 11 9 10 10

Pebble Beach Golf Links

Pebble Beach, CaliforniaUSA14 11 9 7 7 7 7

Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce)

Portrush, AntrimN. IRELAND15 13 14 15 15 14 13

Fishers Island Golf Club

Fishers Island, New YorkUSA16 18 19 18 24 28 31

Pinehurst Country Club (No. 2)

Pinehurst, North CarolinaUSA17 16 18 16 16 15 19

Turnberry Golf Club (Ailsa)

Turnberry, StrathclydeSCOTLAND18 17 16 23 18 18 17

Chicago Golf Club

Wheaton, IllinoisUSA19 19 21 26 25 24 24

Los Angeles C.C. (North)

Los Angeles, CaliforniaUSA20 20 22 30 30 39 52

Friars Head

Baiting Hollow, New YorkUSA21 26 33 31 32 38 32

Kingston Heath Golf Club

Melbourne, VictoriaAUSTRALIA22 22 20 28 28 27 27

Tara Iti

Te Arai, New ZealandNEW ZEALAND23 27 29 - - - -

Ballybunion Golf Club (Old)

Ballybunion, KerryIRELAND24 21 17 17 17 17 18

Winged Foot Golf Club (West)

Mamaroneck, New YorkUSA25 23 27 20 21 22 23

Prairie Dunes Country Club

Hutchinson, KansasUSA26 31 30 27 26 25 25

Riviera Country Club

Pacific Palisades, CaliforniaUSA27 28 32 29 33 31 30

Pacific Dunes Golf Club

Bandon, OregonUSA28 24 26 21 20 19 16

Crystal Downs Country Club

Frankfort, MichiganUSA29 25 24 22 19 20 20

Sunningdale Golf Club (Old)

Sunningdale, SurreyENGLAND30 29 31 35 39 35 33

Oakland Hills C.C. (South)

Bloomfield Hills, MichiganUSA31 72 53 44 35 29 28

Seminole Golf Club

North Palm Beach, FloridaUSA32 34 23 19 22 23 21

Royal St. George's Golf Club

Sandwich, KentENGLAND33 33 42 33 29 32 34

San Francisco Golf Club

San Francisco, CaliforniaUSA34 30 25 24 27 26 26

North Berwick (West)

North BerwickSCOTLAND35 37 51 63 68 89 93

Lahinch Golf Club

Lahinch, ClareIRELAND36 36 35 41 40 42 44

Hirono Golf Club

Kobe, KobeJAPAN37 39 40 42 37 40 39

Barnbougle Dunes

Bridport, TasmaniaAUSTRALIA38 35 38 36 34 41 43

Carnoustie G.C.(Championship)

Carnoustie, TaysideSCOTLAND39 32 28 25 23 21 22

The Country Club (Open)

Brookline, MassachusettsUSA40 38 37 34 42 37 37

Morfontaine Golf Club

Senlis, Senlis,FRANCE41 41 45 45 53 55 54

Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Southport, MerseysideENGLAND42 40 34 32 31 30 29

Somerset Hills Country Club

Bernardsville, New JerseyUSA43 42 75 71 77 81 79

Cabot Cliffs

Inverness, Nova ScotiaCANADA44 43 50 - - - -

Garden City Golf Club

Garden City, New YorkUSA45 47 56 51 47 50 51

Southern Hills Country Club

Tulsa, OklahomaUSA46 49 69 62 64 63 60

New South Wales Golf Club

La Perouse, New South WalesAUSTRALIA47 46 43 37 41 34 38

California Golf Club of San Francisco

San Francisco, CaliforniaUSA48 50 73 81 - - -

Shoreacres Country Club

Lake Bluff, IllinoisUSA49 45 57 56 61 64 71

Swinley Forest

AscotENGLAND50 55 87 89 92 92 84

Cape Kidnappers

Havelock North, North IslandNEW ZEALAND51 44 44 40 38 33 36

Bethpage Golf Club (Black)

Farmingdale, New YorkUSA52 53 52 46 36 36 35

Portmarnock Golf Club

Portmarnock, DublinIRELAND53 48 49 55 54 46 45

Ballyneal

Holyoke, ColoradoUSA54 57 86 78 75 79 83

Rosapenna (St Patrick's Links)

