Maidstone is a dream course to play regularly, in part because its asks change daily with the weather. States With The Most Golf Courses in the USA. The construction process was slow going as jungle brush needed to be beat back with machetes. Neither World War was kind to the property, and Mackenzie Rosss reconstruction after WWII provides the core of todays layout. Trump National Bedminster Old Course (Bedminster) 15. The iconic par-3 16th, which extends into the churning Pacific, is the games most dramatic and photographed hole, but there are endless other highlights, from the forested portion to heaving dunes to its famed jagged coastline. Add in fescue fairways and the sites broad slopes and you have a course whose asks change daily. (Photo: David Cannon/Getty Images), This 16-time Open venue and site of the 2022 Womens Open was never more testing or memorable than in 2013, when Phil Mickelson rode his 3-wood to victory. 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. 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. Shinnecock Hills 5. His hard work has reached fruition. Photo By: Taku Miyamoto/Courtesy of Riviera Golf and Tennis, Inc. 7,790 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 64.5043Haven, Wis. / Pete Dye (1998)More about this course , 7,849 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 64.4146Kiawah Island, S.C. / Pete Dye & Alice Dye (1991)More about this course , 6,947 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 64.3556 Hutchinson, Kan. / Perry Maxwell (1937) / Press Maxwell (1957) More about this course , 7,395 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 64.3510Cashiers, N.C. / Tom Fazio (1987)More about this course , 7,560 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 64.1319North Las Vegas, Nev. / Tom Fazio & Steve Wynn (1990)More about this course , Photo By: The Henebrys/Courtesy of Shadow Creek GC, 7,450 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 64.0136Ooltewah, Tenn. / Pete Dye (1983)More about this course , 7,588 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.9639Donald Ross (1935)More about this course , 7,414 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.7615Atlanta / Robert Trent Jones & Bobby Jones (1947)More about this course , 7,317 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.7013Harrison, Idaho / Tom Fazio (2007)More about this course , 7,481 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 63.6918 Tulsa, Okla. / Perry Maxwell (1936) More about this course , Photo By: Andy Johnson/Courtesy of Southern Hills, 7,649 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.6389 Morgantown, W. Va. / J. Robert Gwynne & John Raese (2009) More about this course , 7,170 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 63.5175San Francisco / Sam Whiting (1924)More about this course , 7,500 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.5083Roland, Ark. Constant refinements continue, including to mow lines, but this course will never close for a splashy restoration. Forced carries over ravines, greens set along ridge-tops and the influence of Pages Creek add to the challenge. 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. (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. YEAR BUILT. (Photo: Jon Cavalier), Its almost inconceivable that land this stunning was made available for golf. (Photo: Courtesy Inverness), The opener is the easiest hole (and the courses only three-shotter) and then hold on! This design is one for the ages literally as it's ideal for both youngsters and aging golfers alike. Tillinghast understood about green construction that eludes other architects. 2 of 15. Its famous 5-5-short 4 closing stretch produced another climactic finish at the 2021 U.S. Womens Open. 10. Colt, 1895/Tom Simpson/Herbert Tippet/Guy Campbell, 1907, C.B. Hard for a course this well known to exceed first-time expectations but it does. Arguably Americas premier urban design, LACC North hosted the 2017 Walker Cup and design aficionados cant wait for the2023 U.S. Open. Increase the use of penal water hazards. Bayonne Golf Club (Bayonne) 13. 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. Probably not, given its last one was in 1908! (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. Add to this the splendid contouring of the greens and the rich variety of approach shots that you play into those greens. Sir Nick said it all. Augusta National 3. Holes 1 through 4, which include a Road and Biarritz template, represent one of the games most testing starts. Turnberry became an Open venue in 1977 and has hosted two of its greatest championships, both headlined by Tom Watson. Dyes contributions to modern architecture cant be overstated. / 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 . (Photo: LC Lambrecht), Arguably the finest site on which Donald Ross ever worked, the course plays along and between two main dune lines, and Ross made the most of the opportunity with holes continually tacking in different directions. Be prepared for some of the fastest, purest running conditions that the game offers. 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. 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. (Photo:John and Jeannine Henebry), Gil Hanse and team restored George Thomass classic to perfection in 2010. 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. There is much to admire here, including the 606-yard, par-5 12th, which arcs around the bay, and the 212-yard, par-3 15th that demands a carry over the sea. 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. 