Category: Courses

Top 25 Private Clubs-New York 2023

**Oak Hill Country Club: 2023 PG Championship**

While there are a great many fantastic public golf courses in New York, membership at a private club puts you at the top of the food chain for a quality golf experience. The limited play at a private club pretty much guarantees that course conditions will always be great, and you can also say goodbye to the 5-hour round.

The state of New York boasts 38 private clubs receiving a GolfDay rating of 90 or higher, by far the highest of any state in the country (North Carolina and New Jersey are second and third with 29 and 27 respectively).

New York also includes over 100 clubs with a GolfDay rating above 80 (high quality), again the most of any state, so you won’t have to look at only the top echelon to find a great place to call home.

We’ve included our Top 25 below, or you can spin through all of the private courses in New York-listed by GolfDay Rating.

Clubs are listed on the basis of GolfDay Rating, and listings include the year a club was founded, course architect(s), current USGA course and slope ratings, a link for course description, as well as current local and national rankings by Golf Digest. A link to the Club website is also provided, as well as a link to Google Maps for each location.

**Shinnecock Hills: William Flynn Masterpiece**

The elite private clubs in New York include designs by the towering figures in golf course architecture, including C. B. Macdonald (4), Seth Raynor (2), A. W. Tillinghast (2), Donald Ross (3), H. S. Colt/ C. H. Alison (3) and William Flynn’s masterpiece at Shinnecock Hills.

Nine of the Top 25 include updates by the great Robert Trent Jones, Sr., and eight have been updated most recently by Gil Hanse—one of the most highly regarded architects of our time.

The GolfDay private club rating is based on a variety of criteria, including the stature of the architect(s) who did the original design(s), updates that have been done on the course(s), the variety of courses located at the property, USGA Course and Slope Ratings, current local and national rankings by Golf Digest, as well as club longevity and prestige.

Winged Foot Golf Club/Mamaroneck

- Founded: 1923
- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses: East/West)
- Course Architects: A. W. Tillinghast/Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Dick Wilson/George Fazio/Tom Fazio/Gil Hanse
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- East: 73.6 Rating/140 Slope
- West: 76.4 Rating/140 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 (West-12/East-41), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (West-4/East-9)
- GolfDay Rating: 100
- Location

Oak Hill Country Club/Rochester

- Founded:1901
- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses: East/West)
- Course Architects: Donald Ross/John R. Williams/Robert Trent Jones, Sr./George Fazio/Tom Fazio/Craig Schreiner
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- East: 77.3 Rating/153 Slope
- West: 73.3 Rating/135 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 (East-20), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (East-6/West-27)
- GolfDay Rating: 100
- Location

Maidstone Golf Club/East Hampton

- Founded: 1891
- Holes: 27 (Eighteen Hole Course (West) and Nine Hole Course (East)
- Course Architects: William H. Tucker, Sr./Willie Park, Jr./John A. Park/C. Wheaton Vaughan/Seth Raynor/Perry Maxwell/Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- West: 74.0 Rating/140 Slope
- East: 33.3 Rating/ 114 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 (64), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (12)
- GolfDay Rating: 100
- Location

**Sleepy Hollow Country Club, Scarborough**

Sleepy Hollow Country Club/Scarborough

- Founded: 1911
- Holes: 27 (Eighteen Hole Championship Course (Upper) and nine Hole Executive Course (Lower)
- Course Architects: C. B. Macdonald/Seth Raynor/A. W. Tillinghast/Tom Winton/Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Rees Jones/Gil Hanse
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Upper: 74.6 Rating/141 Slope
- Lower: 30.5 Rating/110 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 (62), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (11)
- GolfDay Rating: 100
- Location

**Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton**

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club/Southampton

- Founded: 1891
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: William Flynn/Howard Toomey/William Mitchell/Allan MacCurrach
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.4 Rating/140 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 (4), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (1)
- GolfDay Rating: 100
- Location

**National Golf Links of America, Southampton**

National Golf Links of America/Southampton

- Founded: 1908
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: C. B. Macdonald/Seth Raynor/Perry Maxwell/Robert Trent Jones, Sr.
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.9 Rating/140 Slope
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 (7), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (2)
- GolfDay Rating: 99.6
- Location

Fishers Island Club/Fishers Island

- Founded: 1926
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Seth Raynor/Gil Hanse
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.8 Rating/144 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 (9), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (3)
- GolfDay Rating: 98.6
- Location

Sebonack Golf Club/Southampton

- Founded: 2006
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Jack Nicklaus/Tom Doak/Jim Urbina
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 77.5 Rating/151 Slope
- Photos
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 (38), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (7)
- GolfDay Rating: 97.8
- Location

Quaker Ridge Golf Club/Scarsdale

- Founded: 1915
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: John Duncan Dunn/A. W. Tillinghast/Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Francis Duane/Rees Jones/Gil Hanse
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.8 Rating/143 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 (76), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (13)
- GolfDay Rating: 97.6
- Location

Friar’s Head/Riverhead

- Founded: 2002
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.6 Rating/138 Slope
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 (16), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (5)
- GolfDay Rating: 97.1
- Location

**Hudson National Golf Club, Croton-on-Hudson**

Hudson National Golf Club/Croton-on-Hudson

- Founded: 1996
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Tom Fazio
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.4 Rating/143 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 (89), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (14)
- GolfDay Rating: 96.5
- Location

Garden City Golf Club/Garden City

- Founded: 1899
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Devereux Emmet/Walter Travis/Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Tom Doak/Jim Urbina
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.0 Rating/141 Slope
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 (61), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (10)
- GolfDay Rating: 96.4
- Location

Piping Rock Club/Locust Valley

- Founded: 1911
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: C. B. Macdonald/Seth Raynor/Pete Dye/Bruce Hepner
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.8 Rating/134 Slope
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 200 (109), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (15)
- GolfDay Rating: 96.2
- Location

The Creek/Locust Valley

- Founded: 1923
- Holes:
- Course Architects: C. B. Macdonald/Seth Raynor/William Flynn/Gil Hanse
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 71.9 Rating/134 Slope
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 200 (133), Golf Digest New York Top 40 (16)
- GolfDay Rating: 95.4
- Location

Westchester Country Club/Rye

- Founded: 1922
- Holes: 36
- Course Architects: Walter Travis/William Flynn/Alfred Tull/Joe Finger/Rees Jones/Perry Maxwell/Tom Winton/Stephen Kay
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- West: 74.4 Rating/145 Slope
- South: 72.5 Rating/132 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest New York Top 40 (19-West)
- GolfDay Rating: 95.2
- Location

Wykagyl Country Club/New Rochelle

- Founded: 1898
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Lawrence Van Etten/Robert White/Donald Ross/A. W. Tillinghast/Hal Purdy/Stephen Kay/Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.0 Rating/141 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest New York Top 40 (18)
- GolfDay Rating: 94.2
- Location

Monroe Golf Club/Pittsford

- Founded: 1923
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Donald Ross/Geoffrey Cornish/Bill Robinson/Arthur Hills/Brian Silva/Tyler Rae
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.8 Rating/148 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest New York Top 40 (38)
- GolfDay Rating: 94.0
- Location

**Fresh Meadow Country Club, Lake Success**

Fresh Meadow Country Club/Lake Success

- Founded: 1921
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: H. S. Colt/C. H. Alison/Orrin Smith/Stephen Kay/Keith
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.1 Rating/137 Slope
- Description
- GolfDay Rating: 93.4
- Location

