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 The USA needs no introduction, it's not only the most powerful country in the world, but it also owns more golf courses than the rest of the world put together (there are more than 20,000 US courses). It's no wonder the USA has so many courses in the World Top 100.
We still have hundreds of American courses to add to the Top 100 website, so please bear with us. To see our all-new US Top 250, simply scroll down this page. | |
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 |  | | Pine Valley | | Pine Valley Golf Club was the dream of a Philadelphian hotelier, George Crump, who sadly died before its completion. |
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|  | | Cypress Point | | Cypress Point Club is set at the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains on the very tip of the Monterey Peninsula and the cliff top terrain is varied and thrilling. |
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|  | | Shinnecock Hills | | Not only was Shinnecock Hills Golf Club one of the five founding members of the USGA but also it was where one of the first specifically designed golf clubhouses was built. |
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|  | | Augusta National | | Augusta National Golf Club is one of the most exclusive clubs in the world and was designed by the world’s greatest golfer, who teamed up with the world’s greatest architect. |
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|  | | Oakmont | | Apart from Augusta National, Oakmont Country Club has hosted more major Championships than any other course in the U.S. and it’s considered by many to be the toughest golf course in the world. |
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|  | | Pebble Beach | | Cypress Point is the course you can’t play at Pebble Beach, but thankfully Pebble Beach Golf Links is one you can. |
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|  | | Merion (East) | | When Merion Golf Club was founded in 1896, Philadelphians were more likely to play cricket than golf. |
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|  | | Sand Hills | | Sand Hills Golf Club is a club to respect and those in the know admire their non-commerciality and that is a delightful break from tradition these days... |
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|  | | Bandon Dunes (Pacific Dunes) | | Pacific Dunes is considered by many to be the best course at the fabulous Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. |
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|  | | National Golf Links of America | | National Golf Links of America is a golf course of monumental historical importance, it’s a “Bear’s Best”, or “Blair's Best” of the early 20th century. |
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|  | | Crystal Downs | | Crystal Downs Country Club is set delightfully on a headland that is wedged between Lake Michigan and Crystal Lake in America’s Midwest. |
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|  | | Seminole | | Situated on the Atlantic side of Florida’s coastline, Seminole Golf Club is considered by critics to be one of the finest examples of golf course routing. |
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|  | | Winged Foot (West) | | The West course at Winged Foot Golf Club is the work of A.W. Tillinghast, one of America’s greatest golf course designers, and this is Tilly’s finest creation. |
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|  | | Fishers Island | | Fishers Island Club is set romantically on a narrow island that is a mere two miles wide and eight miles long. |
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|  | | Chicago | | Chicago Golf Club is one of America’s most exclusive golf clubs and today it is still intensely private. |
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|  | | Prairie Dunes | | Prairie Dunes Country Club is an inland links jewel, which is set in the heart of America. It has many characteristics of a classic seaside links. |
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|  | | Whistling Straits (Straits) | | If you didn’t know the history behind Whistling Straits, you’d believe that the 560-acres of land had been shaped by the hands of time. |
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|  | | Muirfield Village | | No expense was spared in the construction of Muirfield Village Golf Club, with bold bunkering, water hazards and narrow fairways that require pinpoint tee shots. |
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|  | | Pinehurst (No.2) | | Pinehurst No.2 course opened for play in 1907 and its green sites are the ultimate test, legendary and quite unique. |
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|  | | Oakland Hills (South) | | With many holes lined by trees, six US Opens and one Ryder Cup under its belt, Oakland Hills Country Club should be treated with respect. |
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|  | | Country Club (Clyde & Squirrel) | | The name may sound a little arrogant and for golfers in the know, there’s no need to explain that the Country Club was the first of its type in the USA. |
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|  | | San Francisco | | Albert Warren Tillinghast was probably the greatest American golf course architect of his day and “Tilly” was the genius who crafted San Francisco in 1915. |
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|  | | Bethpage (Black) | | The Bethpage Black course really is as difficult and penal as the high slope rating suggests. It’s not for the faint hearted. |
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|  | | Kiawah Island Resort (Ocean) | | According to Pete Dye, "There’s no other golf course in the Northern Hemisphere that has as many seaside holes" as the Ocean course at Kiawah Island. |
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|  | | Bandon Dunes (Bandon Dunes) | | The Bandon Dunes course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort opened for play in 1999 and it has never looked back. It’s a rugged layout with huge slick greens and immaculate all-round conditioning. |
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|  | | Olympic Club (Lake) | | Host to four US Opens, the Lake course at Olympic Club is a serious challenge. Take your stabilisers and expect few level lies on these sloping fairways. |
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|  | | Riviera | | There are few courses with no weaknesses, but Riviera can take the moniker. It’s a truly remarkable course routed across less than ideal terrain. |
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|  | | Friar's Head | | Set in 350 acres, this rugged course was designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw and opened for play in 2003 with the philosophy that golf at Friar’s Head should be about options and creativity. |
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|  | | Oak Hill (East) | | “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” Well, according to the top touring pros and the Seven Dwarfs, it’s the Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester. |
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|  | | Golf Club | | The Golf Club is one of Pete Dye’s earliest and most understated creations and the course feels mature way beyond its years.
