Best Golf Courses Worldwide

You may have already seen our post about the Top 5 Golf courses in the UK, here we have collated our list of the best Golf courses worldwide.

Pine Valley, New Jersey

• Located in Pine Valley, Camden County, New Jersey and founded in 1913 by a group of golfers from Philadelphia.
• It offers a shuttle service from Philadelphia Airport if required.
• Membership is by invitation only from the board of directors, and is currently Male only. Guests are allowed to play if invited and accompanied by a member and Women can play on Sunday afternoons only.
• Since 2003, the club has been featured in the Best Courses of the World/US in various golf magazines.
• Click here for more information about the club including Green Fee’s, Equipment Hire and more.

Cypress Point, California

• Founded in 1928 and located in Pebble Beach, Cypress Point is set in coastal dunes.
• Offering just a single 18-hole course, the course is well known for its three holes that are played along the Pacific Ocean.
• When playing here, management require all players to have caddies.
• The signature hole is number 16, and in order to play this hole you must tee a shot of 231 yards over the pacific to a green.
• Click here for more information about the club including Green Fee’s, Equipment Hire and more.

Royal Melbourne, Australia

• Located in Black Rock, Victoria, Melbourne and founded in 1891, it holds 36 holes across the courses.
• The Women’s Australian Open was held here back in 2012 and again in 2015.
• Royal Melbourne is Australia’s oldest, continually existing Golf Club.
• The first time the President’s Cup was held outside of the US was also here in 1998 and then again in 2011.
• Click here for more information about the club including Green Fee’s, Equipment Hire and more.

Shinnecock Hills, New York

• Founded in 1891 and claiming to be the oldest formal organised club in the US, it is situated in Southampton, Long Island, New York.
• It has the oldest clubhouse in the US opening in 1892 and was the first to admit Women (which it did from the beginning).
• It has hosted the US Open four times on its 18-hole course in 1896,1986,1995 and 2004. It is also due to host it again this year and in 2026.
• Shinnecock Hills was ranked 2^nd in Golf Digest’s 100 Greatest courses for 2007 and 2008, moving down to 3^rd in 2009.
• Click here for more information about the club including Green Fee’s, Equipment Hire and more.

Augusta National, Georgia

• Located, funnily enough in Augusta, Georgia, it was founded in 1933. Making it the youngest course on the list.
• It hosts The Masters tournament every year on it’s 18-hole course and has done since 1934.
• This year, it has been voted the number one Platinum Club of the World by the Club Leaders Forum of Golf and Country Clubs.
• Formerly a tree nursery, each hole is named after the tree in which it has been associated. Such as, Magnolia, Juniper and Holly to name a few.
• Click here for more information about the club including Green Fee’s, Equipment Hire and more.