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Page 1: GOLF DIGEST AMERICA’S 100 GREATEST 2019 / 2020 · for Golf Digest’s nearly 1,500 course-rating panelists. Waters starts with the premise that “sandy terrain lies at the heart

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G O L F D I G E S T A M E R I C A’ S 1 0 0 G R E AT E S T 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0

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• A L O T I A N • A R C A D I A B L U F F S • A R O N I M I N K • A U G U S T A N A T I O N A L

• B A L L Y N E A L • B A L T U S R O L : L O W E R / U P P E R • B A N D O N D U N E S

R E S O R T : B A N D O N D U N E S / B A N D O N T R A I L S / O L D M A C D O N A L D /

P A C I F I C D U N E S • B E T H P A G E B L A C K • B L A C K R O C K • B L A C K W O L F R U N

• B O S T O N G O L F C L U B • B U T L E R N A T I O N A L • C A L U S A P I N E S

• C A M A R G O • C A N Y A T A • C A S T L E P I N E S • C H E R R Y H I L L S

• C H I C A G O G O L F C L U B • C O N G R E S S I O N A L • T H E C O U N T R Y C L U B

• C R O O K E D S T I C K • C R Y S T A L D O W N S • C Y P R E S S P O I N T • D A L L A S

N A T I O N A L • D I A M O N D C R E E K • D O U B L E E A G L E • E R I N H I L L S

• E S S E X C O U N T Y • E S T A N C I A • F I S H E R S I S L A N D • F R I A R ’ S H E A D

• G A R D E N C I T Y • T H E G O L F C L U B • G O Z Z E R R A N C H • H O N O R S •

H U D S O N N A T I O N A L • I N T E R L A C H E N • I N V E R N E S S • K I N L O C H

• K I T T A N S E T T • L . A . N O R T H • M A I D S T O N E • M A Y A C A M A • M E D I N A H

• M E R I O N • M I L W A U K E E • M O N T E R E Y P E N I N S U L A : D U N E S /

S H O R E • M U I R F I E L D V I L L A G E • M Y O P I A H U N T • N A T I O N A L G O L F L I N K S

O F A M E R I C A • O A K H I L L • O A K L A N D H I L L S • O A K M O N T • O A K

T R E E N A T I O N A L • O C E A N C O U R S E • O L D S A N D W I C H • O L D T O W N

• O L Y M P I A F I E L D S • O L Y M P I C C L U B • P E A C H T R E E • P E B B L E

B E A C H • P E T E D Y E G O L F C L U B • P I K E W O O D N A T I O N A L • P I N E

H U R S T N O . 2 • P I N E V A L L E Y • P L A I N F I E L D • P R A I R I E D U N E S

• T H E P R E S E R V E • Q U A K E R R I D G E • Q U A R R Y A T L A Q U I N T A • R I C H

H A R V E S T • R I V I E R A • S A N D H I L L S • S A N F R A N C I S C O G O L F C L U B

• S C I O T O • S E B O N A C K • S E M I N O L E • S H A D O W C R E E K • S H I N N E C O C K

H I L L S • S H O R E A C R E S • S L E E P Y H O L L O W • S O M E R S E T H I L L S

• S O U T H E R N H I L L S • S P R I N G H I L L • S P Y G L A S S H I L L • T P C S A W

G R A S S • V A L H A L L A • V A L L E Y C L U B O F M O N T E C I T O • V I C T O R I A

N A T I O N A L • W A D E H A M P T O N • W H I S P E R I N G P I N E S • W H I S T L I N G

S T R A I T S • W I N G E D F O O T : E A S T / W E S T • Y E A M A N S H A L L

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2013, George Waters, then an aspiring golf-course architect and now the manager for the United States Golf Asso-ciation’s Green Section Education, wrote a book titled Sand and Golf: How Terrain Shapes the Game. It’s marvelously instructive, one of many books on our recom-mended reading list for Golf Digest’s nearly 1,500 course-rating panelists. ▶Waters starts with the premise that “sandy terrain lies at the heart and soul of the game,” a simple dec-laration that explains the ascension of many of the courses listed on the 2019 renewal of Golf Digest’s biennial rank-ing of America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses.

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It starts at the top of the list, with No. 1 pine valley in New Jersey, where irregular fairways framed by acres of exposed sand present a compelling 18 holes of challenge and reward. Fifty-three years ago, when Golf Digest first introduced the concept of course rankings, Pine Valley was considered the ultimate in penal golf-course architec-ture. These days, it’s considered highly strategic, a change in attitude brought about in part by experts like Waters, who writes that Pine Valley “was the first course in America constructed in a truly naturalistic style” and celebrates its sandy wastelands as superior to flanking fields of ankle-deep manicured rough.

“Golf is a game of recovery,” Waters says, and points out that the low-nutrient content of sand results in sparsely grassed rough that gives even below-average golfers a chance of finding their way home.

But even in sand, something will eventu-ally grow, be it weeds or trees. Considerable effort has been made to re-establish Pine Valley’s naturalistic rough. Just last year, consulting architect Tom Fazio had a crew

chop away a brushy hillside of overgrown trees along the left side of the short, splendid par-4 12th (previous pages), reintroducing a daunting canyon of sand scars and pits.

In 2010, Waters had been part of the re-construction crew that, under the direction of architects Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, pulled out all the Bermuda-grass rough from pinehurst no. 2, now ranked 29th, to expose the sand beneath. The goal was to restore what they believe original architect Donald Ross intended, a rough of sandy hardpan dotted with wiregrass. Waters calls today’s Pinehurst “an interesting twist on playable rough . . . the perfect balance be-tween penalty and playability.” That rough also provides distinctive visuals that many panelists favor with good scores in our Aes-thetics category.

The concept of sandy rough is now a characteristic of several America’s 100 Greatest courses. Coore and Crenshaw have recently implemented it in their remodeling of No. 12 seminole in South Florida and No. 67 maidstone on the Atlantic shoreline of Long Island in New York. It’s also a primary feature at the Grand Slam of layouts at Oregon’s Bandon Dunes Resort: No. 17 pacific dunes, No. 36 bandon dunes, No. 50 old macdonald and No. 69 bandon trails.

