Best golf courses: Brazil

In the list below you'll find the golf courses we selected to be amongst the best in Brazil. It is a combination of golf clubs, golf & country clubs and stay & play resorts for which we provide golf course reviews, photos and information about on-site accommodation and/or nearby hotels. To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the top courses in Brazil on our customised maps.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Curitiba
Blankenship, Dan

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Curitiba

Designer

Dan Blankenship
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Fortaleza
Steel, Donald

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Fortaleza

Designer

Donald Steel
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Brasilia
Jones Sr, Robert Trent

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Brasilia

Designer

Robert Trent Jones Sr
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Ilheus
Blankenship, Dan

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Ilheus

Designer

Dan Blankenship
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Salvador
Costello, Brian

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Salvador

Designer

Brian Costello (of JMP Golf Design).
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Sao Paulo
Rossi, Ricardo

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Sao Paulo

Designer

Ricardo Rossi
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Rsrt guests only
Sao Paulo
Palmer, Arnold

Visitors?

Rsrt guests only

Nearest city

Sao Paulo

Designer

Randall Thompson course (2010); Arnold Palmer course (2015).
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Ltd access
Sao Paulo
Costello, Brian

Visitors?

Ltd access

Nearest city

Sao Paulo

Designer

Brian Costello (of JMP Golf Design).
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Weekdays only
Rio de Janeiro
Davidson, Arthur

Visitors?

Weekdays only

Nearest city

Rio de Janeiro

Designer

Arthur Morgan Davidson from Scotland.
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Weekdays only
Rio de Janeiro
Thompson, Stanley

Visitors?

Weekdays only

Nearest city

Rio de Janeiro

Designer

Original design by Stanley Thompson (1933); improvements by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1958).
5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Visitors welcome
Rio de Janeiro
Hanse, Gil

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Rio de Janeiro

Designer

Gil Hanse in collaboration with Amy Alcott.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Salvador
Dye, P.B

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Salvador

Designer

P.B. Dye
Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Sao Paulo
Blankenship, Dan

Visitors?

Private club

Nearest city

Sao Paulo

Designer

Dan Blankenship
Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Sao Paulo
Fazio, Tom & Logan

Visitors?

Private club

Nearest city

Sao Paulo

Designer

Father-son team of Tom & Logan Fazio.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Sao Paulo
Koontz, Luther

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Sao Paulo

Designer

Original nine holes designed by Luther Koontz (1958); second nine opened in 1969.
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Sao Paulo
Thompson, Stanley

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Sao Paulo

Designer

Original course dates from 1901; redesigned by Stanley Thompson (1935).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Sao Paulo
Serra & Rossi

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Sao Paulo

Designer

Emilio Serra & Ricardo Rossi
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Ilheus
Blankenship, Dan

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Ilheus

Designer

Dan Blankenship

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Tournaments

124th US Open: the No.2 Course at Pinehurst once again plays host to this most illustrious championship (June 13-16). Wyndham Clark defends his title, having won at Los Angeles CC in 2023.

79th Women’s US Open: the second women’s major championship of the season gets underway at Lancaster CC in Pennsylvania. It’s the second time the championship has been held here.
(May 30-June 2).

Who's Who

Nelly Korda: won the Mizuho Americas Open (May 16-19) at Liberty National GC, continuing her extraordinary form in LPGA events. This was her sixth win in seven starts in 2024.

Xander Schauffele: recorded his first major championship win, and second record-equalling low score of 62 in a major. Only he, Branden Grace, Rickie Fowler and Shane Lowry have achieved this feat in a men’s major championship.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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