Previous ranking: No. But the course is also broad where handicap players drive the ball, the greens are open in front and the bunkers are shallow. 1 course ever since we introduced the 100 Greatest Public in 2003. Bump-and-run is the name of the game but the structure of each hole requires thoughtful bumps and targeted runs. Course descriptions by Ron Whitten and Derek Duncan. 56. 38. Nos. The No. Come one, come all: Here are GOLF's Top 100 Courses You Can Play, 2021-22 By: GOLF's Course Raters and Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor May 4, 2021 For the first time our ranking. 65 (2015-2016 and previous). 164 open jobs for Cart golf in Brooksville. A century-old stone aqueduct brings water from the top of a rain-soaked volcano down to a pond that sits 800 feet above the course. Sanford, N.C. / 877-284-3762 / tobaccoroadgolf.comMike Strantz (1999)6,557 Yards, Par 71 | Points: 58.3597The late Mike Strantz was the game's most unconventional course designer, and Tobacco Road was perhaps the best example of his unorthodoxy. The property where Rams Hill is located in the Anza Borrego Desert State Park, on the western edge of the Sonoran Desert, about an hour from La Quinta, Calif., was first developed for golf in 1993. A ridgeline separates the two courses (the ridge is designated as a wildlife corridor), with the Norman 18 positioned on an old sheep ranch on the western slope, affording long-range views of the Rockies to the west and south as well as gorgeous sunsets. Highest ranking: No. Its back nine may be the most delightful Jack has ever designed, with gambling holes and gorgeous scenery at every turn.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2011. Quintero, a former private club, is a scenic and playable delight.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2017. Less heralded are his courses from the 1970s. It's beautiful but not for the faint of heart, a hilly course with some narrow, pine-lined fairways and occasional challenging shots over water from sidehill or downhill lies. Highest ranking: No. 11.More about this course , Bandon, Ore. / 888-345-6008 / bandondunesgolf.comTom Doak & Jim Urbina, with George Bahto, Bradley Klein,Karl Olson & Mike Keiser (2010)6,944 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 62.3008When it opened in 2010, we predicted Old Macdonald would eventually become the most popular course at Bandon Dunes Resort, mainly because it has wide fairways and generous greens. 88. Roscommon, Mich. / 989-275-0700 / forestdunesgolf.com Tom Doak (2016) 6,704 Yards, par 70 / Points: 57.7615 The idea of a reversible golf course is as old at the Old Course at St. Andrews, and golf architect Joel Goldstrand built a series of nine-hole reversible courses for small clubs in Minnesota, Iowa and North Dakota back in the 1980s. Jack Neville/Douglas Oregon (7) 3. Courtesy Mammoth Dunes There are seven courses in. Golfers' Choice January 7, 2021 In Santa Cruz, Pasatiempo is the best Alister Mackenzie course that is open to the public in the U.S. and made the 2021 Golfers' Choice Top 50 in the U.S. Jason Scott Deegan/Golf Advisor Golf Digest's latest 100 Greatest ranking, explained: How we define 1-50 Martis Camp. Sheep Ranch began life as a different Sheep Ranch in the early 2000s, a rag-tag, cross-country, 13-hole course with no irrigation built by Tom Doak on a bluff just north of what would later become Old Macdonald. Previous ranking: No. 100 Greatest Public History: Ranked 2011-2018. The flower beds are treated as lateral hazards.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2017. Do resort courses count, where an accompanying room night might be required to play? 100 Greatest Public History: Ranked 2011-2018. Two of its three nines (the Lake and Ocean 9s) were re-grassed and re-bunkered in 2009 by Jones and partner Bruce Charlton, who also re-established the width of several holes. The Resort at Glade Springs (Stonehaven) T147. Highest ranking: No. It's also a bit more compact, since the Blue sits in the center with the Red Course looping around its outside edges. Pete Dye's bold design spreads over 275 acres, with no homesites or amenities other than golf. Lemont, Ill. / 866-264-4455 / coghillgolf.comDick Wilson (1965)7,554 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.7972Some tour pros were critical of Rees Jones's remodeling of Cog Hill No. Macdonald's nearly 100-year-old design of the Old White at The Greenbrier was always respected, but after Lester George's restoration (re-establishing such things as a Principal's Nose bunker and Dragon's Teeth mounds), Golf Digest panelists rediscovered its pleasures and ranked it the Best New Public Remodel of 2007. Highest ranking: No. Bump-and-run is the name of the game but the structure of each hole requires thoughtful bumps and targeted runs. Highest ranking: No. 63. 