America’s top 100 golf courses, 1991-1992

Summary of changes from previous rankings

New entries

Golf Digest
- Wade Hampton (17th), Black Diamond Ranch (24th), Forest Highlands (39th), Camargo (59th), PGA West (Stadium) (72nd), Old Marsh (74th), Lake Nona (76th), Cog Hill (No. 4) (78th), Desert Mountain (Renegade) (92nd), Bel-Air (94th), Spanish Bay (95th), Pasatiempo (100th)
Golf Magazine
- Pine Valley (1st), Cypress Point (2nd), Augusta National (3rd), Pebble Beach (4th), Shinnecock Hills (5th), Merion (6th), Pinehurst (No. 2) (7th), Prairie Dunes (8th), Winged Foot (West) (9th), Crystal Downs (10th), Seminole (11st), Oakmont (12nd), Oakland Hills (13rd), Olympic (Lake) (14th), Baltusrol (Lower) (15th), The Country Club (16th), Muirfield Village (17th), Riviera (18th), The Golf Club (19th), San Francisco (20th), Harbour Town (21st), Southern Hills (22nd), Oak Hill (23rd), Chicago (24th), Quaker Ridge (25th), National Golf Links (26th), Colonial (27th), Medinah (No. 3) (28th), Los Angeles (North) (29th), Garden City (30th), Shoal Creek (31st), Inverness (32nd), Cherry Hills (33rd), Fishers Island (34th), Camargo (35th), Shadow Creek (36th), Lake Nona (37th), Long Cove (38th), Homestead (Cascades) (39th), Wild Dunes (Links) (40th), Somerset Hills (41st), Scioto (42nd), Honors Course (43rd), Troon (44th), Yale (45th), TPC Sawgrass (46th), Baltimore (47th), Black Diamond Ranch (48th), Maidstone (49th), Firestone (South) (50th), Canterbury (51st), Butler National (52nd), Kiawah Island (Ocean) (53rd), Oak Tree National (54th), Forest Highlands (55th), Saucon Valley (Grace) (56th), Jupiter Hills (57th), Congressional (58th), Peachtree (59th), Doral (Blue Monster) (60th), PGA West (Stadium) (61st), Ridgewood (62nd), Winged Foot (East) (63rd), Bellerive (64th), Haig Point (65th), Point O’ Woods (66th), Pine Tree (67th), Spyglass Hill (68th), Ohio State (Scarlet) (69th), Laurel Valley (70th), Salem (71st), Pasatiempo (72nd), Plainfield (73rd), Eugene (74th), Champions (Cypress Creek) (75th), Indianwood (Old) (76th), Dunes Club (77th), North Carolina (Dogwood) (78th), NCR (South) (79th), Crooked Stick (80th), Meadow Brook (81st), Hokuala (Ocean) (82nd), PGA West (Nicklaus) (83rd), Saucon Valley (Old) (84th), Troon North (Monument) (85th), Aronimink (86th), The Country Club (Ohio) (87th), Olympia Fields (North) (88th), Mauna Kea (89th), Hazeltine National (90th), Old Warson (91st), Bay Hill (92nd), Stanford (93rd), Bethpage (Black) (94th), Prince (95th), Kittansett (96th), Interlachen (97th), Spanish Bay (98th), Desert Forest (99th), Wannamoisett (100th)

Fell off the ranking

Golf Digest
- Innisbrook (Copperhead) (69th), Atlanta Athletic (71st), Annandale (75th), Loxahatchee (81st), Coldstream (82nd), Wilmington (South) (84th), Atlanta (86th), Grand Cypress (91st), Detroit (94th), Meadow Brook (95th), Doral (Blue Monster) (99th), La Costa (100th)
Golf Magazine

Biggest improvements

Golf Digest
- Wade Hampton: 84+ spots, unranked to 17th
- Black Diamond Ranch: 77+ spots, unranked to 24th
- Forest Highlands: 62+ spots, unranked to 39th
- Hazeltine National: 44 spots, 97th to 53rd
- Camargo: 42+ spots, unranked to 59th
Golf Magazine
- Pine Valley: 100+ spots, unranked to 1st
- Cypress Point: 99+ spots, unranked to 2nd
- Augusta National: 98+ spots, unranked to 3rd
- Pebble Beach: 97+ spots, unranked to 4th
- Shinnecock Hills: 96+ spots, unranked to 5th

