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Celebrating Excellence in Golf Tourism
World Golf Awards™ serves to celebrate and reward excellence in golf tourism through our annual awards programme. World Golf Awards™ is part of World Travel Awards™.
World Golf Awards opens 2025 voting
Voting for the World Golf Awards 2025 programme is now open. Categories cover the entire spectrum of the golf tourism industry, and range from the best golf courses and designers to golf destinations, resorts and tour operators.
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The vital dates for your 2025 diary!
| Call for Entries: | Open |
| Voting: | 1 Feb – |
| Winners Announced: | 13 Nov 2025 |
Winner Resources
Receiving a World Golf Award™ is a world-class achievement that provides you, the winner, with the ideal marketing tool to promote your award-winning products and services ahead of your competitors. Find out more about your eligible products:
Nominee Resources
Being short-listed for a World Golf Awards™ nomination provides you, the Nominee, with the ideal opportunity to promote your potentially award winning products and services ahead of your competitors.
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Entries for 2025 are now closed. Entries for the 13th annual World Golf Awards open in January 2026.
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WatchGolf Madeira
World-class golf on the enchanting island of Madeira, host destination of World Golf Awards 2024
Savoy Palace
Savoy Palace from Savoy Signature is a short, scenic walk from the heart of Funchal's charming Old Town. An exquisite modern take on island hospitality, it is will host World Golf Awards Gala Ceremony 2024.
Santo da Serra
The Robert Trent Jones Snr's 27-hole Santo da Serra is the ideal spot to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life. The spectacular course will host World Golf Awards 2024.
Palheiro Golf
Madeira's 18-hole Palheiro Golf, one of Europe's most beautiful golf courses, will play host to World Golf Awards 2024.
World Golf Awards winners past and present
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2024
Greg Norman
- Golf Course Designer of the Year 2023
Paul Lawrie
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2022
Catriona Matthew
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2021
Henrik Stenson
- Golf Course Designer of the Year 2021
Annika Sörenstam
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2020
José María Olazábal
- Golf Course Designer of the Year 2020
Colin Montgomerie
- Golf Course Designer of the Year 2019
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2019
Gary Player
- Golf Course Designer of the Year 2018
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2018
Jack Nicklaus
- Golf Course Designer of the Year 2017
Sir Nick Faldo
- Golf Course Designer of the Year 2016
David Leadbetter
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2016
Ernie Els
- Golf Course Designer of the Year 2015
Greg Norman
- World’s Best New Golf Course 2015
Bernard Gallacher
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2015
Peter Alliss
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2014
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