Whippoorwill Club/Armonk

- Founded: 1928
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Charles Banks/Geoffrey Cornish/Brian Silva/Tripp Davis
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.0 Rating/143 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest New York Top 40 (29)
- GolfDay Rating: 93.2
- Location

**Country Club of Rochester, Rochester**

Country Club of Rochester/Rochester

- Founded: 1895
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Donald Ross/Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Arthur Hills/Gil Hanse
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.8 Rating/138 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest New York Top 40 (37)
- GolfDay Rating: 93.0
- Location

Century Country Club/Purchase

- Founded: 1898
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: H. S. Colt/C. H. Alison/Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Keith Foster/Kevin Hargrave
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.5 Rating/135 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest New York Top 40 (32)
- GolfDay Rating: 92.9
- Location

**Westhampton Country Club, Westhampton Beach**

Westhampton Country Club/Westhampton Beach

- Founded: 1890
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Seth Raynor/Gil Hanse
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.5 Rating/137 Slope
- Rankings: Golf Digest New York Top 40 (23)
- GolfDay Rating: 92.7
- Location

The Apawamis Club/Rye

- Founded: 1890
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Willie Dunn/Maturin Ballou/Tom Winton/Peter Lees/Tom Bendelow/Donald Ross/Alfred Tull/George Fazio/Tom Fazio/Gil Hanse/Tom Marzolf/Keith Foster
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.4 Rating/147 Slope
- Description
- GolfDay Rating: 92.6
- Location

Siwanoy Country Club/Bronxville

- Founded: 1901
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Donald Ross/Tom Winton/Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Geoffrey Cornish/Bill Robinson/Arthur Hills/Stephen Kay/Mike DeVries
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.5 Rating/137 Slope
- Description
- GolfDay Rating: 92.0
- Location

Old Oaks Country Club/Purchase

- Founded: 1925
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: A. W. Tillinghast/H. S. Colt/C. H. Alison/William Mitchell/Francis Duane/Rees Jones
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.0 Rating/143 Slope
- Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest New York Top 40 (40)
- GolfDay Rating: 91.8
- Location

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Top 15 Private Golf Clubs-Arizona 2023

While there are a great many fantastic public golf courses in Arizona, membership at a private club puts you at the top of the food chain for a quality golf experience. The limited play at a private club pretty much guarantees that course conditions will always be great, and you can also say goodbye to the 5-hour round.

Whether you are a fulltime Arizona resident who loves to play golf, or a northern golfer looking for a winter golf home, AZ can offer some of the finest private clubs you’ll find anywhere in the country. We’ve included our Top 15 below, or you can spin through all of the private courses in Arizona—listed by GolfDay Rating.

The elite private clubs in Arizona include designs by Tom Fazio (Whisper Rock, Estancia and Mirabel), Jack Nicklaus (Desert Mountain and Desert Highlands) and John Fought/Tom Lehman (The Gallery and updates to the Phoenix Country Club).

Seven of the Top 15 were designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish, either in collaboration or as solo work (Forest Highlands, Scottsdale National, Silverleaf, Stone Canyon, Troon, The Rim and Pine Canyon).

**Whisper Rock Golf Club, Scottsdale AZ**

Whisper Rock Golf Club/Scottsdale

- Founded: 2001
- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architect: Tom Fazio/Gary Stephenson/Phil Mickelson
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Upper: 75.9 Rating/146 Slope
- Mountain: 75.6 Rating/149 Slope
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 200 (Upper-156/Lower-188), Golf Digest Arizona Top 35 (Upper-3/Lower-5)
- GolfDay Rating: 98.1
- Location

Desert Mountain/Scottsdale

- Founded: 1996
- Holes: 126 (6 Eighteen Hole Regulation Courses and an Eighteen Hole Par 3 Course))
- Course Architects: Jack Nicklaus/Phil Smith
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Renegade: 77.8 Rating/150 Slope
- Cochise: 72.8 Rating/143 Slope
- Apache: 73.9 Rating/135 Slope
- Geronimo: 74.3 Rating/145 Slope
- Chiricahua: 74.6 Rating/147 Slope
- Outlaw: 73.5 Rating/147 Slope
- No. 7: 55.7 Rating/93 Slope
- Course Descriptions
- Rankings: Golf Digest Arizona Top 35 (Renegade-9/Chiricahua-11/Geronimo-12/Cochise-24/Outlaw-27)
- GolfDay Rating: 96.4
- Location

The Estancia Club/Scottsdale

- Founded: 1996
- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Tom Fazio
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.0 Rating/147 Slope
- Photos
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 (72), Golf Digest Arizona Top 35 (1)
- GolfDay Rating: 95.3
- Location

**Forest Highlands Golf Club, Flagstaff AZ**

Forest Highlands Golf Club/Flagstaff

- Founded: 1986
- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Tom Weiskopf/Jay Morrish
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Meadow: 74.3 Rating/143 Slope
- Canyon: 73.0 Rating/144 Slope
- Course Descriptions
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 200 (Canyon-125), Golf Digest Arizona Top 35 (Canyon-2/Meadow-10)
- GolfDay Rating: 94.7
- Location

The Gallery Golf Club/Marana
Escalante Golf

- Founded: 1998
- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: John Fought/Tom Lehman
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- North: 74.0 Rating/143 Slope
- South: 74.5 Rating/145 Slope
- Course Descriptions
- Rankings: Golf Digest Arizona Top 35 (South-26/North-28)
- GolfDay Rating: 92.9
- Location

**Scottsdale National Golf Club, Scottsdale AZ**

Scottsdale National Golf Club/Scottsdale

- Founded: 2003
- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Dick Bailey/Jay Morrish/Jackson Kahn
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Mine Shaft: 75.3 Rating/145 Slope
- The Other: 74.1 Rating/140 Slope
- Course Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Arizona Top 35 (Mine Shaft-19)
- GolfDay Rating: 92.5
- Location

1. Mirabel Golf Club/Scottsdale

- - Founded: 2001
  - Holes: 18
  - Course Architect: Tom Fazio
  - USGA Course/Slope Rating:73.3 Rating/138 Slope
  - Course Description
  - Rankings: Golf Digest Arizona Top 35 (17)
  - GolfDay Rating: 91.9
  - Location

Torreon Golf Club/Show Low
Troon Golf

- Founded: 1999
- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Robert von Hagge/Michael Smelek/Richard Baril
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Tower: 73.0 Rating/142 Slope
- Cabin: 74.2 Rating/144 Slope
- Course Descriptions
- GolfDay Rating: 91.6
- Location

**Desert Highlands Golf Club, Scottsdale AZ**

Desert Highlands Golf Club/Scottsdale

- Founded: 1982
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Jack Nicklaus/Phil Smith/Gary Panks
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.7 Rating/149 Slope
- Course Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Arizona Top 35 (8)
- GolfDay Rating: 91.2
- Location

Phoenix Country Club/Phoenix
Troon Golf

- Founded: 1899
- Holes 18
- Course Architects: Harry Collis/John Fought/Tom Lehman
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.2 Rating/135 Slope
- Course Description
- GolfDay Rating: 91.2
- Location

Silverleaf Club/Scottsdale

- Founded: 2002
- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Tom Weiskopf
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.1 Rating/149 Slope
- Course Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Arizona Top 35 (13)
- GolfDay Rating: 90.8
- Location

