The newest course in the Pebble Beach portfolio, the Links at Spanish Bay was created in 1987 and designed by the unusual team of Robert Trent Jones II, Tom Watson and former USGA head Sandy Tatum. Like the other courses in the area, Spanish Bay does enjoy some excellent coastal outlooks and t

Developed by Greg Norman and originally designed in collaboration with Pete Dye, Medalist has become Norman’s pet project and he has continued to tweak the layout over the years to the point where today’s track is probably best described as by Norman alone.  Most of his changes h

Built in the 1960s by William Gordon as a deluxe private club in Greenwich, Connecticut, the Stanwich Club is a beautiful parkland course with some of the fiercest greens and tightest fairways in the region. In truth the current test is more Tom Fazio than William Gordon, as a substantial overhau

Believed to be the first private ski and golfing club in the world, The Yellowstone Club owns a spectacular expanse of land in the Big Sky region of Montana, with glorious mountain views and first-rate ski runs for members and residents to enjoy. Its golf course was completed in 2005, and desi

A municipal golf facility owned and operated by the city of San Diego, Torrey Pines is set on a rocky bluff high above the Pacific, and features two championship length courses designed initially by William F. Bell in 1957. The more noted of the layouts is the South Course, which has changed subs

A municipal golf facility owned and operated by the city of San Diego, Torrey Pines is set on a rocky bluff high above the Pacific, and features two championship length courses designed initially by William F. Bell in 1957. The more noted of the layouts is the South Course, which has changed subs

Designed by Greg Norman and part of the 1,200 Sugarloaf Country Cub estate, the 27-hole TPC Sugarloaf golf course in Duluth, Georgia opened in 1997 and for several years played host to the BellSouth Classic on the PGA Tour. The Championship course here is made up of the Stables and Meadows ni

The Troon Golf & Country Club is arranged in two loops on either side of a major road, the layout supposedly a tribute to Scotland’s Royal Troon course (where designer Tom Weiskopf won his British Open) and really a tale of two parts. The front nine is flattish, quite interesting at tim

A heavily developed estate and daily fee course, the Monument Course at Troon North has some pretty cool holes, nice greens and bunker shapes and enough variety to please most discerning green fee golfers. It’s a solid layout that perhaps lacks a killer punch, with holes being good but not

Situated atop an old garbage dump, the Trump International Golf Club was developed by real estate tycoon Donald Trump and its course designed by architect Jim Fazio, apparently in association with his famous client. The club cost a fortune to build, as the amenities are lavish and Fazio moved 3 m