(Photo: Jon Cavalier), Its almost inconceivable that land this stunning was made available for golf. (Photo: Patrick Koenig), This 15-time British Open host dates to 1887. Additionally, does any walk compare with that final stroll up the iconic par-5 18th as it curves left around Carmel Bay?! Price was hitting it so pure at the 1994 British Open, he was even striping it with his putter. / Willie Campbell (1895) / Alex Campbell (1902) More about this course , 6,633 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 64.8645Bandon, Ore. / Tom Doak (2001)More about this course , 7,530 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 64.7659George C. Thomas Jr. (1921)More about this course , 7,360 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 64.6569 Rochester, N.Y. / Donald Ross (1925) More about this course , 7,445 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 64.6253 Bloomfield Hills, Mich. / Donald Ross (1917) More about this course . The Outlier. The famed 9th tee near the iconic lighthouse was preserved but the semi-blind turtleback fairway wasn't. De Pan may not have the topography of St. Georges Hill but it does have sand dunes throughout the property. Number of Golf Courses in the State of Florida: 1,250. 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. (Photo: Patrick Koenig), Unlike America, England doesnt have a phobia about courses with par under 70. 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. 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 recently expanded greens have created a plethora of new hole locations around the greens perimeters, and the players chess match with the clever design is more intense than ever. (Photo: Christian Hafer), After weeks of tromping around the yucca-choked sand hills of Hutchinson, architect Perry Maxwell proclaimed, There are 118 good golf holes here. Newport Country Club 11. 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. Way to go! Myopia Hunt Club 17. Constant refinements, no matter how small, have Friars Head as dialed-in as any course in the country. (Photo: Getty Images), Greg Norman has never been shy about professing his admiration for Alister MacKenzie. 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. Fuji and cliff-top panoramas of the Pacific Ocean. 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. (Photo: Evan Schiller), GOLF Magazines Top New International Course of 2009 has maintained its early lofty results thanks to a brilliant Gil Hanse/Mark Parsinen design that was effusively praised by Phil Mickelson before Mickelson won the 2013 Scottish Open here. Central hazards once again abound here, most famously at the 2nd and 17th holes where large bunker complexes bisect the fairways. For a course known for its difficulty, what gets lost in the shuffle is the brilliance of its quartet of short par-4s at 2, 11, 14 and 17. Macdonald/Seth Raynor, 1913/A.W. Maidstone has struck the perfect balance. Dont miss Morfontaines nine-hole Valliere course; its green contours are as dazzling as the City of Lights itself. Quite possibly the most beautiful club on this list, the Yellowstone Club is a 13,600 acre private residential ski and golf resort in Montana, USA. States With The Most Golf Courses in the USA. A combination of strong breezes off Lake Michigan, thick fescue roughs, undulating terrain and fiendishly contoured greens make this one of the more difficult Top 100 courses relative to its par of 70. So, too, is the variety of its greens, headlined by the famous hard-to-hit knob green at 6 followed by a well defended, diminutive sunken green on the ensuing hole. The club has two courses designed by Hugh 2. Scroll down to check out our latest and greatest. First established in 1966, the biennial 2021-2022 ranking of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses is ready for its close-up, 7,181 yards, Par 70 / Points: 72.1554 Clementon, N.J. / George Crump & H.S. (Photo: Wood Sabold), This 1999 Kyle Phillips design 15 miles from the Old Course has earned the respect of links fans, who can be a tough bunch as they generally travel to the United Kingdom to play courses that are 100-plus years old. Kudos to Phillips as the seamless melding of flat farmland and Old World links contours is quite the design accomplishment. (Photo: Keyur Khamar/PGA Tour), Better known to English speakers as The Hague, The Netherlands highest-ranking course is a Morrison-and-Alison collaboration that plays across chaotically heaving fairways amid substantial dunes. 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. 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. The putter was a Ram (Photo: David Alexander/Getty Images), Australias greatest links continually achieves top-40 status thanks to a sophisticated design coupled with a stirring seaside setting with holes nestled in large dunes that run parallel to the ocean. Most Likely Place to Three-Jack: No. One of its tricks? Portstewart Golf Club, Derry 8. (Photo: Evan Schiller), Because of its remote location, Crystal Downs was once overlooked but that changed when Tom Doak introduced the course to Ben Crenshaw in the 1980s. The opportunity to use side slopes to kick balls onto the putting surfaces is a recurring design theme and the fescue fairways encourage lively interaction with the ground. 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. 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 Country Club (Brookline) 14. 