2011 Golfweek's Best Classic Courses
No. 86 Charlotte (N.C.) Country Club.
No. Name
Raters avg.
(2010 rating) Location
Year, Architect
Note: d–daily fee; p–private; r–resort; * First time in top 100; Returned to list
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1. Pine Valley Golf Club
9.57
(No. 1 in 2010, p) Pine Valley, N.J.
1919, George Crump, Harry S. Colt
2. Cypress Point Club
9.48
(2, p) Pebble Beach, Calif.
1928, Alister MacKenzie
3. Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
9.32
(3, p) Southampton, N.Y.
1931, Howard C. Toomey, William S. Flynn
4. National Golf Links of America
9.13
(4, p) Southampton, N.Y.
1911, Charles Blair Macdonald
5. Merion Golf Club (East)
9.04
(5, p) Ardmore, Pa.
1912, Hugh Wilson
6. Oakmont Country Club
9.01
(6, p) Oakmont, Pa.
1903, Henry Fownes
7. Fishers Island Golf Club
8.96
(10, p) Fishers Island, N.Y.
1917, Seth Raynor
8. Crystal Downs
8.82
(7, p) Frankfort, Mich.
1931, Alister MacKenzie, Perry Maxwell
9. Pebble Beach Golf Links
8.80
(8, r) Pebble Beach, Calif.
1919, Douglas Grant, Jack Neville
10. Augusta National Golf Club
8.69
(9, p) Augusta, Ga.
1932, Bobby Jones, Alister MacKenzie
11. San Francisco Golf Club
8.60
(11, p) San Francisco
1915, A.W. Tillinghast
12. Prairie Dunes Country Club
8.59
(13, p) Hutchinson, Kan.
1937, Perry Maxwell; Press Maxwell (1957)
13. Chicago Golf Club
8.55
(12, p) Wheaton, Ill.
1923, Seth Raynor; Charles Blair Macdonald (1894)
14. Seminole Golf Club
8.51
(14, p) North Palm Beach, Fla.
1929, Donald Ross
15. Los Angeles Country Club (North)
8.47
(21, p) Los Angeles
1927, William P. Bell, George C. Thomas Jr.; Herbert Fowler (1921)
16. Winged Foot Golf Club (West)
8.45
(16, p) Mamaroneck, N.Y.
1923, A.W. Tillinghast
17. Pinehurst Resort No. 2
8.38
(15, r) Pinehurst, N.C.
1903-1946, Donald Ross
18. Garden City Golf Club
8.13
(18, p) Garden City, N.Y.
1899, Devereux Emmet; Walter J. Travis (1909)
19. Oakland Hills Country Club (South)
8.12
(17, p) Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
1918, Donald Ross; Robert Trent Jones Sr. (1950)
20. Riviera Country Club
8.11
(23, p) Pacific Palisades, Calif.
1927, William P. Bell, George C. Thomas Jr.
21. Bethpage State Park (Black)
8.07
(19, d) Farmingdale, N.Y.
1935, A.W. Tillinghast
22. The Country Club (Composite)
8.00
(20, p) Brookline, Mass.
1895, Willie Campbell; Howard C. Toomey, William S. Flynn (1931)
23. Olympic Club (Lake)
7.99
(22, p) San Francisco
1929, Willie Watson, Sam Whiting
24. Camargo Club
7.97
(24, p) Indian Hill, Ohio
1921, Seth Raynor
25. Southern Hills Country Club
7.89
(25, p) Tulsa, Okla.
1936, Perry Maxwell
26. Shoreacres
7.87
(26, p) Lake Bluff, Ill.
1921, Seth Raynor
27. Wannamoisett Country Club
7.81
(27, p) Rumford, R.I.
1916, Donald Ross
28. Plainfield Country Club
7.75
(29, p) Plainfield, N.J.
1921, Donald Ross
29. Pasatiempo Golf Club
7.73
(30, d) Santa Cruz, Calif.
1929, Alister MacKenzie
30. Winged Foot Golf Club (East)
7.71
(33, p) Mamaroneck, N.Y.
1923, A.W. Tillinghast
31. Somerset Hills Country Club
7.65
(28, p) Bernardsville, N.J.
1918, A.W. Tillinghast
32. Myopia Hunt Club
7.63
(32, p) Hamilton, Mass.
