NOTE: Courses I have played to date shown in BLUE
NOTE: Courses that are now private or closed are in RED
| Rank | Course | Location | Architect |
| 1 | Pebble Beach | Pebble Beach, CA | Neville & Grant |
| 2 | Pacific Dunes | Bandon, OR | Tom Doak |
| 3 | Whistling Straits (Straits) | Kohler, WI | Pete Dye |
| 4 | Ocean Course @ Kiawah | Kiawah Island, SC | Pete Dye |
| 5 | Shadow Creek | North Los Vegas, NV | Tom Fazio |
| 6 | Pinehurst #2 | Pinehurst, NC | Donald Ross |
| 7 | Bandon Dunes | Bandon, OR | David McClay Kidd |
| 8 | Bethpage Black | Farmingdale, NY | Burbak & Tillinghast |
| 9 | Erin Hills | Erin, WI | Hurdzan, Fry & Whitten |
| 10 | Spyglass Hill | Pebble Beach, CA | Trent Jones, Sr |
| 11 | TPC Sawgrass | Ponta Vedra Beach, FL | Pete Dye |
| 12 | Old McDonald | Bandon, OR | Doak & Urbina |
| 13 | Bandon Trails | Bandon, OR | Coore & Crenshaw |
| 14 | Arcadia Bluffs (Bluffs) | Arcadia, MI | Smith & Henderson |
| 15 | Sheep Ranch (NEW) | Bandon,OR | Coore & Crenshaw |
| 16 | Blackwolf Run River | Kohler, WI | Pete Dye |
| 17 | Pasatiempo | Santa Cruz, CA | MacKenzie & Hunter |
| 18 | Sand Valley | Nekoosa, WI | Coore & Crenshaw |
| 19 | Dye Course at French Lick | French Lick, IN | Pete Dye |
| 20 | Streamsong Red | Streamsong, FL | Coore & Crenshaw |
| 21 | Manele | Lanai, HI | Jack Nicklaus |
| 22 | Chambers Bay | University Place, WA | Robert Trent Jones, Jr |
| 23 | Kapalua Plantation | Kapalua, HI | Coore & Crenshaw |
| 24 | Karsten Creek | Stillwater, OK | Tom Fazio |
| 25 | Harbor Town | Hilton Head Island, SC | Dye & Nicklaus |
| 26 | Streamsong Blue | Streamsong, FL | Tom Doak |
| 27 | Mauna Kea | Kohala Coast, HI | Robert Trent Jones, Sr |
| 28 | Primland Highlands | Meadows of Dan, VA | Donald Steel |
| 29 | Mammoth Dunes | Nekoosa, WI | David McLay Kidd |
| 30 | Ozark National (NEW) |
Hollister, MO | Coore & Crenshaw |
| 31 | Homestead Cascades | Hot Springs, VA | William Flynn |
| 32 | Pinehurst #4 (NEW) | Pinehurst, NC | Gil Hanse& Jim Wagner |
| 33 | Forest Dunes | Roscommon, MI | Tom Weiskopf |
| 34 | Streamsong Black | Streamsong, FL | Gil Hanse& Jim Wagner |
| 35 | The Quarry at Giants Ridge | Biwabik, MN | Jeff Brauer |
| 36 | Sea Island (Seaside) | St. Simonds Island, GA | Charles Alison / Joe Lee |
| 37 | Greenbrier (Old White) | White Sulpher Springs, WV | C. B. MacDonald |
| 38 | Gamble Sands | Brewster, WA | David McLay Kidd |
| 39 | Black Diamond Ranch (Quarry)(NEW) | Lecanto, FL | Tom Fazio |
| 40 | Pronghorn (Nicklaus) | Bend, OR | Jack Nicklaus |
| 41 | Fallen Oak | Saucier, MS | Tom Faziio |
| 42 | Torrey Pines (South) | La Jolla, CA | William Bell |
| 43 | Golden Horseshoe (Gold) | Williamsburg, VA | Robert Trent Jones, Sr |
| 44 | The Broadmoor (East) | Colorado Srings, CO | Ross & Jones, Sr |
| 45 | Prairie Club (Dunes) | Valentine, NE | Lehman & Brands |
| 46 | Yale (NEW) | New Haven, CT | MacDonald & Raynor |
| 47 | Whistling Straits (Irish) | Kohler, WI | Pete Dye |
| 48 | May River | Bluffton, SC | Jack Nicklaus |
| 49 | Tobacco Road | Sanford, NC | Mike Strantz |
| 50 | Sentry World | Stevens Point, WI | Robert Trent Jones, Jr |
