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27 coursesAugusta National Golf Club
Augusta, Georgia
Par 727,510 yds
The most famous golf course in the world — home of The Masters Tournament since 1934.
Pinehurst No. 2
Pinehurst, North Carolina
Par 707,588 yds
The most important American course in terms of design philosophy — Donald Ross’s masterpiece.
Bethpage Black Course
Farmingdale, New York
Par 717,468 yds
America’s most famous public course — a “man-made monster” carved from Long Island’s forests.
Oakmont Country Club
Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Par 717,255 yds
The hardest golf course in the United States — possibly the world. Host of nine US Opens.
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Southampton, New York
Par 707,445 yds
One of America’s oldest and most distinguished golf clubs — founded in 1891.
Merion Golf Club — East Course
Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Par 706,996 yds
Among the most historically significant courses in American golf — where Bobby Jones completed the Grand Slam.
Congressional Country Club — Blue
Bethesda, Maryland
Par 717,680 yds
Washington DC’s most prestigious championship venue — host of three US Opens.
Baltusrol Golf Club — Lower Course
Springfield, New Jersey
Par 707,392 yds
A.W. Tillinghast’s masterpiece — host of eight US Opens, more than any other course.
Winged Foot Golf Club — West Course
Mamaroneck, New York
Par 727,477 yds
A.W. Tillinghast’s other masterpiece — host of five US Opens and two US Amateurs.
The Country Club — Composite Course
Brookline, Massachusetts
Par 707,264 yds
The oldest private golf club in the United States — site of the most dramatic US Open comeback ever.
Garden City Golf Club
Garden City, New York
Par 736,927 yds
One of America’s oldest and most architecturally pure courses — a classic heathland design.
Oak Hill Country Club — East Course
Rochester, New York
Par 707,392 yds
Host of four US Opens and two PGA Championships — one of the Northeast’s premier venues.
Crystal Downs Country Club
Frankfort, Michigan
Par 706,531 yds
Consistently ranked among America’s top 10 — a MacKenzie & Alison collaboration in northern Michigan.
Fishers Island Club
Fishers Island, New York
Par 726,576 yds
Accessible only by private ferry — Seth Raynor’s masterpiece in Long Island Sound.
National Golf Links of America
Southampton, New York
Par 736,779 yds
Charles Blair Macdonald’s magnum opus — the first course in America to rival the great British links.
East Lake Golf Club
Atlanta, Georgia
Par 707,385 yds
Bobby Jones’s home course — host of the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship.
Quail Hollow Club
Charlotte, North Carolina
Par 717,521 yds
One of the Southeast’s premier private clubs — host of the 2017 PGA Championship.
Kiawah Island — Ocean Course
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Par 727,873 yds
The longest course ever to host a major championship — the windiest venue in American golf.
Harbour Town Golf Links
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Par 717,099 yds
A Pete Dye masterpiece designed with Jack Nicklaus — home of the RBC Heritage.
Pinehurst Resort No. 2
Pinehurst, North Carolina
Par 707,588 yds
Donald Ross’s defining achievement — the course that hosted back-to-back US Opens in 2014.
Southern Hills Country Club
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Par 707,556 yds
The most celebrated course in the American heartland — site of four US Opens and two PGA Championships.
Valhalla Golf Club
Louisville, Kentucky
Par 717,542 yds
Jack Nicklaus’s Kentucky masterpiece — host of three PGA Championships and two Ryder Cups.
Colonial Country Club
Fort Worth, Texas
Par 707,204 yds
One of the Southwest’s most storied golf venues — home of the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Seminole Golf Club
Juno Beach, Florida
Par 726,900 yds
Often called the best course in Florida and one of the finest in America — a Donald Ross classic.
TPC Sawgrass — Stadium Course
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Par 727,215 yds
Home of The Players Championship — the island-green 17th is the most recognizable hole in golf.
PGA National — Champion Course
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Par 727,243 yds
Home of the Honda Classic — features the Bear Trap, the most dangerous stretch in Florida golf.
Congressional — Blue Course Guide
Bethesda, Maryland
Par 707,632 yds
Washington DC’s premier championship venue — host of four US Opens and multiple major events.
Pacific Coast USA
17 coursesPebble Beach Golf Links
Pebble Beach, California
Par 727,040 yds
Consistently ranked as America’s greatest public golf course — perched on the Monterey Peninsula.