1896, Herbert Leeds
33. Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower)
7.58
(36, p) Springfield, N.J.
1922, A.W. Tillinghast
34. Peachtree Golf Club
7.55
(35, p) Atlanta
1948, Bobby Jones, Robert Trent Jones Sr.
35. California Golf Club
7.54
(54, p) South San Francisco, Calif.
1926, A. Vernon Macan; Alister MacKenzie (1928); Kyle Phillips (2007)
36. Valley Club of Montecito
7.54
(41, p) Santa Barbara, Calif.
1928, Robert Hunter, Alister MacKenzie
37. Oak Hill Country Club (East)
7.53
(34, p) Pittsford, N.Y.
1924, Donald Ross; George Fazio, Tom Fazio (1979)
38. Newport Country Club
7.51
(45, p) Newport, R.I.
1915, Donald Ross; A.W. Tillinghast (1924)
39. Yeamans Hall Club
7.51
(39, p) Charleston, S.C.
1925, Seth Raynor
40. Maidstone Club
7.50
(31, p) East Hampton, N.Y.
1899, William H. Tucker; Willie Park Jr. (1925)
41. The Course at Yale
7.49
(47, p) New Haven, Conn.
1926, Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor
42. Baltimore Country Club (East)
7.48
(40, p) Timonium, Md.
1926, A.W. Tillinghast
43. Quaker Ridge
7.47
(38, p) Scarsdale, N.Y.
1926, A.W. Tillinghast
44. Piping Rock
7.46
(43, p) Locust Valley, N.Y.
1913, Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor
45. Inverness Club
7.45
(37, p) Toledo, Ohio
1919, Donald Ross; George Fazio, Tom Fazio (1978)
46. Olympia Fields Country Club (North)
7.44
(42, p) Olympia Fields, Ill.
1922, Willie Park Jr.
47. Baltusrol Golf Club (Upper)
7.42
(59, p) Springfield, N.J.
1922, A.W. Tillinghast
48. Milwaukee Country Club
7.39
(44, p) Milwaukee
1929, Harry S. Colt, Charles H. Alison
49. Scioto Country Club
7.38
(48, p) Columbus, Ohio
1916, Donald Ross
50. Colonial Country Club
7.37
(50, p) Fort Worth, Texas
1935, John Bredemus; Perry Maxwell (1940)
51. Salem Country Club
7.37
(46, p) Peabody, Mass.
1925, Donald Ross
52. Interlachen Country Club
7.35
(51, p) Edina, Minn.
1911, Donald Ross; Willie Watson (1919)
53. Homestead Resort (Cascades)
7.34
(49, r) Hot Springs, Va.
1923, William S. Flynn
54. East Lake Golf Club
7.33
(53, p) Atlanta
1915, Donald Ross; George Cobb (1960); Rees Jones (1994)
55. Aronimink Golf Club
7.27
(56, p) Newtown Square, Pa.
1928, Donald Ross
56. Holston Hills Country Club
7.25
(52, p) Knoxville, Tenn.
1928, Donald Ross
57. Kittansett Club
7.23
(55, p) Marion, Mass.
1922, Fred Hood
58. Lawsonia Golf Club (Links)
7.23
(57, d) Green Lake, Wis.
1929, William B. Langford, Theodore J. Moreau
59. Congressional Country Club (Blue)
7.17
(68, p) Bethesda, Md.
1924, Devereux Emmet; Donald Ross (1930); Robert Trent Jones Sr. (1959); Rees Jones (1989)
60. Canterbury Golf Club
7.17
(79, p) Beachwood, Ohio
1922, Herbert Strong
61. White Bear Yacht Club
7.15
(60, p) White Bear Lake, Minn.
1916, Donald Ross
62. Franklin Hills Country Club
7.13
(66, p) Franklin, Mich.
1926, Donald Ross
63. Medinah Country Club (No. 3)
7.13
(62, p) Medinah, Ill.
1928, Tom Bendelow; Roger Packard (1986); Rees Jones (2004)
64. Essex County Club
7.12
(63, p) Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass.
1917, Donald Ross
65. Fenway Golf Club
7.12
(61, p) Scarsdale, N.Y.
1924, A.W. Tillinghast
66. Lancaster Country Club
7.11
(65, p) Lancaster, Pa.
