At a glance

World’s top 10 golf courses as ranked by a panel of experts for the golfscape.com website:

1: The Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland

2: Royal Dornoch, Scotland

3: Royal County Down Golf Club, Ireland

4: Pebble Beach Golf Links, US

5: West Course, The Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Australia

6: Ailsa, Trump Turnberry, Scotland

7: Meadow Links, Mission Hills Haikou, China

8: Cabot Cliffs, Cape Breton, Canada

9: Adare Manor, Ireland

10: Cape Kidnappers Golf Course, New Zealand