Rolling, sandy terrain, rippled fairways that were spared from a bulldozer, ever-present winds, wavy prairie grasses and gigantic blow-out bunkers create the sensation of being seaside in the middle of landlocked Nebraska. One of its tricks? One is at the downhill 560-yard 15th, which is reachable under certain wind conditions. / Robert Trent Jones (1962) More about this course , 7,037 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 61.3327Winston-Salem, N.C. / Perry Maxwell (1939)More about this course , 7,540 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.3059Louisville / Jack Nicklaus (1987)More about this course , 7,280 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 61.2570 Newtown Square, Pa. / Donald Ross (1928) More about this course , 7,404 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.1407Kohler, Wis. / Pete Dye (1990)More about this course , 7,175 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.1206Galena, Ohio / Jay Morrish & Tom Weiskopf (1992)More about this course , 7,635 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 61.1174 Charlotte, N.C. / George Cobb (1961) More about this course , 6,500 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 61.0755Santa Cruz, Calif. / Alister MacKenzie (1929)More about this course , 6,808 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 61.0487Charleston, S.C. / Seth Raynor & Charles Banks (1926)More about this course , 7,035 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.0191Wayzata, Minn. / Tom Fazio (1999)More about this course , Photo By: Peter Wong/Courtesy of Spring Hill GC. Too few modern courses meet that criterium, but this oneest parfait. (Photo: Getty Images), Tom Doaks works along large bodies of water populate our list but some contend what he did in the American West at Rock Creek is just as exhilarating as his more photographed courses in sandy soil. Some par-4s are short, others are monsters with the delta being as much as 200 yards. Trump National Bedminster Old Course (Bedminster) 15. Indeed, plenty of the holes elbow one direction or the other, so driver is not an automatic decision. The dunes extend inland only some 350 yards and the architects did a fabulous job in having the holes flow across them in every conceivable manner. 17 at Trinity Forest. (Photo: Kevin Murray), A.W. When Nine Bridges has played host to the PGA Tours CJ Cup, the pro routinely praise both its challenge and presentation. Arguably Americas premier urban design, LACC North hosted the 2017 Walker Cup and design aficionados cant wait for the2023 U.S. Open. Most Likely Place to Three-Jack: No. Hosting major events on a regular basis confers prestige and pride to any membership. Found in the state of Georgia, in the United States, many golfers are adamant that the Augusta National is the worlds most exclusive and prestigious golfing club. In Naples, Florida, Golf communities come in all shapes, sizes, and price points for all lifestyles, including active adults, golfers over 55, and young families. To understand what it means to get the most from the land, study the small parcel around the clubhouse that contains the 1st, 2nd and 18th holes, each stellar in its own right. His placement of the green sites some on knobs or plateaus, some at ground level and the magnificent 10th green at the holes low point beyond a hillock define the challenge. Best Place to Play in Three Hours or Less: Mens Course at Ridglea. (Photo: Getty Images), Accessible by ferry or air, this exclusive retreat off the Connecticut coast is populated by the oldest of the Old Money crowd, many of whom still enjoy hoofing it. Perry Maxwell built this inspired North Carolina layout on a former R.J. Reynolds horsefarm. Opens since 1986, most recently in 2018, this is William Flynns design masterpiece. Oakland Hills 19. Tillinghast (1923) More about this course , 6,877 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 65.6420 Wheaton, Ill. / C.B. The course so impressed Jack Nicklaus in his 1966 win that he named his own major-worthy course in Ohio after it. Tillinghast (1922) More about this course , 7,731 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.8534 Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry & Ron Whitten (2006) More about this course , 7,242 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.6900Newburgh, Ind. Legendary golf writer Bernard Darwin summed it up nicely when he opined, The National Links is a truly great course; even as I write I feel my allegiance to Westward Ho!, to Hoylake, to St. Andrews tottering to its fall. (Photo: William Tyler Smith), The evolution over more than 130 years of this design is fascinating and has yielded what many consider to be the games finest front nine. Two of the best examples occur late in the round. (Photo: Courtesy Portmarnock), Founding a private club in a remote destination is not without peril and it is reasonable to expect a club to takesometime find its footing. Add in fescue fairways and the sites broad slopes and you have a course whose asks change daily. Hard for a course this well known