Golf Digest U.S. Top 200 Courses (2023)

1. Pine Valley (NJ)
2. Augusta National (GA)
3. Cypress Point (CA)
4. Shinnecock Hills (NY)
5. Oakmont (PA)
6. Merion, East (PA)
7. National Golf Links of America (NY)
8. Sand Hills (NE)
9. Fishers Island (NY)
10. Seminole (FL)
11. Winged Foot, West (NY)
12. Pebble Beach (CA)
13. Chicago (IL)
14. Crystal Downs (MI)
15. Friar’s Head (NY)
16. Los Angeles, North (CA)
17. Muirfield Village (OH)
18. Riviera (CA)
19. The Country Club, Main Course (MA)
20. Oakland Hills, South (MI)
21. Pacific Dunes (OR)

Golf Course Review: Pacific Dunes (OR)

Pacific Dunes Course Rankings: Golf Digest: #2 US public, #18 US top 100, 18 toughest, #1 OregonGolfWeek: #2 US modern, #1 US resort, #1 OregonGolf.com: #1 US public, #20 world, #12 US top 100, #1 Oregon Designer: Tom Doak (2001) While the course measures only 6,633 yards from the tips, extreme thought should be put…

22. Oak Hill, East (NY)
23. Prairie Dunes (KS)
24. Kiawah Island, Ocean (SC)

25. Peachtree (GA)
26. Whistling Straits, Straits (WI)

27. Shadow Creek (NV)
28. Southern Hills (OK)
29. Pinehurst, No. 2 (NC)
30. Pikewood National (WV)
31. The Honors Course (TN)
32. Wade Hampton (NC)
33. San Francisco (CA)
34. Ohoopee Match Club (GA)
35. The Olympic Club, Lake (CA)
36. Ballyneal (CO)
37. Gozzer Ranch (ID)
38. The Alotian Club (AR)
39. Bethpage State Park, Black (NY)
40. Bandon Dunes (OR)

41. TPC Sawgrass, Stadium (FL)
42. Congaree (SC)
43. Sebonack (NY)
44. The Golf Club (OH)
45. Baltusrol, Lower (NJ)
46. Castle Pines (CO)
47. Camargo Club (OH)
48. Erin Hills (WI)

49. Nanea (HI)
50. Myopia Hunt Club (MA)
51. Whispering Pines (TX)
52. Maidstone Club, West (NY)
53. Victoria National (IN)
54. Old Town Club (NC)
55. Shoreacres (IL) – played but not reviewed
56. Rock Creek Cattle Co (MT)
57. Somerset Hills (NJ)
58. Inverness (OH)
59. Sleepy Hollow (NY)
60. Scioto (OH)
61. Winged Foot, East (NY)
62. Monterey Peninsula, Shore (CA)
63. Old Sandwich (MA)
64. Garden City (NY)
65. Bandon Trails (OR)

66. Oak Tree National (OK)
67. Spyglass Hill (CA)
68. Cherry Hills (CO)
69. Calusa Pines (FL)
70. The Estancia Club (AZ)
71. California GC of San Francisco (CA)
72. Old Macdonald (OR)

73. Congressional, Blue (MD)
74. Kinloch (VA)
75. Butler National (IL)
76. Valley Club of Montecito (CA)
77. Diamond Creek (NC)
78. Essex County (MA)
79. Monterey Peninsula, Dunes (CA)
80. Baltusrol, Upper (NJ)
81. Quaker Ridge (NY)
82. Plainfield (NJ)
83. Dallas National (TX)
84. Interlachen (MN)
85. Canyata (IL)
86. Milwaukee (WI)

87. Valhalla (KY)
88. Hudson National (NY)
89. Kittansett (MA)
90. Boston (MA)
91. The Quarry at La Quinta (CA)
92. Arcadia Bluffs, Bluffs (MI)
93. Medinah, No. 3 (IL)

