Golf Digest

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title = Golf Digest


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editor = Jerry Tarde
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publisher = Condé Nast Publications
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country = USA
language = English
website = http://www.golfdigest.com
issn = 0017-176X

"Golf Digest" is a monthly golf magazine published by Condé Nast Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. Condé Nast Publications also publishes the more specialized " [http://www.golfforwomen.com Golf for Women] ", " [http://www.golfworld.com Golf World] " and "Golf World Business".

"America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses"

Since 1985 Golf Digest has produced biennial rankings of "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses". The courses are voted on by a panel of several hundred golf experts. Pine Valley Golf Club has topped the list every time except in 2001, when Pebble Beach Golf Links came first. The magazine also produces lists of the best new courses, the best golf resorts and the best courses in each U.S. state. Before the "Greatest" rankings were introduced in 1985 Golf Digest produced lists called at different times "America's 100 Most Testing Courses" and "America's 100 Greatest Tests of Golf".

The top ten on the 2007-08 list, published in May 2007, was as follows:

#Pine Valley Golf Club - Pine Valley, New Jersey
#Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - Southampton, New York
#Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia
#Cypress Point Club - Pebble Beach, California
#Oakmont Country Club - Oakmont, Pennsylvania
#Pebble Beach Golf Links - Pebble Beach, California
#Merion Golf Club (East Course) - Ardmore, Pennsylvania
#Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course) - Mamaroneck, New York
#Seminole Golf Club - Juno Beach, Florida
#Crystal Downs Country Club - Frankfort, Michigan

The top ten on the 2005-06 list, published in May 2005, was as follows:

#Pine Valley Golf Club - Pine Valley, New Jersey
#Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia
#Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - Southampton, New York
#Cypress Point Club - Pebble Beach, California
#Oakmont Country Club - Oakmont, Pennsylvania
#Pebble Beach Golf Links - Pebble Beach, California
#Merion Golf Club - Ardmore, Pennsylvania
#Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course) - Mamaroneck, New York
#National Golf Links of America - Southampton, New York
#Tamarack Golf Course - East Brunswick, New Jersey

"America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses"

Alongside the "100 Greatest Courses" ranking, and using the same methodology, "Golf Digest" publishes a list of "America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses". In this context, "public" means a golf course that is open to play by the public, as opposed to a private club—not necessarily a course operated by a governmental entity.

The top ten on the 2007-08 list, also published in May 2007, was as follows:

#Pebble Beach Golf Links – Pebble Beach, California
#Pacific Dunes Golf Course – Bandon, Oregon
#Pinehurst No. 2 – Pinehurst, North Carolina
#The Straits Course, Whistling Straits – Haven, Wisconsin
#Bethpage State Park, Black Course – Farmingdale, New York
#Shadow Creek Golf Course – North Las Vegas, Nevada
#Bandon Dunes Golf Course – Bandon, Oregon
#The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island – Kiawah Island, South Carolina
#Prince Golf Course – Princeville, Hawaiokinai
#Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course – Arcadia, Michigan

Of these courses, the only one that is operated by a governmental entity is Bethpage Black.

"100 Best Golf Courses Outside the United States"

The magazine also compiles a list of the leading courses outside the United States. This is created using information from national golf associations, plus votes by the same panelists supplemented by some additional ones with international knowledge.

In 2007 the most represented countries were Scotland with fourteen courses in the top 100, Canada with ten, England with ten, Ireland with ten (eight in the Republic of Ireland and two in Northern Ireland), Canada with nine, and Australia with eight. The top 10 were:

# Royal County Down Golf Club - Newcastle, Northern Ireland
# Old Course at St Andrews - St. Andrews, Scotland
# Royal Dornoch Golf Club (Championship Course) - Dornoch, Scotland
# Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce Course) - Portrush, Northern Ireland
# Muirfield - Gullane, Scotland
# Royal Melbourne Golf Club (Composite Course) - Melbourne, Australia
# Ballybunion Golf Club (Old Course) - Ballybunion, Ireland
# Turnberry (Ailsa Course) - Ayrshire, Scotland
# Carnoustie Golf Links - Carnoustie, Scotland
# Cape Kidnappers Golf Course - Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

In 2005 the most represented countries were Scotland and Canada with thirteen courses each in the top 100. The top 10 were:

# Old Course at St Andrews - St. Michaels, Scotland
# Royal Melbourne Golf Club - Melbourne, Australia
# Royal Portrush Golf Club - Portrush, Northern Ireland
# Royal County Down Golf Club - Newcastle, Northern Ireland
# Royal Dornoch Golf Club - Dornoch, Scotland
# Muirfield - Gullane, Scotland
# Ballybunion Golf Club - Ballybunion, Ireland
# New South Wales Golf Club - Sydney, Australia
# National Golf Club - Woodbridge, Canada
# St. George's Golf and Country Club - Toronto, Canada

ee also

*"Golf Magazine"
*"Golf Week"
*"Golf World"
*"LINKS - The Best of Golf"
*"Travel + Leisure Golf"
*"Miami Golf Journal"

External links

* [http://www.golfdigest.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.golfforwomen.com/ Official site of Golf for Women magazine, a Golf Digest publication]
* [http://www.golfworld.com/ Official site of Golf World magazine, a Golf Digest publication]
* [http://www.golfdigest.com/courses/index.ssf?/courses/courserankings.html Golf course rankings]
* [http://www.golfdigest.com/courses/americasgreatest/index.ssf?/courses/americasgreatest/americas_ybfliplc.html Composite of all U.S. courses ever ranked]