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GolfDay U.S. Top 100 Public Courses: 2023

Chambers Bay, WA

Our list of the Top 100 public courses in the U.S. (below) does not include resorts, so Pebble Beach. Pinehurst, Bandon Dunes and other wonderful resort courses are not shown here (the GolfDay Top 100 Resorts is published separately). 

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.

California boasts the highest number on the list with 12 courses among the Top 100 (6 in the Top 50), while South Carolina is close behind with 8 courses in the Top 100 (3 in Top 50).

North Carolina includes 6 courses in the Top 100 (4 in the Top 50), while Michigan, Indiana, Virginia and New York each have 5 public courses among the Top 100. 

The Pfau Course: Indiana University, Bloomington IN
  1. The Pfau Course/Bloomington, IN
  2. Indiana University
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Steve Smyers/Fuzzy Zoeller
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 80.2/155
    • Practice Facilities: Double Sided Grass Driving Range with Targets, Wedge Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers.
    • Course Renovation
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest IN Top 15, Golfweek IN Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 100
The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach SC
  1. The Dunes Golf & Beach Club/Myrtle Beach SC
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Rees Jones/Roger Rulewich
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.0/149
    • Practice Facilities Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest SC Top 35, Golfweek SC Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 100
Bethpage State Park, Farmingdale NY
  1. Bethpage (Black Course)/Farmingdale, NY
  2. New York State Parks
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: A.W. Tillinghast/Francis Duane/Rees Jones
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 77.5/155
    • Practice Facilities: Driving Range and Putting Green.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100, Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest NY Top 40, Golfweek Top NY Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 100
Chambers Bay, University Place WA
  1. Chambers Bay/ University Place, WA
  2. Pierce County
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 77.4/145
    • Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Targets (Grass April-October/Mats November-March, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest Top 200, Golf Digest WA Top 15, Golfweek WA Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 100
Caledonia Golf & Fish Club: Waccamaw Golf Trail, Pawleys Island SC
  1. Caledonia Golf & Fish Club/Pawleys Island, SC
  2. 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).
    • Waccama Golf Trail
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest SC Top 35, Golfweek SC Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 100
Rams Hill Golf Club, Borrego Springs CA
  1. Rams Hill Golf Club/Borrego Springs CA
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Ted Robinson, Sr./Tom Fazio
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.4/141
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. ProV1 Range Balls included with Greens Fee. Public Play from October 18 through June 1.
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest CA Top 45, Golfweek CA Top 30-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 100
Karsten Creek Golf Club: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK
  1. Karsten Creek Golf Club/Stillwater, OK
  2. Oklahoma State University
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Tom Fazio
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 77.2/152
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls Included with Greens Fee.
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest OK Top 10, Golfweek OK Top 5-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 100
Princeville Makai Golf Club, Princeville HI
  1. Princeville Makai Golf Club/Princeville, HI
    • Holes: 27 (Eighteen Hole Course and Nine Hole Course)
    • Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating
    • Makai: (18 Hole Course): 75.4/134
    • Woods (9 Hole Course): 36.7/131
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Green. Range Balls included with Greens fee.
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest HI-Top 15, Golfweek HI Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 100
Victoria National Golf club, Newburgh IN
  1. Victoria National Golf Club/Newburgh, IN
  2. Deer Creek Lodge
    • Holes:18
    • Course Architect: Tom Fazio
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 77.7/152
    • Practice Facilities: Double Ended Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and TaylorMade Performance Center.
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest IN Top 15
    • GolfDay Rating: 100
Pasatiempo Golf Club, Santa Cruz CA
  1. Pasatiempo Golf Club/Santa Cruz, CA
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Alister MacKenzie/Clark Glasson/Gary Baird/Robert Trent Jones, Jr./Robert Muir Graves/George Waters/Tom Doak/Jim Urbina
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.5/141
    • Practice Facilities: Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Course History
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest CA Top 45, Golfweek CA Top 30-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 100
Marquette Golf Club, Marquette MI
  1. Marquette Golf Club/Marquette, MI
    • Holes: 36 (2-Eighteen Hole Courses)
    • Course Architects: William Langford/Theodore Moreau/David Gill/Mike DeVries
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating
    • Heritage: 70.5/135
    • Greywalls: 73.5/147
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee (Greywalls).
