My Quest to Check Off Golf's Best Experiences

Golfweek's Best Classic Courses

(2016)


52 of 100 Checked Off


  1. Pine Valley GC

  2. Cypress Point Club

  3. Shinnecock Hills

  4. National Golf Links of America

  5. Augusta National GC (Masters)

  6. Oakmont CC

  7. Merion GC (East)

  8. Pebble Beach Golf Links

  9. Fishers Island GC

  10. Chicago GC

  11. Crystal Downs

  12. Prairie Dunes CC

  13. Seminole GC

  14. Pinehurst (No. 2)

  15. San Francisco GC

  16. Los Angeles CC (North)

  17. Winged Foot GC (West)

  18. Camargo Club

  19. Oakland Hills CC (South)

  20. Riviera CC

  21. Bethpage State Park (Black)

  22. Garden City Golf Club

  23. Peachtree GC

  24. Plainfield CC

  25. Somerset Hills CC

  26. The Country Club

  27. Old Town Club

  28. Garden City GC

  29. Myopia Hunt Club

  30. Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon)

  31. Olympic Club (Lake)

  32. Southern Hills CC

  33. Quaker Ridge

  34. Pasatiempo

  35. Winged Foot GC (East)

  36. Maidstone Club

  37. California GC

  38. Valley Club of Montecito

  39. Newport CC

  40. Baltimore CC (East)

  41. Inverness Club

  42. Piping Rock

  43. Wannamoisett CC

  44. Yeamans Hall Club

  45. Baltusrol GC (Lower)

  46. Kittansett Club

  47. Eastward Ho!

  48. The Course at Yale

  49. Essex Country Club

  50. Milwaukee CC

  51. Olympia Fields CC (North)

  52. Baltusrol GC (Upper)

  53. Interlachen CC

  54. Oak Hill CC (East)

  55. Sleepy Hollow CC

  56. Scioto CC

  57. Colonial CC

  58. Aronimink GC

  59. Canterbury GC

  60. Lawsonia GC (Links)

  61. St. Louis CC

  62. Brookside CC

  63. Lancaster CC

  64. Ridgewood CC (Championship)

  65. NCR CC (South)

  66. East Lake GC

  67. Mountain Lake Country Club

  68. Augusta CC

  69. Fox Chapel GC

  70. Congressional CC (Blue)

  71. White Bear Yacht Club

  72. Bel-Air CC

  73. CC of Fairfield

  74. Laurel Valley GC

  75. Franklin Hills CC

  76. Salem CC

  77. Holston Hills CC

  78. Creek Club

  79. Fenway GC

  80. Charlotte CC

  81. Sankaty Head GC

  82. Cherry Hills CC

  83. Whippoorwill CC

  84. Medinah CC (No. 3)

  85. Kirtland Country Club

  86. Omni Homestead Resort (Cascades)

  87. Skokie CC

  88. St. George's G&CC

  89. Whitinsville Golf Club

  90. CC of Scranton

  91. Roaring Gap GC

  92. Wykagyl CC

  93. Minikahda Club

  94. Indianwood Country Club (Old)

  95. Philadelphia CC (Spring Mill)

  96. Monroe GC

  97. CC of Birmingham (West)

  98. Taconic GC

  99. Hollywood GC

  100. Brook Hollow GC

Golfweek's Best Modern Courses

​(2016)


43 of 100 Checked Off


  1. Sand Hills GC

  2. Pacific Dunes

  3. Friar's Head

  4. Ballyneal

  5. Old Macdonald

  6. Whistling Straits (Straits)

  7. Sebonack GC

  8. Bandon Dunes

  9. Shadow Creek GC

  10. Wade Hampton Club

  11. Alotion Club

  12. Muirfield Village GC

  13. Pete Dye GC

  14. Kinloch

  15. Ocean Course at Kiawah Island

  16. The Golf Club

  17. Old Sandwich GC

  18. Rock Creek Cattle Co.

  19. Bandon Trails

  20. Boston GC

  21. Kingsley Club

  22. TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium)

  23. Honors Course

  24. Spyglass Hill GC

  25. Calusa Pines Golf Club

  26. Dismal River Club (Doak)

  27. Galloway National GC

  28. Gozzer Ranch GC

  29. Nanea Golf Club

  30. Huntsman Springs

  31. Chambers Bay GC

  32. Whispering Pines

  33. Dunes Club

  34. Colorado GC

  35. Streamsong (Red)

  36. Oak Tree National

  37. Monterey Peninsula CC (Shore)

  38. Double Eagle GC

  39. Arcadia Bluffs

  40. Shooting Star GC

  41. Dallas National Golf Club

  42. Estancia

  43. Desert Forest GC

  44. Butler National GC

  45. Kapalua GC (Plantation)

  46. Castle Pines GC

  47. Harbour Town Golf Links

  48. Gamble Sands

  49. Mountaintop

  50. Shelter Harbor GC

  51. Shoal Creek

  52. Fallen Oak GC

  53. Streamsong Resort (Blue)

  54. Bayonne GC

  55. Pronghorn (Fazio)

  56. Black Sheep GC

  57. Spring Hill

  58. Quail Hollow Club

  59. Mayacama Golf Club

  60. Olde Farm

  61. Trump National GC Bedminster (Old)

  62. Long Cove

  63. The Rim

  64. Martis Camp

  65. John's Island Club (West)

  66. Robert Trent Jones GC

  67. Wolf Run

  68. Atlantic GC

  69. Victoria National GC

  70. Hazeltine GC

  71. Manele GC

  72. Hidden Creek

  73. Blackwolf Run (River)

  74. Patriot GC

  75. Grandfather G&CC

  76. Jupiter Hills Club (Hills)

  77. Greywalls at Marquette GC

  78. Forest Highlands (The Canyon)

  79. Crooked Stick Golf Club

  80. Karsten Creek GC

  81. Concession GC

  82. CC of the Rockies

  83. Valhalla GC

  84. GC at Cuscowilla

  85. Clear Creek

  86. Ocean Forest GC

  87. Wild Horse

  88. Sea Island GC (Seaside)

  89. Saucon Valley CC (Weyhill)

  90. Eugene CC

  91. Secession GC

  92. Spring Island/Old Tabby Links

  93. Prairie Club (Dunes)

  94. Diamond Creek GC

  95. Hudson National GC

  96. Forest Dunes Golf Club

  97. Naples National GC

  98. Lahontan

  99. Sage Valley GC

  100. Wine Valley GC​