BEST OF THE WORLD
From the craggy coastline of California to the legendary links of Scotland,
these are the clubs, resorts, courses, holes and people that shape the game.



INFLUENTIAL ARCHITECTS
While the likes of MacKenzie, Tillinghast, Macdonald and Ross, among notable others, set an enduring standard for golf course design, today’s architects are impressively updating and advancing the art. At times borrowing from the original masters and at others boldly independent, these contemporary elites create on canvases beholden only to their own imaginations.


Classic

Harry S. Colt

William Flynn

Herbert Fowler

Charles Blair Macdonald

Dr. Alister MacKenzie

Seth Raynor

Donald Ross

Tom Simpson

George Thomas

A.W. Tillinghast

Contemporary

Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw

Tom Doak

Pete Dye

Tom Fazio

Martin Hawtree

Rees Jones

David McLay Kidd

Kyle Phillips

Donald Steel

Mike Strantz