Bandon Dunes:
If David Kidd hadn’t done so well in front of me with this design on the Oregon coast, I never would have gotten to build my own best course at Pacific Dunes.

Caledonia:
Mike Strantz’s first solo design on Pawleys Island, S.C., and possibly the most interesting and fun course I have seen on a flat site.

Fenway:
A great Tillinghast course lying in obscurity just a couple of miles from Winged Foot in the Westchester suburb of Scarsdale.

Friars Head:
Designed by the team of Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore, it is the only course in this list which would get a "9" on the Doak scale, even if the club on Long Island pretends not to care.

Wild Horse:
Some think of it as a poor man’s version of that other great Nebraska course, Sand Hills, but it stands on its own merits as the best affordable course in America.

Brora:
A bit short for scratch players at 6,100 yards, but golfers should still take time out to play it when they go to Royal Dornoch for a swing through the Scottish Highlands.

Cabo del Sol (Ocean):
My favorite Jack Nicklaus course, it has several fine holes away from the ocean, too.

Kauri Cliffs:
The most beautiful coastal views from any golf course on earth, and quite a test when the wind blows.

Kingsbarns:
An authentic modern links down the road from St. Andrews with a lot of cool little contouring that wasn’t there to start.

Woodlands:
Small greens and great bunkering. But it gets no respect in the Melbourne Sandbelt because Dr. MacKenzie did not make a stop there.

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