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. Though the middle of the property is pretty tame topographically, thats precisely where Tillinghast created some of the best greens. (Photo: Konrad Borkowski), 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. The rest of the property features more modest topography but you are unlikely to notice that fact as the expansive greens offer such interesting targets. Shinnecock Hills 5. Then it moved higher still. 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. 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. ARCHITECT. The design is loaded with standout holes. Bunkers were reshaped and relocated, fairways widened and a natural barranca was brought back into play as a strategic hazard. Macdonald together for the first time and what they created still stands as a marvel of strategic design. Dating to 1916, the course was made over by A.W. Too bad more modern architects are leery to build finishers that reward mind over muscle. Ultimately, Dye found a way to place eight holes along the shoreline, three of which are par-3s that from the back tees require heart-pounding shots over the azure water; the fourth par-3 (No. 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. THE MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, TRANSMITTED, CACHED OR OTHERWISE USED, EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. 2023 DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Santa Cruz, Calif. / Alister MacKenzie (1929), RELATED: A comprehensive history of every change made to Augusta National . This low-key 1926 Seth Raynor creation in suburban Cincinnati dishes out deep bunkers and huge, squared-off greens on a property laced with valleys and ravines. San Francisco Golf Club 7. The manner by which Maxwell draped the fairways across the rolling landscape resulted in few level lies. The middle of each nine features holes along the rugged shoreline. Nothing less than the finest seaside course I have ever seen, said Hall of Fame writer Herbert Warren Wind. California Golf Club of San Francisco. Forced carries over ravines, greens set along ridge-tops and the influence of Pages Creek add to the challenge. Less discussed but just as exciting is its 16th green, with its left and right plateaus separated by a deep channel. Trump National Bedminster Old Course (Bedminster) 15. Any modern architect should spend time here, studying how its creators teased so much from land that is neither rambunctious nor expansive. But its fairways are rumpled and its revetted bunkers are well placed and invariably extract a -shot penalty. Why? Also, dont miss its third nine, the Yellow Nine. Colt never went down that path and thus his courses enjoy timeless appeal. MacKenzie extracted the best from the land in part by breaking the rules and having back-to-back par-5s on the front and back-to-back par-3s on the back. Only Mike Keiser would have approved of such an unusual par sequence and this course helped modern architecture break free from certain design shackles that had constrained designers over the past five decades. Work over 2020 saw the unlikely happen: one of the best sets of par-5s on the list got even better. Most are open in front to accommodate for the wind, some greens fall away from the player, a couple are knobs that are particularly hard to hold and the tiny putting surface at the 9th protects par at the drivable 295-yard par-4. The routing works its way over and across heaving dunes and through an enchanting coastal forest, and the fact that you dont miss the sight of the nearby water for most of the round speaks volumes to its design quality. Sand accumulated on the east side of the Ohoopee River for centuries. (Photo: Gary Kellner/Dimpled Rock), Golf in the United Kingdom originated along its coastline on linksland but as the sport became popular, people wanted courses nearer to where they lived. Colt (1918) More about this course , Photo By: Courtesy of the club/Charley Raudenbush, 7,475 yards, Par 72 / Points: 71.8240 Alister MacKenzie & Bobby Jones (1933), RELATED: A comprehensive history of every change made to Augusta National More about this course , 6,524 yards, Par 72 / Points: 69.9692Pebble Beach / Alister MacKenzie & Robert Hunter (1929)More about this course , 7,445 yards, Par 70 / Points: 69.5265 Southampton, N.Y. / William Flynn (1931) More about this course , 7,255 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 68.9795Henry Fownes (1903)More about this course , 6,996 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 67.6807Ardmore, Pa. / Hugh Wilson (1912)More about this course , 6,935 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 67.3821Southampton, N.Y. / C.B. Tillinghast in 1926 and Gil Hanses restoration this past decade has the course at peak. Tillinghast (1936)More about this course , 6,808 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.1065 Mamaroneck, N.Y. / A.W. The 2021 Ryder Cup played here highlighted what a great match-play course it is, too, with its plethora of -par holes. (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. 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. Maidstone 15. (Photo: Kevin Murray), A.W. Opens and the famous 1999 Ryder Cup. Colt, 1912/S.V. 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. 1 The Club at The Ivy (London) You can find this invite-only club in London's West End neighborhood. Tillinghast layout. (Photo: Courtesy Les Bordes), Diamantes free-form architecture rests gently on the land, and the absence of any hard lines let the golfers eye soak in the delightful contrast between the dazzling Pacific Ocean, the dunescape and the emerald playing surfaces. Both nines touch the cliff line, with the courses most spectacular moment coming at the 5th as it doglegs right to a two-tiered green flush against the cliff. (Photo: Evan Schiller). WebTheres a wide choice of superior golf courses to be found in Ontario. The next hole, a dogleg right, calls for a fade. (Photo: Gary Lisbon), The Black intimidates golfers with a sign at the 1st tee that recommends the course only for highly skilled golfers. Among them? Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer and Ian Woosnam are among those who won Irish Opens here. The thrill ride continues, with holes 8 through 11 hugging the cliff line. After a recent ownership change, a superb upgrade was performed by Martin Ebert that better utilized the jagged cliffline. / H.C. Leeds (1898)More about this course , 7,097 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.9341River Hills, Wis. / H.S. (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. Work started in 1928 and the course didnt open until 1931. Additionally, does any walk compare with that final stroll up the iconic par-5 18th as it curves left around Carmel Bay?! The handsome blue stem rough is best admired from a distance but there is no hiding from the severely titled greens at the 4th, 6th and 13th. A great design lends itself to lasting memories, and Cabot Cliffs is aces in that department. It also signifies theowners high golf IQ. The stonewall separating the course and the rail line is unnervingly tight right of the 11th green and serves as a great litmus test to determine who is (and isnt) in full control of their swings. NICK PRICES ZEBRA PUTTER. 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. (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. 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. 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. When Nine Bridges has played host to the PGA Tours CJ Cup, the pro routinely praise both its challenge and presentation. California. One of the earliest inland courses that established a new standard in design came here at Sunningdale just after the turn of the last century. Indeed, the entire 18th hole is a master class in how to stagger fairway bunkers to create playing interest and should be recognized as one of the games top dozen finishers. WebNAPLES GOLF CAPITAL OF THE WORLD Premier Golf Communities in Naples, FL Naples has more than 90 18-hole golf courses and per capita is the #1 city for golf in the US. That was never meant to be the course's fate this was Donald Rosss parkland thought-provoking magnum opus. For the 2014 U.S. Open, a Coore-Crenshaw restoration brought back the tawny-edged fairways and native areas last seen in the 1940s. Best Club to Host a Large Charity Outing: Walnut Creek Country Club. Los Angeles CC 20. 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. 101 to 200, using the same criteria as America's 100 Greatest. Geoff Ogilvy didnt fare much better in 2006, when his five-over total took home the trophy. In fact, some golfers prefer the more muscular New Course to the Old. Clementon, N.J. / George Crump (Photo: Dave Samson), Several of Coore & Crenshaws 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. The result is Canadas first authentic links. Be prepared for some of the fastest, purest running conditions that the game offers. By all means, celebrate the Postage Stamp but pay heed to the courses other riches, too. Kudos to William Watson, who might well be the least appreciated important architect from the Golden Age. Fishers Island 10. / Tom Fazio (1998)More about this course , 7,701 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.6336Castle Rock, Colo. / Jack Nicklaus (1981)More about this course , 7,523 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 62.6263Oak Brook, Ill. / George Fazio & Tom Fazio (1974)More about this course , 6,784 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 62.5741 Bernardsville, N.J. / A.W. Sandwich, as it is known colloquially, occupies some of the most rambunctious dunes of any Open venue. The construction process was slow going as jungle brush needed to be beat back with machetes. 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. A slew of par-4s on the first nine gives way to a 3-3-5-4-3-5 start to the second nine. That said, Gil Hanses astonishing green expansion has brought back an exciting element of creativity with which few parkland courses can contend. The result is what we feel is the smartest vote on architecture among the myriad media outlets that also rate courses. Colt, 1895/Tom Simpson/Herbert Tippet/Guy Campbell, 1907, C.B. (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. Measuring just under 6,600 yards, monster length is not required when you have greens this good. One highlight is the short 7th, which is the Southern Hemispheres equivalent to the Troons Postage Stamp hole and is equally adept at wreaking havoc. Its old-school features include cross hazards and medium-size greens. Dye and owner Herb Kohler engineered a mind-boggling cleanup, moving 3 million cubic yards of dirt, trucking in 7,000 loads of sand to create the hills and bunkers and relocating the bluffs back off the shore. Seminole 9. Much to his credit, nothing fazed Collin Morikawa en route to his impressive 2021 Open win. Thankfully, Martin Eberts recent restoration efforts have reestablished sand as a dominant theme. Rank/ To view the complete detailed list of the Top 100 Golf Courses of Ireland click the link. (Photo: Jon Cavalier), Manmade hazards are few on Australian architect Bob Harrison's design, but he puts golfers on notice early, with the tee shot at the 205-yard 2nd needing to carry a 100-foot cliff. Fescue fairways help the ground-game options flourish as balls release across the rumpled ground. 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