After hosting the US Open in 2015, Chambers Bay comes in at #21. 26.More about this course , Meadows of Dan, Va. / 866-960-7746 / primland.comDonald Steel (2006)7,053 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 59.7283Just as Cascades is considered the one of nation's best mountain courses, so too is The Highland Course at Primland, named as 2007's Best New Public Course in the $75 and Over category. 17, 2003-04. Previous ranking: No. Casa de. Two of its three nines (the Lake and Ocean 9s) were re-grassed and re-bunkered in 2009 by Jones and partner Bruce Charlton, who also re-established the width of several holes. / 812-855-7543 / thepfaucourse.comSteve Smyers (2020)7,908 yards, par 71 / Score: 56.7416. Bandon Trails starts and finishes in serious sand dunes (the 18th being recently remodeled by Coore) while the remainder rolls through Oregon forest. Formerly the site of a different, much narrower golf course, Coore & Crenshaw found ways to widen many of the same spaces and added new holes on previously unused parts of the property. It's authentically Nevada on the edges, the barren areas akin to Wolf Creek in Mesquite, but its turfed areas, planted with date palms, ironwoods and willows, and crossed by endless babbling brooks, is something of a salute to nearby Shadow Creek. Caribbean (4) 7. And the Irish has the only blind par 3 found at Whistling Straits, the 13th playing 183 yards over sand hills to a huge green ringed by more than a dozen bunkers. Eureka, Mont. It's Pete Dye at his rambunctious best, with a finish that mimics his later design at TPC Sawgrass: a gambling par-5 16th (called San Andres Fault), a short par-3 17th to an island green and an intimidating par-4 18th with water hard against the left edge all the way to the green.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. Back when Pete Dye was building the course, he was asked to dispose of a huge quantity of sewer sludge from housing developments on Hilton Head, so he dug a big pit to the left of the par-4 16th, had it dumped in there, then covered it with acres of sand. 15.More about this course , Santa Cruz, Calif. / 831-459-9155 / pasatiempo.comAlister MacKenzie & Robert Hunter (1929)6,495 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 61.0755Pasatiempo is arguably Alister Mackenzie's favorite design. Lemont, Ill. / 866-264-4455 / coghillgolf.comDick Wilson (1965)7,554 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.7972Some tour pros were critical of Rees Jones's remodeling of Cog Hill No. Highest ranking: No. 100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2007. 61, 2017-2018. Channeling another famous but rather indifferent site, the designers turned to Chicago Golf Club and the architecture of McDonald/Raynor for inspiration. Mesquite, Nev. / 866-252-4653 / golfwolfcreek.comDennis Rider (2000)6,939 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.4490Wolf Creek is a fantasy calendar come to life, with holes clinging to stark canyon hillsides and plunging down narrow ravines. With a routing that features 10 holes on Lake Oconee, Jack and his associate Jim Lipe worked hard to vary the encounters with water. 15 Sheep Ranch at Bandon Dunes, Golf Digests 2020 Best New Course, and Ozarks National (No. 79. 100 Greatest Public History: Newly ranked. Farmington, Pa. / 800-422-2736 / nemacolin.comPete Dye (1995)7,550 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.2019Mystic Rock is one of the more curious courses Pete Dye ever designed, with mostly oval greens and rectangular bunkers. From the 6,400-yard white markers, however, you'll breeze though an 18. Previous ranking: No. It was also once among the rota of courses for the old Bob Hope Desert Classic, until some pros, objecting to its difficulty, petitioned to remove it. It's an equally low-profile layout with a number of bump-and-run approach shots but with several Pine Valley-like waste areas and with larger, bolder greens. 5.More about this course , Photo Credit: Courtesy of Shadow Creek GC, 800-487-4653 / pinehurst.comDonald Ross (9 1902 /Donald Ross & Walter Travis (A.9 1907)Donald Ross (R.1935)7,588 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.9639In 2010, Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw led a team that descended on Pinehurst No. 8, 2015-16. Highest ranking: No. 100 Greatest Public History: Ranked from 2011 through 2014. With green fees under $50 on weekdays and just over $50 on weekends, Wild Horse is a true bargain among America's 100 Greatest Public. Golf Digest Course Ranking 2021: You Get What You Charge For? Other parts of the design were less successful. 12 (on America's 100 Greatest Courses) Crystal Downs, a neighbor every northern Michigan that visitor wants to play, even though it's private and Arcadia is public. In 2012, we ranked The Gold Course as one of America's 50 Most Fun Public Courses. Previous ranking: No. 54, 2015-16. The USGA returned to Torrey Pines for another U.S. Open in 2021.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. / 888-285-5375 / bullerock.comPete Dye (1998)7,375 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 56.4285This great course is built on the old Blenheim Farm, which had been the home of many thoroughbred race horses. 