Top 100 Courses You Can Actually Play
Pebble Beach, Bandon, Streamsong, Whistling Straits — the public and resort courses on America's top 100.
Most of America's top 100 are private — Pine Valley, Cypress Point, Augusta National. But a meaningful slice are open to the public, and a few are bucket-list destinations in their own right.
The Pacific Northwest
Bandon Dunes Resort on the Oregon coast has multiple top-100 courses on a single property — Pacific Dunes (Tom Doak), Bandon Dunes, Old Macdonald, and Sheep Ranch among them. It's the closest thing the U.S. has to a Scottish links pilgrimage.
Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach Golf Links remains the most famous public-access course in America. Pricey, yes — but you can walk the same fairways that hosted six U.S. Opens.
Streamsong, Whistling Straits, Bethpage Black
Florida's Streamsong has three top-100 layouts on one resort property. Whistling Straits in Wisconsin has hosted PGA Championships and the Ryder Cup. And Bethpage Black on Long Island, a state-park muni, may be the best value in the entire ranking.
Browse our interactive map and filter by "Public" or "Resort" to plan a trip.