94. Pete Dye GC (WV)
95. Aronimink (PA)
96. Pasatiempo (CA)
97. Piping Rock (NY)
98. Shooting Star (WY)
99. Olympia Fields, North (IL)
100. Spring Hill (MN)
101. Crooked Stick (IN)
102. Eastward Ho! (MA)
103. The Preserve (CA)
104. Yeamans Hall (SC)
105. The Olde Farm (VA)
106. Baltimore, East (MD)
107. Double Eagle (OH)
108. Rich Harvest Farms (IL)
109. Jupiter Hills (FL)
110. Kingsley Club (MI)
111. Mountaintop Golf & Lake Club (NC)
112. Colorado (CO)
113. The Madison Club (CA)
114. Eagle Point (NC)
115. Sheep Ranch (OR)

116. Sand Valley (WI)

117. Blackwolf Run, River (WI)

118. French Lick, Pete Dye (IN)
119. Quail Hollow (NC)
120. Robert Trent Jones (VA)
121. Forest Highlands, Canyon (AZ)
122. Stone Eagle (CA)
123. Laurel Valley (PA)
124. Philadelphia Cricket Club (PA)
125. Chambers Bay (WA)

126. Newport (RI)
127. Streamsong, Red (FL)

128. St. Louis (MO)
129. The Creek (NY)
130. Shoal Creek (AL)
131. Clear Creek Tahoe (NV)
132. Flint Hills National (KS)
133. The Concession (FL)
134. Martis Camp (CA)
135. Bel-Air (CA)
136. Sycamore Hills (IN)
137. Mayacama (CA)
138. Hazeltine National (MI)
139. Blue Jack National (TX)
140. Manele (HI)
141. Black Rock (ID)
142. The Dye Course at White Oak (FL)
143. Whisper Rock, Upper (AZ)
144. Blessings (AR)
145. Fox Chapel (PA)
146. Moraine (OH)
147. Aldarra (WA)
148. Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands (GA)
149. Kapalua, Plantation (HI)
150. East Lake (GA)
151. Streamsong, Blue (FL)

152. Ridgewood, East/West (NJ)
153. Sage Valley (SC)
154. Grandfather (NC)
155. Highland Course at Primland (VA)
156. Shelter Harbor (RI)
157. Caves Valley (MD)
158. Sand Valley, Mammoth Dunes (WI)

159. Secession (SC)
160. Harbour Town (SC)
161. Southern Highlands (NV)
162. Ocean Forest (GA)
163. Wannamoisett (RI)
164. Old Elm (IL)
165. Galloway National (NJ)
166. Kiawah Island, Cassique (SC)
167. GC of Tennessee (TN)
168. Glenwild (UT)
169. Bellerive (MO)
170. Hollywood (NJ)
171. Pinehurst, No 4 (NC)

172. Sahalee, South/North (WA)
173. Stanwich (CT)
174. Whisper Rock, Lower (AZ)
175. Atlantic Golf Club (NY)
176. The Reserve at Moonlight Basin (MT)
177. Bayonne (NJ)
178. Streamsong, Black (FL)

179. McArthur (FL)
180. The Bear’s Club (FL)
181. Medalist (FL)
182. Stone Canyon (AZ)
183. Gamble Sands (WA)
184. Colonial (TX)
185. Dismal River, Red (NE)

186. Karsten Creek (OK)
187. Sherwood (CA)
188. Long Cove Club (SC)
189. Tradition (CA)
190. Lost Dunes (MI)
191. Ballyhack (VA)
192. Canterbury (OH)
193. Mountain Lake (FL)
194. Liberty National (NJ)
195. Charlotte (NC)
196. Sankaty Head (MA)
197. The Harvester (IA)

198. Spring Creek Ranch (TN)
199. Tributary (fka Huntsman Springs) (ID)
200. Kiawah Island, River (SC)


Courses removed since 2021-2022 rankings (with ’21-22 ranks):
149. Mauna Kea (HI)
155. Ozarks National (MO)
157. Omni Homestead, Cascades (VA)
163. Forest Dunes (MI)
171. Eugene (OR)
176. Sea Island, Seaside (GA)
178. The Greenbrier, Old White (WV)
185. Black Diamond Ranch, Quarry (FL)
189. The Ridge at Back Brook (NJ)
190. Pronghorn, Nicklaus (OR)
192. Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe (CA)
194. Atlanta CC (GA)
195. Trump International (FL)
196. The Vintage Club, Mountain (CA)
198. Torrey Pines, South (CA)

199. The Broadmoor, East (CO)
200. CC of Birmingham, West (AL)


Overall progress:  21/200