NO. 89 : SLEEPY HOLLOW : 16TH HOLE

W H E N S A N D I S G R A N D : M A N Y O F G O L F D I G E S T ’ S 1 0 0 G R E AT E S T C O U R S E S D I S P L AY T E R R A I N T H AT “ L I E S AT T H E H E A R T A N D S O U L O F T H E G A M E .”

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On California’s Monterey Peninsula, the concept is used a bit more sparingly, given the rocky nature of the area. Sandy rough is not a natural characteristic at No. 7 pebble beach, whose name suggests a coarser foundation, but clusters of holes in sand dunes are prevalent at other area courses: No. 3 cypress point, No. 45 spy-glass hill and two courses at monterey peninsula country club, No. 56 shore and No. 79 dunes, the latter one of four additions in 2019 to America’s 100 Greatest (see accompanying list).

On the Atlantic coast, Pete Dye’s design at the ocean course at Kiawah Island in South Carolina, ranked 24th, has always featured holes surrounded by natural sand dunes merged with man-made bunkers. At the 2021 PGA Championship, all sand will again be played “through the green,” just as it was in the 2012 PGA, allowing contestants to ground the club anywhere.

On the north shore of Long Island, No. 15 friar’s head, by Coore and Cren-shaw, has a back nine in magnificent coastal dunes. Its front nine also has sandy rough but was actually reshaped from old potato fields. “In spots where soil was heavy,” Waters writes, “they flipped it over to expose gravelly sandy soils beneath.”

Sandy rough is even found far from the coastlines, in the middle of the country, at courses like No. 9 sand hills in central Nebraska, another Coore and Crenshaw layout, and No. 46 ballyneal, designed by Tom Doak in northeastern Colorado.

Exposed sand is also a dominant fea-ture on several courses in our ranking of America’s Second 100 Greatest, particularly at Florida’s Streamsong Resort, built from sand spoils deposited by phosphate strip-mining operations. streamsong red is ranked No. 112, the blue is 138th and the two-year-old black is 169th; all use sand as much as grass. The Gil Hanse-designed Black was Golf Digest’s Best New Public

OPEN T O SEE

A MERICA’ S 100 GR E ATE S T

GOLF COUR SE S

A ND A MERICA’ S SECOND

100 GR E ATE S T ▶ ▶ ▶

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pr airie dunes: andy johnson • sleepy hollow: jon c avalier

W H E N S A N D I S G R A N D : M A N Y O F G O L F D I G E S T ’ S 1 0 0 G R E AT E S T C O U R S E S D I S P L AY T E R R A I N T H AT “ L I E S AT T H E H E A R T A N D S O U L O F T H E G A M E .”

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Course of 2018 and is one of 23 courses new to our Second 100 Greatest list (see accom-panying list).

Among those newcomers are No. 110 sand valley, yet another Coore and Cren-shaw design, in dramatic sand barrens of central Wisconsin, and its companion mammoth dunes, a David McLay Kidd design ranked 145th. (Mammoth was Best New runner-up to Streamsong Black last year but is now ranked higher because of additional panelist evaluations received before our 100 Greatest deadline.) Another Kidd design, No. 180 gamble sands, stretches across the sand-dune highlands of northeast Washington.

Even on courses with conventional turf-grass rough, Waters writes, a base of sand will provide firm-and-fast turf conditions (the essence of Golf Digest’s Condition-ing category) and irregular terrain that poses stance and lie as strategic elements: random hazards dug from natural sand; unusually contoured putting surfaces; interesting wrinkles off greens; and, more often than not, prominent wind, because wind most commonly deposited the sand on such sites in the first place. All these ele-ments are addressed in our Shot Values and Resistance to Scoring categories.

Among 100 Greatest Courses displaying these sand-related attributes are the trium-virate of Southampton, N.Y.: No. 4 shin-necock hills, No. 8 national golf links and No. 39 sebonack golf club. ▶ Others

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FA S T C O N D I T I O N S , T H E E S S E N C E O F

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NEW TO 100 GREATEST

76 Myopia Hunt Club, Massachusetts79 Monterey Peninsula C.C. (Dunes), California89 Sleepy Hollow C.C., New York98 Old Town Club, North Carolina

DROPPING TO SECOND

100 GREATEST

101 Eagle Point G.C., North Carolina105 Laurel Valley G.C., Pennsylvania113 Flint Hills National G.C., Kansas117 Sahalee C.C. (South/North), Washington

NEW TO SECOND

100 GREATEST

110 Sand Valley, Wisconsin111 Stone Eagle, California114 Bluejack National, Texas115 Quail Hollow, North Carolina116 Baltimore C.C. (East), Maryland119 Piping Rock, New York139 Ridgewood (East/West), New Jersey145 Mammoth Dunes, Wisconsin

157 St. Louis C.C.169 Streamsong (Black), Florida174 Mountain Lake, Florida176 Tradition, California177 Shelter Harbor, Rhode Island180 Gamble Sands, Washington182 The Ridge at Back Brook, New Jersey183 Westchester (West), New York190 The Vintage Club (Mountain), California 192 Liberty National, New Jersey193 Canterbury, Ohio194 C.C. of Fairfield, Connecticut195 Sherwood, California196 Moraine, Ohio197 Forest Creek (North), North Carolina

HOTTEST COURSES

Among 100 Greatest Courses ranked for at least five survey periods, only two have risen in our rankings every two years. Ballyneal in Colorado went from No. 95 in 2011 to 46th this year. Friar’s Head in New York started at No. 34 in 2011 and is now 15th.

THE 22 COURSES THAT HAVE MADE EVERY LIST

Only 22 courses have been members of our top national ranking every year since 1966: Augusta National, Baltusrol (Lower), Congressional (Blue), Cypress Point, Inverness, Los Angeles C.C. (North), Medinah (No. 3), Merion (East), Oak Hill (East), Oakland Hills (South), Oakmont, Olympia Fields (North), Olympic Club (Lake), Peachtree, Pebble Beach, Pine Valley, Pinehurst (No. 2), Riviera, Scioto, Seminole, Southern Hills and Winged Foot (West).

