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World’s Top 100 Golf Courses


GOLF IRRIGATION

Top 100 Courses in the World 2004. Clementon, NJ

26 Carnoustie (Championship) Carnoustie, Scotland Robertson, 1842; T. Morris, Park, Braid

1

Pine Valley Crump/Colt, 1918

2

Cypress Point Mackenzie, 1928; Egan

Pebble Beach, CA

27 San Francisco Tillinghast, 1915

3

Muirfield T. Morris, 1891; Colt, Simpson

Gullane, Scotland

28 Royal Birkdale Lowe, 1889; Hawtree/Taylor

4

Shinnecock Hills Flynn, 1931

Southampton, NY

29 Fishers Island Raynor, 1917

5

Augusta National Mackenzie/Bobby Jones, 1932

6

St. Andrews (Old Course) 16th century

7

Pebble Beach Neville/Grant, 1919; Egan

8

Royal Melbourne (Comp) Mackenzie/Russell, 1926

9

Pinehurst (No. 2) D. Ross, 1935

Augusta, GA St. Andrews, Scotland Pebble Beach, CA Melbourne, Australia

San Francisco, CA Southport, England Fishers Island, NY

30 Bethpage (Black) Tillinghast, 1936; Rees Jones

Farmingdale, NY

31 Chicago Macdonald, 1895; Raynor

Wheaton, IL

32 Royal St. George's Sandwich, England Purves, 1887; Mackenzie, Pennink, Steel 33 The Country Club (Championship) Campbell, 1895; Flynn, Rees Jones

Brookline, MA

34 Casa de Campo (Teeth of Dog) Dominican Republic

La Romana, P. Dye, 1971

10 Royal County Down Newcastle, N. Ireland T. Morris, 1889; Dunn, Vardon

35 Hirono Alison, 1932

Kobe, Japan

11 Sand Hills Coore/Crenshaw, 1995

36 Riviera Pacific Palisades, CA Thomas/Bell,1926; T. Fazio, Crenshaw, Coore

Pinehurst, NC

Mullen, NE

12 Royal Portrush (Dunluce) Colt, 1929

Portrush, N. Ireland

37 Muirfield Village Nicklaus/Muirhead, 1974

Dublin, OH

13 Ballybunion (Old) Ballybunion, Ireland Murphy, 1906; Simpson, Gourlay

38 Royal Troon (Old) Fernie, 1878; Braid

Troon, Scotland

14 Merion (East) H. Wilson, 1912

Ardmore, PA

39 Olympic (Lake) San Francisco, CA Reid, 1917; Whiting, R.T. Jones Sr.

15 Oakmont Fownes, 1903

Oakmont, PA

40 Portmarnock Portmarnock, Ireland G. Ross/Pickeman, 1894; Hawtree

16 Royal Dornoch Dornoch, Scotland T. Morris, 1886; Sutherland, Duncan

41 Southern Hills Maxwell, 1935

17 Turnberry (Ailsa) P.M. Ross, 1906

42 Oak Hill (East) Rochester, NY D. Ross, 1926; R.T. Jones Sr, G. & T. Fazio

Turnberry, Scotland

18 Winged Foot (West) Tillinghast, 1923

Mamaroneck, NY

19 Pacific Dunes Doak, 2001

Bandon, OR

20 National Golf Links of America Macdonald, 1911

Southampton, NY

Tulsa, OK

43 New South Wales Mackenzie, 1928

La Perouse, Australia

44 Sunningdale (Old) W. Park, 1901; Colt

Sunningdale, England

45 Baltusrol (Lower) Tillinghast, 1922; R.T. Jones Sr.

Springfield, NJ

21 Kingston Heath Soutar, 1925; Mackenzie

Cheltenham, Australia

46 Woodhall Spa Woodhall Spa, England Vardon, 1905; Colt, Hotchkin, Hutchison

22 Seminole D. Ross, 1929; D. Wilson

North Palm Beach, FL

47 Morfontaine Simpson, 1927

Senlis, France

Hutchinson, KS

48 The Golf Club P. Dye, 1967

New Albany, OH

Frankfort, MI

49 Kauri Cliffs Harmon, 2000

Kaeo, New Zealand

23 Prairie Dunes Maxwell, 1935 24 Crystal Downs Mackenzie/Maxwell, 1929 25 Oakland Hills (South) D. Ross, 1917; R.T. Jones Sr.

