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61 – Royal TroonTroon, AyrshireHost of eight Open Championships – most recently won by Todd Hamilton in 2004 – Troon is a classic in-and-out links through dunes, brambles and gorse.
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62 – SunningdaleSunningdale, BerkshireBandon Dunes in Oregon is the only other venue on this list with two courses in the Top 100, high praise indeed for Sunningdale.
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63 – Le Golf NationalParis, FranceThe Albatross championship course is one of the three that make up the Le Golf National Club, and the annual home of the French Open.
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64 – Fancourt LinksSouthern Cape, South AfricaPlayer’s design team spent months studying the classic links in Scotland and Ireland before recreating some of their finest holes on what was once an airfield.
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65 – Castle Pines Country ClubCastle Rock, ColoradoA former PGA Tour stop just south of Denver, Nicklaus plotted a recently renovated course through the ponderosa pines, with dramatic elevation changes and breathtaking views of the Rockies.
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66 – NairnNairn, HighlandsAn upwards move of six places to No.25 in Golf World’s last GB&I Top 100 shows this outpost on the Moray Firth just east of Inverness is getting the recognition it deserves.
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67 – Cabo del SolCabo San Lucas, MexicoA Nicklaus signature course which he describes as having “the three finest finishing holes in all of golf”.
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68 – County Louth (Baltray)Drogheda, County LouthCounty Louth – home to last year’s Irish Open, won by amateur Shane Lowry – is one of the best-kept secrets of Irish golf.
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69 – National Golf Club of CanadaWoodbridge, OntarioAn exclusive men-only club which could be dubbed ‘Canada’s Augusta’. Its narrow, tree-lined fairways are immaculate, while the greens are some of the most slick and treacherous in the country.
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70 – GantonScarborough, North YorkshireGary Player once said that Ganton is the only inland course worthy of holding the Open Championship.
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