As a country, Australia certainly punches above its weight in many regards. And that includes being home to some of the world’s best golf courses.
In this year’s edition of the annual rankings published by Golf Magazine, six sites ranging from Victoria’s Royal Melbourne Golf Course (both West & East) to Tasmania’s Barnbougle Dunes have made the cut.
Royal Melbourne West, which was officially established in 1931, proved to be the most impressive of the local bunch — coming in hot at #7.
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The Alister MacKenzie-designed course edged out the likes of America’s Oakmont Country Club (#8) and the internationally renowned Augusta National (#9), as well as Scotland’s Royal Dornoch (#10).
On the other end of the spectrum is Victoria Golf Club located in Cheltenham; also conceived by the talented Mr MacKenzie. Coming in at #96, it avoided being omitted from 2023’s Top 100 by a margin comprised of Scotland’s Machrihanish Championship Course (#97), Jack Nicklaus’ passion project Muirfield Village (#98), Yeamans Hall (#99), rounded out by Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club.
Check out the full list below.
The World’s 100 Best Golf Courses In 2023 (According To Golf Magazine)
Credit: Jacob Sjöman
- Pine Valley (est. 1918)
New Jersey | US - Cypress Point (est. 1928)
California | US - St. Andrews Old Course (est. 1400)
St. Andrews | Scotland - Shinnecock Hills (est. 1931)
New York | US - National Golf Links of America (est. 1911)
New York | US - Royal County Down (est. 1889)
Newcastle | Northern Ireland - Royal Melbourne West (est. 1931)
Victoria | Australia - Oakmont (est. 1903)
Pennsylvania | US - Augusta National (est. 1933)
Georgia | US - Royal Dornoch (est. 1886)
Dornoch | Scotland - Sand Hills (est. 1995)
Nebraska | US - Muirfield (est. 1891)
Gullane | Scotland - Merion East (est. 1912)
Pennsylvania | US - Pebble Beach (est. 1919)
California | US - Fishers Island (est. 1926)
New York | US - Royal Portrush Dunluce (est. 1929)
Portrush | Northern Ireland - Chicago Golf Club (est. 1895)
Illinois | US - Turnberry Ailsa (est. 1946)
Turnberry | Scotland - Los Angeles North (est. 1927)
California | US - Tara Iti (est. 2015)
Te Arai | New Zealand - Pinehurst No. 2 (est. 1907)
North Carolina | US - Kingston Heath (est. 1928)
Victoria | Australia - Friar’s Head (est. 2003)
New York | US - Ballybunion Old (est. 1936)
Ballybunion | Ireland - Sunningdale Old (est. 1922)
Sunningdale | England - Prairie Dunes (est. 1937)
Kansas | US - Oakland Hills South (est. 1917)
Michigan | US - Riviera (est. 1927)
California | US - Winged Foot West (est. 1927)
New York | US - North Berwick West (est. 1895)
North Berwick | Scotland - Hirono (est. 1932)
Miki-Chi | Japan - Pacific Dunes (est. 2001)
Oregon | US - Royal St. George’s (est. 1922)
Sandwich | England - Crystal Downs (est. 1932)
Michigan | US - Seminole (est. 1929)
Florida | US - Barndougle Dunes (est. 2004)
Tasmania | Australia - Lahinch Old (est. 1927)
Lahinch | Ireland - San Francisco (est. 1918)
California | US - The Country Club, Clyde/Squirrel (est. 1899)
Massachusetts | US - Carnoustie Championship (est. 1842)
Carnoustie | Scotland - Morfontaine (est. 1927)
Morfontaine | France - Royal Birkdale (est. 1932)
Southport | England - Somerset Hills (est. 1918)
New Jersey | US - Southern Hills (est. 1936)
Oklahoma | US - California Gold Club of San Francisco (est. 1926)
California | US - Swinley Forest (est. 1910)
South Ascot | England - Shoreacres (est. 1921)
Illinois | US - Garden City (est. 1899)
New York | US - St. Patrick’s Links (est. 2021)
Carrickart | Ireland - Maidstone (est. 1922)
New York | US - Ballyneal (est. 2006)
Colorado | US - Cabot Cliffs (est. 2016)
Inverness | Canada - Kawana Fuji (est. 1936)
Ito-shi | Japan - Sunningdale New (est. 1922)
Sunningdale | England - Cape Kidnappers (est. 2004)
Te Awanga | New Zealand - Cruden Bay (est. 1926)
Cruden Bay | Scotland - Camargo (est. 1926)
Ohio | US - Woodhall Spa Hotchkin (est. 1926)
Woodhall Spa | England - Portmarnock Old (est. 1896)
Dublin | Ireland - Bethpage Black (est. 1935)
New York | US - Inverness (est. 1919)
Ohio | US - Kiawah Island Ocean (est. 1991)
South Carolina | US - Prestwick (est. 1851)
Prestwick | Scotland - New South Wales (est. 1928)
La Perouse | Australia - Ardfin (est. 2017)
Isle of Jura | UK - Royal Troon Old (est. 1887)
Troon | Scotland - Baltusrol Lower (est. 1922)
New Jersey | US - The Lido (est. 2023)
Wisconsin | US - Oak Hill East (est. 1921)
New York | US - Sleepy Hollow (est. 1913)
New York | US - St. George’s Hill A & B (est. 1913)
Weybridge | England - Rye Old (est. 1907)
Rye | England - Rock Creek Cattle Company (est. 2008)
Montana | US - Royal Lytham & St. Annes (est. 1897)
Lytham St. Annes | England - Casa De Campo “Teeth of the Dog” (est. 1971)
La Romana | Dominican Republic - Point Hardy Golf Club (est. 2023)
Cap Estate | St. Lucia - Myopia Hunt Club (est. 1898)
Massachusetts | US - Haagsche Royal Hague (est. 1938)
Wassenaar | Netherlands - Cabot Links (est. 2012)
Inverness | Canada - Winged Foot East (est. 1923)
New York | US - Ohoopee Match Club (est. 2018)
Georgia | US - Peachtree (est. 1947)
Georgia | US - Les Bordes New (est. 2021)
Les Bordes | France - Old Town (est. 1939)
North Carolina | US - Te Arai South (est. 2022)
Te Arai | New Zealand - Kingsbarns (est. 1999)
Kingsbarns | Scotland - Nine Bridges (est. 2001)
Jeju-do | South Korea - Lofoten Links (est. 2015)
Gimsøysand | Norway - Castle Stuart (est. 2009)
Castle Stuart | Scotland - Bandon Trails (est. 2005)
Oregon | US - Whistling Straits (est. 1998)
Wisconsin | US - Royal Melbourne East (est. 1932)
Victoria | Australia - Royal Liverpool (est. 1869)
Hoylake | England - Bandon Dunes (est. 1999)
Oregon | US - Shanqin Bay (est. 2012)
Hainan | China - Victoria (est. 1927)
Victoria | Australia - Machrihanish Championship (est. 1879)
Campbeltown | Scotland - Muirfield Village (est. 1974)
Ohio | US - Yeamans Hall (est. 1925)
South Carolina | US - Royal Cinque Ports (est. 1919)
Deal | England