to exceed first-time expectations but it does. The fact that you can walk Rye in two and half hours makes you question the merit of courses that are so much longer. / H.C. Leeds (1898)More about this course , 7,097 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.9341River Hills, Wis. / H.S. (Photo: Getty Images), Developers Ben Cowan-Dewar and Mike Keiser handed over a rolling plot of coastal Nova Scotia terrain to Canadian architect Rod Whitman. Often on a Tom Doak course, the best way to get a ball close to the hole requires both imagination and creativity. (Photo: Kevin Murray), Thanks to a 25-year-long restoration effort with meticulous attention to detail, Somerset Hills has reached the point where some trumpet it as A.W. (Photo:Courtesy Rye), Regardless of whether the wind is blowing or what technology does, Lythams 205 bunkers mean that this rugged links is always ready to test the best, just as it has done since 1926 when it played host to its first Open Championship. In the memorability department, however, 15 takes a backseat to the par-4 13th, The Pit, whose green sits directly behind a low stone wall. The courses most famous hole is also its most feared, the 650-yard, par-5 15th, which falls away on both sides of the fairway and sports a horizon green perched precariously on a bluff overlooking the ocean. (Photo: David Cannon/Getty Images), What makes Merion so distinctive is its remarkable variety. Tillinghast understood about green construction that eludes other architects. What a delight that the Maxwells got to work with this special site as their soft touch on the land is a must-study for any architect. Immense pressure is placed on clubs to have their course evolve to handle equipment advancements. The par-3 9th is one of the hidden gem one-shotters in the Northeast, though it may take a few rounds to figure out why. NGLA 12. Though Sandwich is expansive, tense moments present themselves, including on 4th tee, where you must clear the rotas most fearsome fairway bunker. The golf world saw two new holes in action at the 2019 Open: the 7th and 8th, which replaced the old, comparatively dull 17th and 18th holes. The par-4s run the full gamut, from the beefy 4th that rewards a fade off the tee and a draw for an approach to the sub-400 yard gem 12th, which plays to a plateau green. The course looks like it has been there for a century, instead of having opened in 2021, which speaks volumes of the routing and the talented shapers that worked the project. This low-profile course has aged gracefully and remains in the conversation for Dyes best work. You have played all the Top 100 Courses. De Pan may not have the topography of St. Georges Hill but it does have sand dunes throughout the property. Tillinghast layout. Less discussed but just as exciting is its 16th green, with its left and right plateaus separated by a deep channel. Seventy-five years later and this Georgia course still adheres to the founding vision, which speaks volumes to the quality of RTJs original design. Golf simply hadnt seen holes like the 3rd and 13th. Opens? A die-hard New Yorker remarked, Its enough to make one want to live in New Jersey. (Photo: Russell Kirk), Canadas top-ranked course is a six-year-old Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw that alternates between big dunes at the southern end and cliffs at the northern end that rise more than 100 feet above the Gulf of St. Lawrence, inspiring Pebble Beach-like awe. Most of the greens are open in front and many are at grade with their surrounds, presenting countless run-up shot opportunities that dovetail with the bouncy playing conditions derived from the sandy soil underneath. (Photo: Courtesy Swinley Forest), Drone shots of this course are evocative, showing holes located on fingers of land hundreds of feet above the Pacific Ocean. Chicago Golf Club 8. California. Forty percent of the World top 15 (here, Pine Valley, Oakmont, Royal Dornoch, Pebble Beach and Merion) derived much of their substance from individuals who built few other courses. A bold start that features a 475-yard par-4 and a 225-yard par-3 give way to gentler, though strategically rich holes that were favorites of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, a frequent visitor. Dyes contributions to modern architecture cant be overstated. Dating to 1916, the course was made over by A.W. Thats true in spades here as players delight in finding creative ways to use banks and punchbowl features. / Tom Fazio (2004)More about this course , 6,836 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 63.3210A.W. Among its members This is one of a handful of courses that presents resort guests with a fun test on which they wont lose a single ball, and a week later can be ready to host a U.S. Open. The course is buoyed by its enviable location in the dunes along the Pacific Ocean, along with superior fine-fescue fairways and swirls of natural grass and sand. After the Womens U.S. Open was played the following week, a powerful message had been broadcast around the world from the home of American golf about