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WORLD TOP 100 GOLF COURSES

 

GOLF Magazine 2005 World Top 100 Golf Courses

 



 Wide World of Golf, the nearly 50 year old luxury golf tour operator since 1957, is the only company with two of the panelists on the distinguished list of Golf Magazine raters.  Bill Hogan (President, TX) and Mike Roseto (Founder, PA) routinely travel the world and evaluate new and established golf courses.  How would you rank these courses? 52 out of the Top 100 Ranked golf courses can be booked as part of a golf tour! (The 2007 rankings will updated here soon)

 

World Top 100 Golf Courses - 2005

 

In yellow: available for play through Wide World of Golf packages or tours,

or through direct booking with the facility direct. All others must have the assistance of a member of the club to arrange guest access.

2005       Course                                    Location                                  

1              Pine Valley                             Clementon, NJ                       

2             Cypress Point                          Pebble Beach, CA                  

3             St. Andrews (Old Course)       St. Andrews, Scotland  

4             Augusta National                     Augusta, GA                           

5             Shinnecock Hills                       Southampton, NY                    

6              Pebble Beach                          Pebble Beach, CA

7              Muirfield                                   Gullane, Scotland  

8              Sand Hills                                Mullen, NE                                  

9               Royal County Down                Newcastle, Northern Ireland

10            Royal Melbourne (Composite)   Melbourne, Australia                

11            Merion (East)                              Ardmore, PA      

12             Royal Portrush (Dunluce)          Portrush, Northern Ireland

13             Pacific Dunes                             Bandon, OR   

14             Oakmont                                     Oakmont, PA                           

15             Royal Dornoch                           Dornoch, Scotland

16             Ballybunion (Old)                      Ballybunion, Ireland

17             Turnberry (Ailsa)                     Turnberry, Scotland 

18              Pinehurst (No. 2)                     Pinehurst, NC

19              Nat. Golf Links of America         Southampton, NY                    

20              Kingston Heath                         Cheltenham, Australia

21              Carnoustie (Championship)    Carnoustie, Scotland

22              Seminole                                 North Palm Beach, FL        

23              Crystal Downs                          Frankfort, MI                           

24               San Francisco                         San Francisco, CA                  

25               Prairie Dunes                          Hutchinson, KS                        

26              Winged Foot (West)                   Mamaroneck, NY                    

27              Cape Kidnappers                     Hawkes Bay, New Zealand      

28              Fishers Island                          Fishers Island, NY                   

29              Oakland Hills (South)               Bloomfield Hills, MI    

30              Bethpage (Black)                     Farmingdale, NY                 

31               Royal Birkdale                         Southport, England

32               Royal St. George's                  Sandwich, England              

33               Chicago                                   Wheaton, IL                             

34               New South Wales                    La Perouse, Australia              

35                Hirono                                     Kobe, Japan   

36               The Country Club                     Brookline, MA                          

37               Riviera                                     Pacific Palisades, CA               

38               Muirfield Village                         Dublin, OH                               

39               Oak Hill (East)                          Rochester, NY         

40               Royal Troon (Old)                   Troon, Scotland

41               Casa de Campo (Teeth)         La Romana, Dom. Republic  

42               Baltusrol (Lower)                     Springfield, NJ                         

43               Portmarnock                            Portmarnock, Ireland    

44               Olympic (Lake)                        San Francisco, CA  

45                Southern Hills                          Tulsa, OK  

46                Sunningdale (Old)                   Sunningdale, England

47                Woodhall Spa                          Woodhall Spa, England

48                Whistling Straits (Straits)           Haven, WI

49                Barnbougle                              Bridport, Tasmania

50                TPC at Sawgrass (Stadium)     Ponte Vedra Beach, FL     

51                Los Angeles (North)                Los Angeles, CA                      

52                Royal Lytham & St. Annes       Lytham St. Annes, England   

53                The Golf Club                          New Albany, OH                

54                 Royal Adelaide                        Adelaide, Australia                   

55                 Medinah (No. 3)                      Medinah, IL   

56                 Kiawah Island (Ocean)            Kiawah Island, SC 

57                 Morfontaine                             Senlis, France 

58                 Kauri Cliffs                               Kaeo, New Zealand 

59                 Harbour Town                         Hilton Head Island, SC   

60                 Quaker Ridge                          Scarsdale, NY 

61                  Winged Foot (East)                 Mamaroneck, NY  

62                  Inverness                                Toledo, OH      

63                  Maidstone                                East Hampton, NY

64                  Garden City                             Garden City, NY      

65                  Kingsbarns                              St. Andrews, Scotland   

66                  Loch Lomond                           Luss, Scotland                         

67                  Lahinch                                    Lahinch, Ireland

