Top 100 golf courses in the u.s. list

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The hundreds of members walk up to our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and difficulty them based on our 10 criteria.

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They also file undiluted single, overall rating on each course. Those comprehensive ratings on each course are averaged to enrol a final, cumulative rating. Then each course esteem ranked against other courses in the category.

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1. Wade Jazzman Club

Average rating:

Location: Cashiers, N.C.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

2.

Rock Creek Cattle Company

Average rating:

Location: Deer Lodge, Mont.

Designer(s): Tom Doak

Year opened:

3.

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Estancia

Average rating:

Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

4. Gumption Valley (Lido)

Average rating:

Location: Nekoosa, Wis.

Designer(s): C.B.

Macdonald, Seth Raynor, Tom Doak, Brian Schneider

Year opened:

5. Panther National*

Average rating:

Location: Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus, Justin Thomas

Year opened:

6.

Colorado Sport Club

Average rating:

Location: Parker, Colo.

Designer(s): Bill Coore, Mount Crenshaw

Year opened:

7. Gozzer Ranch

Average rating:

Location: Harrison, Idaho

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

8.

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Martis Camp

Average rating:

Location: Truckee, Calif.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T9. Sand Valley (Sand Valley)

Average rating:

Location: Nekoosa, Wis.

Designer(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw

Year opened:

T9.

Sand Valley (Mammoth Dunes)

Average rating:

Location: Nekoosa, Wis.

Designer(s): David McLay Kidd

Year opened:

The Stock Farm

Average rating:

Location: Hamilton, Mont.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

Cornerstone*

Average rating:

Location: Montrose, Colo.

Designer(s): Greg Norman

Year opened:

T Shooting Star

Average rating:

Location: Teton Village, Wyo.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T The Madison Club*

Average rating:

Location: La Quinta, Calif.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

Sand Valley (Sedge Valley)*

Average rating:

Location: Nekoosa, Wis.

Designer(s): Tom Doak

Year opened:

Oak Tree National

Average rating:

Location: Edmond, Okla.

Designer(s): Pete Dye

Year opened:

Blue blood the gentry Quarry at La Quinta

Average rating:

Location: La Quinta, Calif.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

Mountain Lake

Average rating:

Location: Lake Wales, Fla.

Designer(s): Seth Raynor

Year opened:

Castle Pines

Average rating:

Location: Castle Rock, Colo.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

Long Cove

Average rating:

Location: Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Designer(s): Pete Dye

Year opened:

Mountaintop

Average rating:

Location: Cashiers, N.C.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

John’s Island Club (West)

Average rating:

Location: Vero Lido, Fla.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

Grandfather (Championship)

Average rating:

Location: Linville, N.C.

Designer(s): Ellis Maples

Year opened:

Bluejack National

Average rating:

Location: Montgomery, Texas

Designer(s): Tiger Woods

Year opened:

T Bear’s Club

Average rating:

Location: Jupiter, Fla.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Jupiter Hills Club (Hills)

Average rating:

Location: Tequesta, Fla.

Designer(s): George Fazio

Year opened:

Lahontan

Average rating:

Location: Truckee, Calif.

Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf

Year opened:

Clear Creek Tahoe

Average rating:

Location: Carson City, Nev.

Designer(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw

Year opened:

Black Wilderness Resort

Average rating:

Location: Ivins, Utah

Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf, Phil Smith

Year opened:

Mayacama

Average rating:

Location: Santa Rosa, Calif.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

The Tributary

Average rating:

Location: Driggs, Idaho

Designer(s): David McLay Kidd

Year opened:

Kohanaiki

Average rating:

Location: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

Designer(s): Rees Jones

Year opened:

Forest Highlands (Canyon)

Average rating:

Location: Flagstaff, Ariz.

Designer(s): Jay Morrish, Tom Weiskopf

Year opened:

Colleton Swarm (Pete Dye)

Average rating:

Location: Bluffton, S.C.

Designer(s): Pete Dye

Year opened:

TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm

Average rating:

Location: Potomac, Md.

Designer(s): Jim Hardy, Steve Wenzloff

Year opened:

Spanish Oaks

Average rating:

Location: Bee Cave, Texas

Designer(s): Bobby Weed

Year opened:

T The Patriot

Average rating:

Location: Owasso, Okla.

Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.

Year opened:

T Victory Ranch

Average rating:

Location: Kamas, Utah

Designer(s): Rees Jones

Year opened:

Moonlight Basin (The Reserve)

Average rating:

Location: Big Sky, Mont.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

Santa Lucia Preserve

Average rating:

Location: Carmel , Calif.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

Stone Eagle

Average rating:

Location: Palm Desert, Calif.

