How many courses are on the The Bucket List list?

100 courses are on the The Bucket List list on scratched.io.

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Pine Valley Golf Club in New Jersey ranks first on this list, sorted by world rank, US rank, tier, and community rating.

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The Bucket List

The world's most iconic golf courses. Major championship venues, top-100 staples, and design legends curated for the scratched.io bucket list.

100 courses · Updated May 25, 2026

1
Pine Valley Golf Club
Pine Hill · New Jersey · United States · George Crump · 1918
76.4 / 155
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2
St Andrews Old Course
St Andrews · United Kingdom
75.8 / 143
Rtg · Slope
3
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Southampton · New York · United States · William Flynn · 1931
76.4 / 147
Rtg · Slope
4
National Golf Links of America
New York · United States · Charles Blair Macdonald · 1909
73.1 / 137
Rtg · Slope
5
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Australia · Alister MacKenzie & Alex Russell · 1931
6
Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta · Georgia · United States · Alister MacKenzie & Bobby Jones · 1933
78.1 / 137
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7
Oakmont Country Club
Oakmont · Pennsylvania · United States · Henry C. Fownes · 1903
77.5 / 145
Rtg · Slope
8
Sand Hills Golf Club
Mullen · Nebraska · United States · Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw · 1995
74.2 / 139
Rtg · Slope
9
Muirfield
Gullane · United Kingdom · Old Tom Morris · 1891
73.8 / 142
Rtg · Slope
10
Royal Dornoch Golf Club
United Kingdom · John Sutherland & Old Tom Morris · 1886
11
Merion Golf Club East
Ardmore · Pennsylvania · United States · Hugh Wilson · 1912
74.6 / 147
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12
Royal Portrush Golf Club - Dunluce Links
United Kingdom · Harry Colt · 1932
13
Fishers Island Club
New York · United States · Seth Raynor · 1926
72.4 / 141
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14
Chicago Golf Club
Illinois · United States · Charles Blair Macdonald · 1894
74.4 / 141
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15
Turnberry
United Kingdom · Willie Fernie · 1906
16
Pinehurst No. 2
North Carolina · United States · Donald Ross · 1907
76.5 / 138
Rtg · Slope
17
Los Angeles Country Club
California · United States · George Thomas · 1921
78.1 / 155
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18
F
Friar's Head
New York · United States · Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw · 2002
75.0 / 141
Rtg · Slope
19
Kingston Heath Golf Club
Cheltenham · Australia · Alister MacKenzie & Dan Soutar · 1925
75.6 / 137
Rtg · Slope
20
Riviera Country Club
Pacific Palisades · California · United States · George C. Thomas Jr. · 1926
74.7 / 139
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21
Prairie Dunes
Kansas · United States · Perry Maxwell · 1937
73.7 / 140
Rtg · Slope
22
Ballybunion Golf Club
Ireland · Tom Simpson · 1893
23
R
The Royal St. George's Golf Club
Kent · United Kingdom · Dr. Laidlaw Purves · 1887
75.2 / 138
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24
Crystal Downs Country Club
Michigan · United States · Alister MacKenzie & Perry Maxwell · 1933
72.9 / 137
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25
Seminole Golf Club
Florida · United States · Donald Ross · 1929
73.7 / 139
Rtg · Slope
26
Winged Foot Golf Club
Mamaroneck · New York · United States · A.W. Tillinghast · 1923
76.3 / 146
Rtg · Slope
27
Pacific Dunes
Bandon · Oregon · United States · Tom Doak · 2001
73.2 / 140
Rtg · Slope
28
Oakland Hills Country Club
Michigan · United States · Donald Ross · 1918
76.9 / 145
Rtg · Slope
29
T
The Country Club
Massachusetts · United States · Willie Campbell · 1893
76.4 / 145
