Golf Digest South Africa - July/August 2024

TEMPTATION ISLAND

50. (42) KAWANA HOTEL (FUJI) Shizuoka, Japan CH Alison (1936) 6 691 yards, par 72 51. (72) CASTLE STUART LINKS Inverness, Scotland Gil Hanse, Mark Parsinen (2009) 7 009 yards, par 72 52. (64) MACHRIHANISH GC Campbeltown, Scotland Charles Hunter (1876), Sir Guy Campbell (1948) 6 462 yards, par 70 53. (60) WATERVILLE LINKS Ireland Eddie Hackett (1972), Tom Fazio (2003) 7 355 yards, par 72

63. (T-77) ROYAL LIVERPOOL GC Hoylake, England Robert Chambers, George Morris (1871), HS Colt (1920), Martin Hawtree (2010),

This year’s ranking celebrates sublime coastal courses like Cape Wickham on Australia’s King Island.

Martin Ebert (2020) 7 383 yards, par 72

64. (33) MID OCEAN CLUB Tucker’s Town, Bermuda CB Macdonald, Seth Raynor (1923),

Tom Doak (2014-’15) 6 548 yards, par 71

65. (47) LEOPARD CREEK CC Malelane, South Africa Gary Player, Phil Jacobs (1996), Golf Data (2017) 7 110 yards, par 72 66. (27) MONTE REI G&CC Vila Nova de Cacela, Portugal Jack Nicklaus (2007) 7 182 yards, par 72 67. (56) LOCH LOMOND GC Luss, Scotland Jay Morrish, Tom Weiskopf (1992) 7 100 yards, par 71 68. (65) THE BLUFFS HO TRAM STRIP Ho Tram, Vietnam 69. (NR) WALTON HEATH GC (OLD) Walton-on-the-Hill, England Herbert Fowler (1904) 7 406 yards, par 72 70. (82) ST ENODOC GC (CHURCH) North Cornwall, England James Braid (1907 and 1937), Tom Simpson (1930), Peter McEvoy (2004) 6 557 yards, par 69 Greg Norman (2014) 7 007 yards, par 71

54. (20) CASA DE CAMPO (TEETH OF THE DOG) La Romana, Dominican Republic Pete Dye (1971) 7 471 yards, par 72

55. (26) KAURI CLIFFS Matauri Bay, New Zealand David Harman (2000) 7 151 yards, par 72

56. (59) ROYAL ABERDEEN GC (BALGOWNIE) Scotland Robert Simpson and Archie Simpson (1888), James Braid (1925), Martin Hawtree (2011) 6 916 yards, par 71 57. (T-67) WOODHALL SPA GC (HOTCHKIN) Lincolnshire, England Harry Vardon (9, 1905), H.S. Colt (9, 1912), S.V. Hotchkin, Sir Guy Campbell (1926), Tom Doak (2018) 7 080 yards, par 73

71. (34) YAS LINKS, ABU DHABI Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Kyle Phillips (2010) 7 414 yards, par 72

58. (76) CAPILANO G&CC West Vancouver, Canada Stanley Thompson (1937),

72. (NR) SOUTH CAPE OWNERS CLUB Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

Doug Carrick (2016) 6 706 yards, par 70

Kyle Phillips (2013) 6 685 yards, par 72

59. (40) UTRECHT GOLF CLUB DE PAN Utrecht, Netherlands HS Colt (1929 first 9, 1932 second 9) 6 668 yards, par 72

73. (T-62) JACK’S POINT Queenstown, New Zealand

John Darby (2008) 6 986 yards, par 72

60. (88) BANFF SPRINGS (THOMPSON) Banff, Alberta, Canada Stanley Thompson (1929),

74. (NR) REAL CLUB DE GOLF SOTOGRANDE Spain Robert Trent Jones (1964), Roger Rulewich (2016) 7 591 yards, par 72 75. (84) JACK NICKLAUS GC Incheon City, South Korea Jack Nicklaus (2009) 7 470 yards, par 72

Les Furber (1999) 6 938 yards, par 71

61. (89) PRESTWICK GC Ayrshire, Scotland Old Tom Morris (12, 1851), Charles Hunter (6, 1883) 6 908 yards, par 71

62. (38) SHANQIN BAY GC Hainan Island, China Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw (2012) 6 882 yards, par 71

86 GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA

JULY/AUGUST 2024

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