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. Golf Connoisseur, with a BPA audited rate base of 235,000, is distributed at top golf and country clubs, luxury resorts, spas and casinos, airline lounges, on private Congrats to all of the named courses on being selected for Best Club to Host a Large Charity Outing: Walnut Creek Country Club. Great attention has been paid to the mow lines, with short tight fairway grass on the high side of the entrance to all the greens. In fact, some golfers prefer the more muscular New Course to the Old. 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. Florida. Maidstone has struck the perfect balance. Alisons superb bunkering and strategies mix with undulating terrain that make it worth the three-hour trip from Tokyo. That was never meant to be the course's fate this was Donald Rosss parkland thought-provoking magnum opus. Now well in its second decade, Ballyneal enjoys its finest playing conditions since opening. Maintaining coastal dunes is an art form: expose too much sand and it blows away; cover it up and you lose a sense of place. Enjoy! / Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (2005)More about this course , 6,981 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.2244Edina, Minn. / Willie Watson (1911) / Donald Ross (1922)More about this course , Photo By: Peter Wong/Courtesy of Interlachen CC, 7,657 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.2194Tom Bendelow (1928)More about this course , David Normoyle/Courtesy The Garden City Golf Club, 6,922 Yards, Par 73 / Points: 62.1846Devereux Emmet (1899) / Walter Travis (1913)More about this course , Photo By: David Normoyle/Courtesy The Garden City Golf Club, 6,902 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 62.1752Scarborough-on-Hudson, N.Y. / C.B. The Dunes random green contours are noteworthy as is the construction technique that left micro-undulations in the fairways. Tillinghast understood about green construction that eludes other architects. The next hole, a dogleg right, calls for a fade. It also signifies theowners high golf IQ. Much to its credit, the club recently reversed course, recognizing that Donald Ross's work should be brought back to the greatest extent possible. The result is a low-profile design that beguiles. Maidstone 15. Tillinghast design this way: There are probably six hard holes, six really hard holes and six impossible holes. Frighteningly contoured, pear-shaped greens, cavernous bunkers and a procession of rugged par-4s define the trouble. (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. Indeed, the course is similar to Oakmont, Pinehurst No. Architecture buffs are likely to be just as captivated by the playing angles at the preceding hole, a short two-shotter with a Road Hole green complex. The more you travel, the more you appreciate Prestwicks unique charms. (Photo: Patrick Koenig). Machinery was prohibitively expensive to import, so 300 Dominicans assisted. 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. Ironic for an architect who built template holes but the best hole on this Seth Raynor design may well be the thoroughly original risk-reward 520-yard par-5 15th, which doglegs left, over and around a ravine. For decades, the land was smothered underneath a canopy of trees but Keith Foster and then Gil Hanse have opened up the property for all to admire. Member George Combe deserves much of the credit for RCD as he shepherded the course through the transition to the rubber core Haskell ball 120 years ago. Perry Maxwell built this inspired North Carolina layout on a former R.J. Reynolds horsefarm. Even today, with gobs of world class courses having been built in the past 100 years, no more thrilling, spectacular stretch exists than holes 4 through 10. 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. The course so impressed Jack Nicklaus in his 1966 win that he named his own major-worthy course in Ohio after it. (Photo: Patrick Koenig), Championship golf is a double-edged sword. Tillinghast (1918) More about this course , 6,960 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.5718Pebble Beach / Robert Trent Jones (1966)More about this course , Photo By: Courtesy of Pebble Beach Company, 7,245 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.5002Ponte Vedra Beach / Pete Dye & Alice Dye (1980)More about this course , LC Lambrecht/Courtesy of Monterey Peninsula CC, 6,873 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.4628 Pebble Beach / Mike Strantz (2004)More about this course , Photo By: LC Lambrecht/Courtesy of Monterey Peninsula CC, 6,729 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 62.3327 Lake Bluff, Ill. / Seth Raynor (1921) More about this course , Hugh Hargrave/Courtesy of Whispering Pines CC, 7,468 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.3161 Trinity, Texas / Chet Williams (2000)More about this course , Photo By: Hugh Hargrave/Courtesy of Whispering Pines CC, 6,944 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 62.3008Bandon, Ore. / Tom Doak & Jim Urbina (2010)More about this course , Mike Klemme/Courtesy of Oak Tree National, 7,410 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 62.2427 Edmond, Okla. / Pete Dye & Alice Dye (1976)More about this course , Photo By: Mike Klemme/Courtesy of Oak Tree National, 6,908 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 62.2410 Plymouth, Mass. (Photo: Gary Lisbon), No course thrives more on looking mean. This design is one for the ages literally as it's ideal for both youngsters and aging golfers alike. Jim McCann Editor Top 100 Golf Courses 1. YEAR BUILT. Unlike many other clubs in the world, the Augusta National is a for-profit company, which means that they can set the fees at whatever they want. Ran Morrissett, GOLFs Architecture Editor, Photos in revolving gallery above: Royal County Down (Evan Schiller), Friars Head (Jon Cavalier), Baltusrol Lower (Patrick Koenig), Tara Iti (Jacob Sjoman), Ardfin (Konrad Borkowski), Podcast: What makes a Top 100 course? 