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342 places to explore

The Swilcan Bridge, Old Course and clubhouse at St AndrewsLinks
Scotland · St Andrews03

The Old Course

Shared greens, the Swilcan Bridge, and the town where golf feels at home.

Coastal golf landscape at Bandon Dunes in OregonLinks
United States · Bandon04

Bandon Dunes

Walking golf, shifting winds, and days measured in rounds.

The Dunes Course at Costa Navarino with resort buildings and coastal landscapeResort
Greece · Messinia05

Costa Navarino

Mediterranean mornings. Four courses. A very good reason to stay longer.

Cape Kidnappers golf course on the rolling coastal headlandClifftop
New Zealand · Hawke’s Bay06

Cape Kidnappers

Fairways above the ocean, on a landscape unlike anywhere else.

Barnbougle golf course among the coastal dunes of TasmaniaLinks
Australia · Bridport07

Barnbougle

Tasmanian dunes, a big sky, and the freedom to play the ground game.

Tall grasses and blue sky at Kauri Cliffs in New ZealandClifftop
New Zealand · Matauri Bay08

Kauri Cliffs

Northland light, island views, and a beautiful excuse to go further.

Autumn landscape along the Cabot Trail in Cape BretonLinks
Canada · Inverness09

Cabot Cape Breton

Two celebrated courses and a whole island worth slowing down for.

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A panoramic view of The Links at FancourtResort
South Africa · George10

Fancourt

Mountain-framed golf at the heart of a Garden Route escape.

Aerial view of Yas Island attractions in Abu DhabiLinks-inspired
United Arab Emirates · Yas Island11

Yas Links

A waterfront golf escape with Abu Dhabi on the doorstep.

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Kingsbarns links fairways running down to the North Sea, seen from near the clubhouseLinks
Scotland · Kingsbarns12

Kingsbarns Golf Links

A modern links shaped by hand above the Fife shore, six miles from St Andrews.

The 18th green of Carnoustie’s Championship Course with the Barry Burn and hotel beyondLinks
Scotland · Carnoustie13

Carnoustie Golf Links

Eight Opens, the Barry Burn and a finish that has humbled the best in the game.

Tree-lined fairway on one of the Gleneagles courses in PerthshireResort
Scotland · Auchterarder17

Gleneagles

Braid’s moorland courses and a Ryder Cup venue under the Ochil Hills.

Fairway and green below the tall sand dunes on the 7th hole at BallybunionLinks
Ireland · Ballybunion21

Ballybunion Golf Club

Dune-ridge links on the Kerry shore, from the graveyard first to the cliff-edge 11th.

Rolling links fairways and dunes on Lahinch Golf Club’s links course in County ClareLinks
Ireland · Lahinch22

Lahinch Golf Club

Blind shots over Klondyke and the Dell, a surfing village and goats that read the weather.

The 18th hole at Waterville Golf Links running along Ballinskelligs Bay under a stormy skyLinks
Ireland · Waterville25

Waterville Golf Links

A long, remote Ring of Kerry links where the back nine climbs into the big dunes.

The whitewashed church at Cacela Velha in the eastern Algarve, near Monte ReiResort
Portugal · Vila Nova de Cacela28

Monte Rei Golf & Country Club

A single Nicklaus course in the quiet eastern hills, freshly renovated for autumn 2026.

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Umbrella pines lining a fairway at Quinta do Lago in the AlgarveResort
Portugal · Almancil29

Quinta do Lago

Three courses among umbrella pines, on the edge of the Ria Formosa lagoon.

Red-roofed houses and town walls of Óbidos, the nearest town to West CliffsLinks
Portugal · Vau31

West Cliffs Golf Links

Cynthia Dye’s dune links on the Silver Coast, an hour north of Lisbon.

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Path beside a pine-framed fairway at Oitavos Dunes near CascaisLinks
Portugal · Quinta da Marinha32

Oitavos Dunes

Arthur Hills’ dunes-and-pines links, with Cabo da Roca on the horizon.

Green and wooded hillside on the Atlantic course at Penha Longa, SintraMountain
Portugal · Sintra33

Penha Longa

Robert Trent Jones Jr. golf in the wooded Sintra hills, 30 minutes from Lisbon.

Olive trees and bunkers on the Finca Cortesín course above the MediterraneanResort
Spain · Casares35

Finca Cortesín

The 2023 Solheim Cup course, set among olive trees above the Mediterranean.

Aerial view of the Abama resort and golf course on the Tenerife coastResort
Spain · Guía de Isora38

Abama Golf

Palms, 22 lakes and La Gomera on the horizon: Tenerife’s winter-sun course.

Bunkered green on Pinehurst No. 4 framed by tall Carolina pinesResort
United States · Village of Pinehurst40

Pinehurst Resort

Donald Ross’s turtleback greens, a sandhills village and ten courses besides.

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Aerial view of the Wisconsin River at Nekoosa, the nearest town to Sand ValleyHeathland
United States · Nekoosa44

Sand Valley

Walking golf on Wisconsin sand, and the lost Lido brought back to life.

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Cart path and fairway beneath Torrey pines at Torrey Pines Golf Course, La JollaClifftop
United States · La Jolla45

Torrey Pines

A city-owned U.S. Open course on the cliffs above the Pacific.

Clubhouse sign of World Woods Golf Club, the site redeveloped as Cabot Citrus FarmsHeathland
United States · Brooksville46

Cabot Citrus Farms

Rolling sand and live oaks on Florida’s Nature Coast, rebuilt by Cabot.

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Moss-draped oaks beside the Seaside course with The Lodge at Sea Island beyondCoastal
United States · St. Simons Island47

Sea Island

Marsh, sea breezes and a Colt & Alison course reborn for its 25th year.

