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new courses - top 50 US golf courses

• superstar2 23 Posts

  Wed, Nov 11 2009 9:10 AM

  here is top 50 US golf courses, take a look.

  1 Bethpage State Park Golf Course - Black Course Farmingdale, NY
  2 Pine Valley Golf Club - Pine Valley Course Clementon, NJ
  3 Jefferson Park Golf Course - Regulation Course Seattle, WA
  4 Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta National Course Augusta, GA
  5 Cypress Point Club - Cypress Point Course Pebble Beach, CA
  6 Pebble Beach Golf Links - Pebble Beach Golf Links Course Pebble Beach, CA
  7 Liberty National - Liberty National Course Jersey City, NJ
  8 Leo J. Martin Memorial Golf Course - Leo J. Martin Memorial Course Weston, MA 9 Quail Hollow Club - Quail Hollow Course Charlotte, NC
  10 The Wynn Golf Club - Wynn Course Las Vegas, NV
  11 Farm Neck Golf Club - Farm Neck Course Oak Bluffs, MA
  12 Hickory Hill Golf Course - Hickory Hill Course Methuen, MA
  13 Gatlinburg Golf Course - Gatlinburg Course Pigeon Forge, TN
  14 Admiral Baker Golf Course - North Course San Diego, CA
  15 Spook Rock Golf Course - Spook Rock Course Suffern, NY
  16 Bayside Resort Golf Club - Bayside Course Selbyville, DE
  17 Navy Golf Course - The Destroyer Course Cypress, CA
  18 Shorecliffs Golf Course - Shorecliffs Course San Clemente, CA
  19 Sand Hills Golf Club - Sand Hills Course Mullen, NE
  20 Rio Hondo Golf Club - Rio Hondo Course Downey, CA
  21 Trilogy Golf Club At Glen Ivy - Trilogy Course Corona, CA
  22 Kearney Hill Links - Kearney Hill Links Course Lexington, KY
  23 Santa Anita Golf Course - Santa Anita Course Arcadia, CA
  24 Galloping Hill Golf Course - 18 Hole Course Kenilworth, NJ
  25 Westlake Golf Course - Westlake Course Westlake Village, CA
  26 Locust Valley Golf Club - Locust Valley Course Coopersburg, PA
  27 Chicago Golf Club - Chicago Course Wheaton, IL
  28 Trull Brook Golf Course - Trull Brook Course Tewksbury, MA
  29 Sage Valley Golf Club - Sage Valley Course Graniteville, SC
  30 Crystal Downs Country Club - Crystal Downs Course Frankfort, MI
  31 Smithtown Landing Country Club - Smithtown Landing Course Smithtown, NY
  32 The Golf Course At Glen Mills - Glen Mills Course Glen Mills, PA
  33 Cobbs Creek Golf Club - The Olde Course Philadelphia, PA
  34 Fishers Island Club - Fishers Island Course Fishers Island, NY
  35 The Country Club of Woodbridge - Woodbridge Course Woodbridge, CT
  36 Congressional Country Club - Blue Course Bethesda, MD
  37 Willowick Municipal Golf Course - Willowick Course Santa Ana, CA
  38 The Olympic Club - Lake Course Daly City, CA
  39 Eagle's Landing Golf Club - Eagle's Landing 1 Course Sevierville, TN
  40 Rancho Park Golf Course - Rancho Park Course Los Angeles, CA
  41 Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - Shinnecock Hills Course Southampton, NY
  42 Oak Brook Golf Club - Oak Brook Course Oak Brook, IL
  43 Circling Raven Golf Club - Circling Raven Course Worley, ID
  44 George Wright Golf Course - George Wright Course Hyde Park, MA
  45 Knoll West Country Club - Knoll West Course Parsippany, NJ
  46 Boston Golf Club - Boston Course Hingham, MA
  47 University Ridge Golf Course - University Ridge 1 Course Verona, WI
  48 Highland Woods Golf Course - Highland Woods Course Hoffman Estates, IL
  49 Jeffersonville Golf Club - Jeffersonville Course Norristown, PA
  50 Merion Golf Club - East Course Ardmore, PA

  and one more thing, this is from golflinks.com

• Doublemochaman 2,009 Posts

  Wed, Nov 11 2009 9:15 AM

  Who put Jefferson Park in there at #3?!  Yah, yah, I know, that's where Fred Couples got his start... but...