34. 2? The course design by veteran British architect Donald Steel is austere in its green contours and bunkering, as if not to overpower the setting.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2011. Overall, it was a year of movement with 17 courses debuting or returning after an absence. Dye coupled the front nine of America's Best New Public Course of 1988 (now holes 1-4 and 14-18) with nine newer holes built within a vast bend of the Sheboygan River to produce the River Course. St. Simons Island, Ga. / 855-572-4975 / seaisland.comTom Fazio (1999)7,005 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 59.2018The resort continues to credit H.S. The answer as it relates to the biennial Golf Digest Americas 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses is all of the above. They reduced the irrigation to mere single rows in fairways to prevent grass from ever returning to the new sandy wastelands. Highest ranking: No. Previous ranking: No. Best public golf courses in the U.S.: State-by-state rankings - Golfweek 57. 2, on whose restoration crew Franz had worked. Highest ranking: Current. The concept changedsome greens moved, one blind par 3 eliminatedas the quest for a U.S. Open grew. The classic routing has the front nine turning clockwise through forest while the back nine circles counter-clockwise. Tillinghast (1936)7,468 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 63.1529Gone are its rock hard tees, gravely bunkers, patchy fairways and thatchy greens. 100 Greatest Public History: Since 2015-16. 64. 67. Top 10 Public Courses. 84. The holes are either very long or tantalizingly gettable. Bay Harbor consists of 27 holes, but we rank its Links 9, which plays mostly on a plateau overlooking Lake Michigan, and its Quarry 9, which dips in and out of a lakefront stone quarry.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. 6.More about this course , 888-345-6008 / bandondunesgolf.comDavid McLay Kidd (1999)6,732 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.3123Maybe 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. Previous ranking: No. Mike Keiser tapped Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw to convert it into Bandon Dunes fifth regulation 18-hole course and Coore and Crenshaws second. There are approximately 2,300 golf courses in Canada. The most fascinating hole comes early, the par-4 second with out-of-bounds indicated by a barbed-wire fence hard along the right from tee to green.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2015. Farmington, Pa. / 800-422-2736 / nemacolin.comPete Dye (1995)7,550 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.2019Mystic Rock is one of the more curious courses Pete Dye ever designed, with mostly oval greens and rectangular bunkers. "100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. Our Connecticut Best In State Rankings were last updated in December 2020. Member Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses for 10 years, 1985-1992 & 1999-2000. The Bob Cupp design is far more subtle than a Wayne western, with low-profile greens edged by graceful chipping areas and fairways intersected repeatedly by the Big and Little Dechutes rivers. Highest ranking: No. With green fees under $50 on weekdays and just over $50 on weekends, Wild Horse is a true bargain among America's 100 Greatest Public. A nasty deep bunker now sits in the center of the 18th fairway.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2009. Highest ranking: No. Bandon Trails might be ranked lower than some of its counterparts at Bandon like Pacific Dunes and Old Macdonald, but weve long considered it such a compelling layout that it needs no seascape to command ones attention. After hosting the US Open in 2015, Chambers Bay comes in at #21. Highest ranking: No. It's not a set equation of 'if-then'. Each course is listed with its 2021 ranking, its location, architect (s), the year it opened and an average ranking from all the Golfweek Raters who reviewed it. **The club is still private other than these stay-and-play packages. / 662-494-6463 / oldwaverly.comBob Cupp & Jerry Pate (1988)7,088 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.1303A carefully crafted design, Old Waverly was No. Every golfer should experience Shadow Creek at least once. One of the most attractive aspects of Grizzly Ranch, other than its actual attractiveness, is how far out of the way it is. Nashport, Ohio / 740-763-1100 / thevirtuesgolfclub.comArthur Hills (1999)7,243 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 56.7315Course designer Arthur Hills called The Virtues (formerly known as Longaberger) "probably as beautiful as piece a property as