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| Course | Location | Year Designed | Golf Digest 2023 | Golf Magazine 2023 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Valley | Pine Valley, NJ | 1918 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cypress Point | Pebble Beach, CA | 1928 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Shinnecock Hills | Southampton, NY | 1931 | 4 | 3 | 3.5 |
| Augusta National | Augusta, GA | 1933 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Oakmont | Oakmont, PA | 1903 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| National Golf Links | Southampton, NY | 1911 | 7 | 4 | 5.5 |
| Merion | Ardmore, PA | 1912 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Sand Hills | Mullen, NE | 1995 | 8 | 7 | 7.5 |
| Fishers Island | Fishers Island, NY | 1926 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
| Pebble Beach | Pebble Beach, CA | 1919 | 12 | 9 | 10.5 |
| Chicago | Wheaton, IL | 1894 | 13 | 12 | 12.5 |
| Los Angeles (North) | Los Angeles, CA | 1921 | 16 | 10 | 13 |
| Seminole | Juno Beach, FL | 1929 | 10 | 17 | 13.5 |
| Winged Foot (West) | Mamaroneck, NY | 1923 | 11 | 18 | 14.5 |
| Friar’s Head | Baiting Hollow, NY | 2002 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Riviera | Pacific Palisades, CA | 1926 | 18 | 14 | 16 |
| Crystal Downs | Frankfort, MI | 1931 | 14 | 23 | 18.5 |
| Prairie Dunes | Hutchinson, KS | 1937 | 23 | 16 | 19.5 |
| Pacific Dunes | Bandon, OR | 2001 | 21 | 19 | 20 |
| The Country Club | Chestnut Hill, MA | 1895 | 19 | 21 | 20 |
| Oakland Hills | Bloomfield Hills, MI | 1918 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Pinehurst (No. 2) | Pinehurst, NC | 1935 | 29 | 13 | 21 |
| Southern Hills | Tulsa, OK | 1936 | 28 | 24 | 26 |
| San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | 1924 | 33 | 22 | 27.5 |
| Oak Hill | Rochester, NY | 1925 | 22 | 36 | 29 |
| Peachtree | Atlanta, GA | 1947 | 25 | 33 | 29 |
| Kiawah Island (Ocean) | Kiawah Island, SC | 1991 | 24 | 37 | 30.5 |
| Ballyneal | Holyoke, CO | 2006 | 36 | 35 | 35.5 |
| Muirfield Village | Dublin, OH | 1974 | 17 | 56 | 36.5 |
| Bethpage (Black) | Farmingdale, NY | 1936 | 39 | 34 | 36.5 |
| Camargo | Indian Hill, OH | 1927 | 47 | 31 | 39 |
| Ohoopee | Cobbtown, GA | 2018 | 34 | 44 | 39 |
| Shoreacres | Lake Bluff, IL | 1921 | 55 | 25 | 40 |
| Whistling Straits (Straits) | Haven, WI | 1998 | 26 | 55 | 40.5 |
| Maidstone | East Hampton, NY | 1924 | 52 | 29 | 40.5 |
| Somerset Hills | Bernardsville, NJ | 1918 | 57 | 27 | 42 |
| Honors Course | Ooltewah, TN | 1983 | 31 | 54 | 42.5 |
| Old Town | Winston-Salem, NC | 1939 | 54 | 32 | 43 |
| Pikewood National | Morgantown, WV | 2009 | 30 | 57 | 43.5 |
| Baltusrol (Lower) | Springfield, NJ | 1922 | 45 | 42 | 43.5 |
| Bandon Dunes | Bandon, OR | 1999 | 40 | 49 | 44.5 |
| TPC Sawgrass | Ponte Vedra Beach, FL | 1980 | 41 | 48 | 44.5 |
| Garden City | Garden City, NY | 1899 | 64 | 28 | 46 |
| Myopia Hunt | South Hamilton, MA | 1898 | 50 | 43 | 46.5 |
| Olympic (Lake) | San Francisco, CA | 1924 | 35 | 59 | 47 |
| Rock Creek Cattle | Deer Lodge, MT | 2008 | 56 | 38 | 47 |
| Wade Hampton | Cashiers, NC | 1987 | 32 | 63 | 47.5 |
| Cal Club | South San Francisco, CA | 1926 | 71 | 26 | 48.5 |
| Sleepy Hollow | Briarcliff Manor, NY | 1915 | 59 | 40 | 49.5 |
| Inverness | Toledo, OH | 1919 | 58 | 41 | 49.5 |
| Bandon Trails | Bandon, OR | 2005 | 65 | 39 | 52 |
| The Golf Club | New Albany, OH | 1967 | 44 | 60 | 52 |
| Winged Foot (East) | Mamaroneck, NY | 1923 | 61 | 45 | 53 |
| Shadow Creek | North Las Vegas, NV | 1990 | 27 | 80 | 53.5 |
| Gozzer Ranch | Harrison, ID | 2007 | 37 | 76 | 56.5 |
| Old Sandwich | Plymouth, MA | 2005 | 63 | 62 | 62.5 |
| Nanea | Kailua Kona, HI | 2003 | 49 | 83 | 66 |
