Dubai’s Emirates Golf Club named among world’s most desired golf courses

Augusta National is the most popular golf course in the world among golfing fans, according to a new study conducted by golf apparel brand Galvin Green, with Dubai’s Emirates Golf Club coming in fourth.

At a time when interest in golf has reached record levels across the world, Google Keyword Planner and Instagram data were analyzed to determine which courses and prestigious clubs have attracted the most golfers to their landing pages and social following over the past year. The study combined 12 common search terms related to golf clubs to reveal the global average monthly search volume for every course and the number of hashtags for each location.  

The courses that golf fans dream of playing at were then ranked from highest to lowest.   

Augusta National takes the top spot with the highest combined golf index score of 98.62 out of 100. This is due to the highest combination of Instagram hashtags and search volume. Augusta National is searched 54,050 times on average each month globally and has more than 100,000 posts (107,199) on Instagram under the hashtag #AugustaNational. Based in Georgia, the site is famous for hosting The Masters.  

Home of The Players Championship, TPC Sawgrass is the second most popular course among golfing fans. Each month, there an average of 73,717 searches from across the world for visiting and playing at TPC Sawgrass — the highest number of any course analyzed. There are also 56,552 Instagram posts using the hashtag #TPCSawgrass, the second highest amount, leading TPC Sawgrass to have a golf index score of 95.26 out of 100. 

St. Andrews Old Course ranked third with more than 55,317 monthly searches. Often hailed as the “Home of Golf,” pictures of St. Andrews Old Course have also been