Nishijima, Masa – Golf Magazine Top 100 1983-2011

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Ranked #	1983(Top 50)	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	Ranked

1	Murifield	Pine Valley	Pine Valley	Pine Valley	Pine Valley	Pine Valley	1
2	Pebble Beach	Pebble Beach	Muirfield	Pebble Beach	Cypress Point	Cypress Point	2
3	Royal County Down	Muirfield	Pebble Beach	Augusta National	Augusta National	Pebble Beach	3
4	Pine Valley	Cypress Point	Cypress Point	Cypress Point	Muirfield	Augusta National	4
5	Cypress Point	Augusta National	Augusta National	Muirfield	Pebble Beach	Royal Melbourne	5
6	Royal Melbourne	Royal Melbourne	Royal Melbourne	Royal Melbourne	Royal Melbourne	Muirfield	6
7	Augusta National	Royal Co. Down	St. Andrews	St. Andrews	St.Andrews old	Royal County Down	7
8	Merion east	Merion east	Ballybunion	Royal Co. Down	Royal County Down	St.Andrews old	8
9	Pinehurst #2	Ballybunion Old	Royal Co. Down	Ballybunion	Shinnecock Hills	Shinnecock Hills	9
10	Royal Dornoch	St. Andrews	Merion east	Merion east	Merion east	Merion east	10

11	Seminole	Shinnecock Hills	Seminole	Royal Dornoch	Royal Dornoch	Pinehurst #2	11
12	St.Andrews old	Royal Dornoch	Royal Dornoch	Shinnecock Hills	Ballybunion old	Ballybunion old	12
13	Ballybunion old	Seminole	Shinnecock Hills	Seminole	Pinehurst #2	Royal Dornoch	13
14	Oakmont	Pinehurst No 2	Pinehurst No 2	Oakmont	Prarie Dunes	Oakmont	14
15	Oakland Hills south	Oakmont	Oakmont	Pinehurst No 2	Winged Foot west	Crystal Downs	15
16	Shinnecock Hills	Winged Foot west	Winged Foot west	Prairie Dunes	Crystal Downs	Turnberry ailsa	16
17	Olympic lake	Turnberry Ailsa	Oakland Hills south	Winged Foot west	Royal Portrush dunluce	Winged Foot west	17
18	Winged Foot west	Olympic lake	Turnberry Ailsa	Oakland Hills south	Seminole	Royal Portrush dunluce	18
19	Carnoustie champ	Oakland Hills south	Olympic lake	Turnberry Ailsa	Oakmont	Seminole	19
20	Muirfield Village	Muirfield Village	Muirfield Village	Muirfield Village	Turnberry ailsa	Prairie Dunes	20

21	Southern Hills	Royal Birkdale	Royal Birkdale	Crystal Downs	Royal Birkdale	Royal Birkdale	21
22	Prarie Dunes	Carnoustie	Carnoustie	Olympic lake	Oakland Hills south	Oakland Hills south	22
23	Royal Birkdale	Southern Hills	Prairie Dunes	Carnoustie	Olympic lake	Olympic lake	23
24	Harbour Town	Harbour Town	Southern Hills	Royal Birkdale	Portmarnock	Muirfield Village	24
25	Thurnberry ailsa	Baltusrol lower	Baltusrol lower	Baltusrol lower	Baltusrol lower	Carnoustie champ	25
26	Shaol Creek	Prairie Dunes	Portmarnock	Woodhall Spa	The Country Club open	Royal St.George’s	26
27	Baltusrol lower	Woodhall Spa	Los Angeles CC	Royal Portrush	Casa de Campo teeth	Woodhall Spa	27
28	Medinah #3	El Saler	Riviera	Southern Hills	Kingston Heath	Royal Troon old	28
29	Firestone south	Portmarnock	Casa de Campo	Harbour Town	Muirfield Village	Casa de Campo teeth	29
30	Portmarnock	Riviera	Harbour Town	Riviera	Woodhall Spa	Baltusrol lower	30

