Course Rankings

The most influential parkland course ever built.

MacKenzie's most beautiful work — and the course that defined what a great inland-meets-ocean course could be.

The home of golf — and the genetic source code of the game.

Routinely ranked the greatest course in America — and the toughest test in the game.

The course that launched the modern minimalist movement in American golf.

The most visually stunning links in the world — and one of its sternest tests.

America's first true links — and the closest thing the United States has to a Scottish-style championship test.

Macdonald's love letter to the great holes of the British Isles — and America's first true masterpiece.

The fairest links in the British rota — and the connoisseur's Open Championship venue.

The most famous meeting of land and sea in American golf.

The course that started the minimalist movement — and the most natural site in modern American golf.

The most penal championship course in the United States — and perhaps the firmest, fastest greens in the world.

The greatest course in the Southern Hemisphere — and the cornerstone of the Melbourne sandbelt.

Donald Ross's masterpiece — and the most strategically pure resort course in America.

Proof that great championship golf doesn't require great length.

The only Open Championship venue in Northern Ireland — and one of the most dramatic links in the world.

The course that launched American destination links golf.

The hardest course in the Open rota — and the one nicknamed 'Car-nasty' for good reason.

Pete Dye's American answer to the Irish links — built on a former military airfield.

Home of THE PLAYERS — and the most famous par 3 in modern American golf.