**The Stone Canyon Golf Club, Oro Valley AZ**

The Stone Canyon Club/Oro Valley
Arcis Golf

- Founded: 2000
- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Jay Morrish
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.0 Rating/142 Slope
- Course Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 200 (184), Golf Digest Arizona Top 35 (4)
- GolfDay Rating: 90.6
- Location

Troon Country Club/Scottsdale

- Founded: 1985
- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Tom Weiskopf/Jay Morrish/Phil Smith
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.8 Rating/146 Slope
- Course Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Arizona Top 35 (20)
- GolfDay Rating: 90.6
- Location

The Rim Golf Club/Payson
Arcis Golf

- Founded: 1999
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Tom Weiskopf/Jay Morrish/Phil Smith
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.9 Rating/140 Slope
- Course Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Arizona Top 35 (14)
- GolfDay Rating: 90.5
- Location

The Pine Canyon Club/Flagstaff
Troon Golf

- Founded: 2014
- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Jay Morrish
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.3 Rating/138 Slope
- Course Description
- Rankings: Golf Digest Arizona Top 35 (6)
- GolfDay Rating: 90.4
- Location

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LPGA Tour: The 2023 Cognizant Founders Cup

**Minjee Lee: 2022 Founders Cup Champion**

The Cognizant Founders Cup

The Ladies are returning to northern New Jersey in May! Once the LPGA Tour rounds out a swing to the west coast for the JM Eagle Championship in Los Angeles (April 27-30 at Wilshire Country Club) and the Hanwha Crown International team competition in San Francisco (May 4-7 at Harding Park), the Tour heads east, returning to northern New Jersey for the 2023 Cognizant Founders Cup which will be held at Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, from Thursday, May 11 through Sunday May 14.

Minjee Lee, currently ranked No. 6 in the world, held off Lexi Thomson (No. 7), to claim the championship in 2022, and she will be coming back this year to defend her title. Her outstanding play at the ’22 Founders Cup carried through to her second major championship at the 2022 Women’s U.S. Open and then a runner-up at the Women’s PGA.

Jin Young Ko, the 2019 and 2021 Champion, will be looking for her third Founders Cup title—and her game has been extremely sharp thus far in 2023. In the five tournaments she has played this year, Jin Young has recorded four Top 10’s including a win at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in March.

The Field

The Founders Cup field will include all top ten in the Women’s World Golf Rankings, including Nelly Korda (No. 1 in the World), Lydia Ko (No. 2),Jin Young Ko (No. 3), Lilia Vu (No. 4) and Atthaya Thitikul (No. 5).

Fan favorite and 2022 runner-up Lexi Thompson (No. 7 in the world) will once again be in the field, as well as past Founders Cup champions Stacy Lewis (2013), Kim Sei Young (2016) and Anna Nordqvist (2017). You will also see 5-time major champion and member of the LPGA Hall of Fame, Laura Davies.

**Atthaya Thitikul, Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson**

With a field comprised of the most talented lady golfers in the world, this year’s event promises superb golf and the perfect setting to enjoy it.

The History

The LPGA Founders Cup was established in 2011 to celebrate the history of ladies’ professional golf and the thirteen trail blazing women who founded the Tour in 1950. The inaugural event was the Tampa Women’s Open held at Palma Ceia Country Club in Tampa, FL, won by Polly Riley, a distinguished amateur player who won more than 100 tournaments in her career. Babe Zaharias, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and among the greatest athletes in the history of sport, won 8 of the 15 events that were held that first year (including all three major championships). Patty Berg would go on to record 60 wins and 15 major championships, while Louise Suggs won 61 times with 11 major championships.

**Babe Zaharias, Patty Berg and Louise Suggs**

In the 60’s and 70’s, renowned players including Mickey Wright (82 wins/13 Majors), Kathy Whitworth (88 wins/6 majors) and Betsy Rawls (55 wins/8 majors) continued to pave the way for the current LPGA stars. With grace, charm, and a beautiful swing, Nancy Lopez (48 wins/3 majors) carried the torch through the 80’s until Annika burst on the scene (72 wins/10 majors), raising the bar yet again while setting the stage for the magnificent players we see today.

Past Founders Cup champions include Karrie Webb (a two-time winner), Stacy Lewis, Anna Nordqvist and Inbee Park.

Upper Montclair Country Club

Founded in 1901 and located in Clifton, NJ, UMCC has hosted tournaments for the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, and The Champions Tour. The course was originally designed by A. W. Tillinghast, with major re-design and renovations by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. in the 1950’s.

The PGA Tour came to Upper Montclair in the 60’s with The Thunderbird Classic, followed by the Dow Jones Classic in 1970—with Arnold Palmer and Gene Littler included among the champions.

In the late 70’s and 80‘s, Upper Montclair hosted the LPGA Coca-Cola and Chrysler Plymouth Classics, with legendary names like Nancy Lopez and Pat Bradley etched on the championship trophies. From 1993 through 2002, UMCC hosted the Champions Tour with the Cadillac NFL Classic, and winners include Hall-of Famers Lee Trevino (twice) and Raymond Floyd.

The LPGA came back to Upper Montclair from 2007-2009 with the Sybase Classic, won twice by one of the most talented and popular players in LPGA Tour history—Lorena Ochoa.

**Nancy Lopez, Pat Bradley and Lorena Ochoa**

Upper Montclair Country Club offers 3 nine-hole courses (West, East and South), and the Founders Cup will be played on the West and South courses. From the Championship tees, the course rating is 73.5 with a Slope of 140.

What to Expect

In addition to great golf, the ladies on the LPGA Tour go out of their way to make you feel welcome. There are times at PGA Tour and Champions Tour events when it can feel as though you are intruding, an irritating distraction. No so at an LPGA Tour event, where you’ll find a warmth and friendliness that can feel more like a family outing than a golf tournament. And when you watch the ladies produce masterful shots with more than just brute power, your game will benefit greatly as well.

Getting There (177 Hepburn Road, Clifton NJ 07012)

Located 13 miles west of midtown Manhattan, Upper Montclair Country Club is one of the most accessible courses in the New York Metro area. If you are traveling from south/central NJ, Westchester/southern Connecticut, or central Long Island, UMCC is within an hour’s drive.

Parking and Directions

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Tour ’23: Scottie Wins in Scottsdale and Tiger Returns at Riviera

**Scheffler moves to #1 and Tiger Returns at Riviera**

Scottie Scheffler defended his title last week at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, defeating Canadian Nick Taylor by two strokes in the PGA Tour’s first full field event of the season. With this latest victory, Scheffler has moved back into the number one spot on the official World Golf Rankings, and number five in the FedEx Cup standings.

The even bigger news is that Tiger will make his first start of the year at Riviera this week in a star-studded field—and all eyes will be glued to CBS Sports and Golf Channel this weekend to see how close he is to the Tiger of old (and if he’s ready to continue the pursuit of Jack’s major championship record).

WM Phoenix Open

Eighteen of the Top twenty players in the World Golf Rankings were in the field last week at TPC Scottsdale, and seven finished in the top 10. In addition to Scottie Scheffler jumping to #1 in the world with his win, Jon Rahm continued his dominant play in ‘22-23 with a 3^rd place finish (Rahm has finished in the top 10 in all five of the events he’s played this season, including two wins).

Justin Thomas (No. 7) and Jordan Spieth (No. 16) each recorded their first top 10 of the year, and look like they are gearing up to make a challenge at Augusta (which is not too far away).

Xander Schauffele (No. 6) continued his strong play thus far in the young season with a T10 (Xander has made the cut in all 5 of the events he’s played including 3 top 10’s), and Sungjae Im (No. 18) recorded his 3^rd top 10 of the season with a T6.