I've had to work with." Meet the newcomers on our 2021/2022 Top 100 Courses You Can Play list By: Nick Piastowski May 4, 2021 Mammoth Dunes in Nekoosa, Wis. Others say it's the best course never to have hosted a major event. Public relishes, Golf Digest's Top 100 public access courses in the country. Managed by Troon, Kapalua Golf & Tennis features two 18-hole golf courses (The Plantation and The Bay). World's Best Golf Courses, Resorts And Vacations, According - Forbes Traditionally a private club (there are a total of 45 holes on property), Black Diamond now offers on-site accommodations and stay and play packages, hence its inclusion in this ranking. Chandler Egan 1929, Pebble Beach, CA) PACIFIC DUNES GOLF . It was a little-used recreation that only insiders knew about. Highest ranking: Current ranking. 18, 2009-10. Highest (and previous) ranking: No. 15 Sheep Ranch at Bandon Dunes, Golf Digests 2020 Best New Course, Golf Digest Green Star environmental award, Golf Digest's Best New Public Course of 2009, Blue Course, a Tom Doak design, is ranked No. Fox Chapel Golf Club. The home hole, with a pond in front of the green, started as a gambling par 5 but today is a daunting par 4.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. Previous ranking: No. Golfweek's Best 2021 Classic Courses: From Augusta National to Pebble Beach, these are the top 200 courses that were built before 1960 Golfweek's Best 2021 Modern Courses: From. (The companion Blue Course, a Tom Doak design, is ranked No. Pacific Dunes. Casa de. 24 on Golf Digest Americas 100 Greatest Courses ranking. 68. 19.More about this course . 46, 2015-16. The rolling greens and rumpled fairways are framed by rugged sand dunes and marvelously grotesque bunkers. Highest ranking: No. Previous ranking: No. Amateur in 2018 and its sixth U.S. Open in 2019.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. 44, 2017-18. Many putts that look uphill are actually running downhill. 75. To make The Bull equally attractive, Team Nicklaus went full commando with the design, using all the available assets of the 400-acre site to build broad meadow holes in the meadows, tightrope holes through the woods, and shorties along and across the winding Onion River. He became a virtual household name in the 1980s after creating sensations like The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, PGA West and Blackwolf Run, and the fame continued throughout the 90s and for the rest of his careerat The Ocean Course, Whistling Straits,The Dye Course at French Lick and numerous othersuntil his passing in 2020. 10, 2003-04. 100 Greatest Public History: Ranked from 2011 through 2014. So while Mammoth Dunes has the widest fairways in American golf, Streamsong Black now has the biggest greens in the country.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2017-18. 9 1990)7,404 Yards, Par 72 | Points: 61.1407Only Pete Dye could have convinced owner Herb Kohler to rip apart an award-winning course and still come out a winner. Pebble hosted another U.S. All in all, Wisconsin has seven of. The topography, bunkering and green entrances are all so compelling that its barely noticeable that each serves two purposes. Patrick Koenig View: 10 20 30 01 Baltimore (East) Timonium, Maryland 74 65 1 4.5 02 Like the rest of the world, Yale Golf Course fell on hard times in 2020 and even shuttered its doors for a period of time, letting the course grow over while it was forced to downsize staff due to COVID-19. Hanses design takes advantage of a prominent diagonal ridge that runs across the site and his routing works up, down and sideways across that landform. It has too much rub-of-the-green for the comfort levels of many tour pros, two dozen of whom will tackle the Straits again in the 2021 Ryder Cup.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. 82. Mid Pines now features acres of exposed sand instead of traditional rough and marvelous naturalized bunkers protecting small, perched putting surfaces. As a sign on the first tee states, Bethpage Black is an extremely difficult course recommended only for highly skilled players. The Loop is part of the Forest Dunes resort, which also contains No. 17, 2003-04. Add several water hazards that hearken back to the 16th at Augusta (a hole which Trent Jones designed, by the way), and you have what some panelists consider to be Trent's finest work. Bottom-line: Blue is no little brother. Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. 