Bethpage State Park entrance sign during the 2019 PGA ChampionshipParkland
United States · Farmingdale48

Bethpage Black

A state-park course with a warning sign, a Ryder Cup and a public fee.

Torre Verdura, the coastal watchtower beside the Verdura resort near SciaccaCoastal
Italy · Sciacca53

Verdura Resort

Two Kyle Phillips courses through olive groves to the Sicilian shore.

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Cap Cana marina waterfront in the Dominican RepublicCoastal
Dominican Republic · Cap Cana57

Punta Espada Golf Club

Nicklaus on the Cap Cana cliffs, with eight holes playing along or over the sea.

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El Arco rock formation at Land’s End, Cabo San LucasDesert
Mexico · Tourist Corridor59

Cabo del Sol Course

Weiskopf’s arroyo course above the Sea of Cortez, now with six Fry/Straka holes.

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Pedregal beach on the Pacific side of Cabo San LucasClifftop
Mexico · Cabo San Lucas60

Quivira Golf Club

Nicklaus on Pacific cliffs and dunes, with food and drink stations included in the fee.

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Players on a green beside a lake at Emirates Golf Club during the 2001 Dubai Desert ClassicDesert
United Arab Emirates · Emirates Hills61

Emirates Golf Club

The Desert Classic’s home since 1989, plus a floodlit Faldo for evening rounds.

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Dubai Metro train display showing the Jumeirah Golf Estates stopParkland
United Arab Emirates · Jumeirah Golf Estates62

Jumeirah Golf Estates

Earth and Fire by Greg Norman, where the DP World Tour season finishes.

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Dune grasses and the Arabian Gulf on Saadiyat Beach, Abu DhabiCoastal
United Arab Emirates · Saadiyat Island63

Saadiyat Beach Golf Club

Gary Player’s beachfront course, gazelles included, with a freshly reworked back nine.

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Wooden jetty at sunset on Bel Ombre beach, southern MauritiusCoastal
Mauritius · Bel Ombre65

Heritage Golf Club

A new Oosthuizen links and a château garden course on one estate.

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Lăng Cô lagoon and bridge below the mountains on Vietnam’s central coastCoastal
Vietnam · Lăng Cô68

Laguna Golf Lăng Cô

Faldo’s routing through dunes, boulders and working rice paddies.

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Limestone sea cliffs at Uluwatu on Bali’s Bukit Peninsula, near PecatuClifftop
Indonesia · Pecatu69

New Kuta Golf

Limestone clifftop golf above Dreamland Beach, 20 minutes from the airport.

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Aerial view of Cape Schanck’s basalt headland on the Mornington PeninsulaLinks
Australia · Cape Schanck70

The National Golf Club

Jones, Norman and Doak in one set of dunes, by visitor request.

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The stone tower of Cape Wickham Lighthouse on King IslandLinks
Australia · King Island71

Cape Wickham Golf Links

An ocean view from every hole, under Australia’s tallest lighthouse.

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Kata and Karon bays seen from the hills of southern PhuketMountain
Thailand · Kathu73

Red Mountain Golf Club

Phuket’s hilliest round, cut through the cliffs and flooded pits of an old tin mine.

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Mai Khao Beach on Phuket’s north-west coast under a clear skyParkland
Thailand · Thalang74

Blue Canyon Country Club

The Canyon Course where Tiger Woods came from eight back, minutes from Phuket airport.

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A lagoon beside a fairway at Laguna Golf Phuket with wooded hills behindResort
Thailand · Cherngtalay75

Laguna Golf Phuket

Lagoon golf inside Phuket’s biggest resort complex, with rates published to the baht.

Kata and Karon beaches below forested headlands on Phuket’s west coastParkland
Thailand · Kathu79

Loch Palm Golf Club

Palms, Phuket’s biggest lake and a jungle back nine, next door to Red Mountain.

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Restored Sino-Portuguese shophouses in Phuket Old TownParkland
Thailand · Kathu83

Phuket Country Club

Phuket’s first golf course: a relaxed, walkable round around a central lake in Kathu.

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A Marble Mountain outcrop rising above the rooftops of Ngu Hanh Son, Da NangLinks
Vietnam · Ngu Hanh Son84

Legend Da Nang Golf Resort

Greg Norman’s dune links and a Nicklaus tournament course beside Da Nang’s beach.

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Yellow merchant houses reflected in the river at Hoi An Ancient TownLinks
Vietnam · Duy Nghia86

Hoiana Shores Golf Club

Robert Trent Jones II’s pure-sand links on the beach, ranked among Asia’s top 20.

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Forested slopes and mountain ridges at Ba Na Hills west of Da NangMountain
Vietnam · Ba Na87

Ba Na Hills Golf Club

Luke Donald’s first course, floodlit end to end, in the forested foothills west of Da Nang.

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A sandy cove with thatched shelters and clear water in Nha Trang BayLinks
Vietnam · Bac Cam Ranh88

KN Golf Links Cam Ranh

Greg Norman’s sand-dune links on Long Beach, minutes from Cam Ranh airport.

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The Langkawi Sky Bridge curving over the forested peaks of the Machinchang rangeCoastal
Malaysia · Datai Bay90

The Els Club Teluk Datai

Ernie Els’s rainforest-to-sea course below Langkawi’s ancient peaks, with monkeys for company.

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Thatched resort chalets and palms on a beach at BintanCoastal
Indonesia · Lagoi94

Ria Bintan Golf Club

Gary Player’s jungle-and-sea Ocean Course, 50 minutes by ferry from Singapore.