100 GREATEST: CLICK TO VIEW OUR ENTIRE 100 GREATEST RANKING Watch Golf Digest 's latest "Every Hole At" course videos below: Great public golf can be found in every corner of the United States. The Red Course is the counterclockwise routing of The Loop, and as the name suggests, both it and the Black Course play out to ninth holes at a far corner of the property, then back in. If complaints from the pros about its difficulty was an indication, the remodel was a profound success. The front nine is mostly tree-lined, the back more open, with both touching on ponds, marsh and Pine Valley-like sandy wastelands. Course descriptions by Ron Whitten and Derek Duncan. Highest ranking: No. Here, we showcase the Top-100 of those courses, as well as an additional 30 that received votes but narrowly missed inclusion among the centurions. Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club Tamaki course. 11, 2005-06. Highest ranking: No. Kohler, Wis. / 855-444-2838 / blackwolfrun.comPete Dye (1989)7,250 Yards, Par 72 | Points: 57.1627Even before Pete Dye completed the River Course at Blackwolf Run, he had taken the front nine of the original Blackwolf Course (Best New Resort winner of 1988) and merged it with a newly-constructed nine to form the Meadows Valley Course. The concept changedsome greens moved, one blind par 3 eliminatedas the quest for a U.S. Open grew. Jones's renovation was true to the philosophy of original architect Dick Wilson, who liked to pinch fairways with bunkers and surround greens with more bunkers, all of them deep.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. 65 (2015-2016 and previous). 55, 2015-2016. 74. How times change. Previous ranking: No. Top Public Golf Courses in Excel Sheet Hi All, So I couldnt find this anywhere, but I created a free google sheet which includes all of the Top 100 US Public Golf Courses from Golf Digest (both the 2015-2016 rankings and 2017-2018 rankings) along with the Golf.com 2017 top 100 rankings. Photo Credit: Andrew Brown/Indiana Athletics. Highest ranking: No. 231-439-4028 / bayharborgolf.comArthur Hills, with Stephen Kircher (1998)6,845 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.6225One of three grand "new Pebble Beaches" that debuted in the late 1990s, Bay Harbor was ranked third in Golf Digest's survey of Best New Upscale Public Courses of 1999, behind the twin juggernauts (and fellow Pebble Beach clones) Bandon Dunes and Whistling Straits. "Trent Jones in his kinder, gentler persona," we wrote. 46 (the first time making our 100 Greatest Public since 2003). Bend, Ore. / 866-372-1003 / pronghornresort.com Jack Nicklaus (2003)7,379 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 58.9293When it first opened, Pronghorn was strictly private and its Nicklaus Course was ranked second by Golf Digest among America's Best New Private Courses of 2004. A Biarritz-modeled putting surface is cocked out into a lake and surrounded on three sides by water (take that, Yale). Highest (and previous) ranking: No. 49. Langford and Moreau built the course using steamshovels, which resulted in most of those distinctive landforms. Highest ranking: Current ranking. Hanses and Wagners new iteration ties No. Chandler Egan 1929, Pebble Beach, CA) PACIFIC DUNES GOLF . Built from sand spoils resulting from a massive phosphate strip mine, with some piles formed into dunes reaching 75 feet into the air, the Red has a wonderful mix of bump-and-run links holes and target-like water holes. Does the word refer to primarily municipal courses and straight daily-fee operations? Previous ranking: No. Mission Hills (World Cup), China. Opens were played on consecutive weeks at No. La Quinta, Calif. / 800-742-9378 / pgawest.comPete Dye (1986)7,300 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.8848Originally private, the Stadium Course (the original 18 at PGA West) finished third in Golf Digest's survey of Best New Private Courses of 1986. Year Built: 1994. Highest ranking: Present. Mississippi State has recently become the home of President Ulysses S. Grants official papers, so Gil dubbed his massive 30,000 square-foot fairway bunker on the 17th, Grants Tomb. But the name hasnt stuck; club officials opted to honor their boss instead, calling it, Georges Bunker.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2017-18. 4 into the resorts long-established genetics with exposed sand, provocative green contours, broad fairways and contiguous short-grass recovery areas. / 662-494-6463 / oldwaverly.comBob Cupp & Jerry Pate (1988)7,088 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.1303A carefully crafted design, Old Waverly was No. Previous ranking: No. Cascades was ranked by Golf Digest as one of America's 100 Greatest for 40 years and is No. The ample homes that occasionally appear along. The property where Rams Hill is located in the Anza Borrego Desert State Park, on the western edge of the Sonoran Desert, about an hour from La Quinta, Calif., was first developed for golf in 1993. In all, 30 states are represented. * Traditionally private clubs that offer stay-and-play packages. But give Tom Doak credit for convincing a client to take a chance on an 18-hole reversible layout. Highest ranking: No. With its elaborate greens and spectacular bunkering fully restored by Jim Urbina, it is a classic example of Mackenzie's art. Highest (and previous) ranking: No. Still others are edged by manmade irrigation lakes or natural desert washes. Sandia Park, N.M. / 505-281-6000 / paakogolf.com Ken Dye (2000) / 7,562 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 57.7663 Paako Ridge, Golf Digest's Best New Affordable Public Course of 2000, is quite long from the tips and regular tees. Many putts that look uphill are actually running downhill. Previous ranking: No. Although the Sheboygan River isn't in play as much on Meadows Valley as it is on the River (the 18th hole plays over it), there are plenty of deep bunkers and tricky pin positions.