Biggest drops

Golf Digest
- Kemper Lakes: 45 spots, 54th to 99th
- Canterbury: 33 spots, 55th to 88th
- Crooked Stick: 32 spots, 59th to 91st
- Innisbrook (Copperhead): 32+ spots, 69th to unranked
- Saucon Valley (Grace): 32 spots, 58th to 90th
Golf Magazine
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1991-1992 rankings

Course	Location	Year Designed	Golf Digest	Golf Magazine	Average
Pine Valley	Pine Valley, NJ	1918	1	1	1
Augusta National	Augusta, GA	1933	2	3	2.5
Cypress Point	Pebble Beach, CA	1928	3	2	2.5
Pebble Beach	Pebble Beach, CA	1919	5	4	4.5
Shinnecock Hills	Southampton, NY	1931	4	5	4.5
Merion	Ardmore, PA	1912	8	6	7
Winged Foot (West)	Mamaroneck, NY	1923	6	9	7.5
Oakmont	Oakmont, PA	1903	7	12	9.5
Pinehurst (No. 2)	Pinehurst, NC	1935	12	7	9.5
Crystal Downs	Frankfort, MI	1931	11	10	10.5
Olympic (Lake)	San Francisco, CA	1924	10	14	12
Seminole	Juno Beach, FL	1929	14	11	12.5
Muirfield Village	Dublin, OH	1974	9	17	13
Oakland Hills	Bloomfield Hills, MI	1918	15	13	14
Prairie Dunes	Hutchinson, KS	1937	26	8	17
The Country Club	Chestnut Hill, MA	1895	18	16	17
San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	1924	20	20	20
Medinah (No. 3)	Medinah, IL	1928	13	28	20.5
Baltusrol (Lower)	Springfield, NJ	1922	29	15	22
Quaker Ridge	Scarsdale, NY	1918	19	25	22
Oak Hill	Rochester, NY	1925	21	23	22
The Golf Club	New Albany, OH	1967	28	19	23.5
Southern Hills	Tulsa, OK	1936	25	22	23.5
Riviera	Pacific Palisades, CA	1926	31	18	24.5
Los Angeles (North)	Los Angeles, CA	1921	23	29	26
Chicago	Wheaton, IL	1894	36	24	30
National Golf Links	Southampton, NY	1911	34	26	30
Garden City	Garden City, NY	1899	32	30	31
Colonial	Fort Worth, TX	1936	37	27	32
Honors Course	Ooltewah, TN	1983	22	43	32.5
Harbour Town	Hilton Head Island, SC	1969	47	21	34
Shoal Creek	Shoal Creek, AL	1977	38	31	34.5
Long Cove	Hilton Head Island, SC	1982	33	38	35.5
Black Diamond Ranch	Lecanto, FL	1987	24	48	36
Scioto	Columbus, OH	1916	30	42	36
Peachtree	Atlanta, GA	1947	16	59	37.5
Inverness	Toledo, OH	1919	45	32	38.5
Cherry Hills	Cherry Hills Village, CO	1923	48	33	40.5
Troon	Scottsdale, AZ	1986	41	44	42.5
Oak Tree National	Edmond, OK	1976	35	54	44.5
Winged Foot (East)	Mamaroneck, NY	1923	27	63	45
TPC Sawgrass	Ponte Vedra Beach, FL	1980	44	46	45
Homestead (Cascades)	Hot Springs, VA	1923	52	39	45.5
Camargo	Indian Hill, OH	1927	59	35	47
Forest Highlands	Flagstaff, AZ	1988	39	55	47
Butler National	Oak Brook, IL	1974	43	52	47.5
Somerset Hills	Bernardsville, NJ	1918	60	41	50.5
Maidstone	East Hampton, NY	1924	57	49	53
Wild Dunes (Links)	Isle of Palms, SC	1980	68	40	54
Spyglass Hill	Pebble Beach, CA	1966	42	68	55
Lake Nona	Orlando, FL	1986	76	37	56.5
Haig Point	Hilton Head Island, SC	1986	49	65	57
Laurel Valley	Ligonier, PA	1959	46	70	58
Jupiter Hills	Tesquesta, FL	1970	62	57	59.5
