|
The Top 100
U.S. Golf
Courses
GOLF
MAGAZINE's
Biennial
Rankings
2001
RANK
|
COURSE
|
LOCATION
|
ARCHITECT(S)
|
|
1
|
Pine
Valley
|
Clementon,
N.J.
|
Crump/Colt,
1918
|
|
2
|
Cypress
Point
|
Pebble
Beach,
Calif.
|
Mackenzie,
1929
|
|
3
|
Pebble
Beach
|
Pebble
Beach,
Calif.
|
Neville/Grant,
1919;
Egan
|
|
4
|
Augusta
National
|
Augusta,
Ga.
|
Mackenzie/Bobby
Jones,
1932
|
|
5
|
Shinnecock
Hills
|
Southampton,
N.Y.
|
Toomey/Flynn,
1931
|
|
6
|
Pinehurst
(No. 2)
|
Pinehurst,
N.C.
|
D. Ross,
1903-35
|
|
7
|
Sand
Hills
|
Mullen,
Neb.
|
Coore/Crenshaw,
1995
|
|
8
|
Merion
(East)
|
Ardmore,
Pa.
|
H.
Wilson,
1911
|
|
9
|
Oakmont
|
Oakmont,
Pa.
|
Fownes,
1903
|
|
10
|
Seminole
|
North
Palm
Beach,
Fla.
|
D. Ross,
1929; D.
Wilson
|
|
11
|
Winged
Foot
(West)
|
Mamaroneck,
N.Y.
|
Tillinghast,
1923
|
|
12
|
San
Francisco
|
San
Francisco,
Calif.
|
Tillinghast,
1915
|
|
13
|
Prairie
Dunes
|
Hutchinson,
Kan.
|
Maxwell,
1935-56
|
|
14
|
National
GL of
America
|
Southampton,
N.Y.
|
Macdonald,
1911
|
|
15
|
Crystal
Downs
|
Frankfort,
Mich.
|
Mackenzie/Maxwell,
1929
|
|
16
|
Oakland
Hills
(South)
|
Birmingham,
Mich.
|
D. Ross,
1917; R.
T. Jones
Sr.
|
|
17
|
Pacific
Dunes
|
Bandon,
Ore.
|
Doak,
2001
|
|
18
|
Fishers
Island
|
Fishers
Island,
N.Y.
|
Raynor,
1917
|
|
19
|
Chicago
GC
|
Wheaton,
Ill.
|
Macdonald,
1895;
Raynor
|
|
20
|
Olympic
(Lake)
|
San
Francisco,
Calif.
|
Reid,
1917;
Whiting,
R. T.
Jones
Sr.
|
|
21
|
The
Country
Club
(Open)
|
Brookline,
Mass.
|
W.
Campbell,
1895;
Flynn,
Rees
Jones
|
|
22
|
Oak Hill
(East)
|
Rochester,
N.Y.
|
D. Ross,
1926; R.
T. Jones
Sr.,
G.&T.
Fazio
|
|
23
|
Baltusrol
(Lower)
|
Springfield,
N.J.
|
Tillinghast,
1922; R.
T. Jones
Sr.
|
|
24
|
Muirfield
Village
|
Dublin,
Ohio
|
Nicklaus/Muirhead,
1974
|
|
25
|
Riviera
|
Pacific
Palisades,
Calif.
|
Thomas/Bell,
1926
|
|
26
|
Southern
Hills
|
Tulsa,
Okla.
|
Maxwell,
1935
|
|
27
|
Bethpage
(Black)
|
Farmingdale,
N.Y.
|
Tillinghast,
1935
|
|
28
|
The Golf
Club
|
New
Albany,
Ohio
|
Dye,
1967
|
|
29
|
Whistling
Straits
|
Haven,
Wis.
|
Dye,
1998
|
|
30
|
Camargo
|
Cincinnati,
Ohio
|
Raynor,
1921
|
|
31
|
Medinah
(No. 3)
|
Medinah,
Ill.
|
Bendelow,
1928;
Collis,
Packard
|
|
32
|
TPC at
Sawgrass
(Stadium)
|
Ponte
Vedra,
Fla.
|
Dye,
1981
|
|
33
|
Garden
City GC
|
Garden
City,
N.Y.
|
Emmet,
1898;
Travis
|
|
34
|
Winged
Foot
(East)
|
Mamaroneck,
N.Y.
|
Tillinghast,
1923
|
|
35
|
Los
Angeles
(North)
|
Los
Angeles,
Calif.
|
Thomas,
1921
|
|
36
|
Quaker
Ridge
|
Scarsdale,
N.Y.
|
Tillinghast,
1926; R.