68                  Ganton                                    Ganton, England 

69                  Bandon Dunes                        Bandon, OR 

70                  Valderrama                             Sotogrande, Spain 

71                  Highlands Links                       Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia

72                  Royal Liverpool                        Hoylake, England

73                  Cabo del Sol (Ocean)              Los Cabos, Mexico                  

74                  Friar's Head                            Baiting Hollow, NY                   

75                  Shoreacres                              Lake Bluff, IL                           

76                  Scioto                                      Columbus, OH     

77                   Somerset Hills                         Bernardsville, NJ          

78                   Cruden Bay                            Cruden Bay, Scotland             

79                   Congressional (Blue)               Bethesda, MD                         

80                   Kawana (Fuji)                          Kawana, Japan            

81                   Durban                                    Durban, South Africa

82                   St. George's                            Etobicoke, Ontario Canada     

83                   Shadow Creek                        North Las Vegas, NV

84                   Hamilton CC (West/South)      Ancaster, Ontario, Canada     

85                   Wentworth (West)                   Virginia Water, England 

86                   Bandon Trails                          Bandon, OR                     

87                   Trump National                       Bedminster, NJ                

88                   Spyglass Hill                            Pebble Beach, CA

89                    Camargo                                 Cincinnati, OH    

90                    Ocean Forest                          Sea Island, GA    

91                    European Club                        Brittas Bay, Ireland 

92                    Walton Heath (Old)                 Tadworth, England   

93                    East Lake                                Atlanta, GA   

94                    Tokyo Golf Club                       Sayama-City, Japan  

95                    Nine Bridges                            Jeju Island, South Korea  

96                    Wade Hampton                       Cashiers, NC 

97                     Colonial                                   Fort Worth, TX                      

98                     Peachtree                                Atlanta, GA  

99                     Homestead (Cascades)          Hot Springs, VA                       

100                   Naruo                                      Osaka, Japan

 

How They Rank The World Top 100 Golf Courses:

 

Our 100-strong rating panel includes major championship winners, Ryder Cup players, architects, leading amateurs, administrators and others respected for their golf knowledge. Each is asked to assign a letter vote, from A+ to F-, to each of the 575 nominated courses they have played. A’s are reserved for the world’s top 10 courses, F’s for those that don’t deserve to be on the ballot. Write-ins are permitted. Consideration is given for strategic design, playability, setting, tradition, condition, examination, etc. The panelist determines the importance of the criteria in each case. Votes for courses played during the past five years are weighted 1.5 times those that have not. Architects cannot vote on their own designs. Once the panel’s nearly 25,000 votes are received, letter grades are translated into numbers. Finally, we simply do the math by dividing a course’s total by the number of panelists voting on it. The result is the most respected ranking in the world.

 

The Golf Magazine Panelists

 

The 100 members of the panel (Wide World of Golf staff highlighted in yellow):

 

George Bedard, Canada; Judy Bell, Colorado; Prakash Bhandari, India; Michael Bonallack, Scotland; Niall M. Cameron, Bahamas ; Malcolm Campbell, Scotland; Steve Carr, England; Paul D. Caruso, Jr., Montana; Bob Charles, New Zealand; David M. Clarke, New York; Tom Clasby, California; Tom Crow, California; Robert E. Cupp, Georgia; Bob Currey, Massachusetts; Gordon Dalgleish, Georgia; Michael R. Davis, New Jersey; John R. Dempsey, North Carolina; Tom Doak, Michigan; Luke Donald, England; Joann Dost, California; James J. Dunne III, New York; Pete Dye, Florida; David B. Fay, New Jersey; Jim Finegan, Pennsylvania; Marvin A. French, Arizona; Dana Fry, Ohio; Jim Furyk, Florida; Gary A. Galyean, Florida; Sergio Garcia, Spain; Christopher Goodwin, Canada; Kendra Graham, New Jersey; John Harris, Minnesota; Gary Hart, Arizona; Philippe P. Hermann, Switzerland; Alan Heuer, New York; Arthur Hills, Ohio; Richard Hills, England;  Bill Hogan, Texas; John Hopkins, Wales; Tony Jacklin, England; Peter Jacobsen, Oregon; Terry Jastrow, California; Rees Jones, New Jersey; Bill Jones III, Georgia; Sunil Kappagoda, Connecticut; Taizo Kawata, Japan; James Keegan, Colorado; Ortwin Klang, Germany; Norman Klaparda, California; Samm Klaparda, California; Mike Klemme, Oklahoma; Herbert V. Kohler, Jr., Wisconsin; Laurence C. Lambrecht, Rhode Island; Jeffrey Lewis, New York; David Mackintosh, Argentina; Joe Marengi, Texas; Peter G. Mathieson, England; Thomas McBroom, Canada; Peter McEvoy, England; Thomas J. Meeks, Indiana; Brian Morgan, Scotland; Ran Morrissett, North Carolina; Jay Mottola, New York; Jack Nicklaus, Florida; Frank Nobilo, New Zealand; David S. Nolan, New York; Michael O'Bryon, Florida; Kazuyuki Ohashi, Japan; Kazunori Ohtsuka, Japan; Peter Oosterhuis, Arizona; Arnold Palmer, Pennsylvania; John Paramor, England; Harrie P.W. Perkins, Texas; Hal Phillips, Maine; Gary Player, South Africa; Tom Ramsey, Australia; Luke Reese, Illinois; Ron Riemer, Illinois; Cabell Robinson, Spain; Justin Rose, England;

Michael C. Roseto, New Jersey; Lorne Rubenstein, Canada; Pat Ruddy, Ireland; Mitsutaka Sado, Japan; Isao Sato, Japan; Bill Shean, Illinois; David V. Smith, California; Annika Sorenstam, Sweden; Donald Steel, England; George Sweda, Ohio; Charles H. Tadge, Ohio; Oliver A. Thompson, Ohio; Sho Tobari, Japan; Daniel C. Ulmer, Jr., Kentucky; Fred Vuich, Pennsylvania; Karrie Webb, Australia; Tom Weiskopf, Arizona; Christopher P. Wightman, New Jersey; Michael Wolveridge, Australia; Walter Woods, Scotland

 

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