GOLF Magazine World Top 100
1983-2005
by
Masa Nishijima
June, 2007
The data for the following was compiled as follows:
1985-1989 data by Tom Doak
1991-2003 data by Masa Nishijima
2005 data by Gary Galyean
Bold font indicates a newcomer to the list.
| Rank | 1983 (Top 50) | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 |
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| 1 | Muirfield | Pine Valley | Pine Valley | Pine Valley |
| 2 | Pebble Beach | Pebble Beach | Muirfield | Pebble Beach |
| 3 | Royal County Down | Muirfield | Pebble Beach | Augusta National |
| 4 | Pine Valley | Cypress Point | Cypress Point | Cypress Point |
| 5 | Cypress Point | Augusta National | Augusta National | Muirfield |
| 6 | Royal Melbourne | Royal Melbourne | Royal Melbourne | Royal Melbourne |
| 7 | Augusta National | Royal County Down | St. Andrews (Old Course) | St. Andrews (Old Course) |
| 8 | Merion (East) | Merion (East) | Ballybunion (Old) | Royal County Down |
| 9 | Pinehurst (No. 2) | Ballybunion (Old) | Royal County Down | Ballybunion (Old) |
| 10 | Royal Dornoch | St. Andrews (Old Course) | Merion (East) | Merion (East) |
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| 11 | Seminole | Shinnecock Hills | Seminole | Royal Dornoch |
| 12 | St. Andrews (Old Course) | Royal Dornoch | Royal Dornoch | Shinnecock Hills |
| 13 | Ballybunion (Old) | Seminole | Shinnecock Hills | Seminole |
| 14 | Oakmont | Pinehurst (No. 2) | Pinehurst (No. 2) | Oakmont |
| 15 | Oakland Hills (South) | Oakmont | Oakmont | Pinehurst (No. 2) |
| 16 | Shinnecock Hills | Winged Foot (West) | Winged Foot (West) | Prairie Dunes |
| 17 | Olympic (Lake) | Turnberry (Ailsa) | Oakland Hills (South) | Winged Foot (West) |
| 18 | Winged Foot (West) | Olympic (Lake) | Turnberry (Ailsa) | Oakland Hills (South) |
| 19 | Carnoustie (Championship) | Oakland Hills (South) | Olympic (Lake) | Turnberry (Ailsa) |
| 20 | Muirfield Village | Muirfield Village | Muirfield Village | Muirfield Village |
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| 21 | Southern Hills | Royal Birkdale | Royal Birkdale | Crystal Downs |
| 22 | Prairie Dunes | Carnoustie | Carnoustie | Olympic (Lake) |
| 23 | Royal Birkdale | Southern Hills | Prairie Dunes | Carnoustie |
| 24 | Harbour Town | Harbour Town | Southern Hills | Royal Birkdale |
| 25 | Turnberry (Ailsa) | Baltusrol (Lower) | Baltusrol (Lower) | Baltusrol (Lower) |
| 26 | Shoal Creek | Prairie Dunes | Portmarnock | Woodhall Spa |
| 27 | Baltusrol (Lower) | Woodhall Spa | Los Angeles (North) | Royal Portrush (Dunluce) |
| 28 | Medinah (No. 3) | El Saler | Riviera | Southern Hills |
| 29 | Firestone (South) | Portmarnock | Casa de Campo (Teeth of Dog) | Harbour Town |
| 30 | Portmarnock | Riviera | Harbour Town | Riviera |
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| 31 | Riviera | Los Angeles (North) | Oak Hill (East) | Casa de Campo (Teeth of Dog) |
| 32 | El Saler | Medinah (No. 3) | Royal St. George's | Portmarnock |
| 33 | Royal Troon (Old) | Quaker Ridge | Royal Portrush (Dunluce) | Hirono |
| 34 | Casa de Campo (Teeth of Dog) | Wild Dunes (Links) | Medinah (No. 3) | Oak Hill (East) |
| 35 | The Golf Club | Casa de Campo (Teeth of Dog) | Shoal Creek | Los Angeles (North) |
| 36 | Los Angeles (North) | Royal Troon (Old) | Royal Troon (Old) | Royal St. George's |
| 37 | Wild Dunes (Links) | Shoal Creek | Woodhall Spa | Kasumigaseki (East) |
| 38 | TPC at Sawgrass | Hirono | The Golf Club | Quaker Ridge |
| 39 | Oak Hill (East) | El Rincon | Sunningdale (Old) | National Golf Links of America |
| 40 | Oak Tree | Oak Hill (East) | Kasumigaseki (East) | Medinah (No. 3) |
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| 41 | Quaker Ridge | Royal St. George's | TPC at Sawgrass | Royal Troon (Old) |
| 42 | Royal St. George's | The Golf Club | Cascades (Upper) | The Golf Club |
| 43 | Hirono | Royal Portrush (Dunluce) | Colonial | Sunningdale (New) |
| 44 | Kasumigaseki (East) | Firestone (South) | Chicago | Chicago |
