Golf Magazine – World Top 100

2009

Cape Wickham. Photo by Larry Lambrecht

Top 100 World Golf Magazine – World Top 100 - 2009

2009

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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

Augusta National

9

9

9

5

4

3

3

4

4

5

4

4

4

4

4

3

3

5

5

7

St Andrews – Old Course

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

3

3

6

5

5

7

5

8

7

7

7

10

12

Royal County Down

6

6

6

4

5

6

5

7

9

10

8

10

10

10

7

8

8

9

7

3

Shinnecock Hills

4

4

4

6

6

5

6

6

5

4

6

6

6

7

9

9

12

13

11

16

Pebble Beach

14

14

11

9

7

7

7

5

6

7

3

3

3

3

3

5

2

3

2

2

Oakmont

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

9

14

15

16

15

16

17

14

19

14

15

15

14

Muirfield

12

11

12

10

9

10

9

8

7

3

9

8

9

8

6

4

5

2

3

1

Merion Golf Club

13

13

15

12

11

9

10

10

11

14

13

13

13

11

10

10

10

10

8

8

Sand Hills

11

10

14

13

13

12

11

11

8

11

12

14

17

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

National Golf Links of America

5

5

5

7

10

11

12

16

19

20

23

21

18

22

44

42

39

46

58

-

Royal Portrush – Dunluce

16

15

13

14

15

15

14

12

12

12

14

12

12

15

18

17

27

33

43

47

Royal Melbourne West

7

7

7

11

12

13

13

15

10

8

10

9

5

6

5

6

6

6

6

6

Royal Dornoch

10

12

10

15

14

14

16

18

15

16

15

16

15

13

13

11

11

12

12

10

Pacific Dunes

32

28

24

26

21

20

19

13

13

19

26

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Trump Turnberry – Ailsa

18

18

17

16

23

18

18

19

17

17

18

19

21

16

16

20

19

18

17

25

Ballybunion – Old

24

24

21

17

17

17

17

14

16

13

11

11

11

12

12

12

9

8

9

13

Pinehurst – No 2

21

17

16

18

16

16

15

17

18

9

7

7

8

9

11

13

15

14

14

9

Crystal Downs

34

29

25

24

22

19

20

22

23

24

24

18

14

14

15

16

21

59

-

-

Seminole

35

32

34

23

19

22

23

20

22

22

17

17

19

19

19

18

13

11

13

11

Carnoustie Golf Links

40

39

32

28

25

23

21

24

21

26

22

22

24

21

25

32

23

22

22

19

Winged Foot – West

29

25

23

27

20

21

22

21

26

18

19

20

20

18

17

15

17

16

16

18

Chicago GC

17

19

19

21

26

25

24

27

33

31

31

35

38

41

45

39

44

44

68

-

Prairie Dunes

26

26

31

30

27

26

25

25

25

23

21

24

26

25

20

14

16

23

26

22

San Francisco GC

38

34

30

25

24

27

26

23

24

27

20

23

27

24

33

34

47

48

56

-

Kingston Heath

22

22

22

20

28

28

27

26

20

21

28

27

25

33

35

28

50

54

47

-

Oakland Hills – South

27

31

72

53

44

35

29

28

29

25

25

25

22

23

22

22

18

17

19

15

Royal Birkdale

42

42

40

34

32

31

30

30

31

28

29

30

34

26

21

21

24

21

21

23

Riviera CC

28

27

28

32

29

33

31

29

37

36

42

47

42

27

36

31

30

28

30

31

Fishers Island

15

16

18

19

18

24

28

31

28

29

30

39

46

59

43

55

73

-

-

-

Friar's Head

23

21

26

33

31

32

38

33

74

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sunningdale – Old

25

30

29

31

35

39

35

38

46

44

36

40

44

39

39

43

43

39

52

49

Royal St George's

33

33

33

42

33

29

32

39

32

32

27

26

30

28

26

35

36

32

41

42

Bethpage Black

60

52

53

52

46

36

36

32

30

30

45

49

60

86

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cape Kidnappers

55

51

44

44

40

38

33

41

27

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Country Club – Brookline

39

40

38

37

34

42

37

34

36

33

33

32

33

35

34

26

48

57

64

-

New South Wales GC

64

47

46

43

37

41

34

36

34

43

47

43

43

54

59

58

58

55

-

-

Hirono

31

37

39

40

42

37

40

37

35

35

41

42

41

40

40

44

33

52

38

43

Whistling Straits – Straits

91

82

69

58

52

49

44

40

48

53

50

65

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

The Olympic Club

-

96

79

67

60

57

43

45

44

39

32

29

28

30

23

23

22

19

18

17

Teeth of the Dog

75

75

59

48

39

46

47

43

41

34

35

28

23

20

29

27

31

29

35

34

Barnbougle Dunes

36

38

35

38

36

34

41

35

49

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lahinch

37

36

36

35

41

40

42

54

67

73

67

70

78

73

89

91

-

-

-

-

Portmarnock

59

53

48

49

55

54

46

49

43

40

34

38

40

38

31

24

32

26

29

30

Muirfield Village

98

85

85

59

53

48

52

42

38

37

39

31

31

32

24

29

20

20

20

20

Kiawah Island – Ocean

62

60

58

54

50

43

45

48

56

79

-

-

-

-

-

89

-

-

-

-

Royal Troon – Old

66

59

51

47

49

44

48

44

40

38

40

34

36

36

28

41

41

36

36

33

Baltusrol – Lower

67

57

-

74

59

51

53

50

42

45

38

37

37

37

30

25

25

25

25

27

TPC Sawgrass – Stadium

-

-

68

60

54

58

51

56

50

57

56

58

66

83

74

73

54

41

