Is it possible to build the best course in the world? Absolutely.
There are 9 Golf Week courses with a rating of 9.0 or higher.
Two of the 9 were built in the last 20 years. So, they may not be the best right now, but they are darned close! Perhaps Streamsong (composite
) will be #1!?
Pine Valley Golf Club 9.56
1919, Harry S. Colt, George Crump
Cypress Point Club 9.48
1928, Alister MacKenzie
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club 9.36
1931, William S. Flynn, Howard C. Toomey
National Golf Links of America 9.29
1911, Charles Blair Macdonald
Sand Hills Golf Club 9.27
1995, Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
Pacific Dunes 9.10
2001, Tom Doak
Oakmont Country Club 9.10
1903, Henry Fownes
Augusta National Golf Club 9.08
1932, Bobby Jones, Alister MacKenzie
Merion Golf Club (East) 9.00
1912, Hugh Wilson
Also, I don't buy that a new set of panelists would yield significantly different results. Are any of the courses above over rated?