Rtg · Slope
30
San Francisco Golf Club
California · United States · A.W. Tillinghast · 1915
72.5 / 137
Rtg · Slope
31
Barnbougle Dunes Golf Course
Bridport · Australia · Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw / Tom Doak · 2004
32
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
United Kingdom · George Lowe Jr. · 1889
33
Southern Hills Country Club
Oklahoma · United States · Perry Maxwell · 1936
78.0 / 149
Rtg · Slope
34
New South Wales Golf Club
La Perouse, Sydney · New South Wales · Australia · Alister MacKenzie · 1926
73.7 / 135
Rtg · Slope
35
Maidstone Club
New York · United States · Willie Park Jr. · 1899
36.7 / 137
Rtg · Slope
36
Royal Troon Golf Club - Old Course
United Kingdom · Willie Fernie · 1888
37
Bethpage Black
Farmingdale · New York · United States · A.W. Tillinghast · 1936
77.5 / 152
Rtg · Slope
38
Cape Kidnappers Golf Course
New Zealand · Tom Doak · 2004
39
Inverness Club
Ohio · United States · Donald Ross · 1903
76.5 / 141
Rtg · Slope
40
Kiawah Island Golf Resort - The Ocean Course
Kiawah Island · South Carolina · United States
79.6 / 155
Rtg · Slope
41
Peachtree Golf Club
Georgia · United States · Robert Trent Jones & Bobby Jones · 1947
76.0 / 143
Rtg · Slope
42
Bandon Trails
Oregon · United States · Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw · 2005
73.4 / 130
Rtg · Slope
43
Cabot Cliffs
Inverness · Nova Scotia · Canada · Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw · 2015
72.9 / 137
Rtg · Slope
44
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
Bandon · Oregon · United States · David McLay Kidd · 1999
74.3 / 142
Rtg · Slope
45
V
Victoria Golf Club
Cheltenham · Australia · William Meader · 1903
74.3 / 132
Rtg · Slope
46
Kingsbarns Golf Links
United Kingdom · Kyle Phillips & Mark Parsinen · 2000
47
Cabot Links
Inverness · Nova Scotia · Canada · Rod Whitman · 2012
72.8 / 132
Rtg · Slope
48
Muirfield Village Golf Club
Dublin · Ohio · United States · Jack Nicklaus · 1974
76.3 / 148
Rtg · Slope
49
Whistling Straits
Haven · Wisconsin · United States · Pete Dye · 1998
76.7 / 151
Rtg · Slope
50
Wade Hampton Golf Club
North Carolina · United States · Tom Fazio · 1987
75.0 / 148
Rtg · Slope
51
Olympic Club Lake Course
California · United States · Sam Whiting · 1924
76.6 / 144
Rtg · Slope
52
TPC Sawgrass
Ponte Vedra Beach · Florida · United States · Pete Dye · 1980
76.4 / 155
Rtg · Slope
53
Erin Hills
Wisconsin · United States · Hurdzan · 2006
77.4 / 148
Rtg · Slope
54
Castle Pines Golf Club
Colorado · United States · Jack Nicklaus · 1981
76.6 / 148
Rtg · Slope
55
Nanea Golf Club
Hawaii · United States · David McLay Kidd · 2003
76.0 / 136
Rtg · Slope
56
Congressional Country Club
Bethesda · Maryland · United States · Devereux Emmet · 1924
76.4 / 144
Rtg · Slope
57
Calusa Pines Golf Club
Florida · United States · Hurdzan & Fry · 2001
75.2 / 143
Rtg · Slope
58
Old Sandwich Golf Club
Massachusetts · United States · Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw · 2004
74.7 / 146
Rtg · Slope
59
Medinah Country Club
Illinois · United States · Tom Bendelow · 1925
77.4 / 144
Rtg · Slope
60
Spyglass Hill Golf Course
California · United States · Robert Trent Jones · 1966
75.4 / 148
Rtg · Slope
61
Old Macdonald
Bandon · Oregon · United States · Tom Doak & Jim Urbina · 2010
74.4 / 134
Rtg · Slope
62
Plainfield Country Club
New Jersey · United States · Donald Ross · 1916
74.3 / 142
Rtg · Slope
63
Valhalla Golf Club
Kentucky · United States · Jack Nicklaus · 1986
76.4 / 148
Rtg · Slope
64
Dallas National Golf Club
Texas · United States · Tom Fazio · 2002
76.1 / 142
Rtg · Slope
65
Crooked Stick Golf Club
Indiana · United States · Pete Dye · 1964
76.2 / 142
Rtg · Slope
66
Aronimink Golf Club
Pennsylvania · United States · Donald Ross · 1928
75.1 / 144
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67
Liberty National Golf Club
