The Top 10 Golf Courses
Our critic's ranking, best first.
- Manitou RidgeManitou RidgeThomas McBroom's forest walk near Parry Sound, and the best day of golf within three hours of Toronto.Read the review
- Rainbow Ridge Golf CourseRainbow Ridge Golf CourseChampionship length, resort conditioning and Manitowaning Bay views for less than a GTA twilight nine.
StoneHenge Golf CourseSandy soil, highland-links contours and firm greens from May to October on a nine that never repeats itself.
Woodington Lake Golf ClubSeven thousand yards of real terrain, kept in condition most private clubs would envy.
The Old Course at St AndrewsGolf's original text, open to anyone who enters the ballot, and still the hardest course in the world to read.- Pacific DunesPacific DunesTom Doak's Oregon links is the course that proved modern American architecture could stop building and start finding.
Augusta National Golf ClubThe most famous course on earth, kept in a condition nothing else can match, and shut to everyone who is not asked.
Pebble Beach Golf LinksThe most beautiful stretch of public golf on earth, sold at a price that knows it.
Royal Portrush Dunluce LinksHarry Colt's best work, and the rare Open venue that plays better for a visitor than it looks on television.
Pinehurst No. 2Donald Ross's masterwork, restored to sand and wiregrass, with the most demanding set of greens in America.