The top 100 golf courses in the world

The Club at Nine Bridges, designed by Ronald Fream and David Dale of GolfPlan, is South Korea’s premier private golf club. Located on scenic Jeju Island, the course features bentgrass throughout, championship-caliber design, lush woodland surroundings, and consistently immaculate conditioning. Renowned for hosting international tournaments and ranking among the world's top 100, it combines a challenging layout with peaceful, natural beauty.

The Alotian Club in Roland, Arkansas is a highly exclusive, private 18-hole course designed by Tom Fazio and opened in 2004. Built by Warren Stephens, this meticulously maintained club features dramatic elevation changes, Bentgrass greens, and Zoysia fairways across 300 acres of wooded landscape. Consistently ranked among America’s top courses, Alotian is known for its commitment to world-class conditions and service.

The Olympic Club’s Lake Course is a legendary, private championship venue known for its tree-lined fairways, dramatic elevation changes, and slick Poa Annua greens. Designed by Sam Whiting and Willie Watson in 1924, it has hosted multiple U.S. Opens and is renowned for its challenging layout and iconic finishes beside Lake Merced.

Eastward Ho! Country Club in Chatham, Massachusetts, is a private, 18-hole, par-71 links-style course established in 1922 and designed by Herbert Fowler. Set on Pleasant Bay, the layout offers panoramic Atlantic views and challenges with rolling terrain and breezy conditions. Renovation by Keith Foster in 2004 preserved its classic seaside character while enhancing playability and strategy.

Punta Espada Golf Club is a spectacular Jack Nicklaus Signature design that opened in 2006 in Cap Cana. Ranked among the best in the Caribbean and frequently featured in global top-100 lists, the par-72 layout features eight holes that play along or over the Caribbean Sea, dazzling vistas, strategic bunkering, and immaculate conditioning. Host of multiple PGA Champions Tour events.

Designed by Gary Player and Phil Jacobs, Fancourt Links is widely regarded as South Africa’s premier golf course. Modeled on classic British Isles links courses, it features undulating fairways, dramatic dune-style landscapes, and pot bunkers. Exclusivity sets The Links apart, with limited access for resort guests and members, making every round memorable.

The California Golf Club of San Francisco, affectionately known as Cal Club, is a prestigious private golf club founded in 1918 and relocated in 1926. Featuring design input from Willie Locke, A.V. Macan, Alister MacKenzie, and a 2007–08 restoration by Kyle Phillips, the par-72 course boasts firm fescue surfaces, strategic bunkering, and Golden Age architecture on rolling Peninsula terrain.

Set on Tasmania’s spectacular northeast coast, Barnbougle Dunes is a renowned links course designed by Tom Doak and Mike Clayton. The course occupies dramatic sand dunes by Bass Strait, featuring firm fescue turf and strategic holes modeled on the classic seaside courses of Scotland and Ireland. Opened in 2004, it ranks among Australia’s finest public-access layouts and is celebrated for its windswept beauty, natural routing, and pure links-golf experience.

Adare Manor Golf Club delivers a world-class parkland layout redesigned by Tom Fazio in 2018, set amongst 800 acres of gardens and mature woodland on the River Maigue. The course blends natural surroundings, modern construction, and elite conditioning. It is a premier destination in Irish golf, recognized for hosting international tournaments and offering strategic, challenging play for all golfers.

The National Golf Club of Canada in Woodbridge, Ontario is widely acclaimed as the toughest and best course in Canada. Designed by George Fazio and Tom Fazio, it features a dramatic parkland layout with undulating, tree-lined fairways and some of the fastest, most challenging greens in North America. The club is highly exclusive and private.