MASTERPIECES

GOLF MAGAZINE’S TOP 10 COURSES IN THE U.S.

1. PINE VALLEY GOLF CLUB (Clementon, N.J.)

Architects: George Crump and H.S. Colt

Opened: 1918

2. CYPRESS POINT CLUB (Pebble Beach, Calif.)

Architect: Alister Mackenzie

Opened: 1929

3. PEBBLE BEACH GOLF LINKS (Pebble Beach, Calif.)

Architects: J. Neville and D. Grant

Opened: 1919

4. AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB (Augusta, Ga.)

Architects: Alister Mackenzie and Bobby Jones

Opened: 1932

5. SHINNECOCK HILLS GOLF CLUB (Southampton, N.Y.)

Architect: William Flynn

Opened: 1931

6. PINEHURST COUNTRY CLUB NO. 2 (Pinehurst, N.C.)

Architect: Donald Ross

Opened: 1903

7. MERION GOLF CLUB EAST (Ardmore, Pa.)

Architect: Hugh Wilson

Opened: 1911

8. CRYSTAL DOWNS COUNTRY CLUB (Frankfort, Mich.)

Architects: Alister Mackenzie and Perry Maxwell

Opened: 1929

9. OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB (Oakmont, Pa.)

Architect: Henry Fownes

Opened: 1903

10. SAND HILLS GOLF CLUB (Mullen, Neb.)

Architects: Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw

Opened: 1995

GOLF DIGEST’S TOP 10 COURSES IN THE U.S.

1. PINE VALLEY GOLF CLUB (Clementon, N.J.)

Architects: George Crump and H.S. Colt

Opened: 1918

2. AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB (Augusta, Ga.)

Architects: Alister Mackenzie and Bobby Jones

Opened: 1932

3. CYPRESS POINT CLUB (Pebble Beach, Calif.)

Architects: Alister Mackenzie

Opened: 1929

4. PEBBLE BEACH GOLF LINKS (Pebble Beach, Calif.)

Architects: J. Neville and D. Grant

Opened: 1919

5. SHINNECOCK HILLS GOLF CLUB (Southampton, N.Y.)

Architect: William Flynn

Opened: 1931

6. MERION GOLF CLUB EAST (Ardmore, Pa.)

Architect: Hugh Wilson

Opened: 1911

7. OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB (Oakmont, Pa.)

Architect: Henry Fownes

Opened: 1903

8. WINGED FOOT GOLF CLUB WEST (Mamaroneck, N.Y.)

Architect: A.W. Tillinghast

Opened: 1923

9. PINEHURST COUNTRY CLUB NO. 2 (Pinehurst, N.C.)

Architect: Donald Ross

Opened: 1903

10. OAKLAND HILLS CC SOUTH (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)

Architects: Donald Ross (1918), Robert Trent Jones (1950)

Opened: 1918

THE MASTERS

A few architects dominate both lists. A look at the course architects who have designed at least five courses in the top 100 of each magazine:

* Pete Dye

* Tom Fazio

* Robert Trent Jones

* Alister Mackenzie

* Jack Nicklaus

* Donald Ross

* A.W. Tillinghast