Previous ranking: No. Jason Livy View: List Index Map See It For Yourself Need help booking a trip? San Martin, Calif. / 408-695-4590 / cordevalle.comRobert Trent Jones Jr. (1999)7,360 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 58.1888Located in the little-known but abundant golfing area south of San Jose, the gorgeous CordeValle was a private club when it first opened, but is a high-end resort destination these days, with climbing and descending soft hills dotted by gnarled oaks. Haven, Wis. / 855-444-2838 / whistlingstraits.comPete Dye (2000)7,201 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 58.5657The Irish Course has the same manufactured dunescape found on its more famous sister Straits Course, but has three major differences. 60, 2015-16. Highest (and previous) ranking: No. Bend, Ore. / 541-388-2582 / tetherow.comDavid McLay Kidd (2008)7,293 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 56.7729A decade after David McLay Kidd established his architectural reputation with the original Bandon Dunes course, he returned to Oregon, settled in Bend and built another dazzling course, Tetherow. 18, 2009-10. Highest (and previous) ranking: No. (RELATED: The best courses in every state). There are many lakes in play, including long Grob Lake that dominates the left side of the par-3 17th and par-5 18th. Portola, Calif. / 530-322-5575 / grizzlyranchliving.com Bob Cupp (2005) 7,411 yards, par 72 / Score: 56.3960. Many may well prefer it.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2015. The challenge at Arcadia Bluffs for architects Dana Fry and Jason Straka was to create a course that guests would want to play as often as they do the original course. Akron, Ohio / 330-644-8441 / clubcorp.com/clubs/firestone-country-clubRobert Trent Jones (1959)7,283 yards, Par 70 / Score: 56.9599. Best golf courses: GOLF's Top 100 Courses in the U.S. 2020-2021. Tobacco Road Golf Club One of the most attractive aspects of Grizzly Ranch, other than its actual attractiveness, is how far out of the way it is. 51. 45, the Pines Course has just 11 holes playing in the tumbling prairie topography. Part of a gated community, McLemore offers attractive overnight packages, and a new 245-room hotel and resort will soon be added to the collection. Berthoud, Colo. / 970-663-5063 / tpc.com/coloradoArt Schaupeter (2019)7,991 yards, par 72 / Score: 56.5501. Highest ranking: No. 59, ranked slightly higher than its reverse image Red Course. Bold in its features and contours, this is Tom Fazio in a surprisingly challenging mood. 43, 2007-08. Both touch repeatedly on the wetlands of namesake May River.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2009. 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." Using "friendly contours" that divert shots away from bunkers and toward targets, designer Kidd wants everyone to have fun, maybe even shoot personal best scores. No room for a practice range, either. Previous ranking: No. 79 on this year's ranking. The 2022 Top 100. Typical of a Norman design, the greens are big but docile and the bunkering is plentiful and dramatically shaped.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2013. 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. 76 (previous). 64. Highest ranking: No. Cuban, Evan Schiller, Jon Cavalier, Andy Johnson/The Fried Egg, Larry Lambrecht and others courtesy of the courses. The concept changedsome greens moved, one blind par 3 eliminatedas the quest for a U.S. Open grew. It possesses some of Dye's most exciting holes, from the triple-option reachable par-4 ninth to the boomerang-shaped par-5 11th to the monster par-4 18th, where Kohler surprised Dye by converting a long waste bunker into a temporary lagoon for tournament events. Pebble Beach. Golf Cars & Carts (352) 796-0403 1150 Ponce De Leon Blvd Brooksville, FL 34601 4. 17, 2013, 2015-16, Present. 100 GREATEST: CLICK TO VIEW OUR ENTIRE 100 GREATEST RANKING Watch Golf Digest 's latest "Every Hole At" course videos below: Given the name, many conclude Sand Valley is a combination of Nebraskas Sand Hills Golf Club and New Jerseys famed Pine Valley, but Sand Valley has its own personality, with some dual fairways, deep sand spits, perched greens and even a hidden punchbowl putting surface.100 Greatest Public History: Highest (and previous) ranking: No. 1. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for the best Golf Cars & Carts in Brookridge, Brooksville, FL. 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. Highest ranking: No. 22, 2009-12. In 2014, Pasatiempo received a Golf Digest Green Star environmental award for its measures in dealing with drought. 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. 66. Highest ranking: No. All three are now ranked among America's 100 Greatest Public Courses.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. "100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2011. Highest ranking: 35th, 2003-2004. Stevens Point, Wis. / 715-345-1600 / www.sentryworld.comRobert Trent Jones Jr. (1982)7,145 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 58.2029The lush, tree-lined SentryWorld won Golf Digest's first-ever Best New Public award in early 1984, but never made our 100 Greatest Public ranking until this year, as the highest-ranking newcomer. Holes seem to emerge from the landscape rather than being superimposed onto it. Great Waters is a vivid example of that intent. Highest ranking: Current. Golf Cars . 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. 94. 800-654-9300 / pebblebeach.comJack Neville & Douglas Grant (1919)/Herbert Fowler (R. 1920)7,075 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 67.3675Pebble Beach has been the No. 33, 2003-04. 