Welcome to Golfweek’s Best rankings of the top 25 courses in Australia and New Zealand as determined by Golfweek’s Best Raters for 2021 (pictured atop this story: Kauri Cliffs in New Zealand, courtesy of of Kauri Cliffs and Jacob Sjoman).
The members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings on each course are averaged to produce a final rating for each course. Then each course is ranked against other courses in Australia and New Zealand to produce the final rankings.
For more on top courses outside the U.S., check out the following lists:
Key
r: resort course
d: daily fee
p: private course
* Some international private courses allow limited outside play. Contact the courses indicated for more information on their guest policies.