T. Jones
Sr.
|
|
37
|
Shoreacres
|
Lake
Bluff,
Ill.
|
Raynor,
1919
|
|
38
|
Inverness
|
Toledo,
Ohio
|
D. Ross,
1919;
G.&T.
Fazio,
Hills
|
|
39
|
Maidstone
|
East
Hampton,
N.Y.
|
W. & J.
Park,
1891;
Tucker
|
|
40
|
Shadow
Creek
|
North
Las
Vegas,
Nev.
|
T. Fazio/Wynn,
1989
|
|
41
|
Bandon
Dunes
|
Bandon,
Ore.
|
Kidd,
1999
|
|
42
|
Scioto
|
Columbus,
Ohio
|
D. Ross,
1912; D.
Wilson
|
|
43
|
Spyglass
Hill
|
Pebble
Beach,
Calif.
|
R. T.
Jones
Sr.,
1966
|
|
44
|
Harbour
Town
|
Hilton
Head
Island,
S.C.
|
Dye/Nicklaus,
1969
|
|
45
|
World
Woods
(Pine
Barrens)
|
Brooksville,
Fla.
|
T. Fazio,
1993
|
|
46
|
Ocean
Forest
|
Sea
Island,
Ga.
|
Rees
Jones,
1995
|
|
47
|
Somerset
Hills
|
Bernardsville,
N.J.
|
Tillinghast,
1918
|
|
48
|
The
Honors
Course
|
Ooltewah,
Tenn.
|
Dye,
1984
|
|
49
|
Cascades
(Upper)
|
Hot
Springs,
Va.
|
Flynn,
1923
|
|
50
|
Cherry
Hills
|
Englewood,
Colo.
|
Flynn,
1923
|
|
51
|
Peachtree
|
Atlanta,
Ga.
|
R. T.
Jones
Sr./Bob
Jones,
1948
|
|
52
|
Wade
Hampton
|
Cashiers,
N.C.
|
T. Fazio,
1987
|
|
53
|
East
Lake
|
Atlanta,
Ga.
|
Bendelow,
1910; D.
Ross,
Rees
Jones
|
|
54
|
Nantucket
|
Siasconset,
Mass.
|
Rees
Jones,
1997
|
|
55
|
Congressional
(Blue)
|
Bethesda,
Md.
|
Emmet,
1924; R.
T. Jones
Sr.,
Rees
Jones
|
|
56
|
Valley
Club of
Montecito
|
Santa
Barbara,
Calif.
|
Mackenzie/Hunter,
1926
|
|
57
|
Double
Eagle
|
Galena,
Ohio
|
Weiskopf/Morrish,
1991
|
|
58
|
Colonial
|
Fort
Worth,
Tex.
|
Bredemus,
1935;
Maxwell
|
|
59
|
Baltimore
(Five
Farms
East)
|
Timonium,
Md.
|
Tillinghast,
1926
|
|
60
|
Black
Diamond
|
Lecanto,
Fla.
|
T. Fazio,
1987
|
|
61
|
Interlachen
|
Edina,
Minn.
|
Watson,
1910; D.
Ross, R.
