Royal County Down
St. Andrews (Old)
Royal Melbourne
Muirfield
Royal Dornoch
Turnberry (Alisa)
Royal Portrush
Kingston Heath
Cape Kidnappers
Hirono
Carnousite
Royal Birkdale
Barnbougle Dunes
Portmarnock
Ballybunion
Old Sunningdale
New South Wales
Morfontaine
Casa De Campo
Royal St. George
Kawana (Fuji)
St. George
Kauri Cliffs
Nine Bridges
Royal Troon (Old)
Kingsbarns
Lahinch
Lytham and St. Annes
Lost Farm
Castle Stuart
Waterville
Royal Porthcawl
Woodhall Spa
Loch Lomond
Walton Heath
Valderamma
Diamante
Swinley Forest
Cruden Bay
Royal Liverpool
Ganton
Machrihanish
North Berwick
Highlands Links
Cabo de Sol (Ocean)
European Club
Royal Adelaide
Tokyo
1889
???
1926
1891
1886
1909
1929
1925
2004
1932
1842
1889
2004
1894
1893
1901
1928
1927
1971
1887
1936
1929
2000
2001
1887
1999
1893
1897
2004
2009
1973
1913
1905
1994
1904
1975
2009
1910
1926
1869
1905
1876
1878
1935
1994
1992
1926
1940
Tom Morris
Mother Nature
A. Mackenzie
Tom Morris
Tom Morris
Willie Fernie
HS Colt
Soutar
Tom Doak
C. Alison
Robertson
Lowe
Tom Doak
George Ross/WC Pikeman
P. Murphy
Wille Park, Jr.
A. Mackenzie
Tom Simpson
Pete Dye
Laidlaw Purves
Charles Alison
Stanley Thompson
Harmon
Ron Fream
Willie Fernie
Phillips
Tom Morris
George Lowe
Coore and Crenshaw
Hanse
Hackett
Colt
Harry Vardon
Weiskopf/Moorish
Fowler
RT Jones
Love
HS Colt
Fowler/Simpson
George Morris
Harry Vardon
Hunter
Strath
Stanley Thompson
Jack Nicklaus
Ruddy
A. Mackenzie
Ohtani
Below is a list of golf courses that all of the major golf course rating agencies list among the best courses in the
world. I have taken the average aggregate score for the courses and listed them with the most highly regarded
course at the top and then placed them in descending order. Since all of the experts rank these courses so
highly, I have labeled these courses the "Unanimous Gems". This list happens to be the Unanimous Gems
outside the United States.
Course Date Built Designer
Below is a breakdown concerning the number of courses a particular designer has on the "Unanimous Int'l
Gems" list.
Tom Morris
Colt
Mackenzie
Simpson
Fernie
Lowe
Fowler
Alison
Thompson
Vardon
Doak
RT Jones
Hunter
Ruddy
Strath
Nicklaus
G. Morris
Weiskopf/Moorish
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Murphy
Soutar
Park
Purves
Dye
Philips
Ohanti
Fream
G. Ross
Pikeman
Harmon
Robertson
Hackett
Davis Love
Mother Nature
Coore/Crenshaw
Gil Hanse
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1