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|  | | TPC at Sawgrass (Stadium) | | Much has been written about the Stadium course at the Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass and we all know about the signature hole... |
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|  | | Southern Hills | | There’s nothing flash about Southern Hills. Mature deciduous trees line many of the Bermuda grass fairways and the rough is notoriously thick and tangly. |
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|  | | Wade Hampton | | Wade Hampton Golf Club was named after the respected Confederate cavalry leader, General Wade Hampton III, who was also Governor of South Carolina and later US Senator during the 19th century. |
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|  | | Baltusrol (Lower) | | Baltusrol Golf Club takes its name from Mr Baltus Roll who once farmed this land in the 19th century before his untimely murder. |
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|  | | Los Angeles (North) | | Beverley Hills conjures up images of the silver screen and the Wilshire location for the Los Angeles Country Club makes it possibly one of the most valuable pieces of real estate in the world. |
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|  | | Sebonack | | Sebonack Golf Club opened its tees for play in May 2006 and is the result of collaboration between Tom Doak and Jack Nicklaus. |
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|  | | Garden City | | The strict men-only policy of the exclusive Garden City Golf Club puts it in the limelight for all the wrong reasons... |
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|  | | Shadow Creek (North) | | Once the preserve of the limited few, Shadow Creek can now be shared. Sculptured by Tom Fazio from the rugged Nevada desert, it’s set in the most breathtaking location. |
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|  | | Medinah (No.3) | | Medinah Country Club was originally founded in the Roaring Twenties and the objective was to create the finest country club in America. |
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|  | | Honors Course | | The Honors Course set in a secret valley to the north of Chattanooga and it’s another jewel in America’s golf course crown. |
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|  | | Spyglass Hill | | “Spyglass Hill is possibly the hardest of the courses on the Monterey Peninsula. The hilly land tumbles down towards the sea, leaving fairways lined with cypress trees and Californian pines liberally laced with areas of brilliant white sand." |
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|  | | Inverness Club | | For those readers who associate Inverness with a certain shy little Nessie, we can tell you that the Inverness Club has absolutely nothing to do with the Loch Ness monster. |
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|  | | Winged Foot (East) | | Just like the West course at Winged Foot Golf Club, the East is the work of A.W. Tillinghast and it’s another of his truly brilliant creations. |
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|  | | Pete Dye | | The Pete Dye course is located in Bridgeport, West Virginia and is a private club which opened in 1994. Water, in the shape of ponds, creeks or streams, comes into play at nearly half the holes. |
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|  | | Shoreacres | | When you arrive at Shoreacres (after your mandatory invite) you can almost feel a throwback in time to the 1920s as you approach the David Alder clubhouse. |
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|  | | Kinloch Golf Club | | One unique feature at Kinloch Golf Club is the 19th hole and no, it's not the clubhouse. It's a 188-yard par three, better known as the "settle-the-bet" one-shotter. |
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|  | | Harbour Town | | Harbour Town Golf Links is the best of the three outstanding courses at the Sea Pines Resort and Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus designed it. |
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|  | | Old Sandwich | | "The green complexes are very interesting and include great contouring, and the bunker shaping by Jeff Bradley is excellent. I call him Mr. Sand Man" says Masa Nishijima. |
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|  | | Maidstone | | Maidstone is routed across the Gardiner Peninsula, which is one of the finest parcels of golfing ground in the world. |
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|  | | Ballyneal | | Ballyneal sounds Irish so it’s fitting that this is a links course albeit an inland links. Even the address – Holyoke – sounds like a British Open Championship venue. |
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|  | | Bandon Dunes (Bandon Trails) | | Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw designed Bandon Trails, the third of four courses at the magnificent Bandon Dunes Resort. |
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|  | | Peachtree | | Peachtree Golf Club is located in Atlanta and it’s the course that the Joneses built. Bobby Jones was the inspiration and Robert was the architect. |
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|  | | Quaker Ridge | | Quaker Ridge Golf Club is perhaps the most underrated golf course in the USA and only those in the know have heard of it. |
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|  | | Plainfield | | The name Plainfield is understated and perhaps suggests an ordinary run-of-the-mill layout but we can assure you, plain it is not. |
