Golf Magazine – World Top 100

1997

Cape Wickham. Photo by Larry Lambrecht

Top 100 World Golf Magazine – World Top 100 - 1997

1997

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Pine Valley

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

4

Cypress Point

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

4

4

4

5

Pebble Beach

14

14

11

9

7

7

7

7

5

6

7

3

3

3

3

5

2

3

2

2

Augusta National

9

9

9

5

4

3

3

3

4

4

5

4

4

4

4

3

3

5

5

7

Royal Melbourne West

7

7

7

11

12

13

13

14

15

10

8

10

9

6

5

6

6

6

6

6

Shinnecock Hills

4

4

4

6

6

5

6

6

6

5

4

6

6

7

9

9

12

13

11

16

St Andrews – Old Course

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

4

3

3

6

5

5

5

8

7

7

7

10

12

Pinehurst – No 2

21

17

16

18

16

16

15

19

17

18

9

7

7

9

11

13

15

14

14

9

Muirfield

12

11

12

10

9

10

9

9

8

7

3

9

8

8

6

4

5

2

3

1

Royal County Down

6

6

6

4

5

6

5

5

7

9

10

8

10

10

7

8

8

9

7

3

Ballybunion – Old

24

24

21

17

17

17

17

18

14

16

13

11

11

12

12

12

9

8

9

13

Royal Portrush – Dunluce

16

15

13

14

15

15

14

13

12

12

12

14

12

15

18

17

27

33

43

47

Merion Golf Club

13

13

15

12

11

9

10

10

10

11

14

13

13

11

10

10

10

10

8

8

Crystal Downs

34

29

25

24

22

19

20

20

22

23

24

24

18

14

15

16

21

59

-

-

Royal Dornoch

10

12

10

15

14

14

16

15

18

15

16

15

16

13

13

11

11

12

12

10

Oakmont

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

9

14

15

16

15

17

14

19

14

15

15

14

Sand Hills

11

10

14

13

13

12

11

11

11

8

11

12

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

National Golf Links of America

5

5

5

7

10

11

12

12

16

19

20

23

21

22

44

42

39

46

58

-

Seminole

35

32

34

23

19

22

23

21

20

22

22

17

17

19

19

18

13

11

13

11

Winged Foot – West

29

25

23

27

20

21

22

23

21

26

18

19

20

18

17

15

17

16

16

18

Trump Turnberry – Ailsa

18

18

17

16

23

18

18

17

19

17

17

18

19

16

16

20

19

18

17

25

Oakland Hills – South

27

31

72

53

44

35

29

28

28

29

25

25

25

23

22

22

18

17

19

15

Teeth of the Dog

75

75

59

48

39

46

47

42

43

41

34

35

28

20

29

27

31

29

35

34

Carnoustie Golf Links

40

39

32

28

25

23

21

22

24

21

26

22

22

21

25

32

23

22

22

19

Kingston Heath

22

22

22

20

28

28

27

27

26

20

21

28

27

33

35

28

50

54

47

-

Prairie Dunes

26

26

31

30

27

26

25

25

25

25

23

21

24

25

20

14

16

23

26

22

San Francisco GC

38

34

30

25

24

27

26

26

23

24

27

20

23

24

33

34

47

48

56

-

The Olympic Club

-

96

79

67

60

57

43

41

45

44

39

32

29

30

23

23

22

19

18

17

Woodhall Spa – Hotchkin

58

61

54

66

70

62

59

56

53

47

46

43

33

29

27

30

26

37

27

48

Royal St George's

33

33

33

42

33

29

32

34

39

32

32

27

26

28

26

35

36

32

41

42

Muirfield Village

98

85

85

59

53

48

52

46

42

38

37

39

31

32

24

29

20

20

20

20

Oak Hill – East

69

76

-

93

68

60

61

57

52

39

42

37

36

31

37

38

34

31

40

39

Country Club – Brookline

39

40

38

37

34

42

37

37

34

36

33

33

32

35

34

26

48

57

64

-

Royal Birkdale

42

42

40

34

32

31

30

29

30

31

28

29

30

26

21

21

24

21

21

23

The Golf Club

-

100

84

79

72

66

62

59

59

53

48

48

48

34

32

33

42

38

42

35

Royal Troon – Old

66

59

51

47

49

44

48

48

44

40

38

40

34

36

28

41

41

36

36

33

Baltusrol – Lower

67

57

-

74

59

51

53

49

50

42

45

38

37

37

30

25

25

25

25

27

Chicago GC

17

19

19

21

26

25

24

24

27

33

31

31

35

41

45

39

44

44

68

-

Loch Lomond

-

-

-

-

-

89

73

64

66

66

56

52

44

44

-

-

-

-

-

-

Portmarnock

59

53

48

49

55

54

46

45

49

43

40

34

38

38

31

24

32

26

29

30

Hirono

31

37

39

40

42

37

40

39

37

35

35

41

42

40

40

44

33

52

38

43

Riviera CC

28

27

28

32

29

33

31

30

29

37

36

42

47

27

36

31

30

28

30

31

New South Wales GC

64

47

46

43

37

41

34

38

36

34

43

47

43

54

59

58

58

55

-

-

Sunningdale – Old

25

30

29

31

35

39

35

33

38

46

44

36

40

39

39

43

43

39

52

49

Southern Hills

44

46

49

69

62

64

63

60

51

45

41

44

41

42

38

37

28

24

23

21

Fishers Island

15

16

18

19

18

24

28

31

31

28

29

30

39

59

43

55

73

-

-

-

Golf de Morfontaine

41

41

41

45

45

53

55

54

46

57

47

54

45

61

85

66

94

-

-

-

Shadow Creek

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

90

83

89

68

55

49

70

59

-

-

-

-

Medinah – No 3

-

-

-

-

-

85

65

62

58

55

52

53

53

46

47

46

40

34

32

28

Valderrama

-

-

-

95

99

98

88

76

89

70

77

87

73

51

86

-

-

-

-

-

Kawana – Fuji

53

62

56

68

67

71

76

74

87

80

80

58

54

50

50

95

-

-

-

