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Top 100 US Golf Courses 20212022 Courses Golf Digest

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1. PINE VALLEY G.C. 7,181 yards, Par 70 / Points: 72.1554. Clementon, N.J. / George Crump & H.S. Colt (1918) More about this course → Photo By: Courtesy of the club/Charley Raudenbush.
2. AUGUSTA NATIONAL (Ga.) G.C. 7,475 yards, Par 72 / Points: 71.8240. Alister MacKenzie & Bobby Jones (1933) RELATED: A comprehensive history of every change made to Augusta National →
3. CYPRESS POINT CLUB. 6,524 yards, Par 72 / Points: 69.9692. Pebble Beach / Alister MacKenzie & Robert Hunter (1929) More about this course → Photo By: J.D. Cuban.
4. SHINNECOCK HILLS G.C. 7,445 yards, Par 70 / Points: 69.5265. Southampton, N.Y. / William Flynn (1931) More about this course → Photo By: Dom Furore.
5. OAKMONT (Pa.) C.C. 7,255 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 68.9795. Henry Fownes (1903) More about this course → Photo By: Dom Furore.
6. MERION G.C. (East) 6,996 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 67.6807. Ardmore, Pa. / Hugh Wilson (1912) More about this course → Photo By: Stephen Szurlej.
7. NATIONAL G. LINKS OF AMERICA. 6,935 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 67.3821. Southampton, N.Y. / C.B. Macdonald (1911) More about this course → Photo By: Stephen Szurlej.
8. PEBBLE BEACH G. LINKS. 7,075 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 67.3575. Jack Neville & Douglas Grant (1919) More about this course → Photo By: Photo by Joann Dost.
9. FISHERS ISLAND (N.Y.) CLUB. 6,615 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 66.4734. Seth Raynor & Charles Banks (1926) More about this course → Photo By: Stephen Szurlej.
10. SAND HILLS G.C. 7,089 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 66.4208. Mullen, Neb. / Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (1995) More about this course → Photo By: Dom Furore.

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1. PEBBLE BEACH (Calif.) G. LINKS. 800-654-9300 / pebblebeach.com. Jack Neville & Douglas Grant (1919)/Herbert Fowler (R. 1920) 7,075 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 67.3675.
2. PACIFIC DUNES. Bandon, Ore. / 888-345-6008 / bandondunesgolf.com. Tom Doak (2001) / 6,633 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 64.8645. The second course built at Bandon Dunes Resort.
3. WHISTLING STRAITS (STRAITS) Haven, Wis. / 800-344-2838 / whistlingstraits.com. Pete Dye (1998) / 7,790 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 64.5043. Pete 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.
4. THE OCEAN COURSE. Kiawah Island, S.C. / 888-854-2924 / kiawahgolf.com. Pete Dye & Alice Dye (1991) / 7,849 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 64.4146. The first course designed for a specific event—the 1991 Ryder Cup—this manufactured linksland-meets-lagoons layout might well be Pete Dye's most diabolical creation.
5. SHADOW CREEK. North Las Vegas, Nev. / 866-260-0069 / shadowcreek.com. Tom Fazio, with Steve Wynn (1990) 7,560 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 64.1319. One of a kind, and maybe Tom Fazio's finest work ever.
6. PINEHURST (N.C.) RESORT (No. 2) 800-487-4653 / pinehurst.com. Donald Ross (9 1902 /Donald Ross & Walter Travis (A.9 1907) Donald Ross (R.1935) 7,588 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.9639.
7. BANDON (Ore.) DUNES. 888-345-6008 / bandondunesgolf.com. David McLay Kidd (1999) 6,732 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.3123. Maybe not as visually mesmerizing as Whistling Straits (which it beat for Best New Upscale Public Course of 1999), but talented golfers consider Bandon Dunes to be the consummate shotmaker's course, as good a total examination of one's game as there is in America.
8. BETHPAGE STATE PARK (BLACK) Farmingdale, N.Y. / 516-249-4040 / nysparks.state.ny.us. Joseph H. Burbeck & A.W. Tillinghast (1936) 7,468 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 63.1529.
9. ERIN HILLS (Wis.) G. CSE. 866-772-4769 / erinhills.com. Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry & Ron Whitten (2006) 7,731 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.8534. Despite the legend spread by many, Erin Hills wasn't designed specifically to host a U.S. Open.
10. SPYGLASS HILL G. CSE. Pebble Beach / 800-654-9300 / pebblebeach.com. Robert Trent Jones (1966) 6,960 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.5718. Given the task of designing a course just up 17 Mile Drive from Pebble Beach and Cypress Point, Robert Trent Jones responded with a combination of Pine Valley and Augusta National.