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|  | | Scioto | | "Scioto is the course where Jack Nicklaus developed from a pudgy junior to a world beater." |
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|  | | Castle Pines | | Castle Pines is famous for the International tournament which is played under an unusual and unique scoring system which is similar to Dr Frank Stableford’s system. |
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|  | | Somerset Hills | | Somerset Hills Country Club is an A.W. Tillinghast creation and it’s naturally natural with nothing brash or ostentatious about the course. |
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|  | | Camargo | | The Camargo Club is set amidst undulating countryside on the edge of Cincinnati in the State of Ohio. It’s a Seth Raynor jewel which opened for play in 1925. |
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|  | | Cherry Hills | | If you get the chance to play this famous course, your driving distances will flatter to deceive. Denver is not called the Mile High city for nothing and Cherry Hills is certainly golf with altitude. |
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|  | | Olympia Fields (North) | | Apart from the North course, Olympia Fields Country Club owns the world’s largest clubhouse, which took two years to build and cost a whopping $1.3 million way back in 1925. |
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|  | | East Lake | | All profits from East Lake Golf Club go to support the local community. East Lake now stands for hope in Atlanta as well as tradition. |
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|  | | Monterey Peninsula (Shore) | | The magic is the way in which the Shore course blends into the topography. It's golf ‘au naturale’ and perhaps the finest architectural swan song. |
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|  | | Kittansett | | The Kittansett Club is situated at the end of Butler Point which extends into Buzzards Bay. Its location offers spectacular views and challenging shot making in the ever-changing wind. |
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|  | | Chambers Bay | | Chambers Bay might be one of Washington's newest golf courses – opened in June 2007 – but it is set to be a high flyer in the rankings. |
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|  | | Calusa Pines | | Calusa Pines Golf Club is an absolute blast and that’s official. $1m of dynamite was used to blast through tons of rock to create rare Floridian elevation changes... |
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|  | | Interlachen | | During the 1930 US Open here at Interlachen, Bobby Jones skimmed his ball over the water on the 9th to make a birdie which went a long way to ensuring he achieved the "Grand Slam". |
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|  | | Butler National | | Butler National Golf Club is located in the Oak Brook suburb of Chicago. The course opened for play in 1974 and George Fazio designed it. |
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|  | | Double Eagle | | Double Eagle Club was designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish and opened in 1991. To play here you need to be a member or be the guest of a member. |
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|  | | Milwaukee | | Golf in Wisconsin dates back to circa 1890 and the Milwaukee Country Club is one of the oldest in the State. The current Milwaukee layout was fashioned by the hands of Harry Colt and Charles Alison in 1929. |
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|  | | Black Rock | | Architect Jim Engh, who once lost the only golf ball in Latvia, must have rubbed his hands together when he saw the site for his creation at Black Rock. |
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|  | | Congressional (Blue) | | "President Calvin Coolidge opened Washington’s Congressional Country Club in 1924, yet it was not until forty years of a chequered history had passed that the US Open came to the club in 1964." |
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|  | | Long Cove | | Designed by Pete Dye, the Long Cove course opened in 1981 with rolling, tree lined fairways, challenging greens and water featuring prominently in the course design. |
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|  | | Hazeltine National | | Hazeltine National was modified by Rees Jones (son of RTJ) ahead of the 1991 US Open which turned into a historic battle between Scott Simpson and Payne Stewart. |
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|  | | Arcadia Bluffs | | Arcadia Bluffs runs dramatically along the Michigan shoreline and the course drops more than 200 feet from its highest point down to the cliffs which themselves are 150 feet above the lake. |
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|  | | Dallas National | | Tom Fazio is a man on a mission, a mission to have his name tattooed on the top Texan courses, so naturally, he is the man behind the Dallas National Golf Club. |
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|  | | Crooked Stick | | Crooked Stick was one of Pete Dye’s first golf course commissions and it was constructed the year after he had spent some time in Scotland playing many of the traditional links... |
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|  | | Victoria National | | Victoria National Golf Club rose like a phoenix from the ashes of an old coal mine and it was laid out in 1998 by Tom Fazio... |
