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1. PEBBLE BEACH (Calif.) G. LINKS. 800-654-9300 / pebblebeach.com. Jack Neville & Douglas Grant (1919)/Herbert Fowler (R. 1920) 7,075 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 67.3675.
2. PACIFIC DUNES. Bandon, Ore. / 888-345-6008 / bandondunesgolf.com. Tom Doak (2001) / 6,633 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 64.8645. The second course built at Bandon Dunes Resort.
3. WHISTLING STRAITS (STRAITS) Haven, Wis. / 800-344-2838 / whistlingstraits.com. Pete Dye (1998) / 7,790 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 64.5043. Pete Dye transformed a dead flat abandoned army air base along a two-mile stretch of Lake Michigan into an imitation Ballybunion at Whistling Straits, peppering his rugged fairways and windswept greens with 1,012 (at last count) bunkers.
4. THE OCEAN COURSE. Kiawah Island, S.C. / 888-854-2924 / kiawahgolf.com. Pete Dye & Alice Dye (1991) / 7,849 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 64.4146. The first course designed for a specific event—the 1991 Ryder Cup—this manufactured linksland-meets-lagoons layout might well be Pete Dye's most diabolical creation.
5. SHADOW CREEK. North Las Vegas, Nev. / 866-260-0069 / shadowcreek.com. Tom Fazio, with Steve Wynn (1990) 7,560 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 64.1319. One of a kind, and maybe Tom Fazio's finest work ever.
6. PINEHURST (N.C.) RESORT (No. 2) 800-487-4653 / pinehurst.com. Donald Ross (9 1902 /Donald Ross & Walter Travis (A.9 1907) Donald Ross (R.1935) 7,588 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.9639.
7. BANDON (Ore.) DUNES. 888-345-6008 / bandondunesgolf.com. David McLay Kidd (1999) 6,732 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 63.3123. Maybe not as visually mesmerizing as Whistling Straits (which it beat for Best New Upscale Public Course of 1999), but talented golfers consider Bandon Dunes to be the consummate shotmaker's course, as good a total examination of one's game as there is in America.
8. BETHPAGE STATE PARK (BLACK) Farmingdale, N.Y. / 516-249-4040 / nysparks.state.ny.us. Joseph H. Burbeck & A.W. Tillinghast (1936) 7,468 Yards, Par 71 / Points: 63.1529.
9. ERIN HILLS (Wis.) G. CSE. 866-772-4769 / erinhills.com. Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry & Ron Whitten (2006) 7,731 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.8534. Despite the legend spread by many, Erin Hills wasn't designed specifically to host a U.S. Open.
10. SPYGLASS HILL G. CSE. Pebble Beach / 800-654-9300 / pebblebeach.com. Robert Trent Jones (1966) 6,960 Yards, Par 72 / Points: 62.5718. Given the task of designing a course just up 17 Mile Drive from Pebble Beach and Cypress Point, Robert Trent Jones responded with a combination of Pine Valley and Augusta National.

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