Definitive Ranking

America's Top 100 Golf Courses

From Cypress Point to Pebble Beach, Pine Valley to Pinehurst — the 100 courses that define American golf, ranked with editorial commentary on architecture, history, and design.

  1. #29Resort

    Pinehurst No. 2

    North Carolina · Donald Ross, 1907

    Sandhills

    Legendary crowned greens and strategic design in the Carolina Sandhills.

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  2. #31Resort

    The Lido (Sand Valley)

    Wisconsin · C.B. Macdonald/Recreated by Tom Doak, 2023

    Links

    Meticulous recreation of Macdonald's lost Long Island masterpiece.

  3. #38Resort

    Bandon Trails

    Oregon · Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw, 2005

    Forest/Dunes

    Beautiful transition course through dunes, meadows, and forest.

  4. #39Resort

    Bandon Dunes

    Oregon · David McLay Kidd, 1999

    Links

    The course that launched America's modern links revival.

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  5. #45Resort

    Kiawah Island (Ocean Course)

    South Carolina · Pete Dye, 1991

    Seaside

    America's premier oceanside championship course.

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  6. #75Resort

    Sand Valley

    Wisconsin · Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw, 2017

    Sandhills

    Expansive minimalist golf across central Wisconsin sand barrens.

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  7. #95Resort

    Streamsong Red

    Florida · Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw, 2012

    Sandhills

    Strategic resort golf routed through reclaimed phosphate dunes.

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  8. #98Resort

    Sedge Valley (Sand Valley)

    Wisconsin · Tom Doak, 2024

    Heathland

    Compact strategic design inspired by classic English heathland golf.

  9. #100Resort

    Old Macdonald (Bandon Dunes Resort)

    Oregon · Tom Doak & Jim Urbina, 2010

    Links

    Tribute to C.B. Macdonald featuring bold template-hole architecture.