1920, William S. Flynn, David Gordon, William Gordon (1959)
67. Mountain Lake Country Club
7.11
(67, p) Lake Wales, Fla.
1917, Seth Raynor
68. Cherry Hills Country Club
7.11
(58, p) Englewood, Colo.
1923, William S. Flynn
69. Brookside Country Club
7.10
(74, p) Canton, Ohio
1922, Donald Ross
70. Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club
7.08
(69, r) Southern Pines, N.C.
1927, Donald Ross
71. NCR Country Club (South)
7.07
(64, p) Kettering, Ohio
1954, Dick Wilson
72. Minikahda Club
6.99
(70, p) Minneapolis
1907, Donald Ross; Willie Watson (1917)
73. St. Louis Country Club
6.98
(75, p) St. Louis
1914, Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor
74. Huntingdon Valley Country Club
6.97
(72, p) Abingdon, Pa.
1927, Howard C. Toomey, William S. Flynn
75. Whippoorwill Country Club
6.96
(73, p) Armonk, N.Y.
1925, Donald Ross; Charles Banks (1929)
76. Ekwanok Country Club
6.95
(71, p) Manchester, Vt.
1899, Walter J. Travis; John Duncan Dunn (1927)
77. Indianwood Country Club (Old)
6.93
(77, p) Lake Orion, Mich.
1928, William Connellan, Wilfred Reid
78. Rolling Green Golf Club
6.92
(76, p) Springfield, Pa.
1926, Howard C. Toomey, William S. Flynn
79. Bel-Air Country Club
6.91
(78, p) Los Angeles
1927, William P. Bell, George C. Thomas Jr.
80. Eastward Ho!
6.91
(88, p) Chatham, Mass.
1922, Herbert Fowler
81. Fox Chapel Golf Club
6.91
(84, p) Pittsburgh
1925, Charles Banks, Seth Raynor
82. Lehigh Country Club
6.90
(81, p) Allentown, Pa.
1928, Howard C. Toomey, William S. Flynn
83. Taconic Golf Club
6.89
(80, p) Williamstown, Mass.
1927, Wayne Stiles, John Van Kleek
84. Ridgewood Country Club (East/West)
6.89
(85, p) Paramus, N.J.
1929, A.W. Tillinghast
85. *Sleepy Hollow Country Club
6.89
(NR, p) Scarborough-on-Hudson, N.Y.
1914, Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor
86. *Charlotte Country Club
6.88
(NR, p) Charlotte, N.C.
1923, Donald Ross; Ron Prichard (2008)
87. Sankaty Head Golf Club
6.86
(89, p) Siasconset, Mass.
1921, H. Emerson Armstrong
88. Country Club of Fairfield
6.86
(82, p) Fairfield, Conn.
1914, Seth Raynor; A.W. Tillinghast (1925)
89. Creek Club
6.85
(83, p) Locust Valley, N.Y.
1925, Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor
90. Old Town Club
6.84
(91, p) Winston-Salem, N.C.
1939, Perry Maxwell
91. Philadelphia Country Club (Spring Mill)
6.83
(86, p) Gladwyne, Pa.
1927, Howard C. Toomey, William S. Flynn
92. Country Club of Buffalo
6.82
(90, p) Williamsville, N.Y.
1923, Donald Ross
93. Northland Country Club
6.82
(87, p) Duluth, Minn.
1927, Donald Ross
94. Palmetto Club
6.81
(97, p) Aiken, S.C.
1892, Herbert Leeds; Alister MacKenzie (1931)
95. *St. George’s Golf & Country Club
6.80
(NR, p) Stony Brook, N.Y.
1917, Devereux Emmet
96. *Monroe Golf Club
6.80
(NR, p) Pittsford, N.Y.
1923, Donald Ross
97. Moraine Country Club
6.79
(96, p) Dayton, Ohio
1936, Alex Campbell; Dick Wilson (1954)
98. Skokie Country Club
6.78
(92, p) Glencoe, Ill.
1938, William B. Langford, Theodore J. Moreau; Tom Bendelow (1904); Donald Ross (1915)
99. Augusta Country Club
6.76
(NR, p) Augusta, Ga.
1927, Donald Ross
100. *Vesper Country Club
6.75
(NR, p) Tyngsboro, Mass.
1922, Donald Ross
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