Point O’ Woods	Benton Harbor, MI	1958	54	66	60
Baltimore	Lutherville, MD	1926	75	47	61
Plainfield	Edison, NJ	1921	51	73	62
Congressional	Bethesda, MD	1962	66	58	62
Bellerive	St. Louis, MO	1960	63	64	63.5
PGA West (Stadium)	La Quinta, CA	1986	72	61	66.5
Salem	Peabody, MA	1925	65	71	68
Pine Tree	Boynton Beach, FL	1961	71	67	69
Canterbury	Beachwood, OH	1922	88	51	69.5
Hazeltine National	Chaska, MN	1962	53	90	71.5
Saucon Valley (Grace)	Bethlehem, PA	1958	90	56	73
Firestone (South)	Akron, OH	1929	97	50	73.5
NCR (South)	Kettering, OH	1954	70	79	74.5
Wannamoisett	Rumford, RI	1916	50	100	75
Interlachen	Edina, MN	1911	58	97	77.5
Eugene	Eugene, OR	1967	81	74	77.5
Kittansett	Marion, MA	1922	61	96	78.5
Ridgewood	Paramus, NJ	1929	98	62	80
Desert Forest	Carefree, AZ	1962	64	99	81.5
Old Warson	St. Louis, MO	1955	77	91	84
Mauna Kea	Waimea, HI	1964	80	89	84.5
Aronimink	Newtown Square, PA	1928	83	86	84.5
Olympia Fields (North)	Olympia Fields, IL	1922	82	88	85
North Carolina (Dogwood)	Pinehurst, NC	1963	93	78	85.5
Crooked Stick	Carmel, IN	1967	91	80	85.5
Pasatiempo	Santa Cruz, CA	1929	100	72	86
Bay Hill	Orlando, FL	1961	84	92	88
Spanish Bay	Pebble Beach, CA	1987	95	98	96.5
Wade Hampton	Cashiers, NC	1987	17	-	-
Fishers Island	Fishers Island, NY	1926	-	34	-
Shadow Creek	North Las Vegas, NV	1990	-	36	-
Castle Pines	Castle Rock, CO	1981	40	-	-
Yale	New Haven, CT	1923	-	45	-
Kiawah Island (Ocean)	Kiawah Island, SC	1991	-	53	-
Desert Highlands	Scottsdale, AZ	1983	55	-	-
Greenville (Chanticleer)	Greenville, SC	1970	56	-	-
Doral (Blue Monster)	Doral, FL	1961	-	60	-
Sahalee	Sammamish, WA	1969	67	-	-
Ohio State (Scarlet)	Columbus, OH	1940	-	69	-
Stanwich	Greenwich, CT	1962	69	-	-
Milwaukee	River Hills, WI	1929	73	-	-
Old Marsh	Palm Beach Gardens, FL	1987	74	-	-
Champions (Cypress Creek)	Houston, TX	1957	-	75	-
Indianwood (Old)	Lake Orion, MI	1925	-	76	-
Dunes Club	Myrtle Beach, SC	1950	-	77	-
Cog Hill (No. 4)	Lemont, IL	1964	78	-	-
La Quinta (Mountain)	La Quinta, CA	1981	79	-	-
Meadow Brook	Jericho, NY	1955	-	81	-
Hokuala (Ocean)	Lihue, HI	1987	-	82	-
PGA West (Nicklaus)	La Quinta, CA	1987	-	83	-
Saucon Valley (Old)	Bethlehem, PA	1922	-	84	-
Bonita Bay (Marsh)	Bonita Springs, FL	1985	85	-	-
Troon North (Monument)	Scottsdale, AZ	1990	-	85	-
Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	1925	86	-	-
Edgewood Tahoe	Stateline, NV	1968	87	-	-
The Country Club (Ohio)	Cleveland, OH	1930	-	87	-
Vintage (Mountain)	Indian Wells, CA	1981	89	-	-
Desert Mountain (Renegade)	Scottsdale, AZ	1987	92	-	-
Stanford	Stanford, CA	1930	-	93	-
Bel-Air	Los Angeles, CA	1926	94	-	-
Bethpage (Black)	Farmingdale, NY	1936	-	94	-
Prince	Princeville, HI	1990	-	95	-
Concord (The Monster)	Kiamesha Lake, NY	1963	96	-	-
Kemper Lakes	Kildeer, IL	1977	99	-	-