MOST DESIGNS

AMONG 100 GREATEST

13 Tom Fazio9 Pete Dye, Donald Ross8 A.W. Tillinghast 5 Jack Nicklaus, Seth Raynor4 Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw, Tom Doak, Alister MacKenzie, Perry Maxwell

MOST DESIGNSAMONG 200 GREATEST

33 Tom Fazio14 Donald Ross12 Pete Dye, Jack Nicklaus 11 A.W. Tillinghast9 Tom Doak, Robert Trent Jones, Seth Raynor 8 Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw 7 C.B. Macdonald

MOST CURRENT

REDESIGNS AMONG

100 GREATEST

13 Gil Hanse 10 Tom Doak 6 Tom Fazio, Rees Jones 5 Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw

MOST CURRENT

REDESIGNS AMONG

200 GREATEST

15 Gil Hanse 13 Rees Jones12 Tom Doak 11 Tom Fazio 6 Keith Foster 5 Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw

100 GREATEST COURSES

BY DECADE

1890-1900 41901-1910 11911-1920 121921-1930 251931-1940 81941-1950 11951-1960 01961-1970 41971-1980 41981-1990 61991-2000 162001-2010 192011-2018 0

SHORTEST 100

GREATEST COURSES

6,524 Cypress Point Club 6,539 Myopia Hunt Club 6,555 Essex County Club 6,560 Crystal Downs C.C. 6,610 The Valley Club of Montecito

LONGEST 100

GREATEST COURSES

7,800 Erin Hills 7,790 Whistling Straits (Straits)7,704 Rich Harvest Links7,701 Castle Pines Golf Club7,657 Medinah Country Club (No. 3)—stephen hennessey and ron whitten

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include No. 27 prairie dunes in Kansas, No. 33 olympic club (lake) in San Fran-cisco, No. 42 erin hills near Milwaukee, No. 51 garden city on Long Island, No. 68 arcadia bluffs (bluffs) in Michigan, No. 83 calusa pines and No. 125 jupiter hills (hills) in Florida, No. 137 dismal river (red) in Nebraska and No. 162 ocean forest in Georgia.

ADAPTING TO CONDITIONS

There is still an abundance of courses on our 100 Greatest and Second 100 Greatest conceived from less-than-ideal topograph-

ic and subsoil conditions, and yet they’re highly regarded and highly ranked. Some of those, Waters argues, exist because ar-chitects adapted design elements of sand-based courses, particularly the famed links layouts of Great Britain.

No. 2 augusta national was scraped from tall hills of red Georgia clay, but, Waters writes, original architect Alister MacKenzie intended it to be “an inland course that embodies the best principles of links golf.” It wasn’t until after MacKenzie’s death that low-lying greens on the seventh and 10th holes, originally receptive to bouncing, rolling approach shots, were relocated atop hills, and the narrow, nearly dry creek beds guarding the 11th, 12th, 15th and 16th greens became ominous water hazards.

The old pasture upon which No. 5 oakmont was constructed lacked sand content to provide ample drainage, so its architects improvised, canting and slanting its greens for surface drainage and digging ditches along many fairways to direct rain-water away from areas of play. Those greens and ditches now provide Oakmont its sin-gular character.

A similar solution was implemented

by A.W. Tillinghast in his creation of No. 11 winged foot (west) and No. 52 winged foot (east), masterpieces chiseled from the granite rock of Westchester County in New York. In the past seven years, Gil Hanse has recaptured all the glory of Till-inghast’s tilted, folded-edge green com-plexes that shuttle rainwater—and golf balls—off to the sides.

Perhaps the antithesis of the natural-istic style of sand-based beauties like Pine Valley and Sand Hills are the works of early 20th-century golf architect C.B. Macdonald and his understudy Seth Raynor. Their designs were indubitably manufactured, with lots of precise angles and parallel lines. Though Macdonald began his career on sandy soil, creating National Golf Links in 1911 and then an early version of Shin-necock Hills, his ego drew him to take as-signments elsewhere, from the hills of the Hudson Valley to the hills of West Virginia to the hills of St. Louis, at each stop ham-mering out the same template of favorite holes using mule teams and steam shovels. Raynor, less outspoken but no less confi-dent, was even more productive on a wider range of destinations.

Collectively, their works are represented prominently on our rankings. The latest Macdonald creation to join our 100 Great-est is No. 89 sleepy hollow, north of New York City, its inclusion aided greatly by recent work by Hanse, who converted seven holes built by Tillinghast in the late 1920s into Macdonald’s distinctive style to match the original 1915 architecture of the other holes.

Macdonald is also represented at No. 119 piping rock and No. 143 the creek, both in the eastern suburbs of New York City; No. 157 st. louis country club; and No. 173 the greenbrier (old white tpc), a PGA Tour stop expertly reclaimed by archi-

1. shot valuesHow well do the holes pose a variety of risks and rewards and equally test length, accuracy and finesse?

2. resistance to scoring How difficult, while still being fair, is the course for a scratch player from the back tees?• • •3. design varietyHow varied are the holes in differing lengths, configura-tions, hazard place-ments, green shapes and green contours?

4. memorabilityHow well do the design features provide individuality to each hole yet a collective continuity to the entire 18?• • •5. aestheticsHow well do the scenic values of the course add to the pleasure of a round?

6. conditioningHow firm, fast and rolling were the fair-ways, how firm yet receptive were the greens and how true were the roll of putts on the day you played the course?• • • 7. ambienceHow well does the overall feel and atmo-sphere of the course reflect or uphold the traditional values of the game?

▶ To arrive at a course’s final score, we total its averages in the seven categories, doubling Shot Values. A course needs 45 evaluations over the past eight years to be eligible for America’s 100 Greatest and the Second 100 Greatest.

▶ Golf Digest will continue our celebration of great golf architecture in May, when we announce Best in State rankings, and June, when we reveal America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses.

M O R E R A N K I N G S T O C O M E

tect Keith Foster after a destructive flood in 2016.