54, has altered its guest policy and no longer offers stay-and-play packages to non-members and thus no longer qualifies as public-access. Every hole is edged by sawgrass, every green has tricky slopes, every bunker merges into bordering sand dunes. Where The Quarry uses slopes and ramps, Wilderness rewards aerial play, with some high-low alternate fairways, lake-edged greens and a pair of drop-shot par 3s. 15, 2003-04. It plays like a Hitchcockian thriller, creating tension with visually alluring holes that roam the hills of the sandy, wooded terrain of west central Florida before dropping a mind-bending plot twist in the third act. Previous ranking: No. / 417-339-5460 / bigcedar.comBill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (2019)7,036 yards, par 71 / Score: 59.6256. Public play on each alternates on a daily basis. 20 of the Best Public Golf Courses in the World Wynn's empire got swallowed by MGM Grand, which ultimately had Fazio create Fallen Oak. Each hole looks intimidating from the tee but reveals plenty of elbow room for tee shots and approaches, as well as spin-outs and crash landings.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2009. The secret is Doak moved a lot of earth to make it look like he moved very little.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. (fifth hole pictured above),. Few remember Shadow Creek started out as a private course. In 2012, we ranked The Gold Course as one of America's 50 Most Fun Public Courses. California (9) 1. Following a 2013 remodeling by Jones and Charlton, it's now a graceful, low-profile layout. Best public golf courses 2022: The top 100 U.S. courses you can play Highest ranking: No. Native grass roughs and groves of hardwoods add an idyllic touch. Previous ranking: No. Why mess with history?100 Greatest Public History: 2017. The Ozarks of southern Missouri are not tall, but their ridge-and-valley topography provides a sense of heightened elevation. 12 Highest ranking: No. 26, Golf Digest's Best New Course of 2014 award, clubcorp.com/clubs/firestone-country-club. Bold in its features and contours, this is Tom Fazio in a surprisingly challenging mood. The 17th has spawned over a hundred imitation island greens in the past 30 years. 1611 Woodcock St - MLS#982337 | Colorado Horse Property New Haven, Conn. / 203-392-2377 / yalegolf.yale.eduC.B. / 920-467-1500 / golfthebull.comJack Nicklaus (2003)7,354 yards, Par 72 / Score: 56.4385. More about this course , Streamsong, Fla. / 888-294-6322 / streamsongresort.comGil Hanse (2017)7,320 Yards, Par 73 / Points: 59.3133Like its sister courses, No. Previous ranking: No. But among them, the River Course at Kingsmill Resort continues to stand out and remains a strong expression of Dyes early design period, more in the mode of Harbour Town than Sawgrass. Bear Lake, Mich. / 800-494-8666 / arcadiabluffs.comDana Fry & Jason Straka (2019)7,412 yards, par 72 / Score: 58.1482. Any trip to Pinehurst should include a round on this gem.100 Greatest Public History: 2017. Highest ranking: No. 62, 2017-18. Formerly the site of a different, much narrower golf course, Coore & Crenshaw found ways to widen many of the same spaces and added new holes on previously unused parts of the property. Research and coordination by Stephen Hennessey. With three reachable par 4s on the 18, that's a possibility.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2017. Southern Pines, N.C. / 800-747-7272 / pineneedles-midpines.comDonald Ross (1928) / Donald Ross (R.1937)7,062 Yards, Par 71 | Points: 57.1713Whenever golfers visit Pinehurst, they always book rounds at Pinehurst No. Previous ranking: No. RESORT, (NEW) THE PFAU COURSE AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY, TRUMP NATIONAL DORAL MIAMI (BLUE MONSTER), (RELATED: The best courses in every state), No. Architect: Jack Nicklaus. In fact, the USGA is bringing back the Women's Open again in 2022.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked 2003-04 & since 2007. 2.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. Those seven holes (6 & 7, 10 & 11 and 16 through 18) are lined with tall pines and cedars and bring to mind a collection of holes in the Colorado Rockies. Highest ranking: No. Sandia Park, N.M. / 505-281-6000 / paakogolf.com Ken Dye (2000) / 7,562 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.7663 Paako Ridge, Golf Digest's Best New Affordable Public Course of 2000, is quite long from the tips and regular tees. Highest ranking: No. Pebble's sixth through eighth are golf's real Amen Corner, with a few Hail Marys thrown in over a ocean cove on eight from atop a 75-foot-high bluff. Sometimes it's difficult in remote areas of US too! The fearsome layout has been given added bite by Hanse and Wagner by creation of new slopes and ridges on several holes and the excavation of new lakes on par-3 15 and drivable par-4 16 to add more excitement to the finish. Bandon Canada (7) 4. 