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A ten-hole par-3 loop around Red Maple Lake

Tom Fazio's coastal course, out to the Atlantic

Pete Dye's first Florida course, through the salt marsh

The original—David McLay Kidd's links that started it all at Bandon.

13 short holes above the ocean—the best warm-up in golf.

Coore & Crenshaw's inland counterpoint—dunes, forest, and meadow.

Bandon's free little par-3—grab a scorecard from the box and walk on.

Template golf, wide and windswept—a tribute to C.B. Macdonald.

Tom Doak's routing through the dunes, hard against the Pacific.

Cliff-top golf with no bunkers—just Coore & Crenshaw and the ocean.

The free 19th hole—walk on any time, no tee time needed.

The People's Open venue—A.W. Tillinghast's public course that's hosted two U.S. Opens and a PGA Championship.

The underrated one—a Tillinghast–Tull hybrid hiding one of the toughest nines at Bethpage.

Bethpage’s oldest course—a 1923 Devereux Emmet design that predates the park itself.

Tillinghast’s "Baby Black"—the locals’ pick, and one of the great values in American golf.

The friendly one—Bethpage’s shortest and newest course, built when the park outgrew the other four.

Tom Weiskopf's last design, carved from black lava rock.

Bill Coore's heathland tribute to Sunningdale—strategy from the very first tee.

Rod Whitman's tighter, trickier answer to Châteaux—French moorland with a Scottish accent.

Coore & Crenshaw with the volume up—six par 3s, six 4s, six 5s tumbling to headlands above the sea, and a 16th played across a cliff's edge.

Rod Whitman turned an old Cape Breton mine into Canada's first true links—running turf, with the Gulf of St. Lawrence in your eyeline nearly the whole round.

Eleven par-3s by Rod Whitman on the high ground between the big courses—the cheapest great view in Canadian golf, and the resort's evening ritual.

Kyle Franz's headliner at Cabot Citrus Farms—exposed sand, wiregrass, and bold greens on a Florida ridge that plays far bigger than its scorecard.

Karoo's shorter, sneakier sibling—tighter corridors, drivable par 4s, and an easy enough walk to make 36 a normal day.

Mike Nuzzo's 10-hole short course—entertainment first, scorecard second.

Small in size, big on golf—and lit for play after dark.

Wide infinity fairways above the Moray Firth, framed by bridge, lighthouse and castle—a four-time Scottish Open host that still flatters a mid-handicapper.

Tom Doak's 2025 arrival beside Castle Stuart: quieter lines, wilder greens, and half your approaches best played along the ground.

Rod Whitman's new firm's first big swing—an 18-hole mountain course opening 2027.

Coore & Crenshaw untethered on Saint Lucia's cliffs—the ocean in play on half the holes, and a 15-through-17 finish some call the boldest in golf.

Long the Tournament of Champions venue, rebuilt by Gil Hanse into college golf's national stage—brawny, strategic, unforgiving.

The resort and member companion course—tree-lined, accuracy-first, and rebuilt by the same Hanse team without the tournament theatrics.

Mike Strantz's most polarizing design—blind shots through an old sand quarry, "Pine Valley on steroids."

Mike Strantz's final public course—built on horseback, lost to neglect, restored in 2023.

High-desert golf under the Three Sisters—native junipers, lava rock, and a John Harbottle III routing.

David McLay Kidd's high-desert test above Bend.

The Meadow Valleys at Blackwolf Run playing values are a match for its natural beauty. Visit to learn more and make a reservation!

Challenge yourself at The River Course at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wisconsin. Designed by legendary Hall of Fame architect Pete Dye, this premier championship golf course offers breathtaking views and

Discover Purebred Farm, a new 14-hole walking-only golf course blending prairie, river valley and farmland terrain just west of Blackwolf Run. Designed for golfers of all skill levels, the course prom

Discover The Baths of Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wisconsin. Featuring a high-quality par-3 golf course and a massive putting green, it’s the ultimate golf destination. Book your tee time today!

The Irish course features large bluffs and dunes that add a links-style personality and difficulty. Visit now to learn more and book a tee time!

Pete Dye's windswept links along two miles of Lake Michigan—host of three PGA Championships and the 2021 Ryder Cup.

Hurdzan, Fry & Whitten's heathland masterpiece—the course that hosted the 2017 U.S. Open.

The course that put Gamble Sands on the map—wide, sandy, and fun.

14 par-3 holes, 60 to 180 yards—every short-game shot you own.

DMK's second act at Gamble Sands—sweeping Columbia River views.

Open bluff-top links above the Pacific

Inland routing to a clifftop Pacific finish

Arthur Hills's rolling course—the prettiest of the three, wound through the Lowcountry live oaks and water.

