Links Magazine Top 100 World (2025)

These are the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World according to Links Magazine for 2025. Courses that I have played are bolded/linked below and ones that I have at least tentatively scheduled are highlighted.

  1. Cypress Point – Pebble Beach, California
  2. Pine Valley – Pine Valley, New Jersey
  3. Royal County Down – Newcastle, Northern Ireland
  4. National Golf Links of America – Southampton, New York
  5. St Andrews Links (Old) – St Andrews, Scotland
  6. Shinnecock Hills – Southampton, New York
  7. Sand Hills – Mullen, Nebraska
  8. Royal Melbourne (West) – Black Rock, Australia
  9. Royal Portrush (Dunluce) – Portrush, Northern Ireland
  10. Royal Dornoch (Championship) – Dornoch, Scotland
  11. Chicago – Wheaton, Illinois
  12. Augusta National – Augusta, Georgia
  13. Prairie Dunes – Hutchinson, Kansas
  14. Kingston Heath – Cheltenham, Australia
  15. Pebble Beach – Pebble Beach, California
  16. Oakmont – Oakmont, Pennsylvania
  17. Ballybunion (Old) – Ballybunion, Ireland
  18. Merion (East) – Ardmore, Pennsylvania
  19. Tara Iti – Te Arai, New Zealand
  20. Muirfield – Gullane, Scotland
  21. North Berwick – North Berwick, Scotland
  22. Barnbougle Dunes – Bridport, Australia
  23. Lahinch (Old) – Lahinch, Ireland
  24. Kiawah Island (Ocean) – Kiawah Island, South Carolina
  25. Trump Turnberry (Ailsa) – Turnberry, Scotland
  26. Casa de Campo (Teeth of the Dog) – La Romana, Dominican Republic
  27. Cape Wickham – King Island, Australia
  28. Barnbougle Lost Farm – Bridport, Australia
  29. Cabot Cliffs – Inverness, Canada
  30. Crystal Downs – Frankfort, Michigan
  31. Royal St George’s – Sandwich, England
  32. Fisher’s Island – Fishers Island, New York
  33. Whistling Straits (Straits) – Haven, Wisconsin
  34. Winged Foot (West) – Mamaroneck, New York
  35. Frair’s Head – Baiting Hollow, New York
  36. Royal Melbourne (East) – Black Rock, Australia
  37. Yeamans Hall – Hanahan, South Carolina
  38. Swinley Forest – Ascot, England
  39. Riviera – Pacific Palisades, California
  40. Sunningdale (Old) – Sunningdale, England
  41. TPC Sawgrass (Stadium) – Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
  42. Pacific Dunes – Bandon, Oregon
  43. Carnoustie – Carnoustie, Scotland
  44. Royal Birkdale – Southport, England
  45. Morfontaine – Mortefontaine, France
  46. Shoreacres – Lake Bluff, Illinois
  47. Cape Kidnappers – Hawk’s Bay, New Zealand
  48. Pinehurst (No 2) – Pinehurst, North Carolina
  49. Royal Troon (Old) – Troon, Scotland
  50. Pete Dye Golf Club – Bridgeport, West Virginia
  51. San Francisco – San Francisco, California
  52. Calusa Pines – Naples, Florida
  53. Rosapenna (St Patricks) – Carrigart, Ireland
  54. Eastward HO! – Chatham, Massachusetts
  55. St George’s Hill (Red/Blue) – Weybridge, England
  56. Cruden Bay (Championship) – Cruden Bay, Scotland
  57. Royal Porthcawl – Porthcawl, Wales
  58. Rye (Old) – Rye, England
  59. Old Town Club – Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  60. Camargo – Cincinnati, Ohio
  61. California Golf Club of San Francisco – San Francisco, California
  62. Walton Heath (Old) – Walton-on-the-Hill, England
  63. Victoria – Cheltenham, Australia
  64. Machrihanish – Machrihanish, Scotland
  65. Seminole – Juno Beach, Florida
  66. New South Wales – La Perouse, Australia
  67. Ohoopee Match Club – Cobbtown, Georgia
  68. Prestwick – Prestwick, Scotland
  69. Cabot Links – Inverness, Canada
  70. Harbour Town – Hilton Head, South Carolina
  71. Muirfield Village – Dublin, Ohio
  72. Los Angeles (North) – Los Angeles, California
  73. The Country Club (Clyde/Squirrel) – Brookline, Massachusetts
  74. Garden City – Garden City, New York
  75. Peachtree – Atlanta, Georgia
  76. Kingsbarns – St Andrews, Scotland
  77. Waterville – Waterville, Ireland
  78. Royal Cinque Ports – Deal, England
  79. Sunningdale (New) – Sunningdale, England
  80. Metropolitan – Oakleigh, Australia
  81. Royal Aberdeen – Aberdeen, Scotland
  82. Wade Hampton – Cashiers, North Carolina
  83. Royal Adelade – Seaton, Australia
  84. Essex County – Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
  85. Newport – Newport, Rhode Island
  86. Hoiana Shores – Quang Nam, Vietnam
  87. Western Gailes – Irvine, Scotland
  88. Monterey Peninsula (Shore) – Pebble Beach, California
  89. Bethpage (Black) – Farmingdale, New York
  90. Woodhall Spa (Hotchkin) – Woodhall Spa, England
  91. Peninsula Kingswood (North) – Frankston, Australia
  92. Paraparaumu Beach – Paraparaumu, New Zealand
  93. Kauri Cliffs – Matauri Bay, New Zealand
  94. Pasatiempo – Santa Cruz, California
  95. The Golf Club – New Albany, Ohio
  96. St George’s – Etobicoke, Canada
  97. Bandon Trails – Bandon, Oregon
  98. Koninklijke Haagsche (Royal Hague) – Wassenaar, Netherlands
  99. Bandon Dunes – Bandon, Oregon
  100. Portmarnock (Championship) – Portmarnock, Ireland