| 51 | Cordevalle | San Martin, CA | Robert Trent Jones, Jr |
| 52 | Arcadia Bluffs (South) (NEW) | Arcadia, MI | Fry & Sraka |
| 53 | Links at Spanish Bay | Pebble Beach, CA | TrentJones, Jr/Tatum & Watson |
| 54 | Point O’ Woods (NEW) | Benton Harbor, MI | Robert Trent Jones, Sr (Now Private) |
| 55 | PGA West Stadium | La Quinta, CA | Pete Dye |
| 56 | Cog Hill #4 (Dubsdread) | Lemont, IL | Dick Wilson |
| 57 | Wilderness Club | Eureka, MT | Faldo, Schmidt & Curley |
| 58 | Paa-Ko-Ridge | Sandia Paark, NM | Ken Dye |
| 59 | Loop at Forest Dunes (Black) | Roscommon, MI | Tom Doak |
| 60 | Mossy Oak | West Point, ,MS | Gil Hanse & Jim Wagner |
| 61 | Crosswater | Sunriver, OR | Bob Cupp |
| 62 | Classic at Maddens | Brainerd, MN | Scott Hoffman |
| 63 | Bay Harbor (Links/Quarry) | BayHarbor, MI | Arthur Hills & Stephen Kircher |
| 64 | Dunes Golf & Beach Club | Myrtle Beach SC | Robert Trent Jones, Sr |
| 65 | Wolfe Creek | Mesquite, NV | Dennis Rider |
| 66 | Red Sky (Norman) | Wocott, CO | Greg Norman |
| 67 | Greywalls | Marquette, MI | Mike DeVries |
| 68 | Lawsonia Links | Green Lake, WI | Langford & Moreau |
| 69 | Wilderness at Fortune Bay | Tower, MN | Jeff Brauer |
| 70 | Cascata | Boulder City, NV | Rees Jones |
| 71 | Wild Horse | Gothenburg, NE | Proctor & Axland |
| 72 | Nemacolin Woodlands (Mystic Rock) | Farmington, PA | Pete Dye |
| 73 | Pine Needles | Southern Pines, NC | Donald Ross |
| 74 | Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valley) | Kohler, WI | Pete Dye |
| 75 | Old Waverly | West Point, MS | Bob Cupp & Jerry Pate |
| 76 | Pinehurst #8 | Pinehurst, NC | Tom Fazio |
| 77 | Great Waters at Lake Oconee | Eatonton, GA | Jack Nicklaus |
| 78 | Loop at Forest Dunes (Red) | Roscommon, MI | Tom Doak |
| 79 | Red Sky(Fazio) | Wolcott, CO | Tom Fazio |
| 80 | Firestone (South) (NEW) | Akron, OH | Robert Trent Jones, Sr |
| 81 | Princeville Makai | Princeville, Kauai, HI | Robert Trent Jones, Jr |
| 82 | Tetherow | Bend, OR | David McLay Kidd |
| 83 | The Pfau Course at Indiania University (NEW) | Bloomington IN | Steve Smyers |
| 84 | The Virtues | Nashport OH | Arthur Hills |
| 85 | Caledonia | Pawley’s Island, SC | Mike Strantz |
| 86 | EdgewoodTahoe (NEW) | Stateline NV | GeorgeFazio |
| 87 | Doral (Blue Monster) | Doral, FL | Dick Wilson/Gil Hanse
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| 88 | Quintero | Peoria, AZ | Rees Jones & Steve Weisser |
| 89 | TPC Colorado (NEW) | Berthoud, CO | Art Schaupeter |
| 90 | World Woods (Pine Barrens) | Brookville, FL | Tom Fazio |
| 91 | The Bull at Pinehurst Farms (NEW) | Sheboygan Falls, WI | Jack Nicklaus |
| 92 | Poppy Hills | Pebble Beach, CA | Robert Trent Jones, Jr |
| 93 | Midpines | Southern Pines, NC | Donald Ross |
| 94 | Bulle Rock | Havre de Grace MD | Pete Dye |
| 95 | Grizzly Ranch (NEW) | Portola, CA | Bob Cupp |
| 96 | Kingsmill (River) (NEW) | Williamsurg, VA | Pete Dye |
| 97 | Prairie Club (Pines) | Valentine, NE | Graham Marsh |
| 98 | Rams Hill (NEW) | Borrego Springs, CA | Tom Fazio |
| 99 | The McLemore Club (NEW) | Rising Fawn, GA | Bill Bergin & Rees Jones |
| 100 | Spring Creek (NEW) | Zion Crossroads, VA | Ed Carton |
