For those who play Golf

Those who play golf must be getting desperate for a game after a few months in Jeddah. I found this list of the top 100 Golf Courses in the world in 2006. Notice South Africa has only one course listed, at 81. Find that hard to believe.

Golf Magazine's biennial rankings of the Top 100 Courses in the World - 2006
Ranking-Course name -Location -Country
1. Pine Valley Golf Club -Pine Valley, New Jersey -USA
2. Cypress Point Club -Pebble Beach, California -USA
3. St. Andrews Golf Club (Old) -St. Andrews, Fife -SCOTLAND
4. Augusta National Golf Club -Augusta, Georgia -USA
5. Shinnecock Hills Golf Club -Southampton, New York -USA
6. Pebble Beach Golf Links -Pebble Beach, California -USA
7. Muirfield Golf Club -Gullane, Lothian -SCOTLAND
8. Sand Hills Golf Club -Mullen, Nebraska -USA
9. Royal County Down Golf Club -Newcastle, Down -N. IRELAND
10. Royal Melbourne G.C. (Composite) -Melbourne, Victoria -AUSTRALIA
11. Merion Golf Club (East) -Ardmore, Pennsylvania -USA
12. Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce) -Portrush, Antrim -N. IRELAND
13. Pacific Dunes Golf Club -Bandon, Oregon -USA
14. Oakmont Country Club -Oakmont, Pennsylvania -USA
15. Royal Dornoch Golf Club -Dornoch Highland -SCOTLAND
16. Ballybunion Golf Club (Old) -Ballybunion, Kerry -IRELAND
17. Turnberry Golf Club (Ailsa) -Turnberry, Strathclyde -SCOTLAND
18. Pinehurst Country Club (No. 2) -Pinehurst, North Carolina -USA
19. National Golf Links Of America -Southampton, New York -USA
20. Kingston Heath Golf Club -Melbourne, Victoria -AUSTRALIA
21. Carnoustie G.C.(Championship) -Carnoustie, Tayside -SCOTLAND
22. Seminole Golf Club -North Palm Beach, Florida -USA
23. Crystal Downs Country Club -Frankfort, Michigan -USA
24. San Francisco Golf Club -San Francisco, California -USA
25. Prairie Dunes Country Club -Hutchinson, Kansas -USA
26. Winged Foot Golf Club (West) -Mamaroneck, New York -USA
27. Cape Kidnappers -Havelock North, North Island -NEW ZEALAND
28. Fishers Island Golf Club -Fishers Island, New York -USA
29. Oakland Hills C.C. (South) -Bloomfield Hills, Michigan -USA
30. Bethpage Golf Club (Black) -Farmingdale, New York -USA
31. Royal Birkdale Golf Club -Southport, Merseyside -ENGLAND
32. Royal St. George's Golf Club -Sandwich, Kent -ENGLAND
33. Chicago Golf Club -Wheaton, Illinois -USA
34. New South Wales Golf Club -La Perouse, New South Wales -AUSTRALIA
35. Hirono Golf Club -Kobe, Kobe -JAPAN
36. The Country Club (Open) -Brookline, Massachusetts -USA
37. Riviera Country Club -Pacific Palisades, California -USA
38. Muirfield Village Golf Club -Dublin, Ohio -USA
39. Oak Hill Country Club (East) -Rochester, New York -USA
40. Royal Troon Golf Club (Old) -Troon, Strathclyde -SCOTLAND
41. Casa De Campo (Teeth of the Dog) -La Romana La Romana -DOM. REP.
42. Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower) -Springfield, New Jersey -USA
43. Portmarnock Golf Club -Portmarnock, Dublin -IRELAND
44. Olympic Club (Lake) -San Francisco, California -USA
45. Southern Hills Country Club -Tulsa, Oklahoma -USA