the virtues of width, short grass and great greens. Peter Thomson won the first Open played here, in 1954, and Birkdale has staged nine other editions, most recently Jordan Spieths remarkable win in 2017. Cypress Point 4. Golf architecture was about to head in a more exciting direction, one that prized variety as well as the use of grasses for texture and contrast. Spectacular ocean views sometimes come with the price of cold and damp playing conditions but not here. This is a private golf institution located in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Some critics of rankings grumble that hosting a major unduly elevates a course. Like Rye, its quintet of one-shotters and tight sub-70 par make it more of a complete test than a quick glance at its scorecard might indicate. Merion Golf Club (Pennsylvania) Merion Golf Club is a private golf club located in Haverford (Photo: Getty Images), The immense appeal of Alister MacKenzies Golden Age masterwork is captured by former world No. 9. With GOLF Course Rater Lukas Michel, Methodology:How we rate courses|Meet our expert panelists, More GOLF course rankings:Top 100 Courses in the U.S.|Top 100 Courses You Can Play | Top 100 Value Courses in the U.S. | Americas Best Municipal Courses | Top 100 Short Courses in the World, Analyzing a golf course need not be complicated. The more you travel, the more you appreciate Prestwicks unique charms. Additionally, does any walk compare with that final stroll up the iconic par-5 18th as it curves left around Carmel Bay?! The putter was a Ram Fishers Island The mighty-mite 8th gets much of the attention, but Troon also has a host of sterling two-shotters, including the 7th, 11th, 13th and 15th. The Outlier. Echoed five-time Open champion Tom Watson, It is one of the best and most beautiful tests of links golf anywhere. Greenkeeper John Bambury embarked six years ago to convert the poa greens to fine fescue and to re-establish the running game. It took over the top three floors as an extension of the restaurant in 2008. USE OF AND/OR REGISTRATION ON ANY PORTION OF THIS SITE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF OURVISITOR AGREEMENT(UPDATED 1/6/23),PRIVACY AND COOKIES NOTICE(UPDATED 1/4/23) ANDCALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE. Newport Country Club 11. (Photo: Courtesy Kawana), This cult classic is a personal favorite of both Pete Dye and Tom Doak. Macdonald flair that, well, even Macdonald would appreciate. (Photo: Joann Dost), NGLA, or National, as its known, brought Seth Raynor and C.B. 1928. Colt never went down that path and thus his courses enjoy timeless appeal. Nearly every hole at St. Andrews and Augusta National provides a safe route to the green and also a riskier one. Amateurs, who look at links golf as an adventure vs. a livelihood, are more uniformly effusive in their praise. What follows are a dozen par-4s, 10 of which measure more than 420 yards, and an infamously diabolical group of five par-3s that have this 6,503-yard course weighing in yard for yard as one of the most difficult on our list. Probably not, given its last one was in 1908! Macdonalds course in 1923 and not much has changed since as its slew of exemplary template holes make it just as relevant today as it was in the hickory era. Royal Portrush Golf Club, Antrim 9. Then it moved higher still. Colt, 1912/S.V. The standard quartet of Raynor template one-shot holes (Redan, Short, Biarritz and Eden) are here and rival his best set. It also signifies theowners high golf IQ. The course isnt overseeded, and the release of the ball across its dormant fairways allows the first-class architecture to shine. (Photo: Gary Lisbon), One of the five founding members of the United States Golf Association in 1894, Chicago Golf was the site of the nations first 18-hole course; it also was the first course outside of the Northeast to play host to the U.S. Open. After a recent ownership change, a superb upgrade was performed by Martin Ebert that better utilized the jagged cliffline. (Photo: De Pan), Its always a delight to find a course that rewards the lost art of shaping shots. Burning Tree 16. The result is Canadas first authentic links. Yet what emerged, courtesy of George Thomas and Billy Bell, is one of the games strategic design marvels. WebTheres a wide choice of superior golf courses to be found in Ontario. Royal Belfast Golf Club, Down 1 Adare Manor, Limerick 10. Laurie Auchterlonie won the 1902 U.S. Open here with record scores, owing to the debut of the longer, more durable Haskell ball. Alister MacKenzie. Ocean views stun the senses, along with bluff-top sand dunes sprinkled with Scotch broom and gorse bushes, coastal pines, crashing surf, wind-whipped tall native grasses and stacked sod bunkers. The emphasis on short grass and variety became the foundation for strategic designs that followed, including Augusta National. As Hanse says, The course enjoys a perfect sense of place and balance.Two shotters like 3 and 10 will challenge the players with uneven fairway lies but its superlative collection of one-shot holes will also prove quite a test, even with ball in hand and a perfect lie/stance. Just as impressive is the diagonal bunker scheme that slashes into the 5th fairway, making it one of the best 400-yarders in the country. 