Golf Digest Top 100 US (2023)

These are the Top 100 golf courses in the US as ranked by Golf Digest. Obviously, I don’t have many of these checked off yet since the majority are private clubs and you have to know a member to gain access. Courses that I have played are bolded below and ones that I have at least tentatively scheduled are in highlighted.

  1. Pine Valley Golf Club – Pine Valley, New Jersey
  2. Augusta National Golf Club – Augusta, Georgia
  3. Cypress Point Golf Club – Pebble Beach, California
  4. Shinnecock Hills Golf Club – Southampton, New York
  5. Oakmont Country Club – Oakmont, Pennsylvania
  6. Merion Golf Club (East) – Ardmore, Pennsylvania
  7. National Golf Links of America – Southampton, New York
  8. Sand Hills Golf Club – Mullen, Nebraska
  9. Fisher’s Island Club – Fisher’s Island, New York
  10. Seminole Golf Club – Juno Beach, Florida
  11. Winged Foot Golf Club (West) – Mamaroneck, New York
  12. Pebble Beach Golf Links* – Pebble Beach, California
  13. Chicago Golf Club – Wheaton, Illinois
  14. Crystal Downs Country Club – Frankfort, Michigan
  15. Friars Head Golf Club – Riverhead, New York
  16. Los Angeles Country Club – Los Angeles, California
  17. Muirfield Village Golf Club – Dublin, Ohio
  18. Riviera Country Club – Pacific Palisades, California
  19. The Country Club (Main) – Brookline, Massachusetts
  20. Oakland Hills Country Club (South) – Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
  21. Bandon Dunes (Pacific Dunes)* – Bandon, Oregon
  22. Oak Hill Country Club (East) – Rochester, New York
  23. Prairie Dunes Country Club – Hutchinson, Kansas
  24. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean)* – Kiawah Island, South Carolina
  25. Peachtree Golf Club – Atlanta, Georgia
  26. Whistling Straits (Straits)*- Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  27. Shadow Creek* – North Las Vegas, Nevada
  28. Southern Hills Country Club – Tusla, Oklahoma
  29. Pinehurst Resort (#2)* – Pinehurst, North Carolina
  30. Pikewood National Golf Club – Morgantown, West Virginia
  31. The Honors Course – Ooltewah, Tennessee
  32. Wade Hampton Golf Club – Cashiers, North Carolina
  33. San Francisco Golf Club – San Francisco, California
  34. Ohoopee Match Club – Cobbtown, Georgia
  35. The Olympic Club (Lake) – San Francisco, California
  36. Ballyneal Golf Club – Holyoke, Colorado
  37. Gozzer Ranch Golf and Lake Club – Harrison, Idaho
  38. The Alotian Club – Roland, Arkansas
  39. Bethpage State Park (Black)* – Farmingdale, New York
  40. Bandon Dunes (Bandon Dunes)* – Bandon, Oregon
  41. TPC Sawgrass (Stadium)* – Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
  42. Congaree Golf Club – Ridgeland, South Carolina
  43. Sebonack Golf Club – Southampton, New York
  44. The Golf Club – New Albany, Ohio
  45. Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower) – Springfield, New Jersey
  46. Castle Pines Golf Club – Castle Rock, Colorado
  47. Camargo Club – Cincinnati, Ohio
  48. Erin Hills Golf Course* – Hartford, Wisconsin
  49. Nanea Golf Club – Kilua Kona, Hawaii
  50. Myopia Hunt Club – South Hamilton, Massachusetts
  51. Whispering Pines Golf Club – Trinity, Texas
  52. Maidstone Club (West) – East Hampton, New York
  53. Victoria National Golf Club – Newburgh, Indiana
  54. Old Town Club – Winston Salem, North Carolina
  55. Shoreacres Golf Club – Lake Bluff, Illinois
  56. Rock Creek Cattle Company – Deer Lodge, Montana
  57. Somerset Hills Country Club – Bernardsville, New Jersey
  58. Inverness Club – Toledo, Ohio
  59. Sleepy Hollow Country Club – Scarborough, New York
  60. Scioto Country Club – Columbus, Ohio
  61. Winged Foot Golf Club (East) – Mamaroneck, New York
  62. Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Shore) – Pebble Beach, California
  63. Old Sandwich Golf Club – Plymouth, Massachusetts
  64. Garden City Golf Club – Garden City, New York
  65. Bandon Dunes (Bandon Trails)* – Bandon, Oregon
  66. Oak Tree National – Edmond, Oklahoma
  67. Spyglass Hill Golf Course* – Pebble Beach, California
  68. Cherry Hills Country Club – Englewood, Colorado
  69. Calusa Pines Golf Club – Naples, Florida
  70. The Estancia Club – Scottsdale, Arizona
  71. California Golf Club – South San Francisco, California
  72. Bandon Dunes (Old Macdonald)* – Bandon, Oregon
  73. Congressional Country Club (Blue) – Bethesda, Maryland
  74. Kinloch Golf Club – Manakin Sabot, Virginia
  75. Butler National Golf Club – Oak Brook, Illinois
  76. The Valley Club of Montecito – Santa Barbara, California
  77. Diamond Creek – Banner Elk, North Carolina
  78. Essex Country Club – Manchester, Massachusetts
  79. Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Dunes) – Pebble Beach, California
  80. Baltusrol Golf Club (Upper) – Springfield, New Jersey
  81. Quaker Ridge Golf Club – Scarsdale, New York
  82. Plainfield Country Club – Edison, New Jersey
  83. Dallas National Golf Club – Dallas, Texas
  84. Interlachen Country Club – Edina, Minnesota
  85. Canyata Golf Club – Marshall, Illinois
  86. Milwaukee Country Club – River Hills, Wisconsin
  87. Valhalla Golf Club – Louisville, Kentucky
  88. Hudson National Golf Club – Croton on Hudson, New York
  89. The Kittansett Club – Marion, Massachusetts
  90. The Boston Golf Club – Hungham, Massachusetts
  91. The Quarry at La Quinta – La Quinta, California
  92. Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club (Bluffs)* – Arcadia, Michigan
  93. Medinah Country Club (#3) – Medinah, Illinois
  94. Pete Dye Golf Club – Bridgeport, West Virginia
  95. Aronimink Golf Club – Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
  96. Pasatiempo Golf Club* – Santa Cruz, California
  97. Piping Rock Club – Locust Valley, New York
  98. Shooting Star Golf Club – Teton Village, Wyoming
  99. Olympia Fields Country Club (North) – Olympia Fields, Illinois
  100. Spring Hill Golf Club – Wayzata, Minnesota

* – denotes public access