Ranking the world’s top 10 composite golf courses

Here are 10 of the best composite courses – and a couple honorable mentions – to host some of golf’s biggest events through the years.

Gullane Nos. 1 and 2

Scottish Open

A view of holes seven and eight at Gullane Golf Course in Gullane, Scotland. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

Gullane, located in East Lothian, Scotland, has hosted the 2015 and ’18 Scottish Open. It has used 16 holes from Gullane No. 1 and two holes from No. 2 – Nos. 7 and 8. The opening hole was benched because construction of grandstands around the final green would otherwise be too close to the nearby road. As a result, the second hole was used as the start.