GOLF’s Top 100 Courses
Top 100 Courses World
Top 100 Courses U.S.
Top 100 Courses Asia-Pacific
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Top 100 Courses World
Top 100 Courses U.S.
Top 100 Courses Asia-Pacific
Top 100 Courses U.K. and Ireland
More Top 100 Courses
Here is the list of the five most affordable courses in GOLF’s Top 100 in the World ranking. Among the courses is Bethpage Black.
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GOLF’s Top 100 Course Panelists
December 1, 2025
Every course on the World Top 100 is worth playing. Not every course makes that easy to do. These are the 11 most exclusive on the list
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Josh Sens
November 30, 2025
Take in the extensive history of our Top 100 Courses in the World list by browsing the course names sorted from oldest to newest.
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Jessica Marksbury
November 26, 2025
On a windy a site with stunning views, Cape Wickham offers a compelling combination of coastal scenery and strategic intrigue.
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Josh Sens
November 25, 2025
With fewer seaside holes than its sibling South, Te Arai North makes the most of its dramatic inland stretches.
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Michael Goldstein
November 24, 2025
Often overlooked by American golfers, Utrecht De Pan is a standout work in Harry Colt’s great Golden Age portfolio.
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Pete Phipps
November 24, 2025
In a Nebraska Sandhills region booming with marquee modern courses, CapRock is a compelling blend of old and new.
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Josh Sens
November 22, 2025
These are the best golf courses in Wyoming, according to GOLF Magazine’s 2024-25 ranking by its expert panel of course raters.
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GOLF’s Course Raters and Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor
December 25, 2024
These are the best golf courses in Wisconsin, according to GOLF Magazine’s 2024-25 ranking by its expert panel of course raters.
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GOLF’s Course Raters and Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor
December 25, 2024
These are the best golf courses in West Virginia, according to GOLF Magazine’s 2024-25 ranking by its expert panel of course raters.
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GOLF’s Course Raters and Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor
December 25, 2024
These are the best golf courses in Washington, according to GOLF Magazine’s 2024-25 ranking by its expert panel of course raters.
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GOLF’s Course Raters and Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor
December 25, 2024
These are the best golf courses in Virginia, according to GOLF Magazine’s 2024-25 ranking by its expert panel of course raters.
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GOLF’s Course Raters and Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor
December 25, 2024
These are the best golf courses in Vermont, according to GOLF Magazine’s 2024-25 ranking by its expert panel of course raters.
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GOLF’s Course Raters and Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor
December 24, 2024
These are the best golf courses in Utah, according to GOLF Magazine’s 2024-25 ranking by its expert panel of course raters.
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GOLF’s Course Raters and Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor
December 24, 2024
GOLF’s inaugural ranking of the Top 100 Courses in Asia-Pacific is out, but what near-completed courses should we be looking forward to?
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GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel
June 4, 2023
When it comes to Asia-Pacific golf, what should travelers know about caddie culture, accessibility of courses, tipping, dress codes and more?
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GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel
June 3, 2023
The courses on the newest ranking our raters are especially keen to check out, and which ones are they surprised didn’t make the list at all?
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GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel
June 2, 2023
GOLF’s inaugural ranking of the Top 100 Courses in Asia-Pacific has put a spotlight on exciting destinations many U.S. golfers rarely visit.
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GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel
June 1, 2023
Planning a golf trip to Asia, Australia or New Zealand? Good idea. Here are six things to know before you go to make your trip a breeze.
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Josh Sens
June 1, 2023
In GOLF’s inaugural ranking of the Top 100 courses in Asia-Pacific, one country stood out among the rest with 38 courses on the list.
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GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel & Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor
May 31, 2023
Our course raters created GOLF’s first-ever ranking of must-play courses beyond North America and Europe. What’d they find? Pure magic.
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Ran Morrissett
May 31, 2023
Thinking about a Southwest Ireland golf trip? Here’s everything you need to know about Lahinch, Ballybunion and the region’s other glories.
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Josh Sens
March 17, 2025
The 15th hole at Prestwick Golf Club is just 353 yards long, but it plays unlike anything our writer had seen before.
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Sean Zak
August 28, 2024
Exclusive for InsideGOLF members, we selected the best 18 holes among our Top 100 Courses in the UK and Ireland ranking. Start salivating.
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Ran Morrissett
August 4, 2022
GOLF recently released its Top 100 Courses in the UK and Ireland ranking. Here are the best courses in Scotland.
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Tyler Zimmer
July 12, 2022
GOLF recently released its Top 100 Courses in the UK and Ireland ranking. Here are the best courses in England.
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Tyler Zimmer
July 12, 2022
GOLF recently released its Top 100 Courses in the UK and Ireland ranking. Here are the best courses in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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Tyler Zimmer
July 12, 2022
Whatever tickles your fancy, there’s a trip abroad to be had — one of the best investments you’ll ever make in your game.
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GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel & Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor
July 10, 2022
Unlike many of the finest courses in golf-rich Japan, Kawana is part of a resort and accessible to the public.
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Noel Freeman
December 11, 2025
Not all courses are created equal. Some, like the toughest tests on GOLF’s all-new World Top 100, are especially stout in their demands.
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Josh Sens
December 1, 2025
Forty years later, GOLF’s inaugural ranking of the world’s best courses reveals what has – and hasn’t – changed.
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Josh Sens
November 29, 2025
Insiders Only
GOLF’s ranking to Top 100 Courses in the World is a biennial tradition that triggers its own ritual: public feedback.
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Josh Sens
November 26, 2025
Take in the extensive history of our Top 100 Courses in the World list by browsing the course names sorted from oldest to newest.
By:
Jessica Marksbury
November 26, 2025
Often overlooked by American golfers, Utrecht De Pan is a standout work in Harry Colt’s great Golden Age portfolio.
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Pete Phipps
November 24, 2025
GOLF’s editors and writers discuss Jeeno Thitikul’s greatness, PGA Tour changes, Top 100 courses and more in Tour Confidential.
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Nick Piastowski
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Josh Schrock
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Alan Bastable
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Zephyr Melton
November 23, 2025
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