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest MI Top 30, Golfweek MI Top 20-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 100
Torrey Pines, San Diego CA
  1. Torrey Pines Golf Course/San Diego, CA
  2. City of San Diego
    • Holes: 36 (2-Eighteen Hole Courses)
    • Course Architects: William F. Bell/David Rainville/Stephen Halsey/Jack Daray, Jr./Rees Jones
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating
    • North: 75.8/134
    • South: 78.2/144
    • Practice Facilities: Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest Top 200, Golf Digest CA-Top 45, Golfweek CA Top 30-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 100
Gold Mountain, Bremerton WA
  1. Gold Mountain Golf Club/Bremerton, WA
  2. City of Bremerton
    • Holes: 36 (2-Eighteen Hole Courses)
    • Course Architects: Ken Tyson/John Harbottle III
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating
    • Olympic: 74.9/148
    • Cascades: 73.4/134
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Wedge Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golf Digest WA Top 15, Golfweek WA Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 100
Poppy Hills, Pebble Beach CA
  1. Poppy Hills/Pebble Beach, CA
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.3/141
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Golf Academy
    • Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest CA Top 45, Golfweek CA Top 30-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 99.6
Quintero Golf & Country Club, Peoria AZ
  1. Quintero Golf & Country Club/Peoria, AZ
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Rees Jones
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.4/144
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range and Putting Green.
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 Public. Golf Digest AZ Top 35, Golfweek AZ Top 30-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 99.5
Bulle Rock Golf Club, Havre de Grace MD
  1. Bulle Rock Golf Club/Havre de Grace, MD
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Pete Dye
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.6/148
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Wedge Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls Included with Greens Fee.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest MD Top 10, Golfweek MD Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 99.5
Tobacco Road golf Club, Sanford NC
  1. Tobacco Road Golf Club/Sanford, NC
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Mike Strantz
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.5/145
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest NC top 30, Golfweek NC Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 99.3
The Bull at Pinehurst
  1. The Bull at Pinehurst Farms/Sheboygan, WI
  2. Wisconsin Golf Trail
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.3/147
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Junior “Kid Bull” Short course.
    • Wisconsin Golf Trail
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest WI Top 15, Golfweek WI Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 99.3
Firestone Country Club, Akron OH
  1. Firestone Country Club/Akron, OH
    • Holes: 54 (3 Eighteen Hole Regulation Courses)
    • Course Architects: William Herbert Way/Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Roger Rulewich/Jack Nicklaus/Geoffrey Cornish/Brian Silva/Tom Fazio/Craig Schreiner
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • North:         74.2/139
    • South:         76.4/134
    • Fazio:           73.1/132
    • Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Target Greens, Putting and Chipping Greens with Performance Center.
    • Golf Academy
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest OH Top 20, Golfweek OH Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 99.2
The Wilds Golf Club/Prior Lake, MN
  1. The Wilds Golf Club/Prior Lake, MN
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Tom Weiskopf/Jay Morrish
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.3/150
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Indoor Golf Simulators (2).
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golfweek MN Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 99.1
Cascata, Boulder City NV
  1. Cascata/Boulder City, NV
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Rees Jones
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.4/151
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Butch Harmon Golf School. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Golf Academy
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest NV Top 15, Golfweek NV Top 15- Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 99.1
Paako Ridge Golf Club, Sandia Park NM
  1. Paako Ridge Golf Club/Sandia Park, NM
    • Holes: 27 (3-Nine Hole Courses)
    • Course Architects: Ken Dye/Kevin Norby/Jon Schmenk
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating
    • #1: 37.7/142
    • #2: 38.3/148
    • #3: 38.3/149
    • Practice Facilities: Two-Tiered Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100, Golf Digest NM Top 10, Golfweek NM Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.9
Atkins Golf Club at the University of Illinois, Urbana Ill
  1. Atkins Golf Club/Urbana, Ill
  2. University of Illinois
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Dick Nugent/Timothy Nugent/Drew Rogers
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.0/137
    • Practice Facilities Expansive Grass Driving Range with Target Greens, Putting and Chipping Greens.