55. Previous ranking: No. 58. Previous ranking: No. Highest ranking: No. Golf Digest Course Ranking 2021: You Get What You Charge For? Our new 2021 ranking of America's 100 Greatest Public Courses will help lead the way (RELATED: The best courses in. Pine Valley (NJ) 2. To best utilize ocean frontage, Tom Doak came up with a unorthodox routing that includes four par 3s on the back nine. It hosted both the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur and PGA Tour's Frys.com Open in 2013 and was the site of the U.S. Women's Open in 2016.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2009. Previous ranking: No. The drivable par-4 14th is based on Brian Silvernails winning design from Golf Digests 2016 Armchair Architect contest.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2017-18. Maryland | Top 100 Golf Courses | Top 100 Golf Courses Maryland Maryland, the Free State, is considered by some to be a microcosm of America and earns its nickname of "America in Miniature" due to its climatic extremes and its topographical variety. Holes seem to emerge from the landscape rather than being superimposed onto it. Still others are edged by manmade irrigation lakes or natural desert washes. Shadow Creek plays like a musical composition in three movements, with alternating heavy beats and light moments, building to a resounding crescendo. It will host the 2024 U.S. Open.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. Previous ranking: No. 43. Some holes are framed by mountain ridges, others are out in the Sonoran desert. Photographs: Opening photo of Tobacco Road: Brian Oar; Others: Courtesy of Dom Furore, Stephen Szurlej, J.D. Boulder City, Nev. / 702-294-2005 / golfcascata.comRees Jones (2000)7,137 Yards, Par 72 | Points: 57.3001One of the great engineering feats in golf thus far in this century, Cascata climbs up and down a steep, rocky mountain hillside southeast of Las Vegas. No need to sleep in the parking lot just to get a tee time anymore (just go online), but you may still have to verify your handicap. 21.More about this course , Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii / 877-527-2582 / kapaluamaui.comBill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (1991)7,596 Yards, Par 73 / Points: 59.9800Here's a curious fact: Kapalua's Plantation Course, built on old pineapple fields, is irrigated by the same system used a hundred years ago to water pineapples. 13.More about this course , Photo Credit: Nile Young Photography/Courtesy of Arcadia Bluffs GC, Bandon, Ore. / 888-345-6008 / bandondunesgolf.comBill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (2020)6,636 yards, par 72 / Points: 61.5402. In this case its a sudden descent into the namesake quarry, including four holes benched into the rock walls around the perimeter. Southern Pines, N.C. / 910-692-9362 / pineneedles-midpines.comDonald Ross (1921)6,732 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 56.4297What began as a private retreat called Knollwood, funded by Roaring Twenties millionaires like James Barber, Horace Rackham and Henry Ford, is now a charming public Donald Ross design, revitalized by young first-time designer Kyle Franz in the style of nearby Pinehurst No. In the horse-drawn-carriage neighborhood of Pinehurst No. 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. Wolcott, Colo. / 866-873-3759 / redskygolfclub.comGreg Norman (2003)7,480 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.4345There are two 18s at Red Sky Ranch, one by Greg Norman, the other designed by Tom Fazio, No. Previous ranking: No. The final three holes circle near the James River, including the par-3 17th that plays on a bluff above the water. Highest ranking: No. Sometimes its a native piece of soil, and in other cases the subject is an existing course. "We popped the hills at Poppy Hills," says Trent Jr. A new feature are sandy naturalized areas and pine straw off the fairways instead of manicured rough, part of a concerted effort to significantly reduce water consumption.100 Greatest Public History: 2017 to current. 33.More about this course , White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. / 855-453-4858 / greenbrier.com C.B. Celebrating its 48 th anniversary in 2023, The Bay Course has long been dubbed as "Hawaii's favorite resort course." Harvard interviews everyone who applies. Because of this 10, 2017-18More about this course . The answer? However, there are two courses you won't find on the list - Lonsdale Links, on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula, and the newest addition to the Melbourne Sandbelt, Sandy Links. Previous ranking: No. His ultimate target hole is the heart-pounding sink-or-swim island green 17th, which offers no bailout, perhaps unfairly in windy Atlantic coast conditions. Saucier, Miss. Best Public Golf Courses By State Top 100 66. Players use the one across the highway at sister course True Blue, another Strantz gem.