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The towers of Angkor Wat silhouetted against a pink dawn skyParkland
Cambodia · Siem Reap95

Angkor Golf Resort

Nick Faldo’s course ten minutes from Siem Reap, between temple mornings.

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A farmer planting rice in flooded paddies in the Siem Reap countrysideParkland
Cambodia · Puok96

Phokeethra Country Club

A long, lake-laced course in the rice fields west of Siem Reap, run with the Sofitel Angkor.

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The first green at Muirfield with long rough, a line of trees and the Firth of Forth and Fife coast beyondLinks
Scotland · Gullane97

Muirfield

Sixteen Opens, two loops of nine and visitor tee times only on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Aerial view of the Prestwick links running along the curve of the Ayrshire shore with the town and the Firth of Clyde beyondLinks
Scotland · Prestwick99

Prestwick Golf Club

Where The Open began in 1860, with blind holes the railway still runs past.

A links fairway at Dumbarnie running between grassy dunes towards distant bunkers under a pale skyLinks
Scotland · Upper Largo102

Dumbarnie Links

A 2020 links on Largo Bay, wide enough to swing freely and firm enough to think.

A green on Crail’s Balcomie Links beside rocky foreshore, with the North Sea and the coast running on behindLinks
Scotland · Fife Ness103

Crail Golfing Society

Old Tom Morris’s Balcomie and Gil Hanse’s Craighead on the eastern tip of Fife.

A fairway at Nairn Golf Club beside the shore path, with the clubhouse and a belt of pine trees beyond under an overcast skyLinks
Scotland · Nairn104

Nairn Golf Club

A Moray Firth links with the sea in view from every hole.

Sunset over the Malahide Estuary seen from the Corballis side, with saltmarsh in the foregroundLinks
Ireland · Donabate109

The Island Golf Club

A dune peninsula once reached by rowing boat, now 20 minutes from Dublin Airport.

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The white façade of the K Club hotel above clipped lawns and topiary on a clear winter dayParkland
Ireland · Straffan110

The K Club

The 2006 Ryder Cup course, on a Liffey-side estate west of Dublin.

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A gravel track beside the links at Barrow, Tralee Golf Club, with rocks offshore in grey seaLinks
Ireland · Barrow111

Tralee Golf Club

Palmer’s seaside front nine, then a back nine carved through towering Barrow dunes.

Rossbeigh Strand seen from the hillside above Glenbeigh, with Castlemaine Harbour and the Kerry mountains beyondLinks
Ireland · Glenbeigh112

Dooks Golf Club

An 1889 links on Dingle Bay, under the Reeks, with natterjack toads for company.

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A Formby fairway and tee seen from under the pines, with golfers and a pine wood beyondLinks
England · Freshfield116

Formby Golf Club

Links turf threaded through Scots pine and dunes, a short walk from Freshfield station.

Hillside fairways below pine-topped sandhills, seen through a fence from beside the railwayLinks
England · Birkdale117

Hillside Golf Club

A quiet front nine by the railway, then a back nine deep in the Birkdale dunes.

The low clubhouse at Spyglass Hill behind a striped lawn, framed by Monterey pinesCoastal
United States · Pebble Beach119

Spyglass Hill Golf Course

Five holes in the dunes, then thirteen through the pines, every one named from Treasure Island.

The view from the 15th tee on We-Ko-Pa’s Saguaro Course: a saguaro cactus and desert scrub in front of the green, with mountains beyondDesert
United States · Fort McDowell121

We-Ko-Pa Golf Club

Two desert courses with no houses or roads, on Fort McDowell Yavapai land.

The granite boulders of Pinnacle Peak in North Scottsdale under a clear blue skyDesert
United States · North Scottsdale122

Troon North Golf Club

Tom Weiskopf’s boulder-strewn desert golf beneath Pinnacle Peak.

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Marsh grass beside a Harbour Town fairway, with the red-and-white lighthouse and harbour beyondResort
United States · Sea Pines124

Harbour Town Golf Links

Tiny greens, live oaks and a striped lighthouse behind the 18th on Calibogue Sound.

Sea oats and dune fencing on the sand at Myrtle BeachCoastal
United States · Myrtle Beach125

The Dunes Golf & Beach Club

Robert Trent Jones’s 1949 oceanfront course, home of Waterloo and a PGA Tour week.

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Sport-fishing boats moored at a marina in Murrells InletParkland
United States · Murrells Inlet127

TPC Myrtle Beach

Tom Fazio’s public tournament course in the marsh country south of Myrtle Beach.

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Yachts moored in the Puerto Los Cabos marina with pink bougainvillea in the foreground and desert hills behindCoastal
Mexico · San José del Cabo132

Puerto Los Cabos Golf Club

Two Nicklaus nines and a Norman nine falling to the Sea of Cortez, with chef-run palapas en route.

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A palm tree and umbrella pines above a Vale do Lobo fairway, seen across a shallow stream behind the beachResort
Portugal · Vale do Lobo134

Vale do Lobo

Two Cotton-rooted courses and a par-3 16th that carries a red sandstone ravine.

Vintage hand-tinted postcard of golfers on a green framed by longleaf pine branchesHeathland
United States · Southern Pines137

Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club

Donald Ross’s 1921 routing, restored in 2013, opposite its sister across Midland Road.

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Hand-coloured 1914 postcard of golfers and caddies on the sand putting green of the 5th hole at Southern Pines Country ClubHeathland
United States · Southern Pines139

Southern Pines Golf Club

A 1906 town course, opened up by 700 felled trees and a rebuilt Ross “lost hole”.

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Aerial view of Cascata’s green fairways threaded through brown desert ridges above Boulder CityDesert
United States · Boulder City140

Cascata Golf Club

Rees Jones fairways in the River Mountains, with a stream running through the clubhouse.

