The Best Golf in the World
Widely considered to be “The Definitive List” ranking the best golf courses on the planet, here’s GOLF magazine’s Top 100 for 2025/26 and which ones you can actually play, when you go with us.
| Rank | Course | Links to Trips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pine Valley (Pine Valley, NJ) | |
| 2 | Cypress Point (Pebble Beach, CA) | |
| 3 | St. Andrews (Old Course) (St. Andrews, GB) | St Andrews |
| 4 | Royal County Down (Newcastle, GB) | Northern Ireland |
| 5 | Shinnecock Hills (Southhampton, NY) | |
| 6 | National Golf Links (Southhampton, NY) | |
| 7 | Royal Melbourne (West) (Melbourne, AU) | Australia |
| 8 | Augusta National (Augusta, GA) | The Masters |
| 9 | Oakmont (Oakmont, PA) | |
| 10 | Sand Hills (Mullen, NE) | |
| 11 | Muirfield (Gullane, GB) | East Lothian |
| 12 | Royal Dornoch (Dornoch, SCT) | Highlands |
| 13 | Merion (East) (Ardmore, PA) | |
| 14 | Royal Portrush (Dunluce) (Portrush, GB) | Northern Ireland |
| 15 | Pebble Beach (Pebble Beach, CA) | Pebble Beach |
| 16 | Fishers Island (Fisher's Island, NY) | |
| 17 | Chicago (Wheaton, IL) | |
| 18 | Turnberry (Ailsa) (Turnberry, GB) | Ayrshire |
| 19 | Tara Iti (Te Arai, NZ) | |
| 20 | Pinehurst #2 (Pinehurst, NC) | |
| 21 | Los Angeles (North) (Los Angeles, CA) | |
| 22 | Sunningdale (Old) (Sunningdale, GB) | SE England |
| 23 | Friar's Head (Baiting Hollow, NY) | |
| 24 | Kingston Heath (Melbourne, AU) | Australia |
| 25 | North Berwick (West) (North Berwick, GB) | East Lothian |
| 26 | Riviera (Pacific Palisades, CA) | |
| 27 | Prairie Dunes (Hutchinson, KS) | |
| 28 | Hirono (Kobe, JP) | Ask Us! |
| 29 | Ballybunion (Old) (Ballybunion, IE) | SW Ireland |
| 30 | Royal St. George's (Sandwich, GB) | SE England |
| 31 | Crystal Downs (Frankfort, MI) | |
| 32 | Seminole (Juno Beach, FL) | |
| 33 | Winged Foot (West) (Mamaroneck, NY) | |
| 34 | Lahinch (Lahinch, IE) | SW Ireland |
| 35 | Pacific Dunes (Bandon, OR) | |
| 36 | Oakland Hills (South) (Bloomfield Hills, MI) | |
| 37 | The Country Club (Brookline, MA) | |
| 38 | Morfontaine (Senlis, FR) | |
| 39 | Carnoustie (Championship) (Carnoustie, GB) | St Andrews |
| 40 | San Francisco (San Francisco, CA) | |
| 41 | Barnbougle Dunes (Bridport, AU) | Australia |
| 42 | Royal Birkdale (Southport, GB) | Lancashire |
| 43 | Southern Hills (Tulsa, OK) | |
| 44 | St. Patrick's Links (Carrickart, IRE) | |
| 45 | Cal Club of San Francisco (Ingleside, CA) | |
| 46 | New South Wales (La Perouse, AU) | Australia |
| 47 | Shoreacres (Lake Bluff, IL) | |
| 48 | The Lido (Rome, WI) | |
| 49 | Maidstone (East Hampton, NY) | |
| 50 | Swinley Forest (Ascot, GB) | SE England |
| 51 | Somerset Hills (Bernardsville, NJ) | |
| 52 | Garden City Golf Club (Garden City, NY) | |
| 53 | Royal Troon (Old) (Troon, GB) | Ayrshire |
| 54 | Portmarnock (Old) (Portmarnock, IE) | Dublin |
| 55 | Sunningdale (New) (Sunningdale, GB) | SE England |
| 56 | Bethpage (Black) (Farmingdale, NY) | |
| 57 | St. George's Hill (Weybridge, GB) | SE England |
| 58 | Prestwick (Prestwick, GB) | Ayrshire |
| 59 | Camargo (Indian Hill, OH) | |
| 60 | Oak Hill (East) (Rochester, NY) | |
| 61 | Cruden Bay (Cruden Bay, GB) | Highlands |
| 62 | Kawana (Fuji) (Kawana, JP) | Ask Us! |
| 63 | Ballyneal (Holyoke, CO) | |
| 64 | Shanqin Bay (Hainan, China) | Ask Us! |
| 65 | Cape Kidnappers (Hawk's Bay, NZ) | New Zealand |
| 66 | Lofoten Links (Gimsoysand, NO) | Ask Us! |
| 67 | Inverness (Toledo, OH) | |
| 68 | Royal Lytham & St. Annes (St. Annes on Sea, GB) | Lancashire |
| 69 | Cabot St. Lucia (Gros Islet, St. Lucia) | |
| 70 | Baltusrol (Lower) (Springfield, NJ) | |
| 71 | Kiawah Island (Ocean) (Kiawah Island, SC) | |
| 72 | Ardfin (Isle of Jura, GB) | Ayrshire |
| 73 | Childress Hall (Upper) (Childress, TX) | |
| 74 | Woodhall Spa (Woodhall Spa, GB) | |
| 75 | Peachtree (Atlanta, GA) | |
| 76 | Bandon Trails (Bandon, OR) | |
| 77 | Sleepy Hollow (Scarborough, NY) | |
| 78 | Cabot Cliffs (Inverness, CA) | |
| 79 | Te Arai (South) (Te Arai, NZ) | New Zealand |
| 80 | Old Town (Winston-Salem, NC) | |
| 81 | Royal Hague (Wassenaar, NL) | The Netherlands |
| 82 | Royal Melbourne (East) (Melbourne, AU) | Australia |
| 83 | Casa de Campo (Teeth of the Dog) (La Romana, DO) | |
| 84 | CapRock Ranch (Valentine, NE) | |
| 85 | Bandon Dunes (Bandon, OR) | |
| 86 | Myopia Hunt Club (South Hamilton, MA) | |
| 87 | Nine Bridges (Jeju Island, KR) | |
| 88 | Rock Creek Cattle Company (Deer Lodge, MT) | |
| 89 | De Pan (Utrecht, NL) | The Netherlands |
| 90 | Rye (Camber, GB) | SE England |
| 91 | Winged Foot (East) (Mamaroneck, NY) | |
| 92 | Machrihanish (Machrihanish, GB) | Ayrshire |
| 93 | Victoria (Cheltenham, AU) | |
| 94 | Kingsbarns (St. Andrews, GB) | St Andrews |
| 95 | Royal Liverpool (Hoylake, GB) | Lancashire |
| 96 | Cabot Links (Inverness, CA) | |
| 97 | Castle Stuart (Inverness, GB) | Highlands |
| 98 | Te Arai (North) (Te Arai, NZ) | New Zealand |
| 99 | Ohoopee Match Club (Cobbtown, GA) | |
| 100 | Cape Wickham (King Island, AU) | Australia |