31	Riviera	Los Angeles CC	Oak Hill east	Casa de Campo	Riviera	Portmarnock	31
32	El Saler	Medinah no. 3	Royal St. George’s	Portmarnock	Carnoustie champ	The Golf Club	32
33	Royal Troon old	Quaker Ridge	Royal Portrush	Hirono	The Golf Club	San Francisco	33
34	Casa de Campo teeth	Wild Dunes (Links)	Medinah no. 3	Oak Hill east	San Francisco	The Country Club open	34
35	The Golf Club	Casa de Campo	Shoal Creek	Los Angeles CC	Royal St.George’s	Kingston Heath	35
36	Los Angeles north	Royal Troon	Royal Troon	Royal St. George’s	Harbour Town	Riviera	36
37	Wild Dunes links	Shoal Creek	Woodhall Spa	Kasumigaseki east	Southern Hills	Oak Hills east	37
38	TPC Sawgrass stadium	Hirono	The Golf Club	Quaker Ridge	Oak Hill east	Southern Hills	38
39	Oak Hill east	El Rincon, Colombia	Sunningdale old	National Golf Links	Chicago	Sunningdale old	39
40	Oak Tree	Oak Hill east	Kasumigaseki east	Medinah no. 3	Quaker Ridge	Hirono	40

41	Quaker Ridge	Royal St. George’s	TPC at Sawgrass	Royal Troon	Royal Troon old	Quaker Ridge	41
42	Royal St.George’s	The Golf Club	Cascades upper	The Golf Club	National GL of America	Harbour Town	42
43	Hirono	Royal Portrush	Colonial	Sunningdale new	Sunningdale old	Fishers Island	43
44	Kasumigaseki east	Firestone south	Chicago Golf Club	Chicago Golf Club	Hirono	National GL of America	44
45	Sotogrande old	TPC at Sawgrass	Quaker Ridge	El Saler	Colonial	Chicago	45
46	Colonial	Kasumigaseki east	National Golf Links	Colonial	Medinah #3	Camargo	46
47	Royal Portrush dunluce	Kingston Heath	Inverness	San Francisco GC	Los Angeles north	Medinah #3	47
48	Woodhall Spa	Cascades upper	San Francisco GC	The Country Club	Kasumigaseki east	Colonial	48
49	Sunningdale old	Phoenix, Jap. (?!)	Wild Dunes (Links)	Shoal Creek	Garden City	Los Angeles north	49
50	El Rincon	Colonial	El Saler	Kingston Heath	Shoal Creek	Kawana fuji	50
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51		Pevero	Firestone south	The Honors Course	Inverness	Inverness	51
52		Sunningdale old	Hirono	Cascades upper	Durban	Scioto	52
53		Sotogrande old	Royal Liverpool	Inverness	Royal Adelaide	Royal Adelaide	53
54		Inverness	Kingston Heath	TPC at Sawgrass	Cherry Hills	Kasumigaseki east	54
55		Wentworth west	New South Wales	National GC of Canada	Fishers Island	El Saler	55
56		San Francisco GC	The Honors Course	El Rincon, Colombia	El Saler	Durban	56
57		Royal dar es Salaam	The Country Club	Wild Dunes	Camargo	Shoal Creek	57
58		National Golf Links	Phoenix, (Japan)	New South Wales	New South Wales	Garden City	58
59		Oak Tree	Crystal Downs	Firestone south	Shadow Creek	New South Wales	59
60		Cherry Hills	Wentworth west	Scioto	Lake Nona	The Honors Course	60

61		Huntingdale	Long Cove	Royal Liverpool	Long Cove	Wentworth west	61
62		Royal Liverpool	Oak Tree	Butler National	Cascades upper	Cascades upper	62
63		Royal Adelaide	Scioto	Wentworth west	Wild Dunes links	Long Cove	63
64		The Country Club	Huntingdale	Troon (Ariz)	Somerset Hills	Cherry Hills	64
65		Capilano	Royal Lytham St. Annes	Durban	Scioto	Black Diamonds	65
66		Doral blue	Cherry Hills	Cherry Hills	Morfontaine	Wade Hampton	66
67		Pine Tree	Butler National	Royal Lytham St. Annes	The Honors Course	Royal Lytham&St.Annes	67
68		Chicago GC	Durban	Haig Point	Royal Lytham& St Annes	Ganton	68
69		Royal Montreal blue	Sotogrande old	Ganton	Wentworth west	Maidstone	69
70		Ganton	Pevero	Baltimore CC	Troon	Shadow Creek	70