Torrey Pines — South Course
La Jolla, California
Par 727,765 yds
California’s premier municipal golf course — host of the 2008 and 2021 US Opens.
Cypress Point Club
Pebble Beach, California
Par 726,536 yds
Widely considered the most beautiful golf course in the world — MacKenzie’s masterpiece on the Monterey coast.
Spyglass Hill Golf Course
Pebble Beach, California
Par 726,960 yds
The most challenging of the three Pebble Beach Pro-Am courses — a unique blend of links and parkland.
Riviera Country Club
Pacific Palisades, California
Par 717,322 yds
Called the Riviera of the West — home to the Genesis Invitational in the heart of Los Angeles.
LA Country Club — North Course
Los Angeles, California
Par 707,411 yds
Sits on 300 acres of the most valuable real estate in America — host of the 2023 US Open.
Pasatiempo Golf Club
Santa Cruz, California
Par 716,491 yds
Alister MacKenzie’s California masterpiece — designed in 1929, just three years before Augusta National.
Riviera Country Club — Main Course
Pacific Palisades, California
Par 717,322 yds
One of America’s most beloved private clubs and host of the Genesis Invitational since 1929.
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
Bandon, Oregon
Par 726,732 yds
The crown jewel of American golf resort destinations — five courses perched on the Oregon coast.
Bandon Dunes — Original Course
Bandon, Oregon
Par 726,732 yds
David McLay Kidd’s American links design that launched one of golf’s great resort destinations.
Pacific Dunes — Bandon
Bandon, Oregon
Par 716,997 yds
Consistently ranked among the top 10 courses in the US — a true links experience on the Oregon coast.
Bandon Trails Golf Course
Bandon, Oregon
Par 716,765 yds
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw’s inland design — the only course at the resort not on the oceanfront cliffs.
Sheep Ranch Golf Course
Bandon, Oregon
Par 726,800 yds
Bandon Dunes’ newest course — a Coore & Crenshaw clifftop links with the most dramatic ocean views.
Old Macdonald — Bandon Dunes
Bandon, Oregon
Par 717,059 yds
Tom Doak’s tribute to the great Scottish course designers — named after Charles Blair Macdonald.
Pebble Beach — Full Strategy Guide
Pebble Beach, California
Par 726,828 yds
America’s most scenic and beloved public golf experience — GOATY’s hole-by-hole strategy breakdown.
Chambers Bay Golf Course
University Place, Washington
Par 707,681 yds
Sits on a former sand and gravel quarry above Puget Sound — host of the 2015 US Open.
Riviera — Strategy Guide
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California
Par 717,322 yds
The home of the Genesis Invitational and one of America’s great private clubs — full strategy breakdown.
US Midwest
14 coursesWhistling Straits — Straits Course
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Par 727,790 yds
A dramatic links-style course built along the shores of Lake Michigan — host of the 2021 Ryder Cup.
Medinah Country Club — No. 3
Medinah, Illinois
Par 727,660 yds
One of the Midwest’s most storied venues — host of three US Opens and two PGA Championships.
Erin Hills Golf Course
Erin, Wisconsin
Par 727,741 yds
America’s most significant modern links-style course — host of the 2017 US Open.
Muirfield Village Golf Club
Dublin, Ohio
Par 727,392 yds
Jack Nicklaus’s masterwork — designed as the course he always wanted to play, host of the Memorial Tournament.
Hazeltine National Golf Club
Chaska, Minnesota
Par 727,674 yds
Minnesota’s premier championship venue — host of multiple US Opens, PGA Championships, and Ryder Cups.
Sand Hills Golf Club
Mullen, Nebraska
Par 717,089 yds
The most remote golf course in the United States — among the most acclaimed Coore & Crenshaw designs.
Shadow Creek Golf Course
North Las Vegas, Nevada
Par 727,560 yds
One of America’s most exclusive golf experiences — a surreal oasis built from scratch in the Nevada desert.
Shoreacres Golf Club
Lake Bluff, Illinois
Par 716,720 yds
Seth Raynor’s most geographically dramatic design — carved into Lake Michigan bluffs north of Chicago.
