{"id":18,"date":"2023-09-29T03:40:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T02:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wallydennis.com\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-09-10T21:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T01:32:05","slug":"golf-digest-top-100-world-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wallydennis.com\/index.php\/golf-digest-top-100-world-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"GolfDigestTop100World (2024-25)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Golf Digest Top 100 World (2024-25)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

These are the Top 100 Courses outside of the US as determined by Golf Digest. Courses that I have played are bolded <\/strong>below and ones that I have at least tentatively scheduled are in highlighted<\/mark><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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