Bloomfield Hills, MI

50 Royal Adelaide Gardiner, 1904; Mackenzie

Adelaide, Australia

* Architect(s); Year opened for play; Redesign architect(s). GOLF MAGAZINE's ranking of the top courses in the world for 2003, September 2, 2003.


One World, One Game, One Company. 51 Shoreacres Raynor, 1919

Lake Bluff, IL

76 Cruden Bay Fowler/Simpson, 1926

52 Medinah (No. 3) Medinah, IL Bendelow, 1928; Collis, Rulewich, Rees Jones

77 Valderrama R.T. Jones Sr., 1975

53 Whistling Straits (Straits) P. Dye, 1998

78 Wentworth (West) Colt/Morrison, 1924

Haven, WI

Cruden Bay, Scotland Sotogrande, Spain Virginia Water, England

54 Royal Lytham & St. AnnesLytham St. Annes, England Lowe, 1886

79 Kiawah Island (Ocean) P. Dye, 1991

55 Garden City Emmet, 1898; Travis

Garden City, NY

80 Kawana (Fuji) Alison/Fujita, 1936

Kawana, Japan

Luss, Scotland

81 Spyglass Hill R.T. Jones Sr., 1966

Pebble Beach, CA

56 Loch Lomond Weiskopf/Morrish, 1994

Kiawah Island, SC

57 TPC at Sawgrass (Stadium) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL P. Dye, 1981

82 Walton Heath (Old) Fowler, 1904

58 Inverness D. Ross, 1919; G. & T. Fazio, Hills

83 World Woods (Pine Barrens) T. Fazio, 1993

Brooksville, FL

84 Ocean Forest Rees Jones, 1995

Sea Island, GA

59 Los Angeles (North) Thomas, 1921 60 Maidstone W. & J. Park, 1891; Tucker 61 Quaker Ridge Tillinghast, 1926; R.T. Jones Sr. 62 Ganton T. Dunn 1891; Colt, Cotton 63 Camargo Raynor, 1921

Toledo, OH Los Angeles, CA East Hampton, NY Scarsdale, NY Ganton, England Cincinnati, OH

85 Valley Club of Montecito Mackenzie/Hunter, 1928

87 Peachtree R.T. Jones Sr./Bobby Jones, 1948 88 Wade Hampton T. Fazio, 1987 89 Shadow Creek T. Fazio, 1989

65 Kingsbarns Phillips, 1999

90 Cherry Hills Flynn, 1923

66 Winged Foot (East) Tillinghast, 1923

Mamaroneck, NY

67 Harbour Town P. Dye/Nicklaus, 1969

Hilton Head Island, SC

68 Cabo del Sol (Ocean) Nicklaus, 1994

Los Cabos, Mexico

69 Somerset Hills Tillinghast, 1917

Bernardsville, NJ

Santa Barbara, CA

86 Congressional (Blue) Bethesda, MD Emmet, 1924; R.T. Jones Sr., Rees Jones

64 Highlands Links Ingonish Beach, NS, Canada Thompson, 1935; Cooke St. Andrews, Scotland

Tadworth, England

Atlanta, GA Cashiers, NC North Las Vegas, NV

Cherry Hills Village, CO

91 Baltimore (Five Farms East) Tillinghast, 1926; Silva 92 Yeamans Hall Raynor, 1925

Lutherville, MD Hanahan, SC

93 El Saler Arana, 1967

Valencia, Spain

94 Homestead (Cascades) Flynn, 1923

Hot Springs, VA

70 Durban Durban, South Africa Waters/Waterman, 1922; Hotchkin

95 St. George's Etobicoke, ON, Canada Thompson, 1929; Robinson

71 Scioto D. Ross, 1916; D. Wilson

96 The Honors Course P. Dye, 1984

Columbus, OH

Ooltewah, TN

72 Royal Liverpool Hoylake, England G. Morris/Chambers, 1869; Pennink

97 East Lake Atlanta, GA Bendelow, 1910; D. Ross, Cobb, Rees Jones

73 Lahinch Lahinch, Ireland T. Morris, 1893; Gibson, Mackenzie

98 European Club Ruddy, 1992

74 Bandon Dunes Kidd, 1999

99 Paraparaumu Beach Russell, 1949

75 Naruo Crane, 1904; Alison = Toro Irrigation System

Bandon, OR Osaka, Japan

Brittas Bay, Ireland Paraparaumu, New Zealand

100 Colonial Bredemus, 1935; Maxwell

Fort Worth, TX


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