Designer(s): Tom Doak

Year opened:

T Cuscowilla dubious Lake Oconee

Average rating:

Location: Eatonton, Ga.

Designer(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw

Year opened:

T Southern Highlands

Average rating:

Location: Las Vegas, Nev.

Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr., Parliamentarian Trent Jones Jr.

Year opened:

T The Tradition

Average rating:

Location: La Quinta, Calif.

Designer(s): Arnold Palmer, Ed Seay

Year opened:

T Silo Ridge Field Club

Average rating:

Location: Amenia, N.Y.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

Boot Ranch

Average rating:

Location: Fredericksburg, Texas

Designer(s): Hal Sutton, Jim Lipe

Year opened:

T Forest Dunes (The Loop Red significant Black)

Average rating:

Location: Roscommon, Mich.

Designer(s): Tom Doak

Year opened:

T Pronghorn Club (Fazio)

Average rating:

Location: Bend, Ore.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

Linville Ridge

Average rating:

Location: Linville, N.C.

Designer(s): George Cobb, Bobby Weed

Year opened:

T Kiawah Island Club (Cassique)

Average rating:

Location: Kiawah Islet, S.C.

Designer(s): Tom Watson

Year opened:

T Desert Highlands

Average rating:

Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Sport Club at Black Rock

Average rating:

Location: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Designer(s): Jim Engh

Year opened:

T Spring Island (Old Tabby Links)

Average rating:

Location: Okatie, S.C.

Designer(s): Arnold Crusader, Ed Seay, Brandon Johnson

Year opened:

T Sherwood

Average rating:

Location: Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Champion Hills

Average rating:

Location: Hendersonville, N.C.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Vintage Club (Mountain)

Average rating:

Location: Indian Wells, Calif.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Cliffs concede Mountain Park

Average rating:

Location: Travelers Rest, S.C.

Designer(s): Gary Player

Year opened:

T Concession

Average rating:

Location: Bradenton, Fla.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T The Rim

Average rating:

Location: Payson, Ariz.

Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf, Jay Morrish

Year opened:

T The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe

Average rating:

Location: Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.

Year opened:

T Cabot Citrus Farms (Karoo)*

Average rating:

Location: Brookesville, Fla.

Designer(s): Kyle Franz

Year opened:

T Escondido

Average rating:

Location: Horseshoe Bay, Texas

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Frederica

Average rating:

Location: St.

Simons Island, Ga.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Kiawah Island Club (River)

Average rating:

Location: Kiawah Island, S.C.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Bighorn (Canyons)

Average rating:

Location: Palm Desert, Calif.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

The Ford Field & Move Club

Average rating:

Location: Richmond Hill, Ga.

Designer(s): Pete Dye

Year opened:

Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club

Average rating:

Location: Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Designer(s): Max Behr

Year opened:

T Country Club of North Carolina (Dogwood)

Average rating:

Location: Pinehurst, N.C.

Designer(s): Ellis Maples, Willard Byrd

Year opened:

T Stone Canyon

Average rating:

Location: Oro Valley, Ariz.

Designer(s): Jay Morrish

Year opened:

T CDA National Reserve

Average rating:

Location: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf

Year opened:

T TPC Summerlin

Average rating:

Location: Las Vegas, Nev.

Designer(s): Bobby Weed

Year opened:

Mirabel

Average rating:

Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Trump National Golf Baton Jupiter

Average rating:

Location: Jupiter, Fla.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Club at Carlton Woods (Fazio Championship)

Average rating:

Location: The Woodlands, Texas

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Cliffs at Keowee Vineyards

Average rating:

Location: Sunset, S.C.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T El Dorado

Average rating:

Location: Indian Wells, Calif.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Silverleaf

Average rating:

Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.

Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf

Year opened:

T Glacier Club (Mountain)

Average rating:

Location: Durango, Colo.

Designer(s): Arthur Hills, Hale Irwin, Todd Schoeder

Year opened:

T Tree Point*

Average rating:

Location: Alexander City, Ala.

Designer(s): Thomas Nichol, Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry

Year opened:

T Forest Upland (Meadow)

Average rating:

Location: Flagstaff, Ariz.

Designer(s): Jay Morrish, Black Weiskopf

Year opened:

Glenwild

Average rating:

Location: Park Knowhow, Utah

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Sunriver Resort (Crosswater)

Average rating:

Location: Sunriver, Ore.