71		Yale University	Canterbury	Capilano	Yale University	Lake Nona	71
72		Glen Abbey	Royal dar es Salaam	Garden City GC	National GC of Canada	Paraparaum Beach	72
73		Club de Golf Mexico	Victoria (Aus)	Fishers Island	TPC Sawgrass stadium	Wild Dunes links	73
74		Bay Hill	Royal Montreal blue	Long Cove	Baltimore five farms east	TPC Sawgrass stadium	74
75		Commonwealth	PGA West stadium	Royal Montreal blue	Black Diamonds	National GC of Canada	75
76		Butler National	Ganton	Victoria	Maidstone	Walton Heath old	76
77		Canterbury	National GC of Canada	PGA West stadium	Firestone south	Victoria	77
78		Long Cove	Royal Adelaide	Yale University	Royal Dar-es-Salaam red	Royal Liverpool	78
79		The Vintage Club	Essex (Can)	Huntingdale	Royal Liverpool	Firestone south	79
80		The Australian	Bali Handara	Canterbury	Capilano	Yale University	80

81		Somerset Hills	El Rincon, Colombia	Oak Tree	Paraparaum Beach	Troon	81
82		Victoria	Capilano	Royal dar es Salaam	Commenwealth	Canterbury	82
83		Royal Lytham	Saucon Valley grace	Royal Adelaide	Canterbury	Winged Foot east	83
84		Innisbrook (Copperhead)	Garden City GC	Phoenix (Japan)	Victoria	Somerset Hills	84
85		Saucon Valley grace	Baltimore CC	Walton Heath old	Ganton	Morfontaine	85
86		Scioto	Walton Heath old	Sotogrande old	Butler National	Valderrama	86
87		Notts Golf Club	The Australian	Club de Golf Mexico	Walton Heath old	Peachtree	87
88		Stanford University	C de Golf Mexico	Essex (Can)	El Rincon	Commonwealth	88
89		Walton Heath old	Maidstone	Somerset Hills	Kiawah ocean	Lahinch	89
90		Sun City (S Africa)	Plainfield	PGA West Nicklaus	Oak Tree GC	Royal Montreal blue	90

91		Falsterbo	Kittansett	Maidstone	Lahinch	Jupter Hills hills	91
92		Maidstone	Doral blue	Camargo	Sotogrande old	Oak Tree GC	92
93		Gleneagles king’s	Yale University	Lake Nona	Forest Highlands	The Country Club ohio	93
94		Bali Handara	Troon (Ariz)	Morfontaine	Saucon Valley grace	Butler National	94
95		Nueva Andalucia, Sp.	Sunningdale new	Commonwealth	Kawana fuji	Baltimore five farms east	95
96		Jupiter Hills	Somerset Hills	Point O’Woods	The Australian	Forest Highlands	96
97		Peachtree	Sun City (S Africa)	The Australian	Royal Montreal blue	Plainfield	97
98		Garden City	Point O’Woods	Pevero	Jupiter Hills hills	Sotogrande old	98
99		CC of North Carolina	Commonwealth	Paraparaumu Beach	Congressional blue	Royal Dar-es-Salaam red	99
100		Durban	Royal Porthcawl	Pine Tree FL	Peachtree	Pasatiempo	100

		Hidden Gems	Hidden Gems	Hidden Gems	Hidden Gems	Hidden Gems

		Essex (Can)	Bear Creek, Calif.	Black Diamond	County Louth	Devil’s Paintbrush
		Noordwijk	Camargo	Cruden Bay	Jagorawi	El Rincon
		Loxahatchee	Haig Point	Jagorawi	Les Bordes	Firetharn
		Ballybunion New	Hamilton CC	Kennemer	Mariya (??)	Jagorawi
		Point O’Woods	Jagorawi	Kiele Course	Newcastle	Pumpkin Ridge
		Crystal Downs	Los Leones	National GC Aust	Oyster Harbors	Rolling Green
		NCR (South)	Morfontaine	Noordwijk	Pine Lake, Japan	San Lorenzo
	letter=Newcomers	The Honors Course	Noordwijk	Ohio State (Scarlet)	San Lorenzo	Seignosse
		London Hunt C	Paraparaumu	Royal GC des Fagnes	Sugarloaf, Maine	Shoreacres
		Morfontaine	Royal GC des Fagnes	Wannamoisett	Wade Hampton	Tokyo GC


