The topography of the course is magnificent, the bunkering is superb (particularly the crossbunkers on 12 and 13) and the course finishes with a rare par-3 18th. America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses First established in 1966, the biennial 2021-2022 ranking of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses is ready for its close-up By Derek Duncan and. Between fairways and tree lines, they established vast bands of native hardpan sand dotted with clumps of wiregrass and scattered pine needles. Golf Digest's course list for the layman golfer with access to public tracks only. Perhaps its appearance on Americas 100 Greatest Public will change that.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2017-18. And even by Whistling Straits, the imitation links on the opposite side of Lake Michigan that Arcadia Bluffs resembles, although the sand dunes at Arcadia are natural, not manmade. Highest ranking: No. Golf Cars & Carts (352) 796-0403 1150 Ponce De Leon Blvd Brooksville, FL 34601 4. Previous ranking: No. Highest ranking: No. Pine Needles has hosted three U.S. Women's Opens, so was it being overlooked when the 2014 U.S. Women's Open was conducted at Pinehurst No. There are no rakes at Whistling Straits, in keeping with the notion that this is a transplanted Irish links. 59, ranked slightly higher than its reverse image Red Course. Its fortunes rose and fell with the temperatures, going out of business but later revived by local residents in the mid 2000s with an entirely new golf course built by Tom Fazio. Previous ranking: No. Previous ranking: No. 80. Pawleys Island, S.C. / 800-483-6800 / fishclub.comMike Strantz (1994)6,526 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 56.6737Caledonia, the first solo design in the short, brilliant career of Mike Strantz, is an 18 shoehorned into an oak-dotted sand-dune parcel so tight that the ninth is a pitch-shot par 3 over the entry road to a wide green that's smaller than the bunker fronting it. 3, 2003-04. 51. 9, 2009-14. Still others are edged by manmade irrigation lakes or natural desert washes. / 406-889-6501 / wildernessclubmontana.comBrian Curley & Nick Faldo (2009)7,207 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.7787Sitting far closer (just eight miles) from the Canadian border than from any major city in Montana, Wilderness Club was an ill-timed residential development venture a decade ago, and thus the once-private club now accepts outside play, much of it from day-trip Canadians. The average salary for a Cleaner is $13 10 Things You Need to Know about Living in Summerlin; Pros and Cons of Living in Summerlin; Named by Golf Digest magazine as "One of America's Best Golf Courses" and by Nevada Business Magazine as the "#1 Private Golf Course in Nevada" (2006), TPC Summerlin and its championship layout continue to redefine . Others say it's the best course never to have hosted a major event. Highest ranking: No. But the course is also broad where handicap players drive the ball, the greens are open in front and the bunkers are shallow. Previous ranking: No. Bandon, OR. Highest ranking: No. 40, 2011-12. Amateur win in 1959 and Annika Sorenstam's first U.S. Women's Open win in 1995. 2, 2007-12, 2015-16 through presentMore about this course , Haven, Wis. / 800-344-2838 / whistlingstraits.comPete Dye (1998) / 7,790 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 64.5043Pete Dye transformed a dead flat abandoned army air base along a two-mile stretch of Lake Michigan into an imitation Ballybunion at Whistling Straits, peppering his rugged fairways and windswept greens with 1,012 (at last count) bunkers. 