Medinah Country Club Course 3
Medinah, Illinois
Par 727,600 yds
Home of the “Miracle at Medinah” 2012 Ryder Cup — one of sport’s greatest comeback venues.
Medinah — Strategy Guide
Medinah, Illinois
Par 727,600 yds
Major championship contender strategy — how to navigate four decades of major championship drama.
TPC Scottsdale — Stadium Course
Scottsdale, Arizona
Par 717,261 yds
Home of the Waste Management Phoenix Open — the most attended sporting event in the world.
Erin Hills — Full Strategy Guide
Hartford, Wisconsin
Par 728,082 yds
One of the youngest US Open venues ever — a fescue-lined links masterpiece in southeastern Wisconsin.
Muirfield Village — Full Guide
Dublin, Ohio
Par 727,392 yds
Jack Nicklaus’s labor of love — a course designed around his greatest major championship victories.
Hazeltine National — Full Guide
Chaska, Minnesota
Par 727,674 yds
Has hosted more major championships per year of existence than perhaps any other course in America.
US South & Southwest
6 coursesTPC Sawgrass — Players Stadium
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Par 727,215 yds
Home to The Players Championship — considered by many the unofficial fifth major championship.
TPC Sawgrass — Valley Course
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Par 726,864 yds
Pete Dye’s complementary layout to the Stadium Course — more accessible but still a strategic challenge.
Seminole Golf Club — Florida
Juno Beach, Florida
Par 726,779 yds
Donald Ross’s Florida masterpiece — the private club where Ben Hogan prepared for The Masters.
Valhalla Golf Club — Full Guide
Louisville, Kentucky
Par 717,542 yds
Jack Nicklaus’s home state masterpiece — host of three PGA Championships and the 2024 PGA.
Quail Hollow Club — Full Guide
Charlotte, North Carolina
Par 717,521 yds
Host of the Wells Fargo Championship and 2017 PGA Championship — Charlotte’s elite private club.
Harbour Town — Full Strategy Guide
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Par 717,099 yds
One of Pete Dye’s most celebrated designs — home to the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage each spring.
Scotland
11 coursesSt Andrews Links — Old Course
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Par 727,305 yds
The Home of Golf — the most historic and revered golf course in the world, played since the 1400s.
Carnoustie Golf Links
Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland
Par 727,402 yds
Scotland’s most fearsome links course — nicknamed “Car-nasty” by players who have suffered its wrath.
Carnoustie — Championship Course
Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland
Par 727,412 yds
The hardest links course in the world — where Jean Van de Velde’s collapse defined golfing tragedy.
Turnberry — Ailsa Course
Turnberry, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Par 707,461 yds
The most dramatic major championship setting in the British Isles — site of the 1977 “Duel in the Sun.”
Muirfield Golf Club
Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland
Par 717,245 yds
Home of The Honourable Company — considered the most fair test of links golf in the world.
Royal Troon — Old Course
Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Par 717,175 yds
The quintessential Scottish links — featuring the world’s most famous par-3, the Postage Stamp (8th).
Prestwick Golf Club
Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Par 736,544 yds
The birthplace of The Open Championship — the first 12 Opens were played here from 1860 to 1872.
Kingsbarns Golf Links
Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland
Par 726,904 yds
Kyle Phillips’s modern links masterpiece near St Andrews — built in 2000 and instantly rated world-class.
Castle Stuart Golf Links
Inverness, Highland, Scotland
Par 726,566 yds
Gil Hanse’s Scottish Highlands links design — overlooking the Moray Firth with views to the Black Isle.
Brora Golf Club
Brora, Sutherland, Scotland
Par 696,107 yds
One of Scotland’s most remote links — a James Braid design shared with the local cattle herd.
Askernish Golf Club
South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Par 726,439 yds
Old Tom Morris’s most remote design — an original links on the Outer Hebrides rediscovered in 2005.
England
6 coursesRoyal Birkdale Golf Club
Southport, England
Par 707,156 yds
The Open Championship venue most respected by professionals for its fairness — a true test of ball-striking.
Royal St. George’s Golf Club
Sandwich, Kent, England
Par 707,189 yds
The only Open Championship course in England outside the North — known for fearsome rough and blind shots.
Sunningdale — Old Course
Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
Par 706,609 yds
The finest inland course in the British Isles — where Bobby Jones shot 66 in Open qualifying.