Rory McIlroy (No. 2) made his first PGA Tour start of the calendar year after a win at the CJ Cup back in October, finishing well back at 4 under par (T32). His win on the DP World Tour at Dubai in January gave him 2 wins in his previous 2 starts, so Rory’s head-to-head match-up with Scottie and the red-hot Jon Rahm was highly anticipated, but some loose driving and an ice-cold putter resulted in a failure to launch—perhaps Tiger’s presence this week in LA will ignite him

Jason Day (5^th), Rickie Fowler (T10) and Keagan Bradley (T20) also continued their 2023 resurgence, while a bit of comic relief jumped up on Sunday when a streaker ran onto the 16th green wearing only his underwear and grabbed the flag stick before flopping into the nearby pond (and was quickly escorted away by Security).

**The Riviera Country Club: Tiger’s back**

Tiger at Riviera

Tiger’s return at Riviera this week will be his first start on the PGA Tour since The Open Championship last summer, where it was apparent that his come-back needed more time as he missed the cut. The general consensus had been that Tiger would only play the major championships this year, starting with the Masters.

The Genesis, however is Tiger’s tournament and his foundation (TGR) has been hosting the event since 2020. Riviera is also a special place for Tiger because its where he made his PGA Tour debut back in 1992 at the age of 16.

Expectations were sky high for the young phenom as an enormous gallery gathered to follow him that day at Riviera, and Tiger got a glimpse of the future when he was swarmed by media after completing a first round 72.

In his pre-tournament press conference, Tiger said he was ready to compete, and would not tee it up if he didn’t think he had a chance to win—although his record “wasn’t very good at Riviera.”

Of course, “not very good” is based on Tiger’s standard for himself. Scheduling conflicts and injury limited him to only twelve starts at Rivieras since he first came out on the Tour in 1996, and although he never notched a win, he finished among the top twenty in ten of those twelve, including four top 10’s (and twice runner-up), while missing the cut only once.

Every other player on tour would be thrilled with that kind of record at a tour event, but Tiger is in a category of his own—and the reason the world will be watching when he tees it up on Thursday.

The Genesis Invitational

The Genesis Invitational, historically known as the LA Open, has been played at iconic Riviera Country fifty-nine times since the event was first played in 1926, and forty-eight of fifty since 1973.

All of the greats in golf history have teed it up at Riviera, including Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Sam Sneed, Arnie and Byron Nelson.

For year’s Riviera was called “Hogan’s Alley” because he won there three times (’42, ’47 and ’48), and the club has been home to many of the biggest stars in Hollywood (including Humphrey Bogart, who was seen taking in the play from beneath a Sycamore on the 12^th hole so often that it became known as “Bogeys Tree”).

In addition to Tiger, this year’s field includes nineteen of the top twenty players in the World, and the leaderboard will be jammed with the biggest names in golf as the tournament heads through the weekend to what will no doubt be high drama on Sunday—so make sure you tune in and get ready to hold onto your hats.

Looking Ahead

The last tournament of February is the famed Honda Classic at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach, Florida (February 23-26). This event will officially kick off the ‘Florida Swing’, where players will be competing in four events in the state of Florida. These include the Arnold Palmer Invitational (March 2-5), The Players Championship (March 9-12), and the Valspar Championship (March 16-19).

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PGA Tour 2023: The West Coast Swing

**Rham and Scheffler Battle at TPC Scottsdale**

While the 2023 wrap-around PGA Tour season technically began back in September, the year really begins to roll with the “West Coast Swing.” The first leg was the American Express at La Quinta, featuring a stiff test on the Stadium Course designed by Pete Dye, and then moved over to The Farmers at Torrey Pines, where Tiger famously won the US Open Championship in 2008 playing on a broken leg.

The third stop on the Swing was the AT&T Pro-Am, home to perhaps the greatest course in the world–Pebble Beach Golf Links. This week is the WM Phoenix Open, played at TPC Scottsdale in Arizona.

The history of the WM Phoenix Open goes all the way back to 1932, and was originally called the “Arizona Open,” held at Phoenix Country Club. In 1987 the tournament moved to the Championship Course at TPC Scottsdale, designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish.

Next week the West Coast Swing moves back to California and the Genesis Invitational at iconic Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, where Tiger just announced that he will be making his 2023 season debut (and also where he made his first appearance on the PGA Tour).

**PGA West: Rham wins American Express**

The Recap

Jon Rahm won the American Express, his second PGA Tour win of the 2022-2023 season, where he outlasted young Davis Thompson with a one stroke margin at 27 under par. The Farmers Insurance Open saw Max Homa winning his 6^th PGA Tour event, where he took down a charging Keegan Bradley, who recorded his 3^rd top 10 of the 2023 season to build on his resurgence in 2022 when he recorded 6 top 10’s.

Another big name, Justin Rose, suddenly emerged from the doldrums with an impressive win last week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, ending a four-year victory drought by beating Brendan Todd and Brandon Wu by three strokes.

The West Coast swing has delivered plenty of excitement thus far, and this weekend promises even more as Rory McIlroy joins the field at TPC Scottsdale.

WM Phoenix Open

TPC Scottsdale is home to one of the most popular tour events of the season, where a half million or more golf fanatics assemble each year to watch their favorites and let it all hang out.

The centerpiece of the tournament is the par 3 16^th hole, otherwise known as “The Coliseum,” where raucous spectators turn it up to max volume, testing the focus of even the most seasoned tour pro.

Past winners include many of the biggest names in golf, including Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Johnny Miller, Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, and Rickie Fowler.

**16th at TPC Scottsdale: The coliseum**

Tiger left his tracks at TPC Scottsdale in 1997 with a hole-in-one at The Coliseum, and the intensity of the thunderous ovation registered on the Richter scale all the way over at Caltech in Pasadena.

This week’s field includes most of the top players in the world, headlined by Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, and two-time past winner Hideki Matsuyama.

As we head into Sunday, Scottie Scheffler is in the lead as he ramps it up to capture back-to-back Player of the Year honors–while trying to hold off the red-hot Rahm, Jordan Spieth and Nick Taylor. Jason Day and Rickie Fowler are also among the leaders as they look to continue 2023 comeback seasons.

With Scheffler, Rahm, Rory, and a field stacked with the top players on tour jockeying for position, the weekend will be loaded with thrills–and it’s a pretty good bet that the final round on Sunday will be one you won’t want to miss.

Looking Ahead

**The Players: Jewel of the Florida Swing**

All eyes will be on Tiger when he tees it up at the Genesis Invitational next week at Riviera Country Club in LA. What already promised to be a great week of golf just jumped to a new level of excitement before the Tour heads east for the Florida Swing.

**Genesis Invitational 2023: Tiger’s back**

The Honda Classic at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach will be first up (February 23-26), where the world’s best will have to negotiate the infamous “Bear Trap,” followed by the Arnold Palmer Invitational (March 2-5) at Bay Hill.

The Players (March 9-12) highlights the Florida swing, followed by the Valspar Championship (March 16-19).

There’s a great stretch of golf on the horizon, and before you know it The Masters will be here, the best golf week of the year—can’t help smiling about that.

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Top Golf Resorts and Public Courses: Myrtle Beach

It’s time to start planning your spring golf trip, and Myrtle Beach is the #1 destination in the U.S. offering more than eighty courses, great food, terrific nightlife, and gorgeous beaches for when you need some down time. It’s still a bit cool through February, but temps climb through the 60’s in March, the 70’s in April, and it’s total perfection in May with temperatures in the low to mid 80’s.