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Wed, Nov 11 2009 11:44 AM

  I don't know who put that Top 50 together, but it is riddled with hilarity and nonsense.

• Doublemochaman 2,009 Posts

  Wed, Nov 11 2009 11:49 AM

  I'm thinking maybe Suoerstar2 put the list together from a real top 50 lineup and slipped in a few of the courses he's played.  Having said that I nominate the Birch Bay Minature Golf Course (complete with windmills) to slide into spot #5 on the list!

• oppy 286 Posts

  Thu, Nov 12 2009 11:01 AM

  That was a top 50 based on personal user ratings on golflink.com. It is complete bullshit. Here is the REAL 50 FROM GOLF.COM

  1. Pine Valley Clementon, NJ 
  Designer: Crump/Colt, 1918 
  2. Cypress Point Pebble Beach, CA 
  Designer: Mackenzie, 1929 
  3. Augusta National Augusta, GA
  Designer: Mackenzie/Bobby Jones, 1932 
  4. Shinnecock Hills Southampton, NY
  Designer: Toomey/Flynn, 1931 
  5. Pebble Beach Pebble Beach, CA
  Designer: Neville/Grant, 1919; Egan 
  6. Sand Hills Mullen, NE
  Designer: Coore/Crenshaw, 1995 
  7. Merion (East) Ardmore, PA
  Designer: H. Wilson, 1912 
  8. Pacific Dunes Bandon, OR
  Designer: Doak, 2001 
  9. Oakmont Oakmont, PA
  Designer: Fownes, 1903 
  10. Pinehurst (No. 2) Pinehurst, NC
  Designer: D. Ross, 1903-35 
  11. National Golf Links of America Southampton, NY
  Designer: Macdonald, 1911 
  12. Seminole North Palm Beach, FL
  Designer: D. Ross, 1929; D. Wilson 
  13. Crystal Downs Frankfort, MI
  Designer: Mackenzie/Maxwell, 1929 
  14. San Francisco San Francisco, CA
  Designer: Tillinghast, 1915 
  15. Prairie Dunes Hutchinson, KS
  Designer: Maxwell, 1935-56 
  16. Winged Foot (West) Mamaroneck, NY
  Designer: Tillinghast, 1915 
  17. Fishers Island Fishers Island, NY
  Designer: Raynor, 1917 
  18. Oakland Hills (South) Bloomfield Hills, MI
  Designer: D. Ross, 1917; R. T. Jones Sr. 
  19. Bethpage (Black) Farmingdale, NY
  Designer: Tillinghast, 1935, Rees Jones, 1998 
  20. Chicago Wheaton, IL
  Designer: Macdonald, 1895; Raynor 
  21. The Country Club (Championship) Brookline, MA
  Designer: W. Campbell, 1895; Flynn, Rees Jones 
  22. Riviera Pacific Palisades, CA
  Designer: Thomas/Bell 1926; T. Fazio 
  23. Muirfield Village Dublin, OH 
  Designer: Nicklaus/Muirhead, 1974 
  24. Oak Hill (East) Rochester, NY
  Designer: D. Ross, 1926; R. T. Jones Sr., G & T Fazio 
  25. Baltusrol (Lower) Springfield, NJ
  Designer: Tillinghast, 1922; R. T. Jones Sr. 
  26. Olympic (Lake) San Francisco, CA
  Designer: Reid, 1917; Whiting, R.T. Jones Sr. 
  27. Southern Hills Tulsa, OK
  Designer: Maxwell, 1935 
  28. Whistling Straits (Straits) Haven, WI 
  Designer: P. Dye, 1998 
  29. TPC at Sawgrass (Stadium) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
  Designer: P. Dye, 1981 
  30. Los Angeles (North) Los Angeles, CA
  Designer: Thomas, 1921 
  31. The Golf Club New Albany, OH 
  Designer: P. Dye, 1967 
  32. Medinah (No. 3) Medinah, IL
  Designer: Bendelow, 1928; Collis, Packard 
  33. Kiawah Island (Ocean) Kiawah Island, SC
  Designer: P. Dye, 1991 
  34. Harbour Town Hilton Head Island, SC
  Designer: Dye/Nicklaus, 1969 
  35. Quaker Ridge Scarsdale, NY
  Designer: Tillinghast, 1926; R. T. Jones Sr. 
  36. Winged Foot (East) Mamaroneck, NY
  Designer: Tillinghast, 1923 
  37. Inverness Toledo, OH 
  Designer: D. Ross, 1919; G. & T. Fazio, Hills 
  38. Maidstone East Hampton, NY
  Designer: W. & J. Park, 1891; Tucker 
  39. Garden City Garden City, NY
  Designer: Emmet, 1898; Travis 
  40. Bandon Dunes Bandon, OR
  Designer: D. Kidd, 1999 
  41. Friar's Head Baiting Hollow, NY
  Designer: Coore/Crenshaw, 2003 
  42. Shoreacres Lake Bluff, IL
  Designer: Raynor, 1919 
  43. Scioto Columbus, OH 
  Designer: D. Ross, 1916; D. Wilson 
  44. Somerset Hills Bernardsville, NJ
  Designer: Tillinghast, 1917 
  45. Congressional (Blue) Bethesda, MD
  Designer: Emmet, 1924; R. T. Jones Sr., Rees Jones 
  46. Shadow Creek North Las Vegas, NV
  Designer: T. Fazio/Wynn, 1989 
  47. Bandon Trails Bandon, OR
  Designer: Coore/Crenshaw, 2005 
  48. Trump National Bedminster, NJ
  Designer: T. Fazio, 2004 
  49. Spyglass Hill Pebble Beach, CA
  Designer: R.T. Jones Sr., 1966 
  50. Camargo Cincinnati, OH 
  Designer: Raynor, 1921 
  
