The full list

Australian Golf Course Rankings: all 112 courses

Every course that at least two of the 5 lists rank, in consensus order. Refreshed 2 August 2026.

Ranked from these 5 lists:

Golf Digest 2026–27 · Australian Golf Digest · original Golf Digest 2026–27 article (opens in a new tab) ↗
Golf Digest 2024–25 · Australian Golf Digest · original Golf Digest 2024–25 article (opens in a new tab) ↗
Golf Australia 2026 · Golf Australia · original Golf Australia 2026 article (opens in a new tab) ↗
Golf Australia 2024 · Golf Australia · original Golf Australia 2024 article (opens in a new tab) ↗
Top100.com 2026 · Top100GolfCourses.com · original Top100.com 2026 article (opens in a new tab) ↗

All 112 Australian golf courses ranked by consensus
Golf List	Course	State	Avg	Access	Architect	Golf Digest 2026–27AGD ’26	Golf Digest 2024–25AGD ’24	Golf Australia 2026GA ’26	Golf Australia 2024GA ’24	Top100.com 2026T100 ’26
1	1Royal Melbourne (West)	VIC	1.20	Private	Dr Alister MacKenzie	1	2	1	1	1
2	2Kingston Heath	VIC	2.40	Private	Dan Soutar, Dr Alister MacKenzie	2	3	3	2	2
3	3Cape Wickham	TAS	2.60	Public	Mike DeVries	3	1	2	3	4
4	4Barnbougle Dunes	TAS	4.20	Public	Tom Doak, Michael Clayton	6	4	4	4	3
5	5New South Wales	NSW	6.20	Private	Dr Alister MacKenzie, Eric Apperly	4	6	6	10	5
6	6Barnbougle Lost Farm	TAS	6.40	Public	Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw	8	7	5	5	7
T7	T7Peninsula Kingswood (North)	VIC	7.80	Private	Michael Clayton, Sloan Morpeth	5	5	10	8	11
T7	T7Royal Melbourne (East)	VIC	7.80	Private	Alex Russell	9	8	7	6	9
9	9Victoria	VIC	8.00	Private	William Meader, Oscarr Damman, Dr Alister MacKenzie	7	10	8	7	8
10	10Seven Mile Beach	TAS	10.00	Public	Mike Clayton and Mike DeVries	11	–	9	–	10
11	11Royal Adelaide	SA	10.80	Private	H.L. Rymill, C.L. Gardner, Dr Alister MacKenzie	10	9	12	11	12
12	12The National (Moonah)	VIC	12.80	Private	Greg Norman, Bob Harrison	12	12	13	12	15
13	13The National (Gunnamatta)	VIC	13.20	Private	Tom Doak	16	16	11	9	14
14	14Metropolitan	VIC	13.80	Private	J.B. Mackenzie, Dr Alister MacKenzie, Dick Wilson, Michael Clayton	13	11	15	14	16
15	15Peninsula Kingswood (South)	VIC	16.80	Private	Michael Clayton, Sloan Morpeth	15	15	19	18	17
16	16St Andrews Beach	VIC	17.00	Public	Tom Doak, Michael Clayton	27	25	14	13	6
17	17The Lakes	NSW	18.80	Private	Bruce Devlin, Robert von Hagge, Ogilvy, Clayton, Cocking, Mead	23	22	16	15	18
18	18Ocean Dunes	TAS	19.40	Public	Graeme Grant	17	13	18	17	32
19	19Cathedral Lodge	VIC	20.80	Ultra-private	Greg Norman	14	14	23	22	31
20	20Lake Karrinyup	WA	21.60	Private	Alex Russell	22	17	22	21	26
21	21Yarra Yarra	VIC	22.00	Private	Alex Russell	28	27	17	16	22
22	22Commonwealth	VIC	22.67	Private	Sam Bennett, Sloan Morpeth	24	–	25	–	19
23	23Kooyonga	SA	22.80	Private	H.L. Rymill	21	18	24	26	25
24	24The National (Old)	VIC	23.20	Private	Robert Trent Jones Jr	20	19	29	27	21
25	25Royal Sydney (Bay)	NSW	23.50	Private	Gil Hanse	19	–	–	–	28
26	26Barwon Heads	VIC	23.80	Members	Victor East	31	23	21	20	24
27	27Woodlands	VIC	25.40	Semi-private	J.D. Scott, R.J. Banks, Mick Morcom	32	24	27	24	20
28	28The Dunes	VIC	27.80	Public	Tony Cashmore	26	26	28	25	34