30), both designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, as well as Pinehursts No. 800-654-9300 / pebblebeach.comJack Neville & Douglas Grant (1919)/Herbert Fowler (R. 1920)7,075 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 67.3675Pebble Beach has been the No. Kauai, Hawaii / 808-826-1912 / makaigolf.comRobert Trent Jones Jr. (1971)7,223 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 56.9212The first solo design of Robert Trent Jones Jr., Princeville Makai is situated on bluffs overlooking Kauai's Hanalei Bay and pipeline surf. Southern Pines, N.C. / 910-692-9362 / pineneedles-midpines.comDonald Ross (1921)6,732 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 56.4297What began as a private retreat called Knollwood, funded by Roaring Twenties millionaires like James Barber, Horace Rackham and Henry Ford, is now a charming public Donald Ross design, revitalized by young first-time designer Kyle Franz in the style of nearby Pinehurst No. Hanses and Wagners new iteration ties No. Its most controversial hole is the short par-4 14th with a thumb of a green personally fashioned by Crenshaw. 8.More about this course , 866-772-4769 / erinhills.com Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry & Ron Whitten (2006)7,731 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.8534Despite the legend spread by many, Erin Hills wasn't designed specifically to host a U.S. Open. 20. Great Waters is a vivid example of that intent. The late golf writer Charlie Price, who lived on the island, took one look at it and dubbed it a "waste bunker." Jack Neville/Douglas Oregon (7) 3. Fox Chapel Golf Club. Hanses design takes advantage of a prominent diagonal ridge that runs across the site and his routing works up, down and sideways across that landform. Public play on each alternates on a daily basis. Highest ranking: No. Peoria, Ariz. / 928-501-1500 / quinterogolf.comRees Jones & Steve Weisser (2000)7,208 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 56.5957Perhaps no course in the greater Phoenix area provides a better experience of the area's diverse topography. Most greens are ringed by random lumps, bumps and hollows, what Dye calls his "grenade attack architecture." 14.More about this course , 800-494-8666 / arcadiabluffs.comRick Smith & Warren Henderson (2000)7,300 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.5764Can a 100 Greatest course be a sleeper? Few golfers recognize that the East is a combination of Donald Ross holes (one through six and 16 through 18) and Robert Trent Jones ones (holes seven to 15). To distinguish it from the adjacent Coore-Crenshaw Sand Valley design (ranked No. 231-439-4028 / bayharborgolf.comArthur Hills, with Stephen Kircher (1998)6,845 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.6225One of three grand "new Pebble Beaches" that debuted in the late 1990s, Bay Harbor was ranked third in Golf Digest's survey of Best New Upscale Public Courses of 1999, behind the twin juggernauts (and fellow Pebble Beach clones) Bandon Dunes and Whistling Straits. 16.More about this course , Nekoosa, Wis. / 888-651-5539 / sandvalley.comBill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (2017)6,938 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 60.6800Given a thousand acres of rolling sand hills in Central Wisconsin, Coore and Crenshaw were also given carte blanche to route this course, the first of several for the Sand Valley Resort. Highest ranking: No. Best golf courses: GOLF's Top 100 Courses in the U.S. 2020-2021. Previous ranking: No. It will host the 2024 U.S. Open.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. Highest ranking: No. Previous ranking: No. 21.More about this course , Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii / 877-527-2582 / kapaluamaui.comBill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (1991)7,596 Yards, Par 73 / Points: 59.9800Here's a curious fact: Kapalua's Plantation Course, built on old pineapple fields, is irrigated by the same system used a hundred years ago to water pineapples. 44. 35, 2015-16. Here are the top-ranked courses for 2021-2022, as scored in our seven scoring criteria by Golf Digest's course-ranking panelists. The front nine is mostly tree-lined, the back more open, with both touching on ponds, marsh and Pine Valley-like sandy wastelands. Previous ranking: No. Previous ranking: No. Architect: Jack Nicklaus. Bay Harbor consists of 27 holes, but we rank its Links 9, which plays mostly on a plateau overlooking Lake Michigan, and its Quarry 9, which dips in and out of a lakefront stone quarry.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. 