  
  
  

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Thu, Nov 12 2009 12:43 PM

  That is more like it. It is strange not to find Sahalee C.C. in Redmond Wash. on the list.

• Doublemochaman 2,009 Posts

  Thu, Nov 12 2009 12:58 PM

  SweetiePie... true, Sahalee is a fine course... I have played it, all 27 holes.  Can't say I shot that well.  I have a friend who lives behind the 14th green... you really have to airmail your approach shot to reach the windows of his house.

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Thu, Nov 12 2009 1:46 PM

  Well Mocha, It is a fine track. I played it once when I was 17 and in top form, a legit 7, and was happy to come away with an 88. I've played 8 of the top 50, and found Prairie Dunes in KS, and Southern Hills in OK, to be the most difficult for me, of the 8 I have played. With the exception of Spyglass Hill, LA North, Pebble Beach, Riveria, Olympic Club and Cypress Point. LOL

• Doublemochaman 2,009 Posts

  Thu, Nov 12 2009 2:17 PM

  SweetiePie... how the heck did you get on Cypress Point?!  It's almost more difficult to get an invite there than at Augusta.  My only chance is to sneak on the course... I did that as a young man with great success.  Just look/dress the part and don't look over your shoulder.  Go off the 1st tee and act like your parents own the place.

• danohi50 1,020 Posts

  Thu, Nov 12 2009 2:40 PM

  I think the first list posted was maybe for public tracts...not sure  Jefferson park..ive played it..not top 100 material..

   

  Wouldnt be awesome to have those  top 50 courses available for this game...they would have to get another 10 servers

  Amazing  all but 4-5 of those courses were designed before 1930...the true golden age of course design in america