46. Sunningdale Golf Club (Old) -Sunningdale, Surrey -ENGLAND
47. Woodhall Spa Golf Club -Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire -ENGLAND
48. Whistling Straits Golf Club -Haven, Wisconsin -USA
49. Barnbougle Dunes -Bridport, Tasmania -AUSTRALIA
50. TPC At Sawgrass (Stadium) -Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida -USA
51. Los Angeles C.C. (North) -Los Angeles, California -USA
52. Royal Lytham & St. Annes G.C. -Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire -ENGLAND
53. The Golf Club -New Albany, Ohio -USA
54. Royal Adelaide Golf Club -Adelaide, South Australia -AUSTRALIA
55. Medinah Country Club (No. 3) -Medinah, Illinois -USA
56. Kiawah Island (Ocean) -Kiawah Island, South Carolina -USA
57. Morfontaine Golf Club -Senlis, Senlis, -FRANCE
58. Kauri Cliffs -Kaeo, New Zealand -NEW ZEALAND
59. Harbour Town Golf Links -Hilton Head Island, South Carolina -USA
60. Quaker Ridge Golf Club -Scarsdale, New York -USA
61. Winged Foot Golf Club (East) -Mamaroneck, New York -USA
62. Inverness Club -Toledo, Ohio -USA
63. Maidstone Club -East Hampton, New York -USA
64. Garden City Golf Club -Garden City, New York -USA
65. Kingsbarns Golf Club -St. Andrews, Fife -SCOTLAND
66. Loch Lomond Golf Club -Luss, Strathclyde -SCOTLAND
67. Lahinch Golf Club -Lahinch, Clare -IRELAND
68. Ganton Golf Club -Ganton, North Yorkshire -ENGLAND
69. Bandon Dunes Golf Club -Bandon, Oregon -USA
70. Valderrama Club de Golf -Sotogrande Cadiz -SPAIN
71. Highlands Links Golf Club -Ingonish, Nova Scotia -CANADA
72. Royal Liverpool Golf Club -Hoylake, Merseyside -ENGLAND
73. Cabo Del Sol Golf Club -Los Cabos, Baja -MEXICO
74. Friars Head -Baiting Hollow, New York -USA
75. Shoreacres Country Club -Lake Bluff, Illinois -USA
76. Scioto Country Club -Columbus, Ohio -USA
77. Somerset Hills Country Club -Bernardsville, New Jersey -USA
78. Cruden Bay Golf Club -Cruden Bay, Grampian -SCOTLAND
79. Congressional C.C. (Blue) -Betheseda, Maryland -USA
80. Kawana Golf Club (Fuji) -Shizuoka, Shizuoka -JAPAN
81. Durban Golf Club -Durban, Durban -S. AFRICA
82. St. George's Golf Club -Islington, Ontario -CANADA
83. Shadow Creek Golf Club -Las Vegas, Nevada -USA
84. Hamilton -Ancaster, Ontario -CANADA
85. Wentworth Golf Club (West) -Virginia Water, Surrey -ENGLAND
86. Bandon Trails -Bandon, Oregon -USA
87. Trump National Golf club -Bedminster, New Jersey -USA
88. Spyglass Hill Golf Course -Pebble Beach, California -USA
89. Camargo Club -Indian Hill, Ohio -USA
90. Ocean Forest Golf Club -Sea Island, Georgia -USA
91. European Club -Brittas Bay -IRELAND
92. Walton Heath Golf Club (Old) -Tadworth, Surrey -ENGLAND
93. East Lake Golf Club -Atlanta, Georgia -USA
94. Tokyo Golf Club -Tokyo -JAPAN
95. Nine Bridges -Bongsong-ri -KOREA
96. Wade Hampton Golf Club -Cashiers, North Carolina -USA
97. Colonial Country Club -Fort Worth, Texas -USA
98. Peachtree Golf Club -Atlanta, Georgia -USA
99. Cascades Golf Club (Upper) -Hot Springs, Virginia -USA
100. Naruo Golf Club -Osaka, Osaka -JAPAN