	1991-2003 data by Masa Nishijima		2005 data by Gary Galyean

	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005

1	Pine Valley	Pine Valley	Pine Valley	Pine Valley	Pine Valley	Pine Valley	1
2	Cypress Point	Cypress Point	Cypress Point	Cypress Point	Cypress Point	Cypress Point	2
3	Pebble Beach	Pebble Beach	Pebble Beach	Pebble Beach	Muirfield	St.Andrews old	3
4	Augusta National	Augusta National	Augusta National	Augusta National	Shinnecock Hills	Augusta National	4
5	St.Andrews old	Royal Melbourne	St.Andrews old	St.Andrews old	Augusta National	Shinnecock Hills	5
6	Royal Melbourne	Shinnecock Hills	Shinneck Hills	Shinnecock Hills	St.Andrews old	Pebble Beach	6
7	Shinnecock Hills	St.Andrews old	Pinehurst #2	Pinehurst #2	Pebble Beach	Muirfield	7
8	Muirfield	Pinehurst #2	Muirfield	Royal County Down	Royal Melbourne	Sand Hills Club	8
9	Pinehurst #2	Muirfield	Royal Melbourne	Muirfield	Pinehurst #2	Royal County Down	9
10	Royal County Down	Royal County Down	Royal County Down	Royal Melbourne	Royal County Down	Royal Melbourne	10

11	Merion east	Ballybunion old	Ballybunion old	Ballybunion old	Sand Hills Club	Merion east	11
12	Ballybunion old	Royal Portrush dunluce	Royal Portrush dunluce	Sand Hills Club	Royal Portrush dunluce	Royal Portrush dunluce	12
13	Royal Dornoch	Merion east	Merion east	Merion east	Ballybunion old	Pacific Dunes	13
14	Crystal Downs	Crystal Downs	Sand Hills Club	Royal Portrush dunluce	Merion east	Oakmont	14
15	Royal Portrush dunluce	Royal Dornoch	Oakmont	Royal Dornoch	Oakmont	Royal Dornoch	15
16	Turnberry ailsa	Oakmont	Royal Dornoch	Oakmont	Royal Dornoch	Ballybunion old	16
17	Oakmont	Sand Hills Club	Seminole	Seminole	Turnberry ailsa	Turnberry ailsa	17
18	Wonged Foot west	National GL of America	Crystal Downs	Turnberry ailsa	Winged Foot west	Pinehurst #2	18
19	Seminole	Seminole	Turnberry ailsa	Winged Foot west	Pacific Dunes	National GL of America	19
20	Casa de Campo teeth	Winged Foot west	Winged Foot west	San Francisco	National GL of America	Kingston Heath	20

21	Carnoustie champ	Turnberry ailsa	National GL of America	Prarie Dunes	Kingston Heath	Carnoustie champ	21
22	National GL of America	Oakland Hills south	Carnoustie champ	Carnoustie champ	Seminole	Seminole	22
23	Oakland Hills south	Casa de Campo teeth	San Francisco	National GL of America	Prarie Dunes	Crystal Downs	23
24	San Francisco	Carnoustie champ	Prarie Dunes	Crystal Downs	Crystal Downs	San Francisco	24
25	Prairie Dunes	Kingston Heath	Oakland Hills south	Oakland Hills south	Oakland Hills south	Prairie Dunes	25
26	Royal Birkdale	Prairie Dunes	Royal St.George’s	Pacific Dunes	Carnoustie champ	Winged Foot west	26
27	Riviera	San Francisco	Kingston Heath	Royal St..George’s	San Francisco	Cape Kidnappers	27
28	Royal St.George’s	Olympic lake	Casa de Campo teeth	Kingston Heath	Royal Birkdale	Fishers Island	28
29	Woodhall Spa	Woodhall Spa	Olympic lake	Royal Birkdale	Fishers Island	Oakland Hills south	29
30	Olympic lake	Royal St.George’s	Royal Birkdale	Fishers Island	Bethpage black	Bethpage black	30