Red and cream sandstone of the Calico Hills at Red Rock Canyon, with grey limestone peaks behindDesert
United States · Summerlin141

TPC Las Vegas

A former tour stop among Summerlin’s arroyos, with Red Rock Canyon as the backdrop.

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A lone golfer on a wide green fairway at Reflection Bay, with a flag on the rise beyond and a pointed brown peak to the rightDesert
United States · Lake Las Vegas142

Reflection Bay Golf Club

Jack Nicklaus’s only Signature course in Nevada, with five holes on Lake Las Vegas.

Batiquitos Lagoon winding to the Pacific between the hillside homes of CarlsbadResort
United States · Carlsbad148

Aviara Golf Club

Arnold Palmer’s only San Diego course, folded into the hills above Batiquitos Lagoon.

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The Intracoastal Waterway between marsh islands and the Isle of Palms, seen from the connector bridge at Mount PleasantParkland
United States · Mount Pleasant153

Charleston National Golf Club

A Rees Jones course with wooden bridges over wetland, closing beside the Intracoastal marsh.

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View from the 17th tee at Pennard over Three Cliffs Bay and the Gower coast in evening lightLinks
Wales · Southgate159

Pennard Golf Club

Tumbling links turf 200 feet above Three Cliffs Bay, with a ruined castle beside play.

Two golfers on an Aberdovey green below big marram dunes, with the railway and road in front and the sea beyondLinks
Wales · Aberdyfi162

Aberdovey Golf Club

Bernard Darwin’s favourite links, squeezed between the Cambrian Coast railway and the dunes.

Surf rolling onto the long beach at Enniscrone under a grey evening sky, with the town on the left and a distant peak across Killala BayLinks
Ireland · Enniscrone166

Enniscrone Golf Club

Big dunes on Killala Bay, a par-73 links and a nine-hole Hackett remnant beside it.

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The Carne clubhouse above a full car park, with marram-covered dunes rising behind it under a clear blue skyLinks
Ireland · Belmullet167

Carne Golf Links

Eddie Hackett’s last links, routed through huge sandhills on the Mullet peninsula.

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A tee on Prince’s golf course at Sandwich Bay in evening light, with a footpath and rough grassland beyondLinks
England · Sandwich Bay170

Prince’s Golf Club

Three nines of Sandwich Bay links where Gene Sarazen won the 1932 Open.

Three golfers on a contoured green at Cork Golf Club, with a bank of mature trees behindParkland
Ireland · Little Island173

Cork Golf Club

Alister MacKenzie holes through an old limestone quarry beside Lough Mahon.

Dark limestone rocks and shallow turquoise water at Punta Nizuc, with snorkellers and thatched beach umbrellas on the shoreCoastal
Mexico · Boulevard Kukulcán km 25.3175

Riviera Cancún Golf Club

A Nicklaus Signature course among mangroves by the airport, with food and drink in the fee.

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Hillside fairways with white rocks and bunkers falling towards a lake, coastal resort buildings and the Caribbean Sea at Rose HallResort
Jamaica · Rose Hall177

White Witch Golf Course

A caddie-led hill course named after Rose Hall’s legend, open November to April only.

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A grassy tee high on a hillside above wooded valleys and fairway bunkers, with the Caribbean coast in the distance at Rose HallCoastal
Jamaica · Rose Hall178

Cinnamon Hill Golf Course

Greens by the sea, a Bond film waterfall and Johnny Cash’s old house beside the 14th.

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Turquoise water, white sand, lifeguard towers and beach umbrellas at Doctor’s Cave Beach in Montego BayResort
Jamaica · Half Moon179

Half Moon Golf Course

Robert Trent Jones Sr.’s 1960s bow-tie layout and the long-time home of the Jamaica Open.

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Bathers at the mouth of a tea-coloured stream on Kleinmond beach, with surf and mountains across the bayCoastal
South Africa · Kleinmond180

Arabella Golf Club

Matkovich fairways along the Bot River Lagoon, ninety minutes from Cape Town.

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View from Ou Kaapse Weg over the Steenberg wine farm and Constantia towards the back of Table MountainParkland
South Africa · Tokai181

Steenberg Golf Club

Vineyard golf on a 1682 wine farm, with an island green and a 76-metre putting surface.

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Hand-coloured late-19th-century photochrom of a tree-lined road on Waterloo Green, Wynberg, with Devil’s Peak behindParkland
South Africa · Wynberg182

Royal Cape Golf Club

Africa’s oldest golf club: flat, windy parkland that has staged ten SA Opens.

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Golfers on the island tees reached by a boardwalk across the lake at De Zalze, with estate houses and the Stellenbosch mountains behindParkland
South Africa · Stellenbosch183

De Zalze Golf Club

Island tees, a riverbank of oaks and vineyards on the edge of Stellenbosch.

Aerial view of Lake LBJ winding through the Hill Country, with the town of Horseshoe Bay along the near shoreResort
United States · Horseshoe Bay191

Horseshoe Bay Resort

Three Robert Trent Jones Sr. courses and a waterfall hole on Lake LBJ.

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A green valley of olive trees, scrub and yellow-flowering broom below wooded hills under a pale sky, near Fonte BenémolaParkland
Portugal · Querença196

Ombria Golf Course

Six par 3s, river crossings and a buggy-only round in the hills north of Loulé.

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A wide lawn with umbrella pines and white, red-roofed villas beyond, on the Vila Sol estate near QuarteiraParkland
Portugal · Morgadinhos197

Pestana Vila Sol

Donald Steel’s 27 pine-lined holes, twice home to the Portuguese Open.