IRELAND55 - - - - - -

Maidstone Club

East Hampton, New YorkUSA56 64 70 66 67 72 65

Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower)

Springfield, New JerseyUSA57 - 74 59 51 53 49

Camargo Club

Indian Hill, OhioUSA58 52 63 57 70 69 66

Royal Troon Golf Club (Old)

Troon, StrathclydeSCOTLAND59 51 47 49 44 48 48

Kiawah Island (Ocean)

Kiawah Island, South CarolinaUSA60 58 54 50 43 45 47

Woodhall Spa Golf Club

Woodhall Spa, LincolnshireENGLAND61 54 66 70 62 59 56

Kawana Golf Club (Fuji)

Shizuoka, ShizuokaJAPAN62 56 68 67 71 76 74

Cruden Bay Golf Club

Cruden Bay, GrampianSCOTLAND63 63 77 77 79 83 81

Sunningdale - New Course

Sunningdale, SurreyENGLAND64 73 80 95 - - -

Inverness Club

Toledo, OhioUSA65 81 98 79 83 71 68

Rye Golf Club

Camber, East SussexENGLAND66 67 - 98 96 - -

Royal Lytham & St. Annes G.C.

Lytham St. Annes, LancashireENGLAND67 61 61 61 59 57 53

Winged Foot Golf Club (East)

Mamaroneck, New YorkUSA68 62 83 84 - 75 67

Prestwick Golf Club

Prestwick, ScotlandSCOTLAND69 75 100 - - - -

Cape Wickham Links

King Island, AustraliaAUSTRALIA70 60 72 - - - -

Sleepy Hollow

Scarborough, New YorkUSA71 - - - - - -

Myopia Hunt Club

So. Hamilton, MaineUSA72 - - - - - -

Ohoopee Match Club

Cobbtown, GeorgiaUSA73 - - - - - -

Ardfin

JuraSCOTLAND74 - - - - - -

Casa De Campo (Teeth of the Dog)

La Romana La RomanaDOM. REP.75 59 48 39 46 47 42

Oak Hill Country Club (East)

Rochester, New YorkUSA76 - 93 68 60 61 57

Castle Stuart

InvernessSCOTLAND77 66 71 69 56 56 -

Cabot Links

CabotCANADA78 82 96 75 82 - -

Royal Liverpool Golf Club

Hoylake, MerseysideENGLAND79 65 84 82 69 77 80

Bandon Dunes Golf Club

Bandon, OregonUSA80 80 65 64 63 60 58

Kingsbarns Golf Club

St. Andrews, FifeSCOTLAND81 71 64 65 55 54 61

Whistling Straits Golf Club

Haven, WisconsinUSA82 69 58 52 49 44 40

Ellerston Golf Course

Scone, New South WalesAUSTRALIA83 77 62 73 - - -

Rock Creek Cattle Company

Deer Lodge, MontanaUSA84 - - - - - -

Muirfield Village Golf Club

Dublin, OhioUSA85 85 59 53 48 52 46

Royal Hague Golf & CC

WassenaarHOLLAND86 78 81 92 - - -

Quaker Ridge Golf Club

Scarsdale, New YorkUSA87 74 78 74 73 70 70

St. George's Hill (A & B)

WeybridgeENGLAND88 - - - - - -

Yeamans Hall

Hanahan, SCUSA89 - - - - - -

Peachtree Golf Club

Atlanta, GeorgiaUSA90 91 - - - - -

Bandon Trails

Bandon, OregonUSA91 87 - - - - -

Old Town Club

USA92 - - - - - -

Nine Bridges

Bongsong-riKOREA93 94 41 43 45 49 55

Royal Melbourne G.C. (East)

Melbourne, VictoriaAUSTRALIA94 96 - - 94 - -

De Pan (Utrechtche)

UtrechtTHE NETHERLANDS95 - - - - - -

Olympic Club (Lake)

San Francisco, CaliforniaUSA96 79 67 60 57 43 41

Les Bordes (New)