Raynor’s courses are equally as impres-sive, starting with the Pebble Beach of the East Coast, No. 10 fishers island on the New York island of the same name, and No. 14 chicago golf club, a reconfigura-tion of his mentor Macdonald’s original design, which had been the first 18-hole course in America. Raynor also did No. 44 camargo outside Cincinnati; No. 55 shoreacres north of Chicago; No. 95 yeamans hall in Charleston, S.C.; No. 160 fox chapel in Pittsburgh; No. 174 mountain lake club in central Florida and No. 194 country club of fairfield in Connecticut. Yeamans, Mountain Lake and Fairfield are sand-based sites, but you wouldn’t know that from their architecture of steeply sloped hazards, pedestal greens and geometric bunkers.

For those curious as to what Macdonald and Raynor might have done had they ever attempted to emulate the exposed-sand virtues of Pine Valley, look at two other 100 Greatest Courses: Old Macdonald at Bandon Dunes, a softly molded, sand-splashed hom-age to Macdonald by Doak and co-designer Jim Urbina, and the Dunes Course at Mon-terey Peninsula Country Club, a design started by Raynor, completed after his death by others and reimagined a few years back by Tom Fazio and former associates Tim Jackson and David Kahn. Both reflect the “MacRaynor” philosophy of angularity with-out the rigidity of their originals.

HOW WE RANK THE COURSES / Our panelists play and score courses on seven criteria

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1-10 RANK (2017 RANK IN PARENTHESES) YARDS PAR POINTS

1 (1) PINE VALLEY G.C. 7,181 70 72.0078 Pine Valley, N.J. George Crump & H.S. Colt (1918) / Tom Fazio (2017) 2 (2) AUGUSTA NATIONAL G.C. 7,435 72 71.5810 Augusta, Ga. Alister MacKenzie & Bobby Jones (1933) / Tom Fazio (2018) 3 (3) CYPRESS POINT CLUB 6,524 72 69.6830 Pebble Beach AlisterMacKenzie&RobertHunter(1928)/JeffMarkow(2004) 4 (4) SHINNECOCK HILLS G.C. 7,445 70 69.2526 Southampton, N.Y. WilliamFlynn(1931)/BillCoore&BenCrenshaw(2012) 5 (5) OAKMONT C.C. 7,255 71 68.9218 Oakmont,Pa. HenryFownes(1903)/TomFazio(2014) 6 (6) MERION G.C. (East) 6,996 70 67.8860 Ardmore, Pa. / Hugh Wilson (1912) / Gil Hanse (2018) 7 (7) PEBBLE BEACH G. LINKS 6,828 72 67.5261 Pebble Beach JackNeville&DouglasGrant(1919)/ArnoldPalmer&ThadLayton(2016) 8 (8) NATIONAL G. LINKS OF AMERICA 6,935 72 67.3855 Southampton,N.Y./C.B.Macdonald(1911)/KarlOlson(1994) 9 (9) SAND HILLS G.C. 7,089 71 66.3549 Mullen,Neb./BillCoore&BenCrenshaw(1995) 10 (11) FISHERS ISLAND CLUB 6,615 70 66.1937 FishersIsland,N.Y./SethRaynor&CharlesBanks(1926)/GilHanse(2000)

11-20 RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

11 (10) WINGED FOOT G.C. (West) 7,426 72 66.1885 Mamaroneck,N.Y./A.W.Tillinghast(1923)/GilHanse(2017) 12 (13) SEMINOLE G.C. 6,836 72 65.9329 Juno Beach, Fla. DonaldRoss(1929)/BillCoore&BenCrenshaw(2017) 13 (12) CRYSTAL DOWNS C.C. 6,560 70 65.6377 Frankfort,Mich./AlisterMacKenzie&PerryMaxwell(1931)/TomDoak(2018) 14 (14) CHICAGO G.C. 6,877 70 65.5659 Wheaton, Ill. C.B.Macdonald(1894)/SethRaynor(1923)/TomDoak(2002) 15 (19) FRIAR’S HEAD G.C. 7,071 71 65.2092 BaitingHollow,N.Y./BillCoore&BenCrenshaw(2002) 16 (15) MUIRFIELD VILLAGE G.C. 7,392 72 65.2030 Dublin,Ohio JackNicklaus&DesmondMuirhead(1974)/JackNicklaus(2015) 17 (18) PACIFIC DUNES 6,633 71 64.9775 Bandon,Ore./TomDoak(2001) 18 (16) THE COUNTRY CLUB (Clyde / Squirrel) 6,753 70 64.9361 Chestnut Hill, Mass. WillieCampbell(1895)/AlexCampbell(1902)/GilHanse(2012) 19 (23) LOS ANGELES C.C. (North) 7,530 71 64.7659 LosAngeles GeorgeC.ThomasJr.(1921)/GilHanse,GeoffShackelford&JimWagner(2010) 20 (17) OAKLAND HILLS C.C. (South) 7,445 72 64.7535 BloomfieldHills,Mich./DonaldRoss(1918)/ReesJones(2006)

RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

21 (22) WHISTLING STRAITS (Straits) 7,790 72 64.6465 Haven,Wis./PeteDye(1998)22 (20) OAK HILL C.C. (East) 7,152 70 64.6417 Rochester, N.Y. DonaldRoss(1925)/TomFazio(2010)23 (24) RIVIERA C.C. 7,040 71 64.5878 PacificPalisades,Calif. GeorgeC.ThomasJr.&W.P.Bell(1926)/TomFazio(2012)24 (21) THE OCEAN COURSE 7,356 72 64.5348 KiawahIsland,S.C. PeteDye&AliceDye(1991)/PeteDye(2011)25 (25) WADE HAMPTON G.C. 7,395 72 64.4646 Cashiers, N.C. / Tom Fazio (1987) / Tom Fazio (2018)

26 (26) SHADOW CREEK 7,560 72 64.2344 NorthLasVegas,Nev. TomFazio&SteveWynn(1990)/TomFazio(2008)27 (29) PRAIRIE DUNES C.C. 6,947 70 64.0759 Hutchinson, Kan. PerryMaxwell(1937)/PressMaxwell(1957)/DaveAxland(2014)28 (32) THE HONORS COURSE 7,450 72 63.9746 Ooltewah,Tenn./PeteDye(1983)/PeteDye(2008)29 (30) PINEHURST RESORT (No. 2) 7,588 72 63.8172 Pinehurst,N.C./DonaldRoss(1935)/BillCoore&BenCrenshaw(2010)30 (33) PEACHTREE G.C. 7,414 72 63.7396 Atlanta/RobertTrentJones&BobbyJones(1947)/BobCupp(2005)