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A narrow wooden pier on stilts running out across tidal mudflats and a channel of the Sado estuary at Comporta, with reed beds and trees under a clear blue skyLinks
Portugal · Carvalhal199

Terras da Comporta

Kidd’s fescue links in deep Alentejo sand, now joined by Sergio Garcia’s first course.

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The white, slate-roofed Hotel Palácio in Estoril behind palm trees, clipped shrubs and the lawns of a public garden on a sunny dayParkland
Portugal · Estoril200

Golf do Estoril

A short, tree-lined par 69 that hosted the first Portuguese Open in 1953.

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The 15th hole at Narin & Portnoo, a red flag on a broad green beyond a round bunker, with dunes, a white beach and blue water to the leftLinks
Ireland · Narin202

Narin & Portnoo Links

A Gil Hanse restoration of an old Donegal links, running out to the beach at Narin.

The 2nd green at Lofoten Links on a rocky point, framed by boulders and white sand with the Norwegian Sea behindLinks
Norway · Hov204

Lofoten Links

Seaside links at 68° north, with tee times through the night under the midnight sun.

View from the 18th at Bernardus over a heathland fairway and water hazard towards the clubhouseHeathland
Netherlands · Cromvoirt205

Bernardus Golf

Kyle Phillips’s heathland course near Den Bosch, sold as an all-day pass.

Two blue robotic mowers on a striped fairway at Black Desert at dusk, with red sandstone ridges and grey mountains behindDesert
United States · Ivins207

Black Desert Resort

Tom Weiskopf’s last design, routed through black lava below the red cliffs of Snow Canyon.

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Rippled orange sand and sagebrush at Sand Hollow State Park under a dark summer storm cloud, with black lava boulders along a fence lineDesert
United States · Hurricane208

Sand Hollow Resort

John Fought’s back nine runs along a sandstone ledge above the Hurricane valley.

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Red sandstone ridges of the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve under a blue sky, with the snow-covered Pine Valley Mountains behindDesert
United States · Washington209

Coral Canyon Golf Course

A Keith Foster layout below red rock and the Pine Valley peaks, just off I-15.

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Mesquite and the Virgin River valley seen from high on Virgin Peak, with the town’s green strips spread across the desert floorDesert
United States · Mesquite210

Wolf Creek Golf Club

Fairways dropped into canyons, with tees on ridges and a slope of 154 from the tips.

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The carved Coyote Springs entrance sign among rocks, cactus and a row of tall palms under a clear desert skyDesert
United States · Coyote Springs211

Coyote Springs Golf Club

A Jack Nicklaus course alone in the desert between Las Vegas and Mesquite.

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The Intracoastal Waterway running through North Myrtle Beach under a grey sky, with waterfront houses and the top of a truss bridge in the foregroundResort
United States · North Myrtle Beach212

Barefoot Resort & Golf

Norman, Love, Fazio and Dye, all opened at once beside the Intracoastal Waterway.

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The white, columned 1927 clubhouse at Pine Lakes, with black shutters and dormer windows, seen across a swimming poolParkland
United States · Myrtle Beach213

Pine Lakes Country Club

The Grand Strand’s first course, from 1927, half a mile from the ocean.

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The Intracoastal Waterway seen from a road bridge in Myrtle Beach, with moored boats, waterside houses and woodland on a clear dayCoastal
United States · Grande Dunes214

Grande Dunes Resort Club

Wide fairways on a bluff above the Intracoastal, with greens rebuilt in 2022.

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Sea oats in front of a beach at Pawleys Island, with striped umbrellas, beach chairs and a wooden boardwalk down to the AtlanticParkland
United States · Pawleys Island215

True Blue Golf Club

Mike Strantz’s rolling, open sister to Caledonia, with a 624-yard opener.

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Cherry Grove Pier and the oceanfront towers of North Myrtle Beach seen from the AtlanticCoastal
United States · Cherry Grove216

Tidewater Golf Club

Marsh, inlet and waterway views on the Strand’s northern edge.

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Aerial view of Quinta do Lago, with a long sandy beach, the channels of the Ria Formosa and pine-covered villa plots running inlandParkland
Portugal · Quinta do Lago221

Pinheiros Altos

Three par-36 nines under the pines, and Fream’s 1995 island green.

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A green with a white flag beside a pond and fountain, framed by palms and terracotta-roofed villas, with Lagos on the skylineResort
Portugal · Lagos223

Boavista Golf & Spa

Howard Swan’s hillside par 71 above the Bay of Lagos, with ravine carries.

A small white chapel with yellow trim on a cobbled crossroads in the village of Espiche, under a grey skyParkland
Portugal · Espiche224

Espiche Golf

Peter Sauerman’s par 72 in a nature reserve, ten minutes west of Lagos.

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The tall peach-coloured Rosen Shingle Creek hotel with a central cupola, seen across a lawn under a deep blue skyResort
United States · Universal Boulevard229

Shingle Creek Golf Club

A Palmer-rebuilt round on the convention corridor, with valet parking included.

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Aerial view of the gold-glass Mandalay Bay tower, with the Luxor pyramid, Excalibur and the Strip running north behind itResort
United States · Las Vegas Strip230

Bali Hai Golf Club

A South Seas-themed course on the Strip, with an island-green 16th below the restaurant patio.

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Aerial view over the Anthem neighbourhoods of Henderson up to the bare brown hills behind themDesert
United States · Anthem231

Revere Golf Club: Lexington

Billy Casper’s canyon course in the Anthem hills, with long views back to the Strip.

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Grey limestone peaks of the Spring Mountains near Red Rock Canyon, seen along Summerlin Parkway with traffic and palm trees in frontDesert
United States · Summerlin232

Angel Park Golf Club

Two Arnold Palmer courses, a lit short course and a grass putting course in one place.

