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Revealed! Top 100 Courses You Can Play for 2024-25

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medley of five top 100 courses — Top 100 Courses in the World for 2023-24: Our latest global ranking is here
Our stable of expert course raters scoured the globe the past two years to identify the world’s best golf courses for 2023-24. By: GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel & Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor November 1, 2023

top 100 resorts in the world — Stay, play and escape! These are the Top 100 Golf Resorts in the World for 2024-25
By: GOLF Editors

top 100 courses opener — Top 100 Courses in the U.S.: GOLF’s all-new 2022-23 ranking is here!
By: GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel & Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor

Top 100 golf courses in Scotland, Ireland, England — Top 100 Courses in the U.K. and Ireland: Our raters’ first-ever ranking of the golf mecca
By: GOLF’s Raters & Ran Morrissett

praire dunes — Come one, come all: Here are GOLF’s Top 100 Courses You Can Play, 2021-22
By: GOLF’s Course Raters and Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor

Top 100 Courses in the World

pasatiempo, cape wickham, congresssional blue — So close! These 25 courses missed our latest Top 100 World list by the narrowest of margins
By: Ran Morrissett

bethpage black no. 17 — What are the best values on GOLF’s Top 100 Courses in the World list?
By: GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel

Shanqin Bay in China. — How Shanqin Bay cracked our newest Top 100 Courses in the World list
By: Josh Berhow

Royal Cinque Ports in Deal, England. — How Royal Cinque Ports cracked our newest Top 100 Courses in the World list
By: Josh Berhow

A view of Machrihanish in Scotland. — How Machrihanish cracked our newest Top 100 Courses in the World list
By: Josh Berhow

Seminole Golf Club — Can you get a tee time at a Top 100 Course in the World? Here’s your guide
By: Josh Sens

a view of victoria golf club in australia — How Victoria cracked our newest Top 100 Courses in the World list
By: Josh Berhow

Sunningdale New golf course in Sunningdale, England — What’s the biggest surprise on GOLF’s Top 100 Courses in the World list?
By: GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel

the 18th hole at Whistling Straits — 11 most expensive tee times on GOLF’s newest Top 100 Courses in the World ranking
By: Josh Sens

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Top 100 Resorts in the World

Bandon Trails at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort — Our raters’ favorite courses on GOLF’s Top 100 Resorts in the World list
By: GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel

sea island resort — Our course raters’ favorite spots on GOLF’s Top 100 Resorts in the World list
By: GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel

The Palace of the Lost City in Sun City, South Africa. — 7 best golf resorts in the Middle East and Africa | GOLF Top 100 Resorts
By: GOLF Editors

Barnbougle dunes golf course — 9 best golf resorts in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji | GOLF Top 100 Resorts
By: GOLF Editors

Costa Palmas in La Ribera, Baja California Sur, Mexico. — 8 best golf resorts in Mexico | GOLF Top 100 Resorts
By: GOLF Editors

puntacana — 13 best golf resorts in the Caribbean and the Americas | GOLF Top 100 Resorts
By: GOLF Editors

the belfry resort — 6 best golf resorts in Scotland, England and Wales | GOLF Top 100 Resorts
By: GOLF Editors

old head in ireland — 5 best golf resorts in Ireland | GOLF Top 100 Resorts
By: GOLF Editors

FLC Halong Bay GC & Luxury Resort in Ha Long, Vietnam. — 11 best golf resorts in Asia | GOLF Top 100 Resorts in the World
By: GOLF Editors

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Top 100 Courses in the U.S.

A view of Old Elm in Highland Park, Ill. — How 2 design titans built this Chicago-area gem
By: GOLF Editors

Sankaty Head in Nantucket, Mass. — ‘Magical, mystical, whimsical, beautiful’: Meet Sankaty Head
By: GOLF Editors

A view of Pinehurst No. 10 at Pinehurst Resort. — How Pinehurst No. 10 became an immediate stalwart at Pinehurst Resort
By: GOLF Editors

Ladera in Thermal, Calif. — This exclusive Gil Hanse-designed course is a desert masterpiece
By: GOLF Editors

A view of Fox Chapel in Pittsburgh, Pa. — Seth Raynor’s best set of greens? It could be this Pittsburgh club
By: GOLF Editors