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31 (27) THE ALOTIAN CLUB 7,500 72 63.7310 Roland,Ark./TomFazio(2004) 32 (28) GOZZER RANCH G. & LAKE CLUB 7,317 72 63.7068 Harrison, Idaho / Tom Fazio (2007) 33 (31) THE OLYMPIC CLUB (Lake) 6,934 71 63.6777 San Francisco SamWhiting(1924)/BillLove(2016) 34 (35) SOUTHERN HILLS C.C. 7,184 71 63.4031 Tulsa PerryMaxwell(1936)/GilHanse(2018) 35 (37) SAN FRANCISCO G.C. 6,836 71 63.3742 San Francisco A.W.Tillinghast(1924)/TomDoak(2017) 36 (36) BANDON DUNES 6,732 72 63.3655 Bandon,Ore./DavidMcLayKidd(1999) 37 (38) BETHPAGE STATE PARK (Black) 7,465 71 63.2976 Farmingdale, N.Y. JosephH.Burbeck&A.W.Tillinghast(1936)/ReesJones(2015) 38 (34) THE GOLF CLUB 7,439 72 63.1712 NewAlbany,Ohio PeteDye(1967)/P.B.Dye(2014) 39 (41) SEBONACK G.C. 7,512 72 63.1402 Southampton,N.Y./JackNicklaus&TomDoak(2006) 40 (40) PIKEWOOD NATIONAL G.C. 7,649 72 63.0881 Morgantown,W.Va./J.RobertGwynne&JohnRaese(2009)

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41 (39) BALTUSROL G.C. (Lower) 7,400 72 63.0290 Springfield,N.J. A.W.Tillinghast(1922)/ReesJones(2014)42 (44) ERIN HILLS G. CSE. 7,800 72 62.7609 Erin, Wis. MichaelHurdzan,DanaFry&RonWhitten(2006)/DanaFry(2013)43 (43) VICTORIA NATIONAL G.C. 7,242 72 62.7167 Newburgh,Ind./TomFazio(1998)44 (52) CAMARGO CLUB 6,659 70 62.7111 Indian Hill, Ohio SethRaynor&CharlesBanks(1927)/TomDoak(2000)45 (49) SPYGLASS HILL G. CSE. 6,960 72 62.6761 PebbleBeach/RobertTrentJones(1966)/TomFazio(1996)46 (50) BALLYNEAL G.C. 7,147 71 62.6718 Holyoke,Colo./TomDoak(2006)47 (45) BUTLER NATIONAL G.C. 7,523 71 62.5935 OakBrook,Ill./GeorgeFazio&TomFazio(1974)/TomFazio(2012)48 (42) CASTLE PINES G.C. 7,701 72 62.5820 CastleRock,Colo. JackNicklaus(1981)/JackNicklaus&JimLipe(2015) 49 (51) TPC SAWGRASS (Players Stadium) 7,245 72 62.4413 PonteVedraBeach,Fla./PeteDye&AliceDye(1980)/SteveWenzloff(2016)50 (47) OLD MACDONALD 6,944 71 62.4135 Bandon,Ore./TomDoak&JimUrbina(2010)

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RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

51 (46) GARDEN CITY G.C. 6,922 73 62.4125 Garden City, N.Y. DevereuxEmmet(1899)/WalterTravis(1913)/TomDoak(2015) 52 (62) WINGED FOOT G.C. (East) 6,808 72 62.3774 Mamaroneck,N.Y. A.W. Tillinghast (1923) / Gil Hanse (2012) 53 (48) MEDINAH C.C. (No. 3) 7,657 72 62.3690 Medinah, Ill. TomBendelow(1928)/ReesJones(2009) 54 (55) WHISPERING PINES G.C. 7,473 72 62.2766 Trinity,Texas/ChetWilliams(2000) 55 (66) SHOREACRES 6,729 70 62.2752 Lake Bluff,Ill./SethRaynor(1921)/TomDoak(2013) 56 (65) MONTEREY PENINSULA C.C. (Shore) 6,873 72 62.2081 PebbleBeach/MikeStrantz(2004) 57 (57) SCIOTO C.C. 7,140 70 62.1702 Columbus, Ohio DonaldRoss(1916)/MichaelHurdzan&JackNicklaus(2008) 58 (54) INTERLACHEN C.C. 6,981 72 62.1545 Edina,Minn./WillieWatson(1911)/BrianSilva(2006) 59 (56) OLD SANDWICH G.C. 6,908 71 62.1544 Plymouth,Mass./BillCoore&BenCrenshaw(2005) 60 (58) OAK TREE NATIONAL 7,410 71 62.1249 Edmond,Okla./PeteDye&AliceDye(1976)/TrippDavis(2012)

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61-70 RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

61 (61) BALTUSROL G.C. (Upper) 7,348 72 62.0814 Springfield,N.J./A.W.Tillinghast(1922)/ReesJones(2014) 62 (63) CANYATA G.C. 7,266 72 62.0771 Marshall,Ill./BobLohmann&MikeBenkusky(2004) 63 (64) SOMERSET HILLS C.C. 6,784 71 62.0366 Bernardsville,N.J. A.W.Tillinghast(1918)/TomDoak(2018) 64 (60) PETE DYE G.C. 7,308 72 62.0220 Bridgeport,W.Va./PeteDye(1994) 65 (59) DALLAS NATIONAL G.C. 7,372 72 61.9804 Dallas/TomFazio(2002) 66 (53) KINLOCH G.C. 7,203 72 61.9740 Manakin-Sabot,Va./LesterGeorge&VinnyGiles(2001) 67 (72) MAIDSTONE CLUB 6,665 72 61.9365 East Hampton, N.Y. WillieParkJr.&JackPark(1924)/BillCoore&BenCrenshaw(2013) 68 (68) ARCADIA BLUFFS G.C. (Bluffs) 7,300 72 61.9264 Arcadia, Mich. RickSmith&WarrenHenderson(2000) 69 (70) BANDON TRAILS 6,788 71 61.8574 Bandon,Ore./BillCoore&BenCrenshaw(2005) 70 (74) THE ESTANCIA CLUB 7,314 72 61.8021 Scottsdale/TomFazio(1995)/KevinSutherland(2012)