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Aerial view over Tuscany in eastern Henderson at dusk, with green ribbons of turf among the houses and red desert in the foregroundDesert
United States · Tuscany Village233

Chimera Golf Club

A Ted Robinson Jr. course in eastern Henderson, with the Strip in view from the 11th tee.

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Wet sand and green weed on Irvine beach at low tide, with the hills of Arran across the Firth of ClydeLinks
Scotland · Gailes234

Dundonald Links

A Kyle Phillips links among gorse and pines, with Open qualifying and lodges on site.

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The stone golf house at Machrihanish Dunes under a blue sky, with marram grass blowing beside the pathLinks
Scotland · Machrihanish237

Machrihanish Dunes

David McLay Kidd’s light-touch links on protected dunes, with only tees and greens shaped.

The sixth green at The Machrie on Islay, framed by rolling dunes in low sunLinks
Scotland · Port Ellen238

The Machrie Golf Links

An 1891 island links above Laggan Bay, reworked by D.J. Russell, with a hotel on the course.

A ruined stone shelter beside a Dunbar fairway, with rough grass in front and the rocky shore and sea behindLinks
Scotland · Dunbar239

Dunbar Golf Club

A thin ribbon of links between a red sandstone wall and a rocky North Sea shore.

A wide Kilspindie fairway with a small stone building on the skyline and the Firth of Forth beyondLinks
Scotland · Aberlady240

Kilspindie Golf Club

Under 5,500 yards of old links on the edge of Aberlady Bay, reached by a single-track road.

A Longniddry fairway and greenside bunker framed by bare trees and woodland under a clear spring skyLinks
Scotland · Longniddry241

Longniddry Golf Club

Harry Colt’s 1921 layout, half among pines and half by the Firth of Forth.

The 4th tee at Craigielaw, with pine trees on the left and the fairway running off between long grassesLinks
Scotland · Aberlady242

Craigielaw Golf Club

A Donald Steel links with rooms above the clubhouse and Aberlady Bay next door.

Rolling Glen fairways with a blue flag on the right and the pale bulk of the Bass Rock out in the seaClifftop
Scotland · North Berwick243

The Glen Golf Club

North Berwick’s East Links on the clifftop, with the Bass Rock beside play.

Golfers walking through rough grass between low dunes at Hesketh, with a belt of pine trees behindLinks
England · Marshside245

Hesketh Golf Club

Southport’s oldest club, with a back nine on the edge of the Ribble marshes.

Golfers beside two round bunkers at Wallasey, below tall grassy dunes, with a netted practice frame and a low shed on the rightLinks
England · Wallasey247

Wallasey Golf Club

Old Tom Morris’s Wirral dunes, where Dr Stableford first scored in points.

A large sand bunker in the foreground and a red flag on a green beyond at Ardglass Golf Club, with the Irish Sea and a rocky headland on the horizonClifftop
Northern Ireland · Ardglass249

Ardglass Golf Club

A 15th-century warehouse for a clubhouse, and the Irish Sea down the right from the first tee.

A yellow flag on a green at Ballycastle Golf Club, with houses on the clifftop and a far headland across the bayLinks
Northern Ireland · Ballycastle250

Ballycastle Golf Club

River holes by a ruined friary, then seaside hills looking out to Rathlin and Kintyre.

A broad Walton Heath fairway beyond a strip of autumn-brown heather, with clumps of Scots pines on the skylineHeathland
England · Walton on the Hill252

Walton Heath Golf Club

Two Fowler courses on open, windswept heather, where Braid was the professional for 45 years.

The gated entrance to The Addington Golf Club on Shirley Church Road, with pines and a fairway beyond the flint wallHeathland
England · Shirley254

The Addington Golf Club

Abercromby’s 1919 heathland, being cleared back to its original lines by Frank Pont.

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The Grove’s red-brick mansion on a rise above the golf course in early springParkland
England · Chandler’s Cross256

The Grove

Kyle Phillips’s parkland beside a Georgian mansion, where Tiger Woods won in 2006.

Aerial view of Saddlebrook Resort’s palm-lined pool beside lodges, with a green, white bunkers and a fountain lake beyondResort
United States · Wesley Chapel258

Saddlebrook Resort

Rees Jones has turned 36 holes into three nines north of Tampa.

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The Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay entrance sign, a stucco wall with PGA Tour and TPC logos, under oak treesParkland
United States · Lutz259

TPC Tampa Bay

Bobby Weed’s cypress-and-wetland layout, a Champions Tour stop for 20 years.

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Little Traverse Bay at early evening from Petoskey, with a breakwater light, calm water and a wooded headland on the far shoreCoastal
United States · Bay Harbor260

Bay Harbor Golf Club

Three Arthur Hills nines on Lake Michigan bluffs, dunes and a former shale quarry.

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Stone-pillared entrance sign for the Robert Trent Jones Sr. Masterpiece at Treetops, with red flowers below and trees behindResort
United States · Gaylord261

Treetops Resort

Robert Trent Jones Sr.’s hilly Masterpiece and Rick Smith’s famous nine-hole par-3 course.

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The brick Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse on a sandstone point above a small beach and breaking surf on West Cliff Drive, Santa CruzParkland
United States · Santa Cruz263

Pasatiempo Golf Club

Alister MacKenzie’s own favourite, in the sand hills above Monterey Bay.

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Surf breaking over dark rocks on the Del Monte Forest shoreline, with a sandy bay and wooded hills behindParkland
United States · Del Monte Forest264

Poppy Hills Golf Course

Pine-lined fairways in the Del Monte Forest, owned by golfers for golfers.

