United States Golf Courses

The final three holes by the ocean are memorable. At the 17th, the Pacific Ocean frames the entire scene. With the wind blowing, trusting your swing to aim over the water is no small feat.

The course features wide fairways and limited desert waste areas, but 98 well-placed bunkers and undulating greens demand precision from golfers of all levels. The course design complements Palm Desert's natural beauty.

The course was named one of the “Best New Courses of 2008” by Golf Digest and is consistently ranked among the top 5 courses in Nevada. The par-5 2nd hole features strategically placed bunkers challenging approach shots to the Augusta-like green complex.

The Golden Palm course has hosted the PGA Tour Latinoamerica Tour Championship. 16 of the 18 holes feature water hazards, demanding precision. The signature 18th hole is a par-4 with an island green surrounded by water.

The Blue Monster has hosted prestigious PGA TOUR events for 45 years and is home to the World Golf Championships. The 18th hole is recognized by GOLF Magazine as one of the Top 100 Holes in the World, famed for its signature fountain.

Set against the Santa Rosa Mountains in the Coachella Valley, the course features a sand-belt style with rolling fairways and bold bunkering. The 18th hole is bisected by a rocky water feature, creating a challenging finish.

Ranked among the top public courses in the US, Ak-Chin Southern Dunes has hosted US Open qualifying and NCAA events. The 320-acre course features wide fairways and strategic bunkers, challenging golfers of all levels. The 10th hole is a strategic par-4.

Dinosaur Mountain course is consistently rated the #1 public golf course in Arizona, every tee box presents a panoramic vista, and signature holes #4 and #5 are among the most memorable in the game.

Praised by GOLF Magazine as 'difficult, well-designed and joyful,' Mission Hills Gary Player Signature Course artfully integrates water features into the desert landscape. On the par-5 11th, water is reachable on all three shots.

The River Course at Blackwolf Run is consistently ranked among America's 100 Greatest Public Courses. Known as one of the most challenging and scenic destinations. The tee box on the 5th hole is situated about 100 feet above the fairway.

A world top 100 course, host to the 2021 Ryder Cup and three PGA Championships. Eight holes hug Lake Michigan, with wild winds and ubiquitous bunkers defining the course.

Ranked among the Top 20 in the world, Pinehurst No. 2 is a U.S. Open anchor site, hosting the championship in 2024, 2029, 2035, 2041, and 2047. Its iconic crowned greens and strategic bunkers offer a challenging experience.

Opened in 2017 by Tom Fazio and Tom Doak, Pinehurst No. 8 showcases rugged sandhills terrain with dramatic elevation changes through native pines and wild sandy expanses, offering a strategic, wide-open layout that captures the essence of North Carolina's sandhills golf experience.

Host of the 2019 U.S. Amateur Championship. The course features vast expanses of sand, native wiregrass, and dramatic vistas. The rolling topography and dramatic vistas make it one of the most breathtaking courses at Pinehurst.

Nestled in San Diego's canyon preserve, the course features 7,160 yards of fairways. It boasts dramatic elevations, diverse bunkering, and lush fairways. The 18th hole concludes with a stream and waterfall finish.

Co-hosts the PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open annually with the South Course. The par-3 15th hole offers spectacular views of La Jolla and the Pacific Ocean.

Chambers Bay is the first course in the Pacific Northwest to host the U.S. Open. This walking-only course offers stunning views of Puget Sound. It hosted the 2010 U.S. Amateur and the 2015 U.S. Open.

Home to the Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic. The course balances strategy with design. The 17th hole, at 605 yards, is the longest hole on the course. Each hole can be played in multiple ways, providing a challenge for golfers of all skill levels.

Located in the Texas Hill Country, the back-to-back par-5 10th and 11th holes descend from high elevations to the scenic shores of Lake LBJ. The par-3 12th hole is a signature with its fairway running along the shimmering shoreline.

