THE CLASSICS before 1960 No. Name Raters avg.
1. Cypress Point Club 9.54
(No. 1 in 2008; p) Pebble Beach, Calif.
1928, Alister MacKenzie 2. Pine Valley Golf Club 9.50
(2; p) Pine Valley, N.J.
1919, Harry S. Colt, George Crump 3. Shinnecock Hills Golf Club 9.22
(3; p) Southampton, N.Y.
1931, William S. Flynn, Howard C. Toomey 4. Merion Golf Club (East) 9.11
(5; p) Ardmore, Pa.
1912, Hugh Wilson 5. Oakmont Country Club 9.01
(6; p) Oakmont, Pa.
1903, Henry Fownes 6. National Golf Links of America 9.01
(7; p) Southampton, N.Y.
1911, Charles Blair Macdonald 7. Pebble Beach Golf Links 9.00
(4; r) Pebble Beach, Calif.
1919, Douglas Grant, Jack Neville 8. Crystal Downs 8.90
(8; p) Frankfort, Mich.
1931, Alister MacKenzie, Perry Maxwell 9. Augusta National Golf Club 8.87
(10; p) Augusta, Ga.
1932, Bobby Jones, Alister MacKenzie 10. Prairie Dunes Country Club 8.65
(9; p) Hutchinson, Kan.
1937, Perry Maxwell; Press Maxwell (1957) 11. Fishers Island Golf Club 8.65
(12; p) Fishers Island, N.Y.
1926, Seth Raynor 12. San Francisco Golf Club 8.59
(13; p) San Francisco
1915, A.W. Tillinghast 13. Chicago Golf Club 8.56
(15; p) Wheaton, Ill.
1894, C.B. Macdonald; Seth Raynor (1923) 14. Pinehurst No. 2 8.49
(11; r) Pinehurst, N.C.
1903-46, Donald Ross 15. Seminole Golf Club 8.45
(14; p) North Palm Beach, Fla.
1929, Donald Ross 16. Winged Foot Golf Club (West) 8.30
(17; p) Mamaroneck, N.Y.
1923, A.W. Tillinghast 17. Oakland Hills CC (South) 8.14
(16; p) Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
1918, Donald Ross; Robert Trent Jones Sr. (1951) 18. Bethpage State Park (Black) 8.09
(22; d) Farmingdale, N.Y.
1935, A.W. Tillinghast; Rees Jones (2002) 19. Garden City Golf Club 8.08
(19; p) Garden City, N.Y.
1899, Devereux Emmet; Walter J. Travis (1909)
20. Los Angeles CC (North) 8.02
(18; p) Los Angeles
1927, William P. Bell, George C. Thomas Jr.; Herbert Fowler (1921) 21. The Olympic Club (Lake) 8.01
(20; p) San Francisco
1929, Willie Watson, Sam Whiting 22. Camargo Club 7.95
(25; p) Indian Hill, Ohio
1921, Seth Raynor 23. The Country Club (Composite) 7.94
(21; p) Brookline, Mass.
1895, William Campbell; Howard C. Toomey, William S. Flynn (1931) 24. Riviera Country Club 7.93
(24; p) Pacific Palisades, Calif.
1927, William P. Bell, George C. Thomas Jr. 25. Southern Hills Country Club 7.93
(23; p) Tulsa, Okla.
1936, Perry Maxwell 26. Wannamoisett Country Club 7.86
(26; p) Rumford, R.I.
1916, Donald Ross 27. Shoreacres Golf Club 7.77
(27; p) Lake Bluff, Ill.
1921, Seth Raynor 28. Plainfield Country Club 7.69
(28; p) Plainfield, N.J.
1921, Donald Ross 29. Pasatiempo Golf Club 7.65
(31; d) Santa Cruz, Calif.
1929, Alister MacKenzie 30. Somerset Hills Country Club 7.64
(29; p) Bernardsville, N.J.
1919, A.W. Tillinghast 31. Myopia Hunt Club 7.58
(32; p) Hamilton, Mass.
1896, Herbert Leeds 32. Maidstone Club 7.57
(37; p) East Hampton, N.Y.
