GOLF Magazine's 2017 Top 100 Courses in the World
✓ indicates past World Club Championship participants
| Rank | Course | City | Country | |
| ✓ | 1 | Pine Valley | Pine Valley, N.J. | U.S. |
| 2 | Cypress Point | Pebble Beach, Calif. | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 3 | St. Andrews (Old Course) | St. Andrews | Scotland |
| ✓ | 4 | Royal County Down | Newcastle | N. Ireland |
| 5 | Augusta National | Augusta, Ga. | U.S. | |
| 6 | Shinnecock Hills | Southampton, N.Y. | U.S. | |
| 7 | National Golf Links America | Southampton, N.Y. | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 8 | Oakmont | Oakmont, Pa. | U.S. |
| 9 | Pebble Beach | Pebble Beach, Calif. | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 10 | Muirfield | Gullane | Scotland |
| ✓ | 11 | Royal Melbourne (West) | Melbourne | Australia |
| ✓ | 12 | Merion (East) | Ardmore, Pa. | U.S. |
| 13 | Sand Hills | Mullen, Neb. | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 14 | Royal Portrush (Dunluce) | Portrush | N. Ireland |
| ✓ | 15 | Royal Dornoch | Dornoch | Scotland |
| ✓ | 16 | Trump Turnberry (Ailsa) | Turnberry | Scotland |
| ✓ | 17 | Ballybunion (Old) | Ballybunion | Ireland |
| 18 | Pinehurst (No. 2) | Pinehurst, N.C. | U.S. | |
| 19 | Fishers Island | Fishers Island, N.Y. | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 20 | Kingston Heath | Melbourne | Australia |
| 21 | Chicago | Wheaton, Ill. | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 22 | Los Angeles (North) | Los Angeles, Calif. | U.S. |
| ✓ | 23 | Seminole | Juno Beach, Fla. | U.S. |
| 24 | Crystal Downs | Frankfort, Mich. | U.S. | |
| 25 | San Francisco | San Francisco, Calif. | U.S. | |
| 26 | Pacific Dunes | Bandon, Ore. | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 27 | Winged Foot (West) | Mamaroneck, N.Y. | U.S. |
| ✓ | 28 | Carnoustie (Championship) | Carnoustie | Scotland |
| 29 | Tara Iti | Te Arai | New Zealand | |
| 30 | Prairie Dunes | Hutchinson, Kan. | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 31 | Sunningdale (Old) | Sunningdale | England |
| ✓ | 32 | Riviera | Pacific Palisades, Calif. | U.S. |
| 33 | Friar's Head | Baiting Hollow, N.Y. | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 34 | Royal Birkdale | Southport | England |
| ✓ | 35 | Lahinch (Old) | Lahinch | Ireland |
| ✓ | 36 | Diamante (Dunes) | Cabo San Lucas | Mexico |
| 37 | The Country Club (Clyde/Squirrel) | Brookline, Mass. | U.S. | |
| 38 | Barnbougle (Dunes) | Bridport, Tasmania | Australia | |
| 39 | Shanqin Bay | Bo’ao, Hainan Island | China | |
| 40 | Hirono | Kobe | Japan | |
| ✓ | 41 | Nine Bridges | Jeju Island | South Korea |
| ✓ | 42 | Royal St. George's | Sandwich | England |
| ✓ | 43 | New South Wales | La Perouse | Australia |
| 44 | Cape Kidnappers | Hawke's Bay | New Zealand | |
| ✓ | 45 | Morfontaine | Senlis | France |
| 46 | Trump International Golf Links | Aberdeen | Scotland | |
| ✓ | 47 | Royal Troon (Old) | Troon | Scotland |
| 48 | Casa de Campo (Teeth of the Dog) | La Romana | Dominican Republic | |
| ✓ | 49 | Portmarnock (Old) | Portmarnock | Ireland |
| 50 | Cabot Cliffs | Inverness, Nova Scotia | Canada | |
| 51 | North Berwick (West) | North Berwick | Scotland | |
| 52 | Bethpage (Black) | Farmingdale, N.Y. | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 53 | Oakland Hills (South) | Bloomfield Hills, Mich. | U.S. |
| 54 | Kiawah Island (Ocean) | Kiawah Island, S.C. | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 55 | Oitavos Dunes | Cascais | Portugal |
| 56 | Garden City Golf Club | Garden City, N.Y. | U.S. | |
| 57 | Shoreacres | Lake Bluff, IlI. | U.S. | |
| 58 | Whistling Straits (Straits) | Kohler, Wis. | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 59 | Muirfield Village | Dublin, Ohio | U.S. |
| 60 | TPC Sawgrass (Stadium) | Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. | U.S. | |
| 61 | Royal Lytham & St. Annes | Lytham St. Annes | England | |
| 62 | Ellerston | Ellerston, New South Wales | Australia | |
| 63 | Camargo | Indian Hill, Ohio | U.S. | |
| 64 | Kingsbarns | St. Andrews | Scotland | |
| 65 | Bandon Dunes | Bandon, Ore. | U.S. | |
| 66 | Woodhall Spa (Hotchkin) | Woodhall Spa | England | |
| ✓ | 67 | Olympic (Lake) | San Francisco, Calif. | U.S. |
| 68 | Kawana (Fuji) | Kawana | Japan | |
| ✓ | 69 | Southern Hills | Tulsa, Okla. | U.S. |
| 70 | Maidstone | East Hampton, N.Y. | U.S. | |
| 71 | Castle Stuart | Inverness | Scotland | |
| 72 | Cape Wickham | King Island, Tasmania | Australia | |
| 73 | California Golf Club of San Francisco | South San Francisco, Calif. | U.S. | |
| 74 | Baltrusol (Lower) | Springfield, N.J. | U.S. | |
| 75 | Somerset Hills | Bernardsville, N.J. | U.S. | |
| 76 | Ayodhya Links | Bangkok | Thailand | |
| 77 | Cruden Bay | Cruden Bay | Scotland | |
| 78 | Quaker Ridge | Scarsdale, N.Y. | U.S. | |
| 79 | The Golf Club | New Albany, Ohio | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 80 | Sunningdale (New) | Sunningdale | England |
| 81 | Koninklijke Haagsche | Wassenaar | Netherlands | |
| 82 | Waterville | Waterville | Ireland | |
| 83 | Winged Foot (East) | Mamaroneck, N.Y. | U.S. | |
| 84 | Royal Liverpool | Hoylake | England | |
| 85 | Royal Porthcawl | Porthcawl | Wales | |
| 86 | Ballyneal | Holyoke, Colo. | U.S. | |
| 87 | Swinley Forest | Ascot | England | |
| 88 | Machrihanish | Machrihanish | Scotland | |
| 89 | Ganton | Ganton | England | |
| 90 | Barnbougle (Lost Farm) | Bridport, Tasmania | Australia | |
| 91 | Yas Links Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | U.A.E. | |
| ✓ | 92 | Walton Heath (Old) | Tadworth | England |
| 93 | Oak Hill (East) | Rochester, N.Y. | U.S. | |
| ✓ | 94 | St. George's | Islington, Ontario | Canada |
| ✓ | 95 | Valderrama | Sotogrande | Spain |
| 96 | Cabot Links | Inverness | Canada | |
| 97 | European Club | Brittas Bay | Ireland | |
| ✓ | 98 | Inverness | Toledo, Ohio | U.S. |
| ✓ | 99 | Tokyo | Tokyo | Japan |
| 100 | Prestwick | Prestwick | Scotland |