    • Course Renovations
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.9
TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale AZ
  1. TPC Scottsdale/Scottsdale, AZ
    • Holes: 36 (2-Eighteen Hole Courses)
    • Course Architects: Tom Weiskopf/Jay Morrish/Phil Smith/Randy Heckenkemper
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating:
    • Stadium:      74.7/142
    • Champions: 73.4/137
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • WM Phoenix Open
    • Rankings: Golf Digest AZ Top 35, Golfweek Top 30-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.9
TPC Colorado, Berthoud CO
  1. TPC Colorado/Berthoud, CO
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Arthur Schaupeter
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.9/140
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Target Greens, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Rankings: Golf Digest CO Top 15, Golfweek CO Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.9
Cambrian Ridge: RTJ Golf Trail, Greenville AL
  1. Cambrian Ridge/Greenville, AL
  2. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
    • Holes: 36 (3-Nine Hole Regulation Courses and Nine Hole Par 3)
    • Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Roger Rulewich
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating
    • Loblolly: 37/142
    • Sherling: 37.5/147
    • Canyon:  37.3/152
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • RTJ Golf Trail
    • Rankings: Golfweek AL Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.8
Chariot Run, Laconia IN
  1. Chariot Run/Laconia, IN
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Bill Bergin
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.3/143
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Rankings: Golfweek IN Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.8
The Highlands of Elgin
  1. The Highlands of Elgin/Elgin, IL
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Larry Packard/Dick Nugent/Ken Killian/Keith Foster/Arthur Schaupeter
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.7/139
    • Practice Facilities: Lighted Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Indoor Golf Simulator.
    • Rankings: Golfweek IL top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.8
Pinehills Golf Club, Plymouth MA
  1. Pinehills Golf Club/Plymouth, MA
    • Holes: 36 (2-Eighteen Hole Courses)
    • Course Architects: Rees Jones/Jack Nicklaus
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating
    • Jones:      75.3/137
    • Nicklaus: 75.2/135
    • Practice Facilities: Double Sided Driving Range with Targets (Grass/Friday-Sunday, Mats/Monday-Thursday), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Titleist NXT Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golfweek MA Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.7
The Virtues, Nashport OH
  1. The Virtues Golf Club/Nashport, OH
  2. Penn Ohio Golf Trail
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Arthur Hills/Spencer Holt
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.2/139
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (3).
    • Penn Ohio Golf Trail
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100 Public, Golf Digest OH Top 20, Golfweek OH Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.4
University Ridge: University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
  1. University Ridge/Madison WI
  2. University of Wisconsin/Wisconsin Golf Trail
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.4/142
    • Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range with Target Greens, Putting and Chipping Green (Short Game Facility with Bunker available to University Golf Teams Only).
    • Wisconsin Golf Trail
    • Rankings: Golf Digest WI Top 15, Golfweek WI Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.4
Old Greenwood, Truckee CA
  1. Old Greenwood Golf Club/Truckee, CA
  2. Tahoe Mountain Club
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.5/144
    • Practice Facilities: Extensive 5 Acre Facility including Two-Tiered Driving Range with Targets and Fairway Bunker, Wedge Range, Putting and Chipping Greens and Keith Lyford Golf Academy. Titleist Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Golf Academy
    • Rankings: Golfweek CA Top 30 Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.3
Cantigny Golf, Wheaton IL
  1. Cantigny Golf/Wheaton, IL
  2. Robert R. McCormick Foundation
    • Holes: 27 (3-Nine Hole Courses)
    • Course Architects: Roger Packard/Rick Jacobson
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating
    • Lakeside: 36.6/139
    • Hillside: 36.4/138
    • Woodside: 37.7/146
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Covered and Heated Bays with Mats, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers, Golf Academy and Youth Links Par 3 Course.
    • Golf Academy
    • Rankings: Golf Digest IL Top 30, Golfweek IL Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.3
Old Works Golf Course, Anaconda MT
  1. Old Works Golf Course/Anaconda, MT
    • Holes: 21 (Eighteen Hole Regulation Course and Three Hole “Little Bear”)
    • Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.4/153
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and 3 Hole “Little Bear” Practice Course. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Rankings: Golf Digest MT Top 10, Golfweek MT Top 5-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.1
Bright’s Creek, Mill Springs NC
  1. Bright’s Creek Golf Club/Mill Springs, NC
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Tom Fazio
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.9/146
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (2).
