Golfweek's Second 100 Greatest Classic Golf Courses in America

With over 15,000 golf courses in America, how can you limit yourself to just the Top 100? Golfweek takes it a step further with their Top 200 Classic Golf Courses in America list which includes courses built before 1960. Courses with an * are marking the public access courses. Courses in BOLD have been played by Billy and a review written; a total of 28 so far. Courses in italics are scheduled to played this year.

Courses 101-110

101. Mountain Ridge Country Club (Donald Ross 1931, West Caldwell, NJ)
102. OMNI HOMESTEAD RESORT (CASCADES) (William S. Flynn 1923, Hot Springs, VA)*
103. Wykagyl Country Club (Donald Ross 1919 and A.W. Tillinghast, New Rochelle, NY)
104. Palmetto Golf Club (Herbert Leeds 1892, Alister MacKenzie renovation, Aiken, SC)
105. KIRTLAND COUNTRY CLUB (Charles H. Alison 1921, Willoughby, OH)
106. Essex County Country Club (Seth Raynor and Charles Banks 1928, West Orange, NJ)
107. Gulph Mills Golf Club (Donald Ross 1919, King of Prussia, PA)
108. BLUE MOUND COUNTRY CLUB (Seth Raynor 1926, Wauwatosa, WI)
109. Lake Merced Golf and Country Club (William Locke, Alister MacKenzie, Robert Hunter 1923, Daly City, CA)
110. Tamarack Country Club (Charles Banks 1929, Greenwich, CT)

Courses 111-120

111. WHIPPOORWILL CLUB (Charles Banks and Donald Ross 1928, Armonk, NY)
112. HOLSTON HILLS COUNTRY CLUB (Donald Ross 1928, Knoxville, TN)
113. Burning Tree (Charles H. Alison and Harry S. Colt 1923, Bethesda, MD)
114. Westchester Country Club (West) (Walter Travis 1922, Rees Jones and Ken Dye and Tom Fazio renovations, Rye, NY)
115. COUNTRY CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM (WEST) (Donald Ross 1925 with renovations by Robert Trent Jones and Pete Dye, Birmingham, AL)
116. BILTMORE FOREST COUNTRY CLUB (Donald Ross 1922, Asheville, NC)
117. Country Club of Fairfield (Seth Raynor 1914/A.W. Tillinghast 1925, Fairfield, CT)
118. Worcester Country Club (Donald Ross 1914, Worcester, MA)
119. Cherokee Town & CC (North) (David Gill, Willard Byrd, Joe Lee, and Tom Fazio 1957, Dunwoody, GA)
120. Wilshire Country Club (Norman Macbeth 1919, Los Angeles, CA)

Courses 121-130

121. Meadow Brook Club (Dick Wilson 1955, Jericho, NY)
122. Taconic Golf Club (Wayne Stiles and John van Kleek 1927, Williamstown, MA)
123. Deepdale Golf Club (Dick Wilson 1955, Manhasset, NY)
124. TORREY PINES GOLF COURSE (SOUTH) (William F. Bell 1957, Rees Jones renovations)*
125. Rolling Green Golf Club (William Flynn & Howard Toomey 1926, Springfield, PA)
126. LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN CLUB (Seth Raynor and Charles Banks 1925, Lookout Mountain, GA)
127. OMAHA COUNTRY CLUB (William Langford & Theodore Moreau 1927, Perry Maxwell and Keith Foster renovations, Omaha, NE)
129. Westhampton Country Club (Seth Raynor 1916, Westhampton Beach, NY)
130. COLONIAL COUNTRY CLUB (John Bredemus 1935/Perry Maxwell 1940, Fort Worth, TX)
131. Waverley Country Club (Jack Moffat 1898, H. Chadler Egan and Gil Hanse renovations, Portland OR)

Courses 131-140

131. Winchester Country Club (Alexander Findlay 1903, Donald Ross renovation, Winchester, MA)
132. Meadowbrook Country Club (Willie Park Jr. 1916, Northville, MI)
133. Southampton Golf Club (Seth Raynor 1926, Southampton, NY)
134. Huntingdon Valley Country Club (William Flynn & Howard Toomey, Huntingdon Valley, PA)
135. Saucon Valley Country Club (Old) (Herbert Strong and William Gordon 1921, Perry Maxwell renovation, Bethlehem, PA)
136. Orchard Lake Country Club (Charles Alison and Harry Colt 1926, Orchard Lake, MI)
137. MID PINES RESORT (Donald Ross 1921, Kyle Franz renovation, Southern Pines, NC)*
138. Pittsburgh Field Club (Alex Findlay 1913, Pittsburgh, PA)
139. Century Country Club (Charles Alison and Harry Colt 1926, Purchase, NY)
140. Manufacturers Golf and Country Club (William Flynn and Howard Toomey 1925, Fort Washington, PA)