Jersey City · New Jersey · United States · Tom Kite & Bob Cupp · 2006
77.7 / 151
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68
Baltusrol Golf Course
New Jersey · United States · A.W. Tillinghast · 1922
77.5 / 146
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69
Hazeltine National Golf Course
Minnesota · United States · Robert Trent Jones · 1962
77.2 / 146
Rtg · Slope
70
Quail Hollow Club
North Carolina · United States · George Cobb · 1961
76.8 / 148
Rtg · Slope
71
Olympia Fields Country Club
Illinois · United States · Willie Park Jr. · 1922
76.5 / 144
Rtg · Slope
72
F
Firestone Country Club
Ohio · United States · Bert Way · 1929
76.5 / 140
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73
Kiawah Island Club - River Course
South Carolina · United States · Tom Fazio · 1995
76.1 / 155
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74
Bay Hill Golf Club
Florida · United States · Dick Wilson · 1961
76.0 / 141
Rtg · Slope
75
Sage Valley Golf Club
South Carolina · United States · Tom Fazio · 2001
76.0 / 143
Rtg · Slope
76
Detroit Golf Club
Michigan · United States · Donald Ross · 1916
75.8 / 136
Rtg · Slope
77
P
Pebble Beach Gl
Pebble Beach · California · United States · Jack Neville & Douglas Grant · 1919
75.5 / 145
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78
Pebble Beach Golf Course
Pebble Beach · California · United States · Jack Neville & Douglas Grant · 1919
75.5 / 145
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79
Caves Valley Golf Club
Maryland · United States · Tom Fazio · 1991
75.4 / 139
Rtg · Slope
80
Royal County Down Golf Course
Ireland · Old Tom Morris · 1889
75.4 / 140
Rtg · Slope
81
East Lake Golf Club
Atlanta · Georgia · United States · Tom Bendelow · 1908
75.2 / 138
Rtg · Slope
82
Champions Retreat Golf Club
Evans · Georgia · United States · Arnold Palmer / Jack Nicklaus / Gary Player · 2005
75.2 / 142
Rtg · Slope
83
Kiawah Island Club - Cassique
South Carolina · United States · Tom Watson · 2000
75.0 / 154
Rtg · Slope
84
S
St. George'S Golf And Country Club ( Old)
Etobicoke · Ontario · Canada · Stanley Thompson · 1929
74.7 / 138
Rtg · Slope
85
Colonial Country Club
Texas · United States · John Bredemus · 1936
74.7 / 135
Rtg · Slope
86
F
Frederica Golf Club
Georgia · United States · Tom Fazio · 2004
74.6 / 132
Rtg · Slope
87
Cypress Point Golf Course
Pebble Beach · California · United States · Alister MacKenzie & Robert Hunter · 1928
74.1 / 140
Rtg · Slope
88
Streamsong Resort - Black Course
Florida · United States · Gil Hanse · 2017
74.0 / 134
Rtg · Slope
89
Streamsong Resort - Red and Blue Courses
Florida · United States · Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw · 2012
74.0 / 134
Rtg · Slope
90
Harbour Town Golf Links
Hilton Head · South Carolina · United States · Pete Dye & Jack Nicklaus · 1969
73.8 / 140
Rtg · Slope
91
R
Royal Queensland Golf Club
Eagle Farm · Australia · C.H. Alison · 1920
73.3 / 127
Rtg · Slope
92
B
Bandon Sheep Ranch
Bandon · Oregon · United States · Bill Coore · 2020
71.9 / 121
Rtg · Slope
93
J
Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club
Jasper · Alberta · Canada · Stanley Thompson · 1925
71.6 / 130
Rtg · Slope
94
Capilano Golf And Country Club
West Vancouver · British Columbia · Canada · Stanley Thompson · 1937
71.0 / 125
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95
Royal Adelaide Golf Course
Seaton · Australia · C.H. Alison · 1892
96
Tara Iti
Mangawhai · New Zealand · Tom Doak · 2015
97
R
Royal Sydney Golf Club
Rose Bay · New South Wales · Australia · Bruce Murray · 1893
98
The Carnoustie Championship Course
United Kingdom · Allan Robertson & Old Tom Morris · 1842
99
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Course
United Kingdom · George Lowe Jr. · 1886
100
H
Hoylake Golf Club
United Kingdom · Robert Chambers & George Morris · 1869

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