| Scioto | Columbus, OH | 1916 | 60 | 72 | 66 |
| Quaker Ridge | Scarsdale, NY | 1918 | 81 | 52 | 66.5 |
| Monterey Peninsula (Shore) | Pebble Beach, CA | 2004 | 62 | 71 | 66.5 |
| Valley Club of Montecito | Montecito, CA | 1929 | 76 | 58 | 67 |
| Congressional | Bethesda, MD | 1962 | 73 | 61 | 67 |
| Essex County | Manchester, MA | 1917 | 78 | 65 | 71.5 |
| Plainfield | Edison, NJ | 1921 | 82 | 64 | 73 |
| Old Macdonald | Bandon, OR | 2010 | 72 | 79 | 75.5 |
| Kittansett | Marion, MA | 1922 | 89 | 68 | 78.5 |
| Interlachen | Edina, MN | 1911 | 84 | 73 | 78.5 |
| Cherry Hills | Cherry Hills Village, CO | 1923 | 68 | 91 | 79.5 |
| Piping Rock | Locust Valley, NY | 1913 | 97 | 66 | 81.5 |
| Pasatiempo | Santa Cruz, CA | 1929 | 96 | 67 | 81.5 |
| Milwaukee | River Hills, WI | 1929 | 86 | 78 | 82 |
| Medinah (No. 3) | Medinah, IL | 1928 | 93 | 74 | 83.5 |
| Monterey Peninsula (Dunes) | Pebble Beach, CA | 1924 | 79 | 90 | 84.5 |
| Aronimink | Newtown Square, PA | 1928 | 95 | 84 | 89.5 |
| The Lido | Nekoosa, WI | 2024 | - | 30 | - |
| Alotian | Roland, AR | 2004 | 38 | - | - |
| Congaree | Ridgeland, SC | 2017 | 42 | - | - |
| Sebonack | Southampton, NY | 2006 | 43 | - | - |
| CapRock Ranch | Valentine, NE | 2021 | - | 46 | - |
| Castle Pines | Castle Rock, CO | 1981 | 46 | - | - |
| Yeamans Hall | Charleston, SC | 1926 | - | 47 | - |
| Erin Hills | Erin, WI | 2006 | 48 | - | - |
| Eastward Ho | Chatham, MA | 1922 | - | 50 | - |
| Old Barnwell | Aiken, SC | 2023 | - | 51 | - |
| Whispering Pines | Trinity, TX | 2000 | 51 | - | - |
| The Creek Club | Locust Valley, NY | 1923 | - | 53 | - |
| Victoria National | Newburgh, IN | 1998 | 53 | - | - |
| Oak Tree National | Edmond, OK | 1976 | 66 | - | - |
| Spyglass Hill | Pebble Beach, CA | 1966 | 67 | - | - |
| Calusa Pines | Naples, FL | 2001 | 69 | - | - |
| Harbour Town | Hilton Head Island, SC | 1969 | - | 69 | - |
| Bel-Air | Los Angeles, CA | 1926 | - | 70 | - |
| Estancia | Scottsdale, AZ | 1995 | 70 | - | - |
| Kinloch | Manakin-Sabot, VA | 2001 | 74 | - | - |
| Butler National | Oak Brook, IL | 1974 | 75 | - | - |
| Hollywood | Deal, NJ | 1912 | - | 75 | - |
| Diamond Creek | Banner Elk, NC | 2003 | 77 | - | - |
| Newport | Newport, RI | 1899 | - | 77 | - |
| Baltusrol (Upper) | Springfield, NJ | 1922 | 80 | - | - |
| Moraine | Dayton, OH | 1930 | - | 81 | - |
| Fox Chapel | Pittsburgh, PA | 1926 | - | 82 | - |
| Dallas National | Dallas, TX | 2002 | 83 | - | - |
| Canyata | Marshall, IL | 2004 | 85 | - | - |
| Ridgewood | Paramus, NJ | 1929 | - | 85 | - |
| White Bear | Dellwood, MN | 1912 | - | 86 | - |
| Ladera | Thermal, CA | 2023 | - | 87 | - |
| Valhalla | Louisville, KY | 1986 | 87 | - | - |
| Hudson National | Croton-on-Hudson, NY | 1996 | 88 | - | - |
| Pinehurst (No. 10) | Aberdeen, NC | 2024 | - | 88 | - |
| Lawsonia | Green Lake, WI | 1930 | - | 89 | - |
| Boston | Hingham, MA | 2004 | 90 | - | - |
| Quarry at La Quinta | La Quinta, CA | 1994 | 91 | - | - |
| Arcadia Bluffs (Bluffs) | Arcadia, MI | 2000 | 92 | - | - |
| Sankaty Head | Siasconset, MA | 1923 | - | 92 | - |
| St. Louis | St. Louis, MO | 1914 | - | 93 | - |
| Old Elm | Highland Park, IL | 1913 | - | 94 | - |
| Pete Dye | Bridgeport, WV | 1994 | 94 | - | - |
| Baltimore | Lutherville, MD | 1926 | - | 95 | - |
| Trinity Forest | Dallas, TX | 2016 | - | 96 | - |
| Streamsong (Red) | Streamsong, FL | 2012 | - | 97 | - |
| Philadelphia Cricket | Flourtown, PA | 1922 | - | 98 | - |
| Shooting Star | Teton Village, WY | 2009 | 98 | - | - |
| Kingsley | Kingsley, MI | 2001 | - | 99 | - |
| Olympia Fields (North) | Olympia Fields, IL | 1922 | 99 | - | - |
| Gamble Sands | Brewster, WA | 2014 | - | 100 | - |
| Spring Hill | Wayzata, MN | 1999 | 100 | - | - |