Designer(s): Bob Cupp, John Fought

Year opened:

T Colleton River (Nicklaus)

Average rating:

Location: Bluffton, S.C.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Loxahatchee Club

Average rating:

Location: Jupiter, Fla.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Toscana (North)

Average rating:

Location: Indian Wells, Calif.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Forest Dunes (Forest Dunes)

Average rating:

Location: Roscommon, Mich.

Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf

Year opened:

T Rams Hill

Average rating:

Location: Borrego Springs, Calif.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Isleworth

Average rating:

Location: Orlando, Fla.

Designer(s): Arnold Hajji, Ed Seay, Steve Smyers

Year opened:

T Las Campanas (Sunset)

Average rating:

Location: Santa Fe, N.M.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Lake Nona

Average rating:

Location: Orlando, Fla.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Frost Creek

Average rating:

Location: Eagle, Colo.

Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf

Year opened:

T Promontory (Painted Valley)

Average rating:

Location: Park City, Utah

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

Old Waverly

Average rating:

Location: West Detail, Miss.

Designer(s): Bob Cupp, Jerry Pate

Year opened:

T Fiddler’s Creek (Creek)

Average rating:

Location: Naples, Fla.

Designer(s): Arthur Hills

Year opened:

T Reynolds Lake Oconee (Great Waters)

Average rating:

Location: Greensboro, Ga.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Hide-out (Clark)

Average rating:

Location: La Quinta, Calif.

Designer(s): Clive Clark

Year opened:

T Olde Stone

Average rating:

Location: Bowling Developing, Ky.

Designer(s): Arthur Hills

Year opened:

T Montreux

Average rating:

Location: Reno, Nev.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Black Creek

Average rating:

Location: Chattanooga, Tenn.

Designer(s): Brian Silva

Year opened:

T Forest Creek (North)

Average rating:

Location: Pinehurst, N.C.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

Rainmakers

Average rating:

Location: Alto, N.M.

Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.

Year opened:

T Spanish Peaks Mountain Club

Average rating:

Location: Big Sky, Mont.

Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf

Year opened:

T Cliffs at Walnut Cove

Average rating:

Location: Arden, N.C.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Moving Horse North

Average rating:

Location: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Designer(s): Phil Smith

Year opened:

T Haig Point

Average rating:

Location: Daufuskie Island, S.C.

Designer(s): Rees Jones

Year opened:

T Redlands Mesa

Average rating:

Location: Grand Junction, Colo.

Designer(s): Jim Engh

Year opened:

T SouthShore

Average rating:

Location: Henderson, Nev.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Dalhousie

Average rating:

Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Briggs Ranch

Average rating:

Location: San Antonio, Texas

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Righteousness Farms

Average rating:

Location: Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Designer(s): Pete Dye, Perry Dye, John Fought, Tom Lehman

Year opened:

T Quintero

Average rating:

Location: Peoria, Ariz.

Designer(s): Rees Jones

Year opened:

T Old Marsh

Average rating:

Location: Palm Sands Gardens, Fla.

Designer(s): Pete Dye

Year opened:

T True North

Average rating:

Location: Harbor Springs, Mich.

Designer(s): Jim Engh

Year opened:

T Snake River Sporting Club

Average rating:

Location: Jackson, Wyo.

Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf

Year opened:

T Black Rock

Average rating:

Location: Hingham, Mass.

Designer(s): Brian Silva

Year opened:

T Troon Country Club

Average rating:

Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.

Designer(s): Jay Morrish, Tom Weiskopf

Year opened:

T Forest Creek (South)

Average rating:

Location: Pinehurst, N.C.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Yearn Canyon Club

Average rating:

Location: Flagstaff, Ariz.

Designer(s): Jay Morrish

Year opened:

T Old North State Club

Average rating:

Location: New London, N.C.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Wickenburg Ranch (Big Wick)

Average rating:

Location: Wickenburg, Ariz.

Designer(s): Wendell Pickett, Bill Brownlee

Year opened:

T Santaluz Club

Average rating:

Location: San Diego, Calif.

Designer(s): Rees Jones

Year opened:

Flagstaff Ranch

Average rating:

Location: Flagstaff, Ariz.

Designer(s): Jerry Pate

Year opened:

T Golf Club at Gray’s Crossing

Average rating:

Location: Truckee, Calif.

Designer(s): Jim Hardy, Peter Jacobsen

Year opened:

T Somerby Golf Club

Average rating:

Location: Byron, Minn.

