There are plenty of familiar names on this year’s list of Top 100 Courses in the World. But it’s good to have some new blood too, right? Our brand-new list features 11 courses that jumped inside this year’s Top 100, reflecting changing trends and a revamped ranking. That doesn’t mean they’re all newly-opened — they range from 1895 to 2018 — but these 11 tracks are decidedly in vogue.
H.S. Colt is the big winner from this list; three of his designs have made their way back onto the list. Those additions — Rye, St. George’s Hill and De Pan — helped Colt to his spot as the most-represented designer with 11 credits in the top 100.
Gil Hanse seems to be everywhere these days, and he’s represented here with a restoration (Sleepy Hollow, which leads the U.S. additions) as well as an original design (Ohoopee Match Club). Seth Raynor gains two credits as well with Sleepy Hollow and the emergence of Yale at No. 83.
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw hop onto the list (again) with Bandon Trails at No. 87., while Tom Doak’s decade-old Montana design Rock Creek Cattle Co. rounds out the list at No. 99. Check out the courses below — and start dreaming up your next golf adventure.
No. 67: Rye (Old)
Camber, England
H.S. Colt, 1895/Tom Simpson/Herbert Tippett/Guy Campbell, 1907-1940s
No. 76: Sleepy Hollow
Scarborough, N.Y.
C.B. MacDonald/Seth Raynor, 1913/A.W. Tillinghast, 1929/Gil Hanse, 2017
No. 83: Yale
New Haven, Conn.
Seth Raynor/Charles Banks, 1926
No. 86: St. George’s Hill (A&B)
Weybridge, England
H.S. Colt, 1913
No. 87: Bandon Trails
Bandon, Ore.
Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw, 2005
No. 88: De Pan (Utrechtche)
Utrecht, The Netherlands
H.S. Colt, 1929
No. 91: Peachtree
Atlanta, Ga.
Robert Trent Jones Sr/Bobby Jones, 1947
No. 92: Myopia Hunt Club
So. Hamilton, Mass.
H.C. Leeds, 1898
No. 96: Royal Melbourne (East)
Black Rock, Australia
Alex Russell, 1932
No. 98: Ohoopee Match Club
Cobbtown, Ga.
Gil Hanse, 2018
No. 99: Rock Creek Cattle Company
Deer Lodge, Mont.
Tom Doak, 2008
