The courses worth playing.
From Augusta to your local muni — honest reviews, course profiles, and the holes worth fearing.
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Course of the Week: Pinehurst No. 2 — Donald Ross’s Other Masterpiece
We profiled Aronimink last week. This week we go to the other Donald Ross course that has a fair claim to being his masterpiece. Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina is the most influential American course of the 20th century, the home of American golf in a way no other club has matched, and the…
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The 7 Most Underrated Public Courses in America
Pebble’s booked. Bandon’s a flight away. Here are seven public courses worth driving for — the ones the magazines have missed and the locals quietly love.
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Adare Manor — Inside Europe’s 2027 Ryder Cup Course
Eighteen months out from the 2027 Ryder Cup, Adare Manor is being quietly re-tweaked yet again. We walked the property and spoke to the people who actually maintain it.
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Course of the Week: Wild Spring Dunes — Tom Doak Builds Something Extraordinary in East Texas
Buried in the piney woods of East Texas, Wild Spring Dunes is Tom Doak’s collaboration with the Keiser family on 2,400 secluded acres. Early visitors are already calling it one of the most exciting new courses in the country. Here’s why.
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Course of the Week: Shinnecock Hills — The Course That Has Humbled Every Generation
Every generation of golfers produces a new set of favourites. Shinnecock Hills, in Southampton, New York, remains undefeated against all of them. The 2026 US Open returns to the Long Island links in June. Here’s why no course in America has tested the game’s best players more honestly.
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Course of the Week: Aronimink Golf Club — Donald Ross’s Self-Proclaimed Masterpiece
Donald Ross called it his masterpiece. After 64 years without a major championship, Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania is back on the biggest stage in golf. Here’s why the course collectors and architects have always known what the rest of the world is about to discover.
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Doral Is Back — What 10 Years Away Did to a Course PGA Tour Players Loved to Hate
Ten years after the WGC packed up and left for Mexico City, the Blue Monster is on the PGA Tour calendar again. The course has changed. The politics around it haven’t. A preview of the strangest Signature Event of the year.
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Harbour Town Golf Links.
Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus’s 1969 masterpiece on Hilton Head Island: small greens, railroad-tie bulkheads, live oak corridors, and the most photographed finishing hole in American golf.