Golf Digest Top 100 public

Cwing

https://www.golfdigest.com/gallery/americas-100-greatest-public-courses-ranking

So….. what courses have you played on the list?

I’m at 22 total including Whistling Straits. Looking forward to the Ryder Cup to relive the round.

rsvman2

I have played 8 of them, two of the top five.

Sarnella

2 - #35 and #69 - both this year, same trip.

ode

All Wisco courses (less Erin Hills) both courses at Whistling (Straits and Irish), both courses at Blackwolf (River and Meadow Valley), both courses at Sand Valley (SV and Mammoth Dunes), Sentry World, Lawsonia Links, The Bull

Giants Ridge - Quarry
Fortune Bay
Greywalls

johnnydoom

None of them. Should get to play Mossy Oak and Old Waverly sometime soon since my son is now going to school 20 miles away from them.

Sparky

10 for me. Awesome to see Rams Hill make the list at #98. Got rained out from playing Primland a couple of months back on a business trip darnit.

My list: Pacific Dunes, Bandon Dunes, Old Mac, Pasatiempo, Mauna Kea, Torrey Pines, PGA West Stadium, Cog Hill #4, Quintero, Rams Hill.

Dufferman

I'm at 0! Only 1 on the list is close in Stillwater, Ok about a 3 hr drive. Seeing as I can't get anyone I know to do a 15min drive for golf I think it is still right out!

Walterjn

Dufferman that's ok. I'm at 0 as well, even though I live in CA and there's a bunch of courses on that list.

rsvman2

I have played Pebble Beach twice, Poppy Hills, Pasatiempo, the Cascades course, Golden Horseshoe Gold, Kingsmill River course, the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, and now I'm blanking on what the eighth one was.
Other than Pebble, the one I would most like to play again is Pasatiempo. Fantastic golf course.

Mattyv

I have 4.

Torrey Pines
Quintero
Poppy Hills
PGA West Stadium

FauxAmish

I have played three courses.

Torrey Pines - twice
PGA West Stadium
Quintero - twice

ptjn1201

Pinehurst 2, Pinehurst 8, Pine Needles, Bethpage Black

DC300

Nothing burger, but I have a lot of them that are closer to me than ever before now. I hope to get back to regularly playing in the near future. I will hit the NC courses sooner or later.

sdandrea1

Kingsmill River, Black Diamond Quarry (pic), Pine Needles.

Note: It's been my experience that Black Diamond is exclusively private. I've only been able to get on during Charity events and member/guest. Must be in the "if you really want to play, there's a way" category.

Cwing

#2 Pacific Dunes (2021), #3 Whistling Straits (19), #7 Bandon Dunes (21), #9 Erin Hills (19), #12 Old MacDonald (21), #13 Bandon Trails (21), #14 Arcadia Buffs (20), #15 Sheep Ranch (21), #16 Blackwolf Run - River (19), #32 Pinehurst #4 (18), #33 Forest Dunes (20), #47 Whistling Straits - Irish (19),
#49 Tobacco Rd (18), #52 Arcadia Bluffs - South (20), #56 Cog Hill (18), #59 The loop - Black (20), #64 The Dunes Golf and Beach Club (15), #73 Pine Needles (18), #74 Blackwolf Run - Meadow Valley (19), #78 The loop - Red (20), #84 The Virtues (multiple), #99 The McLemore Club (21)

Past / other top 100 lists: Sweetens Cove - Tn (21), Pumpkin Ridge - Ghost Course OR (21), Tullymore Golf Resort - Mich (20), Grand Traverse - The Bear Mich (20), Kapalua - Bay Course - HA (19), Dormie Club - NC (18)

Course played that host professional events not noted on the list above:
Aviara Golf Club - CA (18) LPGA event
Warren Golf Course @ Notre Dame (18) Champions Tour event
Harbor Shores - Mich (multiple) Champions Tour event
Valhalla Golf Club - Lousiville (multiple) PGA events including majors
Victoria National (15) Kornferry Ferry Tour event - traditionally the hardest course on the KF Tour.

Honorable mention / personal best of the rest:
TPC Rivers Bend - Oh (17)
Dorchester CC - Tn (multiple)
Stonehenge - Tn (multiple)
Grande Dunes - Myrtle Beach, SC (multiple)
TPC Myrtle Beach - SC (20)
Royal Kaanapali - HA (19)

Scotland (2014):
St Andrews - Old Course
Kingsbarnes Golf Links
Carnoustie Golf Club
Trump International Golf Links
Cruden Bay - Championship course
Royal Troon
Western Gailes
Turnberry - The Ailsa

candukid

Cwing
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mikeintopeka

Six for me:

Pebble Beach (2x)
TPC Sawgrass
Kapalua Plantation
Greenbrier - Old White
Princeville
Pine Barrons (2x)

rsvman2

mikeintopeka How did you do at Pebble? I played it when I was younger and m ch better than i am now. Played the whites. Shot 80 both times. First go-round was 42-38 and the second go-round was 38-42. I would rather have shot 84 and 76, b the it is what lt ls.
At Pasatiempo I finished the front nine with only ten putts. One chip-in.

Cwing

mikeintopeka

Kapalua Plantation course was closed for remodeling so we played the Bay course.

Natpharm

Zero, but hoping to play the new IU course soon.

fatshot

Only one....TPC Sawgrass. I have played the original Donald Ross at French Lick and the original IU course, but
they've both been remodeled, and probably don't resemble what they were when I played them....

garyt1957

Surprised that I've played 5 Arcadia Bluffs, Forest Dunes, Bay Harbor, Wolf Creek, and Greywalls. Might play another 5 before I'm done but at my age I have no interest in playing harder courses just to say I did. All the above that I played we played because of the views not the golf.

mikeintopeka

rsvman2 - it was many years ago but I remember playing decent. I'll never forget using the tree to the right of the 18th fairway as my target and both tee balls ended up just past it that gave me good looks at birdies after good 2nd shots. I parred 1 and birdied 2 both days so that set me up for good rounds. Hit the downhill par 3 5th in regulation both days by focusing on a smooth swing and not getting distracted by the beautiful views from that tee box. #s 8 and 15 kicked my butt both days. After watching the 'clam bake' for years and the pros hitting approaches long and sucking it back to the stick on #16, I was pumped to emulate those shots. In the first round. I came up a club short of the pin and the 2nd day I pushed it into the right rough and that took away any chance to hit the green. Great memories and we played from the golds because the yardage was a little shorter than our back tees I played on my home course.