Readers’ Choice Platinum List
GOLF COURSES
Top 20U.S.
1. PebbleBeachGolf Links, California
(800) 654-9300, pebblebeach.com
2. Cuscowillaon LakeOconee,
Eatonton, Georgia
(800) 458-5351, cuscowilla.com
3.MaunaKeaGolf CourseatMaunaKea
BeachHotel, KohalaCoast, Hawaii
(888) 977-4623,
princeresortshawaii.com
4. Harbour TownGolf Links at SeaPines
Resort, HiltonHead Island,
SouthCarolina
(866) 561-8802,
seapines.com
5. FazioCanyons at BartonCreek,
Austin, Texas
(866) 572-7369, bartoncreek.com
6. ArnoldPalmer’sBayHill Club& Lodge,
Orlando, Florida
(tie)
(888) 422-9445, bayhill.com
6. BethpageStateParkBlackCourse,
Farmingdale, NewYork
(tie)
(516) 249-4040, nysparks.com
8. TorreyPines (SouthCourse),
La Jolla, California
(877) 581-7171,
torreypinesgolfcourse.com
9. Course4at CogHill Golf &Country
Club, Lemont, Illinois
(866) 264-4455, coghillgolf.com
10.MonarchBeachGolf Links,
DanaPoint, California
(949) 234-3200, stregismb.com
11. TheChallengeatManeleat Four
SeasonsResort Lana'i atManeleBay,
Lana'i, Hawaii
(tie)
(808) 565-2000,
fourseasons.com/manelebay
11. SpyglassHill Golf Course,
PebbleBeach, California
(tie)
(800) 654-9300, pebblebeach.com
13. TheOceanCourseat Kiawah Island
Golf Resort, SouthCarolina
(800) 576-1570, kiawahresort.com
14. OceanCourseat HalfMoonBay
Golf Links, California
(650) 726-1800, halfmoonbaygolf.com
15. Blackwolf Run (Original Championship
Course), Kohler,Wisconsin
(800) 344-2838,
destinationkohler.com
16. Pinehurst No. 2, NorthCarolina
(855) 235-8507, pinehurst.com
17. BandonDunes at BandonDunes
Golf Resort, Oregon
(888) 345-6008,
bandondunesgolf.com
18. TheDunesGolf &BeachClub,Myrtle
Beach, SouthCarolina
(843) 449-5236, thedunesclub.net
19. BlackMesaGolf Club, LaMesilla,
NewMexico
(tie) (505) 747-8946,
blackmesagolfclub.com
19. PlantationCourseat KapaluaResort,
Maui, Hawaii
(tie)
(877) 527-2582, kapaluamaui.com
Two-timeU.S. Open site
BETHPAGE STATE PARK BLACK
COURSE
may seem like abreeze in
comparisonduringTheBarclays,
August 23 to 26. (But I doubt it.)
A tipof thegolf cap to theBill
Coore/BenCrenshawdesignat the
CUSCOWILLAON LAKEOCONEE
in
Georgia,whichvaulted to runner-
upstatuson theU.S. List thisyear,
and to the
BLACKMESAGOLF CLUB
for itsdebut.The latter, aBaxter
Spanndesign, isaboutascloseasa
coursecanbe toa links-stylewhen
it’s located in thescenichigh-desert
hillsofNewMexico.
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SUMMER 2012
Mauna Kea Golf Course
Pebble Beach Golf Links
