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Pine Valley Golf Club

Pine Hill, New Jersey

George Arthur CrumpHells Half AcreUSGA Host

Crystal Downs Country Club

Frankfort, Michigan

MacKenzie & Maxwell Golden Age masterpiecePerfect green complexity score (100/100)Lake Michigan bluffs and duneland terrain

Pinehurst Resort (No. 2 Course)

Pinehurst, North Carolina

Donald RossTurtleback GreensMajor Championship Host

Seminole Golf Club

Juno Beach, Florida

Donald RossDune Ridge RoutingU.S. Top 100

Sand Hills Golf Club

Mullen, Nebraska

Bill Coore & Ben CrenshawNative Sandhills DunesU.S. Top 100

Friar's Head Golf Club

Riverhead, New York

Bill Coore & Ben CrenshawDune Farmland TransitionsUSGA Host

Sebonack Golf Club

Southampton, New York

Jack NicklausExpansive Naturalistic BunkeringMajor Championship Host

The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island

Kiawah Island, South Carolina

Pete Dye with Alice DyeWindswept Dune FairwaysMajor Championship Host

The Lido

Nekoosa, Wisconsin

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

Prairie Dunes Country Club

Hutchinson, Kansas

Perry Maxwell (original 9)Prairie Dunes LinksMajor Championship Host

Whistling Straits (Straits Course)

Kohler, Wisconsin

Pete DyeMonstrous Bunker ChaosMajor Championship Host

Boston Golf Club

Hingham, Massachusetts

Gil Hanse with Jim WagnerStone Wall StrategyU.S. Top 100

Streamsong Red

Bowling Green, Florida

Bill Coore & Ben CrenshawExpansive Sandy Waste

Bandon Trails

Bandon, Oregon

Bill Coore & Ben CrenshawDunes Forest MeadowsU.S. Top 100

Streamsong Blue

Bowling Green, Florida

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

CapRock Ranch

Valentine, Nebraska

Gil Hanse & Jim Wagner (2021)Sandhills Canyon RoutingU.S. Top 100

Old Barnwell

Aiken, South Carolina

Brian Schneider & Blake ConantGeometric Bathtub Bunkers

Broomsedge Golf Club

Rembert, South Carolina

Kyle Franz with Mike KoprowskiSandy Blowout Fairways

Ballyneal Golf Club

Holyoke, Colorado

Tom DoakInland Links MinimalismU.S. Top 100

Kingsley Club

Kingsley, Michigan

Mike DeVriesGlacial Kettle Terrain

Streamsong Black

Bowling Green, Florida

Gil Hanse & Jim WagnerMoonscape Sand Waste

Erin Hills Golf Course

Hartford, Wisconsin

Dr. Michael HurdzanNaturalistic Blowout BunkersMajor Championship Host

The International Golf Club

Bolton, Massachusetts

Geoffrey Cornish (original PinesSandy Waste BunkeringUSGA Host

Mammoth Dunes

Nekoosa, Wisconsin

David McLay KiddEnormous FairwaysUSGA Host

Pinehurst Resort (No. 10 Course)

Pinehurst, North Carolina

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

Rodeo Dunes

Roggen, Colorado

Bill Coore & Ben CrenshawTowering Inland Dunes

GrayBull Club

Maxwell, Nebraska

David McLay KiddSandhills Dune Ridges

Ohoopee Match Club

Cobbtown, Georgia

Gil Hanse with Jim WagnerAlternate Routing LayoutU.S. Top 100

Miakka Golf Club

Myakka City, Florida

Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design (Dana Fry & Jason Straka)Sandbelt Style Bunkering

Old Sandwich Golf Club

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw (original)Pine Framed FairwaysUSGA Host

Pinehurst Resort (No. 4 Course)

Pinehurst, North Carolina

Donald Ross (1919)Undulating Multi Tiered GreensU.S. Amateur Host

Cabot Citrus Farms – Karoo

Brooksville, Florida

Kyle FranzMulti Route Fairways

Landmand Golf Club

Homer, Nebraska

Rob Collins & Tad King (King-Collins Golf Course Design)Prairie Spectacle Greens

Forest Dunes – the Loop

Roscommon, Michigan

Tom DoakReversible Shared GreensU.S. Top 100

The Dunes Club

New Buffalo, Michigan

Dick NugentMinimalist Duneland Routing

Sutton Bay

Agar, South Dakota

Graham MarshBluffside Prairie LinksUSGA Host

Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club (Bluffs Course)

Arcadia, Michigan

Rick Smith & Warren HendersonBluffland LinksUSGA Host

The Tree Farm

Batesburg, South Carolina

Zac Blair with Tom Doak & Kye GoalbySandy Pine WasteUSGA Host

Sand Valley

Nekoosa, Wisconsin

Bill Coore & Ben CrenshawDramatic Dune RoutingU.S. Top 100

Congaree Golf Club

Ridgeland, South Carolina

Tom FazioSandy Waste AreasU.S. Top 100

Tobacco Road Golf Club

Sanford, North Carolina

Mike StrantzSandy Waste BunkersU.S. Top 100

Trout National Golf Club

Millville, New Jersey

Tiger Woods (TGR Design)White Faced Bunkers

High Pointe Golf Club

Williamsburg, Michigan

Tom DoakMinimalist Contoured Greens

Mid Pines Golf Club

Southern Pines, North Carolina

Donald Ross (1921)Ross Sandhills Routing

Cabot Citrus Farms – the Roost

Brooksville, Florida

Kyle FranzCentral Sinkhole Hazard

The Prairie Club - Dunes Course

Valentine, Nebraska

Graham Marsh masterwork in dunes landscapePure sandhills terrain and native grassWind management and dramatic elevation changes

Sedge Valley Golf Course

Rome, Wisconsin

Tom Doak (lead)Heathland Native Grasses

John's Island Club West Course

Vero Beach, Florida

Tom FazioSand Ridge Elevation

Gamble Sands

Brewster, Washington

David McLay KiddSandy Bluff FairwaysU.S. Top 100

21 Golf Club — MacKenzie Course

Aiken, South Carolina

King CollinsContoured Sandhills Greens

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