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked 2003-10 & since 2013. Photo Credit: Andrew Brown/Indiana Athletics. At over 6,000 feet elevation the ball flies roughly 10-percent farther than at sea level, and you can cross two items off your all-50-state bucket list by playing here as the ninth hole crosses the state line into California. Highest (and previous) ranking: No. 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, Several new courses made impressive entrances, notably. Golfweek's Best 2021: Top 200 Residential Golf Courses in the U.S. Kohler, Wis. / 800-344-2838 / blackwolfrun.comPete Dye (9 1988, A. Wilson -- a national-caliber course -- and Harding were built in the early '20s by George Thomas, whose other LA courses include the North Course at LACC, Riviera, and Bel Air. Click the link to read the story. * Traditionally private clubs that offer stay-and-play packages. West Point, Miss. But how can golf built on non-descript farmland compete with a course set on dramatic bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan? At Firestone he added dozens of bunkers, closed off green fronts, lengthened it to over 7,000 yards and installed several new water hazards. Cuban, Evan Schiller, Jon Cavalier, Andy Johnson/The Fried Egg, Larry Lambrecht and others courtesy of the courses. Tom Doak, 2001 8. Sunriver, Ore. / 800-801-8765 / sunriver-resort.comBob Cupp (1995)7,683 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.7008Part of Crosswater was reportedly built in the meadow where John Wayne, as Rooster Cogburn, filmed his climactic charge with guns blazing in the 1969 film, True Grit. Over the decades the tree-lined South Course, still a demanding tournament venue, has gained the respect of the best players who appreciate its unambiguous demands and ability to identify the best ball-strikers. 28. Borrego Springs, Calif. / 760-767-3500 / ramshill.comTom Fazio (2008)7,232 yards, Par 72 / Score: 56.3556. Told to route the course to preserve as many trees as possible, Hills made the brawny Virtues course wander gracefully from ridge top to valley, testing every shot with uphill, downhill and sidehill lies. 54, 2015-16. 37.More about this course . In all, 30 states are represented. The Black Course is the clockwise routing, slightly shorter and, at No. The most recent version by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner attempts to differentiate the design from the other Pinehurst offerings with a garden-like presentation studded with pot bunkers. Highest ranking: No. 100 GREATEST: CLICK TO VIEW OUR ENTIRE 100 GREATEST RANKING Watch Golf Digest 's latest "Every Hole At" course videos below: Our Top 100 Courses in the U.S. broken down by state - Golf He layered the holes onto a basin of forest floor with minimal buildup, directing them easily up and down the tilted property toward the base of Turner Ridge, and positioned the greensites in ways that mingle thoughtfully with various creeks and dry washes. Previous ranking: 57th, 2015-2016. The Stanwich Club at Greenwich competes a trio of top-drawer golf courses for the Constitution State. Some of Fazios spacious holes are molded into the desert earth and others ride the up and down rocky elevations, leading to a finish that includes the short par-4 17th and gamblers par-5 18th that streaks downhill around a water feature. Highest ranking: No. 17, 2013, 2015-16, Present. The fairways are bent grass, not fescue. Designed by Jack Nicklaus and ushering in a new era of golf in China, the World Cup course at Mission Hills was named one of the most influential golf courses in the world in 2008. Public can mean different things when it comes to golf. 79 on this year's ranking. Opens were played on consecutive weeks at No. Golf Digest's latest 100 Greatest ranking, explained: How we define greatness By Derek Duncan May 07, 2021 W hen mapmaker C.S. / 662-524-1000 / mossyoakgolf.comGil Hanse (2016)7,212 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.7544George Bryan, who also owns No. (RELATED: The best courses in every state). 51, 2013-14. Far different than Bandon, with a manufactured landscape of lumps and bumps, far more bunkers, plus a couple of lakes, it nonetheless has the same fescue as at Bandon, so tee shots get plenty of roll and some approach shots can be bounced into flagsticks.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2011. Our take: The Blue starts a bit more dramatically, with the back tee on Hole 1 atop a 75-foot sand dune. Once a member of Golf Digest Americas 100 Greatest Courses, Edgewood Tahoe is as telegenic as they come, with fairways framed by stately pines, greens flanked by sparkling ponds and several holes positioned on Lake Tahoe, including the final three.