About Us
TRUSTED & UNBIASED RANKINGS
Our continually up-to-date rankings are the most complete and extensive ever published online or in print. We pioneered the Top 100 Rankings for Scotland, England, France, Germany, and Spain and established the first regional Top 100 Ranking for Asia. We continue to open new frontiers more locally, at the county, state, and provincial levels.
OUR TEAM
The Top 100 Golf Asia team comprises passionate and deeply experienced travelling golfers brought together by their collective love for the game.
Our editorial team is made up of well-travelled, golf course architecture historians, critics, aficionados, and enthusiasts.
Our panellists are well informed golfers with extensive play at local, regional, national, and international levels. They share our vision for what makes good golf and work alongside the editorial team using our Ranking Guidance. They are active in all major golf countries and act as unpaid ambassadors motivated by a love and passion for golf.
Would you like to become a panellist? Join Top 100 Golf Asia as a member and begin submitting your ratings, reviews, photos, and videos. After just 25 reviews, you can become a candidate for a local or regional rankings. You should be well read on the theme of golf course architecture and be willing to promote Top 100 Golf Courses on various social media platforms.
The Editorial Team, Panellists, and Top 100 Members bring a wealth of expertise which is essential in putting together the most informed, current, and unbiased rankings found anywhere. The depth of our panel uniquely allows us to weigh and measure golf courses from good to great with no latency in the release.
World Top 100 Golf Courses
The latest ranking of the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World serves as the ultimate global golf bucket list. Most members of our World Top 100 Panel are seasoned golfers, each playing 20-30 of these courses annually while travelling extensively over decades to form their opinions on others.
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Cypress Point Club
California, United States
Cypress Point Club
California, United States
Cypress Point Club is set at the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains on the very tip of the Monterey Peninsula and the cliff top terrain is varied and thrilling.
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Pine Valley Golf Club
New Jersey, United States
Pine Valley Golf Club
New Jersey, United States
Pine Valley Golf Club was the dream of a Philadelphian hotelier, George Crump, who sadly died before its completion. The legacy he left behind is universally considered to be the perfect example of penal golf course architecture.
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Royal County Down (Championship)
Down, United Kingdom
Royal County Down (Championship)
Down, United Kingdom
Royal County Down Golf Club is at Newcastle, a little holiday town nestling at the feet of the majestic Mountains of Mourne. It’s an exhilarating location for a classic links golf course...
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Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
New York, United States
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
New York, United States
Not only was Shinnecock Hills Golf Club one of the five founding members of the USGA but also it was where one of the first specifically designed golf clubhouses was built.
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National Golf Links of America
New York, United States
National Golf Links of America
New York, United States
National Golf Links of America is a golf course of monumental historical importance, it’s a “Bear’s Best”, or “Blair's Best” of the early 20th century.
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Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West)
Victoria, Australia
Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West)
Victoria, Australia
The West course at Royal Melbourne Golf Club is generally acknowledged as the best course in Australia and one of Doctor Alister MacKenzie's finest designs.
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St Andrews Links (The Old Course)
Fife, United Kingdom
St Andrews Links (The Old Course)
Fife, United Kingdom
No other course has hosted more Opens than the Old Course at St Andrews.
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Oakmont Country Club
Pennsylvania, United States
Oakmont Country Club
Pennsylvania, United States
Apart from Augusta National, Oakmont Country Club has hosted more major Championships than any other course in the U.S. and it’s considered by many to be the toughest golf course in the world.
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Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce)
Antrim, United Kingdom
Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce)
Antrim, United Kingdom
The Dunluce links at Royal Portrush Golf Club is named after the ruined Dunluce castle that overlooks the course. Seven years after the club's formation, the first professional golf tournament in Ireland, won by Sandy Herd in 1895, was staged here.
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Muirfield - Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers
Lothians, United Kingdom
Muirfield - Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers
Lothians, United Kingdom
Muirfield is the course of “The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers” (HCEG), the world’s oldest golf club – according to direct written evidence – formed in 1744.
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Leaderboard for World Top 100 Golf Courses
| Rank | Player | Courses |
|---|---|---|
| #4 |
 Fergal O'Leary
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96/ 100 |
| #5 | Aandy.wincel | 95/ 100 |
| #6 | SSeungwoo Choi | 94/ 100 |
| #7 |
 Paul Rudovsky
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93/ 100 |
| #8 |
 Yuji Nakamura
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93/ 100 |
| #9 | HHarris Kaplan | 92/ 100 |
| #10 | SSimon Holt | 92/ 100 |
