The course library
Every guide is built from the ground truth: verified creator rounds filmed on the course — plus signature holes, history, and how to actually get a tee time. From the Old Course to your local muni.
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Ponte Vedra Beach · United States
The course that invented stadium golf — and the most famous par-3 in the world to prove it.
Par 72 · 7,275 yds · 88 bunkers · Pete Dye, 1980
Resort · Public · 37 films · 16 creators
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Crediton · United Kingdom
A quiet Devon parkland woven through historic estate land, where the River Yeo and a hilly back nine demand more than the modest yardage suggests.
Par 70 · 5,962 yds · David Williams, 1976
Parkland · Public · 26 films · 1 creator
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Scottsdale · United States
Where stadium golf was invented — and where 20,000 fans can turn a 163-yard par-3 into the loudest hole in professional golf.
Par 71 · 7,261 yds · 67 bunkers · Tom Weiskopf, Jay Morrish, 1986
Desert · Public · 18 films · 8 creators
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Bel Ombre · Mauritius
A course born from volcanic hills and ocean wind, designed by a Major champion and opened to world-class competition within weeks of its first round.
Par 72 · 7,367 yds · Louis Oosthuizen and Peter Matkovich, 2023
Links · Private · DP World Tour ×2 · 17 films · 1 creator
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Pebble Beach · United States
Where the Pacific claims as much of the game as the fairways do — Pebble Beach is America's public cathedral of golf.
Par 72 · 7,075 yds · 118 bunkers · Jack Neville and Douglas Grant (1919), 1919
Resort · Public · US Open ×13 · 16 films · 11 creators
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Kendal · United Kingdom
A parkland hidden in the river valleys south of the Lake District, where three waterways and a converted dairy farm make for golf with genuine character.
Par 71 · 6,080 yds · Fred Downham, 1993
Parkland · Public · 15 films · 1 creator
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Manchester · United Kingdom
A parkland course where centuries of history press in from every angle — a medieval manor, a martyred saint, and a river boundary holding the layout together.
Par 70 · 5,994 yds · George Lowe, 1902
Parkland · Public · 14 films · 1 creator
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Mesa · United States
A mature parkland layout in the desert that has served Mesa's golfers — and their wallets — since 1974.
Par 72 · 6,712 yds · 35 bunkers · Red Lawrence, Jeff Hardin, Greg Nash, 1974
Parkland · Public · 14 films · 3 creators
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Augusta · United States
The course that invented the modern major — and has never stopped defining what one should feel like.
Par 72 · 7,555 yds · 44 bunkers · Alister MacKenzie (Main Architect), Bobby Jones (Co-Designer), 1933
Parkland · Private · The Masters ×90 · 13 films · 8 creators
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Woking · United Kingdom
A water-defined parkland routed around 23 acres of lakes, where Peter Alliss and Clive Clark built one of Surrey's most accessible yet genuinely testing layouts.
Par 72 · 6,188 yds · Peter Alliss & Clive Clark, 1993
Parkland · Public · 12 films · 2 creators
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Prosper · United States
A D.A. Weibring design in the North Texas prairie that trades open skies for sculpted water, stone, and genuine championship length.
Par 72 · 7,317 yds · D.A. Weibring, 2002
Parkland · Private · 11 films · 6 creators
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Dallas · United States
A Jack Nicklaus signature design tucked beside DFW Airport, Bear Creek plays longer and harder than its suburban setting might suggest.
Par 72 · 7,000 yds · 46 bunkers · Jack Nicklaus, 1982
Parkland · Private · 11 films · 2 creators
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Milton Keynes · United Kingdom
A woodland cathedral in Buckinghamshire, where ancient pines frame every shot and a 7,200-yard test has rewarded the world's best players for five decades.
Par 72 · 7,218 yds · Charles Lawrie, 1976
Parkland · Public · Women's British Open (specifically sinc… ×2 · 10 films · 2 creators
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La Romana · Dominican Republic
Pete Dye found seven holes already drawn by the sea — all he had to do was build the other eleven.
Par 72 · 7,471 yds · 127 bunkers · Pete Dye, 1971
Resort · Public · 10 films · 6 creators
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Palm Beach Gardens · United States
Where Jack Nicklaus completed the career Grand Slam twice and the PGA of America once called home.