22, 2007-08. Highest ranking: No. "We popped the hills at Poppy Hills," says Trent Jr. A new feature are sandy naturalized areas and pine straw off the fairways instead of manicured rough, part of a concerted effort to significantly reduce water consumption.100 Greatest Public History: 2017 to current. Eureka, Mont. Canada | Top 100 Golf Courses | Top 100 Golf Courses Canada Canada's mix of French and British traditions makes you wonder why the French and English can't get along a little better, but this cosmopolitan mix makes Canada excitingly diverse just like its landscape. 35, 2017-18.More about this course , Lecanto, Fla. / 352-746-3440 / stay.blackdiamondranch.comTom Fazio (1987)7,056 yards, Par 72 / Score: 59.0420. While it looks at home in the Pinehurst sand hills, it functions as an extroverted counterpoint to the No. The trio of designers, playfully dubbed "The Holy Trinity," thoughtfully shaped an 18 that looks natural, plays strategically and is sensitive to the coastal wetland environment.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. Previous ranking: No. Cascata plays mostly uphill on the front, downhill on the longer back nine. The drivable par-4 sixth is a riff on Rivieras 10th, and theres a little Pebble Beach-inspired downhill par 3 with a reservoir and Front Range views taking the place of the Pacific Ocean backdrop. The Bob Cupp design is far more subtle than a Wayne western, with low-profile greens edged by graceful chipping areas and fairways intersected repeatedly by the Big and Little Dechutes rivers. 73. The back nine, playing repeatedly over deep barrancas, is a test for even the most talented. Jones's renovation was true to the philosophy of original architect Dick Wilson, who liked to pinch fairways with bunkers and surround greens with more bunkers, all of them deep.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. Myrtle Beach / 855-409-2177 / thedunesclub.netRobert Trent Jones (1949) / Robert Trent Jones (R.1959)7,450 Yards, Par 72 | Points: 57.6094Its ocean-side dunes are mostly covered with turfgrass and mature trees now, but when Robert Trent Jones built The Dunes back in the late 1940s, the property was primarily windswept sand dotted with lagoons. Primland sits atop a mountain plateau overlooking some of the most unusual scenery in America, a deep river valley dotted with tall spirals of rock. 75, 2015-16. Previous ranking: No. Highest ranking: No. Forest Dunes has clever greens with subtle contouring, with some treacherous hole locations, just beyond false fronts of steep putting surface or right beside fall-away ear lobes the lead off the sides of greens. Previous ranking: No. After grassing both greens and their bold surrounds in the same MiniVerde Bermuda turf, it was decided to mow everything at the same low height of cut. 54, 2015-16. Playing firm and fast, it was a wildly successful fortnight when the 2014 Men's and Women's U.S. 1 course ever since we introduced the 100 Greatest Public in 2003. Bear Lake, Mich. / 800-494-8666 / arcadiabluffs.comDana Fry & Jason Straka (2019)7,412 yards, par 72 / Score: 58.1482. RESORT, (NEW) THE PFAU COURSE AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY, TRUMP NATIONAL DORAL MIAMI (BLUE MONSTER), (RELATED: The best courses in every state), No. Its very inventive design also demands some aerial play, too. Its green, perched like a birthday cake, was formed by piling dirt over an old railroad boxcar.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2015. Celebrating its 48 th anniversary in 2023, The Bay Course has long been dubbed as "Hawaii's favorite resort course." Bump-and-run is the name of the game but the structure of each hole requires thoughtful bumps and targeted runs. Valentine, Neb. Nos. 29, 2011-12. However, there are two courses you won't find on the list - Lonsdale Links, on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula, and the newest addition to the Melbourne Sandbelt, Sandy Links. Pebble's sixth through eighth are golf's real Amen Corner, with a few Hail Marys thrown in over a ocean cove on eight from atop a 75-foot-high bluff. Mission Hills (World Cup), China. Highest ranking: No. Casa de. 94. Highest ranking: No. Though not as broad as is customary for the designers, the cant of the holes and the engaging fairway bunkering puts a