Many of the great modern architects are on display among the wide variety of courses in the Myrtle Beach area, including Tom Fazio (Barefoot Resort and TPC Myrtle Beach), Pete Dye (Barefoot and Prestwick), Rees Jones (The Dunes Golf & Beach Club and Arcadian Shores), Tom Doak (Legends Resort) and Jack Nicklaus (Pawleys Plantation).

Roger Rulewich, who collaborated with Robert Trent Jones, Sr. to sculpt the wonderful courses along the RTJ Golf Trail in Alabama, shared his architectural mastery at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club as well as Grande Dunes Resort Club.

And then there are the two masterpieces left to us by Mike Strantz at Caledonia and True Blue.

If you are looking for deals and packages, check out Myrtle Beach Golf and Myrtle Beach Golf Trips.

The GolfDay rating is based on a variety of criteria, including the stature of the architect(s) who did the original design(s), updates that have been done on the course(s), USGA Course and Slope Ratings, current local and national rankings by Golf Digest and Golfweek, the quality and diversity of practice facilities, general course conditioning and current reviews. The resort rating also includes a factor for the variety of courses located at the property as well as the quality of accommodations and level of service.

If you have yet to mark Myrtle Beach from your bucket list, now is the time. And even if you’ve made the trip many times before, MB never disappoints—so start getting a plan in motion.

Resorts

**Barefoot Resort, North myrtle Beach SC**

Barefoot Resort & Golf/North Myrtle Beach, SC

- Holes: 72 (4 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Greg Norman/Tad Burnett/Davis Love III/Tom Fazio/Pete Dye
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Norman: 74.2 Rating/141 Slope
- Love: 74.9 Rating/141 Slope
- Fazio: 73.4 Rating/144 Slope
- Dye: 76.0 Rating/143 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Lighted and Covered Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Dyer and Greg Norman Golf Academies.
- Course Descriptions
- Golf Academy
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest SC Top 35, Golfweek SC Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 100.0
- Location

Legends Resort/Myrtle Beach, SC

- Holes: 54 (3 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Tom Doak/P.B. Dye
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Parkland: 74.3 Rating/144 Slope
- Moorland: 73.6 Rating/143 Slope
- Heathland: 73.3 Rating/143 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Lighted Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Golf Academy
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golfweek SC Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 92.8
- Location

Grande Dunes Resort Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
Marina Inn

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Roger Rulewich
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.8 Rating/136 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens (2), Performance Center with Flighscope and Club Fitting.
- Photos
- Performance Center
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 92.1
- Location

**Myrtle Beach National, Myrtle Beach SC**

Myrtle Beach National Golf Club/Myrtle Beach, SC

- Holes: 54 (3 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Francis Duane/Arnold Palmer/Victoria Martz
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Kings North: 73.9 Rating/137 Slope
- South Creek: 70.9 Rating/128 Slope
- West: 72.6 Rating/125 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Course Descriptions
- Photos
- Video Tour
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golfweek SC Top 15-Public,
- GolfDay Rating: 91.1
- Location

**Wachesaw Plantation East, Myrtle Beach SC**

Wachesaw Plantation East/Myrtle Beach, SC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail/Waccamaw Golf Trail

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Clyde Johnston
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.0 Rating/146 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Course Description
- Photos
- Accommodations
- Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- Waccamaw Golf Trail
- Rankings:
- GolfDay Rating: 91.1
- Location

**Sea Trail Golf Club, Sunset Beach NC**

Sea Trail Golf Club/Sunset Beach, NC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail

- Holes: 54 (3 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Francis Duane/Arnold Palmer/Victoria Martz
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Jones: 73.2 Rating/138 Slope
- Maples: 72.0 Rating/138 Slope
- Byrd: 72.6 Rating/129 Slope
- Course Descriptions
- Accommodations
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- GolfDay Rating: 88.9
- Location

Public Courses

The Dunes Golf & Beach Club/Myrtle Beach, SC

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Rees Jones/Roger Rulewich
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.0 Rating/149 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Course Description
- Junior Golf
- Accommodations/Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 Public, Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest SC Top 35, Golfweek SC Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 100.0
- Location

Caledonia Golf & Fish Club/Pawleys Island, SC
Waccama Golf Trail

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Mike Strantz/Tyler Rae
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 71.4/144
- Practice Facilities: Wedge Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker (Full Grass Driving Range available at True Blue Course. Range Balls included with Greens Fee).
- Photos
- Golf Academy
- Golf Packages
- Waccama Golf Trail
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest SC Top 35, Golfweek SC Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 100.0
- Location

True Blue Plantation/Pawleys Island, SC
Waccamaw Golf Trail

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Mike Strantz/Tyler Rae
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.1/143
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers.
- Course Description/Video Tour
- Photos
- Golf Packages
- Waccamaw Golf Trail
- Rankings: Golf Digest SC Top 35, Golfweek SC Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 97.8
- Location

Thistle Golf Club/Sunset Beach, NC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail

- Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses)
- Course Architect: Tim Cate
- USGA Course/Slope Ratings
- Cameron: 37.0/142
- MacKay: 37.4/140
- Stewart: 36.6/140
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Course Descriptions/Photos
- Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- Rankings: N.C Golf Panel Top 100, GolfDay Top 100 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 96.2
- Location

Wild Wing Plantation/Conway, SC

- Holes: 27 (Eighteen Hole Regulation Course and Nine Hole Executive Course)
- Course Architects: William Byrd/Jeffrey Brauer/Larry Nelson
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.8/135
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens.
- Photos
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: GolfDay Top 100 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 95.1
- Location

**Pawleys Plantation, Pawleys island SC**

Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club/Pawleys Island, SC
Waccamaw Golf Trail

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Jack Nicklaus/Rick Jacobson
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.2/150
- Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Targets (Mats Monday-Wednesday/Grass Thursday-Sunday), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Photos
- Accommodations
- Waccamaw Golf Trail
- Rankings: GolfDay Top 100 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 95.0
- Location

Myrtlewood Golf Club/Myrtle Beach, SC

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Edmund Ault/Tom Clark/Arthur Hills
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Palmetto: 73.6 Rating/137 Slope
- Pinehills: 72.1 Rating/134 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Photos
- Accommodations
- Rankings: GolfDay Top 100 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 94.9
- Location

Arcadian Shores Golf Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Rees Jones
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.9 Rating/138 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Photos
- Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- Rankings: GolfDay Top 100 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 94.6
- Location

**Prestwick Country Club, Myrtle beach SC**

Prestwick Country Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Pete Dye/P.B. Dye
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.9 Rating/140 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Photos
- Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- Rankings: GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 94.5
- Location

The Pearl Golf Links/Calabash, NC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail

- Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Dan Maples
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- East: 36.2 Rating/135 Slope
- West: 37.0 Rating/141 Slope
- North 35.9 Rating/127 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Green.
- Course Descriptions
- Golf Packages
- Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- Rankings: GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 94.3
- Location

Carolina National Golf Club/Bolivia, NC

- Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Gene Bates/Fred Couples/Kipp Schulties
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Egret: 37.6 Rating/145 Slope
- Heron: 37.6 Rating/147 Slope
- North 37.0 Rating/144 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets and Bunker, Putting and Chipping Green.
- Course Descriptions
- Photos
- Rankings: GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 93.7
- Location