Courses 141-150

141. Monroe Golf Club (Donald Ross 1923, Pittsford, NY)
142. OAK HILL COUNTRY CLUB (WEST) (Donald Ross 1926, Rochester, NY)
143. Indianwood Country Club (Old) (Walter J. Travis/John Duncan Dunn 1927, Manchester, VT)
144. Sunnehanna Country Club (A.W. Tillinghast 1923, Johnstown, PA)
145. Longue Vue Club (Robert White and A.W. Tillinghast 1923, Verona, PA)
146. PINE NEEDLES RESORT (Donald Ross 1927, Southern Pines, NC)*
147. Barton Hills Country Club (Donald Ross 1922, Ann Arbor, MI)
148. HYANNISPORT CLUB (Alex Findlay 1903, Donald Ross renovation, Hyannis Port, MA)
149. THE GREENBRIER (OLD WHITE) (Charles Blair Macdonald and Seth Raynor 1914, White Sulphur Springs, WV)*
150. Country Club of Charleston (Seth Raynor 1923, Charleston, SC)

Courses 151-160

151. PHILADELPHIA COUNTRY CLUB (William Flynn and Howard Toomey 1927, Gladwyne, PA)
152. Charles River Country Club (Donald Ross 1921, Newton Centre, MA)
153. CAPE FEAR COUNTRY CLUB (Donald Ross 1926, Wilmington, NC)
154. Allegheny Country Club (Tom Bendelow 1902, Donald Ross renovation, Sewickly, PA)
155. THE DUNES GOLF & BEACH CLUB (Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1949, Myrtle Beach, SC)*
156. Firestone Country Club (South) (W.H. Way 1929, Akron, OH)*
157. Rancho Sante Fe Golf Club (Max Behr 1929, Rancho Sante Fe, CA)
158. Olympia Fields Country Club (South) (Tom Bendelow 1916, Olympia Fields, IL)
159. Sands Point Golf Club (A.W. Tillinghast 1928, Sands Point, NY)
160. Metropolis Country Club (Herbert Strong 1904, White Plains, NY)

Courses 161-170

161. Bob O'Link Golf Club (Donald Ross and Charles Alison 1916, Highland Park, IL)
162. La Jolla Country Club (William Watson 1927, William P. Bell, Rees Jones, and Todd Eckenrode renovations, La Jolla, CA)
163. Lehigh Country Club (William Flynn and Howard Toomey 1928, Allentown, PA)
164. Longmeadow Country Club (Donald Ross 1924, Longmeadow, MA)
165. Idle Hour (Donald Ross 1924, Ron Pritchard restoration, Lexington, KY)
166. COLUMBIA COUNTRY CLUB (Walter Travis and Herbert Barker 1911, Chevy Chase, MD)
167. Timuquana Country Club (Donald Ross 1923, Jacksonville, FL)
168. Northland Country Club (Donald Ross 1927, Duluth, MN)
169. Round Hill Country Club (Walter Travis 1922, Greenwich, CT)
170. North Jersey Country Club (Walter J. Travis 1923, Wayne, NJ)

Courses 171-180

171. Woodway Country Club (Willie Park Jr. 1918, Darien, CT)
172. Lakeside (Max Behr 1924, Burbank, CA)
173. Wee Burn Country Club (Devereux Emmet 1925, Darien, CT)
174. Hackensack Golf Club (Charles Banks 1924, Oradell, NJ)
175. Rockaway Hunting Club (Tom Bendelow, Devereux Emmet, A.W. Tillinghast 1917, Cedarhurst, NY)
176. Onwentsia Club (Charles Blair Macdonald, H.J. Whigham, James Foulis, Robert Foulis, and H.J. Tweedie 1895, Lake Forest, IL)
177. ATLANTIC CITY COUNTRY CLUB (John Reid 1898, William Flynn and Willie Park Jr. and Howard Toomey and Tom Doak renovations, Northfield, NJ)
178. Country Club of Waterbury (Donald Ross 1928, Waterbury, CT)
179. Leatherstocking Golf Course (Devereux Emmet 1909, Cooperstown, NY)*
180. PINE HILLS COUNTRY CLUB (Harry Smead 1928, Sheboygan, WI)