Sunridge Canyon is renowned for its "Wicked 6," a demanding six-hole stretch that tests golfers' skills. The signature 17th hole is particularly notable, offering golfers the option of a 209-yard par-3 or a 152-yard elevated tee.

Rams Hill was ranked #1 in the U.S. by Golf Advisor. Located in the Anza Borrego Desert, the course blends seamlessly with the natural terrain. The memorable experience culminates in the #18 hole with its spectacular waterfall.

Ranked No. 86 among GOLF's Top 100 Courses You Can Play in the USA. Lush holes carved through canyons and atop ridges, creating an oasis in the Las Vegas Desert Valley.

Nestled in a secluded valley in Rancho Santa Fe, the course offers an exceptional golfing experience for members and their guests. The course blends seamlessly with the surrounding natural environment, featuring sparkling streams and waterfalls.

Offering views of the Manhattan skyline, this links-style course is the only tournament-quality course in New York City. The Scottish-style course features rolling hills and fescue. The 13th hole offers iconic views of the metropolitan skyline.

A signature desert course nestled among Sonoran boulder formations, designed by Jay Morrish, where fairways wind through ancient weathered rocks and saguaro cacti, with bobcats and coyotes roaming the terrain, delivering one of the Southwest's most dramatic desert golf experiences.

Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. as a 'true modern traditional,' this 6,900-yard par-71 meanders through wetlands and towering pines, featuring the signature island green par-3 6th and unique 16th hole with alternating dual greens, where fast, undulating surfaces demand precise club selection.

This 27-hole municipal facility in St. George, Utah features distinctive black volcanic rock landscapes and deep red sand bunkers, with the risk-reward par-5 12th hole requiring a dramatic 200-yard downhill shot to an island green.

Set in Utah's desert red rock landscape, this resort course features a dramatic back nine along towering cliff ridgelines with stunning elevation changes, highlighted by the thrilling par-3 'Devil's Throat' 15th and drivable 13th hole, both recognized among Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest Holes.

Nestled in Southern Utah's red rock canyon country, this 7,227-yard championship layout weaves dramatic panoramas of Pine Valley Mountains, Hurricane Cliffs, and Zion National Park into every hole, blending classic links-style design with sweeping vistas of crimson desert landscapes.

Designed by Matt Dye in 2006, this 7,200-yard championship layout features Snow Canyon State Park's red rock cliffs as a majestic backdrop, with the front nine traversing white sandstone and black lava formations, while signature holes 14 and 15 on the back nine play directly into crimson rock walls and ancient lava flows for two distinct desert canyon experiences.

Designed by legendary Pete Dye, this strategically demanding course sits on Native American land deep in the Nevada desert, featuring rolling dunes, dramatic bunkering, and sweeping vistas that deliver an authentic desert golf experience.

Designed by British Open champion Tom Weiskopf, this course weaves through massive granite boulders in Arizona's Sonoran Desert, with the signature par-5 3rd hole featuring a 35-foot monument rock in the fairway's center, blending dramatic desert canyon terrain with Open Championship-style golf.

A Southern California legend reimagined by Gil Hanse in a $20 million renovation, this storied course has welcomed icons like Nicklaus and Woods since 1965, hosted the PGA Tour's Tournament of Champions for three decades, and now serves as home to the NCAA Championships.

Redesigned in 2013 incorporating Dick Wilson's classic vision, this parkland-style course features mature tree-lined fairways, gentle doglegs, and undulating greens, with narrow layouts demanding exceptional accuracy off the tee—a balanced blend of challenge and playability in San Diego.

A Nevada desert masterpiece by Pete Dye, this course winds through stunning red rock canyons, featuring striking black lava bunkers, dramatic dune-style terrain, and the signature island green at the 15th, showcasing desert golf at its finest.

Designed by legendary golfer Gary Player, this 27-hole championship course features three distinct nine-hole layouts—Canyon, Ranch, and Vineyard—set in San Diego's scenic valley terrain, earning Golf Digest's prestigious 4.5-star rating as one of Southern California's finest public courses.