31	Oak Hill east	Muirfield Village	Muirfield Village	Chicago	Chicago	Royal Birkdale	31
32	Muirfield Village	Oak Hill east	The Country Club open	Olympic lake	Royal St.George’s	Royal St.George’s	32
33	Kingstone Heath	The Country Club open	Woodhall Spa	The Country Club open	The Country Club open	Chicago	33
34	The Golf Club	Royal Birkdale	Royal Troon old	Portmarnock	Casa de Campo teeth	New South Wales	34
35	The Country Club open	The Golf Club	Chicago	Casa de Campo teeth	Hirono	Hirono	35
36	Royal Troon old	Royal Troon old	Oak Hill east	Sunningdale old	Riviera	The Country Club open	36
37	Baltusrol lower	Baltusrol lower	Baltusrol lower	Oak Hill east	Muirfield Village	Riviera	37
38	Portmarnock	Chicago	Portmarnock	Baltusrol lower	Royal Troon old	Muirfield Village	38
39	Sunning dale old	Loch Lomond	Fishers Island	Muirfield Village	Olympic lake	Oak hill east	39
40	Hirono	Portmarnock	Sunningdale old	Royal Troon old	Portmarnock	Royal Troon old	40

41	Chicago	Hirono	Southern Hills	Hirono	Southern Hills	Casa de Campo teeth	41
42	Southern Hills	Riviera	Hirono	Riviera	Oak Hill east	Baltusrol lower	42
43	Camargo	New South Wales	New South Wales	Woodhall Spa	New South Wales	Portmarnock	43
44	Loch Lomond	Sunningdale old	Loch Lomond	Southern Hills	Sunningdale old	Olympic lake	44
45	Harbour Town	Southern Hills	Morfontaine	Bethpage black	Baltusrol lower	Southern Hills	45
46	Medinah #3	Fishers Island	Camargo	Kingsbarns	Woodhall Spa	Sunningdale old	46
47	Quaker Ridge	Morfontaine	Riviera	New South Wales	Morfontaine	Woodhall Spa	47
48	Scioto	Shadow Creek	The Golf Club	The Golf Club	The Golf Club	Whistring staits srtaits	48
49	Shadow Creek	Medinah #3	Bethpage black	Royal Lytham&St.Annes	Kauri Cliffs	Barnbougle Dunes	49
50	Kawana fuji	Valderrama	Royal Lytham&St.Annes	Whistling Straits	Royal Adelaide	TPC Sawgrass	50

51	Valderrama	Kawana fuji	Garden City	Camargo	Shoreacres	Los Angels north	51
52	Inverness	Harbour Town	Cruden Bay	Loch Lomond	Medinah #3	Royal Lytham & St.Annes	52
53	Los Angeles north	Camargo	Medinah #3	Medinah #3	Whistling Straits straits	The Golf Club	53
54	New South Wales	Quaker Ridge	Kawana fuji	Morfontaine	Royal Lytham&St.Annes	Royal Adelaide	54
55	Maidstone	Inverness	Shadow Creek	Cruden Bay	Garden City	Medinah #3	55
56	Colonial	San Lorenzo	Maidstone	TPC Swagrass stadium	Loch Lomond	Kiawah ocean	56
57	The Honors Course	Scioto	Highlands Links	Garden City	TPC Sawgrass stadium	Morfontaine	57
58	Royal Lytham&St.Annes	Royal Lytham&St.Annes	TPC Sawgrass stadium	Kawana fuji	Inverness	Kauri Cliffs	58
59	Fishers Island	El Saler	Quaker Ridge	Winged Foot east	Los Angeles north	Habour town	59
60	El Saler	Bethpage black	El Saler	Naruo	Maidstone	Quaker Ridge	60

61	Morfontaine	Maidstone	Ganton	Los Angeles north	Qoaker Ridge	Winged foot east	61
62	Cherry Hills	Garden City	Los Angeles north	Quaker Ridge	Ganton	Inverness	62
63	Royal Adelaide	Los Angeles north	Winged Foot east	Shoreacres	Camargo	Maidstone	63
64	Garden City	World Woods pine barr	San Lorenzo	Inverness	Highlands Links	Garden City	64
65	Wentworth west	Durban	Whistling Straits	Maidstone	Kingsbarns	Kingsbarns	65
66	World Woods pine barr	TPC Sawgrass stadium	Wnetworth west	Royal Liverpool	Winged Foot east	Loch Lomond	66
67	Ganton	The Honors Course	Naruo	Lahinch	Harbour Town	Lahinch	67
68	Cabo del Sol	Naruo	World Woods pine barr	Shadow Creek	Cabo del Sol ocean	Ganton	68
69	Shoal Creek	Cherry Hills	Royal Liverpool	Highlands Links	Somerset Hills	Bandon Dunes	69
70	Kasumigaseki east	Cabo del Sol	Lahinch	Bandon Dunes	Durban	Valderrama	70