Par 72 · 7,474 yds · Dick Wilson and Joe Lee, 1964
Parkland · Private · PGA Championship · 9 films · 6 creators
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Arrowtown · New Zealand
A championship resort carved from a gold-rush farm, framed by the Remarkables and the peaks above Queenstown.
Par 72 · 7,165 yds · 61 bunkers · Sir Bob Charles, John Darby, Greg Turner, Scott Macpherson, 1993
Resort · Public · New Zealand Open, New Zealand Pro-Am Ch… · 9 films · 3 creators
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The course that defined championship golf in America — and still sets the standard a century later.
Par 70 · 7,588 yds · 111 bunkers · Donald Ross, Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw, 1907
Resort · Public · US Open (1999, 2005, 2014, 2024), PGA C… ×6 · 9 films · 5 creators
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St Andrews · Scotland
Two championship courses perched above the North Sea, within sight of the town that made golf what it is.
Par 72 · 7,230 yds · Sam Torrance, Bruce Devlin, Gene Sarazen, Denis Griffiths, 2001
Resort · Public · 9 films · 2 creators
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A compact parkland layout routed across prehistoric dunes and glacial ridgelines that give this modest Arkansas course an unlikely geological pedigree.
6,711 yds · Wayne Mitchell, 1970
Parkland · Public · 8 films · 1 creator
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Anstruther · Scotland
Nine holes on the Firth of Forth, where a modest par 62 conceals one of Scotland's most punishing par threes.
Par 62 · 4,690 yds · Old Tom Morris, 1896
Links · Public · 8 films · 1 creator
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Las Vegas · United States
A desert oasis carved from the Strip — where Tom Fazio's fairways meet waterfalls, koi ponds, and a skyline unlike any other in golf.
Par 70 · 6,722 yds · Tom Fazio, 2019
Resort · Public · 8 films · 4 creators
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The most demanding examination in American golf — a century of punishing greens, furious bunkers, and broken majors records.
Par 70 · 7,372 yds · 168 bunkers · Henry C. Fownes, William C. Fownes Jr., Gil Hanse & Jim Wagner, 1903
Hybrid · Private · US Open ×13 · 8 films · 6 creators
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Torquay · United Kingdom
A clifftop parkland 600 feet above the beaches of Babbacombe, with sea views to match any course in England.
Par 68 · 5,836 yds · James Braid, 1918
Parkland · Public · 7 films · 3 creators
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Benahavís · Spain
Built into the ravines of Andalusia's Ronda Mountains, a par-70 mountain course that trades length for relentless precision.
Par 70 · 5,896 yds · Gaunt & Marnoch (Jonathan Gaunt & Steve Marnoch), 2005
Mountain · Private · 7 films · 1 creator
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Watford · United Kingdom
Eighteen holes of parkland golf set across a Georgian estate eighteen miles from central London — where championship golf meets country-house grandeur.
Par 72 · 7,152 yds · Kyle Phillips, 2003
Parkland · Public · WGC / European Tour ×2 · 7 films · 4 creators
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Ivins · United States
Carved through ancient basalt lava fields beneath Utah's vermilion cliffs, Black Desert is one of the most visually arresting new courses in American golf.
Par 72 · 7,417 yds · Tom Weiskopf (lead designer, his final course), Phil Smith (collaborator and on-site architect who completed the work), 2023
Resort · Public · 7 films · 3 creators
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Formby · United Kingdom
A self-governing sanctuary in the dunes — one of British golf's oldest and most characterful independent ladies' clubs.
Par 71 · 5,374 yds · William McEwan, 1896
Hybrid · Private · 7 films · 4 creators
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Scottsdale · United States
Three courses carved from the Sonoran Desert, built for members who treat golf as serious business.
Par 72 · 7,579 yds · Dick Bailey & Jay Morrish (Mine Shaft Course); Jackson Kahn Design (The Other Course & Bad Little Nine), 2003
Desert · Private · 7 films · 2 creators
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Fort McDowell · United States
A minimalist desert masterpiece where Coore & Crenshaw let the Sonoran landscape do the heavy lifting — and the Four Peaks watch over every shot.
Par 71 · 6,966 yds · Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw, Scott Miller, 2001
Desert · Public · 6 films · 5 creators
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Lam Luk Ka · Thailand
A newly minted private parkland monument to ambition, rising from the plains north of Bangkok with a scale that demands attention.
