Pebble Beach 7th Hole

Golf Digest's Top 100 Golf Courses in America

Since 1966 Golf Digest has published their list of the best courses in the country. Below is their current list with an * marking the public access courses. Courses in BOLD have been played by both Gurus, while courses marked with "-B" have been played only by Bill and courses marked "-M" have been played only by Mike.

Top 10 Courses

  1. Augusta National Golf Club (Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones 1933, Augusta, GA)
  2. Pine Valley Golf Club (George Crump and H.S. Colt 1918, Pine Valley, NJ)
  3. SHINNECOCK HILLS GOLF CLUB (William Flynn 1931, South Hampton, NY)
  4. CYPRESS POINT GOLF CLUB (Alister MacKenzie and Robert Hunter 1928, Pebble Beach, CA)
  5. OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB (Henry Fownes 1903, Oakmont, PA)
  6. PEBBLE BEACH GOLF LINKS (Jack Neville and Douglas Grant 1919/H. Chandler Egan 1929, Pebble Beach, CA)*
  7. Merion Golf Club (East) (Hugh Wilson 1912, Ardmore, PA)
  8. WINGED FOOT GOLF CLUB (WEST) (A.W. Tillinghast 1923, Mamaroneck, NY)
  9. FISHERS ISLAND CLUB (Seth Raynor and Charles Banks 1926, Fishers Island, NY)
  10. Seminole Golf Club (Donald Ross 1923, Juno Beach, FL)

Cypress Point 17th
Cypress Point 17th
 Pebble Beach 7th
Pebble Beach 7th

Courses 11-20

  1. OAK HILL COUNTRY CLUB (EAST) (Donald Ross 1925, Rochester, NY)
  2. Chicago Golf Club (C.B. MacDonald 1894/Seth Raynor 1923, Wheaton, IL)
  3. Sand Hills Golf Club (Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore 1994, Mullen, NE)
  4. PACIFIC DUNES GOLF COURSE (Tom Doak 2001, Bandon, OR)*
  5. NATIONAL GOLF LINKS OF AMERICA (C.B. MacDonald 1911, Southampton, NY)
  6. Crystal Down Country Club (Alister MacKenzie and Perry Maxwell 1931, Frankfort, MI)
  7. Wade Hampton Golf Club (Tom Fazio 1987, Cashiers, NC)
  8. The Country Club (Clyde/Squirrel) (Willie Campbell 1895/Alex Campbell 1902, Brookline, MA)
  9. Muirfield Village Golf Club (Jack Nicklaus and Desmond Muirhead 1974, Dublin, OH)
  10. Medinah Country Club (No. 3) (Tom Bendelow 1928, Medinah, IL)

Pacific Dunes 3rd
Pacific Dunes 3rd
 Pacific Dunes 11th
Pacific Dunes 11th

Courses 21-30

  1. Prairie Dunes Country Club (Perry Maxwell 1937/Press Maxwell 1957, Hutchinson, KS)
  2. Whistling Straits Resort (Straits) (Pete Dye 1998, Haven, WI)*
  3. Oakland Hills Country Club (South) (Donald Ross 1918/Robert Trent Jones 1950, Bloomfield Hills, MI)
  4. Victoria National Golf Club (Tom Fazio 1998, Newburgh, IN)
  5. The Ocean Course (Pete Dye 1991, Kiawah Island, SC)*
  6. THE OLYMPIC CLUB (LAKE) (Sam Whiting 1928, San Francisco, CA)
  7. THE CLUB AT BLACK ROCK (Jim Engh, 2003, Coeur d'Alene, ID)
  8. CASTLE PINES GOLF CLUB (Jack Nicklaus 1981, Castle Rock, CO)
  9. BETHPAGE STATE PARK (BLACK) (A.W. Tillinghast and Joseph H. Burbeck 1936, Farmingdale, NY)*
  10. BALTUSROL GOLF CLUB (LOWER) (A.W. Tillinghast 1922, Springfield, NJ)