Loire ValleyFRANCE97 - - - - - -

Diamante

Cabo San LucasMEXICO98 70 36 38 52 58 -

St. George's Golf Club

Islington, OntarioCANADA99 95 94 87 87 90 89

The Golf Club

New Albany, OhioUSA100 84 79 72 66 62 59

Oitavas Dunes

CascaisPORTUGAL- - 55 58 65 68 88

Shanqin Bay Golf Course

HainanCHINA- - 39 47 78 - -

Trump International Golf Links

MenieSCOTLAND- 100 46 48 50 - -

TPC At Sawgrass (Stadium)

Ponte Vedra Beach, FloridaUSA- 68 60 54 58 51 50

Royal Porthcawl

PorthcawlWALES- - 85 88 95 94 100

Barnbougle Lost Farm

Bridport, TasmaniaAUSTRALIA- 89 90 85 72 82 -

Walton Heath Golf Club (Old)

Tadworth, SurreyENGLAND- 90 92 86 80 86 82

Macrihanish

MacrihanishSCOTLAND- 93 88 93 91 93 92

Kauri Cliffs

Kerikeri, NorthlandNEW ZEALAND- - - 94 74 80 78

European Club

Brittas BayIRELAND- - 97 90 86 95 85

Harbour Town Golf Links

Hilton Head Island, South CarolinaUSA- - - 91 81 78 73

Waterville

WatervilleIRELAND- 97 82 83 76 91 91

Ganton Golf Club

Ganton, North YorkshireENGLAND- - 89 80 84 66 63

Ayodhya Links

BangkokTHAILAND- - 76 76 - - -

Yale University Golf Course

New Haven, ConnecticutUSA- 83 - - - - -

Valderrama Club de Golf

Sotogrande CadizSPAIN- - 95 99 98 88 76

Cabo Del Sol Golf Club

Los Cabos, BajaMEXICO- - - 100 97 100 95

Tokyo Golf Club

TokyoJAPAN- - 99 96 93 96 97

Durban Golf Club

Durban, DurbanS. AFRICA- - - 97 100 99 94

Medinah Country Club (No. 3)

Medinah, IllinoisUSA- - - - 85 65 62

Old Sandwich

Plymouth, MassachussettsUSA- - - - 90 67 69

Loch Lomond Golf Club

Luss, StrathclydeSCOTLAND- - - - 89 73 64

Old Macdonald

Bandon, OregonUSA- - - - 88 74 -

Nanea

Kailua-Kona, HawaiiUSA- - - - - 84 75

Royal Adelaide Golf Club

Adelaide, South AustraliaAUSTRALIA- - - - 99 85 72

Chambers Bay

University Place. WashingtonUSA- - - - - 87 77

Valley Club Of Montecito

Santa Barbara, CaliforniaUSA- - - - - 97 98

Highlands Links Golf Club

Ingonish, Nova ScotiaCANADA- - - - - 98 86

Yas Links

Abu Dhabi, UAEUNITED ARAB EMIRATES- - 91 - - - -

De Pan (Utrechtche)

UtrechtTHE NETHERLANDS- 88 - - - - -

Myopia Hunt Club

So. Hamilton, MaineUSA- 92 - - - - -

Ohoopee Match Club

Cobbtown, GeorgiaUSA- 98 - - - - -

Rock Creek Cattle Company

Deer Lodge, MontanaUSA- 99 - - - - -

Sleepy Hollow

Scarborough, New YorkUSA- 76 - - - - -

St. George's Hill (A & B)

WeybridgeENGLAND- 86 - - - - -

What is the Gleneagles world ranking?

Gleneagles received full marks in both the amenities and accommodation categories which helped it to no. 2 in the overall global rankings, which were topped by Bandon Dunes in Oregon, USA.

Why is Pine Valley so hard?

6. The greens – A significant part of Pine Valley's difficulty emanates from the greens. The fairways are in fact wide, but hitting and holding the greens are the real challenge in Clementon. And they are among the best conditioned on the planet (honorable mention to Winged Foot, Augusta and Carnoustie).

How many golf courses are in South Africa?

The allure of golf in South Africa is further enhanced by its collection of 450 golf course courses, such as Leopard Creek, Fancourt, and Sun City, celebrated for their unparalleled design and picturesque landscapes.

How many golf courses are there in England?

According to the R&A, there are over 2200 golf courses in England, compared to roughly 600 in Scotland.