premium on shaping shots and hitting the correct lines off the tee. 13.More about this course , Photo Credit: Nile Young Photography/Courtesy of Arcadia Bluffs GC, Bandon, Ore. / 888-345-6008 / bandondunesgolf.comBill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (2020)6,636 yards, par 72 / Points: 61.5402. Previous ranking: No. Courtesy Mammoth Dunes There are seven courses in. Meet the newcomers on our 2021/2022 Top 100 Courses You Can Play list By: Nick Piastowski May 4, 2021 Mammoth Dunes in Nekoosa, Wis. Orange County National (Panther Lake) Barefoot Resort & Golf's Love Course (Courtesy of Barefoot) T151. Highest ranking: No. / 888-402-1101 / theprairieclub.comGraham Marsh (2010)7,403 Yards, Par 73 / Points: 56.3556Not as pure a Nebraska sandhills experience as sister Dunes Course, which is ranked No. The rolling greens and rumpled fairways are framed by rugged sand dunes and marvelously grotesque bunkers. Wolcott, Colo. / 970-754-8425 / redskygolfclub.comTom Fazio (2002)7,116 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 56.9939The companion to No. Colt for its design, but in truth the present Seaside Course is purely Tom Fazio, who incorporated the original Colt-designed nine (called Seaside) and the Marshland nine designed in 1974 by Joe Lee to create a new 18-hole course. Previous ranking: No. West Point, Miss. Previous ranking: No. It plays like a Hitchcockian thriller, creating tension with visually alluring holes that roam the hills of the sandy, wooded terrain of west central Florida before dropping a mind-bending plot twist in the third act. Bethpage Black now has the conditioning of a U.S. Open or PGA Tour stop, both of which it has been in recent years. Golf Digest's latest 100 Greatest ranking, explained: How we define greatness By Derek Duncan May 07, 2021 W hen mapmaker C.S. It should be higher. 46. Previous ranking: No. Kohler, Wis. / 855-444-2838 / blackwolfrun.comPete Dye (1989)7,250 Yards, Par 72 | Points: 57.1627Even before Pete Dye completed the River Course at Blackwolf Run, he had taken the front nine of the original Blackwolf Course (Best New Resort winner of 1988) and merged it with a newly-constructed nine to form the Meadows Valley Course. Amateur and 2015 U.S. Open. Sheboygan Falls, Wisc. After trial runs hosting the 2008 U.S. Women's Publinks and the 2011 U.S. This list represents the 2020 list from Golf Digest's Top 100 Public Golf Courses. It now genuinely serves as a country club for the day.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2011. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Mid-Pines GC/kevinmurraygolfphotography.com. Located in the Sierra Nevada foothills 50 miles northwest of Reno, this is getaway, escapist golf and a refreshing trek through nature. The design rewards shaped drives and precise approaches that come in high. 100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. The late architect Bob Cupp didnt. Wild Horse is perhaps their finest, laid out on the southern edge of the Nebraska sand hills and patterned after the great Sand Hills Golf Club to the northwest, which both Proctor and Axland helped build. 22, 2017-18. Today, water worries are in the past, in part because of a new storage tank that allows the club to capture and store recycled water.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. Highest (and previous) ranking: No. Using "friendly contours" that divert shots away from bunkers and toward targets, designer Kidd wants everyone to have fun, maybe even shoot personal best scores. Pebble Beach Pebble Beach,. As a sign on the first tee states, Bethpage Black is an extremely difficult course recommended only for highly skilled players. For our 2016 Best New competition, Doak wanted the entire 36 holes considered as one entry. It has twice been ranked among America's 100 Greatest, from 1995 to 1998 and from 2005 to 2006. For major events, like the 2012 U.S. Women's Open, Dye's original 18 was used. 3, 2005-06. GOLF's 2021-22 ranking of the best public courses in the Caribbean, Mexico and Bermuda With overall rank, course name, city, state, architect and year opened. 