71	Paraparaum Beach	Ganton	Inverness	Ganton	Scioto	Cape Breton Highlands	71
72	Durban	Royal Adelaide	The Honors Club	Scioto	Royal Liverpool	Royal liverpool	72
73	Lahinch	Cruden Bay	Valderrama	Wentworth west	Lahinch	Cabo del Sole ocean	73
74	Double Eagle	Peachtree	Harbour Town	Spyglass Hill	Bandon Dunes	Friar’s Head	74
75	Peachtree	Cape Breton Highlands	Cascades upper	Harbour Town	Naruo	Shoreacres	75
76	Cascades upper	Shoal Creek	Walton Heath old	World Woods pine barr	Cruden Bay	Scioto	76
77	Wade Hampton	Shoreacres	Scioto	Ocean Forest	Valderrama	Sommerset Hills	77
78	Black Diamonds	Lahinch	Cabo del Sol	El Saler	Wentworth west	Cruden Bay	78
79	Walton Heath old	Paraparaum Beach	Paraparaum Beach	Somerset Hills	Kiawah ocean	Congressional Blue	79
80	Long Cove	Spyglass Hill	Bandon Dunes	Royal Adelaide	Kawana fuji	Kawana fuji	80

81	Somerset Hills	Double Eagle	Ocean Forest	Walton Heath old	Spyglass Hill	Durban CC	81
82	Royal Liverpool	Congressional blue	Shoreacres	The Honors Course	Walton Heath old	St. George’s canada	82
83	TPC Sawgrass stadium	Winged Foot east	Cherry Hills	Cascades upper	World Woods pine barr	Shadow Creek	83
84	Canterbury	Wentworth west	Wade Hampton	Cherry Hills	Ocean Forest	Hamilton CC	84
85	Winged Foot east	Cascades upper	Royal Adelaide	Peachtree	Valley Club of Montecito	Wentworth west	85
86	Bethpage black	Colonial	Spyglass Hill	Kasumigaseki east	Congressional blue	Bandon Trails	86
87	Naruo	Somerset Hills	Peachtree	Valderrama	Peachtree	Trump National NJ	87
88	Yale University	Wade Hampton	St.George’s canada	Wade Hampton	Wade Hampton	Spyglass Hill	88
89	National GC of Canada	Royal Liverpool	Durban	Durban	Shadow Creek	Camargo	89
90	Oak Tree GC	Kasumigaseki east	Sommerset Hills	East Lake	Cherry Hills	Ocean Forest	90

91	Victoria	Walton Heath old	Colonial	Nantucket	Baltimore five farms east	European Club	91
92	Royal Montreal blue	Black Diamonds	Kasumigaseki east	Congressional blue	Yeamans Hall	Walton Heath old	92
93	Spyglass Hill	St. George’s canada	Congressional blue	Cabo del Sol	El Saler	East Lake	93
94	Rye	Victoria	East Lake	Valley Club of Montecito	Homestead Cascades	Tokyo GC	94
95	Lake Nona	National GC of Canada	Valley Club of Montecito	Paraparaumu Beach	St.George’s canada	Nine Bridges	95
96	Firestone south	Estancia	Old Head	St.George’s canada	The Honors Course	Wade Hampton	96
97	Commonwealth	Long Cove	Shoal Creek	Double Eagle	East Lake	Colonial	97
98	Interlachen	Rye	Nantaucket	Colonial	European Club	Peachtree	98
99	Cruden Bay	Interlachen	Canterbury	Baltimore five farms east	Paraparaumu Beach	Cascades upper	99
100	San Lorenzo	Canterbury	Double Eagle	Black Diamonds	Colonial	Naruo	100