| 45 | Sotogrande (Old) | TPC at Sawgrass | Quaker Ridge | El Saler |
| 46 | Colonial | Kasumigaseki (East) | National Golf Links of America | Colonial |
| 47 | Royal Portrush (Dunluce) | Kingston Heath | Inverness | San Francisco |
| 48 | Woodhall Spa | Cascades (Upper) | San Francisco | The Country Club (Championship) |
| 49 | Sunningdale (Old) | Phoenix, Japan | Wild Dunes (Links) | Shoal Creek |
| 50 | El Rincon | Colonial | El Saler | Kingston Heath |
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| 51 | | Pevero | Firestone (South) | The Honors Course |
| 52 | | Sunningdale (Old) | Hirono | Cascades (Upper) |
| 53 | | Sotogrande (Old) | Royal Liverpool | Inverness |
| 54 | | Inverness | Kingston Heath | TPC at Sawgrass |
| 55 | | Wentworth (West) | New South Wales | National GC of Canada |
| 56 | | San Francisco | The Honors Course | El Rincon |
| 57 | | Royal dar es Salaam | The Country Club (Championship) | Wild Dunes (Links) |
| 58 | | National Golf Links of America | Phoenix, Japan | New South Wales |
| 59 | | Oak Tree | Crystal Downs | Firestone (South) |
| 60 | | Cherry Hills | Wentworth (West) | Scioto |
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| 61 | | Huntingdale | Long Cove | Royal Liverpool |
| 62 | | Royal Liverpool | Oak Tree | Butler National |
| 63 | | Royal Adelaide | Scioto | Wentworth (West) |
| 64 | | The Country Club (Championship) | Huntingdale | Troon, Arizona |
| 65 | | Capilano | Royal Lytham & St. Annes | Durban |
| 66 | | Doral (Blue) | Cherry Hills | Cherry Hills |
| 67 | | Pine Tree | Butler National | Royal Lytham & St. Annes |
| 68 | | Chicago | Durban | Haig Point |
| 69 | | Royal Montreal (Blue) | Sotogrande (Old) | Ganton |
| 70 | | Ganton | Pevero | Baltimore Five Farms (East) |
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| 71 | | Yale University | Canterbury | Capilano |
| 72 | | Glen Abbey | Royal dar es Salaam | Garden City |
| 73 | | Club de Golf Mexico | Victoria | Fishers Island |
| 74 | | Bay Hill | Royal Montreal (Blue) | Long Cove |
| 75 | | Commonwealth | PGA West (Stadium) | Royal Montreal (Blue) |
| 76 | | Butler National | Ganton | Victoria |
| 77 | | Canterbury | National GC of Canada | PGA West (Stadium) |
| 78 | | Long Cove | Royal Adelaide | Yale University |
| 79 | | The Vintage Club | Essex (Can) | Huntingdale |
| 80 | | The Australian | Bali Handara | Canterbury |
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| 81 | | Somerset Hills | El Rincon | Oak Tree |
| 82 | | Victoria | Capilano | Royal dar es Salaam |
| 83 | | Royal Lytham & St. Annes | Saucon Valley (Grace) | Royal Adelaide |
| 84 | | Innisbrook (Copperhead) | Garden City | Phoenix, Japan |
| 85 | | Saucon Valley (Grace) | Baltimore Five Farms (East) | Walton Heath (Old) |
| 86 | | Scioto | Walton Heath (Old) | Sotogrande (Old) |
| 87 | | Notts | The Australian | Club de Golf Mexico |
| 88 | | Stanford University | Club de Golf Mexico | Essex (Can) |
| 89 | | Walton Heath (Old) | Maidstone | Somerset Hills |
| 90 | | Sun City | Plainfield | PGA West (Nicklaus) |
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| 91 | | Falsterbo | Kittansett | Maidstone |
| 92 | | Maidstone | Doral (Blue) | Camargo |
| 93 | | Gleneagles (King's) | Yale University | Lake Nona |
| 94 | | Bali Handara | Troon, Arizona | Morfontaine |
| 95 | | Nueva Andalusia | Sunningdale (New) | Commonwealth |
| 96 | | Jupiter Hills (Hills) | Somerset Hills | Point O'Woods |
| 97 | | Peachtree | Sun City | The Australian |
| 98 | | Garden City | Point O'Woods | Pevero |
| 99 | | CC of North Carolina | Commonwealth | Paraparaumu Beach |
| 100 | | Durban | Royal Porthcawl | Pine Tree |
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| | Hidden Gems | Hidden Gems | Hidden Gems |
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| | Essex (Can) | Bear Creek, Calif. | Black Diamond |
| | Noordwijk | Camargo | Cruden Bay |
| | Loxahatchee | Haig Point | Jagorawi |
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