53. Patrick Koenig View: 10 20 30 01 Baltimore (East) Timonium, Maryland 74 65 1 4.5 02 Highest ranking: No. 23, 2007-08. Great public golf can be found in every corner of the United States. It hosted Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, an annual event on the PGA Tour, until 2020. A ridgeline separates the two courses (the ridge is designated as a wildlife corridor), with the Norman 18 positioned on an old sheep ranch on the western slope, affording long-range views of the Rockies to the west and south as well as gorgeous sunsets. 59. No need to sleep in the parking lot just to get a tee time anymore (just go online), but you may still have to verify your handicap. Bend, Ore. / 866-372-1003 / pronghornresort.com Jack Nicklaus (2003)7,379 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 58.9293When it first opened, Pronghorn was strictly private and its Nicklaus Course was ranked second by Golf Digest among America's Best New Private Courses of 2004. From the 6,400-yard white markers, however, you'll breeze though an 18. The minimum IELTS score is 7.0. back to top.For international students the logistics are more complex to arrange an interview. Prrevious ranking: No. Where The Quarry uses slopes and ramps, Wilderness rewards aerial play, with some high-low alternate fairways, lake-edged greens and a pair of drop-shot par 3s. San Martin, Calif. / 408-695-4590 / cordevalle.comRobert Trent Jones Jr. (1999)7,360 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 58.1888Located in the little-known but abundant golfing area south of San Jose, the gorgeous CordeValle was a private club when it first opened, but is a high-end resort destination these days, with climbing and descending soft hills dotted by gnarled oaks. (fifth hole pictured above),. How times change. 7.More about this course , Farmingdale, N.Y. / 516-249-4040 / nysparks.state.ny.usJoseph H. Burbeck & A.W. The Bermuda turf is firm and bouncy, and while the routing is sprawling, it's easily walkable.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2015. 25.More about this course , Pinehurst, N.C. / 800-487-4653 / pinehurst.comGil Hanse & Jim Wagner (2019)7,227 yards, par 72 / Score: 59.4574. 17, 2017-18. Highest ranking: No. Previous ranking: No. It possesses some of Dye's most exciting holes, from the triple-option reachable par-4 ninth to the boomerang-shaped par-5 11th to the monster par-4 18th, where Kohler surprised Dye by converting a long waste bunker into a temporary lagoon for tournament events. As golf continues to shed its reputation as a sport of exclusion, SCOREGolf has made the decision to disqualify any clubs that are not gender inclusive in their membership policies from eligibility for the Top 100. 100 Greatest Public History: Newly ranked. But in keeping with the resort's heritage, Fazio styled his new course in the manner of Colt, with big clamshell bunkers as well as exposed sand dunes off most of the windswept fairways.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. Riviera Country Club. In the case of The Bull at Pinehurst Farms, the empire is Herb Kohlers neighboring 36-hole Blackwolf Run (plus the 10-hole Baths course), not to mention Kohlers Whistling Straits complex just north of Sheboygan. Top Public Golf Courses in Excel Sheet Hi All, So I couldnt find this anywhere, but I created a free google sheet which includes all of the Top 100 US Public Golf Courses from Golf Digest (both the 2015-2016 rankings and 2017-2018 rankings) along with the Golf.com 2017 top 100 rankings. 100 Greatest Public History: Ranked on inaugural list through 2015-2016. Colorado Springs / 800-634-7711 / broadmoor.comDonald Ross (9 1919) / Robert Trent Jones (A.9 1952)7,355 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 58.7350Another classic mountain course, built hard against Cheyenne Mountain with green contours that pose optical illusions. Over the decades the tree-lined South Course, still a demanding tournament venue, has gained the respect of the best players who appreciate its unambiguous demands and ability to identify the best ball-strikers. 