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2009. HugeCourses. Highest ranking: No. But, like other multiple course operations such as Bethpage and Cog Hill, Madden's has easier alternate layouts for high-handicappers.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. St. Simons Island, Ga. / 855-572-4975 / seaisland.comTom Fazio (1999)7,005 Yards, Par 70 / Points: 59.2018The resort continues to credit H.S. Previous ranking: No. But among them, the River Course at Kingsmill Resort continues to stand out and remains a strong expression of Dyes early design period, more in the mode of Harbour Town than Sawgrass. New York is first, with 16 courses in. Its fortunes rose and fell with the temperatures, going out of business but later revived by local residents in the mid 2000s with an entirely new golf course built by Tom Fazio. 44, 2005-06. It has too much rub-of-the-green for the comfort levels of many tour pros, two dozen of whom will tackle the Straits again in the 2021 Ryder Cup.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2003. Amateur win in 1959 and Annika Sorenstam's first U.S. Women's Open win in 1995. Our take: The Blue starts a bit more dramatically, with the back tee on Hole 1 atop a 75-foot sand dune. 8.More about this course , 866-772-4769 / erinhills.com Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry & Ron Whitten (2006)7,731 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.8534Despite the legend spread by many, Erin Hills wasn't designed specifically to host a U.S. Open. Pete Dye gained notoriety in the 1960s for his unique, trend-setting take on architecture at courses like The Golf Club, Crooked Stick and Harbour Town. Meet the newcomers on our 2021/2022 Top 100 Courses You Can Play list By: Nick Piastowski May 4, 2021 Mammoth Dunes in Nekoosa, Wis. Previous ranking: No. Rees Jones's remodeling of the South Course in the early 2000s not only made it competitive for the 2008 U.S. Open, it brought several coastal canyons into play for everyday golfers, especially on the par-3 third and par-4 14th. Previous ranking: No. Saucier, Miss. Highest ranking: No. Sometimes it's difficult in remote areas of US too! 18, 2009-10. "Project Legacy" has delivered just that, essentially obliterating the two former 18-hole courses to make way for the current set-up, with the Grange and Tamaki nines now considered the 18-hole course of first choice. Bottom-line: Blue is no little brother. Highest (and previous) ranking: No. It has twice been ranked among America's 100 Greatest, from 1995 to 1998 and from 2005 to 2006. (1) Wade Hampton G.C. It's not just the greatest meeting of land and sea in American golf, but the most extensive one, too, with nine holes perched immediately above the crashing Pacific surfthe fourth through the 10th plus the 17th and 18th. The minimum TOEFL score is 600 on the paper-based test, 250 on the computer-based test, or 100 on the Internet-based TOEFL. Highest ranking: No. 3. Previous ranking: No. The late golf writer Charlie Price, who lived on the island, took one look at it and dubbed it a "waste bunker." "100 Greatest Public History: Ranked since 2011. Previous ranking: No. Highest ranking: No. The minimum IELTS score is 7.0. back to top.For international students the logistics are more complex to arrange an interview. 2? Extremely wide fairways and large putting surfaces allow the exposed course to be playable in extreme winds, and with its fast arrival to the top 15 alongside Bandons other courses, Sheep Ranch has accomplished the most difficult of feats for resort coursesdistinction among equals. Previous ranking: No. 22, 2007-08. Public relishes, Golf Digest's Top 100 public access courses in the country. Highest (and previous) ranking: No. Pine trees are prevalent but not imposing. Highest (and previous) ranking: No. (It's walking only on the Straits. 59. 01 Ballyneal Holyoke, Colorado 52 23 22 1 02 Colorado Parker, Colorado 88 77 2 03 Castle Pines Golf Club Castle Rock, Colorado 3 04 Cherry Hills Cherry Hills Village, Colorado 05 Denver Denver, Colorado 06 Broadmoor (East) Colorado Springs, Colorado 07 Sanctuary Sedalia, Colorado 7 08 Ravenna Littleton, Colorado 8 09 Maroon Creek Aspen, Colorado 10 3, 2003-04. 10, 2005-12. As we wrote back in 2005, "its options outnumber its rock outcroppings, and there are outcroppings galore. Traps are sprung everywherein the form of pot bunkers, inside doglegs, draped in front of greensand numerous ravines are positioned to ensnare miscalculations. Highest ranking: No. 906-225-0721 / golfgreywalls.comMike DeVries (2005)6,828 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 57.4242A decade before architect Mike DeVries created the world-class Cape Wickham GC in Australia, he produced an equally compelling design in Michigans Upper Peninsula, a second 18 for Marquette G.C. Another concession to resort golfers: The greens are big but simple, with few complex contours.100 Greatest Public History: Ranked 2003-08 & 2015-present.