Black Rock 13th
Black Rock 13th
 Castle Pines 11th
Castle Pines 11th

Courses 31-40

  1. RIVIERA COUNTRY CLUB (George C. Thomas Jr. and William P. Bell 1926, Pacific Palisades, CA)
  2. Pinehurst Resort (No. 2) (Donald Ross 1907, Pinehurst, N.C.)*
  3. BANDON DUNES GOLF COURSE (David McLay Kidd 1999, Bandon, OR)*
  4. Southern Hills Country Club (Perry Maxwell 1936, Tulsa, OK)
  5. THE GOLF CLUB (Pete Dye 1967, New Albany, OH)-M
  6. SAN FRANCISCO GOLF CLUB (A.W. Tillinghast 1918, San Francisco, CA)
  7. Butler National Golf Club (George Fazio and Tom Fazio 1974, Oak Brook, IL)
  8. The Honors Course (Pete Dye 1983, Ooltewah, TN)
  9. SEBONACK GOLF CLUB (Jack Nicklaus and Tom Doak 2006, Southampton, NY)
  10. Inverness Club (Donald Ross 1919, Toledo OH)

Riviera Country Club 7th
Riviera 7th
 Bandon Dunes 17th
Bandon Dunes 17th

Courses 41-50

  1. SHADOW CREEK GOLF CLUB (Tom Fazio 1990, North Las Vegas, NV)*
  2. Canyata Golf Club (Bob Lohmann and Mike Benkusky 2004, Marshall, IL)
  3. Olympia Fields Country Club (North) (Willie Park Jr. 1922, Olympia Fields, IL)
  4. The Quarry at La Quinta (Tom Fazio 1994, La Quinta, CA)
  5. TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium) (Pete Dye 1981, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL)*
  6. Rich Harvest Links (Jerry Rich and Greg Martin 1999, Sugar Grove, IL)
  7. LOS ANGELES COUNTRY CLUB (NORTH) (George C. Thomas Jr. 1921, Los Angeles, CA)
  8. Kinloch Golf Club (Lester George and Vinny Giles 2001, Manakin-Sabot, VA)
  9. Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club (Rick Smith and Warren Henderson 2000, Arcadia, MI)*
  10. Shoal Creek Club(Jack Nicklaus 1977, Shoal Creek, AL)

LACC 2nd
Los Angeles CC (North) 2nd
 LACC (North) 11th
Los Angeles CC (North) 11th

Courses 51-60

  1. SPYGLASS HILL GOLF COURSE (Robert Trent Jones 1966, Pebble Beach, CA)*
  2. Milwaukee Country Club (H.S. Colt and C.H. Alison 1929, River Hills, WI)
  3. Garden City Golf Club (Devereux Emmet 1899, Garden City, NY)
  4. CHERRY HILLS COUNTRY CLUB (William Flynn 1923, Englewood, CO)
  5. Forest Highlands Golf Club (Canyon) (Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish 1988, Flagstaff, AZ)
  6. DOUBLE EAGLE CLUB (Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish 1992, Galena, OH)-M
  7. Pete Dye Golf Club (Pete Dye 1994, Bridgeport, WV)
  8. Kittansett Club (William Flynn and Frederic Hood 1922, Marion, MA)
  9. Dallas National Golf Club (Tom Fazio 2002, Dallas, TX)
  10. Peachtree Golf Club (Robert Trent Jones and Bobby Jones 1947, Atlanta, GA)

Spyglass Hill 14th
Spyglass Hill 14th
 Cherry Hills 17th
Cherry Hills 17th

Courses 61-70

  1. Scioto Country Club (Donald Ross 1916, Columbus, OH)
  2. EUGENE COUNTRY CLUB (H. Chandler Egan 1925/Robert Trent Jones 1967, Eugene, OR)
  3. Flint Hills National Golf Club (Tom Fazio 1997, Andover, KS)
  4. INTERLACHEN COUNTRY CLUB (Willie Watson 1911/Donald Ross 1921, Edina, MN)-B
  5. WINGED FOOT GOLF CLUB (EAST) (A.W. Tillinghast, Mamaroneck, NY)
  6. Congressional Country Club (Blue) (Robert Trent Jones 1962, Bethesda, MD)
  7. The Prince Course (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1990, Princeville, Kauai, HI)*
  8. Stone Canyon Club (Jay Morrish 2000, Oro Valley, AZ)
  9. EAST LAKE GOLF CLUB (Donald Ross 1915/Rees Jones 1995, Atlanta, GA)-B
  10. Galloway National Golf Club (Tom Fazio 1995, Galloway, NJ)