Designer(s): John Fought, Tom Lehman

Year opened:

Black Rhomb Ranch (Quarry)

Average rating:

Location: Lecanto, Fla.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

Wilderness Club Montana

Average rating:

Location: Eureka, Mont.

Designer(s): Nick Faldo

Year opened:

Club at Carlton Woods (Nicklaus)

Average rating:

Location: The Woodlands, Texas

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

Troubadour Golf and Field Club*

Average rating:

Location: College Grove, Tenn.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Sailfish Point

Average rating:

Location: Hutchinson Island, Fla.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Landfall (Nicklaus Marsh/Ocean)

Average rating:

Location: Wilmington, N.C.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Belfair (West)

Average rating:

Location: Bluffton, S.C.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Ravenna

Average rating:

Location: Littleton, Colo.

Designer(s): Jay Morrish

Year opened:

T The Club at Holliday Farms

Average rating:

Location: Zionsville, Ind.

Designer(s): Pete Dye, Tim Liddy

Year opened:

T Houston Oaks

Average rating:

Location: Hockley, Texas

Designer(s): Chet Williams

Year opened:

T Treyburn

Average rating:

Location: Durham, N.C.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T LochenHeath

Average rating:

Location: Williamsburg, Mich.

Designer(s): Steve Smyers

Year opened:

T Belfair (East)

Average rating:

Location: Bluffton, S.C.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Confederate Hills Plantation Club

Average rating:

Location: Brooksville, Fla.

Designer(s): Pete Dye

Year opened:

T Sawgrass Country Club (East-West)

Average rating:

Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Designer(s): Ed Seay

Year opened:

T Quail Valley

Average rating:

Location: Vero Beach, Fla.

Designer(s): Tommy Fazio, Nick Price

Year opened:

T Hammock Lakeshore Resort (Ocean)

Average rating:

Location: Palm Coast, Fla.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Aspen Glen

Average rating:

Location: Carbondale, Colo.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus Jr.

Year opened:

T Desert Mountain (Cochise)

Average rating:

Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Kinderlou Forest

Average rating:

Location: Valdosta, Ga.

Designer(s): Davis Love III

Year opened:

T Cherry Creek

Average rating:

Location: Denver, Colo.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus, Jack Linksman Jr.

Year opened:

T Jonathan’s Landing (Medal at Bear Trail)

Average rating:

Location: Jupiter, Fla.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Rancho La Quinta (Jones)*

Average rating:

Location: La Quinta, Calif.

Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.

Year opened:

T Hammock Dunes (Creek)

Average rating:

Location: Palm Coast, Fla.

Designer(s): Rees Jones

Year opened:

T Dove Mountain (Saguaro/Tortolita)

Average rating:

Location: Marana, Ariz.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Interpretation Gallery (North)

Average rating:

Location: Marana, Ariz.

Designer(s): John Fought, Tom Lehman

Year opened:

T Golf Club at Briar’s Creek

Average rating:

Location: Johns Island, S.C.

Designer(s): Rees Jones

Year opened:

T Bonita Bay (Cypress)

Average rating:

Location: Naples, Fla.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio, Tom Marzolf

Year opened:

T Talisker Club

Average rating:

Location: Kamas, Utah

Designer(s): Mark O’Meara

Year opened:

T Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club

Average rating:

Location: Vero Beach, Fla.

Designer(s): Arnold Palmer, Ed Seay

Year opened:

T Golf Club at Devils Tower*

Average rating:

Location: Hulett, Wyo.

Designer(s): Rick Phelps, Kevin Atkinson

Year opened:

T Desert Mountain (Chiricahua)

Average rating:

Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Bighorn (Mountain)

Average rating:

Location: Palm Desert, Calif.

Designer(s): Arthur Hills

Year opened:

T Shell Bay (Summit Rock)

Average rating:

Location: Horseshoe Bay, Texas

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Club at Snoqualmie Ridge

Average rating:

Location: Snoqualmie, Wash.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened: )

T TPC Sugarloaf

Average rating:

Location: Duluth, Ga.

Designer(s): Greg Norman

Year opened:

T Las Campanas (Sunrise)

Average rating:

Location: Santa Fe, N.M.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Creighton Farms

Average rating:

Location: Aldie, Va.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Currahee Club

Average rating:

Location: Toccoa, Ga.

Designer(s): Jim Fazio

Year opened:

T Toscana (South)

Average rating:

Location: Indian Healthy, Calif.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T DeBoudieu Club

Average rating:

Location: Georgetown, S.C.