**World Tour Golf Links, Myrtle Beach SC**

World Tour Golf Links/Myrtle Beach, SC

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Mel Graham/Craig Schreiner
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 71.8 Rating/132 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Photos
- Video Tour
- Rankings: GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 92.9
- Location

Heritage Club/Pawleys Island, SC
Waccamaw Golf Trail

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Dan Maples
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.3 Rating/140 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Green.
- Course Description/Photos
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Waccamaw Golf Trail
- Rankings: GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 92.5
- Location

**Sandpiper Bay Golf & Country Club, Sunset Beach NC**

Sandpiper Bay Golf & Country Club/Sunset Beach, NC
Myrtle Beach Golf Trail

- Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses)
- Course Architect: Dan Maples
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Sand: 35.1 Rating/128 Slope
- Piper: 36.1 Rating/125 Slope
- Bay: 36.5 Rating/141 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Three Level Grass Driving Range with Target, Putting and Chipping Greens.
- Photos
- Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
- Rankings: GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 91.3
- Location

TPC Myrtle Beach/Myrtle Beach, SC
Waccamaw Golf Trail

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Tom Fazio
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.2 Rating/146 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Dustin Johnson Golf School.
- Course Description
- Golf Academy
- Waccamaw Golf Trail
- Rankings: Golf Digest SC Top 35, Golfweek SC Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 94.7
- Location

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Top 12 Resorts and Public Courses: Las Vegas–Southern Nevada

While it’s still a bit cool in Vegas right now (low to mid-50’s through the end of January), perfect golf weather is right around the corner. Temps begin a steady climb into the 60’s through February, and March will generally deliver some perfect days that push into the 70’s.

April and May are prime time golf weather in Las Vegas (75-85 degrees), so if you enjoy great food and perhaps a few games of chance in the evening, it’s time to start your planning.

Many of the great modern course designers have brought their talent to the Las Vegas golf landscape, including Tom Fazio (Shadow Creek and Wynn Golf Club), Pete Dye (Paiute), Rees Jones (Cascata and Rio Secco) and Jack Nicklaus (Coyote Springs and Bear’s Best).

If you haven’t yet experienced golf in Vegas, this is the perfect time to finally pull the trigger!

Resorts

**Shadow Creek/MGM, North Las Vegas NV**

Shadow Creek Golf Club/North Las Vegas, NV
MGM Resorts

- Holes: 18 (Par 72/7,560 Yards)
- Course Architect: Tom Fazio
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: Not Rated
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens.
- Course Description/Photos
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100, Golf Digest Top 100 Public, Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest NV Top 15, Golfweek NV Top 15-Public GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 100.0
- Location

Cascata/Boulder City, NV
Casers Palace Las Vegas

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Rees Jones
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.4 Rating/151 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Butch Harmon Golf School. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
- Course Description/Photos
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 Public, Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Locally Ranked Nevada top 15 Public, Golf Digest Nevada Top 15, GolfDay Top 100 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 100.0
- Location

Paiute Golf Resort/Las Vegas, NV
MGM Resorts

- Holes: 54 (3 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architect: Pete Dye
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Wolf: 75.5 Rating/145 Slope
- Snow Mountain: 73.1 Rating/130 Slope
- Sun Mountain: 73.0 Rating/135 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Extensive, including 2 Grass Driving Ranges with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers
- Golf Academy
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest NV Nevada Top 15, Golfweek Nevada Top 15-Public GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 97.8
- Location

Rio Secco Golf Club/Henderson, NV
Caesars Palace Las Vegas

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Rees Jones
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.7 Rating/140 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
- Course Description/Photos
- Butch Harmon School of Golf
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golfweek NV Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 96.2
- Location

**Wolf Creek/Eureka Resort, Mesquite NV**

Wolf Creek Golf Club/Mesquite, NV
Eureka Casino Resort

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Dennis Rider
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.8 Rating/149 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets (Irons Only/200 Yard Max), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
- Photos
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 Public, Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest NV Top 15, Golfweek NV Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 93.6
- Location

Wynn Golf Club/Las Vegas, NV
Wynn Las Vegas

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Tom Fazio/Logan Fazio
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: Not Rated
- Practice Facilities: Warm Up Net and Putting Green.
- Description/Photos
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golf Digest NV Top 15, Golfweek NV Top 15-Public,
- GolfDay Rating: 89.3
- Location

Public Courses

**Coyote Springs Golf Club, Coyote Springs NV**

Coyote Springs Golf Club/Coyote Springs, NV
Red Hawk/Troon Golf

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.8 Rating/149 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
- Course Description/Video Tour
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golf Digest Nevada Top 15, Golfweek Nevada Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 96.9
- Location

Revere Golf Club/Henderson, NV

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Billy Casper/Greg Nash
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Lexington: 74.7 Rating/145 Slope
- Concord: 73.5 Rating/140 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Golf Academy
- Rankings: GolfDay Top 100 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 94.7
- Location

Bear’s Best Last Vegas/Las Vegas, NV

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.5 Rating/140 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Three-Tiered Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Video Tour
- Paul Wilson Golf School
- Rankings: Golfweek Nevada Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 93.7
- Location

TPC Las Vegas/Las Vegas, NV

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Edmund Ault/Tom Clark/Bobby Weed/Raymond Floyd
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.9 Rating/146 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golfweek Nevada Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 91.2
- Location

Reflection Bay Golf Club/Henderson, NV

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Edmund Ault/Tom Clark/Bobby Weed/Raymond Floyd
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.9 Rating/146 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Warm Up Net, Putting and Chipping Greens.
- Photos
- Performance Center
- Accommodations/Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Nevada Top-15 Public, GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 89.9
- Location

Oasis Golf Club/Mesquite, NV

- Holes: 36
- Course Architects: Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay/David Druzisky
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:

Canyons: 71.0 Rating/137 Slope

Palmer: 71.5 Rating/138 Slope

- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Photos
- Rankings: GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 89.2
- Location

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Top 15 Golf Resorts and Public Courses: Hawaii

The Hawaiian Islands offer some of the most spectacular golf in the world. Of our Top 15, three are located on the Big Island, while Maui, Oahu and Kauai boast four each—so you can’t miss regardless of where you go.

Designs by many of the towering figures in course architecture can be found in Hawaii, including Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (Mauna Kea and Ka’anapali), Robert Trent Jones, Jr. (Wailea, Poipu Bay, Princeville Makai, Ka’anapali and Kiahuna), Rees Jones (Mauna Kea), and Jack Nicklaus (Manele and Hualalai).

The great courses at Kapalua on Maui were most recently updated by the renowned team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, and if you are looking for a terrific Pete Dye design, be sure to include Royal Hawaiian on Oahu.

Hawaii may be a bit of a hike, and can also put a dent in your wallet—but it has to be at the top of your bucket list. Until you decide to make the plunge, the golf experience of a lifetime will always be calling.

