The Ultimate Loop
Course Rankings
Below are courses that appear on Golf Digest's list of best courses in the world, best courses in the United States, and best public courses in the United States. I also include notable courses I have played that do not appear on any of these lists. Click on the name of the course to be directed to the relevant review. Additionally, click on the headers to be linked to Golf Digest's rankings. I hope to have all the reviews up as soon as possible!
Top 100 in World Played (Golf Digest 2016)
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(4) Cypress Point Club, Monterey, California
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(12) Pebble Beach Golf Links, Monterey, California
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(25) Portmarnock Golf Club, County Dublin, Ireland
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(39) Pacific Dunes, Bandon, Oregon
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(65) Lahinch Golf Club, County Clare, Ireland
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(90) Bandon Dunes, Bandon, Oregon
Other notable world courses
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Ballybunion Golf Club (Old), County Kerry, Ireland (Inexplicably this went from 27 on Golf Digest's 2014 list to not on it at all in 2016)
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Ballybunion Golf Club (Cashen Course), County Kerry, Ireland
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Trump International Golf Club of Doonbeg, County Clare, Ireland
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Waterville Golf Links, County Kerry, Ireland
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Tralee Golf Club, County Kerry, Ireland
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Old Head Golf Links, County Cork, Ireland
Top 100 in the United States (Golf Digest 2017-2018)
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(3) Cypress Point Club, Monterey, California
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(7) Pebble Beach Golf Links, Monterey, California
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(18) Pacific Dunes, Bandon, Oregon
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(36) Bandon Dunes, Bandon, Oregon
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(38) Bethpage Black, Farmingdale, New York
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(47) Old Macdonald, Bandon, Oregon
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(53) Kinloch Golf Club, Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
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(64) Somerset Hills Country Club, Bernardsville, New Jersey
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(70) Bandon Trails, Bandon, Oregon
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(75) Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland
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(77) Plainfield Country Club, Edison, New Jersey
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(78) Aronimink Golf Club, Newton Square, Pennsylvania
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(85) Hudson National Golf Club, Croton-on-Hudson, New York
Top 100-200 in the United States (Golf Digest 2017-2018)
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(102) Streamsong Red, Streamsong, Florida
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(103) Pasatiempo Golf Club, Santa Cruz, California
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(110) California Golf Club of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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(124) Streamsong Blue, Streamsong, Florida
Top 100 Public Courses in the United States (Golf Digest 2017)
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(1) Pebble Beach Golf Links, Monterey, California
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(2) Pacific Dunes, Bandon, Oregon
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(7) Bandon Dunes, Bandon, Oregon
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(8) Bethpage Black, Farmingdale, New York
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(10) Old Macdonald, Bandon, Oregon
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(14) Bandon Trails, Bandon, Oregon
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(17) Streamsong Red, Streamsong, Florida
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(18) Pasatiempo Golf Club, Santa Cruz, California
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(22) Streamsong Blue, Streamsong, Florida
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(24) Chambers Bay, University Place, Washington
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(33) Torrey Pines, La Jolla, California
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(36) Pronghorn Club (Nicklaus), Bend, Oregon
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(47) PGA West Stadium Course, La Quinta, California
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(49) Dormie Club, West End, North Carolina
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(55) Tobacco Road Golf Club, Sanford, North Carolina
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(63) Tetherow Golf Club, Bend, Oregon
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(64) Pinehurst No. 8, Pinehurst, North Carolina
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(66) Spring Creek Golf Club, Gordonsville, Virginia
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(68) Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Course, Southern Pines, North Carolina
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(73) World Woods Golf Club--Pine Barrens, Brooksville, Florida
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(76) Pelican Hill (South Course), Newport, California
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(80) Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, North Plains, Oregon
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(97) Pelican Hill (North Course), Newport, California
Other notable United States courses
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TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, California
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Trump National Golf Club Philadelphia, Pine Hill, New Jersey
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Aspen Lakes Golf Course, Sisters, Oregon
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Bandon Preserve, Bandon, Oregon
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Saucon Valley Country Club (Old), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Stonewall Links (Old), Elverson, Pennsylvania (host of 2015 US Mid-Am)
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Baltimore Country Club (East), Lutherville, Maryland
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Streamsong Black, Streamsong, Florida
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Bay Hill Club, Orlando, Florida
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Mountain Course at La Quinta, La Quinta, California
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Trump National Los Angeles, Rancho Palos Verdes, California