45

38

Garden City

48

45

47

56

51

47

50

55

64

55

57

51

62

64

58

49

72

84

98

-

LA Country Club – North

19

20

20

22

30

30

39

47

51

59

61

62

63

53

49

47

35

27

31

36

Royal Lytham & St Annes

74

67

61

61

61

59

57

62

52

54

49

50

58

58

67

68

67

65

83

-

Golf de Morfontaine

41

41

41

45

45

53

55

46

57

47

54

45

47

61

85

66

94

-

-

-

Club at Nine Bridges

87

93

94

41

43

45

49

60

95

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Woodhall Spa – Hotchkin

58

61

54

66

70

62

59

53

47

46

43

33

29

29

27

30

26

37

27

48

Oak Hill – East

69

76

-

93

68

60

61

52

39

42

37

36

32

31

37

38

34

31

40

39

Bandon Dunes

94

80

80

65

64

63

60

57

69

74

70

80

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

The Golf Club

-

100

84

79

72

66

62

59

53

48

48

48

35

34

32

33

42

38

42

35

Southern Hills

44

46

49

69

62

64

63

51

45

41

44

41

45

42

38

37

28

24

23

21

Kingsbarns

86

81

71

64

65

55

54

61

65

65

46

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Medinah – No 3

-

-

-

-

-

85

65

58

55

52

53

53

49

46

47

46

40

34

32

28

Ganton

-

-

-

89

80

84

66

69

68

62

71

61

71

67

68

85

69

76

70

-

Loch Lomond

-

-

-

-

-

89

73

66

66

56

52

44

39

44

-

-

-

-

-

-

Maidstone

50

56

64

70

66

67

72

67

63

60

65

56

61

55

69

76

91

89

92

-

The Camargo Club

57

58

52

63

57

70

69

74

89

63

51

46

53

43

46

57

92

-

-

-

Winged Foot – East

80

68

62

83

84

-

75

65

61

66

59

63

83

85

83

-

-

-

-

-

Inverness

61

65

81

98

79

83

71

71

62

58

64

71

55

52

51

51

53

47

54

-

Old Sandwich

-

-

-

-

-

90

67

77

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Quaker Ridge

-

87

74

78

74

73

70

64

60

61

62

59

54

47

41

40

38

45

33

41

Shoreacres

47

49

45

57

56

61

64

73

75

51

63

82

77

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Royal Adelaide

-

-

-

-

-

99

85

75

54

50

80

85

72

63

53

53

83

78

63

-

Harbour Town

-

-

-

-

91

81

78

70

59

67

75

74

52

45

42

36

29

30

24

24

Kawana – Fuji

53

62

56

68

67

71

76

87

80

80

58

54

51

50

50

95

-

-

-

-

Nanea

-

-

-

-

-

-

84

76

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Valderrama

-

-

-

95

99

98

88

89

70

77

87

73

50

51

86

-

-

-

-

-

Chambers Bay

-

-

-

-

-

-

87

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Kauri Cliffs

-

-

-

-

94

74

80

63

58

49

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Somerset Hills

43

43

42

75

71

77

81

86

77

69

79

90

87

81

84

64

89

96

81

-

Royal Liverpool

93

79

65

84

82

69

77

80

72

72

66

69

89

82

78

79

61

53

62

-

Cruden Bay

56

63

63

77

77

79

83

68

78

76

55

52

73

99

-

-

-

-

-

-

Walton Heath – Old

-

-

90

92

86

80

86

81

92

82

81

76

91

79

76

87

85

86

89

-

Ballyneal

51

54

57

86

78

75

79

82

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Swinley Forest

46

50

55

87

89

92

92

95

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

European Club

-

-

-

97

90

86

95

78

91

98

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Highlands Links

-

-

-

-

-

-

98

79

71

64

69

57

75

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Royal Melbourne East

92

94

96

-

-

94

-

72

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Oitavos Dunes

-

-

-

55

58

65

68

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

St George's Golf CC

-

99

95

94

87

87

90

92

82

95

96

88

93

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Spyglass Hill

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

85

88

81

74

86

80

93

-

-

-

-

-

-

Waterville

-

-

97

82

83

76

91

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Machrihanish

97

-

93

88

93

91

93

97

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

North Berwick – West Links

30

35

37

51

63

68

89

98

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Durban CC

-

-

-

-

97

100

99

96

81

70

89

89

65

72

56

52

65

68

100

-

Cabo del Sol – Ocean

-

-

-

-

100

97

100

88

73

68

93

78

70

68

-

-

-

-

-

-

Scioto

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

83

76

71

72

77

57

48

52

65

60

63

86

-

Tokyo GC

-

-

-

99

96

93

96

84

94

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

The Valley Club

-

-

-

-

-

-

97

-

-

85

94

95

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Naruo

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

94

100

75

60

67

68

87

-

-

-

-

-

-

Royal Porthcawl

-

-

-

85

88

95

94

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

100

-

-