Resorts

Kapalua Resort/Lahaina, HI (Maui)
Troon Golf

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Arnold Palmer/Francis Duane/Hale Irwin/Robin Nelson/Rodney Wright/Neil Haworth/Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Bay: 72.7 Rating/137 Slope
- Plantation: 77.0 Rating/144 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Golf Academy.
- Golf Academy
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 Public, Golf Digest Top 200, Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest Hawaii Top 15, Golfweek Hawaii Top 15 Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 98.7
- Location

**Mauna Kea/Marriott, Kohala Coast HI (Big Island)**

Mauna Kea Beach Hotel/Kohala Coast, HI (Big Island)
Marriott

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Rees Jones/Neil Haworth/Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Mauna Kea: 76.6 Rating/144 Slope
- Hapuna: 74.7 Rating/134 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 200, Golf Digest Top 100 Public, Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest Hawaii Top 15, Golfweek Hawaii Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 98.6
- Location

Wailea Golf Club/Wailea, HI (Maui)
Wailea Resort

- Holes: 54 (3 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones Jr.
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Gold: 74.5 Rating/138 Slope
- Emerald: 72.8 Rating/135 Slope
- Blue: 71.6 Rating/129 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Golf Academy
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest Hawaii Top 15, Golfweek Hawaii Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 95.6
- Location

**Manele Golf Course/Four Seasons, Lanai City HI (Maui)**

Manele Golf Course/Lanai City, HI (Maui)
Four Seasons / Lanai

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Jack Nicklaus
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.0 Rating/134 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range with Targets, Wedge Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with bunker. ProV1 Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 Public, Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest Hawaii Top 15, Golfweek Hawaii Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 93.8
- Location

**Hualalai/Four Seasons, Kailua HI (Big Island)**

Hualalai Resort/Kailua Kona, HI (Big Island)
Four Seasons

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Jack Nicklaus/Tom Weiskopf/Phil Smith
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Nicklaus: 74.1 Rating/129 Slope
- Ke’olu: 74.7 Rating/133 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (unlimited ProV1 Balls and complementary TaylorMade clubs provided).
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest Hawaii Top 15, Golfweek Hawaii Top-15 Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 93.5
- Location

**Mauna Lani/Auberge Resorts, Kohala Coast HI (Big Island)**

Mauna Lani/Kohala Coast, HI (Big Island)
Auberge Resorts

- Holes: 45 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses and Nine Hole Par 3)
- Course Architects: Homer Flint/Raymond Cain/Robin Nelson/Rodney Wright/Mark Miller
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- North: 74.2 Rating/136 Slope
- South: 73.3 Rating/127 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets and Bunker, Putting and Chipping Green.
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golfweek Hawaii Top 15 Public, Golf Digest Hawaii Top 15, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 93.5
- Location

**Poipu Bay/Grand Hyatt, Koloa HI (Kauai)**

Poipu Bay/Koloa, HI (Kauai)
Grand Hyatt

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.7 Rating/131 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest Hawaii Top 15, Golfweek Hawaii Top 15-Public
- GolfDay Rating: 91.2
- Location

The Club at Kukui’ula/Koloa, HI (Kauai)
The Lodge at Kukui’ula

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Tom Weiskopf/Phil Smith
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.4 Rating/133 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range with Target Greens, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golf Digest Hawaii Top 15, GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 91.0
- Location

**Turtle Bay/Four Seasons, Kahuku HI (Kauai)**

Turtle Bay/Kahuku, HI (Oahu)
Four Seasons

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Arnold Palmer/George Fazio
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Palmer: 75.2 Rating/134 Slope
- Fazio: 73.8 Rating/130 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Golf Academy
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golfweek Hawaii Top 15-Public
- GolfDay Rating: 90.0
- Location

Public Courses

**Princeville Makai, Princeville HI (Kauai)**

Princeville Makai Golf Club/Princeville, HI (Kauai)

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
- USGA Rating: 75.5 Rating/135 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Green. Range Balls included with Greens fee.
- Junior Golf
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest Hawaii Top 15, Golfweek Hawaii Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 100
- Location

Ko Olina Golf Club/Kapolei, HI (Oahu)

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Ted Robinson, Sr./Mark Miller
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.6 Rating/138 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Golf Academy.
- Golf Academy
- Junior Golf
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golfweek Hawaii Top 15-Resorts, GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 93.9
- Location

Ka’anapali Golf Club/Lahaina, HI (Maui)

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Arthur Jack Snyder/Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Robert Trent Jones, Jr./Robin Nelson/Neil Haworth
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Ka’anapali Kai: 71.6 Rating/136 Slope
- Royal Ka’anapali: 73.7 Rating/129 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Targets (250 Yard Max), Putting and Chipping Green.
- Accommodations/Packages
- Rankings: GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 91.9
- Location

**Kapolei Golf Club, Kapolei HI (Oahu)**

Kapolei Golf Club/Kapolei, HI (Oahu)

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Ted Robinson, Sr.
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.3 Rating/137 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Lighted Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Layout/Photos
- Junior Golf
- Rankings: Golfweek HI Top 15-Public, GolfDay Top 500 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 90.4
- Location

Royal Hawaiian Golf Club/Kailua, HI (Oahu)

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Pete Dye/Perry Dye/Greg Norman
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.1 Rating/138 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens fee.
- Photos
- GolfDay Rating: 88.9
- Location

Kiahuna Golf Club/Poipu, HI (Kauai)

Holes: 18
Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Jr./John Colligan
USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.5 Rating/131 Slope
Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Green.
Photos
GolfDay Rating: 88.5
Location

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Top 15 Resorts-Arizona 2022/2023

If you’ve missed the opportunity to experience desert golf, Arizona offers some of the best courses in the country—particularly as the winter chill starts to set in. The Resorts below are listed by their GolfDay Rating, and we have also included links for Accommodations, Golf Packages and Golf Academies (if available). A link to the Resort website is also provided, as well as a link to Google Maps for each location.

The best Arizona resorts include designs by Tom Fazio (Ventana Canyon), Jack Nicklaus (Dove Mountain and La Paloma), Coore & Crenshaw (Wi-Ko-Pa), Tom Weiskopf (Troon North) and Jay Morish (The Boulders and Troon North).

The GolfDay Resort rating is based on a variety of criteria, including the stature of the architect(s) who did the original design(s), the variety of courses located at the property, updates that have been done on the course(s), USGA Course and Slope Ratings, current local and national rankings by Golf Digest and Golfweek, the quality and diversity of practice facilities, general course conditioning and current reviews, as well as the quality of accommodations and level of service.

Click Top 15 Arizona Resorts for a map overview of the resort locations (hover over a flag and the resort name will come up, and click for details).

Ventana Canyon Golf & Club/Tucson, Arizona
Ventana Canyon Club and Lodge

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architect: Tom Fazio
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Canyon: 71.7 Rating/137 Slope
- Mountain: 72.8 Rating/143 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers. Range Balls included with Green Fees.
- Golf Academy
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest Arizona Top 35, Golfweek Arizona Top 30-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 97.7
- Location

We-Ko-Pa Golf Club/Fort McDowell, AZ
We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Scott Miller/Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Cholla: 73.4 Rating/138 Slope
- Saguaro: 72.0 Rating/137 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Accommodations
- RV Park
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golfweek Arizona Top 30 Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 97.1
- Location

Troon North Golf Club/Scottsdale, AZ
Four Seasons

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Tom Weiskopf/Jay Morrish/Phil Smith
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Monument: 73.3 Rating/148 Slope
- Pinnacle: 73.2 Rating/147 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens.
- Accommodations
- Golf Academy
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest Arizona Top 35, Golfweek Arizona Top 30-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 95.4
- Location

The Golf Club at Dove Mountain/Marana, AZ
Ritz-Carlton

- Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses)
- Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Saguaro: 36.9 Rating/147 Slope
- Tortolita: 38.8 Rating/145 Slope
- Wild Burro: 37.0 Rating/143 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Green Fee.
- Golf Academy
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest Arizona Top 35, Golfweek Arizona Top 30-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 94.3
- Location

AK-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club/Maricopa, AZ
Harrah’s AK-Chin Casino & Resort

