Golf Digest’s 100 Greatest Public Courses (September 2021)

Link to Golf Digest Top 100 Public Courses article by Derek Duncan, September 2021

1. Pebble Beach Golf Links (CA)
2. Pacific Dunes (OR)
3. Whistling Straits, Straits (WI)
4. The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island (SC)
5. Shadow Creek (NV)
6. Pinehurst, No. 2 (NC)
7. Bandon Dunes (OR)
8. Bethpage State Park, Black (NY)
9. Erin Hills (WI)
10. Spyglass Hill (CA)
11. TPC Sawgrass (FL)
12. Old MacDonald (OR)
13. Bandon Trails (OR)
14. Arcadia Bluffs (MI)
15. Sheep Ranch (OR)
16. Blackwolf Run, River (WI)
17. Pasatiempo (CA)
18. Sand Valley (WI)
19. French Lick, Pete Dye (IN)
20. Streamsong, Red (FL)
21. Manele (HI)
22. Chambers Bay (WA)
23. Kapalua, Plantation (HI)
24. Karsten Creek (OK)
25. Harbour Town (SC)
26. Streamsong, Blue (FL)
27. Mauna Kea (HI)
28. Highland Course at Primland (VA)
29. Sand Valley, Mammoth Dunes (WI)
30. Ozarks National (MO)
31. Omni Homestead, Cascades (VA)
32. Pinehurst, No. 4 (NC) – review coming soon
33. Forest Dunes (MI)
34. Streamsong, Black (FL)
35. Giants Ridge, Quarry (MN)
36. Sea Island, Seaside (GA)
37. The Greenbrier, Old White TPC (WV)
38. Gamble Sands (WA)
39. Black Diamond Ranch, Quarry (FL)
40. Pronghorn, Nicklaus (OR)
41. Fallen Oak (MS)
42. Torrey Pines, South (CA)
43. Golden Horseshoe, Gold (VA)
44. The Broadmoor, East (CO)
45. The Prairie Club, Dunes (NE)
46. Yale (CT)
47. Whistling Straits, Irish (WI)
48. May River at Palmetto Bluff (SC)
49. Tobacco Road (NC) – review coming soon
50. SentryWorld (WI)
51. Cordevalle (CA)
52. Arcadia Bluffs, South (MI)
53. The Links at Spanish Bay (CA)
54. Point O’Woods (MI)
55. PGA West, TPC Stadium (CA)
56. Cog Hill, No. 4/Dubsdread (IL)
57. The Wilderness Club (MT)
58. Paa-Ko Ridge (NM)
59. Forest Dunes, The Loop/Black (MI)
60. Mossy Oak (MS)
61. Crosswater (OR)
62. The Classic at Madden’s Resort (MI)
63. Bay Harbor, Links/Quarry (MI)
64. The Dunes Golf and Beach Club (SC)
65. Wolf Creek (NV)
66. Red Sky Ranch, Norman (CO)
67. Marquette Golf Club, Greywalls (MI)
68. Lawsonia, Links (WI)
69. The Wilderness at Fortune Bay (MI) – played but not reviewed
70. Cascata (NV)
71. Wild Horse (NE)
72. Nemacolin, Mystic Rock (PA)
73. Pine Needles (NC)
74. Blackwolf Run, Meadow Valleys (WI)
75. Old Waverly (MS)
76. Pinehurst, No. 8 (NC)
77. Reynolds Lake Oconee, Great Waters (GA)
78. Forest Dunes, The Loop/Red (MI)
79. Red Sky Ranch, Fazio (CO)
80. Firestone, South (OH)
81. Princeville Makai (HI)
82. Tetherow (OR)
83. Pfau Course at Indiana University (IN)
84. The Virtues (OH)
85. Caledonia Golf & Fish (SC)
86. Edgewood Tahoe (NV)
87. Trump National Doral, Blue Monster (FL)
88. Quintero (AZ)
89. TPC Colorado (CO)
90. World Woods, Pine Barrens (FL)
91. The Bull at Pinehurst Farms (WI)
92. Poppy Hills (CA)
93. Mid Pines (NC) – review coming soon
94. Bulle Rock (MD)
95. Grizzly Ranch (CA)
96. Kingsmill Resort, River (VA)
97. The Prairie Club, Pines (NE)
98. Rams Hill (CA)
99. The McLemore Club (GA)
100. Spring Creek (VA)

Total Progress: 33/100

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