Par 72 · 7,597 yds · Ixora Design, Reignwood Group Design, 2023
Parkland · Private · 6 films · 2 creators
A public Florida layout where the island green on the third has become the course's enduring calling card.
Public · 6 films · 6 creators
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Hollister · United States
Tiger Woods's first public course carves a dramatic path through the Ozark Mountains — limestone cliffs, island greens, and a 19th hole unlike anything else in American golf.
Par 72 · 7,370 yds · Tiger Woods (TGR Design), Johnny Morris, 2020
Resort · Public · 6 films · 5 creators
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Ras Al Khaimah · United Arab Emirates
Where the Hajar Mountains meet the mangroves — a desert course unlike any other in the Gulf.
Par 72 · 7,200 yds · Gerald Williams, 2004
Hybrid · Public · 6 films · 1 creator
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Palm Beach Gardens · United States
A boldly engineered private club where Jack Nicklaus and Justin Thomas reimagined what Florida golf can demand.
Par 72 · 7,864 yds · Jack Nicklaus and Justin Thomas, 2023
Parkland · Private · 5 films · 3 creators
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Pebble Beach · United States
Nine holes of living history — each yardage a date, each tee a story from Pebble Beach's century of championship golf.
Par 27 · 670 yds · Tiger Woods (TGR Design), 2021
Resort · Public · 5 films · 4 creators
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La Romana · Dominican Republic
Seven holes that God made, eleven that Pete Dye carved from coral and conviction — together they form the Caribbean's defining golf experience.
Par 72 · 7,312 yds · Pete Dye, Jerry Pate Design (restoration), 1971
Resort · Public · Latin America Amateur Championship (201… · 5 films · 3 creators
A Gil Hanse design carved through desert ravine and lakeside fairways in the heart of Dubai's Akoya development.
Public · 5 films · 2 creators
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Palm Beach Gardens · United States
The first purpose-built arena for professional golf — where virtual fairways meet a motorized putting surface inside a 1,500-seat stadium.
3 bunkers · Nicklaus Design, Beau Welling Design, Agustín Pizá, 2025
Hybrid · Private · 5 films · 4 creators
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La Jolla · United States
The course that proved championship golf and the public interest need not be strangers.
Par 72 · 7,802 yds · 80 bunkers · William F. Bell, 1957
Parkland · Public · US Open ×2 · 5 films · 3 creators
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Jupiter · United States
A private golfer's retreat carved from Florida hammock and wetland, where Pete Dye's most personal design philosophy found its fullest expression.
Par 72 · 7,311 yds · Pete Dye, 2002
Parkland · Private · 5 films · 4 creators
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Carlsbad · United States
Arnold Palmer's only coastal signature design in Southern California — where 73 bunkers, botanical landscaping, and oversized greens conspire against a comfortable round.
Par 72 · 7,007 yds · 73 bunkers · Arnold Palmer, 1991
Resort · Public · LPGA Kia Classic ×10 · 5 films · 4 creators
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Delray Beach · United States
A demanding private parkland test in South Florida, where slope and subtropical conditions conspire to humble even accomplished players.
Par 72 · 7,047 yds · Karl Litten, 1984
Parkland · Private · 5 films · 3 creators
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Delray Beach · United States
Three nines of water, bunkers, and South Florida sky — redesigned for a new era by Rees Jones and Steve Weisser.
Par 72 · 6,803 yds · Arthur Hills, Rees Jones & Steve Weisser, Kipp Schulties, 1996
Parkland · Private · 5 films · 3 creators
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Palm Beach Gardens · United States
Where the Bear Trap turns a comfortable round into something altogether more dangerous.
Par 72 · 7,081 yds · Jack Nicklaus, 1990
Resort · Public · PGA Championship · 5 films · 3 creators
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St Andrews · United Kingdom
Six centuries of golfers, sheep, and sea wind have shaped a links that invented almost every convention the game still observes — eighteen holes, the out-and-back routing, the very idea of strategy.
Par 72 · 7,305 yds · Nature / Old Tom Morris, 1552
Links · Public · Open Championship ×30 · 3 films · 3 creators
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Sheboygan · United States
A landlocked links that invented its own coastline — Pete Dye's 1,000-bunker theatre on the Lake Michigan bluffs.
Par 72 · 7,790 yds · 1,012 bunkers · Pete Dye, 1998
Resort · Public · PGA Championship ×4 · 2 films · 1 creator