Initially, I am uploading pictures from previous courses that I have played. When I can remember details and going forward, I will try to include my thoughts on the courses as I play them.

  • Quaker Ridge Golf Club
    (coming soon)
  • Plainfield Country Club
    Plainfield Country Club was originally founded in 1890 and is home to a timeless and nationally ranked Donald Ross golf course, later renovated by Gil Hanse. It is a true test of golf and should be on anyone’s must-play list. The course starts out relatively tame, with a medium length slightly downhill par 4. It… Read more: Plainfield Country Club
  • Cabot Citrus Farms
    I had closely monitored the development of Cabot Citrus Farms, Cabot’s inaugural property in the US, for an extended period. When the opportunity arose to be part of a select group from Links Golf Club invited for a two-day preview visit by Cabot co-founder and CEO Ben Cowan-Dewar, I eagerly seized the chance. Situated on… Read more: Cabot Citrus Farms
  • Bay Hill Club
    #79 – Golf Magazine Top 100 Public (2002) | Bay Hill was the winter home of “The King” Arnold Palmer and is technically a private club, but it open to guests staying at the Bay Hill Lodge. It is the host location for the annual Arnold Palmer Invitational, one of the most popular tournaments on… Read more: Bay Hill Club
  • Harbour Town Golf Links
    Located in Hilton Head, South Carolina, Harbour Town Golf Links is the venue for the annual RBC Heritage Golf Tournament on the PGA Tour. This is usually the first event after The Masters. I played it as the 2nd round of a 2-day amateur tournament so had to balance pace of play with taking photos.… Read more: Harbour Town Golf Links
  • Real Club Valderrama
    The course was designed in 1974 by Robert Trent Jones, Sr, one of the great golf course architects, and was originally known as Las Aves (Sotogrande New). In 1984, Mr. Jaime Ortiz-Patiño, acquired the golf course and committed to bringing the course to an extraordinary level never seen before in Europe. Robert Trent Jones willingly… Read more: Real Club Valderrama
  • Finca Cortesin
    This was the round that inspired me to create this site and to more formally begin my quest to play all of the Top 100 courses both in the US and the world. Finca Cortesin was the location for the 2023 Solheim Cup and since my family was going to be vacationing in southern Spain… Read more: Finca Cortesin
  • Formby Golf Club
    “Founded in 1884, Formby Golf Club is a true championship links. A mixture of mature sand dunes, undulating fairways, well protected greens and views of the Irish Sea signifies a unique course of magnificent contrasts.” Formby was a fitting finale for our trip – it is a wonderful test of golf and a very enjoyable… Read more: Formby Golf Club
  • Hillside Golf Club
    Hillside Golf Club was a very pleasant surprise – it is purported to have the best back nine in golf. I’m not so sure about that, but it is definitely better than most. Additionally, of all of the courses we played on this trip, the members here seemed to be the most friendly and welcoming.… Read more: Hillside Golf Club
  • Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club
    Royal Lytham & St. Annes was the 3rd Open Championship Rota course in a row for our group and from my perspective, it did not disappoint. This was the site of one of Bobby Jones’s greatest shots. In the 1926 Open Championship, Jones hit a 4-iron from the sand onto the 18th green from 175… Read more: Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club
  • Royal Birkdale Golf Club
    Next up was Royal Birkdale Golf Club which is scheduled to hold The Open Championship for the 11th time in 2026. It has also hosted the Women’s Open, The Ryder Cup, The Walker Cup, and The Curtis Cup. Needless to say, it is a historic course and one that I had really been looking forward… Read more: Royal Birkdale Golf Club
  • Royal Liverpool Golf Club
    The day finally came for us to play Royal Liverpool Golf Club (Hoylake), site of the 2023 Open Championship. You can just feel the history when you pull into the park lot and see the clubhouse. Since we were not playing from the Championship tees, there wasn’t much special to see about the first few… Read more: Royal Liverpool Golf Club
  • Wallasey Golf Club
    Founded in 1891, Wallasey Golf Club is the home of the Stableford scoring system. As the story goes, Dr. Frank Stableford, a member of the club, was frustrated while playing on a particularly windy day so he devised his new scoring system. To this day, it is used in many “club” events as a more… Read more: Wallasey Golf Club
  • Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club
    The second course on our trip to Liverpool was the Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club, site of the 1933 & 1937 Ryder Cup. Unfortunately, you don’t often hear too much about this course due to its more well-known neighbors, but it is a fantastic test of golf. I didn’t take a lot of pictures as… Read more: Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club
  • West Lancashire Golf Club
    I went with a group of friends in May of 2023 on a trip to Liverpool, also known as England’s Golf Coast. After an overnight flight from the US with a 5-hour layover at JFK, we arrived in Manchester early on Saturday morning. There we met up with the rest of our group and boarded… Read more: West Lancashire Golf Club
  • Pinehurst Resort (#2)
    My last day in Pinehurst was spent playing the world famous #2. I can now understand why people have said Donald Ross is a sadistic architect. There are so many places where you can hit what you think is a good shot/putt, only to have the ball roll 25 yards in the wrong direction. This… Read more: Pinehurst Resort (#2)
  • Pinehurst Resort (#4)
    I was invited to visit Pinehurst by a former co-worker and friend Tim. At the time, he was a member of both Pinehurst and Forest Creek, so it made for a really fun weekend. Of the 3 courses, #4 was my favorite despite the fact that we played most of the round in a monsoon.… Read more: Pinehurst Resort (#4)
  • Forest Creek Golf Club (North)
    While my friend Tim invited me up to Pinehurst for the weekend, he told me that we could play at Forest Creek if I could get there early enough on Friday. I was having an outpatient medical procedure on Thursday that required me to be put under, so I told him that I would try… Read more: Forest Creek Golf Club (North)
  • Bethpage State Park (Black)
    Well, there is much that can be said about the Black course at Bethpage State Park on Long Island, including people sleeping in their car in the parking lot to get a tee time all the way to how difficult the course is. In my case, I was able to secure an advance tee time… Read more: Bethpage State Park (Black)
  • Bally’s Ferry Point
    Ferry Point was a last minute addition to my trip to New York. I had a free afternoon before heading to Bethpage State Park, so decided to squeeze the round in. The course is at the base of the Whitestone Bridge and has spectacular views of downtown Manhattan from all over the course. Oh, and… Read more: Bally’s Ferry Point
  • Royal County Down
    Royal County Down is unquestionably one of the best golf courses in the world. I played the course as part of a trip to Northwest Ireland in 2011. The first tee/Starter: Chuck having to play out of the bunker backward. The only water hazard on the course. It is really odd and seems out of… Read more: Royal County Down
  • Royal Portrush (Dunluce)
    We played Royal Portrush in June 2011 as part of our trip to Northwestern Ireland. This was before the renovations that were made prior to hosting The Open Championship in 2019. The view from the 1st tee. On this particular hole, I hit my approach long and right (almost on the 2nd tee box) and… Read more: Royal Portrush (Dunluce)
  • Peachtree Golf Club
    Peachtree is one of those truly special places that you must play if you have the opportunity. The story is that Bobby Jones was playing at East Lake one day and became so frustrated with the pace of play that he got fed up and decided to build a new course. So, along with Dick… Read more: Peachtree Golf Club
  • Bandon Dunes (Pacific Dunes)
    The final course that we played during our 2009 trip to Bandon was the Pacific Dunes course. Considered by many to be the best of the courses at Bandon, I can report that it did not disappoint. Since this was the final course on our trip and we needed to head directly to the airport… Read more: Bandon Dunes (Pacific Dunes)
  • Bandon Dunes (Bandon Trails)
    Bandon Trails is considered by many to be the least interesting course at Bandon Dunes, but I disagree. It actually might be the most interesting from a golf architecture perspective – it just doesn’t have the awesome coastal views that the other courses have. Of course, I am usually biased to Coore & Crenshaw designs… Read more: Bandon Dunes (Bandon Trails)