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: NC Golf Panel Top 100
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.0
Colbert Hills: University of Kansas, Manhattan KS
  1. Colbert Hills Golf Course/Manhattan, KS
  2. Kansas State University
    • Holes: 27 (Eighteen 18 Hole Regulation Course and Nine Hole Par 3)
    • Course Architects: Jeffrey Brauer/Jim Colbert
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 77.6/143
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Wedge Range with Fairway Bunker, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golf Digest KS Top 10, Golfweek KS Top 5-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 98.0
Mistwood Golf Club, Romeoville IL
  1. Mistwood Golf Club/Romeoville, IL
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Raymond Hearn
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.8/147
    • Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Targets and TopTracer Technology (Grass Saturday and Sunday, Mats Monday through Friday), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golfweek IL Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.9
Tanglewood Park, Clemmons NC
  1. Tanglewood Park/Clemmons, NC
  2. Forsyth County
    • Holes: 54 (2-Eighteen Hole Regulation Courses and Eighteen Hole Par 3)
    • Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Roger Rulewich/Allan MacCurrach/Robert Trent Jones, Jr./Richard Mandell
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating
    • Championship: 74.5/139
    • Reynolds:         72.8/137
    • Practice Facilities: Lighted Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: NC Golf Panel Top 100
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.8
Spring Creek Golf Club, Zion Crossroads VA
  1. Spring Creek Golf Club/Zion Crossroads, VA
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Ed Carton
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.4/151
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest VA Top 20, Golfweek VA Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.8
True Blue Golf Club: Waccamaw Golf Trail, Pawleys Island SC
  1. True Blue Plantation/Pawleys Island, SC
  2. 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.
    • Waccamaw Golf Trail
    • Rankings: Golf Digest SC Top 35, Golfweek SC Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.8
  1. Forest Oaks Country Club/Greensboro, NC
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Rees Jones
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 77.2/149
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Expansive Putting Green, Chipping Green with Bunker and Indoor Golf Simulator.
    • Indoor Golf
    • Rankings: NC Golf Panel Top 100
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.7
Saratoga National Golf Club, Saratoga NY
  1. Saratoga National Golf Club/Saratoga Springs, NY
  2. New York Golf Trail
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Roger Rulewich
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.3/144
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets and Fairway Bunker, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • New York Golf Trail
    • Rankings: Golfweek NY Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.7
Teton Pines, Wilson WY
  1. Teton Pines/Wilson, WY
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.8/137
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Rankings: Golf Digest WY Top 6, Golfweek WY Top 5-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.7
Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex: Purdue University. West Lafayette IN
  1. Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex/West Lafayette, IN
  2. Purdue University/Pete Dye Golf trail
    • Holes: 36 (2-Eighteen Hole Courses)
    • Course Architects: William Diddel/Larry Packard/Pete Dye
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating
    • Ackerman-Allen: 76.5/141
    • Kampen: 76.5/146
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range (Covered and Heated bays also available), Putting and Chipping Greens.
    • Pete Dye Golf Trail
    • Rankings: Golf Digest IN Top 15, Golfweek IN Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.6
Incline Village Golf Courses, Incline Village NV
  1. Incline Village/Incline Village, NV
  2. Incline Village and Crystal Bay/General Improvement District
    • Holes: 36 (Eighteen Hole Regulation Course and Eighteen Hole Executive Course)
    • Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Robert Muir Graves/Robert Trent Jones, Jr./Kyle Phillips
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • Championship:       73.6/144
    • Mountain:                  60.0/108
    • Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Golf Academy/Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golfweek NV Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.6
Pete Dye River Course: Virginia Tech Foundation, Radford VA
  1. Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech/Radford, VA
  2. Virginia Tech Foundation
    • Holes:18
    • Course Architects: Tom Clark/Dan Schlegel/Pete Dye
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 77.5/145
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golfweek VA Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.3
Grizzly Ranch, Portola CA
  1. Grizzly Ranch/Portola, CA
    • Holes:18
    • Course Architect: Bob Cupp
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.0/143
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest CA Top 45
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.1
RTJ Golf Trail: Magnolia Grove, Mobil AL
  1. Magnolia Grove /Mobile, AL
  2. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
    • Holes: 54 (2-Eighteen Hole Regulation Courses and Eighteen Hole par 3)
    • Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Roger Rulewich
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating
    • Falls:         74.6/130
    • Crossings: 73.7/139
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • RTJ Golf Trail
    • Rankings: Golfweek AL Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.1
University of Georgia Golf Course, Athens GA
  1. University of Georgia Golf Course/Athens, GA
  2. University of Georgia
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./John LaFoy/Davis Love III
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.1/139
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Rankings: Golfweek GA Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.1
Colonial Heritage Club, Williamsburg VA
  1. Colonial Heritage Club/Williamsburg, VA
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.1/150
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Wedge Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (2).
    • Golf Academy/Junior Golf
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.1
Palouse Ridge: University of Washington, Pullman WA
  1. Palouse Ridge Golf Club/Pullman, WA
  2. Washington State University
    • Holes:18
    • Course Architects: Robert Muir Graves/John Harbottle III
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.4/140
    • Practice Facilities: Double Sided Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers.