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|  | | Valley Club of Montecito | | Dr Alister MacKenzie designed the Valley Club of Montecito in 1929 and by Mackenzie’s standards it is one of his more modest designs. |
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|  | | Ocean Forest | | Ocean Forest was co-designed by Rees Jones and Greg Muirhead in 1995 and it’s built on a wonderful parcel of Georgia land and it closely resembles a true seaside links. |
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|  | | Canyata | | Canyata Golf Club (pronounced can-yay-tuh) was originally intended to be a 3-hole course, comprising a par three, four and five on part of the Forsythe family farm, but architect Michael Benkusky had other ideas. |
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|  | | Pasatiempo | | The great Alister Mackenzie designed Pasatiempo and it opened for play in 1929 with a mixed exhibition foursome between Marion Hollins, Bobby Jones, Glenna Collett and Cyril Tolley. |
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|  | | Quarry at La Quinta | | The Quarry sits in the Coachella Valley at the foothills before the Santa Rosa Mountains and features an abandoned mine and Indian trail as part of the course. |
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|  | | Nanea | | Nanea Golf Club is so exclusive that it shuns publicity. The course was laid out on a thick lava mantle by David McLay Kidd with the heart of British seaside links at its roots.
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|  | | Yeamans Hall | | Seth Raynor designed Yeamans Hall in South Carolina in 1925. It has been called "a time capsule in Charleston" in appreciation of it embodying all that is good in traditional golf course design... |
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|  | | Forest Highlands (Canyon) | | Opened in 1988, the Canyon course at Forest Highlands Golf Club was created by the design duo of Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish. It is currently the premier golf course in the State of Arizona. |
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|  | | Rich Harvest Farms | | Rich Harvest Farms is a hilly course where a lake, lagoons and a creek are part of the setup. It is configured in a traditional nine out and nine back formation... |
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|  | | Galloway National | | Galloway National Golf Club is routed through a glorious, gently undulating 200-acre parcel of land... |
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| 1_710.jpg) | | World Woods (Pine Barrens) | | Golf is both a mental and physical game and you can be assured that Pine Barrens will stretch both to breaking point here at the stunning World Woods Golf Club. |
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|  | | Trump National (No.1) | | Trump National No.1 course was designed by Tom Fazio and it opened for play as a private members track in 2004. |
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|  | | Myopia Hunt | | Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton Massachusetts started out in life way back in 1882. So many of the original "horsey" members were bespectacled that they decided to call the club Myopia. |
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|  | | Newport | | Newport Country Club is private, exclusive and also one of the original five founding member clubs of the United States Golf Association. |
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|  | | Shoal Creek | | Jack Nicklaus designed Shoal Creek and the course opened in 1977 and has hosted several top-flight competitions since then. |
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|  | | Mayacama | | With a Tuscan styled clubhouse that stands on elevated ground and a Jack Nicklaus walking-only course, Mayacama is more reminiscent of a classy Italian estate than an American golf club. |
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|  | | Eugene | | Eugene Country Club is set among towering Douglas Firs where its natural setting and strategic challenge has elevated the club’s reputation as one of the best courses on the Pacific Coast. |
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|  | | Boston | | The Boston Golf Club – located in Hingham, Massachusetts – is a private members golf club and has been routed across more than 300 acres of prime golfing terrain |
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|  | | Yale | | Yale remains a testament to everything that is truly magical about classical, penal and strategic golf course architecture. |
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|  | | Desert Forest | | Desert Forest Golf Club was fashioned in 1962 by Robert "Red" Lawrence who went on to shape numerous other courses in the American Southwest |
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|  | | Salem | | The greens but more specifically the green sites are considered perfection, each of Salem’s holes are thoughtfully designed and cleverly routed and not a single hole would ever be considered weak. |
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|  | | Colonial | | "It is often said that Ben Hogan’s success was partly due to the fact that, having played his early golf at Colonial, every other course in the world was easy in comparison." |
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|  | | Piping Rock | | Charles Blair Macdonald laid out Piping Rock in 1911 and right from the off, he was up against fierce competition because polo was the sport of the day here at Locust Valley on Long Island. |
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