71-80RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

71 (76) QUAKER RIDGE G.C. 7,008 70 61.7439 Scarsdale, N.Y. A.W. Tillinghast (1918) / Gil Hanse (2011)72 (73) CHERRY HILLS C.C. 7,348 72 61.7080 Cherry Hills Village, Colo. WilliamFlynn(1923)/TomDoak(2009)73 (91) ESSEX COUNTY CLUB 6,555 70 61.6472 Manchester,Mass./DonaldRoss(1917)/TomDoak(2008)74 (71) MILWAUKEE C.C. 7,097 72 61.6431 RiverHills,Wis./H.S.Colt&C.H.Alison(1929)/TomDoak(2015)75 (79) OLYMPIA FIELDS C.C. (North) 7,190 70 61.6376 OlympiaFields,Ill./WillieParkJr.(1922)/MarkMungeam(2014)76 (New) MYOPIA HUNT CLUB 6,539 72 61.5754 SouthHamilton,Mass./H.C.Leeds(1898)/GilHanse(2013)77 (83) THE QUARRY AT LA QUINTA 7,083 72 61.5487 LaQuinta,Calif./TomFazio(1994)78 (67) KITTANSETT CLUB 6,811 71 61.5483 Marion, Mass. William Flynn & Frederic Hood (1922) / Gil Hanse (2012)79 (New) MONTEREY PENINSULA C.C. (Dunes) 7,090 72 61.5296 Pebble Beach SethRaynor(1924)/TomFazio,TimJackson&DavidKahn(2015) 80 (75) CONGRESSIONAL C.C. (Blue) 7,570 72 61.5115 Bethesda,Md./RobertTrentJones(1962)/ReesJones(2010)

81-90 RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

81 (85) HUDSON NATIONAL G.C. 7,151 70 61.4845 Croton-on-Hudson,N.Y./TomFazio(1996)/TomFazio(2015) 82 (77) PLAINFIELD C.C. 7,091 72 61.4727 Edison,N.J./DonaldRoss(1921)/GilHanse(2010) 83 (96) CALUSA PINES G.C. 7,203 72 61.4559 Naples,Fla./MichaelHurdzan&DanaFry(2001) 84 (81) VALHALLA G.C. 7,540 72 61.3786 Louisville/JackNicklaus(1986)/JackNicklaus(2012) 85 (78) ARONIMINK G.C. 7,267 70 61.3607 NewtownSquare,Pa. DonaldRoss(1928)/GilHanse(2017) 86 (80) THE VALLEY CLUB OF MONTECITO 6,610 72 61.3551 Montecito,Calif. AlisterMacKenzie&RobertHunter(1929)/ToddEckenrode(2013) 87 (82) BOSTON G.C. 7,062 71 61.3515 Hingham,Mass./GilHanse(2004) 88 (89) INVERNESS CLUB 7,323 71 61.3320 Toledo,Ohio/DonaldRoss(1919)/AndrewGreen(2018) 89 (101) SLEEPY HOLLOW C.C. 6,902 70 61.3308 Scarsborough-on-Hudson,N.Y. C.B.Macdonald(1915)/A.W.Tillinghast(1928)/GilHanse(2017) 90 (90) DIAMOND CREEK G.C. 7,175 70 61.2075 BannerElk,N.C./TomFazio(2003)

91-100RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

91 (84) THE G.C. AT BLACK ROCK 7,130 72 61.2020 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho / Jim Engh (2003)92 (86) DOUBLE EAGLE CLUB 7,175 72 61.1950 Galena,Ohio/JayMorrish&TomWeiskopf(1992)93 (69) SPRING HILL G.C. 7,035 72 61.1569 Wayzata, Minn. / Tom Fazio (1999)94 (88) RICH HARVEST LINKS 7,704 72 61.1128 SugarGrove,Ill. Jerry Rich & Greg Martin (1999) / Jerry Rich (2012)95 (87) YEAMANS HALL CLUB 6,808 70 61.0890 Charleston, S.C. SethRaynor&CharlesBanks(1926)/JimUrbina(2016)96 (93) THE PRESERVE G.C. 7,138 72 61.0619 Carmel,Calif. TomFazio,J.MichaelPoellot&SandyTatum(2000)/TomFazio(2015)97 (92) BLACKWOLF RUN (River) 7,404 72 61.0451 Kohler,Wis./PeteDye(1990)/PeteDye(2010)98 (New) OLD TOWN CLUB 7,038 70 61.0033 Winston-Salem,N.C. PerryMaxwell(1939)/BillCoore&BenCrenshaw(2013)99 (94) CROOKED STICK G.C. 7,516 72 60.9908 Carmel,Ind./PeteDye(1967)/PeteDye(2008)100 (99) MAYACAMA G.C. 6,761 71 60.9746 SantaRosa,Calif./JackNicklaus(2001)

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101 (100) EAGLE POINT G.C. 7,471 72 60.9562 Wilmington, N.C. / Tom Fazio (2000)102 (120) THE OLDE FARM 7,119 71 60.9030 Bristol, Va. / Bobby Weed (2000)103 (113) ROCK CREEK CATTLE CO. 7,466 71 60.8775 DeerLodge,Mont./TomDoak(2008)104 (115) PHILADELPHIA CRICKET C. (Wissahickon) 7,119 70 60.8556 Flourtown,Pa. A.W.Tillinghast(1922)/KeithFoster(2014)105 (95) LAUREL VALLEY G.C. 7,366 72 60.8498 Ligonier,Pa. DickWilson(1959)/ArnoldPalmer&ThadLayton(2011)106 (103) PASATIEMPO G.C. 6,500 70 60.8314 SantaCruz,Calif. AlisterMacKenzie(1929)/TomDoak(2006)107 (104) THE PETE DYE CSE. AT FRENCH LICK 8,102 72 60.7588 FrenchLick,Ind./PeteDye(2009)108 (105) MOUNTAINTOP G. & LAKE CLUB 7,127 70 60.7503 Cashiers,N.C./TomFazio(2006)109 (110) CALIFORNIA G.C. OF SAN FRANCISCO 7,216 72 60.7124 South San Francisco A.VernonMacan(1926)/KylePhillips(2007)110 (New) SAND VALLEY 6,938 72 60.6571 Nekoosa,Wis./BillCoore&BenCrenshaw(2017)