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. (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. Fishers Island But golf is played from the ground, not the air, and thats just fine here as the tumbling landforms are ideal for golf. 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. The same design principles fairway contours that either shunt you out of position or send you to the ideal location, hazards that appear ageless and greens that offer a wide range of hole locations demand you reassess how to best play each hole from one day to the next. One banal way? (Photo: Courtesy Inverness), The opener is the easiest hole (and the courses only three-shotter) and then hold on! Colt never went down that path and thus his courses enjoy timeless appeal. Work over 2020 saw the unlikely happen: one of the best sets of par-5s on the list got even better. (Photo: Courtesy St. George's Hill), Marrying classic Seth Raynor design with coastal South Carolina topography, Yeamans presents a charming tour of Redan, Biarritz and Road holes woven through marshland and magnificent live oaks. When the wind is up, Hoylake is one of the games fiercest links, one that requires supreme shotmaking, as demonstrated by Tigers virtuoso performance at the 2006 Open. 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. Two of the News par-5s the 6th and 13th are exceptions and anchor each nine. (Photo: LC Lambrecht), Tree-dotted dunes, open meadows and bluff-top views of Long Island Sound highlight play at this 2003 Bill Coore-Ben Crenshaw design that Phil Mickelson has called his favorite modern course. Scattered blow-out bunkers, gigantic natural dunes, smartly contoured greens and Pacific panoramas complete Doaks first masterpiece. Known as the Duel Hole, the drop-shot par-3 7th may be the courses most famous hole, but its par-4s, including the 2nd, 3rd, 10th and 12th, are the real headliners. Thats great architecture. Measuring just under 6,600 yards, monster length is not required when you have greens this good. (Photo: LC Lambrecht), Built in the late 1940s, this Robert Trent Jones Sr. design came before he acquired his Oakland Hills monster rep. More of Stanley Thompsons influence is seen in Jones early work, highlighted here by his imaginative and enormous punchbowl green at the 10th. Such happened at Oak Hill in the late 1970s. Garden Citys tilted greens, like the 10th and 15th, are lay-of-the-land architecture at its highest form. Daunting carries arent the issue either and the greens are huge, so whats the big deal? (Photo: Patrick Koenig), Tucked away in a nearly impossible-to-find forested location 40 miles north of Paris is a low-key heathland design that is utterly charming and utterly private. At ultra-exclusive Ellerston, he and design partner Bob Harrison adapted MacKenzie strategies and bunker stylings on a rugged landscape, resulting in one of the strongest, most option-laden tests in the Southern Hemisphere. James Bond creator Ian Fleming was a big fan of the perils of the perched 10th green but the nerviest single moment comes at the par-5 14th tee with outbounds hard along the right. Many of its greens are plateaued, with some of the more pronounced coming on the 3rd, 11th and 14th holes. Constant refinements, no matter how small, have Friars Head as dialed-in as any course in the country. Constant refinements continue, including to mow lines, but this course will never close for a splashy restoration. The water is 10 miles both north and south, so sea breezes are a frequent companion. Harrison mixes up the asks with a variety of fine green complexes. (Photo: Jon Cavalier), Its almost inconceivable that land this stunning was made available for golf. (Photo: Kevin Diss), Through the years, Oakland Hills the famed "monster" that Ben Hogan slayed in the 1951 U.S. Open became long, narrow and hard, which fit the descriptive of other American championship courses. Way to go! The par-5 4th and its iconic cross-bunkering is a world-beater. 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. States With The Most Golf Courses in the USA. Indeed, plenty of the holes elbow one direction or the other, so driver is not an automatic decision. GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine are published by EB GOLF MEDIA LLC, a division of 8AM GOLF, Willie Fernie, 1909/Mackenzie Ross, 1946/Martin Ebert, 2016, Old Tom Morris, 1893/Alister MacKenzie, 1927/Martin Hawtree, 2003, A. Robertson, 1842/Old Tom Morris, 1872/James Braid, 1926, Alister Mackenzie, 1928/Eric Apperly, 1947, A.V. Forced carries over ravines, greens set along ridge-tops and the influence of Pages Creek add to the challenge. (Photo: De Pan), Its always a delight to find a course that rewards the lost art of shaping shots. (Photo: Getty Images), The immense appeal of Alister MacKenzies Golden Age masterwork is captured by former world No. Hard to imagine that the professionals now try to drive the sliver of green at 14 but thats how much the game has changed and yet the hole is still no easy par. Chicago Golf Club 8. A master router, Colt incorporated the dunes in every way possible. The Royal County Down Golf Club 4. The construction process was slow going as jungle brush needed to be beat back with machetes. 