Creating the Course — The Final Design

AI is impacting the way we live in virtually every industry and across all platforms. In golf course design, however, the capability of AI to help develop ideas and craft new courses has only begun to be explored. Golf Digest teamed up with the golf team at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, to see what Read more…

America’s Second 100 Greatest Golf Courses: 2023-2024

There is simply too much great golf in the United States to recognize only 100 venues, so Golf Digest first launched its Second 100 Greatest Golf Courses ranking to accompany its trademark America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses list. The results have been just as competitive for the Second 100—in this year’s edition, two courses, Forest Read more…

America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses: 2023-2024

Golf Digest has published America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses since 1966, making it the oldest and most respected ranking in golf. We are proud to say our most recent edition, published in May 2023, is the most scientific ever—with our 1,800-plus panelists submitting more than 85,000 evaluations over our 10-year scoring criteria. Our evaluators play Read more…

The best golf courses in Asia

Geography and culture don’t get much more diverse than in Aisa, especially when it comes to golf. The style of golf from one country to the next—even from one region to the next—can vary as much as the cuisine. Even separating out the major golf markets of Japan, South Korea and China (as we’ve done Read more…

The best golf courses in Europe

The best golf courses in Europe

As soon as you take up golf in the United States, somebody will sell you on taking a trip to Europe. They’re right of course. It’s the birthplace of golf, you’ve heard. St. Andrews is a baptismal experience. Royal County Down might be the best course anywhere. The best links courses that we watch every Read more…

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World’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses

The most important development in golf-course architecture during the past 20 years is the elevation of sand-based sites. Encouraged by the success of destinations like Bandon Dunes, developers have spent this time scouring the globe for sandy, dunes-like properties on which to construct new courses and lure golfers, several of which make their debut on Read more…

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America’s 100 Greatest Golf Holes

It should be no surprise that our 2024 ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Golf Holes, the first of its kind since 1999, is heavily populated with representatives from the America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses ranking. These holes are why those courses are considered great. To formulate this ranking, Golf Digest compiled a list of more Read more…

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Southern Hills Country Club

32. Southern Hills Country Club Perry Maxwell (1936) A product of the Great Depression, funded by Phillips Petroleum money and constructed by hundreds of workers who stood at the gate each morning hoping for a 25-cents-per-hour job that day, Southern Hills is architect Perry Maxwell’s great achievement. Nearly every hole bends left or right, posing Read more…

