Pebble Beach 7th Hole

Guru's Top 100 Golf Courses

Below is the Gurus list of the top 100 golf courses we've played together. This list constantly gets updated as we play new places and focuses mainly in the Western U.S. where we've played the most. Courses marked with an * indicate public access courses.

Top 10 Courses

  1. Cypress Point Golf Club (Alister MacKenzie 1928, Pebble Beach, CA)
  2. Pebble Beach Golf Links (Jack Neville and Douglas Grant 1919/H. Chandler Egan 1929, Pebble Beach, CA)*
  3. Castle Pines Golf Club (Jack Nicklaus 1981, Castle Rock, CO)
  4. The Club at Black Rock (Jim Engh 2003, Coeur d'Alene, ID)
  5. Pacific Dunes Golf Course (Tom Doak 2001, Bandon, OR)*
  6. Wolf Creek Golf Club (Dennis Ryder 2000, Mesquite, NV)*
  7. Gozzer Ranch Golf and Lake Club (Tom Fazio 2007, Coeur d'Alene, ID)
  8. Shadow Creek Golf Club (Tom Fazio 1989, North Las Vegas, NV)*
  9. Sherwood Country Club (Jack Nicklaus 1989, Thousand Oaks, CA)
  10. Members Club at Aldarra (Tom Fazio 2000, Fall City, WA)

Cypress Point 17th
Cypress Point 17th
 Black Rock 13th
Black Rock 13th

Courses 11-20

  1. Bandon Dunes Golf Course (David McLay Kidd 1999, Bandon, OR)*
  2. Whispering Pines Golf Club (Chet Williams 2000, Trinity, TX)
  3. Mayacama Golf Club (Jack Nicklaus 2001, Santa Rosa, CA)
  4. Sanctuary Golf Club (Jim Engh 1997, Sedalia, CO)
  5. The Golf Club of Georgia (Lakeside) (Arthur Hills 1991, Alpharetta, GA)
  6. Spyglass Hill Golf Course (Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1966, Pebble Beach, CA)*
  7. Pronghorn Golf Club (Nicklaus) (Jack Nicklaus 2004, Bend, OR)
  8. Osprey Meadows at Tamarack Resort (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 2005, Donnelly, ID)*
  9. Snake River Sporting Club (Tom Weiskopf 2006, Jackson Hole, WY)
  10. Red Sky Golf Club (Norman) (Greg Norman 2003, Wolcott, CO)*

Sanctuary 10th
Sanctuary 10th
 Pronghorn (Nicklaus) 13th green
Pronghorn (Nicklaus) 13th

Courses 21-30

  1. Riviera Country Club (George Thomas 1926, Pacific Palisades, CA)
  2. Lakota Canyon Ranch Golf Club (Jim Engh 2004, New Castle, CO)*
  3. The Club at Spanish Peaks (Tom Weiskopf 2007, Big Sky, MT)
  4. Eugene Country Club (H. Chandler Egan 1925, Eugene, OR)
  5. TPC at Snoqualmie Ridge (Jack Nicklaus 1999, Snoqualmie, WA)
  6. The Preserve Golf Club (Tom Fazio 2000, Carmel, CA)
  7. Cascata Golf Club (Rees Jones 2000, Boulder City, NV)*
  8. Pronghorn Golf Club (Fazio) (Tom Fazio 2006, Bend, OR)
  9. Los Angeles Country Club (North) (George Thomas 1921, Los Angeles, CA)
  10. Olympic Club (Lake) (Sam Whiting 1927, San Francisco, CA)

Riviera 18th green
Riviera 18th
 Lakota Canyon 18th
Lakota Canyon 18th

Courses 31-40

  1. Redlands Mesa Golf Club (Jim Engh 2001, Grand Junction, CO)*
  2. Trump National Los Angeles (Donald Trump 2005, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA)*
  3. Pasatiempo Golf Club (Alister MacKenzie 1929, Santa Cruz, CA)*
  4. Ironbridge Golf Club (Arthur Hills 2003, Glenwood Springs, CO)
  5. Southern Highlands Golf Club (Robert Trent Jones Sr./Jr. 1999, Las Vegas, NV)
  6. Glenwild Golf Club (Tom Fazio 2001, Park City, UT)
  7. Thanksgiving Point Golf Club (Johnny Miller 1997, Lehi, UT)*
  8. Coeur d'Alene Resort (Scott Miller 1991, Coeur d'Alene, ID)*
  9. The Course at Wente Vineyards (Greg Norman 1998, Livermore, CA)*
  10. Sahalee Country Club (Ted Robinson 1969/Rees Jones 1996, Sammamish, WA)

Redlands Mesa 16th
Redlands Mesa 16th
 Glenwild 17th
Glenwild 17th

Courses 41-50

  1. Circling Raven Golf Club (Gene Bates 2003, Worley, ID)*
  2. Loomis Trail Golf Course (Graham Cooke 1992, Blaine, WA)*
  3. Ballyneal Golf Club (Tom Doak 2005, Holyoke, CO)
  4. San Francisco Golf Club (A.W. Tillinghast 1915, San Francisco, CA)
  5. The Club at Pradera (Jim Engh 2005, Parker, CO)
  6. The Links at Spanish Bay (Robert Trent Jones Jr./Sandy Tatum/Tom Watson 1987, Pebble Beach, CA)*
  7. Desert Canyon Golf Resort (Jack Frei 1993, Orondo, WA)*
  8. Blue Lakes Country Club (Francis L. James 1948, Twin Falls, ID)
  9. Cherry Hills Country Club (William Flynn 1922, Englewood, CO)
  10. Crosswater Golf Club (Bob Cupp 1995, Sunriver, OR)*