42. BlackHorse Golf Club Cypress This 36-hole course is wedged inside the BlackHorse Ranch community, about 35 minutes northwest of downtown Houston. West Point, Miss. Pete Dye at French Lick was Golf Digest's Best New Public Course of 2009.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2011. / 406-889-6501 / wildernessclubmontana.comBrian Curley & Nick Faldo (2009)7,207 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.7787Sitting far closer (just eight miles) from the Canadian border than from any major city in Montana, Wilderness Club was an ill-timed residential development venture a decade ago, and thus the once-private club now accepts outside play, much of it from day-trip Canadians. Opens were played on consecutive weeks at No. 5.More about this course , Photo Credit: Courtesy of Shadow Creek GC, 800-487-4653 / pinehurst.comDonald Ross (9 1902 /Donald Ross & Walter Travis (A.9 1907)Donald Ross (R.1935)7,588 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.9639In 2010, Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw led a team that descended on Pinehurst No. 32, 2007-08. Stillwater, Okla. / 405-743-1658 / karstencreek.com Tom Fazio (1994) 7,449 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 59.9734 Karsten Creek, winner of Golf Digest's Best New Public Course title in 1994, was developed by Oklahoma State University and thus is also often at the top of rankings of the best collegiate courses in America. Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas (TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas) T147. 66 Norman Course at Red Sky, the Fazio 18 features more elevation change, with the mostly open front nine atop a bluff dotted with hand-planted sage and juniper bushes and the back nine rising in switchback fashion far up a mountain slope through groves of aspen before plunging downhill on the final three holes. 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. On one hole it's a carry off a tee, on another, it's beside a green, while on a couple, it's a cove in front of a green. 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. Previous ranking: No. Forest Dunes has clever greens with subtle contouring, with some treacherous hole locations, just beyond false fronts of steep putting surface or right beside fall-away ear lobes the lead off the sides of greens. 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. The flower beds are treated as lateral hazards.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2017. Architect: Jack Nicklaus. Do something entirely different. The design rewards shaped drives and precise approaches that come in high. Orange County National (Panther Lake) Barefoot Resort & Golf's Love Course (Courtesy of Barefoot) T151. Once COVID restrictions are lifted, Yale expects to open to outside play, thus the inclusion on this list at No. 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. And there are three easier courses at Cog Hill for high handicappers. 9, 2009-14. 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. California (9) 1. It's an incredibly easy walk for a mountain course. As we wrote back in 2005, "its options outnumber its rock outcroppings, and there are outcroppings galore. Highest ranking: No. Previous ranking: 93rd, 2017-2018. And the Nicklaus design is worthy of high praise. 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. Fox Chapel Golf Club. 23, 2007-08. Like No. Some holes are framed by mountain ridges, others are out in the Sonoran desert. Highest ranking: No. Every encounter features a generous bailout option. The five opening holes, in Pine Valley-like sand dunes, are an all-too-brief encounter with the Pacific seacoast. Previous ranking: No. The remaining holes at Mauna Kea are thrilling, too, with constant views of the ocean, awkward lies on sloping fairways and roughs of crunchy lava rock.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. 32, 2017-18.More about this course . For putting surfaces, Fazio built crowned greens with greenside swales, intended as a salute to Donald Ross and Pinehurst No. 46, 2015-16. Great public golf can be found in every corner of the United States. Kohler, Wis. / 800-344-2838 / blackwolfrun.comPete Dye (9 1988, A. Rising Fawn, Ga. / 706-398-0882 / themclemore.comBill Bergin & Rees Jones (2020)7,005 yards, Par 71 / Score: 56.3342. Lanai City, Lanai, Hawaii / 808-565-2222 / fourseasons.com/lanai/golf/ Jack Nicklaus (1993) 7,039 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 60.5232 Manele, previously called The Challenge at Manele, has unseated Kapaluas Plantation course as the highest-ranked public course in Hawaii. 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. 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. Mesquite, Nev. / 866-252-4653 / golfwolfcreek.comDennis Rider (2000)6,939 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.4490Wolf Creek is a fantasy calendar come to life, with holes clinging to stark canyon hillsides and plunging down narrow ravines. Highest ranking: No. But in keeping with the resort's heritage, Fazio styled his new course in the manner of Colt, with big clamshell bunkers as well as exposed sand dunes off most of the windswept fairways.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. The minimum TOEFL score is 600 on the paper-based test, 250 on the computer-based test, or 100 on the Internet-based TOEFL. Highest (and previous) ranking: No. Previous ranking: No. In an age of destination golf, Wilderness is still undiscovered by most American tourist golfers. 24.More about this course , Kohala Coast, Hawaii / 808-882-5400 / maunakeabeachhotel.comRobert Trent Jones (1965) / Rees Jones (R.2008)7,370 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 59.7842The immediate thrill at Mauna Kea is its iconic par-3 third, a daunting tee shot over an ocean cove that's a great substitute for those unable to gain an invitation to tackle the 16th at Cypress Point.