1899, William H. Tucker; Willie Park Jr. (1925) 33. Peachtree Golf Club 7.57
(34; p) Atlanta
1948, Bobby Jones, Robert Trent Jones Sr. 34. Winged Foot Golf Club (East) 7.53
(33; p) Mamaroneck, N.Y.
1923, A.W. Tillinghast 35. Oak Hill Country Club (East) 7.53
(30; p) Pittsford, N.Y.
1924, Donald Ross; Tom Fazio, George Fazio (1979) 36. Inverness Club 7.53
(36; p) Toledo, Ohio
1919, Donald Ross; Tom Fazio, George Fazio (1979) 37. Quaker Ridge 7.51
(35; p) Scarsdale, N.Y.
1926, A.W. Tillinghast 38. Yeamans Hall Club 7.51
(40; p) Charleston, S.C.
1925, Seth Raynor 39. Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower) 7.49
(39; p) Springfield, N.J.
1922, A.W. Tillinghast 40. Valley Club of Montecito 7.45
(41; p) Santa Barbara, Calif.
1928, Robert Hunter, Alister MacKenzie 41. Olympia Fields C.C. (North) 7.45
(42; p) Olympia Fields, Ill.
1922, Willie Park Jr. 42. Baltimore Country Club (East) 7.44
(38; p) Timonium, Md.
1926, A.W. Tillinghast 43. Salem Country Club 7.42
(43; p) Peabody, Mass.
1925, Donald Ross 44. The Course at Yale 7.39
(44; p) New Haven, Conn.
1926, C.B. Macdonald, Seth Raynor 45. Newport Country Club 7.37
(47; p) Newport, R.I.
1915, Donald Ross; A.W. Tillinghast (1924) 46. Piping Rock 7.36
(52; p) Locust Valley, N.Y.
1913, C.B. Macdonald, Seth Raynor 47. Homestead Resort (Cascades) 7.32
(45; r) Hot Springs, Va.
1923, William S. Flynn 48. Milwaukee Country Club 7.32
(57; p) Milwaukee
1929, Charles H. Alison, Harry S. Colt 49. Colonial Country Club 7.30
(53; p) Fort Worth, Texas
1935, John Bredemus; Perry Maxwell (1940) 50. Scioto Country Club 7.29
(49; p) Columbus, Ohio
1916, Donald Ross 51. East Lake Golf Club 7.28
(48; p) Atlanta
1915, Donald Ross, George Cobb (1960), Rees Jones (1994) 52. Interlachen Country Club 7.27
(51; p) Edina, Minn.
1911, Donald Ross; Willie Watson (1919) 53. Holston Hills Country Club 7.27
(54; p) Knoxville, Tenn.
1928, Donald Ross 54. White Bear Yacht Club 7.22
(46; p) White Bear Lake, Minn.
1916, Donald Ross 55. Medinah Country Club (No. 3) 7.18
(55; p) Medinah, Ill.
1928, Tom Bendelow; Roger Packard (1986), Rees Jones (2004)
56. Aronimink Golf Club 7.17
(59; p) Newtown Square, Pa.
1928, Donald Ross 57. Cherry Hills Country Club 7.17
(50; p) Englewood, Colo.
1923, William S. Flynn
58. Lawsonia Golf Club (Links) 7.17
(58; d) Green Lake, Wis.
1929, William B. Langford, Theodore J. Moreau 59. Kittansett Club 7.15
(61; p) Marion, Mass.
1922, Fred Hood 60. California Golf Club 7.11
(NR; p) South San Francisco, Calif.
1926, Vernon Macan; Alister MacKenzie, Kyle Philips (2007) 61. Essex County Club 7.10
(62; p) Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass.
1917, Donald Ross 62. Fenway Golf Club 7.10
(60; p) Scarsdale, N.Y.
1924, A.W. Tillinghast 63. NCR Country Club (South) 7.10
(65; p) Kettering, Ohio
1954, Dick Wilson 64. Pine Needles Country Club 7.10
(67; r) Southern Pines, N.C.
1927, Donald Ross 65. Lancaster Country Club 7.03
(72; p) Lancaster, Pa.
1930, William S. Flynn; David Gordon, William Gordon (1959) 66. Franklin Hills Country Club 7.02
(63; p) Franklin, Mich.