10. Los Angeles CC 20. Fuji and cliff-top panoramas of the Pacific Ocean. Its famous 5-5-short 4 closing stretch produced another climactic finish at the 2021 U.S. Womens Open. Its old-school features include cross hazards and medium-size greens. Kudos to the group. (Photo: David Cannon/Getty), Andrew Greens renovation restored Ross features, expunged those that were not and added length to test todays tournament players. Best Place to Play in Three Hours or Less: Mens Course at Ridglea. Most Junior Friendly Club: Trophy Club. Both intended for Augusta National to reflect the spirit and strategic options of the Old Course at St. Andrews, the course that they admired most. (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. Both casual golfers and architecture buffs alike should take note of the features that make the three longest par-4s (9, 11 and 16) so much fun to play. Opens since 1986, most recently in 2018, this is William Flynns design masterpiece. 2 ball marker against whatever you value in your bag that this ranking period (between January 2020 and now) was the most nuanced yet. Its abrupt change in direction from any previous holes means golfers dont have a good read on how the wind will affect their tee balls. Garden City Golf Club This list is a joke. Woods was the only golfer to break par for 72 holes, owing to rugged, uphill par-4s, massive bunkers and the wrist-fracturing rough found on this Rees Jones-restored A.W. The more the world speeds up, the more people appreciate clubs like Swinley where calm reigns supreme. The Black is one of the great routings, highlighted by the masterful way Tillinghast placed the fairways and greens from the 2nd hole in a valley all the way through the dogleg left 9th. The 10 Most Expensive Country Clubs in the United States - (Photo:David Cannon/Getty Images), Wickham wows with an opening stretch of seaside headland holes, three par-3s that skirt the sea and a Cape-style 18th that demands a bite-off-as-much-as-you-dare drive over Victoria Cove. 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. Increase the use of penal water hazards. (Photo: Brian Morgan), Preeminent Canadian architect Stanley Thompson hit his professional peak at this quiet club near downtown Toronto. The lumpiest/bumpiest ground is near the clubhouse and yields such marvels as the 1st with the stonewall and railroad line hard down the right of the fairway, the Narrows 15th and the famous Alps 17th. Fishers Island 10. Cypress Point. The greens were expanded a whopping 35 percent, and the bunkers themselves were restored to their previous immense scale. (Photo: Patrick Koenig), This 15-time British Open host dates to 1887. Why wouldnt they, given the classic Seth Raynor design that tracks along the islands northeast edge, the delightful tumbling terrain and the spectacular views of Long Island Sound. Meanwhile, a brawny collection of two-shotters dominates the stretch from 6-10. Bouncy-bounce golf reigns supreme at the 12th, which is a dazzler even without ocean views. Central hazards abound and numerous rounds are required to sort through the design asks. Opens and the famous 1999 Ryder Cup. Set in the northwest county of Donegal, St. Patricks too will soon become a household name with golfers flocking here to experience the unbridled joy that comes from playing in and among big dunes as one battles the wind. The meanest of the Open rota courses has produced winners such as Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Tom Watson. 1 Nick Faldo: I love the way it plays firm and fast-running, the way the bunkering frames and almost intrudes into the putting surfaces and the brilliance of the bunkering style with the native scrubby look. Clementon, N.J. / George Crump Oakland Hills 19. NGLA 12. / Tom Doak (2008) More about this course , 7,266 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.5922 Marshall, Ill. / Bob Lohmann & Mike Benkusky (2004)More about this course , Nile Young Photography/Courtesy of Arcadia Bluffs GC, 7,300 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.5764 Arcadia, Mich. / Rick Smith & Warren Henderson (2000)More about this course , Photo By: Nile Young Photography/Courtesy of Arcadia Bluffs GC, 7,062 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 61.5374 Hingham, Mass. Number of Golf Courses in the State of Florida: 1,250. Colt, 1895/Tom Simpson/Herbert Tippet/Guy Campbell, 1907, C.B. Too few modern courses meet that criterium, but this oneest parfait. Colt design that maximizes its setting in the high dunes along the Irish Sea. Alister MacKenzie. Web100 01 Shinnecock Hills Southampton, New York 4 3 3 1 5.5 02 National Golf Links of America Southampton, New York 5 4 4 2 5.5 03 Fishers Island Fishers Island, New York For the 2014 U.S. Open, a Coore-Crenshaw restoration brought back the tawny-edged fairways and native areas last seen in the 1940s. No wonder former Demon Deacon Lanny Wadkins called it the best course for training serious young players. The wonderful rolling parkland terrain is replete with streams and natural valleys, and has been the venue for five Canadian Opens, most recently in 2010. (Photo: LC Lambrecht), Donald Rosss chef doeuvre rolls spaciously through tall longleaf pines in the Carolina Sandhills with holes culminating with legendary inverted-saucer greens. (Photo: Evan Schiller). Myopia Hunt Club 17. (Photo: Gary Lisbon), Augusta National is the vision of Bobby Jones and his chosen architect, Alister MacKenzie. San Francisco Golf Club 7. 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