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 Thats the configuration of holes that was used for the 1913 Open when local lad Francis Ouimet stunned the big, bad Brits. Their own sense of aesthetics complemented the rustic sites color palette of browns, rusts and tans. Following a 2008 Kyle Phillips re-do that was part restoration and part redesign, many feel this private course is equal to any in California north of Cypress Point. 73 in 1989 and has never looked back. Macdonald (1915) / A.W. 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? (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. Jim McCann Editor Top 100 Golf Courses Hogs Head Golf Club The other new entries are Blainroe (#91), Kilkenny (#93), Moyvalley (#95), Corballis Links (#97) and Dunfanaghy (#100). New York. 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. This low-profile course has aged gracefully and remains in the conversation for Dyes best work. Greatness continued: Golf Digest's America's Second 100 Greatest, identifies the best courses Nos. Macdonald flair that, well, even Macdonald would appreciate. The removal of trees down the right of 11 prior to the 2022 Masters was met with applause by design aficionados who hope that the club continues to restore width and playing angles. 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. Often on a Tom Doak course, the best way to get a ball close to the hole requires both imagination and creativity. Sand accumulated on the east side of the Ohoopee River for centuries. 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), 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. Bunkers were reshaped and relocated, fairways widened and a natural barranca was brought back into play as a strategic hazard. The Outlier. The fact that you can walk Rye in two and half hours makes you question the merit of courses that are so much longer. (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. 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. One of those bunkers, in the left-center of the 18th fairway, cost Adam Scott the 2012 Open. With the wind more evident and the playing surfaces firm, the courses thorny playing attributes are once again on full display. Yet what emerged, courtesy of George Thomas and Billy Bell, is one of the games strategic design marvels. Add all the different asks together and you have a historic course like no other. But its fairways are rumpled and its revetted bunkers are well placed and invariably extract a -shot penalty. 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. (Photo: Patrick Koenig), Arnold Palmer, Tom Weiskopf and Tom Watson are among the Americans who have triumphed at Troon, yet the most memorable shot was struck by a non-winner: 71-year-old Gene Sarazen, who aced the 123-yard Postage Stamp 8th (pictured) during the 1973 Open with a 5-iron! 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. Price was hitting it so pure at the 1994 British Open, he was even striping it with his putter. Amateur telecast from here was captivating. Royal Portrush 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. Its outstanding cluster of gently rolling par-4s, notably the 6th and the 11th, provided a terrific canvas for amateurs such as Justin Rose and Jason Gore in the 1997 Walker Cup. Dont miss Morfontaines nine-hole Valliere course; its green contours are as dazzling as the City of Lights itself. The 6th has been abbreviated to accommodate a splendid new back tee at the home hole. (Photo: Courtesy Kingsbarns), Home of the 2004, 10 and 15 PGA Championships, this 1998 Pete Dye design on Lake Michigan was once a poker-table-flat military training base in World War II. 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. (Photo: Patrick Koenig). / William Flynn & Frederic Hood (1922)More about this course , Photo By: LC Lambrecht/Courtesy of The Kittansett Club, 6,610 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 61.6493Alister MacKenzie & Robert Hunter (1929)More about this course , 6,555 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 61.6493 Manchester, Mass. 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. Wake Forests golf teams practice at Old Town, which gives them a huge home-field advantage as few collegiate golfers are accustomed to putting on undulating Maxwell greens orconsistently hitting approach shots from uneven stances. NICK PRICES ZEBRA PUTTER. 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. A slew of par-4s on the first nine gives way to a 3-3-5-4-3-5 start to the second nine. (Photo: Gary Lisbon), No course thrives more on looking mean. In short, Merion has everything, including sub-air and irrigation systems that lend more control over the firmness and speed of the playing surfaces. (Photo: David Cannon/Getty Images), Venue for five U.S. Tillinghast (1923) More about this course , 6,877 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 65.6420 Wheaton, Ill. / C.B. Florida. Kudos to William Watson, who might well be the least appreciated important architect from the Golden Age. The putter was a Ram No wonder former Demon Deacon Lanny Wadkins called it the best course for training serious young players. WebPlatinum Clubs of the World have released their 2020-2021 list of the Top 100 Golf & Country Clubs in the world. Golf's greatest player, Jack Nicklaus, has six Green Jackets. (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. 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. Such happened at Oak Hill in the late 1970s. The 2021 Ryder Cup played here highlighted what a great match-play course it is, too, with its plethora of -par holes. The famed 9th tee near the iconic lighthouse was preserved but the semi-blind turtleback fairway wasn't. The 2nd hole, arguably the courses finest, starts from a tee high on a bluff and requires a rousing tee shot over wetlands, followed by an equally dramatic approach to an elevated green with punchbowl qualities. 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