My Quest to Check Off Golf's Best Experiences

The Golf Bucket List

Golf Digest - America's 100 Greatest Public Courses (2017-18)

53 of 100 Checked Off

1. Pebble Beach G. Links

2. Pacific Dunes

3. The Ocean Course

4. Whistling Straits (Straits)

5. Shadow Creek

6. Pinehurst Resort (No. 2)

7. Bandon Dunes

8. Bethpage State Park (Black)

9. Erin Hills G. Cse.

10. Old Macdonald

11. Spyglass Hill G. Cse.

12. TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium)

13. Arcadia Bluffs G.C.

14. Bandon Trails

15. Blackwolf Run (River)

16. Karsten Creek G.C.

17. Streamsong (Red)

18. Pasatiempo G.C.

19. Pete Dye Cse. at French Lick Resort

20. The Prince Course

21. Kapalua (Plantation)

22. Streamsong (Blue)

23. Harbour Town G. Links

24. Chambers Bay

25. Forest Dunes G.C.

26. Manele Golf Course

27. Omni Homestead (Cascades)

28. The Highland Course at Primland

29. Mauna Kea G. Cse.

30. The Quarry at Giants Ridge

31. The Greenbrier (Old White TPC)

32. Sea Island G.C. (Seaside)

33. Torrey Pines G. Cse. (South)

34. Sentryworld G. Cse.

35. The Broadmoor G.C. (East)

36. Pronghorn Club (Nicklaus)

37. Gamble Sands

38. Fallen Oak

39. May River G.C. at Palmetto Bluff

40. The Harvester G.C.

41. The Prairie Club (Dunes)

42. CordeValle G.C.

43. Old Waverly G.C.

44. The Links at Spanish Bay

45. Whistling Straits (Irish)

46. Paa-Ko Ridge G.C.

47. PGA West (TPC Stadium)

48. Wolf Creek G.C.

49. Dormie Club

50. Crosswater

51. Cog Hill G. & C.C. (No. 4 Dubsdread)

52. Bulle Rock

53. Tullymore G.C.

54. The Dunes G. & Beach Club

55. Tobacco Road G.C.

56. Cascata

57. The Wilderness at Fortune Bay

58. The Classic at Madden's Resort

59. The G. Courses of Lawsonia (Links)

60. Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valleys)

61. Trump National Doral Miami (Blue Monster)

62. Poppy Hills G. Cse.

63. Tetherow G.C.

64. Pinehurst Resort (No. 8)

65. The Virtues G.C.

66. Spring Creek G.C.

67. Nemacolin Woodlands Resort (Mystic Rock)

68. Pine Needles Lodge & G.C.

69. Troy Burne G.C.

70. Wild Horse G.C.

71. Red Sky Ranch & GC (Fazio)

72. Bay Harbor G.C. (Links/Quarry)

73. World Woods G.C. (Pine Barrens)

74. Makai G.C. (Makai)

75. Atunyote G.C.

76. Pelican Hill G.C. (Ocean South)

77. Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa (Fazio Canyons)

78. Grand Traverse Resort & Spa (The Bear)

79. Golden Horseshoe G.C. (Gold)

80. Pumpkin Ridge (Ghost Creek)

81. Red Sky G.C. (Norman)

82. Hualalai G. Cse.

83. TPC San Antonio (AT&T Oaks)

84. The Bull at Pinehurst Farms

85. Caledonia G. & Fish C.

86. Quintero G.C.

87. The Donald Ross Cse. at French Lick Resort

88. Great Waters at Reynolds Lake Oconee
    

89. The Prairie Club (Dunes)

90. Kaluhyat G.C.

91. Linville G.C.

92. Edgewood Tahoe G. Cse.

93. Mid Pines Inn & G.C.

94. Belgrade Lakes GC

95. Trump G. Links at Ferry Point

96. The Coeur D'Alene Resort G. Course

97. Pelican Hill GC (Ocean North)

98. We-Ko-Pa G.C. (Saguaro)

99. Dancing Rabbit G.C. (The Azaleas)

100. Omni Barton Creek G.C. (Fazio Foothills)

Golf Magazine - Top 100 Golf Courses You Can Play (2016-17)