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Red and green ice plant across the sand dunes of Fort Ord, with Monterey Bay and the hills of the Monterey Peninsula in low cloud beyondParkland
United States · Seaside265

Bayonet & Black Horse

Two former army courses on the old Fort Ord base, with Monterey Bay below.

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Green hillsides, a small vineyard and tiled-roof houses in Carmel Valley, seen over flowering sage and coastal scrubResort
United States · Carmel Valley266

Carmel Valley Ranch

A Pete Dye par 70 that climbs from the Carmel River into sunny oak hills.

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Gorse-dotted links fairways at Lundin running down to the Firth of Forth, with hills across the waterLinks
Scotland · Lundin Links268

Lundin Golf Club

Braid’s links on Largo Bay, climbing over an old railway to a par three called Perfection.

A wooden footbridge over the stone-walled Scoonie Burn on Leven Links, with a rounded hill on the skylineLinks
Scotland · Leven269

Leven Links

Two old clubs, one links, and a closing par four over the Scoonie Burn.

Open links ground at Brora with a single bunker in the middle distance, the village and heather-covered Sutherland hills beyond under a blue skyLinks
Scotland · Brora271

Brora Golf Club

A 1923 Braid plan, barely touched, running out along Kintradwell Bay and back.

The River Tain curving past rough grass on the golf course, with the red-roofed clubhouse and the town of Tain behindLinks
Scotland · Tain273

Tain Golf Club

Old Tom Morris holes on the Dornoch Firth, with the River Tain looping through the finish.

A golfer in an orange shirt watches his approach on Mystic Rock, with a boulder-edged pond and a lakeside pavilion beyondResort
United States · Farmington275

Nemacolin (Mystic Rock)

Pete Dye’s boulder-lined former tour course, played from a Laurel Highlands room key.

The 18th green of Kingsmill’s River Course beside a tree-lined lagoon, with the leaderboard and the James River in the distanceResort
United States · Williamsburg276

Kingsmill Resort

Pete Dye’s River Course on the James, a tour stop for four decades.

A fairway and bunkers on Sunriver’s Woodlands course under a broad grey sky, framed by tall ponderosa pinesMountain
United States · Sunriver277

Sunriver Resort

Crosswater’s river crossings and two pine-lined resort courses below the Cascades.

Kaunaʻoa Beach in late afternoon, with sunbathers on the sand and the terraced Mauna Kea Beach Hotel among palms behindCoastal
United States · Kohala Coast281

Mauna Kea Golf Course

Robert Trent Jones Sr.’s 1964 lava-field course, with a par three carried over the Pacific surf.

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A feral billy goat with curled horns walking across a mown fairway, with a raked bunker behind itCoastal
United States · Mauna Lani282

Mauna Lani South Course

Black lava and the Senior Skins Game’s old stage, with a par three across an ocean inlet.

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A lake edged with stone walls in front of a green fairway at Poipu Bay, with palm trees and cloud-topped Kauai mountains behindCoastal
United States · Koloa283

Poipu Bay Golf Course

Robert Trent Jones Jr.’s south-shore course, home of the PGA Grand Slam from 1994 to 2006.

Aerial view of the Ko Olina coast on Oahu, with four crescent lagoons, resort towers, the marina and green fairways inland below dry hillsResort
United States · Kapolei284

Ko Olina Golf Club

Ted Robinson’s water features and tiered greens on Oahu’s west side, an LPGA venue for three decades.

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Aerial view of the Phoenix Seagaia Resort on the Miyazaki coast, with the hotel tower and fairways cut through a long belt of black pines beside the seaCoastal
Japan · Seagaia286

Phoenix Country Club

The Dunlop Phoenix course, threaded through a 200-year-old black pine forest on Kyushu’s coast.

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Curved terraces of the Maxx Royal Belek hotel above lawns, pools and the MediterraneanParkland
Turkey · Belek287

Montgomerie Maxx Royal

Monty’s pine-lined par 72, opening and closing with par fives and lit for the back nine.

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A pond with white birds beside a fairway at the National Golf Club in Belek, with umbrella pines and the club sign behindParkland
Turkey · Kadriye288

National Golf Club

Turkey’s first championship course, opened in 1994 and host of the 2026 Turkish Airlines Open.

Surf breaking on a shingle beach at Boğazkent on the Antalya coastLinks
Turkey · Denizyaka289

Lykia Links

Perry Dye’s paspalum links in the dunes, east of Belek where the river meets the sea.

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Aerial view of Alcanada golf course running down to the Bay of Alcúdia, with the small Alcanada islet offshoreCoastal
Spain · Port d’Alcúdia292

Club de Golf Alcanada

Porsche’s seaside course on the Bay of Alcúdia, with the lighthouse islet in view.

Aerial view of Son Gual golf course beside the Palma–Manacor road, with large white bunker complexes and lakesParkland
Spain · Palma293

Son Gual Golf

Huge bunkers, sloping greens and a 532-metre closer, a short drive from Palma airport.

Santa Ponsa town and bay seen from a pine-covered hill, with the Tramuntana mountains behindParkland
Spain · Santa Ponsa294

Golf Santa Ponsa I

A 1977 Folco Nardi layout with lakes, almond trees and a 590-metre par five.

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A green at Pula Golf with a pruned olive tree, wooded hills on the left and the sea on the horizonResort
Spain · Son Servera295

Pula Golf Resort

Olazábal’s redesign on the east coast, with a 16th-century manor as the hotel.

A golfer chips on a Costa Adeje fairway beside a lake, with a stone footbridge and palm trees behindResort
Spain · Adeje296

Golf Costa Adeje

Fairways stepping down old banana terraces, with La Gomera across the water.