Eugene CC 15th
Eugene CC 15th
 Winged Foot East 10th
Winged Foot East 10th

Courses 71-80

  1. Plainfield Country Club (Donald Ross 1921, Plainfield, NJ)
  2. MONTEREY PENINSULA COUNTRY CLUB (SHORE) (Bob Baldock 1961/Mike Strantz 2004, Pebble Beach, CA)-B
  3. Long Cove Club (Pete Dye 1981, Hilton Head Island, SC)
  4. Shoreacres (Seth Raynor 1921, Lake Bluff, IL)
  5. Harbour Town Golf Links (Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus 1969, Hilton Head Island, SC)*
  6. Aronimink Golf Club (Donald Ross 1928, Newtown Square, PA)
  7. LAUREL VALLEY GOLF CLUB (Dick Wilson 1960, Ligonier, PA)
  8. THE PRESERVE GOLF CLUB (Tom Fazio, J. Michael Poellot, and Sandy Tatum 2000, Carmel, CA)
  9. MAYACAMA GOLF CLUB (Jack Nicklaus 2001, Santa Rosa, CA)
  10. Bandon Trails (Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore 2005, Bandon, OR)

MPCC (Shore) 11th
MPCC (Shore) 11th
 The Preserve 6th
The Preserve 6th

Courses 81-90

  1. Quaker Ridge Golf Club (A.W. Tillinghast 1926, Scarsdale, NY)
  2. THE ESTANCIA CLUB (Tom Fazio 1995, Scottsdale, AZ)
  3. Eagle Point Golf Club (Tom Fazio 2000, Wilmington, NC)
  4. SAHALEE COUNTRY CLUB (South/North) (Ted Robinson 1969/Rees Jones 1996, Sammamish, WA)
  5. Kiawah Island Club (Cassique) (Tom Watson 2000, Kiawah Island, SC
  6. MAIDSTONE CLUB (Willie Park Jr. and Jack Park 1924, East Hampton, NY)
  7. Sage Valley Golf Club (Tom Fazio 2001, Graniteville, SC)
  8. SOMERSET HILLS COUNTRY CLUB (A.W. Tillinghast 1918, Bernardsville, NJ)
  9. Black Diamond (Quarry) (Tom Fazio 1988, Lecanto, FL)
  10. Tullymore Golf Club (Jim Engh 2001, Stanwood, MI)*

Sahalee 13th
Sahalee 13th
 Maidstone 9th
Maidstone 9th

Courses 91-100

  1. HAZELTINE NATIONAL GOLF CLUB (Robert Trent Jones 1962, Chaska, MN)-B
  2. Calusa Pines Golf Club (Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry 2001, Naples, FL)
  3. Sycamore Hills Golf Club (Jack Nicklaus 1989, Fort Wayne, IN)
  4. Hudson National Golf Club (Tom Fazio 1996, Croton-on-Hudson, NY)
  5. Valhalla Golf Club (Jack Nicklaus 1986, Louisville, KY)
  6. SANCTUARY GOLF CLUB (Jim Engh 1997, Sedalia, CO)
  7. Ocean Forest Golf Club (Rees Jones 1995, Sea Island, GA)
  8. Grandfather Golf and Country Club (Ellis Maples 1968, Linville, NC)
  9. Blackwolf Run (River) (Pete Dye 1990, Kohler, WI)*
  10. Crooked Stick Golf Club (Pete Dye and Alice Dye 1964, Carmel, IN)

Hazeltine 16th
Hazeltine 16th
 Sanctuary 14th
Sanctuary 14th