1926, Donald Ross 67. Brookside Country Club 6.98
(64; p) Canton, Ohio
1922, Donald Ross 68. Baltusrol Golf Club (Upper) 6.97
(68; p) Springfield, N.J.
1922, A.W. Tillinghast 69. Huntingdon Valley CC 6.97
(69; p) Abingdon, Pa.
1927, William S. Flynn, Howard C. Toomey 70. Mountain Lake 6.96
(66; p) Lake Wales, Fla.
1917, Seth Raynor 71. St. Louis Country Club 6.96
(74; p) St. Louis
1914, Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor 72. Ekwanok Country Club 6.95
(82; p) Manchester, Vt.
1899, Walter J. Travis; John Duncan Dunn (1927) 73. Whippoorwill Country Club 6.93
(76; p) Armonk, N.Y.
1925, Donald Ross; Charles Banks (1929) 74. Congressional CC (Blue) 6.93
(70; p) Bethesda, Md.
1924, Devereux Emmet; Donald Ross (1930), Robert Trent Jones Sr. (1959), Rees Jones (1989) 75. Indianwood C.C. (Old) 6.91
(84; p) Lake Orion, Mich.
1928, William Connellan, Wilfred Reid 76. Fox Chapel Golf Club 6.91
(73; p) Pittsburgh
1925, Charles Banks, Seth Raynor 77. Country Club of Fairfield 6.89
(56; p) Fairfield, Conn.
1914, Seth Raynor; A.W. Tillinghast (1925) 78. The Minikahda Club 6.89
(71; p) Minneapolis
1907, Willie Watson; Donald Ross (1917) 79. Philadelphia CC (Spring Mill) 6.89
(75; p) Gladwyne, Pa.
1927, William S. Flynn, Howard C. Toomey 80. Lehigh Country Club 6.88
(81; p) Allentown, Pa.
1928, Howard C. Toomey 81. Taconic Golf Club 6.88
(89; p) Williamstown, Mass.
1927, Wayne Stiles, John Van Kleek 82. Bel-Air Country Club 6.84
(77; p) Los Angeles
1927, William P. Bell, George C. Thomas Jr. 83. Ridgewood CC (East/West) 6.83
(88; p) Paramus, N.J.
1929, A.W. Tillinghast 84. Northland Country Club 6.82
(87; p) Duluth, Minn.
1927, Donald Ross 85. Old Town Club 6.81
(86; p) Winston-Salem, N.C.
1939, Perry Maxwell 86. Creek Club 6.79
(85; p) Locust Valley, N.Y.
1925, Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor 87. Eastward Ho! 6.78
(80; p) Chatham, Mass.
1922, Herbert Fowler 88. Canterbury Golf Club 6.78
(98; p) Beachwood, Ohio
1922, Herbert Strong 89. Hollywood Golf Club 6.77
(83; p) Deal, N.J.
1917, Walter J. Travis, Dick Wilson 90. Skokie Country Club 6.76
(78; p) Glencoe, Ill.
1904, Tom Bendelow; Donald Ross (1915); William B. Langford, Theodore J. Moreau (1938) 91. Sankaty Head Golf Club 6.73
(NR; p) Siasconset, Mass.
1921, H. Emerson Armstrong 92. Rolling Green Golf Course 6.72
(96; p) Springfield, Pa.
1926, William S. Flynn, Howard C. Toomey 93. Brook Hollow Country Club 6.71
(92; p) Dallas
1921, A.W. Tillinghast 94. Dunes Golf & Beach Club 6.70
(94; r) Myrtle Beach, S.C.
1949, Robert Trent Jones Sr. 95. Augusta Country Club 6.69
(95; p) Augusta, Ga.
1927, Donald Ross 96. Point O’Woods G&CC 6.66
(93; p) Benton Harbor, Mich.
1958, Robert Trent Jones Sr. 97. Champions GC (Cypress Creek) 6.65
(90; p) Houston
1959, Ralph Plummer 98. Engineers Club 6.65
(79; p) Roslyn, N.Y.
1918, Herbert Strong 99. Beverly Country Club 6.62
(91; p) Chicago
1916, Donald Ross 100. Sunnehanna Country Club 6.61
(99; p) Johnstown, Pa.
1921, A.W. Tillinghast >> d–daily fee; p–private; r–resort;
NR–not ranked
Note: Ties broken through decimal points
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