33, 2005-06. New Haven, Conn. / 203-392-2377 / yalegolf.yale.eduC.B. College golf courses can be the most challenging of assignments for architects because of the need to accommodate the broad range of abilities that play the course day to day. Built from sand spoils resulting from a massive phosphate strip mine, with some piles formed into dunes reaching 75 feet into the air, the Red has a wonderful mix of bump-and-run links holes and target-like water holes. These are the cream of the crop. Highest (and previous) ranking: No. Our Top 100 Courses You Can Play 2021-22, sorted by state and region With overall rank, course name, city, state, architect and year opened. 39.More about this course . Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia Cypress Point Club - Pebble Beach, California Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - Southampton, New York Oakmont Country Club - Oakmont, Pennsylvania Merion Golf Club (East Course) - Ardmore, Pennsylvania National Golf Links of America - Southampton, New York Pebble Beach Golf Links - Pebble Beach, California 70, 2015-2016. Highest ranking: No. 82. Some greens are perched like those at Pinehurst, others are massive with multi-levels, like those at St. Andrews. Haven, Wis. / 855-444-2838 / whistlingstraits.comPete Dye (2000)7,201 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 58.5657The Irish Course has the same manufactured dunescape found on its more famous sister Straits Course, but has three major differences. 50. He became a virtual household name in the 1980s after creating sensations like The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, PGA West and Blackwolf Run, and the fame continued throughout the 90s and for the rest of his careerat The Ocean Course, Whistling Straits,The Dye Course at French Lick and numerous othersuntil his passing in 2020. The fairways are bent grass, not fescue. 20). Previous ranking: No. Three mountain ranges surround the site: the Whitefish, Purcell and Rockies Mountains. Previous ranking: No. Cascades was ranked by Golf Digest as one of America's 100 Greatest for 40 years and is No. The Ozarks of southern Missouri are not tall, but their ridge-and-valley topography provides a sense of heightened elevation. 5, 2011-12. Previous ranking: No. Golfweek's Best 2021 Classic Courses: From Augusta National to Pebble Beach, these are the top 200 courses that were built before 1960 Golfweek's Best 2021 Modern Courses: From. In the early 1990s when Black Diamond Ranchs Quarry Course was the hot new thing on the block, it charted as high as No. Highest ranking: No. For pure golfing variety, Prairie Club rivals even Bandon Dunes.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2015. Because many holes were blasted from rock, some holes have fields of boulders in the rough and all water hazards are bulkheaded with stacked stone. Bandon Canada (7) 4. BlackHorse Golf Club Cypress This 36-hole course is wedged inside the BlackHorse Ranch community, about 35 minutes northwest of downtown Houston. More about this course , Brewster, Wash. / 509-436-8323 / gamblesands.comDavid McLay Kidd (2014)7,169 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 59.0990Winner of Golf Digest's Best New Course of 2014 award, Gamble Sands, on a high plateau of sand overlooking the Columbia River Valley, is oversized in every respect, with enormously wide fairways, mammoth greens, no rough and the most panoramic vistas of any ranked course. The 2022 Top 100. Some of Fazios spacious holes are molded into the desert earth and others ride the up and down rocky elevations, leading to a finish that includes the short par-4 17th and gamblers par-5 18th that streaks downhill around a water feature. Highest ranking: No. Best public golf courses 2021-22: GOLF's Top 100 Courses You Can Play. 91. 