Courses 181-190

181. Kickerbocker Country Club (Donald Ross 1915, Tenafly, NJ)
182. Omni Bedord Springs (Old) (Spencer Oldham 1923, A.W. Tillinghast, Donald Ross, and Ron Forse restoration, Bedford, PA)*
183. Sedgefield Country Club (Donald Ross 1926, Greensboro, NC)
184. Oak Hills Country Club (A.W. Tillinghast 1922, San Antonio, TX)
185. Brae Burn Country Club (Donald Ross 1912, West Newton, MA)
186. BELVEDERE GOLF CLUB (William Watson 1927, Charlevoix, MI)*
187. THE BROADMOOR (EAST) (Donald Ross 1918, Robert Trent Jones Sr. renovation, Colorado Springs, CO)*
188. Medinah Country Club (No. 1) (Tom Bendelow 1925, Tom Doak renovation, Medinah, IL)
189. Oakwood (Tom Bendelow 1911, Ron Whitten and Todd Clark renovation, Kansas City, MO)
190. CHAMPIONS GOLF CLUB (CYPRESS CREEK) (Ralph Plummer 1959, Houston, TX)

Courses 191-200

191. DENVER COUNTRY CLUB (James Foulis 1905, Donald Ross, Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, Denver, CO)
192. San Diego Country Club (William Watson and William P. Bell 1921, Chula Vista, CA)
193. SUNNINGDALE COUNTRY CLUB (Seth Raynor, A.W. Tillinghast, Walter Travis 1918, Scarsdale, NY)
194. JIMMIE AUSTIN GOLF CLUB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA (Perry Maxwell 1951, Bob Cupp and Tripp Davis renovations, Norman, OK)*
195. Manasquan River (Robert White 1923, Andrew Green, Brielle, NJ)
196. Linville Golf Club (Donald Ross 1924, Linville, NC)
197. Forsgate Country Club (Banks) (Charles Banks 1931, Monroe Township, NJ)
198. Carolina Golf Club (Donald Ross 1929, Charlotte, NC)
199. Siwanoy Country Club (Donald Ross 1914, Bronxville, NY)
200. Teugega Country Club (Donald Ross 1920, Rome, NY)

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Dropped from the 2023 list

MEDINAH COUNTRY CLUB (NO. 3) (Tom Bendelow 1928/Roger Packard 1986/Rees Jones 2011, Medinah, IL)

Country Club of Rochester (Donald Ross 1913, Arthur Hills, Robert Trent Jones Sr., Gil Hanse, and Jim Wagner, Rochester, NY)

Flossmoor Golf Club (H.J. Tweedie, Harry Collis, and Ray Hearn 1899, Flossmoor, IL)

Shuttle Meadow Country Club (Willie Park Jr. 1916, Kensington, CT)

Brooklawn Country Club (A.W. Tillinghast 1932/Ron Forse restoration, Bridgeport, CT)

Coldstream Country Club (Dick Wilson 1959, Cincinnati, OH)

Chattanooga Golf and Country Club (Donald Ross 1920, Chattanooga, TN)

Dropped from the 2023 list

Sakonnet Golf Club (Doanld Ross 1921, Little Compton, RI)

Point O'Woods (Robert Trent Jones Sr. 1958, Benton Harbor, MI)

Vesper Country Club (Donald Ross 1921, Tyngsborough, MA)

Country Club of Florida (Robert Bruce Harris 1956, Village of Golf, FL)

ENGINEERS COUNTRY CLUB (Herbert Strong, Devereux Emmet, and Frank Duane 1918, Roslyn Harbor, NY)

Columbus Country Club (Tom Bendelow and Donald Ross 1907, Columbus, OH)

Boothbay Harbor Country Club (Wayne Stiles and John van Kleek 1921, Boothbay, ME)

Country Club of York (Donald Ross 1928, York, PA)

New Haven Country Club (Willie Park Jr. 1898, Hamden, CT)