San Francisco 11th
San Francisco 11th
 Blue Lakes 4th
Blue Lakes 4th

Courses 51-60

  1. Reflection Bay at Lake Las Vegas Resort (Jack Nicklaus 1998, Henderson, NV)*
  2. The Falls at Lake Las Vegas Resort (Tom Weiskopf 2002, Henderson, NV)*
  3. Red Sky Golf Club (Fazio) (Tom Fazio 2002, Wolcott, CO)*
  4. Vaquero Club (Tom Fazio 2001, Westlake, TX)
  5. Jug Mountain Ranch (Donald Knott 2004, McCall, ID)*
  6. Sun Valley Resort (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1980, Sun Valley, ID)*
  7. Carlton Woods Golf Club (Fazio) (Tom Fazio 2005, The Woodlands, TX)
  8. Miramont Country Club (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 2004, Bryan, TX)
  9. Headwaters Golf Club at Teton Springs (Gary Stephenson/Steve Jones/Byron Nelson 2004, Victor, ID)
  10. Saticoy Country Club (William F. Bell 1964, Somis, CA)

Carlton Woods (Fazio) 18th water
Carlton Woods (Fazio) 18th
 Headwaters 9th
Headwaters 9th

Courses 61-70

  1. Walden on Lake Conroe (Bruce Devlin/Robert von Hagge 1970, Montgomery, TX)
  2. Old Works Golf Club (Jack Nicklaus 1997, Anaconda, MT)*
  3. Catamount Ranch and Club (Tom Weiskopf 1998, Steamboat Springs, CO)
  4. Carlton Woods Golf Club (Nicklaus) (Jack Nicklaus 2001, The Woodlands, TX)
  5. Tuhaye Golf Course at Talisker (Mark O'Meara 2005, Kamas, UT)
  6. Pasadera Country Club (Jack Nicklaus 2000, Monterey, CA)
  7. CordeValle Golf Resort (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1999, San Martin, CA)*
  8. Iron Horse Golf Club (Tom Fazio 2000, Whitefish, MT)
  9. Promontory - The Ranch Club (Pete Dye Canyon) (Pete Dye 2002, Park City, UT)
  10. Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Ghost Creek) (Bob Cupp 1991, North Plains, OR)*

Pasadera Country Club 13th
Pasadera 13th
 Iron Horse 6th
Iron Horse 6th

Courses 71-80

  1. Half Moon Bay Resort (Ocean) (Arthur Hills 1997, Half Moon Bay, CA)*
  2. McCormick Woods Golf Course (Jack Frei 1987, Port Orchard, WA)*
  3. Hidden Lakes Golf Resort (Jim Krause 1986/John Mueller 2001, Sandpoint, ID)*
  4. Country Club of the Rockies (Jack Nicklaus 1984, Edwards, CO)
  5. Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club (Arnold Palmer 1987, Blaine, WA)*
  6. Rio Secco Golf Club (Rees Jones 1997, Henderson, NV)*
  7. Falcon Crest Golf Club (Hans Borbonus 2001, Kuna, ID)*
  8. Coral Canyon Golf Course (Keith Foster 2000, Washington, UT)*
  9. Colonial Country Club (John Bredemus/Perry Maxwell 1936, Fort Worth, TX)
  10. Gold Mountain Golf Club (Olympic) (John Harbottle 1996, Bremerton, WA)*

Half Moon Bay (Ocean) 16th
Half Moon Bay (Ocean) 16th
 Colonial 16th
Colonial 16th

Courses 81-90

  1. Broken Top Golf Club (Tom Weiskopf 1993, Bend, OR)
  2. The Country Club (Harold B. Lamb 1899/William Watson 1920/Ralph Plummer 1960/John Harbottle 2007, Salt Lake City, UT)
  3. Aspen Lakes Golf Course (William Overdorf 1997, Sisters, OR)*
  4. 3 Creek Ranch Golf Club (Rees Jones 2005, Jackson Hole, WY)
  5. DragonRidge Country Club (Jay Morrish/David Druzisky 2000, Henderson, NV)
  6. TPC Las Vegas (The Canyons) (Bobby Weed/Raymond Floyd 1996, Las Vegas, NV)*
  7. Fossil Trace Golf Club (Jim Engh 2003, Golden, CO)*
  8. Teton Pines Country Club (Arnold Palmer 1987, Jackson Hole, WY)*
  9. Entrada at Snow Canyon Country Club (Johnny Miller 1996, St. George, UT)
  10. Whitetail Club and Resort (Andy North/Roger Packard 2002, McCall, ID)*

Aspen Lakes 11th bunker
Aspen Lakes 11th
 Entrada at Snow Canyon 2nd
Entrada at Snow Canyon 2nd

Courses 91-100

  1. Lost Canyons Golf Club (Sky) (Pete Dye 2000, Simi Valley, CA)*
  2. Eagle Bend Golf Club (William Hull Jr. 1984/Jack Nicklaus Jr. 9 hole addition 1995, Bigfork, MT)*
  3. Valencia Country Club (Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1965, Valencia, CA)
  4. Sandpines Golf Links (Rees Jones 1993, Florence, OR)*
  5. The Creek at Qualchan Golf Course (William Robinson 1992, Spokane, WA)*
  6. The Ridge at Castle Pines North (Tom Weiskopf 1997, Castle Rock, CO)*
  7. Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis Club (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1963/1973, Jackson, WY)*
  8. Poppy Hills Golf Course (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1986, Pebble Beach, CA)*
  9. The Meadow Club (Alister MacKenzie 1927, Fairfax, CA)
  10. Rustic Canyon Golf Course (Gil Hanse 2002, Moorpark, CA)*

The Creek at Qualchan 12th
The Creek at Qualchan 12th
 Jackson Hole 13th
Jackson Hole 13th