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golf Digest WA Top 15, Golfweek WA Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.0
Coyote Springs Golf Club, Coyote Springs NV
  1. Coyote Springs Golf Club /Coyote Springs, NV
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.8/149
    • Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Rankings: Golf Digest NV Top 15, Golfweek Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.9
Penn Ohio Golf Trail: Olde Stonewall Golf Club, Ellwood PA
  1. Olde Stonewall Golf Club/Ellwood City, PA
  2. Penn Ohio Golf Trail
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Michael Hurdzan/Dana Fry
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.3/149
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (2).
    • Penn Ohio Golf Trail
    • Rankings: Golfweek PA Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.9
Wild Horse, Gothenburg NE
  1. Wild Horse Golf Club/Gothenburg, NE
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Dan Proctor/Dave Axelrod
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.8/133
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets and Fairway Bunker, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golf Digest Top 100-Public, Golf Digest NE Top 10, Golfweek NE Top 5-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.8
Troy Burne, Hudson WI
  1. Troy Burne Golf Club/Hudson, WI
  2. Wisconsin Golf Trail
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Michael Hurdzan/Dana Fry
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.5/142
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Standard Rate Greens Fee.
    • Wisconsin Golf Trail
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golf Digest WI Top 15, Golfweek WI Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.8
Iron Horse Golf Club, Leawood KS
  1. Ironhorse Golf Club/Leawood, KS
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Michael Hurdzan/Todd Clark
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.5/144
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting Greens (2), Wedge Range and Chipping Green with Bunkers (2). Range Balls included with Greens Fee until 2pm.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golfweek KS Top 5-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.7
Hawk Hollow Golf Course, Bath Township WI
  1. Hawk Hollow Golf Course/Bath Township, MI
    • Holes: 27 (3-Nine Hole Courses)
    • Course Architect: Jerry Mathews
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating
    • 1-9:      36.5/135
    • 10-18:  37.9/154
    • 19-27:  35.4/138
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Wedge Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Golf Academy.
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.7
Wyncote Golf Club, Oxford PA
  1. Wyncote Golf Club/Oxford, PA
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Brian Ault
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.6/141
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Golf Academy
    • Rankings: Golfweek PA Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.6
#18 Harding Park GC San Francisco, CA Dom Furore
  1. TPC Harding Park/San Francisco, CA
  2. City of San Francisco
    • Holes:36 (Eighteen Hole Regulation Course and Nine Hole Executive Course)
    • Course Architects: Willie Watson/Sam Whiting/Jack Fleming/Chris Gray
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • TPC:            74.1/128
    • Fleming:    30.5/94
    • Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Rankings: Golfweek CA Top 30-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.4
Thistle Golf Club, Sunset Beach NC
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  1. Thistle Golf Club/Sunset Beach, NC
  2. 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.
    • Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
    • Rankings: N.C Golf Panel Top 100
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.2
Broad Run, West Chester PA
  1. Broad Run Golfer’s Club/West Chester, PA
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Rees Jones
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.4/139
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Green.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golfweek PA Top 10-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.1
Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center, Plymouth MI
  1. Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center/Plymouth, MI
    • Holes: 63 (Eighteen Hole and Twenty-seven-Hole Regulation Courses with Eighteen Hole Par 3)
    • Course Architects: Wilfred Reid/Jim Lipe/Arthur Hills
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • Golden Fox:                           73.3/140
    • Fox Classics-Lakes:            35.8/128
    • Fox Classics-Hills:               34.4/128
    • Fox Classics-Woodlands: 34.0/123
    • Practice Facilities: Double Sided Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Junior Golf
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.1
The Ridge Golf Course, Auburn CA
  1. The Ridge Golf Course/Auburn, CA
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.4/144
    • Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Targets (Mats Monday-Wednesday/Grass Thursday-Sunday), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Junior Golf
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.0
Independence Golf Club, Midlothian VA
  1. Independence Golf Club/Midlothian, VA
    • Holes: 27 (Eighteen Hole Regulation Course and Nine Hole Par 3)
    • Course Architects: Tom Fazio/Lester George
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.3/141
    • Practice Facilities: Expansive Double Ended Driving Range (Grass and Mats), Wedge Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golfweek VA Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.0
Duke University Golf Club, Durham NC
  1. Duke University Golf Club/Durham, NC
  2. Duke University
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Rees Jones
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.4/144
    • Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker (Unlimited Callaway Balls included with Greens Fee).