Terracotta rooftops of the Golf del Sur resort, with green fairways at left and the Atlantic and Montaña Roja beyondResort
Spain · San Miguel de Abona297

Golf del Sur

Tenerife’s first southern course, a few minutes from the arrivals hall.

Aerial view of Golf Las Américas with ponds, palms and a large hotel, the stadium and Los Cristianos beyondResort
Spain · Playa de las Américas298

Golf Las Américas

Palms, ponds and dragon trees, a short taxi ride from the resort strip.

The arcaded stone courtyard of the Stavros tis Minthis monastery at Tsada under a blue skyResort
Cyprus · Tsada301

Minthis Golf Club

Donald Steel’s hill course past a medieval monastery, with Cyprus’s only island green.

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Paphos Castle and the harbour promenade on a clear day, with moored boats to the leftParkland
Cyprus · Geroskipou302

Eléa Golf Club

Nick Faldo’s par 71 among carob and olive trees, ten minutes from Paphos airport.

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A metal sculpture of a golfer mid-swing beside the first-tee sign of the New Course, with olive, palm and eucalyptus trees behindParkland
Morocco · Route du Golf Royal304

Royal Golf Marrakech

Golf since 1927 under 15,000 trees, with two par threes named after Brigitte Bardot.

Bare, furrowed earth and rolling stony hills of the Agafay plateau, with the snow-capped High Atlas faint on the horizonDesert
Morocco · Route de Guemassa305

Assoufid Golf Club

Dry riverbeds, olive avenues and only 45 per cent of the land planted.

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A rectangular reflecting pool with lanterns and outdoor sofas at the Al Maaden clubhouse, a fairway and bunkers beyondResort
Morocco · Route du Golf Royal306

Al Maaden Golf Resort

Kyle Phillips’s par 73 with Ménara-style pools and twelve monumental sculptures.

The snow-covered High Atlas range seen across scattered trees and low earth walls on the Marrakech plainResort
Morocco · Route de Ouarzazate307

Amelkis Golf Club

Three nines of red-earth bunkers and seven lakes, set square to the High Atlas.

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A pale coral-sand beach curving round a turquoise bay on Ile aux Cerfs, backed by a line of casuarina treesCoastal
Mauritius · Ile aux Cerfs309

Ile aux Cerfs Golf Club

Bernhard Langer’s course on its own island, reached only by the club’s shuttle boat.

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A green and greenside bunker at Tamarina Golf Club, with the sharp peak of the Rempart Mountain rising beyond the treesResort
Mauritius · Tamarin311

Tamarina Golf Club

Rodney Wright’s west-coast par 72 under the Rempart, with Tamarin Bay from the 7th.

Motor boats moored in shallow turquoise water off the white sand of Mont Choisy beach, with mountains on the horizonParkland
Mauritius · Mont Choisy312

Mont Choisy Le Golf

Peter Matkovich’s par 72 on old cane fields, host of the 2026 Mauritius Open.

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Aerial view of the Downtown Dubai skyline with the Burj Khalifa rising above the towersDesert
United Arab Emirates · Dubai Hills Estate314

Dubai Hills Golf Club

A 2018 desert course with the Burj Khalifa on the horizon from many tees.

Destination imagery
A lake in front of a fairway and bunkers at Doha Golf Club, with palms and the West Bay Lagoon towers in the hazeDesert
Qatar · West Bay Lagoon316

Doha Golf Club

Harradine’s Qatar Masters course and a floodlit nine for after dark.

Basalt headland and white surf below the lookout at Cape Schanck, with Bass Strait beyondResort
Australia · Cape Schanck320

RACV Cape Schanck Resort

A par-70 Trent Jones Jr. hillside course with Bass Strait from the tees.

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Summer panorama at Millbrook: the timber Millhouse restaurant with a New Zealand flag, a stone-edged pond and a bunkered green beneath tall trees and hillsMountain
New Zealand · Arrowtown322

Millbrook Resort

Two courses on alternate days, on the edge of gold-rush Arrowtown.

Golden sand, clear shallow water and a white villa behind sea grape bushes on Paynes Bay beach in St James, BarbadosResort
Barbados · Sandy Lane329

Sandy Lane Golf Club

Two Fazio eighteens and the 1961 Old Nine; the quarry course is for hotel guests only.

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Two swimmers in calm water at sunset at Discovery Bay, St James, with clouds lit orange over the CaribbeanResort
Barbados · Westmoreland330

Royal Westmoreland

A Trent Jones Jr. quarry-and-ridge layout with a half-hour visitor window each morning.

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Palm-covered slopes running down to surf, boulders and a curving beach at Bathsheba on the Atlantic coast of BarbadosResort
Barbados · Apes Hill331

Apes Hill Barbados

Ron Kirby’s rebuilt hilltop course, 1,000ft up and open to villa guests rather than day visitors.

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Shaded white sand, palm trunks and turquoise surf along Dover Beach in Christ Church on the south coast of BarbadosParkland
Barbados · Durants332

Barbados Golf Club

The island’s public eighteen near the airport, with a triple green and walking allowed.

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Stone terraces, steps, a classical statue and a cloister arch in the Versailles Gardens on Paradise IslandCoastal
Bahamas · Paradise Island340

Ocean Club Golf Course

Weiskopf’s windy peninsula course, kept for guests of Atlantis and the Four Seasons Ocean Club.

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Dark rock shelf with Atlantic waves breaking over it and cascading off the edge on the Isabela coastClifftop
Puerto Rico · Isabela342

Royal Isabela

A tennis family’s clifftop course on 426 acres above Puerto Rico’s surf coast.

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