T29	T29Lonsdale Links	VIC	29.00	Public	Vern Morcom; redesigned by OCM	41	36	20	19	29
T29	T29Royal Queensland	QLD	29.00	Private	Carnegie Clark, Michael Clayton	35	28	26	23	33
T31	T31The Australian	NSW	30.80	Private	Jack Nicklaus	25	20	36	31	42
T31	T3113th Beach (Beach)	VIC	30.80	Public	Tony Cashmore	39	33	31	28	23
33	33Newcastle	NSW	31.50	Semi-private	Eric Apperly	–	31	35	30	30
34	34Royal Canberra (Westbourne)	ACT	33.20	Private	James Herd Scott, John Harris	33	29	41	36	27
35	35Glenelg	SA	35.00	Private	Vern Morcom, Neil Crafter, Bob Tuohy	29	32	32	37	45
36	36Magenta Shores	NSW	35.60	Private	Ross Watson	34	35	37	32	40
37	37Joondalup (Quarry/Dune)	WA	36.00	Public	Robert Trent Jones Jr	30	21	46	39	44
T38	T38Port Fairy	VIC	39.00	Members	Kevin Hartley, Michael Clayton	48	50	33	29	35
T38	T38Links Kennedy Bay	WA	39.00	Public	Graham Marsh	40	–	38	–	39
40	40Bonnie Doon	NSW	39.40	Private	Geoff Ogilvy, Michael Clayton	45	39	39	33	41
41	41Brookwater	QLD	42.00	Members	Greg Norman, Bob Harrison	43	41	47	41	38
42	42Bonville	NSW	43.00	Members	Terry Watson, Ted Stirling	36	34	42	38	65
43	43Grange (West)	SA	43.20	Private	Ogilvy/Clayton Golf	49	42	40	35	50
44	44Hamilton Island	QLD	44.00	Public	Peter Thomson	38	30	44	46	62
45	45Concord	NSW	44.40	Private	Dan Soutar; redesigned by Tom Doak	56	47	34	34	51
46	46Huntingdale	VIC	44.50	Private	Charles H. Alison, Jack Newton, Grant & Spencer	18	–	–	–	71
47	47Moonah Links (Legends)	VIC	45.20	Public	Ross Perrett	50	45	50	44	37
48	48Portsea	VIC	45.40	Members	Jack Young, Sloan Morpeth, Michael Clayton	52	49	48	42	36
49	49Elanora	NSW	47.60	Private	Dan Soutar and James Herd Scott; redesigned by James Wilcher	46	43	53	49	47
50	50The Cut	WA	49.20	Public	James Wilcher	42	38	62	58	46
51	51Spring Valley	VIC	50.40	Semi-private	Vern Morcom	54	54	51	45	48
52	52The Grand	QLD	52.00	Private	Greg Norman, Bob Harrison	47	37	64	60	52
53	53Terrey Hills	NSW	52.40	Private	Graham Marsh	51	44	57	53	57
54	54Grange (East)	SA	52.60	Private	Greg Norman GolfDesign	58	52	52	47	54
55	55Sanctuary Cove (Pines)	QLD	53.80	Private	Arnold Palmer	44	40	63	59	63
56	56Bougle Run	TAS	54.60	Public	Bill Coore	67	60	45	40	61
57	57Links Hope Island	QLD	54.80	Public	Peter Thomson, Ross Perrett & Michael Wolveridge	59	51	56	52	56
58	58Mount Lawley	WA	55.67	Private	David Anderson & James Tinlin, Michael Coate	37	–	30	–	100
59	59RACV Healesville	VIC	56.33	Public	Mike Clayton	–	–	65	61	43
60	60St Michaels	NSW	56.40	Members	Michael Moran, C.W. Cole	53	46	59	55	69
T61	T61Curlewis	VIC	56.80	Members	Vern Morcom	71	62	43	48	60
T61	T61The Vintage	NSW	56.80	Public	Greg Norman, Bob Harrison	60	53	60	56	55
63	63Moonah Links (Open)	VIC	57.40	Public	Peter Thomson	55	48	67	64	53
64	64Sandringham Golf Links	VIC	59.20	Public	Vern Morcom; redesigned by OCM	63	59	49	43	82
65	65Rosebud (North)	VIC	60.60	Public	–	57	67	54	50	75
66	66Kalgoorlie	WA	61.00	Members	Graham Marsh	64	57	70	65	49
67	6713th Beach (Creek)	VIC	61.80	Public	Tony Cashmore, Nick Faldo	73	64	55	51	66
68	68Meadow Springs	WA	63.80	Members	Robert Trent Jones Jr	72	68	58	54	67
69	69Cottesloe	WA	66.40	Private	David Anderson; redesigned by Peter Thomson, Michael Wolveridge and Ross Perrett	62	63	68	75	64
