I’ve been to over 200 high-end golf courses around the globe. Here are 8 of my all-time favorites.

I was lucky to golf at an Alister MacKenzie-designed course while at the University of Michigan for four years. I never dreamed I’d one day survey the golf-course architect’s crowning achievement, the Cypress Point Club.

Located along the Pacific Ocean in Pebble Beach, California, it’s both beautiful and extremely exclusive — only 250 or so CEOs and other elites are members.

The fabled 16^th hole — a par 3 with a daunting tee shot over crashing surf and craggy rocks — will live in my mind’s eye forever.

The nearby Spyglass Hill is also incredible

Just down the coast from Cypress Point stands Spyglass Hill, a classic Robert Trent Jones Sr. design along the Pacific.

It’s well worth the stiff greens fees — around $415 — given its prized location by Carmel-by-the-Sea and its perennial popularity among golfers.

Spyglass is a three-layer confection: it courses up and downhill through dense pine forests and austere sand dunes — it even has a too-brief encounter with the sea.

Forest Dunes Golf Club in northern Michigan is one of the Mitten State’s best-kept secrets

Scottsdale, Arizona, is home to over 200 golf courses and is a choice winter getaway for snowbirds from all over.

The deepest-pocketed of them probably call the private gated community Desert Mountain their home away from home.

There are six Jack Nicklaus courses on the property. The very first, Renegade, is regarded to be among his most ingenious designs.

Featuring six double greens and seven tee boxes, it can play from 4,400 to over 8,000 yards and offers painterly views of the Sonoran Desert sunsets.

Omni Golf’s Grove Park Inn is still popular after 100 years

The Carolinas are known for having some great golf. North Carolina gets bragging rights for its justifiably famous Pinehurst No. 2 course, but let’s not overlook Omni Golf’s Grove Park Inn in Asheville.

Surrounded by the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, the course is over a century old and was originally designed by renowned architect Donald Ross.

The adjoining Grove Park Inn, with its 43,000-square-foot subterranean spa, is also worth a visit. The historic resort has hosted the likes of Barack Obama and F. Scott Fitzgerald, as well as innumerable golf legends.

Cabo del Sol ranks among Mexico’s best resorts — and its got great golf, too

Mexico has seen an explosion of new golf courses in the last decade, but Tom Weiskopf’s Cabo del Sol layout in Los Cabos has been a top draw for over 20 years now.

It deserves kudos for the views alone — the glimmering Sea of Cortez is visible from all 18 holes as the course winds its way through desert washes and sand.

The course is also undergoing a $20 million makeover, with some stunning new holes and a swanky clubhouse. If you visit, don’t leave without trying the local sea-bass tacos.