22, 2005-06. Macdonald (1915) / Lester George (R.2006) 7,246 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 59.1852 C.B. 65 (2015-2016 and previous). Akron, Ohio / 330-644-8441 / clubcorp.com/clubs/firestone-country-clubRobert Trent Jones (1959)7,283 yards, Par 70 / Score: 56.9599. With green fees under $50 on weekdays and just over $50 on weekends, Wild Horse is a true bargain among America's 100 Greatest Public. What's more, the holes are a more natural fit into the windswept terrain than the mammoth-mounded Straits Course. Highest ranking: No. Here, we showcase the Top-100 of those courses, as well as an additional 30 that received votes but narrowly missed inclusion among the centurions. Roscommon, Mich. / 989-275-0700 / forestdunesgolf.com Tom Doak (2016) 6,704 Yards, par 70 / Points: 57.7615 The idea of a reversible golf course is as old at the Old Course at St. Andrews, and golf architect Joel Goldstrand built a series of nine-hole reversible courses for small clubs in Minnesota, Iowa and North Dakota back in the 1980s. GOLF DIGEST RANKS PUNTA ESPADA IN WORLD'S 100 BEST GOLF COURSES - Cap Cana Blog. A nasty deep bunker now sits in the center of the 18th fairway.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2009. Maryland | Top 100 Golf Courses | Top 100 Golf Courses Maryland Maryland, the Free State, is considered by some to be a microcosm of America and earns its nickname of "America in Miniature" due to its climatic extremes and its topographical variety. 43. In the last decade, the club (which also has a Fazio-designed 18) began allowing public play on its Nicklaus track. According to Golf Digest, Wisconsin is home to two of the Top 10 ranked courses you can play in this country and four of the Top 20, fully 20% of each. Highest ranking: No. Macdonald/Seth Raynor (1926)6,409 yards, par 70 / Score: 58.5922. Two of its three nines (the Lake and Ocean 9s) were re-grassed and re-bunkered in 2009 by Jones and partner Bruce Charlton, who also re-established the width of several holes. 906-225-0721 / golfgreywalls.comMike DeVries (2005)6,828 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 57.4242A decade before architect Mike DeVries created the world-class Cape Wickham GC in Australia, he produced an equally compelling design in Michigans Upper Peninsula, a second 18 for Marquette G.C. 17.More about this course , Streamsong, Fla. / 863-428-1000 / streamsongresort.comBill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (2012)7,110 Yards, Par 72 | Points: 60.5785Coore and Crenshaw's Red Course is one third of the hottest golf destination to open in America this decade. Sanford, N.C. / 877-284-3762 / tobaccoroadgolf.comMike Strantz (1999)6,557 Yards, Par 71 | Points: 58.3597The late Mike Strantz was the game's most unconventional course designer, and Tobacco Road was perhaps the best example of his unorthodoxy. 24.More about this course , Kohala Coast, Hawaii / 808-882-5400 / maunakeabeachhotel.comRobert Trent Jones (1965) / Rees Jones (R.2008)7,370 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 59.7842The immediate thrill at Mauna Kea is its iconic par-3 third, a daunting tee shot over an ocean cove that's a great substitute for those unable to gain an invitation to tackle the 16th at Cypress Point. Previous ranking: No. Green Lake, Wis. / 800-529-4453 / lawsonia.comWilliam Langford & Theodore Moreau (1930)6,853 Yards, Par 72 | Points: 57.4026The geometric shapes and steep, angular slopes of Lawsonia's massive green pads and deep bunkers have led many to conclude it's a Seth Raynor design, which it is not. Known for pushing the boundaries in golf course design, Strantz went to the max as he cut through the sand quarries and natural terrain to create Tobacco Road. "Trent Jones in his kinder, gentler persona," we wrote. Like No. 5, 2003-04. Previous ranking: No. Arcadia Bluffs has been overshadowed by No. Pebble Beach / 800-654-9300 / pebblebeach.comRobert Trent Jones Jr., Tom Watson & Sandy Tatum (1987)6,821 Yards, Par 72 | Points: 58.1383The Links at Spanish Bay was the first true links course built in America in many decades, but it took years for conveyor belts to deposit sand atop exposed bed rock to return this mined-out sand quarry back to a linkland site. 18, 2009-10. With a routing that features 10 holes on Lake Oconee, Jack and his associate Jim Lipe worked hard to vary the encounters with water. 67. Given the name, many conclude Sand Valley is a combination of Nebraskas Sand Hills Golf Club and New Jerseys famed Pine Valley, but Sand Valley has its own personality, with some dual fairways, deep sand spits, perched greens and even a hidden punchbowl putting surface.100 Greatest Public History: Highest (and previous) ranking: No.

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