Golf Digest Top 100 World (2024-25)

These are the Top 100 Courses outside of the US as determined by Golf Digest. Courses that I have played are bolded below and ones that I have at least tentatively scheduled are in highlighted.

1. Royal County Down Golf Club – Newcastle, Northern Ireland
2. Royal Dornoch Golf Club – Dornoch, Scotland
3. St. Andrews (Old Course) – St. Andrews, Scotland
4. Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce) – Portrush, Northern Ireland
5. Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West) – Black Rock, Australia
6. Muirfield – Gullane, Scotland
7. Tara Iti Golf Club – Mangawhai, New Zealand
8. Trump Turnberry (Ailsa) – Girvan, Scotland
9. North Berwick Golf Club – North Berwick, Scotland
10. Ballybunion Golf Club (Old) – Ballybunion, Ireland
11. Kingston Heath – Heatherton, Australia
12. Sunningdale Golf Club (Old) – Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
13. Cabot Cliffs – Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
14. Cape Wickham Links – King Island, Australia
15. Cape Kidnappers Golf Course – Hawk’s Bay, New Zealand
16. Carnoustie Golf Links – Carnoustie, Scotland
17. Mortefontaine Golf Club (Grand Parcours) – Mortefontaine, France
18. Royal Melbourne Golf Club (East) – Black Rock, Australia
19. Royal Birkdale Golf Club – Southport, Lancashire, England
20. Royal St. George’s Golf Club – Sandwich, England
21. Cruden Bay Golf Club – Cruden Bay, Scotland
22. Kingsbarns Golf Links – St. Andrews, Scotland
23. New South Wales Golf Club – Le Perouse, Australia
24. Lofoten Links – Gimsoyand, Norway
25. Cabot Links – Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
26. Hirono Golf Club – Hyogo, Japan
27. Lahinch Golf Club – Lahinch, Ireland
28. Royal Troon Golf Club – Troon, Scotland
29. Real Club Valderrama – Sotogrande, Spain
30. Barnbougle Dunes – Bridport, Tasmania, Australia
31. Victoria Golf Club – Melbourne, Australia
32. Swinley Forest Golf Club – Ascot, Berkshire, England
33. Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club – Lytham St. Annes, England
34. Trump International Golf Links – Balmedie, Scotland
35. Sunningdale Golf Club (New) – Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
36. Te Arai Links (North) – Tomarata, New Zealand
37. Portmarnock Golf Club (Championship) – Portmarnock, Ireland
38. St. George’s Golf and Country Club – Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
39. Barnbougle Lost Farm – Bridport, Tasmania, Australia
40. Te Arai Links (South) – Tomarata, New Zealand
41. Punta Espada – Cap Cana, Dominican Republic
42. Metropolitan Golf Club – Melbourne, Australia
43. Royal Porthcawl Golf Club – Porthcawl, Wales
44. Hamilton Golf and Country Club (West/South) – Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
45. Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Course – Jasper, Alberta, Canada
46. Memphremagog Golf Club – Magog, Quebec, Canada
47. Diamante Golf Course (Dunes) – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
48. Koninklijke Haagshe (Royal Hague) – Wassenaar, Netherlands
49. Rosapenna (St Patricks Links) – Downings, Ireland
50. Kawana Hotel Golf Course – Shizuoka, Japan
51. Cabot Highlands (Castle Stuart) – Inverness, Scotland
52. Machrihanish Golf Club – Campbelltown, Scotland
53. Waterville Golf Links – Waterville, Ireland
54. Casa De Campo (Teeth of the Dog) – La Romana, Dominican Republic
55. Kauri Cliffs – Matauri Bay, New Zealand
56. Royal Aberdeen Golf Club (Balgownie) – Aberdeen, Scotland
57. Woodhall Spa Golf Club – Lincolnshire, England
58. Capilano Golf and Country Club – West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
59. Utrecht Golf Club de Pan – Utrecht, Netherlands
60. Banff Springs Golf Course – Banff, Alberta, Canada
61. Prestwick Golf Club – Ayrshire, Scotland
62. Shangin Bay Golf Course – Hainan Island, China
63. Royal Liverpool Golf Club – Hoylake, England
64. Mid Ocean Club – Tucker’s Town, Bermuda
65. Leopard Creek Country Club – Malelane, South Africa
66. Monte Rei Golf and Country Club – Cacela, Portugal
67. Loch Lamond Golf Club – Luss, Scotland
68. The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip – Ho Tram, Vietnam
69. Walton Heath Golf Club (Old) – Walton-on-the-Hill, England
70. St. Endoc Golf Club (Church) – North Cornwall, England
71. Yas Links – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emeriates
72. South Cape Owners Club – South Korea
73. Jack’s Point Golf Course – Queenstown, New Zealand
74. Real Club de Golf Sotogrande – Sotogrande, Spain
75. Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea – Incheon City, South Korea
76. Royal St. David’s Golf Club – Gwynedd, Wales
77. Old Head Golf Course – Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
78. Western Gailes Golf Club – Irvine, Scotland
79. Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club – Deal, England
80. The Durban Country Club – Durban, South Africa
81. Rye Golf Course (Old) – Rye, England
82. Royal Portrush Golf Club (Valley) – Portrush, N Ireland
83. Naruo Golf Course – Inagawa, Japan
84. National Golf Club of Canada – Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
85. Ganton Golf Club – Yorkshire, England
86. Cape Breton Highland Links – Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada
87. Enniscrone Golf Club – Enniscrone, Ireland
88. County Sligo at Rosses Point (Colt) – County Sligo, Ireland
89. Tralee Golf Club – Tralee, Ireland
90. The European Club – Brittas Bay, Ireland
91. St. Andrews Golf Links (New) – St. Andrews, Scotland
92. Portstewart Golf Club (New) – Portstewart, N Ireland
93. Walton Heath Golf Club (New) – Walton-on-the-Hill, England
94. Trump Turnberry (Robert the Bruce) – Turnberry, Scotland
95. Nairn Golf Club – Nairn, Scotland
96. Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club – Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand
97. Sheshan International Golf Club – Shanghai, China
98. Amata Spring Country Club – Chonburi, Thailand
99. Tokyo Golf Club – Sayama, Japan
100. Cabo del Sol – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico