Guru's Top 50 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. Bandon Dunes Golf Course (David McLay Kidd 1999, Bandon, OR)
3. Wolf Creek Golf Club (Dennis Ryder 2000, Mesquite, NV)
4. Pacific Dunes Golf Course (Tom Doak 2001, Bandon, OR)
5. Tobacco Road Golf Club (Mike Strantz 1998, Sanford, NC)
6. Kapalua Resort (Plantation) (Ben Crenshaw/Bill Coore 1991, Maui, HI)
7. Shadow Creek Golf Club (Tom Fazio 1989, North Las Vegas, NV)
8. Bethpage State Park (Black) (A.W. Tillinghast 1936, Farmingdale, NY)*
9. Old Macdonald (Tom Doak/Jim Urbina 2010, Bandon, OR)
10. Bandon Trails (Ben Crenshaw/Bill Coore 2005, Bandon, OR)

Pebble Beach 7th	Wolf Creek 12th

Public Courses 11-20

11. Spyglass Hill Golf Course (Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1966, Pebble Beach, CA)
12. Pinehurst Resort #2 (Donald Ross 1907/Crenshaw&Coore 2010, Pinehurst, NC)
13. Osprey Meadows at Tamarack Resort (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 2005, Donnelly, ID)
14. Red Sky Golf Club (Norman) (Greg Norman 2003, Wolcott, CO)
15. Pasatiempo Golf Club (Alister MacKenzie 1929, Santa Cruz, CA)
16. Lakota Canyon Ranch Golf Club (Jim Engh 2004, New Castle, CO)
17. Trump National Los Angeles (Donald Trump 2005, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA)
18. Cascata Golf Club (Rees Jones 2000, Boulder City, NV)
19. Coeur d'Alene Resort (Scott Miller 1991, Coeur d'Alene, ID)
20. The Wilderness Club (Nick Faldo 2009, Eureka, MT)

Trump National Los Angeles 10th	Coeur d'Alene 14th

Public Courses 21-30

21. Thanksgiving Point Golf Club (Johnny Miller 1997, Lehi, UT)
22. Sand Hollow Golf Club (John Fought 2008, Hurricane, UT)
23. Redlands Mesa Golf Club (Jim Engh 2001, Grand Junction, CO)
24. The Idaho Club (Jack Nicklaus 2008, Sandpoint, ID)
25. Troon North Golf Club (Pinnacle) (Tom Weiskopf 1996/reroute 2007, Scottsdale, AZ)
26. Palouse Ridge Golf Club (John Harbottle 2008, Pullman, WA)
27. Cape Fear National (Tim Cate 2010, Wilmington, NC)
28. The Course at Wente Vineyards (Greg Norman 1998, Livermore, CA)
29. Crosswater Golf Club (Bob Cupp 1995, Sunriver, OR)
30. The Links at Spanish Bay (Robert Trent Jones Jr./Sandy Tatum/Tom Watson 1987, Pebble Beach, CA)

Sand Hollow 15th	Crosswater 12th

Public Courses 31-40

31. Headwaters Golf Club at Teton Springs (Gary Stephenson/Steve Jones/Byron Nelson 2004, Victor, ID)*
32. Jug Mountain Ranch (Donald Knott 2004, McCall, ID)
33. Circling Raven Golf Club (Gene Bates 2003, Worley, ID)
34. Pinehurst Resort #4 (Donald Ross 1919/Tom Fazio 2000, Pinehurst, NC)*
35. TPC Myrtle Beach (Tom Fazio 1999, Murrells Inlet, SC)
36. Desert Canyon Golf Resort (Jack Frei 1993, Orondo, WA)
37. Bandon Crossings Golf Club (Dan Hixson 2007, Bandon, OR)
38. Tetherow Golf Club (David McLay Kidd 2008, Bend, OR)
39. Reflection Bay at Lake Las Vegas Resort (Jack Nicklaus 1998, Henderson, NV)
40. Loomis Trail Golf Course (Graham Cooke 1992, Blaine, WA)

Headwaters 9th	Tetherow 17th

Public Courses 41-50

41. Troon North Golf Club (Monument) (Tom Weiskopf 1990, Scottsdale, AZ)
42. The Falls at Lake Las Vegas Resort (Tom Weiskopf 2002, Henderson, NV)
43. Suncadia Resort (Prospector Course) (Arnold Palmer 2005, Cle Elum, WA)
44. Falcon Crest Golf Club (Hans Borbonus 2001, Kuna, ID)
45. Sun Valley Resort (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1980, Sun Valley, ID)
46. Brasada Ranch Golf Course (Peter Jacobsen 2007, Powell Butte, OR)
47. Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Ghost Creek) (Bob Cupp 1991, North Plains, OR)
48. Red Sky Golf Club (Fazio) (Tom Fazio 2002, Wolcott, CO)
49. CordeValle Golf Resort (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1999, San Martin, CA)
50. Old Works Golf Club (Jack Nicklaus 1997, Anaconda, MT)

Pumpkin Ridge (Ghost Creek) 18th	Old Works 6th