-

Harbour Town

-

-

-

-

91

81

78

73

70

59

67

75

74

45

42

36

29

30

24

24

The Camargo Club

57

58

52

63

57

70

69

66

74

89

63

51

46

43

46

57

92

-

-

-

Quaker Ridge

-

87

74

78

74

73

70

70

64

60

61

62

59

47

41

40

38

45

33

41

Inverness

61

65

81

98

79

83

71

68

71

62

58

64

71

52

51

51

53

47

54

-

San Lorenzo

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

64

100

-

-

-

-

-

-

Scioto

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

96

83

76

71

72

77

48

52

65

60

63

86

-

Royal Lytham & St Annes

74

67

61

61

61

59

57

53

62

52

54

49

50

58

67

68

67

65

83

-

El Saler

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

93

78

60

60

55

56

45

50

28

32

Bethpage Black

60

52

53

52

46

36

36

35

32

30

30

45

49

86

-

-

-

-

-

-

Maidstone

50

56

64

70

66

67

72

65

67

63

60

65

56

55

69

76

91

89

92

-

Garden City

48

45

47

56

51

47

50

51

55

64

55

57

51

64

58

49

72

84

98

-

LA Country Club – North

19

20

20

22

30

30

39

52

47

51

59

61

62

53

49

47

35

27

31

36

World Woods – Pine Barrens

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

83

76

68

66

-

-

-

-

-

-

Durban CC

-

-

-

-

97

100

99

94

96

81

70

89

89

72

56

52

65

68

100

-

TPC Sawgrass – Stadium

-

-

68

60

54

58

51

50

56

50

57

56

58

83

74

73

54

41

45

38

The Honors

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

96

82

72

57

60

67

51

56

-

-

Naruo

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

99

94

100

75

60

67

87

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cherry Hills

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

90

84

83

62

64

54

66

66

60

-

Cabo del Sol – Ocean

-

-

-

-

100

97

100

95

88

73

68

93

78

68

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ganton

-

-

-

89

80

84

66

63

69

68

62

71

61

67

68

85

69

76

70

-

Royal Adelaide

-

-

-

-

-

99

85

72

75

54

50

80

85

63

53

53

83

78

63

-

Cruden Bay

56

63

63

77

77

79

83

81

68

78

76

55

52

99

-

-

-

-

-

-

Peachtree

82

90

91

-

-

-

-

-

-

98

87

85

87

75

87

100

-

-

97

-

Highlands Links

-

-

-

-

-

-

98

86

79

71

64

69

57

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Shoal Creek

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

97

69

57

50

49

35

37

26

Shoreacres

47

49

45

57

56

61

64

71

73

75

51

63

82

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lahinch

37

36

36

35

41

40

42

44

54

67

73

67

70

73

89

91

-

-

-

-

Paraparaumu Beach

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

99

95

79

71

72

81

99

-

-

-

Spyglass Hill

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

90

85

88

81

74

86

93

-

-

-

-

-

-

Double Eagle

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

97

100

74

-

-

-

-

-

-

Congressional – Blue

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

91

79

86

92

93

-

-

99

-

-

-

-

Winged Foot – East

80

68

62

83

84

-

75

67

65

61

66

59

63

85

83

-

-

-

-

-

Wentworth – West

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

99

85

78

73

66

65

61

69

63

60

55

-

The Homestead – Cascades

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

99

94

83

75

76

62

62

52

42

48

-

Colonial CC – Fort Worth

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

97

100

98

91

56

48

45

46

43

50

46

Somerset Hills

43

43

42

75

71

77

81

79

86

77

69

79

90

81

84

64

89

96

81

-

Wade Hampton

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

96

88

88

84

77

66

-

-

-

-

-

Royal Liverpool

93

79

65

84

82

69

77

80

80

72

72

66

69

82

78

79

61

53

62

-

Kasumigaseki – East

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

86

92

70

54

48

37

40

46

44

Walton Heath – Old

-

-

90

92

86

80

86

82

81

92

82

81

76

79

76

87

85

86

89

-

Black Diamond Ranch – Quarry

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

100

-

78

65

75

-

-

-

-

St George's Golf CC

-

99

95

94

87

87

90

89

92

82

95

96

88

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Victoria GC

96

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

91

77

84

76

73

82

-

The National – Canada

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

89

75

72

55

77

-

-

The Estancia Club

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Long Cove

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

80

63

61

74

61

78

-

Rye

72

66

67

-

98

96

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

94

-

-

-

-

-

-

Interlachen

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

98

-

-

-

-

-

-

Canterbury

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

99

84

82

83

80

71

77

-