70	70The Western Australian	WA	68.00	Private	E. Cohen, V. Steffanoni, Graham Marsh	65	55	73	79	–
71	71Avondale	NSW	68.20	Private	Eric Apperly	66	58	75	69	73
72	72Ranfurlie	VIC	68.33	Members	Michael Clayton	–	–	66	62	77
73	73Royal Hobart	TAS	69.50	Semi-private	Vern Morcom	–	–	72	67	–
74	74Pelican Waters	QLD	70.00	Public	Greg Norman	77	65	78	72	58
75	75Pacific Dunes	NSW	71.00	Public	James Wilcher	–	66	–	–	76
76	76Links Lady Bay	SA	71.40	Members	Newton, Grant & Spencer	69	61	74	68	85
T77	T77Sorrento	VIC	72.60	Private	J.D. Scott	61	56	82	78	86
T77	T77Sanctuary Lakes	VIC	72.60	Public	Greg Norman, Bob Harrison	80	74	71	66	72
79	79The Glades	QLD	72.80	Members	Greg Norman, Bob Harrison	82	70	79	74	59
80	80Mount Compass	SA	76.80	Members	Brian Crafter and Neil Crafter	79	71	80	76	78
T81	T81Tasmania	TAS	77.50	Members	Al Howard	100	–	69	73	68
T81	T81Lakelands	QLD	77.50	Members	Jack Nicklaus	86	69	–	–	–
83	83Sanctuary Cove (Palms)	QLD	78.50	Public	Ross Watson	81	76	–	–	–
84	84The Eastern (South)	VIC	79.00	Private	Greg Norman	99	–	61	57	99
85	85RACV Cape Schanck	VIC	79.25	Public	Robert Trent Jones Jr	68	72	–	98	79
86	86Narooma	NSW	79.80	Members	John Spencer	76	84	87	82	70
87	87Cypress Lakes	NSW	81.00	Public	Steve Smyers	–	88	–	–	74
T88	T88The Heritage (Henley)	VIC	82.00	Semi-private	Tony Cashmore	70	77	93	88	–
T88	T88Killara	NSW	82.00	Private	John Harris; redesigned by Harley Kruse	84	73	88	83	–
T88	T88Palmer Coolum	QLD	82.00	Public	Robert Trent Jones Jr	75	80	–	–	91
91	91Settlers Run	VIC	82.40	Public	Greg Norman, Bob Harrison	92	79	76	70	95
92	92Black Bull	VIC	82.80	Members	Peter Thomson and Ross Perrett	87	75	81	77	94
93	93Maroochy River	QLD	84.50	Members	Graham Marsh	94	96	77	71	–
94	94Stonecutters Ridge	NSW	86.00	Public	Greg Norman, Bob Harrison	91	81	85	80	93
95	95The Heritage (St John)	VIC	86.25	Semi-private	Jack Nicklaus	74	85	–	97	89
T96	T96Pymble	NSW	86.50	Private	Dan Soutar and Carnegie Clark; redesigned by Eric Apperly	–	–	83	90	–
T96	T96Joondalup (Quarry/Lake)	WA	86.50	Public	Robert Trent Jones Jr	–	–	89	84	–
98	98Pacific Harbour	QLD	86.67	Public	Ross Watson	89	83	–	–	88
99	99The Brisbane	QLD	87.00	Private	Carnegie Clark	78	78	98	94	–
100	100Riversdale	VIC	87.75	Private	Alex Russell	88	92	84	87	–
T101	T101The Federal	ACT	89.00	Members	Prosper Ellis	83	89	95	91	87
T101	T101Warrnambool	VIC	89.00	Members	George Lowe	96	93	86	81	–
103	103Sun City	WA	89.67	Members	Bob Greene, Murray Dawson. Renovations designed by Ogilvy Clayton Cocking and Mead	–	–	91	86	92
104	104Mollymook (Hilltop)	NSW	90.00	Members	Ken McKay Sr and Bill Andriske	98	82	–	–	–
105	105Murray Downs	NSW	90.40	Members	Ted Parslow	95	98	90	85	84
106	106Monash	NSW	90.75	Private	James Scott	90	90	94	89	–
107	107Castle Hill	NSW	91.75	Private	Eric Apperly, Jack Newton, Grant & Spencer	85	86	100	96	–
108	108Indooroopilly (West)	QLD	92.50	Private	Ross Watson	93	–	92	–	–
109	109Belmont	NSW	94.00	Members	Prosper Ellis	–	–	96	92	–
110	110Royal Fremantle	WA	95.00	Private	Arthur Oliphant and Peter Anderson; redesigned by Tom Howard and Sloan Morpeth	–	95	97	93	–
111	111Mornington	VIC	97.00	Members	Gus Jackson; redesigned by Jack Watson	–	–	99	95	–
112	112Noosa Springs	QLD	98.00	Public	Graham Papworth	97	100	–	–	97

