A Curated List of the Finest Golf Courses
Australia's Top 20 Golf Courses
The Golf List aggregates five independent published rankings into a single transparent consensus — Australian Golf Digest (2024–25 and 2026–27), Golf Australia Magazine (2024 and 2026), and Top100GolfCourses.com. Every source position is shown; our rank is the mean across lists that include each course.
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| Course Name | Golf Digest 2026–27 | Golf Digest 2024–25 | Golf Australia 2026 | Golf Australia 2024 | Top100.com 2026 | Golf List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Melbourne (West) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 Average: 1.20 |
| Kingston Heath | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 Average: 2.40 |
| Cape Wickham | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 Average: 2.60 |
| Barnbougle Dunes | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 Average: 4.20 |
| New South Wales | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 Average: 6.20 |
| Barnbougle Lost Farm | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 Average: 6.40 |
| Peninsula Kingswood (North) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 11 | T7 Average: 7.80 |
| Royal Melbourne (East) | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | T7 Average: 7.80 |
| Victoria | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 Average: 8.00 |
| Seven Mile Beach | 11 | - | 9 | - | 10 | 10 Average: 10.00 |
| Royal Adelaide | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 Average: 10.80 |
| The National (Moonah) | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 Average: 12.80 |
| Ellerston | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 Average: 13.00 |
| The National (Gunnamatta) | 16 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 14 Average: 13.20 |
| Metropolitan | 13 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 Average: 13.80 |
| Peninsula Kingswood (South) | 15 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 Average: 16.80 |
| St Andrews Beach | 27 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 17 Average: 17.00 |
| The Lakes | 23 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 18 Average: 18.80 |
| Ocean Dunes | 17 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 32 | 19 Average: 19.40 |
| Cathedral Lodge | 14 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 31 | 20 Average: 20.80 |