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Best golf courses: GOLF's Top 100 Courses in the U.S. 2020

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1. Pine Valley. Pine Valley, NJ. ARCHITECT. George Crump / Harry S. Colt. YEAR BUILT. 1918. …
2. Cypress Point. Pebble Beach, CA. ARCHITECT. Alister MacKenzie. YEAR BUILT. 1928. It’s almost …
3. Shinnecock Hills. Southampton, NY. ARCHITECT. William Flynn. YEAR BUILT. 1931. Venue for …
4. National Golf Links of America. Southampton, NY. ARCHITECT. C.B. Macdonald. YEAR BUILT. …
5. Oakmont. Oakmont, PA. ARCHITECT. Henry Fownes. YEAR BUILT. 1903. No course thrives more …
6. Augusta National. Augusta, GA. ARCHITECT. Alister MacKenzie/Bobby Jones. YEAR BUILT. …
7. Sand Hills. Mullen, NE. ARCHITECT. Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw. YEAR BUILT. 1995. Bill Coore and …
8. Merion (East) Ardmore, PA. ARCHITECT. Hugh Wilson. YEAR BUILT. 1912. What makes Merion …
9. Fishers Island. Fishers Island, NY. ARCHITECT. Seth Raynor. YEAR BUILT. 1926. Accessible by …
10. Pebble Beach. Pebble Beach, CA. ARCHITECT. Jack Neville/Douglas Grant. YEAR BUILT. 1919. …

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Top 100 Value Courses in the U.S.: The best golf courses

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1. Bethpage Black. Farmingdale, N.Y. $39-$85 (state residents) $78-$150 (out of state) The Black intimidates golfers with a sign at the 1st tee that recommends the course “only for highly skilled golfers.”
2. Lawsonia (The Links) Green Lake, Wisc. $65-$120* Golden Age masters Langford & Moreau spent nearly $4 million in 2020 dollars to build this literally ground-breaking Wisconsin layout.
3. Sand Hollow (Championship) Hurricane, Utah. $45-$125* Out amid the red rocks of southern Utah, a camera is almost as vital as your clubs. Against this National Geographic backdrop, Sand Hollow cuts a photogenic path, its holes specked with spiky desert vegetation and red-sand bunkers that complement their ruddy, stone surrounds.
4. Rustic Canyon. Moorpark, Calif. $15-$69. George Thomas, who worked magic in a canyon when building Riviera, is a hero to Rustic Canyon’s designers. Here, about an hour’s drive (traffic dependent!)
5. Wild Horse. Gothenburg, Neb. $52.13-$61.61. The Sand Hills of Nebraska are best known to golf buffs for a high-ranked private club of the same name. This is the Everyman’s equivalent.
6. French Lick (Ross) French Lick, Ind. $125. To say that both the property and the greens are rolling is an understatement! Whatever preconceived notions you might have about Donald Ross greens, they will be blown out of the water with one tour around this 1917 design, which was deemed such a good test that it quickly hosted the 1924 PGA Championship.
7. George Wright. Hyde Park, Mass. $41-$50 (state residents) $50-$57 (out of state) A WPA project in the late 1930s, this course thankfully came deep in Ross’ career, because it is hard to fathom that he would have had the ability to design so many outstanding holes on this rocky site if he had just arrived from Scotland where all he knew was sandy soil.
8. Bethpage Red. Farmingdale, N.Y. $26-$48 (state residents) $52-$96 (out of state) The Black Course casts such a long, daunting shadow, it’s amazing any grass can grow on its four sibling courses at Bethpage State Park.
9. Giant’s Ridge (Quarry) Biwabik, Minn. $79-109. Add a pinch of Pine Valley vibe with a splash of Irish links magic on top of a former sand, gravel and iron ore mining site and you get The Quarry at Giant’s Ridge.
10. Belvedere. Charlevoix, Mich. $40-$110. Thanks to how Golden Age architect William Watson incorporated meandering creeks, dramatic valley walls and gorgeous Michigan rolling landforms into his routing here, the golfer wants for nothing.

