How to Play America's Top 100 Golf Courses in 2026

You don't call Pine Valley. You enter the Crump Cup. We checked all 100 of America's greatest courses against every tournament on our calendar and verified each one by hand — three are open for entry today, and every single one sits at No. 86 or lower.

Historic classic famous for strategic bunkering and wicker baskets.

Merion's East Course is 6,846 yards of wicker baskets and quarry terror. In August the U.S. Amateur returns, which means the field starts in local qualifying — at a muni near you.

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