Crafted by legendary designer Pete Dye, this desert masterpiece features signature railroad-tie bunkers and generous fairways, with seven water hazards and undulating greens creating compelling risk-reward challenges amid the Las Vegas desert landscape.

Host of the 2010 U.S. Amateur Championship, this Washington State course on Puget Sound captivates with panoramic views of Mount Rainier, the Olympic Mountains, and the bay, designed by Mike Asmundson on the site of a former dynamite plant.

A true links course set in Washington's high desert atop a treeless plateau overlooking the Columbia River Valley, featuring wide fescue fairways, massive undulating greens, and some of the Pacific Northwest's most panoramic vistas, highlighted by the scenic short par-4 2nd hole.

Tom Weiskopf's final masterpiece weaves emerald fairways through an ancient lava field, framed by crimson sandstone cliffs and snow-capped peaks, with the 17th hole replicating Royal Troon's iconic 'Postage Stamp' and razor-sharp lava rock creating links-style hazards on every hole.

Crafted by legendary designer Pete Dye in 1981, this links-style course ingeniously recreates Scottish rolling dunes in the California desert, featuring fescue-covered mounds and signature railroad tie-wrapped water hazards.

Globally renowned for its iconic 16th hole 'The Coliseum'—this 162-yard par-3 is completely surrounded by 20,000-seat grandstands, the only fully enclosed hole on the PGA Tour, drawing over 500,000 spectators annually and famously known as 'the loudest hole in golf.'

Designed by 'Open Doctor' Rees Jones, this Las Vegas desert canyon masterpiece features six holes weaving through steep canyons, highlighted by the 'Cathedral Hole' 6th and the dramatic par-4 16th surrounded by rocky cliffs on three sides, home to Butch Harmon School of Golf where Tiger Woods set the course record of 64.

Designed by legendary Arnold Palmer, this course masterfully blends Hawaiian tropical beauty with classic links-style play, featuring oceanfront back nine holes where the signature par-3 17th challenges golfers to carry the Pacific inlet against breathtaking North Shore vistas.

The unique 'dual-personality' course at Bandon Dunes Resort, where the front nine winds through Oregon's coastal pines and sandy floor, then the back nine bursts onto dramatic duneland, masterfully blending forest tranquility with windswept coastal drama.

America's most authentic Scottish links experience, built along Pacific dunes on the Monterey Peninsula, perfectly recreating Scotland's windswept seaside character with rolling fairways through sandy terrain, and featuring the legendary daily tradition of a bagpiper serenading golfers at sunset.

Nestled in California's desert oasis with stunning Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountain backdrops, this classic American design features sculpted bunkers and dramatic water-infused terrain, highlighted by the thrilling water-guarded par-3 17th and risk-reward par-4 11th flanked by hazards on both sides.

Host of two U.S. Open Championships (Tiger Woods 2008, Jon Rahm 2021), this premier American municipal course perches dramatically on Pacific cliffs in La Jolla, San Diego, featuring the iconic oceanfront par-3 3rd hole and spectacular ravines woven through breathtaking coastal vistas.

Featuring a 27-hole design, the course artfully blends desert landscapes with oasis-themed holes. Palm trees, beach bunkers, and lakes create a unique visual experience. The course annually hosts high-level amateur tournaments.

Winding through rugged desert canyons in the Las Vegas foothills, this 7,143-yard par-72 layout features dramatic elevation changes and blind shots on nearly every hole, with awe-inspiring vistas of the Las Vegas skyline and distant mountains creating a stunning blend of canyon, desert, and urban landscapes.

Set within Ko Olina Resort on Oahu's west coast, this tropical championship layout showcases Ted Robinson's signature water-rich design with 16 cascading waterfalls and water features woven through 8 holes, framed by azure lagoons and volcanic rock landscapes for Hawaii's most resort-style golf experience.

