Pebble Beach 7th Hole

Guru's Top 40 Public Golf Courses

Below is the Gurus list of the top 40 public 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.

Top 10 Public Courses

  1. Pebble Beach Golf Links (Jack Neville and Douglas Grant 1919/H. Chandler Egan 1929, Pebble Beach, CA)
  2. Pacific Dunes Golf Course (Tom Doak 2001, Bandon, OR)
  3. Wolf Creek Golf Club (Dennis Ryder 2000, Mesquite, NV)
  4. Shadow Creek Golf Club (Tom Fazio 1989, North Las Vegas, NV)
  5. Bandon Dunes Golf Course (David McLay Kidd 1999, Bandon, OR)
  6. Spyglass Hill Golf Course (Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1966, Pebble Beach, CA)
  7. Osprey Meadows at Tamarack Resort (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 2005, Donnelly, ID)
  8. Red Sky Golf Club (Norman) (Greg Norman 2003, Wolcott, CO)
  9. Lakota Canyon Ranch Golf Club (Jim Engh 2004, New Castle, CO)
  10. Cascata Golf Club (Rees Jones 2000, Boulder City, NV)

Pebble Beach 7th
Pebble Beach 7th
 Cascata 14th
Cascata 14th

Public Courses 11-20

  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. Thanksgiving Point Golf Club (Johnny Miller 1997, Lehi, UT)
  5. Coeur d'Alene Resort (Scott Miller 1991, Coeur d'Alene, ID)
  6. The Course at Wente Vineyards (Greg Norman 1998, Livermore, CA)
  7. Circling Raven Golf Club (Gene Bates 2003, Worley, ID)
  8. Loomis Trail Golf Course (Graham Cooke 1992, Blaine, WA)
  9. The Links at Spanish Bay (Robert Trent Jones Jr./Sandy Tatum/Tom Watson 1987, Pebble Beach, CA)
  10. Desert Canyon Golf Resort (Jack Frei 1993, Orondo, WA)

Redlands Mesa 17th from the closed tee box
Redlands Mesa 17th
 Coeur d'Alene Resort 14th island green
Coeur d'Alene 14th

Public Courses 21-30

  1. Crosswater Golf Club (Bob Cupp 1995, Sunriver, OR)
  2. Reflection Bay at Lake Las Vegas Resort (Jack Nicklaus 1998, Henderson, NV)
  3. The Falls at Lake Las Vegas Resort (Tom Weiskopf 2002, Henderson, NV)
  4. Red Sky Golf Club (Fazio) (Tom Fazio 2002, Wolcott, CO)
  5. Jug Mountain Ranch (Donald Knott 2004, McCall, ID)
  6. Sun Valley Resort (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1980, Sun Valley, ID)
  7. Old Works Golf Club (Jack Nicklaus 1997, Anaconda, MT)
  8. CordeValle Golf Resort (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1999, San Martin, CA)
  9. Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Ghost Creek) (Bob Cupp 1991, North Plains, OR)
  10. Half Moon Bay Resort (Ocean) (Arthur Hills 1997, Half Moon Bay, CA)

Red Sky (Fazio) 17th
Red Sky (Fazio) 17th
 Half Moon Bay (Ocean) 16th
Half Moon Bay (Ocean) 16th

Public Courses 31-40

  1. McCormick Woods Golf Course (Jack Frei 1987, Port Orchard, WA)
  2. Hidden Lakes Golf Resort (Jim Krause 1986/John Mueller 2001, Sandpoint, ID)
  3. Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club (Arnold Palmer 1987, Blaine, WA)
  4. Rio Secco Golf Club (Rees Jones 1997, Henderson, NV)
  5. Falcon Crest Golf Club (Hans Borbonus 2001, Kuna, ID)
  6. Coral Canyon Golf Course (Keith Foster 2000, Washington, UT)
  7. Gold Mountain Golf Club (Olympic) (John Harbottle 1996, Bremerton, WA)
  8. Aspen Lakes Golf Course (William Overdorf 1997, Sisters, OR)
  9. TPC Las Vegas (The Canyons) (Bobby Weed/Raymond Floyd 1996, Las Vegas, NV)
  10. Fossil Trace Golf Club (Jim Engh 2003, Golden, CO)

Semiahmoo 11th
Semiahmoo 11th
 Coral Canyon 6th
Coral Canyon 6th