Best New Golf Courses in the World
The most anticipated and acclaimed new course openings of 2023–2025 — the future of golf design, built today.
Golf course architecture is experiencing a golden age. The past three years have seen some of the most ambitious and celebrated new designs in decades — from Tom Doak's minimalist masterpieces to resort courses that combine world-class golf with extraordinary landscapes. These are the openings that have the golf world talking.
Comporta, Portugal
Named the World's Best New Golf Course at the 2025 World Golf Awards. Designed by Sergio Garcia, balancing challenge with playability near Lisbon.
View course →Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Named Europe's Best New Course for 2025. Features dramatic coastal terrain and what is described as the world's largest natural bunker.
View course →North Carolina, USA
Opened in 2024 to immediate critical acclaim. Many now consider it second only to the historic No. 2 course at Pinehurst.
View course →Florida, USA
A stunning new addition to the Cabot portfolio, set among Florida's citrus groves.
View course →Texas, USA
Debuted at #73 in the GOLF Magazine World Top 100 in its first year — one of the fastest rises in ranking history.
View course →Naples, Florida, USA
A 2025 debut from the acclaimed design duo of Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, already generating significant buzz.
View course →Texas, USA
A new Texas course drawing comparisons to the great inland American designs.
View course →Colorado, USA
A Coore & Crenshaw design in Colorado's high desert, with a partial opening in 2025.
View course →Utah, USA
A World Golf Awards nominee for World's Best New Course, set among Utah's dramatic volcanic landscape.
View course →Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Immediately debuted in Australia's top 10 upon opening in late 2025. A stunning Tasmanian links.
View course →World Top 100
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