Australian Golf Digest

Golf Digest 2026–27: Australia's top 100

The Golf Digest 2026–27 ranking in its published order. Golf List shows each course's position on our consensus of five overall lists; Move compares with Golf Digest 2024–25. Read the original at Australian Golf Digest.

Golf Digest 2026–27 in published order
Rank	Course	State	Golf List	Move
1	1Royal Melbourne (West)	Victoria	1	↑1
2	2Kingston Heath	Victoria	2	↑1
3	3Cape Wickham	King Island, Tasmania	3	↓2
4	4New South Wales	New South Wales	5	↑2
5	5Peninsula Kingswood (North)	Victoria	T7	—
6	6Barnbougle Dunes	Bridport, Tasmania	4	↓2
7	7Victoria	Victoria	9	↑3
8	8Barnbougle Lost Farm	Bridport, Tasmania	6	↓1
9	9Royal Melbourne (East)	Victoria	T7	↓1
10	10Royal Adelaide	South Australia	11	↓1
11	11Seven Mile Beach	Tasmania	10	New
12	12The National (Moonah)	Victoria	12	—
13	13Metropolitan	Victoria	14	↓2
14	14Cathedral Lodge	Victoria	19	—
15	15Peninsula Kingswood (South)	Victoria	15	—
16	16The National (Gunnamatta)	Victoria	13	—
17	17Ocean Dunes	King Island, Tasmania	18	↓4
18	18Huntingdale	Victoria	46	New
19	19Royal Sydney (Bay)	New South Wales	25	New
20	20The National (Old)	Victoria	24	↓1
21	21Kooyonga	South Australia	23	↓3
22	22Lake Karrinyup	Western Australia	20	↓5
23	23The Lakes	New South Wales	17	↓1
24	24Commonwealth	Victoria	22	New
25	25The Australian	New South Wales	T31	↓5
26	26The Dunes	Rye, Victoria	28	—
27	27St Andrews Beach	Fingal, Victoria	16	↓2
28	28Yarra Yarra	Victoria	21	↓1
29	29Glenelg	South Australia	35	↑3
30	30Joondalup (Quarry/Dune)	Connolly, Western Australia	37	↓9
31	31Barwon Heads	Victoria	26	↓8
32	32Woodlands	Victoria	27	↓8
33	33Royal Canberra (Westbourne)	Australian Capital Territory	34	↓4
34	34Magenta Shores	New South Wales	36	↑1
35	35Royal Queensland	Queensland	T29	↓7
36	36Bonville	New South Wales	42	↓2
37	37Mount Lawley	Western Australia	58	New
38	38Hamilton Island	Dent Island, Queensland	44	↓8
39	3913th Beach (Beach)	Barwon Heads, Victoria	T31	↓6
40	40Links Kennedy Bay	Western Australia	T38	New
41	41Lonsdale Links	Point Lonsdale, Victoria	T29	↓5
42	42The Cut	Dawesville, Western Australia	50	↓4
43	43Brookwater	Brookwater, Queensland	41	↓2
44	44Sanctuary Cove (Pines)	Queensland	55	↓4
45	45Bonnie Doon	New South Wales	40	↓6
46	46Elanora	New South Wales	49	↓3
47	47The Grand	Queensland	52	↓10
48	48Port Fairy	Port Fairy, Victoria	T38	↑2
49	49Grange (West)	South Australia	43	↓7
50	50Moonah Links (Legends)	Fingal, Victoria	47	↓5
51	51Terrey Hills	New South Wales	53	↓7
52	52Portsea	Portsea, Victoria	48	↓3
53	53St Michaels	Little Bay, New South Wales	60	↓7
54	54Spring Valley	Victoria	51	—
55	55Moonah Links (Open)	Fingal, Victoria	63	↓7
56	56Concord	New South Wales	45	↓9
57	57Rosebud (North)	Rosebud, Victoria	65	↑10
58	58Grange (East)	South Australia	54	↓6
59	59Links Hope Island	Hope Island, Queensland	57	↓8
60	60The Vintage	Rothbury, New South Wales	T61	↓7
61	61Sorrento	Victoria	T77	↓5
62	62Cottesloe	Western Australia	69	↑1
63	63Sandringham Golf Links	Cheltenham, Victoria	64	↓4
64	64Kalgoorlie	Kalgoorlie, Western Australia	66	↓7
65	65The Western Australian	Western Australia	70	↓10
66	66Avondale	New South Wales	71	↓8
67	67Bougle Run	Bridport, Tasmania	56	↓7
68	68RACV Cape Schanck	Cape Schanck, Victoria	85	↑4
69	69Links Lady Bay	Normanville, South Australia	76	↓8
70	70The Heritage (Henley)	Victoria	T88	↑7
71	71Curlewis	Curlewis, Victoria	T61	↓9
72	72Meadow Springs	Meadow Springs, Western Australia	68	↓4
73	7313th Beach (Creek)	Barwon Heads, Victoria	67	↓9
74	74The Heritage (St John)	Victoria	95	↑11
75	75Palmer Coolum	Yaroomba, Queensland	T88	↑5
76	76Narooma	Narooma, New South Wales	86	↑8
77	77Pelican Waters	Queensland	74	↓12
78	78The Brisbane	Queensland	99	—
79	79Mount Compass	Mt Compass, South Australia	80	↓8
80	80Sanctuary Lakes	Point Creek, Victoria	T77	↓6
81	81Sanctuary Cove (Palms)	Queensland	83	↓5
82	82The Glades	Robina, Queensland	79	↓12
83	83The Federal	Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory	T101	↑6
84	84Killara	New South Wales	T88	↓11
85	85Castle Hill	New South Wales	107	↑1
86	86Lakelands	Merrimac, Queensland	T81	↓17
87	87Black Bull	Yarrawonga, Victoria	92	↓12
88	88Riversdale	Victoria	100	↑4
89	89Pacific Harbour	Banksia Beach, Queensland	98	↓6
90	90Monash	New South Wales	106	—
91	91Stonecutters Ridge	Colebee, New South Wales	94	↓10
92	92Settlers Run	Victoria	91	↓13
93	93Indooroopilly (West)	Queensland	108	New
94	94Maroochy River	Bli Bli, Queensland	93	↑2
95	95Murray Downs	Murray Downs, New South Wales	105	↑3
96	96Warrnambool	Warrnambool, Victoria	T101	↓3
97	97Noosa Springs	Noosa Heads, Queensland	112	↑3
98	98Mollymook (Hilltop)	Mollymook, New South Wales	104	↓16
99	99The Eastern (South)	Victoria	84	New
100	100Tasmania	Cambridge, Tasmania	T81	New

Other Australian Golf Digest editions: Golf Digest 2024–25.