GolfCourseDB
106 entries on the greatest golf courses on earth. From the ancient links of St Andrews to the sandbelt of Melbourne, the heathland of Surrey and the modern dunes of Bandon and Barnbougle, a factual reference on golf architecture and its landmark venues.
Legendary Courses
St Andrews Old Course
The Old Course is the oldest layout in golf, its shared double greens routing out and back across linksland behind the town. The S...
Augusta National
Augusta National hosts the Masters each April, the only major played on the same course every year. Amen Corner, the 13th and 14th...
Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach runs along the Monterey peninsula with the sixth through tenth holes hanging over the Pacific. It hosted the 2010 and...
Cypress Point
Cypress Point moves from dunes to forest to one of the great finishes in golf, the 15th, 16th and 17th over the Pacific. The 218 y...
Pinehurst No 2
Pinehurst No 2 is Donald Ross masterpiece, crowned turtleback greens punishing anything offline. It has hosted more single course ...
Royal Melbourne West
Royal Melbourne West is the finest course in the southern hemisphere, MacKenzie sandbelt genius with greens perched and bunkers fl...
Royal County Down
Royal County Down threads blind drives through towering dunes under the Mountains of Mourne. Rory McIlroy calls it his favorite li...
Muirfield
Muirfield runs as a ring of outward holes circling the inward nine, a clever loop that keeps wind in play from every angle. It has...
Pine Valley
Pine Valley is a cathedral of sandy scrub and crippled waste, each hole isolated in its own world. It has topped American course r...