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Golf Magazine - Top 100 Courses in the U.S. (2022-2023)


68 of 100 Checked Off


  1. Pine Valley
  2. Cypress Point
  3. Shinnecock Hills
  4. National Golf Links of America
  5. Oakmont
  6. Sand Hills
  7. Augusta National (Masters)
  8. Merion
  9. Fishers Island
  10. Los Angeles (North)
  11. Pebble Beach
  12. Pinehurst (No. 2)
  13. Chicago GC
  14. Riviera
  15. Friar's Head
  16. Winged Foot (West)
  17. Pacific Dunes
  18. Prairie Dunes
  19. Oakland Hills (South)
  20. Crystal Downs
  21. Seminole
  22. The Country Club (Clyde/Squirrel)
  23. San Francisco
  24. Southern Hills
  25. Shoreacres
  26. Somerset Hills
  27. California Golf Club of San Francisco
  28. Garden City
  29. Maidstone
  30. Bethpage (Black)
  31. Ballyneal
  32. ​Kiawah Island (Ocean)
  33. Inverness
  34. Camargo
  35. Sleepy Hollow
  36. Peachtree
  37. Oak Hill (East)
  38. Old Town
  39. Ohoopee Match Club
  40. Bandon Trails
  41. Baltusrol (Lower)
  42. Myopia Hunt Club
  43. Winged Foot (East)
  44. Yeamans Hall
  45. Rock Creek Cattle Company
  46. Bandon Dunes
  47. Quaker Ridge
  48. Muirfield Village
  49. Valley Club of Montecito
  50. TPC Sawgrass (Stadium)
  51. The Golf Club
  52. Honors Course
  53. Old Sandwich
  54. Whistling Straits (Straits)
  55. Congressional (Blue)
  56. Wade Hampton
  57. Eastward Ho!
  58. Pasatiempo
  59. CapRock Ranch
  60. Olympic (Lake)
  61. The Creek
  62. Essex County
  63. Harbour Town
  64. Pikewood National
  65. Kittansett
  66. Monterey Peninsula (Shore)
  67. Bel-Air
  68. Piping Rock
  69. Plainfield
  70. Gozzer Ranch
  71. White Bear Yacht
  72. Moraine
  73. Scioto
  74. Ridgewood (E/W)
  75. Milwaukee
  76. Shadow Creek
  77. Old Macdonald
  78. Monterey Peninsula (Dunes)
  79. Lawsonia (Links)
  80. St. Louis
  81. Aronimink
  82. Gamble Sands
  83. Glens Falls
  84. Newport
  85. Congaree
  86. Streamsong (Red)
  87. Baltimore (Five Farms East)
  88. Cherry Hills
  89. Hollywood
  90. Kingsley
  91. Nanea
  92. Streamsong (Blue)
  93. Calusa Pines
  94. Prairie Club (Dunes)
  95. Davenport
  96. Brookside
  97. Sheep Ranch
  98. Sand Valley (Sand Valley)
  99. Palmetto
  100. Pinehurst (No. 4)

Golf Digest - America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses (2023-2024)


64 of 100 Checked Off


  1. Pine Valley G.C.
  2. Augusta National G.C. (Masters)
  3. Cypress Point Club
  4. Shinnecock Hills G.C.
  5. Oakmont C.C.
  6. Merion G.C. (East)
  7. National G. Links of America
  8. Sand Hills G.C.
  9. Fishers Island Club
  10. Seminole G.C.
  11. Winged Foot G.C. (West)
  12. Pebble Beach Golf Links
  13. Chicago G.C.
  14. Crystal Downs C.C.
  15. Friar's Head G.C.
  16. Los Angeles C.C. (North)
  17. Muirfield Village G.C.
  18. Riviera C.C.
  19. The Country Club: The Main Course
  20. Oakland Hills C.C. (South)
  21. Pacific Dunes
  22. Oak Hill C.C. (East)
  23. Prairie Dunes C.C.
  24. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean)
  25. Peachtree G.C. 
  26. Whistling Straits (Straits)
  27. Shadow Creek
  28. Southern Hills C.C.
  29. Pinehurst #2
  30. Pikewood National G.C.
  31. The Honors Course
  32. Wade Hampton G.C.
  33. San Francisco G.C.
  34. Ohoopee Match Club
  35. The Olympic Club (Lake)
  36. Ballyneal G.C.
  37. Gozzer Ranch Golf and Lake Club
  38. The Alotian Club
  39. Bethpage State Park (Black)
  40. Bandon Dunes
  41. TPC Sawgrass (Stadium)
  42. Congareee G.C.
  43. Sebonack G.C.
  44. The Golf Club
  45. Baltusrol G.C. (Lower)
  46. Castle Pines G.C.
  47. Camargo Club
  48. Erin Hills G.C.
  49. Nanea G.C.
  50. Myopia Hunt Club
  51. Whispering Pines G.C.
  52. Maidstone Club (West)
  53. Victoria National G.C.
  54. Old Town Club
  55. Shoreacres G.C.
  56. Rock Creek Cattle Company
  57. Somerset Hills C.C.
  58. Inverness Club
  59. Sleepy Hollow C.C.
  60. Scioto C.C.
  61. Winged Foot G.C. (East)
  62. Monterey Peninsula C.C. (Shore)
  63. Old Sandwich G.C.
  64. Garden City G.C.
  65. Bandon Trails
  66. Oak Tree National
  67. Spyglass Hill G.C.
  68. Cherry Hills C.C.
  69. Calusa Pines G.C.
  70. The Estancia Club
  71. California Golf Club
  72. Old Macdonald
  73. Congressional C.C. (Blue)
  74. Kinloch G.C.
  75. Butler National G.C.
  76. The Valley Club of Montecito
  77. Diamond Creek
  78. Essex County Club
  79. Monterey Peninsula C.C. (Dunes)
  80. Baltusrol G.C. (Upper)
  81. Quaker Ridge G.C.
  82. Plainfield C.C.
  83. Dallas National G.C.
  84. Interlachen C.C.
  85. Canyata G.C.
  86. Milwaukee C.C.
  87. Valhalla G.C.
  88. Hudson National G.C.
  89. The Kittansett Club
  90. Boston Golf Club
  91. The Quarry at La Quinta
  92. Arcadia Bluffs G.C. (Bluffs)
  93. Medinah C.C. (No. 3)
  94. Pete Dye Golf Club
  95. Aronimink G.C.
  96. Pasatiempo G.C.
  97. Piping Rock Club
  98. Shooting Star G.C.
  99. Olympia Fields C.C. (North)
  100. Spring Hill G.C.