Our stable of 100-plus course raters scoured the globe the past two years, and what did they find? Greatness and inspiration in some of the most unexpected places. The Arctic Circle? Check. A Caribbean cliffside? Check. An American West Cattle Ranch? Yep, check again. So saddle up for a tour of the world’s 100 best golf courses.
Methodology: How we rate courses
GOLF’s Top 100 Courses sorted by country and state
GOLF’s other course rankings: Top 100 Courses in the U.S. | Top 100 Courses You Can Play | Top 100 Value Courses in the U.S. | America’s Best Municipal Courses | Top 100 in the U.K. and Ireland | Top 100 Short Courses in the World
Photo credits in revolving gallery above (if viewed on desktop): Barnbougle Dunes (No. 36): Jacob Sjöman; Point Hardy (No. 76): Shawn Michael Marcellin; Shinnecock Hills (No. 4): Jon Cavalier; Te Arai (South) (No. 85): Gary Lisbon; Rock Creek Cattle Company (No. 73): Evan Schiller.
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![pine valley](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/pine-valley-Jon-Cavalier-1024x570-1.jpg)
1. Pine Valley
![Cypress Point](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cypress-point.jpg)
2. Cypress Point
![The Old Course at St. Andrews.](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/old-course.jpg)
3. St. Andrews (Old Course)
![The 18th green at Shinnecock Hills.](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/shinnecock-hills-18th.jpg)
4. Shinnecock Hills
![National Golf Links of America](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/national-golf-links.jpg)
5. National Golf Links of America
![royal county down](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Royal-County-Down4_10654-.jpg)
6. Royal County Down
![](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Royal-Melbourne-West.jpg)
7. Royal Melbourne (West)
![An Aerial view of Oakmont Country Club](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/oakmont.jpg)
8. Oakmont
![The 16th at Augusta National.](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/augusta-national-16th.jpg)
9. Augusta National
![best golf courses walk](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Royal-Dornoch-14.jpg)
10. Royal Dornoch
![The 17th hole at Sand Hills golf course](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sandhills17.jpg)
11. Sand Hills
![Muirfield golf course in Scotland](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/muirfield-lc-lambrecht.jpg)
12. Muirfield
![Merion's East Course](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/merion.jpg)
13. Merion (East)
![Pebble Beach](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/pebble-beach-evan-schiller.jpg)
14. Pebble Beach
![The Fishers Island Club.](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/fishers-island-lc-lambrecht-1024x570-1.jpg)
15. Fishers Island
![Aerial view of Royal Portrush](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/royal-portrush.jpg)
16. Royal Portrush (Dunluce)
![Chicago Golf Club](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/chicago-golf.jpg)
17. Chicago GC
![Trump Turnberry](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Turnberry_09AerialBackLighthouse_0377.jpg)
18. Trump Turnberry (Ailsa)
![LACC North](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/los-angeles-lc-lambrecht.jpg)
19. Los Angeles (North)
![tara iti](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/taraiti2.jpg)
20. Tara Iti
![Pinehurst (No. 2)](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/pinehurst-No.-2-joann-dost.jpg)
21. Pinehurst (No. 2)
![kingston heath](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/kingstonheath.jpg)
22. Kingston Heath
![friar's head](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Friars-Head-NY11.jpg)
23. Friar's Head
![Ballybunion Old](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ballybunion-old.jpg)
24. Ballybunion (Old)
![sunningdale old](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sunningdale.jpg)
25. Sunningdale (Old)
![a view of prairie dunes in kansas](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/prairie-dunes-getty.jpg)
26. Prairie Dunes
![oakland hills south](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/OaklandHills_South_10_11_P.jpg)
27. Oakland Hills (South)
![an overhead view of riviera country club](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/riviera.jpg)
28. Riviera
![a view of winged foot west](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/winged-foot-west.jpg)
29. Winged Foot (West)
![North Berwick golf club](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/north-berwick.jpg)
30. North Berwick (West)
![a view of hirono golf in japan](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hirono.jpg)
31. Hirono
![a view of pacific dunes in bandon oregon](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/pacific-dunes.jpg)
32. Pacific Dunes
![a view of royal st. george's](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/royal-st-georges.jpg)
33. Royal St. George's
![crystal downs in michigan](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/crystal-downs.jpg)
34. Crystal Downs
![a view of seminole in florida](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/seminole.jpg)
35. Seminole
![Barnbougle Dunes](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Barnbougle-Dunes.jpg)
36. Barnbougle Dunes
![Lahinch](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Lahinch.jpg)
37. Lahinch (Old)
![](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SFGC3.jpg)
38. San Francisco
![Scenic view of The Country Club in Massachusetts](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/TheCountryClub5.jpg)
39. The Country Club (Clyde/Squirrel)
![A view of Carnoustie in Scotland.](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/carnoustie.jpg)
40. Carnoustie (Championship)
![morfontaine](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/morfontaine.jpg)
41. Morfontaine
![royal birkdale scenic](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/royal-birkdale.jpg)
42. Royal Birkdale
![A view of a green at Somerset Hills](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Somerset-Hills.jpg)
43. Somerset Hills
![southern hills golf club](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/southern-hills-1.jpg)
44. Southern Hills
![California Golf Club of San Francisco](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/california-golf-club-of-san-francisco-2.jpg)
45. California Golf Club of San Francisco
