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. Bandon Dunes Golf Course (David McLay Kidd 1999, Bandon, OR)
  5. Shadow Creek Golf Club (Tom Fazio 1989, North Las Vegas, NV)
  6. Bethpage State Park (Black) (A.W. Tillinghast 1936, Farmingdale, NY)*
  7. Osprey Meadows at Tamarack Resort (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 2005, Donnelly, ID)
  8. Spyglass Hill Golf Course (Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1966, Pebble Beach, CA)
  9. Pasatiempo Golf Club (Alister MacKenzie 1929, Santa Cruz, CA)
  10. Red Sky Golf Club (Norman) (Greg Norman 2003, Wolcott, CO)

Pebble Beach 7th
Pebble Beach 7th
 Bandon Dunes 4th
Bandon Dunes 4th

Public Courses 11-20

  1. Cascata Golf Club (Rees Jones 2000, Boulder City, NV)
  2. Lakota Canyon Ranch Golf Club (Jim Engh 2004, New Castle, CO)
  3. Redlands Mesa Golf Club (Jim Engh 2001, Grand Junction, CO)
  4. Trump National Los Angeles (Donald Trump 2005, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA)
  5. Thanksgiving Point Golf Club (Johnny Miller 1997, Lehi, UT)
  6. Sand Hollow Golf Club (John Fought 2008, Hurricane, UT)
  7. Troon North Golf Club (Pinnacle) (Tom Weiskopf 1996/reroute 2007, Scottsdale, AZ)
  8. Coeur d'Alene Resort (Scott Miller 1991, Coeur d'Alene, ID)
  9. The Course at Wente Vineyards (Greg Norman 1998, Livermore, CA)
  10. Crosswater Golf Club (Bob Cupp 1995, Sunriver, OR)

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. Loomis Trail Golf Course (Graham Cooke 1992, Blaine, WA)
  2. Circling Raven Golf Club (Gene Bates 2003, Worley, ID)
  3. Jug Mountain Ranch (Donald Knott 2004, McCall, ID)
  4. Desert Canyon Golf Resort (Jack Frei 1993, Orondo, WA)
  5. The Links at Spanish Bay (Robert Trent Jones Jr./Sandy Tatum/Tom Watson 1987, Pebble Beach, CA)
  6. Reflection Bay at Lake Las Vegas Resort (Jack Nicklaus 1998, Henderson, NV)
  7. The Falls at Lake Las Vegas Resort (Tom Weiskopf 2002, Henderson, NV)
  8. Sun Valley Resort (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1980, Sun Valley, ID)
  9. Tetherow Golf Club (David McLay Kidd 2008, Bend, OR)
  10. Palouse Ridge Golf Club (John Harbottle 2008, Pullman, WA)

Spanish Bay
Links at Spanish Bay
 Reflection Bay 9th
Reflection Bay 9th

Public Courses 31-40

  1. CordeValle Golf Resort (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1999, San Martin, CA)
  2. Troon North Golf Club (Monument) (Tom Weiskopf 1990, Scottsdale, AZ)
  3. Falcon Crest Golf Club (Hans Borbonus 2001, Kuna, ID)
  4. Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Ghost Creek) (Bob Cupp 1991, North Plains, OR)
  5. Red Sky Golf Club (Fazio) (Tom Fazio 2002, Wolcott, CO)
  6. Old Works Golf Club (Jack Nicklaus 1997, Anaconda, MT)
  7. Coral Canyon Golf Course (Keith Foster 2000, Washington, UT)
  8. McCormick Woods Golf Course (Jack Frei 1987, Port Orchard, WA)
  9. Bali Hai Golf Club (Lee Schmidt/Brian Curley 2000, Las Vegas, NV)
  10. TPC Scottsdale (Tom Weiskopf 1986, Scottsdale, AZ)

Falcon Crest 10th
Falcon Crest 10th
 Bali Hai 18th
Bali Hai 18th