Davis Love III's 2016 rebuild of Hilton Head's original course—coquina, seaside grasses, and one of only two ocean-touching holes on the island.

The island's only par 70—George Fazio's tight, tree-lined test, the toughest of the Palmetto Dunes three.

Pete Dye's tight, cerebral masterpiece on Calibogue Sound—where the RBC Heritage is won with a wedge, not a driver.

Pete Dye's 2007 rebuild of the old Sea Marsh—mounded, water-laced and unafraid to ask for a real golf shot.

Palmetto Dunes' oceanfront original—Robert Trent Jones Sr.'s lagoon-laced course with a hole right on the Atlantic.

Walter Travis's final design, lost to the sea and resurrected in 2025—oceanfront Golden Age golf out through the dunes and back.

Joe Lee's 1975 parkland test—the shortest of Jekyll's eighteens, and the one that rewards placement over power.

The island's longest course—Clyde Johnson's par 72 winding through ocean forest and marsh hammock, freshened up in 2024.

A Gary Player design reborn in a 2017 redesign, along the Kiawah River marsh.

A Clyde Johnston layout just off-resort—Scottish-style bunkers on old plantation land.

Tom Fazio's water course—lakes, marsh, and forest in play on most of the round.

An American icon—ten holes on the Atlantic, and the wind decides everything.

Nicklaus in the Lowcountry—oak, lagoon, and three holes hard on the ocean.

Gold Mountain's original—Ken Tyson's 1971 layout, flatter and friendlier than its sister course.

The best municipal round in Washington—Puget Sound firs, water everywhere, and Olympic Mountain views to close it out.

Rees Jones carved it into a canyon above Boulder City, where a 400-foot waterfall runs straight through the clubhouse. Vegas's trophy round.

The Henderson desert course Vegas knew as Rio Secco—Rees Jones, Butch Harmon's home academy, Strip skyline from the high tees—reborn as Serket.

The only golf course on the Las Vegas Strip.

Lofoten Links golf course ranked #88 in the world, offers world class golf build into the rugged and wild landscape of Lofoten.

Palmer-designed muni golf with Front Range views.

Jack Nicklaus routed it through the De Soto National Forest with no houses and no road noise—every hole feels like the only one on the property.

Fairways threaded through slickrock—red cliffs on one side, the La Sals on the other.

The peninsula's toughest test, on the old Fort Ord bluffs.

Fort Ord's other 18—fescue, serrated bunkers, and Pacific vistas.

The oldest continuously operating course west of the Mississippi.

The poor man's Pebble—a Jack Neville links nine out by the lighthouse.

The greatest meeting of land and sea in American golf—every golfer's must-play.

The NCGA's home course, reborn by RTJ II in the Del Monte Forest.

Five oceanside openers through the dunes, then a brutal march into the Del Monte Forest.

Tiger Woods's first public design: nine par-3s wedged between The Lodge and the Pacific, and the best $75 you'll spend on the peninsula.

Closed for a Gil Hanse redesign—reopening April 17, 2027, just ahead of Pebble Beach's next U.S. Open.

Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore's minimalist home-state course—short on yardage, long on strategy, and pure Hill Country.

The other Fazio—longer, wilder, and the highest-rated of Barton Creek's four, set in an Audubon sanctuary.

Tom Fazio's Hill Country showpiece—limestone waterfalls, cliffside greens, and a top-3 public course in Texas.

Arnold Palmer's lakeside satellite—dramatic elevation above Lake Travis, 25 minutes from the resort.

The PGA Tour's old Tucson stage—Von Hagge and Devlin's classic parkland, eight lakes and eighty bunkers beneath the Catalinas.

Tom Lehman's desert course—target golf through the Sonoran, with elevation and long views the Catalina can't match.

Gil Hanse's championship East—firm, windswept, and booked to host the PGA Championship in 2027 and 2034.

Beau Welling's West—75 feet of Texas elevation, big fast greens, and Panther Creek in play.

Two acres of lighted, free-form putting by Hanse and Welling—the resort's social hub after dark.

A 10-hole par-3 by Hanse and Welling, lit for night play—the fun after the round.

The championship course, rebuilt for 2025

The friendlier of Desert Willow's two courses

Robinson's water course, out to an island green and back

The Shark's low-profile desert routing—native washes, wide angles and a par 5 that runs 617.

Jack Nicklaus's public-side test at PGA West—water, mounding and a fair fight from the right tee.

Pete Dye's desert coliseum—island greens, railroad ties and the American Express spotlight every January.

Ted Robinson's friendly 27-hole resort course

Dye's rolling, links-flavored counterpoint to the Mountain—mounded fairways and playable nerve.

Pete Dye pressed holes right into the Santa Rosa rock—target golf under a wall of stone.