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Best public golf courses 202122: GOLF's Top 100 Courses

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1. Pebble Beach. Pebble Beach, CA. ARCHITECT. Jack Neville/Douglas Grant. YEAR BUILT. 1919. The first great American public oceanside course, Pebble benefits from an ingenious routing that brings the player to the ocean’s edge, then onto much higher ground, before returning to the cliffs for the climactic final two holes.
2. Pinehurst (No. 2) Village of Pinehurst, NC. ARCHITECT. Donald Ross. YEAR BUILT. 1907. Donald Ross’s chef d’oeuvre rolls spaciously through tall longleaf pines in the Carolina Sandhills with holes culminating with legendary inverted-saucer greens.
3. Pacific Dunes. Bandon, OR. ARCHITECT. Tom Doak. YEAR BUILT. 2001. This unconventional Tom Doak treasure catapulted him into the spotlight. A slew of par-4s on the first nine gives way to a 3-3-5-4-3-5 start to the second nine.
4. Cabot Cliffs. Inverness, Nova Scotia. ARCHITECT. Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw. YEAR BUILT. 2016. Canada’s 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.
5. Bethpage (Black) Farmingdale, NY. ARCHITECT. A.W. Tillinghast. YEAR BUILT. 1935. The Black intimidates golfers with a sign at the 1st tee that recommends the course “only for highly skilled golfers.”
6. Kiawah Island (Ocean) Kiawah Island, SC. ARCHITECT. Pete Dye. YEAR BUILT. 1991. The blend of tidal marshes, scrub-topped dunes, live oaks and the soothing sound of the Atlantic on every hole make this one of the South’s most memorable playing experiences.
7. Casa De Campo (Teeth of the Dog) La Romana, Dominican Republic. ARCHITECT. Pete Dye. YEAR BUILT. 1971. Founder Alvaro Carta deserves credit for hiring Pete Dye in 1970 to build this centerpiece attraction for his retreat and then allowing him to have nearly three miles of coastline with which to work.
8. Bandon Trails. Bandon, OR. ARCHITECT. Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw. YEAR BUILT. 2005. Several of Coore & Crenshaw’s finest designs are located at hard-to-access private clubs but many of their works thankfully are available to the public, often courtesy of developer Mike Keiser.
9. Bandon Dunes. Bandon, OR. ARCHITECT. David McLay Kidd. YEAR BUILT. 1999. Bandon’s original course is a David McLay Kidd design draped atop craggy headlands above the Pacific.
10. TPC Sawgrass (Stadium) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. ARCHITECT. Pete Dye. YEAR BUILT. 1981. Some sniff at the artificiality of a course being hewn from a swamp, yet that’s also what makes the Stadium Course stand out from the crowd.