111-120RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

111 (New) STONE EAGLE G.C. 7,012 71 60.6468 PalmDesert,Calif./TomDoak(2005)112 (102) STREAMSONG (Red) 7,148 72 60.6435 Streamsong, Fla. BillCoore&BenCrenshaw(2012)113 (97) FLINT HILLS NATIONAL G.C. 7,080 71 60.6018 Andover,Kan./TomFazio(1997)114 (New) BLUEJACK NATIONAL 7,552 72 60.5812 Montgomery,Texas TigerWoods&BeauWelling(2016)115 (New) QUAIL HOLLOW CLUB 7,635 71 60.5776 Charlotte/GeorgeCobb(1961)/TomFazio(2016)116 (New) BALTIMORE C.C. (East) 7,181 70 60.5478 Lutherville,Md. A.W.Tillinghast(1926)/KeithFoster(2015)117 (98) SAHALEE C.C. (South / North) 7,003 72 60.5305 Sammamish, Wash. TedRobinson(1969)/ReesJones(1996)118 (106) SHOAL CREEK 7,400 72 60.5160 ShoalCreek,Ala. JackNicklaus(1977)/JackNicklaus&JimLipe(2016)119 (New) PIPING ROCK CLUB 6,852 71 60.4779 LocustValley,N.Y. C.B.Macdonald(1913)/BruceHepner(2015)120 (108) THE MADISON CLUB 7,426 72 60.4760 LaQuinta,Calif./TomFazio(2006)

131-140RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

131 (119) EAST LAKE G.C. 7,374 72 60.1349 Atlanta/DonaldRoss(1915)/ReesJones(2015)132 (125) ATLANTA ATHLETIC CLUB (Highlands) 7,613 72 60.1070 JohnsCreek,Ga. RobertTrentJones(1967)/JosephS.Finger(1971)/ReesJones(2016) 133 (132) ROBERT TRENT JONES G.C. 7,500 72 60.0686 Gainesville,Va. RobertTrentJones(1991)/KylePhillips(2014)134 (116) NEWPORT C.C. 7,075 70 60.0493 Newport,R.I. WilliamF.Davis(1899)/A.W.Tillinghast(1924)/RonForse(2005)135 (133) THE CONCESSION G.C. 7,474 72 59.9646 Bradenton,Fla./JackNicklaus&TonyJacklin(2006)136 (127) HARBOUR TOWN G. LINKS 7,099 71 59.9613 Hilton Head Island PeteDye&JackNicklaus(1969)/PeteDye(2011)137 (131) DISMAL RIVER Club (Red) 6,994 71 59.9407 Mullen,Neb./TomDoak(2013)138 (124) STREAMSONG (Blue) 7,176 72 59.9404 Streamsong,Fla./TomDoak(2012)139 (New) RIDGEWOOD C.C. (East / West) 6,578 71 59.9187 Paramus, N.J. A.W.Tillinghast(1929)/GilHanse(2016)140 (142) OMNI HOMESTEAD (Cascades) 6,873 70 59.8476 Hot Springs, Va. WilliamFlynn(1923)/WayneMorrison&TomPaul(2005)

141-150RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

141 (151) MAUNA KEA G. CSE. 7,370 72 59.8403 KohalaCoast,Hawaii RobertTrentJones(1964)/ReesJones(2008)142 (143) BAYONNE G.C. 7,120 71 59.8330 Bayonne,N.J./EricBergstol(2006)143 (136) THE CREEK 6,459 70 59.8293 LocustValley,N.Y. C.B. Macdonald & Seth Raynor (1923) / Gil Hanse & George Bahto (2011) 144 (118) BELLERIVE C.C. 7,460 72 59.8283 St.Louis RobertTrentJones(1960)/ReesJones(2014)145 (New) MAMMOTH DUNES 6,935 73 59.7189 Nekoosa,Wis./DavidMcLayKidd(2018)146 (135) FOREST DUNES G.C. 7,116 72 59.7170 Roscommon,Mich./TomWeiskopf(2002)147 (139) SYCAMORE HILLS G.C. 7,319 72 59.7118 Fort Wayne, Ind. JackNicklaus(1989)/JackNicklaus(2014)148 (137) KIAWAH ISLAND CLUB (Cassique) 7,050 72 59.7001 KiawahIsland,S.C. Tom Watson & Bob Gibbons (2000) 149 (144) WANNAMOISETT C.C. 6,732 69 59.6754 Rumford,R.I. DonaldRoss(1916)/RonForse(2008)150 (134) HUNTSMAN SPRINGS G.C. 7,613 72 59.6598 Driggs,Idaho/DavidMcLayKidd(2009)

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161-170RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

161 (141) LOST DUNES G.C. 6,905 71 59.4283 Bridgman,Mich./TomDoak(1999)162 (138) OCEAN FOREST G.C. 7,321 72 59.4177 SeaIsland,Ga./ReesJones(1995)/ReesJones(2007)163 (158) THE G.C. OF TENNESSEE 7,184 71 59.4165 Kingston Springs, Tenn. Tom Fazio (1991) / Tom Fazio (2008)164 (167) WHISPER ROCK G.C. (Upper) 7,550 72 59.4111 Scottsdale/TomFazio(2005)165 (162) SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS G.C. 7,510 72 59.3629 LasVegas/RobertTrentJonesJr.(2000)166 (155) THE STONE CANYON CLUB 7,317 72 59.3554 Oro Valley, Ariz. / Jay Morrish (2000)167 (165) SECESSION G.C. 7,068 72 59.2733 Beaufort,S.C./BruceDevlin(1992)/BillyFuller(2012)168 (148) LONG COVE CLUB 7,094 71 59.2720 Hilton Head Island PeteDye&AliceDye(1982)/BobbyWeed(2018)169 (New) STREAMSONG (Black) 7,331 73 59.2552 Streamsong, Fla. / Gil Hanse (2017) 170 (157) BEL-AIR C.C. 6,800 70 59.1943 LosAngeles GeorgeC.ThomasJr.&WilliamF.Bell(1926)/TomDoak(2018)