	Hidden Gems	Hidden Gems	Honorable mention	Honorable mention
			(from outside the US)	(from outside the US)
	Cape Breton Highlands	Utrechtse De Pan	Mid Ocean	Machrihanish
	European Club Brittas Bay	Devil’s Paintbrush	National GC of Canada	Mid Ocean
	Las Campanas sunrise	Galloway National	Rye	San Lorenzo
	Newcastle	Hope Island	Victoria	Royal Zoute
	Ocean Forest	Las Campanas sunrise	Machriharish	Les Bordes
	Pete Dye GC	Newcastle	Barsebacks	Old Head
	Redtail	Pablo Creek	Royal Montreal blue	National GC of Canada
	Royal Zoute	Redtail	Royal West Norfolk	Tokyo GC
	Sand Hills Club	Royal Zoute	Tokyo GC	Nikko CC
	Stonewall	Stonehouse	Royal Porthcawl	European Club
			Commonwealth	Royal Porthcawl
			Sunningdale new	Rye
		Honorable Mention	Royal Zoute	Sunningdale new
		(from outside the US)	Swinley Forest	Barseback
		Royal Montreal blue	Notts	Royal West Norfolk
		Commonwealth	Royal Golf Links morocco	Prestwick
		Waterville	Prestwick	Metropolitan
		Royal Porthcawl	Saunton east	Commonwealth
		PortStewart	Nikko CC	Victoria
		Mid Ocean	Sotogrande old	Swinley Forest
		Tokyo GC	Royal Aberdeen	Royal Montreal blue
		Gleneagles king	Les Bordes	Notts
		Machrihanish	Newcastle	Waterville
		Redtail	St.Endoc	Gullane #1
		Royal Zoute	Hamilton	Gleneagles kings
		The European Club	Waterville	Hamilton
		Sunningdale new	Gullane #1	Saunton east
		Royal West Norfolk	Fontainebleau	Royal Aberdeen
		Prestwick		Dubai Creek
		Capilano		St.Endoc
		Western Gailes		North Berwick west
		Palmilla
		Devil’s Paintbrush
		Metropolitan
		Sotogrande old
		Gullane #1
		Swinley Forest
		Hamburger Falkenstein
		Haagsche


	2007-2011 Data by Joe Passov

	2007	2009	2011

1	Pine Valley	Pine Valley	Pine Valley
2	Cypress Point	Cypress Point	Cypress Point
3	St.Andrews Old	Augusta National	Augusta National
4	Augusta National	St.Andrews Old	St.Andrews Old
5	Pebble Beach	Royal County Down	Royal County Down
6	Shinnecock Hills	Shinnecock Hills	Shinnecock Hills
7	Royal County Down	Pebble Beach	Pebble Beach
8	Muirfield	Oakmont	Oakmont
9	Oakmont	Muirfield	Muirfield
10	Merion East	Merion East	Merion East

11	Sand Hills	Sand Hills	Sand Hills
12	Royal Portrush Dunluce	National Golf Links of America	National Golf Links of America
13	Pacific Dunes	Royal Portrush Dunluce	Royal Melbourne West
14	Ballybunion Old	Royal Melbourne West	Royal Portrush Dunluce
15	Royal Melbourne West	Royal Dornoch	Pinehurst #2
16	National Golf Links of America	Pacific Dunes	Royal Dornoch
17	Pinehurst #2	Turnberry Ailsa	Ballybunion Old
18	Royal Dornoch	Ballybunion Old	Turnberry Ailsa
19	Turnberry Ailsa	Pinehurst #2	Pacific Dunes
20	Seminole	Crystal Downs	Crystal Downs

21	Winged Foot West	Seminole	Carnoustie Champ
22	Crystal Downs	Carnoustie Champ	Winged Foot West
23	San Francisco	Winged Foot West	Seminole
24	Carnoustie Champ	Chicago	Chicago
25	Prairie Dunes	Prairie Dunes	Prairie Dunes
26	Kingston Heath	San Francisco	San Fancisco
27	Chicago	Kingston Heath	Kingston Heath
28	Oakland Hills South	Oakland Hills South	Fishers Island
29	Riviera	Royal Birkdale	Oakland Hills South
30	Royal Birkdale	Riviera	Royal Birkdale

31	Fishers Island	Fishers Island	Riviera
32	Bethpage Black	Friar’s Head	Royal St.George’s
33	Friar’s Head	Sunningdale Old	Cape Kidnappers
34	The Country Club Brookline	Royal St.George’s	New South Wales
35	Barnbougle Dunes	Bethpage Black	Sunningdale Old
36	New South Wales	Cape Kidnappers	Bethpage Black
37	Hirono	The Country Club Brookline	The Country Club Brookline
38	Sunningdale Old	New South Wales	Friar’s Head
39	Royal St.George’s	Hirono	Los Angeles North
40	Whistling Straits Straits	Whistling Straits Straits	Hirono

