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Sebonack Golf Club

Southampton, New York

Jack NicklausExpansive Naturalistic BunkeringMajor Championship Host

The Lido

Nekoosa, Wisconsin

C.B. Macdonald (original concept)Template Hole RevivalUSGA Host

Yeamans Hall Club

Charleston, South Carolina

Seth Raynor (1925 original)Raynor Template HolesMajor Championship Host

Old Macdonald

Bandon, Oregon

Tom Doak & Jim UrbinaClassic Template HolesUSGA Host

Pacific Dunes at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort

Bandon, Oregon

Tom Doak (original)Ocean Bluff LinksU.S. Top 100

Streamsong Blue

Bowling Green, Florida

Tom Doak (Renaissance Golf Design)Ragged Dune WasteU.S. Top 100

Piping Rock Club

Locust Valley, New York

C.B. Macdonald (original)Bold Template HolesMajor Championship Host

Ballyneal Golf Club

Holyoke, Colorado

Tom DoakInland Links MinimalismU.S. Top 100

Pinehurst Resort (No. 10 Course)

Pinehurst, North Carolina

Tom Doak (with Angela Moser as lead design associate)Rolling Sandhill RidgesU.S. Top 100

Forest Dunes – the Loop

Roscommon, Michigan

Tom DoakReversible Shared GreensU.S. Top 100

The Tree Farm

Batesburg, South Carolina

Zac Blair with Tom Doak & Kye GoalbySandy Pine WasteUSGA Host

Bel-Air Country Club

Los Angeles, California

George C. Thomas Jr. (original)Canyon Swinging BridgeU.S. Amateur Host

Rock Creek Cattle Company

Deer Lodge, Montana

Tom DoakBoldly Contoured GreensU.S. Top 100

High Pointe Golf Club

Williamsburg, Michigan

Tom DoakMinimalist Contoured Greens

Oyster Harbors Club

Osterville, Massachusetts

Donald Ross (1926)Ross Style BunkeringUSGA Host

Crooked Stick Golf Club

Carmel, Indiana

Pete Dye & Alice Dye (1967)Diagonal Water HazardsHistoric Major Host

The Valley Club of Montecito

Montecito, California

Alister MacKenziePerched Contoured GreensUSGA Host

Stone Eagle Golf Club

Palm Desert, California

Tom DoakDesert Rock Outcroppings

Stonewall (Old Course)

Elverson, Pennsylvania

Tom Doak (originalStone Barn FramingUSGA Host

Sedge Valley Golf Course

Rome, Wisconsin

Tom Doak (lead)Heathland Native Grasses

Lost Dunes Golf Club

Bridgman, Michigan

Tom DoakMassive Dune Bunkers

Stonewall (North Course)

Elverson, Pennsylvania

Tom DoakStonewall CrossingsUSGA Host

Onwentsia Club

Lake Forest, Illinois

Charles Blair MacdonaldMidwestern Strategic GreensHistoric Major Host

Medinah Country Club (Course No. 1)

Medinah, Illinois

Tom Bendelow (original)Diabolically Contoured Greens

Inwood Country Club

Inwood, New York

Dr. William Exton & Arthur Thatcher (original)Golden Age ContoursHistoric Major Host

Country Club of Detroit

Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan

Bert Way (orig.)Colt Alison BunkeringU.S. Amateur Host

Rochester Golf & Country Club

Rochester, Minnesota

A.W. Tillinghast (original)Tillinghast Green ContoursUSGA Host

North Shore Country Club

Glen Head, New York

Seth Raynor & Charles B. Macdonald (1916)Template Strategic HolesU.S. Amateur Host

Broadmoor Country Club

Indianapolis, Indiana

Donald Ross (original)Cross Bunkered Fairways

Sandpiper Golf Club

Goleta, California

William F. BellOcean Bluff Routing

CommonGround Golf Course

Aurora, Colorado

Tom Doak (Renaissance Golf Design team: Eric IversonWind Swept PrairieU.S. Amateur Host

Memorial Park Golf Course

Houston, Texas

John Bredemus (1936)Massive Bunkerless Landing Zones

Atlantic City Country Club

Northfield, New Jersey

John Reid (original)Strategic Wind BunkeringMajor Championship Host

Legends Resort – Heathland Course

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Tom DoakWind Exposed Links