Royal Melbourne has reclaimed its place atop Australian Golf Digest's list of the nation's best golf courses.

Royal Melbourne has reclaimed its place atop the list of Australia's best golf courses.

The club's West Course topped Australian Golf Digest's biennial list of the country's top 100 courses for the first time.

The Composite Course had topped every list up until 2010, when the honour went to Kingston Heath, which hosted the 2009 Australian Masters won by Tiger Woods.

However, Royal Melbourne returned to the top of the latest rankings to be published on Wednesday, relegating Kingston Heath to second ahead of Ellerston (NSW), Barnbougle Dunes (Tasmania) and Sydney's NSW Golf Club.

Top 10 golf courses in Australia, as ranked by Australian Golf Digest: 1 Royal Melbourne West (Vic), 2 Kingston Heath (Vic), 3 Ellerston (NSW), 4 Barnbougle Dunes (Tas), 5 New South Wales (NSW), 6 Barnbougle Lost Farm (Tas), 7 The National (Vic), 8 Royal Melbourne East (Vic), 9 Victoria (Vic), 10 Metropolitan (Vic).