Sunningdale — New Course
Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
Par 706,659 yds
Harry Colt’s companion design to the famous Old Course — another heathland classic on adjacent terrain.
Woodhall Spa Golf Club
Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England
Par 737,080 yds
England’s National Golf Centre — consistently rated England’s finest inland course with cavernous bunkers.
Walton Heath — Old Course
Tadworth, Surrey, England
Par 737,434 yds
Herbert Fowler’s masterpiece — one of England’s most celebrated heathland courses and host of the 1981 Ryder Cup.
Ireland & Northern Ireland
14 coursesRoyal County Down Golf Club
Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland
Par 717,186 yds
Consistently voted the world’s greatest course — set against the Mourne Mountains and Dundrum Bay.
Royal Portrush — Dunluce Links
Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Par 717,317 yds
Hosted the 1951 Open and returned triumphantly in 2019 — the first Open in Northern Ireland in 68 years.
Royal County Down — Full Guide
Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland
Par 717,186 yds
Voted the world’s greatest course in global rankings — unmatched coastal scenery on the Irish Sea.
Royal Portrush — Full Guide
Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Par 727,317 yds
The 2019 Open Championship venue — returning Northern Ireland to the world stage in dramatic fashion.
Ballybunion — Old Course
Ballybunion, County Kerry, Ireland
Par 716,995 yds
One of the world’s great links experiences on the Atlantic coast of County Kerry.
Lahinch Golf Club — Old Course
Lahinch, County Clare, Ireland
Par 726,950 yds
Ireland’s most beloved links on the Wild Atlantic Way — where the goats predict the weather.
Waterville Golf Links
Waterville, County Kerry, Ireland
Par 727,284 yds
One of the most remote championship venues in the world — at the tip of the Iveragh Peninsula.
Portmarnock Golf Club
Portmarnock, County Dublin, Ireland
Par 727,350 yds
Ireland’s most celebrated links club — site of 24 Irish Open Championships on a Dublin Bay peninsula.
County Sligo — Rosses Point
Rosses Point, County Sligo, Ireland
Par 716,650 yds
Sits on a peninsula in Sligo Bay overlooked by the distinctive flat-topped Ben Bulben mountain.
Old Head Golf Links
Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Par 727,207 yds
The most dramatically situated golf course on earth — 18 holes on a 220-acre headland above the Atlantic.
The European Club
Brittas Bay, County Wicklow, Ireland
Par 717,000 yds
Pat Ruddy’s County Wicklow masterpiece — a links with 20 holes including two optional extra holes.
Tralee Golf Club
Barrow, County Kerry, Ireland
Par 716,950 yds
Arnold Palmer’s first and only Irish links design — on dramatic cliffs in County Kerry.
Carne Golf Links
Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland
Par 726,958 yds
Eddie Hackett’s masterpiece on the remote Mullet Peninsula — one of Ireland’s true hidden gems.
Moortown Golf Club
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Par 716,831 yds
Alister MacKenzie’s earliest surviving design — site of the first Ryder Cup held in Britain in 1929.
Australia & New Zealand
4 coursesRoyal Melbourne — West Course
Black Rock, Victoria, Australia
Par 716,942 yds
Alister MacKenzie’s Australian masterpiece — widely considered the finest course in the Southern Hemisphere.
Kingston Heath Golf Club
Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia
Par 726,770 yds
One of Australia’s most revered courses in Melbourne’s famous sandbelt — a Dan Soutar and MacKenzie design.
Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links
Bridport, Tasmania, Australia
Par 716,777 yds
Australia’s contribution to the world’s great links courses — a Tom Doak design on Tasmania’s north coast.
Cape Kidnappers Golf Course
Te Awanga, Hawke Bay, New Zealand
Par 717,119 yds
Tom Doak’s most dramatic design — 18 holes on gannet colony headlands above the Pacific Ocean.
Canada & Europe
3 coursesCabot Links Golf Course
Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
Par 706,775 yds
North America’s only true oceanside links — built where Cape Breton’s highlands meet the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Cabot Cliffs Golf Course
Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
Par 726,958 yds
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw’s Canadian masterpiece — a clifftop links immediately ranked among the world’s best.
Morfontaine Golf Club
Morfontaine, Oise, France
Par 716,515 yds
Tom Simpson’s finest design — one of continental Europe’s greatest courses north of Paris.
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