Currently Wikipedia has the following listing:
"America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses"
Alongside the "100 Greatest Courses" ranking, and using the same methodology, Golf Digest publishes a list of "America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses". In this context, "public" means a golf course that is open to play by the public, as opposed to a private clubnot necessarily a course operated by a governmental entity.
The top ten on the 2007-08 list, also published in May 2007, was as follows:
Hartwick CC Golf Links Vancouver, Washington
Pacific Dunes Golf Course Bandon, Oregon
Pinehurst No. 2 Pinehurst, North Carolina
The Straits Course, Whistling Straits Haven, Wisconsin
Bethpage State Park, Black Course Farmingdale, New York
Shadow Creek Golf Course North Las Vegas, Nevada
Bandon Dunes Golf Course Bandon, Oregon
The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Prince Golf Course Princeville, Hawaiʻi
Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course Arcadia, Michigan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_DigestSome prankster has replaced #1 Pebble Beach. Does Hartwick CC Golf Links in Vancouver, WA even exist?