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1. Bethpage Black. Farmingdale, N.Y. A.W. Tillinghast, 1936. Fees: $130–$150, nonresidents; $65–$75, NY State residents. The Black intimidates golfers with a sign at the 1st tee that recommends the course “only for highly skilled golfers.”
2. Chambers Bay. University Place, Wash. Robert Trent Jones, 2007. Fees: Varied green fees, with on-demand tee-time pricing. Robert Jones Jr., with the on-site help of Bruce Charlton and Jay Blasi, created a superb addition to the Pacific Northwest landscape.
3. George Wright. Hyde Park, Mass. Donald Ross, 1938. Fees: $50–$57, nonresidents; $41–$50, Boston residents. A WPA project in the late 1930s, this course thankfully came deep in Ross’s career, because it is hard to fathom that he would have had the ability to design so many outstanding holes on this rocky site if he had just arrived from Scotland where all he knew was sandy soil.
4. Bethpage Red. Farmingdale, N.Y. A.W. Tillinghast, 1935. Fees: $86–$96, nonresidents; $43–$48, NY State residents. The Black Course casts such a long, daunting shadow, it’s amazing any grass can grow on its four sibling courses at Bethpage State Park.
5. Torrey Pines (South) La Jolla, Calif. William Bell, 1957; Rees Jones, 2001/2019. Fees: $202–$252, nonresidents; $63–$78 San Diego City residents. Can it be 13 years since Tiger won the U.S. Open here on a broken leg in a playoff against Rocco Mediate?
6. Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point. Bronx, N.Y. Jack Nicklaus, 2015. Fees: $197–$227, nonresidents; $154–$185, NY City residents. Firm, undulating turf. Wind hard off the water.
7. Memorial Park. Houston, Tex. John Bredmus, 1936; Tom Doak, 2019. Fees: $120–$140, nonresidents; $30–$38, Houston residents. Another Tom Doak restoration project that nods to golf’s past while embracing its future.
8. Buffalo Dunes. Garden City, Kans. Frank Hummel, 1976. Fees: $25–$30, all golfers. For nearly five decades, this heartland links has owned the crown of Kansas’ best muni.
9. Piñon Hills. Farmington, N.M. Ken Dye, 1989. Fees: $44–$49, nonresidents; $37–$42, San Juan County residents. The northwest corner of New Mexico might be a surprising location for one of the country’s best muni courses, but that’s where you will find Piñon Hills.
10. Butterfield Trail. El Paso, Tex. Tom Fazio, 2007. $33–$45, all golfers. West Texas is known for high school football, but it also has something else worth rooting for: a Tom Fazio-designed muni that unfurls across a stunning desertscape.

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Golf Digest World Top 100 Courses – The Golf Travel Agency

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1. 6 – Royal Melbourne, West (Australia) 7 – Shinnecock Hills (United States) 8 – Old Course St Andrews (Scotland) 9 – Muirfield (Scotland) 10 – Merion, East (United States)
2. 18 – Kingston Heath (Australia) 19 – Cabot Cliffs (Canada) 20 – Golf De Morfontaine (France) 21 – Hirono (Japan) 22 – Turnberry, Ailsa (Scotland) 23 – Sunningdale, Old (England)
3. 24 – Cape Wickham (Australia) 25 – Portmarnock (Ireland) 26 – Carnoustie (Scotland) 27 – Royal Portrush (Northern Ireland) 28 – Seminole (United States)
4. 29 – Ellerston (Australia)
5. 30 – New South Wales (Australia) 31 – Crystal Downs (United States) 32 – Chicago Golf Club (United States)
6. 33 – Barnbougle Dunes (Australia) 34 – Muirfield Village (United States) 35 – Royal Birkdale (England) 36 – Oak Hill (United States) 37 – Shanqin Bay (China)
7. 40 – Barnbougle Lost Farm (Australia) 41 – St George’s (Canada) 42 – The Country Club, Clyde/Squirrel (United States) 43 – The Links at Fancourt (South Africa)
8. 55 – Royal Melbourne, East (Australia) 56 – Casa De Campo, Teeth of the Dog (Dominican Republic) 57 – Riviera (United States) 58 – Sentosa GC, Serapong (Singapore)
9. 87 – The National GC, Old Course (Australia) 88 – Leopard Creek (South Africa) 89 – The Golf Club (United States) 90 – Bandon Dunes (United States) 91 – Machrihanish (Scotland)

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