171-180RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

171 (164) SPRING CREEK RANCH G.C. 7,426 72 59.1755 Collierville,Tenn./JackNicklaus(2000)172 (160) SEA ISLAND G.C. (Seaside) 6,657 70 59.1646 St. Simons Island, Ga. / Tom Fazio (1999) 173 (159) THE GREENBRIER (Old White TPC) 7,292 70 59.1471 White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. C.B.Macdonald(1915)/KeithFoster(2016)174 (New) MOUNTAIN LAKE C.C. 6,685 70 59.1239 LakeWales,Fla. Seth Raynor (1921) / Ron Prichard (2017) 175 (152) SANCTUARY 7,044 72 59.1153 Sedalia, Colo. / Jim Engh (1997) 176 (New) TRADITION G.C. 6,889 72 59.0793 LaQuinta,Calif. ArnoldPalmer,EdSeay&HarrisonMinchew(1998)177 (New) SHELTER HARBOR G.C. 7,032 71 59.0733 Charlestown,R.I. MichaelHurdzan&DanaFry(2005)178 (156) TRUMP INTERNATIONAL (Championship) 7,326 72 59.0646 West Palm Beach / Jim Fazio (1999)179 (161) CHARLOTTE C.C. 7,335 71 59.0477 Charlotte DonaldRoss(1925)/RonPrichard(2007)180 (New) GAMBLE SANDS G.C. 7,169 72 59.0075 Brewster,Wash./DavidMcLayKidd(2014)

181-190RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

181 (163) BLACK DIAMOND RANCH (Quarry) 7,159 72 59.0012 Lecanto,Fla. TomFazio(1987)/DavidWhelchel(2012)182 (New) THE RIDGE AT BACK BROOK 7,215 72 58.9714 Ringoes, N.J. / Tom Fazio (2002)183 (New) WESTCHESTER C.C. (West) 6.980 71 58.9532 Rye, N.Y. WalterTravis(1922)/TomFazio(2015)184 (176) MCARTHUR G.C. 7,205 72 58.9506 HobeSound,Fla./TomFazio&NickPrice(2002)185 (170) ATLANTA C.C. 7,139 72 58.9450 Marietta, Ga. WillardByrd&JosephS.Finger(1965)/MikeRiley(2001)186 (166) TORREY PINES G. CSE. (South) 7,707 72 58.9361 LaJolla,Calif. WilliamF.Bell(1957)/ReesJones(2006)187 (173) C.C. OF BIRMINGHAM (West) 7,226 71 58.9229 Birmingham, Ala. DonaldRoss(1929)/PeteDye(2009)188 (168) GLENWILD G.C. 7,564 71 58.9037 ParkCity,Utah/TomFazio(2001)189 (171) PRONGHORN CLUB (Nicklaus) 7,239 72 58.8952 Bend,Ore./JackNicklaus(2003)190 (New) THE VINTAGE CLUB (Mountain) 7,138 72 58.8863 IndianWells,Calif. GeorgeFazio&TomFazio(1981)/TomFazio&LoganFazio(2014)

191-200RANK YARDS PAR POINTS

191 (183) BALLYHACK G.C. 7,294 72 58.8694 Roanoke,Va./LesterGeorge(2009)192 (New) LIBERTY NATIONAL G.C. 7,387 72 58.8645 Jersey City, N.J. BobCupp&TomKite(2006)/BobCupp,TomKite&SteveWenzloff(2011)193 (New) CANTERBURY G.C. 7,005 72 58.8568 Beachwood,Ohio HerbertStrong(1922)/BruceHepner(2016)194 (New) C.C. OF FAIRFIELD 6,442 70 58.8142 Fairfield,Conn. SethRaynor(1921)/BruceHepner(2016)195 (New) SHERWOOD C.C. 7,098 72 58.7933 ThousandOaks,Calif. JackNicklaus(1989)/JackNicklaus(2015)196 (New) MORAINE C.C. 7,270 72 58.7576 Dayton,Ohio/AlexCampbell(1930)/KeithFoster(2015)197 (New) FOREST CREEK G.C. (North) 7,184 72 58.7386 Pinehurst,N.C./TomFazio(2005)198 (175) KIAWAH ISLAND CLUB (River) 7,019 72 58.7277 KiawahIsland,S.C./TomFazio(1995)199 (169) THE BROADMOOR G.C. (East) 7,355 72 58.7171 Colorado Springs, Colo. DonaldRoss(1918)/RobertTrentJones(1952)/RonForse(2016)200 (172) WHISPER ROCK G.C. (Lower) 7,390 72 57.6728 Scottsdale/PhilMickelson&GaryStephenson(2001)

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151 (149) THE HIGHLAND CSE. AT PRIMLAND 7,053 72 59.6503 MeadowsofDan,Va./DonaldSteel(2006)152 (140) CAVES VALLEY G.C. 7,006 71 59.6317 OwingsMills,Md./TomFazio(1991)/TomFazio(2000)153 (154) EASTWARD HO! C.C. 6,437 71 59.6284 Chatham, Mass. HerbertFowler(1922)/KeithFoster(2007)154 (145) MARTIS CAMP G.C. 7,766 72 59.6223 Truckee,Calif./TomFazio(2008)155 (146) COLONIAL C.C. 7,209 70 59.5945 Fort Worth PerryMaxwell(1936)/KeithFoster(2008)156 (150) THE STANWICH CLUB 7,445 72 59.5882 Greenwich,Conn. WilliamGordon&DavidGordon(1962)/TomFazio(2017)157 (New) ST. LOUIS C.C. 6,534 71 59.5669 St.Louis/C.B.Macdonald(1914)/BrianSilva(2004)158 (153) ALDARRA G.C. 6,885 71 59.5364 Sammamish, Wash. / Tom Fazio (2001) 159 (128) EUGENE C.C. 7,015 72 59.5321 Eugene,Ore./RobertTrentJones(1967)/JohnHarbottle(2010)160 (147) FOX CHAPEL G.C. 6,657 70 59.4835 Pittsburgh SethRaynor&CharlesBanks(1925)/BrianSilva(1997)