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golfweek NC Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 96.0
Brickyard Crossing, Indianapolis IN
  1. Brickyard Crossing/Indianapolis, IN
  2. Pete Dye Golf Trail
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Pete Dye
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.1/149
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Pete Dye Golf Trail
    • Rankings: Golf Digest OK Top 10, Golfweek OK Top 5-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.9
White Bluff Golf Club, Whitney TX
  1. White Bluff Golf Club/Whitney, TX
    • Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Regulation Courses)
    • Course Architect: Bruce Lietzke.
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • New:          75,5/147
    • Old:            74.0/141
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Target Greens, Putting and Chipping Greens.
    • Accommodations
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.9
Mystic Creek Golf Club, El Dorado AR
  1. Mystic Creek Golf Club/El Dorado, AR
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Ken Dye/Baxter Spann
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 77.6/145
    • Practice Facilities: Two-Tiered Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Accommodations
    • Rankings: Golfweek AR Top 15 Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.9
Southern Dunes, Haines City FL
  1. Southern Dunes Golf & Country Club/Haines City, FL
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Steve Smyers
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.0/140
    • Practice Facilities: Two-Tiered Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker, Grass Wedge Range and TrackMan Technology.
    • Rankings: Golfweek FL Top 30-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.8
Moorpark Country Club, Moorpark CA
  1. Moorpark Country Club/Moorpark, CA
    • Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses)
    • Course Architect: Peter Jacobsen
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • Canyon Crest:        36.2/130
    • Creekside:               36.8/138
    • Ridgeline:                36.9/136
    • Practice Facilities: Driving Range, Expansive Putting and Chipping Green.
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.8
Shadow Hills Golf Club, Indio CA
  1. Shadow Hills Golf Club/Indio, CA
    • Holes: 36 (Eighteen Hole Regulation Course and Eighteen Hole Par 3)
    • Course Architect: Lee Schmidt/Brian Curley/Brian Costell0/Mark Hollinger/Bob Moore
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • South: 73.0/134
    • North: 54.1/84
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.8
Golf Club of Houston, Humble TX
  1. Golf Club of Houston/Humble, TX
    • Holes: 36 (Eighteen Holes Public/Tournament Course)
    • Course Architect: Rees Jones/David Toms/Greg Muirhead/Jim Hardy/Peter Jacobsen
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • Tournament:          76.4/148
    • Member:                   76.5/138
    • Practice Facilities: Double Sided Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golf Digest TX Top 30, Golfweek TX Top 20-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.8
Buffalo Creek Golf Club, Heath TX
  1. Buffalo Creek Golf Club/Heath, TX
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Tom Weiskopf/Jay Morrish
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.9/132
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Golf Academy
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.7
Cinnabar Hills Golf Club, San Jose CA
  1. Cinnabar Hills Golf Club/San Jose, CA
    • Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Regulation Courses)
    • Course Architect: John Harbottle III.
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • Canyon:      36.0/140
    • Lake:            37.0/144
    • Mountain:  36.7/140
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens (3).
    • Junior Golf
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.6
Oakland University Golf and Learning Center, Rochester MI
  1. Oakland University Golf and Learning Center/Rochester, MI
  2. Oakland University
    • Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Regulation Courses)
    • Course Architects: Robert Beard/William Newcomb/Warren Henderson/Rick Smith
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • Katke-Cousins:     76.7/148
    • R&S Sharf:              75.2/145
    • Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers and Rick Smith Golf Academy.
    • Golf Academy
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.5
Eagle Eye Golf Club, Bath MI
  1. Eagle Eye Golf Club/Bath, MI
    • Holes: 36 (Eighteen Hole Regulation Course and Eighteen Hole Putting Course)
    • Course Architects: Pete Dye/Chris Lutzke
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.9/145
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Golf Academy
    • Rankings: Golf Digest MI Top 30, Golfweek MI Top 20-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.5
Lyman Orchards Golf Club, Middlefield CT
  1. Lyman Orchards Golf Club/Middlefield, CT
    • Holes: 45 (2 Eighteen Hole Regulation Courses and Nine Hole Par 3)
    • Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Gary Player/Mark Mungeam
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • Jones:         74.0/134
    • Player:        72.9/134
    • Apple:         28.2/87
    • Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Targets (both Grass and Mats), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Golf Academy.
    • Junior Golf
    • GolfDay Rating: 97.3
The Highlands at Dove Mountain, Marana AZ
  1. The Highlands at Dove Mountain/Marana, AZ
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Arthur Hills
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.1/142
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (2).