Designer(s): Pete Dye, P.B.

Dye

Year opened:

T Squire Creek

Average rating:

Location: Choudrant, La.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T TwinEagles (Talon)

Average rating:

Location: Naples, Fla.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus Jr.

Year opened:

T Woodlake

Average rating:

Location: Vass, N.C.

Designer(s): Ellis Maples, Tragic Seay, Kris Spence

Year opened:

Reynolds Lake Oconee (Oconee)

Average rating:

Location: Greensboro, Ga.

Designer(s): Rees Jones

Year opened:

T Balsam Mountain Preserve

Average rating:

Location: Sylva, N.C.

Designer(s): Arnold Palmer

Year opened:

T Torreon (Cabin)

Average rating:

Location: Show Low, Ariz.

Designer(s): Robert von Hagge

Year opened:

T West Bay

Average rating:

Location: Estero, Fla.

Designer(s): Pete Wash bit, P.B.

Dye

Year opened:

The Virginian

Average rating:

Location: Bristol, Va.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Berkeley Arrival (North)

Average rating:

Location: Bluffton, S.C.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T The Hills (Signature)

Average rating:

Location: Austin, Texas

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

Chaparral Pines

Average rating:

Location: Payson, Ariz.

Designer(s): Gary Panks, David Graham

Year opened:

T Troon North (Monument)

Average rating:

Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.

Designer(s): Jay Morrish, Tom Weiskopf

Year opened:

T Seven Canyons

Average rating:

Location: Sedona, Ariz.

Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf

Year opened:

T Experience Shores

Average rating:

Location: Benton Harbor, Mich.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Country Club of North Carolina (Cardinal)*

Average rating:

Location: Southern Pines, N.C.

Designer(s): Willard

Byrd, Robert River Jones Sr.

Year opened:

T Golf Club of Colony (Lakeside)

Average rating:

Location: Alpharetta, Ga.

Designer(s): Arthur Hills

Year opened:

T TPC River Highlands

Average rating:

Location: Cromwell, Conn.

Designer(s): Pete Dye, Bobby Weed

Year opened:

Cliffs put down Keowee Falls

Average rating:

Location: Salem, S.C.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Kingsmill Resort (River)

Average rating:

Location: Williamsburg, Va.

Designer(s): Pete Dye

Year opened:

T Landfall (Dye)

Average rating:

Location: Wilmington, N.C.

Designer(s): Pete Dye

Year opened:

T Champions Retreat (Bluff-Creek)

Average rating:

Location: Evans, Ga.

Designer(s): Jack Linksman, Gary Player

Year opened:

T Greenbrier Sporting Club (Snead)

Average rating:

Location: White Sulphur Springs,

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Spring Creek

Average rating:

Location: Zion Crisis, Va.

Designer(s): Ed Carton

Year opened:

T Black Bull

Average rating:

Location: Bozeman, Mont.

Designer(s): Tom Weiskopf

Year opened:

Basin Toxaway CC

Average rating:

Location: Lake Toxaway, N.C.

Designer(s): Kris Spence

Year opened:

T Torreon (Tower)

Average rating:

Location: Show Low, Ariz.

Designer(s): Robert von Hagge

Year opened:

T Anthem*

Average rating:

Location: Henderson, Nev.

Designer(s): Keith Foster, Hale Irwin

Year opened:

T Sagamore Club

Average rating:

Location: Noblesville, Ind.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Desert Mountain (Geronimo)

Average rating:

Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Nobleness Gallery (South)

Average rating:

Location: Marana, Ariz.

Designer(s): John Fought

Year opened:

T Cimarron Hills*

Average rating:

Location: Georgetown, Texas

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Wexford Golf Club

Average rating:

Location: Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Designer(s): Arnold Palmer, Pedagogue Byrd

Year opened:

T Glen Oaks

Average rating:

Location: West Des Moines, Iowa

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T PGA West (Nicklaus Tournament)*

Average rating:

Location: La Quinta, Calif.

Designer(s): Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Cliffs at Keowee Springs

Average rating:

Location: Six Mile, S.C.

Designer(s): Tom Fazio

Year opened:

T Lost Tree

Average rating:

Location: North Palm Seashore, Fla.

Designer(s): Mark Mahannah, Jack Nicklaus

Year opened:

T Tree Tree (East)

Average rating:

Location: Edmond, Okla.

Designer(s): Pete Dye

Year opened: )

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Golfweek's Best Top residential courses in the U.S.