The sterner Robinson course—more water, deeper sand

The only public MacKenzie he called his finest—and where he lived.

Mike Strantz's first solo course—live oaks, marsh, and an antebellum clubhouse at the end of a 200-year-old allee.

Strantz's fourth signature course—a former indigo plantation turned into one continuous waste bunker.

Originally built in 1897 and the first of Pinehurst's famous golf courses, Pinehurst No 1 is a classic.

The first U.S. Open Anchor site, Pinehurst No. 2 is the heart of championship golf in America.

A short course with a long history. Designed in 1910, the shortest course at Pinehurst is a fun challenge for any golfer.

Visually stunning from tee to green, Gil Hanse created Pinehurst No. 4 in the timeless tradition of Carolina Sandhills golf.

Known for its signature 14th hole, Pinehurst No 5 is among the most visually beautiful courses at Pinehurst.

Designed by the Fazio Family, Pinehurst No 6 has a uniquely bold course design that favors the daring player.

The site of Tiger Woods' only Pinehurst title to date, Pinehurst No 7 is sure to test any player with its wetland terrain.

Built to celebrate 100 years of Pinehurst, Pinehurst No 8 has been ranked among the best of America's golf courses.

Inspired by the design of Pinehurst No 2, this course is yet another masterpiece. This is Pinehurst No 9.

No. 10 is Pinehurst’s first new course in nearly three decades, but in truth it’s been centuries, even millennia, in the making. The landscape underlying Tom Doak’s new design features native wiregras

The most fun 10 acres in all of golf. And replay rounds are free. So, try your short-game skills on The Cradle at Pinehurst Golf Resort.

Lakeside · Jack Nicklaus

The lake's original · Bob Cupp

Elevation · Tom Fazio

Water-forward · Rees Jones

Rolling terrain · Bob Cupp

Coore & Crenshaw's first Colorado design, routed by hand through 90-foot dunes they compare to Sand Hills. Public play opens 2027.

San Diego's only Tom Fazio course—canyon golf below the Grand Del Mar.

Torrey Pines' scenic, playable half—Tom Weiskopf's 2016 redesign on the same Pacific bluffs as the South, at a fraction of the price.

William and William Jr. Bell's 1957 municipal classic—host to Tiger's 2008 U.S. Open.

Opening 2026, the Commons is a 12-hole course by Jim Craig celebrating fast play and creativity. Inspired by North Berwick, it's perfect for all skill levels.

Experience Mammoth Dunes golf course with its enormous fairways and majestic, accessible greens. Golf as it was meant to be is at the heart of Sand Valley.

The Sand Valley golf course is fun and playable, but can be set up to provide a serious challenge. Golf as it was meant to be is at the heart of Sand Valley.

Designed by Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw, Sandbox features a variety of captivating green complexes, including a Biarritz, Lion's Mouth, and Redan, providing a unique and engaging experience for golfers

The majestic Sedge Valley golf course brings back a more intimate scale and classically styled holes. Golf as it was meant to be is at the heart of Sand Valley.

The Lido golf course is one of the world's top 100 courses with its demand for strategy & bold design. Golf as it was meant to be is at the heart of Sand Valley

A 1928 Golden Age site, rebuilt from the ground up.

Pines, lakes, and an 80-foot drop at the 15th.

Wide, wind-swept, minimalist—a desert links you walk.

The tree-lined counterpoint—eucalyptus, cottonwoods, and water.

Desert golf in the shadow of Camelback Mountain.

A U.S. Open venue on Puget Sound—public, walkable, and enormous.

Washington golf's actual home course—a windswept, links-inspired Asmundson design on old DuPont land, and a genuine championship test above Puget Sound.

7,200 yards of teeth rolling through Harrison County horse country—the friendly centerpiece of a Louisville bourbon weekend, cart and tax in one number.

David McLay Kidd's fifth Streamsong course, named for the fossils beneath it—preview play begins October 2026.

Gil Hanse's 2017 course—reshaped from a decades-old phosphate mine, a mile south of Red and Blue.

Tom Doak's 2012 design—home to the most photographed hole in American golf.

Coore & Crenshaw's first Streamsong course—built from the sand spoils of a phosphate mine.

Coore & Crenshaw's 19-hole short course—no par, no tee markers, just old mining chains to aim from.

Mountain-view parkland that's hosted the USGA's championships.

The sterner sibling, higher up the mountain.

Tom Doak found real sand dunes under the East Texas pines—firm, fast corridors that play more like the Nebraska Sandhills than anything in Texas.

Mike Strantz's tribute to Royal County Down and Ballybunion—stone walls and fescue in the Virginia hills.

Mike Strantz's 1996 stunner—lost to neglect in 2017, back from the dead since 2019.