20 Of The World’s Most Famous Golf Courses

World’s Most Famous Golf Courses

From St Andrews to Augusta National, Pebble Beach to TPC Sawgrass, some of the world’s most famous golf courses are well known to golf fans for various reasons.

Whether it be from hosting historic events like Majors and Ryder Cups, regular PGA Tour tournaments, featuring in video games or for generally being regarded as some of the world’s best, all golfers will know these courses. Below we pick out 20 of the world’s most famous golf courses, starting with the three most well-known and then going in alphabetical order…

The Old Course at St Andrews is regarded as the ‘home of golf’ and is top of the list when it comes to most golfers’ bucket list golf courses. The 30-time Open Championship venue is open to the public and its tee sheet is always full with St Andrews residents and UK, US and global golfing tourists. The 1st and 18th holes, which feature the Swilcan Burn and Swilcan Bridge, are two of the world’s most famous golf holes as well as the daunting Road Hole 17th, where the drive must be played over the Old Course Hotel. Many of the greats of the game have won at St Andrews, from JH Taylor to James Braid, Bobby Jones to Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus to Seve Ballesteros and, of course, Tiger Woods.

Augusta National Golf Club is the only men’s Major venue that is constant, with golf and sports fans getting a glimpse of the stunning Georgia course each and every April. For that reason, it’s one of the two or three most famous golf courses in the world and it’s another right at the top of every golfer’s bucket list – although the club is very exclusive and private so getting a tee time is extremely difficult for regular golfers. Like St Andrews, the majority of the world’s best have won at Augusta through the years and slipped on the famous Green Jacket. 

The stunning cliff-edge Monterrey Peninsula course in California takes its place among the…