Top 50 Courses World

  (**) indicates a course I have played and blogged about. Click the course and it will redirect you to what my tips and thoughts about the course. And the color GREEN indicates that I have played it. 

2011 RANK	COURSE	COUNTRY	DESIGNER	WORLD AVG RANK	2009 RANK
1	Pine Valley	US	H.S. Colt George Crump, 1918	95.99	1
2	Cypress Point	US	Alister MacKenzie, 1928	91.06	2
3	Augusta National	US	Bobby Jones Alister MacKenzie, 1933	87.95	3
4	St. Andrews (Old Course)	Scotland	Nature, 1400	86.27	4
5	Royal County Down	N. Ireland	Old Tom Morris, 1889	82.92	5
6	Shinnecock Hills	US	William Flynn, 1931	82.63	6
7	Pebble Beach	US	Douglas Grant Jack Neville, 1919	80.49	7
8	Oakmont**	US	Henry Fownes, 1903	77.36	8
9	Muirfield	Scotland	H.S. Colt Old Tom Morris, 1891	76.22	9
10	Merion (East)	US	Hugh Wilson, 1912	75.22	10

11	Sand Hills	US	Ben Crenshaw Bill Coore, 1994	75.14	11
12	National Golf Links of America	US	C.B. Macdonald, 1911	74.25	12
13	Royal Melbourne (West)	Australia	Alister MacKenzie, 1926	69.92	14
14	Royal Portrush (Dunluce)**	N. Ireland	H.S. Colt, 1929	69.4	13
15	Pinehurst (No. 2)	US	Donald Ross, 1907	67.42	19
16	Royal Dornoch	Scotland	Old Tom Morris, 1886	67.05	15
17	Ballybunion (Old)**	Ireland	Tom Simpson P. Murphy, 1893	67	18
18	Turnberry (Ailsa)	Scotland	P. Mackenzie Ross Willie Fernie, 1909	66.96	17
19	Pacific Dunes	US	Tom Doak, 2001	66.13	16
20	Crystal Downs	US	Perry Maxwell Alister MacKenzie, 1932	64.49	20

21	Carnoustie (Championship)	Scotland	Old Tom Morris A. Robertson, 1842	64.33	22
22	Winged Foot (West)	US	A. W. Tillinghast, 1923	63.67	23
23	Seminole	US	Donald Ross, 1929	62.91	21
24	Chicago	US	Seth Raynor C.B. Macdonald, 1895	62.76	24
25	Prairie Dunes	US	Press Maxwell Perry Maxwell, 1937	61.58	25
26	San Francisco	US	A. W. Tillinghast, 1918	61.42	26
27	Kingston Heath	Australia	Alister MacKenzie Des Soutar, 1925	60.67	27
28	Fishers Island Club	US	Seth Raynor, 1926	60.18	31
29	Oakland Hills (South)	US	Robert Trent Jones Donald Ross, 1917	59.06	28
30	Royal Birkdale	England	Fred Hawtree George Lowe Jr., 1889	58.96	29

31	Riviera	US	Bill Bell Sr. George Thomas, 1926	58.31	30
32	Royal St. George's	England	Laidlaw Purves, 1887	57.41	34
33	Cape Kidnappers	New Zealand	Tom Doak, 2004	56.88	36
34	New South Wales	Australia	Eric Apperly Alister MacKenzie, 1928	56.81	38
35	Sunningdale (Old)	England	H.S. Colt Willie Park Jr., 1901	56.49	33
36	Bethpage (Black)	US	A.W. Tillinghast, 1935	55.99	35
37	The Country Club (Clyde/Squirrel)	US	Rees Jones Willie Campbell, 1895	55.92	37
38	Friar's Head	US	Ben Crenshaw Bill Coore, 2003	55.29	32
39	Los Angeles (North)	US	George Thomas, 1921	54.88	52
40	Hirono	Japan	C.H. Alison, 1932	54.51	39

41	Barnbougle Dunes	Australia	Mike Clayton Tom Doak, 2004	54.47	43
42	Lahinch	Ireland	Alister MacKenzie Old Tom Morris, 1893	53.65	44
43	Olympic (Lake)	US	Sam Whiting, 1924	53.39	41
44	Whistling Straits (Straits)	US	Pete Dye, 1998	52.5	40
45	Kiawah Island (Ocean)	US	Pete Dye, 1991	52.35	47
46	Portmarnock (Old)	Ireland	W.C. Pickeman George Ross, 1894	52.06	45
47	Casa de Campo (Teeth of the Dog)	Dominican Republic	Pete Dye, 1971	51.89	42
48	Royal Troon (Old)	Scotland	Willie Fernie, 1887	51.55	48
49	Nine Bridges	South Korea	David Dale Ron Fream, 2001	51.51	55
50	Garden City Golf Club	US	Devereux Emmet, 1899	51.5	51

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