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Lee Schmidt/Brian Curley/Fred Couples
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.5 Rating/142 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and “Mini Dunes” Nine Hole Par 3 Practice Course (Open Dec. 15-April 1). Range Balls included with Green Fee.
- Junior Golf
- Accommodations/Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golf Digest Arizona Top 35, Golfweek Arizona Top 30-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 93.3
- Location

Wildfire Golf Club/Phoenix, AZ
JW Marriot Desert Ridge

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay/Nick Faldo
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Palmer: 72.7 Rating/142 Slope
- Faldo: 72.3 Rating/132 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers and Golf School.
- Golf Academy
- Junior Golf
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golfweek Arizona Top 30-Public, GolfDay Top 100 Resorts
- GolfDay Rating: 92.7
- Location

La Paloma Country Club/Tucson, AZ
The Westin

- Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses)
- Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Canyon: 36.5 Rating/150 Slope
- Ridge: 36.0 Rating/149 Slope
- Hill: 35.9 Rating/139 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Covered Grass Driving Range with Targets, Wedge Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (2). Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
- Junior Golf
- Accommodations
- Junior Golf
- Rankings: Golfweek Arizona Top 30-Public
- GolfDay Rating: 92.6
- Location

Starr Pass Golf Club/Tucson AZ
JW Marriot

- Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Bob Cupp/Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay/B
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Rattler: 36.7 Rating/141 Slope
- Coyote: 36.6 Rating/139 Slope
- Roadrunner: 35.3 Rating/139 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golfweek Arizona Top-30 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 91.2
- Location

Camelback Golf Club/Scottsdale, AZ
JW Marriott Scottsdale

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Red Lawrence/Arthur Jack Snyder/Michael Hurdzan/Dana Dry/Jason Straka/Arthur Hills
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Padre: 72.2 Rating/130 Slope
- Amiente: 74.2 Rating/138 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golfweek Arizona Top 30-Public
- GolfDay Rating: 91.0
- Location

Tucson National/Tucson, AZ
Omni Resorts

- Holes 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Robert Von Hagge/Bruce Devlin/Tom Lehman
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Catalina: 74.3 Rating/133 Slope
- Sonoran: 70.7 Rating/129 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Double Sided Grass Driving Range with Targets and Fairway Bunker, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers. Range Balls included with Green Fee.
- Junior Golf.
- Golf School
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Arizona Top 30-Public
- GolfDay Rating: 90.9
- Location

Los Caballeros Golf Club/Wickenburg, AZ
Rancho de los Caballeros

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Greg Nash/Jeff Hardin
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.5 Rating/138 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers.
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golfweek Arizona Top 30-Public
- GolfDay Rating: 90.4
- Location

Gold Canyon Golf Resort/Gold Canyon, AZ

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Ken Kavanaugh/Greg Nash/Jeff Hardin
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Dinosaur Mountain: 71.5 Rating/144 Slope
- Sidewinder: 71.4 Rating/133 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Golf School.
- Golf Academy
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- Rankings: Golfweek Arizona Top 30 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 90.2
- Location

The Boulders/Carefree, AZ

- Holes: 36
- Course Architect: Jay Morrish
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- North: 73.3 Rating/140 Slope
- South: 72.6 Rating/144 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers and Golf Academy.
- Golf Academy/Junior Golf
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golfweek Top 200 Resorts, Golfweek Arizona Top 30-Public
- GolfDay Rating: 89.5
- Location

Sewailo Golf Club/Tucson, AZ
Casino Del Sol

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Notah Begay/Ty Butler
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.7 Rating/138 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens.
- Accommodations
- RV Park
- Rankings: Golfweek Arizona Top 30-Public
- GolfDay Rating: 89.2
- Location

Lookout Mountain Golf Club/Phoenix, AZ
Pointe Hilton

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Forrest Richardson/Bill Johnston
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 70.0 Rating/130 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Golf Academy.
- Accommodations
- Golf Packages
- GolfDay Rating: 89.1
- Location

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GolfDay Top 10 Public Courses: Southern New Jersey-2023

Our updated list of the Top 10 public courses in southern New Jersey for 2023 is below. For the highest rated courses in the entire State, click NJ Top 75 Public and for top rated public courses nationally, click GolfDay Top 500 Public courses.

Stephen Kay, currently teaching at Rutgers University Turf Management School in New Brunswick, has designed or updated over 200 courses in the US, including 4 of the Top 10 courses in south Jersey.

The GolfDay rating is based on a variety of criteria, including the stature of the architect who did the original design, updates that have been done since the course was built, USGA Course and Slope Ratings, current local and national rankings by Golf Digest and Golfweek (as well as other authoritative sources), the quality and diversity of practice facilities, general course conditioning and current course reviews.

Scotland Run Golf Club/Williamstown, NJ

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Stephen Kay
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.7 Rating/135 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range (Friday-Sunday)/Mats (Monday-Thursday), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Junior Golf
- Rankings: Golfweek New Jersey Top 15 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 91.3

Ballamor Golf Club/Egg Harbor Township, NJ

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Brian Ault/Dan Schlegel
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 6 Rating/136 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Rankings: Golfweek New Jersey Top 15 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 90.2

**Seaview Hotel & Golf Club, Galloway Township NJ**

Seaview Hotel & Golf Club/Galloway Township, NJ
Dolce Hotels

- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Donald Ross/A.W. Tillinghast/William Flynn/Howard Toomey/William F. Gordon/David W. Gordon/Alyn Janis/Bob Cupp
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
Bay: 69.8 Rating/125 Slope
Pines: 72.4 Rating/123 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers and Nine Hole Putting Course (Turtle).
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golfweek New Jersey Top 15 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 90.1

**Twisted Dune, Egg Harbor Township NJ**

Twisted Dunes/Egg Harbor Township, NJ

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Archie Struthers
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.9 Rating/130 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Targets (Grass/Thursday-Sunday/Mats/Monday-Wednesday), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Rankings: Golfweek New Jersey Top 15 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 88.9

**McCullough’s Emerald Links. Egg Harbor Township NJ**

McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links/Egg Harbor Township, NJ

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Stephen Kay
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.2 Rating/135 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Expansive Putting and Chipping Green with Bunker
- Rankings: Golfweek New Jersey Top 15 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 88.9

**Harbor Pines, Egg Harbor Township NJ**

Harbor Pines Golf Club/Egg Harbor Township, NJ

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Stephen Kay
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.9 Rating/133 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Junior Golf
- GolfDay Rating: 88.0

Cape May National/Erma, NJ

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Karl Litten/Robert Mullock
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.0 Rating/136 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Expansive Putting and Chipping Green with Bunker
- GolfDay Rating: 85.8

Shore Gate Golf Club/Ocean View, NJ

- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Ronald Fream/David Dale/Kevin Ramsey
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.5 Rating/140 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers.
- Junior Golf
- Rankings: Golfweek New Jersey Top 15 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 84.7

Town & Country Golf Links/Woodstown, NJ

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Carl Gaskill
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.0 Rating/134 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with All Weather Canopy and Dusk Lighting, Putting and Chipping Green with Bunker and TopTracer Technology.
- Junior Golf
- GolfDay Rating: 84.6

**Blue Heron Pines, Egg Harbor City NJ**

Blue Heron Pines Golf Club/Egg Harbor City, NJ

- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Stephen Kay
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.2 Rating/133 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Junior Golf
- GolfDay Rating: 82.7

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