Certainly a more robust list than year's past...
Ron Whiten gushes over Gamble Sands, which leads off the list of “Best New Courses of 2014.
http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-courses/2014-11/best-new-coursesAnd the accompanying list of new and renovated courses follows. Congrats to Tom (Dismal Red, Medinah #1), Tim Liddy (Ford Plantation) and Richard Mandell (Keller)…
http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-courses/2014-11/best-new-courses-photos?slide=3#slide=1GAMBLE SANDS, BREWSTER, WASHINGTON
David McLay Kidd, designer
THE CLIFFS AT MOUNTAIN PARK, MARIETTA, SOUTH CAROLINA
Gary Player and Jeff Lawrence, designer
DISMAL RIVER CLUB (RED COURSE), MULLEN, NEBRASKA
Tom Doak, designer
SEWAILO GOLF CLUB, TUCSON, ARIZONA
Notah Begay III & Ty Butler, designers
TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF LINKS AT FERRY POINT, BRONX, NEW YORK
Jack Nicklaus, Jim Lipe and John Sanford, designers
ESPLANADE GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB, LAKEWOOD RANCH, FLORIDA
Chris Wilczynski, designer
POTOMAC SHORES GOLF CLUB, POTOMAC SHORES, VIRGINIA
Jack Nicklaus and Rick Jacobson, designers
THE FALLS GOLF CLUB, LARCHWOOD, IOWA
Rees Jones, designer with Bryce Swanson, associate
THE CANYONS GOLF COURSE, CANYONS RESORT, PARK CITY, UTAH
Gene Bates, designer with Casey Bates, associate
SNEAK PEEK: MINOT COUNTRY CLUB, MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA
Jim Engh, designer
SNEAK PEEK: THE TATANKA CLUB, OHIYA CASINO & RESORT, NIOBRARA, NEBRASKA
Paul Albanese, designer
SNEAK PEEK: CABOT CLIFFS, INVERNESS, NOVA SCOTIA
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, designers
NEWLY REMODELED COURSESPOPPY HILLS GOLF CLUB, PEBBLE BEACH, CALIFORNIA
Robert Trent Jones Jr. & Bruce Charlton, redesigners
SENTRYWORLD GOLF CLUB, STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN
Robert Trent Jones Jr. and Bruce Charlton, redesigners, with Jay Blasi, former associate
FORD PLANTATION GOLF CLUB, RICHMOND HILL, GEORGIA
Pete Dye, redesigner with Tim Liddy, associate.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY GOLF COURSE, STATESBORO, GEORGIA
Bob Walker, redesigner
FULL CRY AT KESWICK GOLF CLUB, KESWICK, VIRGINIA
Pete Dye, redesigner with Chris Lutzke, associate.
TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF CLUB DORAL (BLUE MONSTER), DORAL, FLORIDA
Gil Hanse, redesigner with Jim Wagner, associate
THE PHILADELPHIA CRICKET CLUB (WISSAHICKON), FLOURTOWN, PENNSYLANIA
Keith Foster, redesigner
MEDINAH COUNTRY CLUB (COURSE ONE), MEDINAH, ILLINOIS
Tom Doak, redesigner
KELLER GOLF COURSE, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA
Richard Mandell, redesigner
THE CAMPUS COURSE, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
Jeff Blume, redesigner
SNEAK PEEK: OLYMPIC HILLS COUNTRY CLUB, EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA
Ron Prichard, redesigner