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Valero Texas Open - 2026
Pos Player Tot Thru Rnd
T1Tony Finau-6F1
T1Davis Thompson-6F1
T3Sam Ryder-5F1
T3Will Zalatoris-5F1
T3Tommy Fleetwood-5F1
T3Maverick McNealy-5F1
T3Christo Lamprecht-5F1
T8Kevin Streelman-4F1
T8Austin Smotherman-4F1
T8S.H. Kim-4F1
T8Adam Schenk-4F1
T8Marco Penge-4F1
T8Ryo Hisatsune-4F1
T8Andrew Novak-4F1
T8Adam Svensson-4F1
T8Austin Eckroat-4F1
T8David Ford-4F1
T8Zach Bauchou-4F1
T19Bud Cauley-3F1
T19Taylor Moore-3F1
T19Sami Valimaki-3F1
T19Max Homa-3F1
T19Joe Highsmith-3F1
T19Sudarshan Yellamaraju-3F1
T19Thorbjørn Olesen-3F1
T19Peter Malnati-3F1
T19Doug Ghim-3F1
T19Adrien Dumont de Chassart-3F1
T19Camilo Villegas-38*1
T19Takumi Kanaya-38*1
T19Kristoffer Reitan-38*1
T19Andrew Putnam-37*1
T33Lanto Griffin-2F1
T33Hideki Matsuyama-2F1
T33Rickie Fowler-2F1
T33Alex Noren-2F1
T33S.W. Kim-2F1
T33Michael Thorbjornsen-2F1
T33Rico Hoey-2F1
T33Chandler Blanchet-2F1
T33Dan Brown-2F1
T33Brendon Todd-29*1
T33Jimmy Walker-28*1
T33Eric Cole-271
T33Justin Lower-27*1
T33Brian Harman-251
T33Steven Fisk-25*1
T48Max McGreevy-1F1
T48Dylan Wu-1F1
T48Mac Meissner-1F1
T48Christiaan Bezuidenhout-1F1
T48Charley Hoffman-1F1
T48Emiliano Grillo-1F1
T48Seamus Power-1F1
T48Vince Whaley-1F1
T48Lee Hodges-181
T48Alex Smalley-181
T48Hank Lebioda-18*1
T48Tom Hoge-181
T48Ludvig Åberg-161
T48Brandt Snedeker-17*1
T48Billy Horschel-151
T48Kevin Yu-15*1
T48Karl Vilips-15*1
T65Chandler PhillipsEF1
T65William MouwEF1
T65J.T. PostonEF1
T65Lucas GloverEF1
T65Garrick HiggoEF1
T65Rafael CamposEF1
T65Michael KimEF1
T65Neal ShipleyEF1
T65Davis ChatfieldEF1
T65Luke ClantonEF1
T65Tom KimE81
T65Matt WallaceE71
T65Car YoungE81
T65Nick DunlapE7*1
T65Robert MacIntyreE61
T65Jordan SpiethE61
T65Chan KimE7*1
T65Chris KirkE5*1
T65Kevin RoyE41
T65Chad RameyE4*1
T65Beau HosslerE4*1
T65Denny McCarthyE31
T65Johnny KeeferE31
T65Keith MitchellE3*1
T65Kensei HirataE21
T65Adrien SaddierE21
T65Paul WaringE21
T65Zecheng DouE2*1
T65Gordon SargentE2*1
T65Pontus NyholmE11
T65Charlie CrockettE11
T65Patrick FishburnE2*1
T65Jesper SvenssonE2*1
T65Jimmy StangerE11
T65A.J. EwartE11
T65John VanDerLaanE11
T65Haotong LiE1*1
T65John ParryE1*1
T65Jeffrey KangE1*1
T104Nick Hardy+1F1
T104Joel Dahmen+1F1
T104Webb Simpson+1F1
T104Matt Kuchar+1F1
T104Kris Ventura+1F1
T104Erik van Rooyen+171
T104Jhonattan Vegas+17*1
T104Sepp Straka+151
T104Nick Taylor+15*1
T104Matt McCarty+15*1
T104Russell Henley+141
T104Stephan Jaeger+141
T104Mark Hubbard+141
T104Danny Walker+141
T104Mackenzie Hughes+14*1
T104Matthieu Pavon+131
T104Patton Kizzire+13*1
T104Jordan Smith+13*1
T104Jackson Suber+12*1
T104Marcelo Rozo+111
T104Alejandro Tosti+12*1
T125Frankie Capan III+2F1
T125J.J. Spaun+241
T127Ryan Palmer+3F1
T127Bronson Burgoon+3F1
T127Brice Garnett+3F1
130Patrick Rodgers+5F1
T131Austin Wylie+6F1
T131K.H. Lee+671
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South Africa 2026 Leaderboard
PosPlayerTotThruRnd
1Bryson DeChambeau-26184
2Jon Rahm-26184
T3Thomas Detry-23184
T3Branden Grace-23184
T3Abraham Ancer-23184
T6Dean Burmester-22184
T6David Puig-22184
8Carlos Ortiz-21184
T9Anirban Lahiri-20184
T9Charles Howell III-20184
11Scott Vincent-19184
T12Michael La Sasso-17184
T12Josele Ballester-17184
T12Richard Bland-17184
T12Joaquin Niemann-17184
T12Victor Perez-17184
T17Louis Oosthuizen-16184
T17Sergio Garcia-16184
T17Cameron Smith-16184
T17Younghan Song-16184
T17Laurie Canter-16184
T22Jason Kokrak-15184
T22Adrian Meronk-15184
T24Tom McKibbin-14184
T24Luis Masaveu-14184
T24Caleb Surratt-14184
T24Charl Schwartzel-14184
T24Brendan Steele-14184
T24Talor Gooch-14184
30Peter Uihlein-13184
T31Richard T. Lee-12184
T31Dustin Johnson-12184
T31Marc Leishman-12184
T31Martin Kaymer-12184
T31Lucas Herbert-12184
T31Cameron Tringale-12184
37Sebastian Muñoz-11184
T38Harold Varner III-10184
T38Tyrrell Hatton-10184
T38Paul Casey-10184
T38Bubba Watson-10184
T38Thomas Pieters-10184
43Yosuke Asaji-9184
T44Ben Campbell-8184
T44Elvis Smylie-8184
T44Byeong Hun An-8184
T44Sam Horsfield-8184
T48Phil Mickelson-7184
T48Ian Poulter-7184
50Lee Westwood-6184
51Miguel Tabuena-4184
52Danny Lee-3184
T53Graeme McDowell-2184
T53Matthew Wolff-2184
55Björn Hellgren-1184
56Anthony Kim+1184
57Minkyu Kim+3184