My nominations for favorite courses:
Arthur Hills:
River Islands, Tennessee - Imteresting routing and the name is literal.
Ouitavos Dunes, Portugal - kinda similar theme. Great setting a few very interesting holes and lots of great views.
Coming theme: Eye candy sites that yield B+ golf.
Ault and Clark:
Toftress Resort, PA: Super tough mountain course with amazing greens. One of the toughest courses I’ve played.
Penn National Iron Forge Course: Great wide open “fake links” course with lots of long views and a very nice balance and shot variety.
Common theme: Tough walks but walkable. Reward good driving.
Joe Lee:
Greystone Golf Club, MD Protoype modern tournament layout. Long, tough. Forced carries, all or nothing shots. Not that fun but very fair.
Musket Ridge, MD: His last course. Nice variety. Fun and fair. Nearly unwalkable.
Common theme: “The Championship Course”
Rees Jones:
Hell’s Pointe, VA: Interesting wetlands setting with a few “signature holes.”
Montauk Downs, NY: Ok, he gets a co-credit with RTJ, but this is one of my all time favorite courses.
Common theme: Hard to say because most of the other courses I have played of his are redesigns like Torrey Pines where the work was mostly about making it a modern Tour level track.