"America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses"
Since 1965 Golf Digest has produced biennial rankings of "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses". The courses are voted on by a panel of several hundred golf experts. Although Pine Valley Golf Club has topped the list every year except 2001, when Pebble Beach Golf Links ranked first, it was again outranked on the 2009-10 list - this time by Augusta National Golf Club. The magazine also produces lists of the best new courses, the best golf resorts and the best courses in each U.S. state. Before the "Greatest" rankings were introduced in 1985 Golf Digest produced lists called at different times America's 100 Most Testing Courses and America's 100 Greatest Tests of Golf.
The top ten on the 2009-10 list are as follows:
- Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia
- Pine Valley Golf Club - Pine Valley, New Jersey
- Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - Southampton, New York
- Cypress Point Club - Pebble Beach, California
- Oakmont Country Club - Oakmont, Pennsylvania
- Pebble Beach Golf Links - Pebble Beach, California
- Merion Golf Club (East Course) - Ardmore, Pennsylvania
- Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course) - Mamaroneck, New York
- Fishers Island Club - Fishers Island, New York
- Seminole Golf Club - Juno Beach, Florida
The top ten on the 2007-08 list, published in May 2007, was as follows:
- Pine Valley Golf Club - Pine Valley, New Jersey
- Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - Southampton, New York
- Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia
- Cypress Point Club - Pebble Beach, California
- Oakmont Country Club - Oakmont, Pennsylvania
- Pebble Beach Golf Links - Pebble Beach, California
- Merion Golf Club (East Course) - Ardmore, Pennsylvania
- Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course) - Mamaroneck, New York
- Seminole Golf Club - Juno Beach, Florida
- Crystal Downs Country Club - Frankfort, Michigan
The top ten on the 2005-06 list, published in May 2005, was as follows:
- Pine Valley Golf Club - Pine Valley, New Jersey
- Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia
- Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - Southampton, New York
- Cypress Point Club - Pebble Beach, California
- Oakmont Country Club - Oakmont, Pennsylvania
- Pebble Beach Golf Links - Pebble Beach, California
- Merion Golf Club - Ardmore, Pennsylvania
- Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course) - Mamaroneck, New York
- National Golf Links of America - Southampton, New York
- Seminole Golf Club - Juno Beach, Florida
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