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 ClubNewcastle, 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 ClubCruden Bay, Scotland
  22. Kingsbarns Golf LinksSt. 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 ClubLahinch, Ireland
  28. Royal Troon Golf ClubTroon, 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 LinksBalmedie, 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 LinksWaterville, 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 ClubHoylake, 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 CourseKinsale, County Cork, Ireland
  78. Western Gailes Golf ClubIrvine, 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 ClubBrittas 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