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Golf Digest is a monthly magazine about the world of golf. It is published by Advance Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. Advance Publications also publishes the more specialised Golf for Women, Golf World and Golf World Business.

Since 1985 Golf Digest has produced biennial rankings of "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses". The courses are voted on by a panel of several hundred golf experts. Pine Valley Golf Club has topped the list every time except in 2001, when Pebble Beach Golf Links came first. The magazine also produces lists of the best new courses, the best golf resorts and the best courses in each U.S. state. Before the "Greatest" rankings were introduced in 1985 Golf Digest produced lists called at different times America's 100 Most Testing Courses and America's 100 Greatest Tests of Golf.

The magazine also compiles a list of the leading courses outside the United States. This is created using information from national golf associations, plus votes by the same panelists supplemented by some additional ones with international knowledge.

Right now, Golf Digest is one of the most popular magazines about golf in the world.