![A view of Swinley Forest golf course](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Swinley-Forest.jpg)
46. Swinley Forest
![shoreacres](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Shoreacres1-22.jpg)
47. Shoreacres
![Garden City Golf Club in Garden City, N.Y.](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/garden-city-1.jpg)
48. Garden City
![The 15th hole at St. Patrick's Links in Ireland.](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/st-patricks-links-hole-15.jpg)
49. St. Patrick's Links
![Maidstone](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/maidstone.jpg)
50. Maidstone
![](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ballyneal-evan-schiller.jpg)
51. Ballyneal
![Cabot Cliffs](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cabot-cliffs-1.jpg)
52. Cabot Cliffs
![](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Kawana-Fuji-Course-No.15-hole.jpg)
53. Kawana (Fuji)
![The 183 yards par 3, 5th hole on the New Course at the Sunningdale Golf Club on August 24, 2010 in Sunningdale, Surrey, England.](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SunningdaleNew5.jpg)
54. Sunningdale (New)
![](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/capekidnappers16.jpg)
55. Cape Kidnappers
![](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CrudenBay4-1.jpg)
56. Cruden Bay
![Camargo Club](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/camargo-club-top-100-courses.jpg)
57. Camargo
![](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/woodhallspa2.jpg)
58. Woodhall Spa (Hotchkin)
![](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Portmarnock_15TeeLowMoody_9836.jpg)
59. Portmarnock (Old)
![](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/bethpage-black.jpg)
60. Bethpage (Black)
![Inverness, Top 100 Courses](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Inverness-Fred-Vuich-USGA-81.jpg)
61. Inverness
![](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Kiawah.jpg)
62. Kiawah Island (Ocean)
![prestwick](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/prestwick.jpg)
63. Prestwick
![](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/new-south-wales-gary-lisbon-1024x570-1.jpg)
64. New South Wales
![Ardfin golf course](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ardfin-1.jpg)
65. Ardfin
![royal troon postage stamp](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/royaltroon-scaled.jpg)
66. Royal Troon (Old)
![baltusrol lower](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/baltusrol.jpg)
67. Baltusrol (Lower)
![the Lido at sand valley](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/lido-4.jpg)
68. The Lido
![oak hill](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Oak-Hill13_DJI_0278-.jpg)
69. Oak Hill (East)
![Sleepy Hollow](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sleepy-Hollow.jpg)
70. Sleepy Hollow
![st george's hill golf club](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/st-georges-2.jpg)
71. St. George's Hill (A & B)
![Rye Old](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rye-old-PR.jpg)
72. Rye (Old)
![Rock Creek Cattle Company](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Rock-Creek-Cattle-Company-Larry-Lambrecht-99.jpg)
73. Rock Creek Cattle Company
![royal lytham](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Royal-Lytham-img_4221.jpg)
74. Royal Lytham & St. Annes
![Casa de Campo (Teeth of the Dog)](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/TeethoftheDog5.jpg)
75. Casa De Campo (Teeth of the Dog)
![Cabot Saint Lucia will have all the views.](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cabot-st-lucia.jpg)
76. Point Hardy Golf Club
![myopia hunt](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/myopiahunt.jpg)
77. Myopia Hunt Club
![royal hague / haagsche](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Haagsche-hole-10.jpg)
78. Haagsche (Royal Hague)
![Cabot Links in Nova Scotia.](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Cabot-links.jpg)
79. Cabot Links
![Winged Foot East](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Winged-Foot-East_Larry-Lambrecht.jpg)
80. Winged Foot (East)
![ohoopee match club](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ohoopee.jpg)
81. Ohoopee Match Club
![Peachtree, Top 100 Courses](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Peachtree-Dave-Samson-91.jpg)
82. Peachtree
![the les bordes golf course](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/les-bordes.jpg)
83. Les Bordes (New)
![The 17th hole at Old Town in North Carolina](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/old-town-17.jpg)
84. Old Town
![](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/tearaisouth.jpg)
85. Te Arai (South)
![kingsbarns](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/kingsbarnspaulsevern.jpg)
86. Kingsbarns
![nine bridges in korea](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/NineBridges_18IslandCH_0517.jpg)
87. Nine Bridges
![](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lofoten.jpg)
88. Lofoten Links
![the 18th at castle stuart](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/castle-stuart-18.jpg)
89. Castle Stuart
![The 2nd and 3rd at Bandon Trails.](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/bandon-trails-2nd-and-3rd.jpg)
90. Bandon Trails
![the 18th hole at Whistling Straits](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/whistling-straits.jpg)
91. Whistling Straits
![Royal Melbourne (East)](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Royal-Melbourne-East-David-Cannon-96.jpg)
92. Royal Melbourne (East)
![Royal Liverpool](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-26-at-6.19.34-PM.jpg)
93. Royal Liverpool
![Bandon Dunes](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-26-at-8.23.19-PM.jpg)
94. Bandon Dunes
![Shanquin Bay](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-04-18-at-1.13.16-PM.jpg)
95. Shanqin Bay
![Victoria](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2019-12-12-at-7.40.43-PM.jpg)
96. Victoria
![Machrihanish](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Mach2.jpg)
97. Machrihanish (Championship)
![Muirfield Village](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-27-at-2.15.36-PM.jpg)
98. Muirfield Village
![Yeamans Hall](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-27-at-3.07.27-PM.jpg)
99. Yeamans Hall
![Royal Cinque Ports](https://golf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cinqueports2.jpg)