[Howard Riefs]

Golf Digest released its top 100 public/resort courses listing:
http://www.golfdigest.com/gallery/americas-100-greatest-public-courses-ranking

Of note…
No movement in top 4: Pebble, Pac Dunes, Ocean Course, Whistling Straits
Old Mac from 12 to 10, making three Bandon Courses in top 10 for the first time, and four in top 14 (Trails)
Pete Dye with six courses in top 25

“New” or back in top 100…
Sentryworld – 34
Gamble Sands – 37
Doral Blue –61
Poppy Hills – 62
Troy Burne – 69
Quintero – 87
Edgewood Tahoe – 93
Mid Pines – 94
Trump Ferry Point – 96
We-Ko-Pa Saguro – 99

Moving up…
Tobacco Road – 71 to 55
Lawsonia Links – 85 to 59
Blackwolf Run Meadow Valley – 72 to 60
Pinehurst No. 8 – 80 to 64
Hualalai – 99 to 83

Moving down…
Cuscowilla – 56 to 70
Atunyote – 52 to 76
Pelican Hill – 61 to 77
Pumpkin Ridge, Ghost Creek – 67 to 81
TPC  San Antonio (AT&T Oaks) – 68 to 84
The Bull at Pinehust Farms – 70 to 85
Caledonia – 73 to 86
The Prairie Club (Pines) – 75 to 90
Linville GC – 76 to 92

[Josh Tarble]

I saw Cuscowilla in another public course list...when did they become public?  Is it more of a resort "stay-and-play" type public access?

[MCirba]

Noooooo.....

Not The Bull at Pinehurst Farms!!!   

[Mike Schott]

Nice to see 5-6 courses from Michigan on the list although only a few would be my choices to be placed that highly. However I have not played Arcadia Bluffs yet.

[Mark Pritchett]

Cuscowilla is "moving out" because as of 1 January 2017 the club is fully private. 

[Bill Seitz]

Was there some recent work done at Troy Burne?  Seems odd to go from completely out to top 70 for a course that's been around for a while (at least 10-12 years or more based on the time I played it). 

[Josh Tarble]

Cuscowilla is "moving out" because as of 1 January 2017 the club is fully private.

Seems odd they'd let it be on the 2017 Public List then?

[Mark Pritchett]

Cuscowilla is "moving out" because as of 1 January 2017 the club is fully private.

Seems odd they'd let it be on the 2017 Public List then?

As I recall, prior to this year the club allowed "stay and play" packages to the public and also some limited weekday tee times so I suppose it was included in the public/resort list.

[Mark Provenzano]

Why is the Prince course still on this list? It was closed when I was in Kauai in 2015 and I can't find any indication it ever reopened. The renovation they refer to was in 2012 if I'm not mistaken.

[Parker Page]

Was there some recent work done at Troy Burne?  Seems odd to go from completely out to top 70 for a course that's been around for a while (at least 10-12 years or more based on the time I played it).

Bill, I wouldn't be surprised if it took Troy Burne that long to get the requisite 25 ratings to make the list.  It's not that far from the Twin Cities, but there are so many other options in that area that it may have taken the raters some time to get around to it.

[Ian Mackenzie]

Why is the Prince course still on this list? It was closed when I was in Kauai in 2015 and I can't find any indication it ever reopened. The renovation they refer to was in 2012 if I'm not mistaken.

Well, either:


A. Surrounded by the Westin and St. Regis, they decided to just bulldoze 150 acres of highly-regarded RTJ-designed golf back into the ground....or....


B. Insert adjective that best describes your ability to use the internet....{HERE}....


Could also use....C. OMG, you uncovered a friggin' Hawaiian conspiracy that fooled the good people at Golf Digest. But NOT YOU!!!!

[PCCraig]

Was there some recent work done at Troy Burne?  Seems odd to go from completely out to top 70 for a course that's been around for a while (at least 10-12 years or more based on the time I played it).

I don't believe so. I might of just hit its minimum number of panelist votes?

[Mark Provenzano]

Why is the Prince course still on this list? It was closed when I was in Kauai in 2015 and I can't find any indication it ever reopened. The renovation they refer to was in 2012 if I'm not mistaken.

Well, either:


A. Surrounded by the Westin and St. Regis, they decided to just bulldoze 150 acres of highly-regarded RTJ-designed golf back into the ground....or....


B. Insert adjective that best describes your ability to use the internet....{HERE}....


Could also use....C. OMG, you uncovered a friggin' Hawaiian conspiracy that fooled the good people at Golf Digest. But NOT YOU!!!!

Always appreciate an attempt at humor here, but that really wasn't very helpful...

http://www.golfadvisor.com/articles/princeville-resort-prince-course-closure-renovation-hawaii-14909.htm

http://www.golfadvisor.com/articles/princeville-resort-prince-course-kauai-hawaii-15610.htm

http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2015/09/15/discovery-land-co-exits-500m-kauais-princeville-at.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikmatuszewski/2017/01/12/princevilles-peerless-makai-golf-club-how-a-hawaii-resort-thrives-after-losing-top-100-course/#4d75255d10f0

They didn't bulldoze it, yet. But last when I was there Jan 2015 it had been mothballed pending renovation. We played Makai and walked a few holes of the Prince--they had big plans of taking it private. My limited and obviously impaired use of the internet suggests that no one has actually played the course in 2.5 years, or is likely to do so anytime soon. Which brings me back to my original question...

[John Kavanaugh]

This list should be titled "100 Ressons to Join a Club".

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