A dash means that list does not rank the course. “T” marks courses level on the same average. Access is what a visitor needs to get a game; see the scale or the courses you can play. Methodology.

Ranked by fewer than two lists

These 18 courses appear on one list at most, so there is no consensus to report. Their published positions are shown as they stand; courses on none of the current lists are kept for their history.

Australian courses ranked by fewer than two of the lists
Golf List	Course	State	Avg	Golf Digest 2026–27AGD ’26	Golf Digest 2024–25AGD ’24	Golf Australia 2026GA ’26	Golf Australia 2024GA ’24	Top100.com 2026T100 ’26
–	–Ellerston	NSW	–	–	–	–	–	13
–	–Cranbourne	VIC	–	–	–	–	63	–
–	–The National (Long Island)	VIC	–	–	–	–	–	80
–	–Horizons	NSW	–	–	–	–	–	81
–	–Capricorn	QLD	–	–	–	–	–	83
–	–Twin Waters	QLD	–	–	87	–	–	–
–	–Yarrawonga Mulwala (Murray)	NSW	–	–	–	–	–	90
–	–Secret Harbour	WA	–	–	91	–	–	–
–	–RACV Royal Pines (Green/Gold)	QLD	–	–	94	–	–	–
–	–Vines (Lakes)	WA	–	–	–	–	–	96
–	–Forster Tuncurry (Tuncurry)	NSW	–	–	97	–	–	–
–	–Horsham	VIC	–	–	–	–	–	98
–	–Albany	WA	–	–	99	–	–	–
–	–Southern	VIC	–	–	–	–	99	–
–	–Manly	NSW	–	–	–	–	100	–
–	–Gold Creek	ACT	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	–Kooralbyn Valley	QLD	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	–Riverside Oaks (Bungool)	NSW	–	–	–	–	–	–