Top 100 Golf Courses in the World (progress: 6 / 100)
Royal County Down - Championship
Royal Dornoch - Championship
Royal Melbourne - West
Tara Iti
Royal Portrush - Dunluce
Trump Turnberry - Ailsa
Morfontaine
St. Andrews Links - Old Course
Cabot Links
Loch Lomond
Cape Breton Highlands Links
Cabot Cliffs
Muirfield
Kingston Heath
Sunningdale - Old Course
Ballybunion - Old Course
Cape Wickham Links
Barnbougle Dunes
Royal Birkdale
Royal Melbourne - East
Cape Kidnappers
Carnoustie - Championship
New South Wales
Hirono
North Berwick
Royal St. George's
St. George's GCC
Shanqin Bay
Kingsbarns Links
Swinley Forest
Casa de Campo (Teeth of the Dog)
Lahinch - Old Course
Valderrama
Te Arai Links - North
Sunningdale - New
Barnbougle Lost Farm
Royal Porthcawl
Te Arai Links - South
Kauri Cliffs
Royal Troon - Old
The Club at Nine Bridges
Diamante - Dunes
Cruden Bay
Royal Lytham & St. Annes
Punta Espada
Kawana - Fuji
National GC of Canada
Yas Links
Portmarnock - Championship
Victoria
Trump International
Hamilton GCC - West/South
Mid Ocean Club
Fancourt
Machrihanish
South Cape
Metropolitan
Cabot Highlands - Castle Stuart
Jack Nicklaus Korea
St. George's Hill
Waterville
The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip
Leopard Creek
Rye - Old
Royal Aberdeen - Balgownie
Ellerston
Capilano GCC
Woodhall - Hotchkin
Farimont Jasper Park
Lofoten Links
Naruo
Jack's Point
Kinloch
Royal Liverpool
Sentosa - Serapong
Monte Rei
Haesley Nine Bridges
Utrecht
Walton Heath - Old
Ganton
Emirates - Majlis
Anyang
Prestwick
Old Head of Kinsale
Sheshan International
Tokyo
Memphremagog
Banff Springs - Thompson
Royal Adelaide
Paraparaumu Beach
Royal Cinque Ports
Bro Hof Slott - Stadium
Siam - Old
Mission Hills - Blackstone
Koninklijke Haagsche
Spring City - Lake
St. Patrick's Links
St. Endoc - Church
Black Mountain - East/North
Cabo del Sol - Cove Club
Royal & Ancient Golf ClubTop 100 Public Golf Courses in the USA (progress: 7 / 100)
Pebble Beach
Pacific Dunes
Sand Valley - Lido
Pinehurst #2
Whistling Straits - Straits
Kiawah Island - Ocean
Bandon Dunes
Shadow Creek
Bethpage Black
Bandon Trails
TPC Sawgrass - Stadium
Old Macdonald
Streamsong Red
Streamsong Blue
Kapalua - Plantation
Streamsong Black
Tobacco Road
Pine Needles
Wolf Creek
Pasatiempo
Pinehurst #10
Erin Hills
Sheep Ranch
Sand Valley
Sedge Valley
Harbour Town
Chambers Bay
Blackwolf Run - River
Sand Valley - Mammoth Dunes
Arcadia Bluffs - Bluffs
Manele
Gamble Sands
Landmand
Cabot Citrus Farms - Karoo
Omni Homestead - Cascades
Sea Island - Seaside
Karsten Creek
The Park
Prairie Club - Dunes
French Lick - Dye
Torrey Pines - South
Mauna Kea
Highland Course at Primland
The Greenbrier - Old White
Big Cedar Lodge - Ozarks National
Forest Dunes - Weiskopf
Pinehurst #4
Lawsonia - Links
Forest Dunes - Loop Black
The Quarry at Giants Ridge
Fallen Oak
Greywalls
May River at Palmetto Bluff
CordeValle
Wild Horse
Paako Ridge
The Dunes Golf & Beach Club
PGA West - Stadium
Mossy Oak
Wilderness Club
Whistling Straits - Irish
Pronghorn - Nicklaus
The Broadmoor - East
The Links at Spanish Bay
SentryWorld
Cascata
Omni PGA Frisco - Fields Ranch East
Forest Dunes - Loop Red
Golden Horseshoe - Gold
Cog Hill GCC - Dubsdread #4
Mid Pines Inn & GC
Arcadia Bluffs - South
Crosswater
Firestone - South
Yale
Makai
Sand Hollow - Championship
Caledonia Golf & Fish
The Classic at Madden's Resort
Silvies Valley Ranch - Hankins
Rustic Canyon
Blackwolf Run - Meadow Valleys
Red Sky Ranch - Fazio
The Wilderness at Fortune Bay
Tetherow
Southern Pines
Trump Doral - Blue Monster
The Pfau Course at IU
Old Waverly
Big Cedar Lodge - Payne's Valley
Silvies Valley Ranch - Craddock
Nemacolin - Mystic Rock
Red Sky Ranch - Norman
American Dunes
Pinehurst #8
Reynolds Lake Oconee - Great Waters
Belvedere
Sweetens Cove
Tullymore
Top 100 Courses in the USA (progress: 0 / 100)
With a disheartening total of 0 courses played, there are no blog posts in this section, yet!
How did I determine the rankings? (Question from golf nerds)
By taking the Golf Digest and Golf.com rankings over the past 5 years, I averaged their rankings to get a better idea of which courses were truly in the Top 100. Each year, different courses make appearances on the list, existing courses get bumped off, and new courses get constructed across the globe. My rankings take these varying factors into account. Brand new courses, previously unranked in older lists like 2019 and 2020, do not get penalized in their average score calculation. Courses that fall out of the Top 100 automatically get assigned the spot of '101'. And new courses that appear on the list when they've never been before also are subjected to a '101' ranking on older lists in which they didn't make the cut. Sound simple? Probably not, but that is okay. Just know my rankings are the most fair and up-to-date taking and averaging the scores/opinions of 3 different golf media outlets: Golf.com, Golf World, and Golf Digest over the past five years.
Where do I keep all of these calculations? And why?
In a Microsoft Excel sheet that I would be more than happy to share with anyone for a small cost. Every year a new list or rankings are made from Golf Digest, Golf.com, etc., I update the Excel and BOOM, just like that, the courses averages are updated and so are the rankings.
Why do I do this? My goal of playing the Top 100 courses in the United States (public & private, separate lists) and Internationally will take my whole lifetime at the very least. Every few years, new rankings are released by media outlets and new courses are erected, therefore, rather than hopping from new list to new list, by keeping a running average, I have my own Top 100 rankings that change, but not as drastically as the media outlets.
For any inquiries pertaining to my golf blog, please reach out to me! Whether it's questions about the courses I've played, my rankings datasheet, to invite me to play at your home course :^) , or to just talk golf, I implore you to not be a stranger.
