The Top 25 Golf Islands in the World

Okay, we’ll admit it. This is an audacious list. Indeed, it would be fair of you to ask, how can we possibly rate and rank the islands of the world according to their golf appeal? How can we possibly compare Amelia to Australia, Hainan to Hilton Head, Pawleys to Puerto Rico?

Swinley Forest, England

A century later, one of Harry Colt’s first designs remains very much the way he and the club members planned it—a haven of tranquility

Moortown Golf Club, England

The site of the first Ryder Cup played in Britain, this English beauty has recently had many of its MacKenzie charms restored

Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake

Regarded by many as the greatest of England’s championship venues, this brutish links is back on the Open rota after a more than three-decade hiatus