T. Jones
Sr.
|
|
62
|
Canterbury
|
Cleveland,
Ohio
|
Strong,
1922
|
|
63
|
Shoal
Creek
|
Birmingham,
Ala.
|
Nicklaus,
1977
|
|
64
|
Wannamoisett
|
Rumford,
R.I.
|
D. Ross,
1916
|
|
65
|
Kiawah
Island
(Ocean)
|
Kiawah
Island,
S.C.
|
Dye,
1991
|
|
66
|
Pablo
Creek
|
Ponte
Vedra,
Fla.
|
T. Fazio,
1996
|
|
67
|
Yeamans
Hall
|
Hanahan,
S.C.
|
Raynor,
1925
|
|
68
|
Long
Cove
|
Hilton
Head
Island,
S.C.
|
Dye,
1982
|
|
69
|
Pasatiempo
|
Santa
Cruz,
Calif.
|
Mackenzie,
1929
|
|
70
|
Pete Dye
GC
|
Bridgeport,
W.V.
|
Dye,
1994
|
|
71
|
Salem
|
Peabody,
Mass.
|
D. Ross,
1926
|
|
72
|
Baltusrol
(Upper)
|
Springfield,
N.J.
|
Tillinghast,
1923;
Rees
Jones
|
|
73
|
Plainfield
|
Plainfield,
N.J.
|
D. Ross,
1920
|
|
74
|
Blackwolf
Run
(River)
|
Kohler,
Wis.
|
Dye,
1988
|
|
75
|
Olympia
Fields
(North)
|
Olympia
Fields,
Ill.
|
W. Park,
1922
|
|
76
|
The
Dunes
|
New
Buffalo,
Mich.
|
Nugent,
1996
|
|
77
|
Kittansett
|
Marion,
Mass.
|
Hood,
1923
|
|
78
|
The
Creek
|
Locust
Valley,
N.Y.
|
Macdonald/Raynor,
1925
|
|
79
|
Forest
Highlands
|
Flagstaff,
Ariz.
|
Weiskopf/Morrish,
1988
|
|
80
|
Oak Tree
GC
|
Edmond,
Okla.
|
Dye,
1976
|
|
81
|
Hazeltine
National
|
Chaska,
Minn.
|
R. T.
Jones
Sr.,
1962;
Rees
Jones
|
|
82
|
Firestone
(South)
|
Akron,
Ohio
|
R. T.
Jones
Sr.,
1960;
Nicklaus
|
|
83
|
Myopia
Hunt
Club
|
So.
Hamilton,
Mass.
|
Leeds,
1896/1901
|
|
84
|
Crooked
Stick
|
Carmel,
Ind.
|
Dye,
1964
|
|
85
|
Desert
Forest
|
Carefree,
Ariz.
|
Lawrence,
1962
|
|
86
|
Sea
Island
(Seaside)
|
St.
Simons
Island,
Ga.
|
Colt &
Alison
1928; J.
Lee, T.
Fazio
|
|
87
|
Yale
University
|
New
Haven,
Conn.
|
Macdonald,
1926
|
|
88
|
Laurel
Valley
|
Ligonier,
Penn.
|
D.
Wilson,
1960
|
|
89
|
Pumpkin
Ridge
(Witch
Hollow)
|
Cornelius,
Ore.
|
Cupp/Fought,
1991
|
|
90
|
Jupiter
Hills
(Hills)
|
Tequesta,
Fla.
|
G. Fazio,
1970
|
|
91
|
Estancia
|
Scottsdale,
Ariz.
|
T. Fazio,
1995
|
|
92
|
Butler
National
|
Oak
Brook,
Ill.
|
G. & T.
Fazio,
1974
|
|
93
|
Piping
Rock
|
Locust
Valley,
N.Y.
|
Macdonald/Raynor,
1913
|
|
94
|
Bel Air
|
Los
Angeles,
Calif.
|
Thomas/Bell,
1926
|
|
95
|
Newport
|
Newport,
R.I.
|
W.
Davis,
1894;
Tillinghast,
D. Ross
|
|
96
|
Indianwood
(Old)
|
Lake
Orion,
Mich.
|
Reid/Connellan,
1928;
Cupp
|
|
97
|
Stonewall
|
Elverson,
Penn.
|
Doak/Hanse,
1993
|
|
98
|
Troon GC
|
Scottsdale,
Ariz.
|
Weiskopf/Morrish,
1986
|
|
99
|
Bellerive
|
Creve
Coeur,
Mo.
|
R.T.
Jones
Sr.,
1959
|
|
100
|
Pumpkin
Ridge
(Ghost
Creek)
|
Cornelius,
Ore.
|
Cupp/Fought,
1991 |
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