[Steve_ Shaffer]

does not exist this year. Instead, Ron Whitten writes about all the new courses he played and what's opening in 2011:

http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-courses/2010-12/best-new-courses?currentPage=1

[Jay Kirkpatrick]

where in nc is contentment going to be?  i haven't heard of the project to this point.

edited to say: just saw it on george's website.  apparently somewhere near elkin, nc.

[Scott Weersing]

This is surprising that they could not come up with best new public, best new private, etc. I think the quality is more important than the quantity of new courses.

Here is the 2009 list that covers courses which opened from June 2008 to May 2009. http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-courses/2010-01/bestnewpublic

Old Macdonald would not be eligible for 2010 best new course because it opened in June. Let's hope there is a list for 2011.

[Ronald Montesano]

"Lost Farm has generated a ton of buzz, but in this economy, you'd think they'd come up with a better name."

I don't know Whitten, so I don't know his sense of humor.  I've not found him to be particularly mirthful and jocular, especially when it comes to GCA.  Therefore, wherein and hereby, this is an odd way to end a piece.  Lost Farm is a fine name for a golf course, although if there has been some turnover of farming terrain in Tasmania, due to the economy, I understand his perspective.

[John Kavanaugh]

I congratulate Ron Whitten on taking this courageous first step.  Perhaps he will continue the trend and release a Greatest list every 5 years instead of the current 2 year cycle.  Thank you Ron for being the voice of reason in a vacuum of ambiguity.

[PCCraig]

"Hugging the coast of the Moray Firth, and the bluffs above it, Scotland's Castle Stuart is the first great links of the 21st Century."

*Didn't Pacific Dunes open in 2001?


*How about the "Golf Hole of the Year":

"GOLF HOLE OF THE YEAR
Chicago Highlands Golf Club in the Chicago suburb of Westchester, was built atop an old landfill capped by 20 feet of soil, enough to allow Arthur Hills to sculpt the land into a faux links. It has a number of clever, unusual holes, the best being the 344-yard ninth, intended to be a reachable par 4 from all six tees. It's shaped like a volcano, up a steady rise from the tee to a hilltop green surrounded by slopes of tightly mowed turf. Blow it left, right, short or over the green, and the ball could roll 60 yards down. It's a giant chocolate drop of a hole, a pyramid of grass, the Iwo Jima of golf. As one who has steadfastly insisted he'd seen it all in golf design, I humbly beg for a mulligan."

*It also sounds like he didn't like Harbor Shores. Sounds like they are flipping the nines for the Senior PGA?

*I think "Lost Farm" is a cool name. 

[Scott_Burroughs]

No mention of Dormie Club, which opened in their eligibility window (May, 2010), and is pretty good.

Scott W,

You say Old Mac is not eligible, yet Whitten still reviewed it in the article.

 

Cool oblique aerial pic of Prairie Club in the article:

[Jerry Kluger]

It's nice to read a positive review of courses being built today. It's also refreshing to see all the praise for Hanse, Lehman, Doak/Urbina and no mention of Fazio, etc.

Has anyone seen the new private course he talks about in Texas?

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