    • Golf Academy
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.4
Oxmoor Valley, Birmingham AL
  1. Oxmoor Valley/Birmingham, AL
  2. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
    • Holes: 54 (2 Eighteen Hole regulation Courses and Eighteen Hole Par 3)
    • Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Roger Rulewich.
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • Ridge:        74.3/141
    • Valley:       75.6/147
    • Practice Facilities: Driving Range (Mats-Monday through Friday/Grass Saturday-Sunday), Putting and Chipping Greens.
    • RTJ Golf Trail
    • Rankings: Golfweek AL Top 10
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.4
Jimmie Austin Golf Club, Norman OK
  1. Jimmie Austin Golf Club/Norman, OK
  2. University of Oklahoma
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Perry Maxwell/Press Maxwell/Bob Cupp/Tripp Davis
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 77.9/142
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Rankings: Golf Digest OK Top 10, Golfweek OK Top 5-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.2
Elks Run Golf Club, Batavia OH
  1. Elks Run Golf Club/Batavia, OH
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Greg Norman
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.0/136
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (2). Indoor Golf Simulator with TrackMan Technology.
    • Indoor Golf
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.1
Wild Wing Plantation, Conway SC
  1. 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.
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.1
Rockwind Golf Course, Hobbs NM
  1. Rockwind Golf Course/Hobbs, NM
  2. City of Rockwind/Community Links
    • Holes: 27 (Eighteen Hole Regulation Course and Nine Hole par 3)
    • Course Architect: Andy Staples
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.3/130
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golf Digest NM Top 10
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.1
Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club, Pawleys Island SC
  1. Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club/Pawleys Island, SC
  2. 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.
    • Waccamaw Golf Trail
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.0
Kelly Plantation
  1. Kelly Plantation Golf Club/Destin, FL
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Gene Bates/Fred Couples
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.6/137
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Target Greens, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers. Range Balls included with Greens Fee
    • Golf Academy
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.0
Ravenwood, Victor NY
  1. Ravenwood Golf Club/Victor, NY
  2. New York Golf Trail
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Robin Nelson
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.7/144
    • Practice Facilities: Lighted Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • NY Golf Trail
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golfweek NY Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.0
Silver Lakes: RTJ Golf Trail. Glencoe AL
  1. Silver Lakes/Glencoe, AL
  2. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
    • Holes: 36 (3 Eighteen Hole Regulation Courses and Nine Hole Par 3)
    • Course Architects: Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Roger Rulewich.
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating:
    • Backbreaker:          38.5/143
    • Heartbreaker:        38.2/140
    • Mindbreaker:         37.7/151
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • RTJ Golf Trail
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.0
Glen Oak Golf Club, East Amherst NY
  1. Glen Oak Golf Course/East Amherst, NY
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones, Sr.
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.4/142
    • Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens.
    • Junior Golf
    • GolfDay Rating: 95.0
Myrtlewood Golf Club, Myrtle Beach SC
  1. Myrtlewood Golf Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
    • Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Regulation Courses)
    • Course Architects: Edmund Ault/Tom Clark/Arthur Hills
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • Palmetto:    73.6/137
    • Pinehills:    72.1/134
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Accommodations
    • GolfDay Rating: 94.9
The Links at Greystone, Walworth NY
  1. The Links at Greystone/Walworth, NY
  2. New York Golf Trail
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Craig Schreiner
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.6/144
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Green.
    • New York Golf Trail
    • GolfDay Rating: 94.9
TPC of Louisiana, Avondale LA
  1. TPC of Louisiana/Avondale, LA
  2. Audubon Golf Trail
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architects: Pete Dye/Chris Gray.
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.9/141
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (3). Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • Audubon Golf Trail
    • Rankings: Golf Digest LA Top 5, Golfweek LA Top 5-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 94.8
Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club, Jackson WY
  1. Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club/Jackson, WY
  2. Grand Teton National Park
      • Holes: 18
      • Course Architects: Robert E. Baldock/Robert Trent Jones, Sr./Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
      • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.9/137
      • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets and Fairway Bunker (flight restricted balls), Wedge Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker. Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
      • Accommodations
      • Rankings: Golf Digest WY Top 6, Golfweek WY Top 5-Public
      • GolfDay Rating: 94.8
Oak Creek Golf Club, Irvine CA
  1. Oak Creek Golf Club/Irvine, CA
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Tom Fazio
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.5/133
    • Practice Facilities: Lighted Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Golf Academy/Junior Golf
    • GolfDay Rating: 94.8
The Club at Viniterra, New Kent VA
  1. The Club at Viniterra/New Kent, VA
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Rees Jones
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 76.0/143
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golfweek VA Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 94.7
TPC Myrtle Beach, Murrells Island SC
  1. TPC Myrtle Beach/Murrells Island, SC
  2. Waccamaw Golf Trail
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Tom Fazio.
