Rory McIlroy picks his four favourite golf courses from around the world

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Rory McIlroy has named the four golf courses around the world that would make up his Mount Rushmore of iconic venues.

McIlroy has won on a number of the greatest golf courses on the planet, including Augusta National. The Northern Irishman has arguably done more than anyone in the current game to compete across the globe.

McIlroy burst onto the scene as a teenager on the European Tour. And while he predominantly plays on the PGA Tour at this stage of his career, he continues to make a number of appearances on the DP World Tour.

Rory McIlroy puts together his Mount Rushmore of golf courses

The 37-year-old teed it up in Australia and India last year. He has, more recently, shown a reluctance to stick to a traditional schedule in the United States. Instead, he has prioritised playing in the events and on the courses he has wanted to test himself at.

So there is probably no one in the current game better qualified to curate a Mount Rushmore of golf courses.

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He was asked on New Heights to pick out the four venues that stand out to him.

“I’ll go four different places. I’ll go Kingston Heath in Australia. I would go Royal County Down in Northern Ireland. I would do Pine Valley on the east coast, and then Cypress Point,” he said.

“It’s so hard because I’m leaving out so many great golf courses. It’s hard to do four, but those would be the four off the top of my head.”

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