Twilight photo of Pine Valley Golf Club in New Jersey. — What’s the ‘best’ course in the U.S.? Here’s what you said
By: Dylan Dethier

an overhead shot of the 18th hole at Bethpage Black in the late afternoon sun — How much you’d pay to play a Top 100 Course in the U.S., according to … you!
By: James Colgan

view across water of augusta national's 12th green — SURVEY: The No. 1 bucket-list course (and hole), according to you
By: Zephyr Melton

a collection of courses from golf's top 100 courses you can play ranking — Why our Top 100 Courses You Can Play list still is so meaningful
By: Ran Morrissett

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Top 100 Courses You Can Play

a collection of courses from golf's top 100 courses you can play ranking — Why our Top 100 Courses You Can Play list still is so meaningful
By: Ran Morrissett

Aerial view of Pasatiempo golf course in California. — State-by-state breakdown of GOLF’s Top 100 Courses You Can Play ranking
By: Kevin Cunningham

top 100 you can play montage of courses — Top 100 Courses You Can Play in the U.S. for 2024-25: America’s best public golf
By: GOLF’s Raters & Ran Morrissett

The par-3 7th at Streamsong Blue — Why this Top 100 course feels like it’s anywhere but Central Florida
By: Jack Hirsh

Golf in paradise easily made this course my favorite I played this year
By: Connor Federico

Bethpage Black No. 13 — What it’s like for golfers of all skill levels to play this Bethpage Black monster par 5
By: GOLF Editors

Are you a well-traveled golfer? Check out our Top 100 Courses T-shirt
By: Emily Haas

karsten creek — Inside Karsten Creek: Top 100 Course You Can Play
By: Sean Zak

Wild Horse in Nebraska. — Top 100s for under $100: The 11 most affordable courses on our latest ranking
By: GOLF Editors

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Top 100 Courses in Asia/Pacific

Te Arai South in new zealand — Course Rater Confidential: Asia-Pacific courses we can’t wait to open
By: GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel

Hirono in Miki-Chi, Japan. — Course Rater Confidential: What should a first-time traveler know about Asia-Pacific golf?
By: GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel

The Himalayan Golf Course in Nepal. — Course Rater Confidential: Top 100 Asia-Pacific courses we can’t wait to check out (and snubs)
By: GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel

Hoiana Shores in Quang Nam, Vietnam. — Course Rater Confidential: Takeaways from GOLF’s inaugural Top 100 Asia-Pacific ranking
By: GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel

laguna lang in vietnam — Planning a golf trip to Asia, Australia or New Zealand? Here are 6 things to know
By: Josh Sens

A stunning aerial view of New Zealand's Tara Iti. — GOLF’s Top 100 ranking of the best golf courses in Asia-Pacific, categorized by country
By: GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel & Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor

Te Arai (South) in Tomarata, New Zealand. — GOLF’s first-ever Top 100 Courses in Asia-Pacific ranking will expand your bucket list
By: Ran Morrissett

top 100 courses asia pacific — Revealed! GOLF’s first-ever Top 100 ranking of the best golf courses in Asia-Pacific
By: Ran Morrissett

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Top 100 Courses in the U.K. and Ireland

Prestwick Golf Club 15th hole — After 7 weeks of European golf, this hole stands above the rest
By: Sean Zak

the 12th hole at sunningdale old — Dream 18: The ultimate routing of our Top 100 Courses in the UK and Ireland ranking
By: Ran Morrissett

Carnoustie — The best golf courses in Scotland | 2022 ranking
By: Tyler Zimmer

sunningdale old — The best golf courses in England | 2022 ranking
By: Tyler Zimmer

The best golf courses in Ireland and Northern Ireland | 2022 ranking
By: Tyler Zimmer

InsideGOLF: Our experts dish on the new Top 100 Courses in the UK & Ireland list

The opening hole at Machrihanish in Scotland. — Want to play the best courses in the UK and Ireland? Options are endless
By: GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel & Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor

Travel

5 must-see spots from GOLF’s Top 100 Courses in the UK and Ireland

By: GOLF Editors

top 100 UK ireland — Have a question for GOLF’s course raters? Join our interactive roundtable!
By: GOLF Editors

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