2 and NGLA in the sense that one mans steady hand (in this case John Sutherland) elevated the course over a period of several decades. A poor course set-up for the 1999 Open furthered its reputation as Carnastie. Thats a shame. New York. Measuring just under 6,600 yards, monster length is not required when you have greens this good. The field at the 2022 U.S. Open was reminded that there is no substitute for hitting fairways and greens as thick rough remains a component of the courses challenge just as it was in 1913. Tillinghast (1923) More about this course , 6,659 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 63.0280Indian Hill, Ohio / Seth Raynor & Charles Banks (1927)More about this course , 7,439 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.9432New Albany, Ohio / Pete Dye (1967)More about this course , Channing Benjamin/Courtesy of Ballyneal GC, 7,147 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 62.8794 Holyoke, Colo. / Tom Doak (2006)More about this course , Photo By: Channing Benjamin/Courtesy of Ballyneal GC, 7,400 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.8543 Springfield, N.J. / A.W. Tillinghast built his most artistic collection of bunkers at this low-key Bay Area hideaway that avoids publicity as steadfastly as its neighbor the Olympic Club embraces it. 2 of 15. Tillinghast (1936)More about this course , 6,808 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.1065 Mamaroneck, N.Y. / A.W. With the wind more evident and the playing surfaces firm, the courses thorny playing attributes are once again on full display. Tom Doak and Ian Andrew spearheaded a restoration that was completed in 2015. The most memorable seaside tests are the par-4 4th and 5th, the par-3 12th and the drivable par-4 16th, each with eye-popping scenery and enjoyable risk/rewards. Augusta National 3. (Photo: Evan Schiller), The only course outside of England and Scotland to host the Open is perennially ranked in the worlds top-15 courses, thanks to a superior 1929 H.S. Also, dont miss its third nine, the Yellow Nine. Merion 6. The par-5 4th and its iconic cross-bunkering is a world-beater. More than a few Winged Foot devotees consider the 13th and 17th the best par-3s on the property, a seemingly outlandish claim until you play them. Number of Golf Courses in the State of Florida: 1,250. Colt, 1895/Tom Simpson/Herbert Tippet/Guy Campbell, 1907, C.B. (Photo: Kevin Murray), Neither as long nor as tough as its illustrious West sibling, the East enjoys its own devoted fanbase for its variety and the encouraging manner in which ground game options are now presented. Its configuration of holes for the 2022 U.S. Open proved to be its best composite course yet out of its 27 holes but note: GOLF ranks the Clyde/Squirrel course that its members play on a regular basis. (Photo: Getty Images), With sweeping, cross-course vistas punctuated by tawny native grasses and an exemplary routing thattwists around miles ofcreek beds, side-slopes andartistic bunkering, Old Towns restoration portrays the enduring spirit of classic golf architecture. Our panel clearly appreciates the variety of obstacles that the golfer must overcome as the course has steadily climbed the World ranking since its initial appearance in 2007. Meanwhile, a brawny collection of two-shotters dominates the stretch from 6-10. Macdonald (1911)More about this course , 7,075 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 67.3575 Jack Neville & Douglas Grant (1919) More about this course , 6,615 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 66.4734Seth Raynor & Charles Banks (1926)More about this course , 7,089 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 66.4208 Mullen, Neb. (Photo: Gary Lisbon), For most of its 80-year history, the Cal Club, as locals call it, served up a tight though well-regarded course, enhanced by its association with Ken Venturi. (Photo: Gary Lisbon), Augusta National is the vision of Bobby Jones and his chosen architect, Alister MacKenzie. 1 spot for decades, meaning Pine Valleys only benchmark is itself. Taku Miyamoto/Courtesy of Riviera Golf and Tennis, Inc. 7,040 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 64.5080Pacific Palisades, Calif. / George C. Thomas Jr. & W.P. One of the best is this property, where Colt teased a diverse collection of holes from the rolling landscape. Opens and the famous 1999 Ryder Cup. Druids Glen, Wicklow 6. Florida. Scroll down to check out our latest and greatest. Invernesss home hole famously measures under 400 yards and is one of the most interesting closers in the game. Instead, a stunning par-3 was created and 10 is now a par-5, longer and more complex while 11 moves closer to the shore. (Photo: Joann Dost), Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw moved teaspoons of dirt to construct the most natural, hew-to-the-land layout built since World War II. Its two nines are diverse the first is on more open land while the second jumps into the woods where Tillinghast incorporated natural water features to perfection. Macdonald/Seth Raynor, 1913/A.W. One banal way? Its thrilling finish features three consecutive -par holes where anything can happen: the drivable 16th, the brutish one shot 17th (which plays in the opposite direction as 16) and the par-5 18th, which cascades downhill toward the distinctive white art-deco clubhouse. Amateur telecast from here was captivating. Highlights include wide fairways, wild and woolly bunkers and panoramic views of Moray Firth and the Scottish Highlands. Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia In 1932, on the grounds of the storied 365-acre Fruitland Nurseries, Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts opened arguably Raves all around for how this course has evolved this century, as demonstrated by the exciting 2022 PGA Championship won by Justin Thomas. Seminole 9. Tom Weiskopf cites the primary appeal: The continuous change in direction from hole to hole leads to different winds, great balance and maximum variety. (Photo: LC Lambrecht), After Tom Watson played here before his Open defense in 1981, he remarked that the experience was the most fun Ive ever had on a golf course. Donald Ross grew up here, though Dornoch took its final shape as we know it today well after he left. Eventually it became a site for illegal dumping of toxic waste. Work started in 1928 and the course didnt open until 1931. Though Montanas rocky conditions made for a tough build, the result is wide fairways that flow over the tumbling land with a grace and ease that is hard to fathom. Alison introduced to Hirono in the early 1930s, so bunkers built since became known as Alisons. Originally, the course bore a sandy, scrubby appearance, but tree planting changed Hironos character over the decades. Among other things, Andrew Green saw to it that the incongruent water features were removed and made sure that the mighty East Course was once again a cohesive Golden Age masterpiece without blemishes. Jim McCann Editor Top 100 Golf Courses Alison (1929)More about this course , 7,372 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.9319Tom Fazio (2002)More about this course , 7,314 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.9306 Scottsdale / Tom Fazio (1995) More about this course , 7,348 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.9016Cherry Hills Village, Colo. / William Flynn (1923)More about this course , 7,203 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.8158Naples, Fla. / Michael Hurdzan & Dana Fry (2001)More about this course , Photo By: LC Lambrecht/Courtesy of Calusa Pines GC, 7,100 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.7497Edison, N.J. / Donald Ross (1921)More about this course , Photo By: LC Lambrecht/Courtesy of Plainfield CC, Evan Schiller/Courtesy of Quaker Ridge GC, 7,008 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 61.7315Scarsdale, N.Y. / A.W. Throw in a wonderful routing that hopscotches from one island of turf to the next across the rolling, sandy landscape and you have a course that hasnt budged from the No. The result is a low-profile design that beguiles. The 10 Most Expensive Country Clubs in the United States - Sandwich, as it is known colloquially, occupies some of the most rambunctious dunes of any Open venue. Its Hogs Head Golf Club The other new entries are Blainroe (#91), Kilkenny (#93), Moyvalley (#95), Corballis Links (#97) and Dunfanaghy (#100). Some of its template holes, including the Alps 3rd, the Redan 4th, the Short 6th and the Leven 17th, are arguably superior to their namesake holes in the United Kingdom that Macdonald copied. On the back side, one feature that was recently expunged was a natural pond 100 yards shy of the 17th green. (Photo: Dylan Dethier), Many consider this links to be the fairest Open rota course as most of the holes roll through valleys and the number of blind shots are few, despite the course being set in towering dunes. (Photo: Channing Benjamin), Dan Soutar, Mick Morcom and Alister MacKenzie each played a key role in creating a visual feast and a strategic masterpiece, helped in large measure by the sites critical virtue of being located on sandy soil. On a difficulty scale of 1 to 10, Jack Nicklaus once rated the West course a 12. Kudos to Phillips as the seamless melding of flat farmland and Old World links contours is quite the design accomplishment. (Photo: Graylyn Loomis), Lahinch charms with titanic sandhills and stunning views of both the Atlantic Ocean and of the Cliffs of Moher. Oakmont 13. States With The Most Golf Courses in the USA. The manner by which Maxwell draped the fairways across the rolling landscape resulted in few level lies. Forced carries over ravines, greens set along ridge-tops and the influence of Pages Creek add to the challenge. Thanks to the inspired positioning of the bunkers and the angled green, options abound on how to card a big number on this tiny hole. 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