"America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses"
Alongside the "100 Greatest Courses" ranking, and using the same methodology, Golf Digest publishes a list of "America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses". In this context, "public" means a golf course that is open to play by the public, as opposed to a private club—not necessarily a course operated by a governmental entity.
The top ten on the 2007-08 list, also published in May 2007, was as follows:
- Pebble Beach Golf Links – Pebble Beach, California
- Pacific Dunes Golf Course – Bandon, Oregon
- Pinehurst No. 2 – Pinehurst, North Carolina
- The Straits Course, Whistling Straits – Haven, Wisconsin
- Bethpage Black Course – Farmingdale, New York
- Shadow Creek Golf Course – North Las Vegas, Nevada
- Bandon Dunes Golf Course – Bandon, Oregon
- The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island – Kiawah Island, South Carolina
- Prince Golf Course – Princeville, Hawaiʻi
- Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course – Arcadia, Michigan
Of these courses, the only one that is operated by a governmental entity is Bethpage Black.
In addition to its national rankings, Golf Digest also ranks courses at a state level. For example, in a 1998 survey of Connecticut Public Golf Courses Golf Digest ranked Crestbrook Park Golf Course as one of Connecticut's top public golf courses.
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