Designed by Jack Nicklaus, this desert course boasts dramatic San Jacinto Mountain vistas, with 9 water-lined holes amid palm trees and native desert landscaping, where undulating greens and strategic bunkering showcase modern design brilliance.

Ranked 8th in the world, this legendary Monterey Peninsula course has perched dramatically on Pacific cliffs for over a century, renowned for its thrilling 106-yard par-3 7th and spectacular oceanfront 18th, having hosted six U.S. Open Championships.

The only golf course ever featured on Smithsonian Magazine's cover, celebrated for its sustainable design that honors the natural desert terrain. Over 100 bunkers and waste areas blend seamlessly across 7,000 yards, capturing the raw beauty of the Coachella Valley.

Nestled in Peoria, Arizona, this desert course seamlessly blends canyon terrain with saguaro cactus landscapes, featuring dramatically rolling fairways and challenging desert-style design that showcases the breathtaking beauty of the Sonoran Desert.

Designed by Greg Norman with Australian Outback inspiration, this course sits 40 feet below sea level on a prehistoric ocean bed, encircled by terra cotta mountains, featuring 102 white marble bunkers and shark-blue water hazards, with the forced-carry par-3 17th as its thrilling signature hole.

A desert masterpiece winding through Arizona's ancient boulder formations, featuring fairways carved among dramatic rock outcroppings, with the signature 8th hole's centerline boulder hazard creating unique challenge, all framed by Black Mountain panoramas and spectacular Sonoran sunset views.

Ranked No. 1 public course in Arizona by Golfweek (14 times in 15 years), this minimalist masterpiece by legendary designers Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw seamlessly integrates wide fairways and undulating greens into the pristine Sonoran Desert, blending links-style traditions with distinctive desert-golf character.

A unique 'greatest hits' course by legendary designer Jack Nicklaus, featuring 18 replica holes handpicked from his most celebrated designs worldwide, including iconic layouts from Muirfield Village, PGA National Championship Course, and other renowned venues, offering golfers a condensed showcase of the Golden Bear's design mastery in a single round.

The only championship course on the Las Vegas Strip, this tropical oasis in the Nevada desert features 2,500 towering palms and 100,000 tropical plants, highlighted by the signature par-3 16th hole's island green framed by azure water and white sand, with spectacular Strip mega-resort views.

Pete Dye's only Hawaiian masterpiece co-designed with son Perry in 1993, nestled in tropical rainforest at the base of Oahu's Ko'olau Mountains, featuring signature island greens, forced carries, and railroad-tie bunkers that earned it the nickname 'Jurassic Park.'

Designed by 'The King of Waterscapes' Ted Robinson on a 190-acre former sugar cane plantation, this Oahu championship course features five shimmering lakes and 80 strategic bunkers woven through tropical gardens, offering Hawaii's distinctive blend of beauty and tactical challenge.

Bobby Weed's desert canyon layout set against Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, featuring the signature 196-yard par-3 2nd hole 'Canyon' with an island green surrounded by arroyos—hailed as the desert version of TPC Sawgrass' 17th.

Designed by the Golden Bear himself, Jack Nicklaus, and former host of the Bob Hope Classic, this championship course is renowned for its extreme challenge featuring over 100 bunkers, 18 water hazards, and severely undulating greens, making it the most demanding layout at PGA West.

Designed by legend Arnold Palmer, this desert oasis at the base of the Santa Rosa Mountains hosted The American Express PGA Tour event from 2008-2011, with fairways weaving through dramatic desert terrain and mountain vistas.

Designed by golf legend Arnold Palmer, this 27-hole layout on Oahu's Ewa Plain features 10 lakes threading through more than half the holes, masterfully blending strategic shot-making with tropical island beauty.

Formerly hosted the PGA Tour's Bob Hope Classic, the course features generous landing areas and varied hole designs. The 12th hole, Arnie's Oasis, is particularly noteworthy, featuring a semi-island green surrounded by water on three sides.

