The Best of 2025
Kingdom’s influential panelists and always-curious editors have pondered and debated over the places, people, and products that have impressed us most in the past year. Here, with our annual review, we celebrate the best of 2025 in the golf world and beyond.
Golf Courses
The new courses, memorable rounds, and hidden gems that rose to the top in 2025.
Gear
The equipment, accessories, and apparel that kept our panelists playing—and looking—their best in 2025.
A Toast from Dewar’s
Here’s to the visionaries, creators, and game-changers shaping the world of golf and luxury. Dewar’s proudly raises a glass to this year’s Kingdom List honorees—celebrating excellence, craftsmanship, and the spirit of those who define the game at its best.
Travel
From the clifftops of Costa Rica to the historic streets of Vienna, these are our panelists’ favorite new hotels and resorts—plus a few memorable experiences we had along the way.
Dining
The new bars, restaurants, dishes, and drinks that inspired us most in 2025.
Life & Style
From watches to whiskies, a collection of items we adored in 2025.
Game Changers
Here, we pay tribute to the people who have forged new pathways and, each in their own way, made a major impact on golf over the past year.
Ones to Watch
These are the people and places we will be following closely in 2026, from tour rookies to restorations of some of golf’s greatest courses.
The Panelists
PGA Tour caddie Geno Bonnalie
Travel and lifestyle editor and luxury hotel expert Samantha Brooks
Golf writer and globetrotter David DeSmith
Chef with two Michelin stars, at last counting Gabriel Kreuther
In-demand golf course architect and amateur pilot David McLay Kidd
Dewar’s award-winning master distiller
Stephanie Mcleod
Golf journalist, broadcaster, Kingdom contributing editor
Alexandra O’Laughlin
Ten-time major champ, Hall of Famer, all-star mom Annika Sörenstam
Content creator, bomber off the tee, social media icon
Roger Steele