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.2/146
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker and Dustin Johnson Golf School.
    • Waccamaw Golf Trail
    • Golf Academy
    • Rankings: Golf Digest SC Top 35, Golfweek SC Top 15-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 94.7
Revere Golf Club, Henderson NV
  1. Revere Golf Club/Henderson, NV
    • Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Regulation Courses)
    • Course Architects: Billy Casper/Greg Nash
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating:
    • Lexington: 74.7/145
    • Concord:    73.5/140
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Golf Academy
    • GolfDay Rating: 94.7
Echelon Golf Club, Alpharetta GA
  1. Echelon Golf Club/Alpharetta, GA
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Rees Jones
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 77.2/149
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (2). Range Balls included with Greens Fee.
    • GolfDay Rating: 94.7
The Classic Club, Palm Desert CA
  1. Classic Club/Palm Desert, CA
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Arnold Palmer
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.4/142
    • Practice Facilities: Double Sided Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Golf Academy
    • Rankings: Golfweek CA Top 30-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 94.7
Neshanic Valley Golf Course, Branchburg NJ
  1. Neshanic Valley Golf Course/Branchburg, NJ
    • Holes: 38 (3 Nine Hole Regulation Courses and Nine Hole Executive Course)
    • Course Architects: Michael Hurdzan/Dana Fry
    • USGA Course/Slope Ratings
    • Lake:           36.8/131
    • Ridge:         36.8/137
    • Meadow:    36.7/133
    • Academy:   30.2/94
    • Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (2) and Two Practice Holes.
    • Junior Golf
    • Rankings: Golfweek NJ Top 30-Public
    • GolfDay Rating: 94.7
Arcadian Shores Golf Club, Myrtle Beach SC
  1. Arcadian Shores Golf Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
  2. Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
    • Holes: 18
    • Course Architect: Rees Jones
    • USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.9/138
    • Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
    • Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
    • GolfDay Rating: 94.6

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Top Golf Resorts and Public Courses: Myrtle Beach

Barefoot Resort

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
  1. 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
  1. 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, Myrtle Beach SC
  1. Grande Dunes Resort Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
  2. Marina Inn
Myrtle Beach National, Myrtle Beach SC
  1. 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
  1. Wachesaw Plantation East/Myrtle Beach, SC
  2. Myrtle Beach Golf Trail/Waccamaw Golf Trail
Sea Trail Golf Club, Sunset Beach NC
  1. Sea Trail Golf Club/Sunset Beach, NC
  2. 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, Myrtle Beach SC
  1. The Dunes Golf & Beach Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
Caledonia, Pawleys Island SC
  1. Caledonia Golf & Fish Club/Pawleys Island, SC
  2. Waccama Golf Trail
True Blue, Pawleys Island SC
  1. True Blue Plantation/Pawleys Island, SC
  2. Waccamaw Golf Trail
Thistle Golf Club, Sunset Beach NC
  1. Thistle Golf Club/Sunset Beach, NC
  2. Myrtle Beach Golf Trail    
Wild Wing, Conway SC
  1. 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
  1. Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club/Pawleys Island, SC
  2. Waccamaw Golf Trail
Myrtlewood, Myrtle Beach SC
  1. 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, Myrtle Beach SC
  1. Arcadian Shores Golf Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
  2. Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
Prestwick Country Club, Myrtle beach SC
  1. Prestwick Country Club/Myrtle Beach, SC
  2. Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
The Pearl, Calabash NC
  1. The Pearl Golf Links/Calabash, NC
  2. Myrtle Beach Golf Trail
Carolina National, Bolivia NC
  1. 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
  1. World Tour Golf Links/Myrtle Beach, SC
Heritage Club, Pawleys Island SC
  1. Heritage Club/Pawleys Island, SC
  2. Waccamaw Golf Trail
Sandpiper Bay Golf & Country Club, Sunset Beach NC
  1. Sandpiper Bay Golf & Country Club/Sunset Beach, NC
  2. 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
  1. TPC Myrtle Beach/Myrtle Beach, SC
  2. Waccamaw Golf Trail
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