Rank |
Course |
Location |
Architect(s) |
Year opened |
Avg. rating |
1 |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
Pebble Beach, Calif. |
Douglas Grant, Jack Neville |
1919 |
8.85 |
2 |
Bandon Dunes (Pacific Dunes) |
Bandon, Ore. |
Tom Doak |
2001 |
8.83 |
3 |
Pinehurst No. 2 |
Pinehurst, N.C. |
Donald Ross |
1907 |
8.40 |
4 |
Whistling Straits (Straits) |
Mosel, Wis. |
Pete Dye |
1998 |
8.28 |
5 |
Bandon Dunes (Old Macdonald) |
Bandon, Ore. |
Tom Doak, Jim Urbina |
2010 |
8.28 |
6 |
Bandon Dunes (Bandon Dunes) |
Bandon, Ore. |
David McLay Kidd |
1999 |
8.14 |
7 |
Shadow Creek |
North Las Vegas, Nev. |
Tom Fazio |
1970 |
8.06 |
8 |
Kiawah Golf Resort (Ocean Course) |
Kiawah Island, S.C. |
Pete Dye |
1991 |
7.90 |
9 |
Bandon Dunes (Bandon Trails) |
Bandon, Ore. |
Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw |
2005 |
7.85 |
10 |
TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium) |
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. |
Pete Dye |
1981 |
7.76 |
11 |
Spyglass Hill |
Pebble Beach, Calif. |
Robert Trent Jones Sr. |
1966 |
7.67 |
12 |
Sand Valley (Mammoth Dunes) |
Nekoosa, Wis. |
David McLay Kidd |
2018 |
7.59 |
13 |
Sand Valley (Sand Valley) |
Nekoosa, Wis. |
Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw |
2017 |
7.52 |
14 |
Streamsong Resort (Red) |
Bowling Green, Fla. |
Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw |
2012 |
7.51 |
15 |
Streamsong Resort (Black) |
Bowling Green, Fla. |
Gil Hanse |
2017 |
7.45 |
16 |
Gamble Sands |
Brewster, Wash. |
David McLay Kidd |
2014 |
7.45 |
17 |
Kapalua (Plantation) |
Lanai, Hawaii |
Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw |
1991 |
7.41 |
18 |
Arcadia Bluffs (Bluffs) |
Arcadia, Mich. |
Warren Henderson, Rick Smith |
1999 |
7.38 |
19 |
Sea Pines Resort (Harbour Town Golf Links) |
Hilton Head Island, S.C. |
Pete Dye |
1970 |
7.34 |
20 |
Streamsong Resort (Blue) |
Bowling Green, Fla. |
Tom Doak |
2012 |
7.32 |
21 |
Fallen Oak |
Saucier, Miss. |
Tom Fazio |
2006 |
7.25 |
22 |
Four Seasons Resort Lanai (Manele) |
Lanai, Hawaii |
Jack Nicklaus |
1993 |
7.25 |
23 |
Omni Homestead Resort (The Cascades) |
Hot Springs, Va. |
William S. Flynn |
1923 |
7.21 |
24 |
Sea Island (Seaside) |
St. Simons Island, Ga. |
Charles H. Alison, Harry S. Colt, Tom Fazio, Joe Lee |
1929 |
7.10 |
25 |
Blackwolf Run (River) |
Kohler, Wis. |
Pete Dye |
1988 |
7.03 |
26 |
Erin Hills |
Erin, Wis. |
Dana Fry, Michael Hurdzan |
2006 |
7.03 |
27 |
Mossy Oak GC |
West Point, Miss. |
Gil Hanse |
2016 |
6.98 |
28 |
Forest Dunes, The Loop (Red & Black) |
Roscommon, Mich. |
Tom Doak |
2016 |
6.98 |
29 |
Silvies Valley Ranch (Hankins) |
Seneca, Ore. |
Dan Hixson |
2018 |
6.97 |
30 |
Mid Pines |
Southern Pines, N.C. |
Donald Ross |
1921 |
6.97 |
31 |
The Prairie Club (Dunes) |
Valentine, Neb. |
Tom Lehman, Chris Brands |
2010 |
6.97 |
32 |
Highland Course at Primland |
Meadows of Dan, Va. |
Donald Steel |
2006 |
6.95 |
33 |
Silvies Valley Ranch (Craddock) |
Seneca, Ore. |
Dan Hixson |
2018 |
6.93 |
34 |
Pinehurst No. 4 |
Pinehurst, N.C. |
Gil Hanse |
2018 |
6.91 |
35 |
The Greenbrier (Old White TPC) |
White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. |
Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor, Lester George |
1914 |
6.83 |
36 |
Montage Palmetto Bluff (May River) |
Bluffton, S.C. |
Jack Nicklaus |
2004 |
6.83 |
37 |
The Dunes G&BC |
Myrtle Beach, S.C. |
Robert Trent Jones Sr. |
1949 |
6.82 |
38 |
Pine Needles |
Southern Pines, N.C. |
John Fought, Donald Ross |
1927 |
6.82 |
39 |
Forest Dunes (Forest Dunes/Weiskopf) |
Roscommon, Mich. |
Tom Weiskopf |
2002 |
6.78 |
40 |
Keswick Hall & GC |
Charlottesville, Va. |
Pete Dye |
2014 |
6.77 |
41 |
Sand Hollow (Championship Course) |
St. George, Utah |
John Fought, Andy Staples |
2008 |
6.77 |
42 |
French Lick Resort (Pete Dye Course) |
French Lick, Ind. |
Pete Dye |
2009 |
6.75 |
43 |
Whistling Straits (Irish) |
Mosel, Wis. |
Pete Dye |
2000 |
6.75 |
44 |
Golden Horseshoe (Gold) |
Williamsburg, Va. |
Robert Trent Jones Sr., Rees Jones |
1963 |
6.74 |
45 |
Caledonia Golf & Fish Club |
Pawleys Island, S.C. |
Mike Strantz |
1994 |
6.71 |
46 |
Giant’s Ridge (Quarry) |
Biwabik, Minn. |
Jeff Brauer |
2004 |
6.71 |
47 |
Cascata |
Boulder City, Nev. |
Rees Jones |
2000 |
6.69 |
48 |
We-Ko-Pa (Saguaro) |
Fort McDowell, Ariz. |
Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw |
2006 |
6.66 |
49 |
Arcadia Bluffs (South Course) |
Arcadia, Mich. |
Dana Fry, Jason Straka |
2018 |
6.65 |
50 |
Old Waverly GC |
West Point, Miss. |
Bob Cupp, Jerry Pate |
1988 |
6.65 |
Source
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