60 of 100 Checked Off

1. Pebble Beach Golf Links

2. Pacific Dunes

3. Pinehurst (No. 2)

4. Bethpage State Park (Black)

5. Whistling Straits (Straits)

6. Kiawah Island (Ocean)

7. TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium)

8. Bandon Dunes

9. Harbour Town Golf Links

10. Streamsong Resort (Red)

11. Old Macdonald

12. Bandon Trails

13. Pasatiempo

14. Streamsong Resort (Blue)

15. Spyglass Hill 

16. Shadow Creek

17. Chambers Bay

18. Trump National Doral (Blue Monster)

19. Blackwolf Run (River)

20. Torrey Pines Golf Course (South)

21. Forest Dunes

22. Sea Island (Seaside)

23. Erin Hills

24. Kapalua Resort (Plantation)

25. Troon North (Pinnacle)

26. Omni Homestead (Cascades)

27. Trump National Golf Club (Los Angeles)

28. The Highland Course at Primland Resort

29. Caledonia Golf and Fish Club

30. Fallen Oak at Beau Rivage Resort

31. Cog Hill (No. 4)

32. Mauna Kea 

33. Dancing Rabbit (Azaleas)

34. Paa-Ko Ridge

35. World Woods (Pine Barrens)

36. Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club

37. The Greenbrier (Old White TPC)

38. Pronghorn Golf Club & Resort (Nicklaus)

39. Dunes Golf at Beach Club

40. We-Ko-Pa Golf Club (Saguaro)

41. Reynolds Plantation (Great Waters)

42. Taconic

43. Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point

44. Manele

45. Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club (Champ.)

46. We-Ko-Pa Golf Club (Cholla)

47. The Links at Spanish Bay

48. Gamble Sands

49. Bulle Rock

50. CordeValle

51. Red Sky Ranch (Norman)

52. May River Golf Club at Palmetto Bluff

53. Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club

54. The Quarry at Giants Ridge

55. Golden Horseshoe Golf Club (Gold)

56. PGA West (TPC Stadium)

57. Dormie Club

58. Troon North Golf Club (Monument)

59. The Harvester Golf Club

60. Cascata

61. Mid Pines

62. French Lick Resort (Pete Dye)

63. Reynolds Lake Oconee (Oconee)

64. Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Ghost Creek)

65. Karsten Creek Golf Club

66. Crosswater at Sunriver Resort

67. The Broadmoor (East)

68. Atunyote at Turning Stone Resort

69. Linville Golf Club

70. The Virtues 

71. Wolf Creek Golf Club

72. Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead)

73. Wilderness Club

74. Atlantic City Country Club

75. The Links at Lighthouse Sound

76. The Prairie Club (Dunes)

77. True Blue

78. SentryWorld

79. Whistling Straits (Irish)

80. Marquette Golf Club (Greywalls)

81. Omni Barton Creek Resort (Fazio Canyons)

82. Lake of Isles (North)

83. Tullymore Golf Resort

84. Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club

85. Barefoot Resort (Love)

86. Hammock Beach Resort (Ocean)

87. The Golf Course of Lawsonia (Links)

88. Tobacco Road Golf Club

89. Pelican Hill Golf Club (Ocean South)

90. The Glen Club

91. Wild Horse Golf Club

92. Sunday River Golf Club

93. The Golf Club at Redlands Mesa

94. La Quinta Resort (Mountain)

95. Rustic Canyon Golf Course

96. TPC Deere Run

97. Bay Harbor (Links/Quarry)

98. Wynn Las Vegas

99. Grayhawk Golf Club (Talon)

100. Circling Raven