A 1981 Pete Dye masterpiece nestled against the Santa Rosa Mountains, renowned for its signature 16th—a thrilling 167-yard par-3 plunging from a cliffside platform tee over a boulder-strewn desert to an island green encircled by rock and sand, epitomizing California desert golf at its finest.

Designed by Hall of Famer Johnny Miller, this desert canyon gem north of San Diego features dramatic elevation changes woven through rocky outcrops, cascading waterfalls, and 40 acres of wildflowers, with the signature uphill par-5 14th surrounded by a natural amphitheater demanding precise approach shots.

Designed by Masters Champion Fred Couples and Robert Cupp on a former coal mining site near Seattle, this 350-acre layout offers breathtaking panoramic views of Mt. Rainier, Lake Washington, and the Seattle skyline from nearly every hole, renowned for dramatic elevation changes and a signature reachable par-5.

Set in Palm Springs desert mountains, this Clive Clark-redesigned public course stretches over 7,000 yards, with fairways winding through a striking contrast of natural mountain backdrops and cascading waterfalls, meandering streams and pristine ponds, especially dramatic on the back nine.

Redesigned by Jack Nicklaus, the course is famous for the legendary 'Bear Trap' (holes 15-17)—three consecutive water-laden holes considered among the toughest stretches on tour, annually testing PGA Tour's finest at the Honda Classic.

Ranked No.1 public course in America, this authentic links-style layout by David McLay Kidd sprawls across Oregon's rugged coastline, with fairways threading through towering dunes alongside the Pacific, highlighted by the dramatic oceanside par-3 16th, one of the West Coast's most breathtaking holes.

A signature Arnold Palmer design in Southern California, nestled in Carlsbad's rolling valleys with natural wetlands and Pacific Ocean vistas, masterfully incorporating seven lakes and lush vegetation into an elegant yet challenging layout.

Designed by legendary golfer Arnold Palmer himself, this course blends classic Florida styling with strategic water hazards, cleverly incorporating natural lakes and bunkers to challenge players' precision and tactical decision-making.

A Nevada desert canyon legend and Golf Digest Top 100 Public Course mainstay (peaked at 21st), renowned for its extreme elevation changes through red-rock canyons, the signature 12th hole's dramatically elevated tee with panoramic views, cascading waterfalls throughout, and ranking as America's fourth most difficult course.

Nevada's only Jack Nicklaus Signature Design, featuring five holes stretching over 1.5 miles along Lake Las Vegas' shoreline, highlighted by the iconic 200-yard par-3 8th with its peninsula green jutting into the lake, framed by palms, bunkers and shimmering waters.

Pete Dye's ultimate test of golf, famous for its island-green par-3 17th 'Alcatraz' and 19-foot-deep bunkers, opening in 1987 with a record USGA course rating of 77.1—so brutally difficult that tour pros petitioned to remove it from tournament rotation.

Arizona's premier public course winds through Sonoran Desert canyons and valleys, renowned for innovative 'bowl-shaped fairways' that funnel errant shots back to center, with signature 17th hole 'Sunset Point' perched dramatically on a desert ravine edge against McDowell Mountain vistas.

A world top-100 course designed by legendary Robert Trent Jones Sr., featuring a dramatic transition from oceanfront dunes on the front nine to the dense Del Monte Forest on the back nine, renowned for its exceptional difficulty and breathtaking coastal scenery.

Ranked 33rd among America's public courses, this pristine Sonoran Desert gem weaves through natural arroyos and ridges, with 30-foot saguaro cacti guarding fairways and sweeping vistas of Red Mountain and the Superstition Mountains.

Ranked 15th in the world, this coastal masterpiece by legendary designer Tom Doak perfectly replicates Scottish links style, with fairways rolling dramatically along Pacific cliffs, featuring breathtaking ocean views at the spectacular 11th and 13th holes.