41	Cape Kidnappers	Olympic Lake	Barnbougle Dunes
42	Muirfield Village	Casa de Campo teeth of the dog	Lahinch
43	Casa de Campo teeth of the dog	Barnbougle Dunes	Olympic Lake
44	Royal Troon Old	Lahinch	Whistling Straits Straits
45	Olympic Lake	Portmarnock Old	Kiawah Ocean
46	Morfontaine	Muirfield Village	Portmarnock Old
47	Los Angeles North	Kiawah Ocean	Casa de Campo teeth of the dog
48	Kiawah Ocean	Royal Troon Old	Royal Troon Old
49	Portmarnock Old	Baltusrol Lower	Nine Bridges
50	Baltusrol Lower	TPC Sawgrass Stadium	Garden City

51	Southern Hills	Garden City	TPC Sawgrass Stadium
52	Oak Hills East	Los Angeles North	Muirfield Village
53	Woodhall Spa	Royal Lytham &St.Annes	Baltusrol Lower
54	Lahinch	Morfontaine	Kingsbarns
55	Garden City	Nine Bridges	Morfontaine
56	TPC Sawgrass Stadium	Woodhall Spa	Castle Stuart
57	Bandon Dunes	Oak Hill East	Royal Lythem&St.Annes
58	Medinah #3	Bandon Dunes	Diamante
59	The Golf Club	The Golf Club	Woodhall Spa
60	Nine Bridges	Southern Hills	Bandon Dunes

61	Kingsbarns	Kingsbarns	Oak Hill East
62	Royal Lythem&St,Annes	Medinah #3	The Golf Club
63	Kauri Cliffs	Ganton	Southern Hills
64	Quaker Ridge	Loch Lomond	Shoreacres
65	Winged Foot East	Maidstine	Medinah #3
66	Loch Lomond	Camargo	Ganton
67	Maidstone	Winged Foot East	Old Sandwich
68	Cruden Bay	Inverness	Oitavos Dunes
69	Ganton	Old Sandwich	Carmago
70	Harbour Town	Quaker Ridge	Quaker Ridge

71	Inverness	Shoreacres	Inverness
72	Royal Melbourne East	Royal Adelaide	Maidstone
73	Shoreacres	Harbour Town	Loch Lomond
74	Camargo	Kawana Fuji	Old Macdonald
75	Royal Adelaide	Nanea	Winged Foot East
76	Nanea	Valderrama	Kawana Fuji
77	Old Sandwich	Chambers Bay	Royal Liverpool
78	European Club	Kauri Cliffs	Habour Town
79	Highland Links	Somerset Hills	Ballyneal
80	Royal Liverpool	Royal Liverpool	Kauri Cliffs

81	Walton Heath Old	Cruden Bay	Somerset Hills
82	Ballyneal	Walton Heath Old	Barnbougle -Lost Farm
83	Scioto	Ballyneal	Cruden Bay
84	Tokyo	Swinley Forest	Nanea
85	Spyglass Hill	European Club	Royal Adelaide
86	Somerset Hills	Highlands Links	Walton Heath
87	Kawana Fuji	Royal Melbourne East	Chambers Bay
88	Cabo del Sol Ocean	Oitavos Dunes	Valderrama
89	Valderrama	St.George’s	North Berwick
90	Shadow Creek	Spyglass Hill	St.George’s

91	Congressional Blue	Waterville	Waterville
92	St.George’s	Machrihanish	Swinley Forest
93	East Lake	North Berwick West	Machrihanish
94	Naruo	Durban Country Club	Royal Porthcawl
95	Swinley Forest	Cabo del Sol Ocean	European Club
96	Durban Country Club	Scioto	Tokyo
97	Machrihanish	Tokyo	Valley Club of Montecito
98	North Berwick West	Valley Club of Montecito	Highlands Links
99	Wentworth West	Naruo	Durban Country Club
100	Hamilton West/South	Royal Porthcawl	Cabo del Sol Ocean


		Ten to Watch
		Ellerston GC
		Castle Stuart
		Bro Hof Slott
		Firestone South
		Wentworth West
		Gozzer Ranch
		Victoria National GC
		Bayonne GC
		Blair Atoll GC
		The Cliffs at High Carolina

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