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Top 20 Golf Courses in The United States of America

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Golf is always seen as a game for rich people. It is a club and ball sport. Modern Golf is developed from 15th century Scotland. The players use various courses to hit the balls in various holes in a minimum number of strokes.

Golf does not have any standard area to play like any other ball games. The key part of the game is to play across varied terrain on different courses.

The game is played with 18 holes. The recreational courses can be smaller. Each course contains teeing ground and putting ground. The teeing ground is to start from while putting ground is to contain actual holes. We have got you a list of the:

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Top 20 golf courses in the United States of America

1. Pine Valley Golf Course

Address: Pine Valley, Camden County, southern New Jersey

Establish Date: 1913

Type: Private

Area: 7181 yards

Par: 70

Points: 72.1554

Designer: Perry Maxwell, Charles Hugh Alison, George Arthur Crump, Harry Colt and A. W. Tillinghast

Membership Tier: The membership tier is Business Membership, Legacy Membership, Full Membership, full-Individual Membership, Young Professional Membership, Sports Membership, Sport-Individual Membership, Social Membership and House Membership.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are around $10,000, while the monthly maintenance fee ranges from $100 to $500. However, the membership fee remains unknown.

About the Golf Course: It was founded by amateur golfers from Philadelphia. The club is highly exclusive, and the membership is only on invitation. This club has approximately 930 members across the world.

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2. Augusta National (GA) Golf Course

Address: Augusta, Georgia

Establish Date: 1933

Type: Private

Area: 7475 yards

Par: 72

Points: 71.8240

Designer: Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones

Membership Tier: The tier is not indicated clearly.

Membership Fees: One time membership initiation fees are around $250,000 to 500,000 while the annual dues is around $ 4000.   

About the Golf Course: The club was formed by Bobby jones and Clifford Roberts on a Fruitland. The membership is strictly on invitation and has no application process. This club has almost 300 members at given time.

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3. Cypress Point Club

Address: Pebbles Beach, California, West Cost

Establish Date: 1928

Type: Private

Area: 6524 yards

Par: 72

Points: 69.9692

Designer:  Robert Hunter & Alister MacKenzie

Membership Tier: The tier is not indicated clearly.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fee is around $250,000

About the Golf Course: This golf course is set on coastal sand dunes and Del Monte Forest. The golf course is one of the most expensive golf courses and the members need to sponsor the non-members.

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4. Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

Address: Southampton, New York

Establish Date: 1891

Type: Private

Area: 7445 yards

Par: 70

Points: 69.5265

Designer: Willie Davis (1891), Willie Dunn (1894), C. B. MacDonald (1901), and William Flynn (1931)

Membership Tier: The tier is not indicated clearly.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are generally not disclosed.

About the Golf Course: This course is the founding member of United States Golf Association. This is one of the clubs which allowed women member right from the beginning.

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5. Oakmont (PA) Country Club

Address: Plum, Pennsylvania

Establish Date: 1903

Type: Private

Area: 7255 yards

Par: 71

Points: 68.9795

Designer: Henry Fownes (1904) and Tom Fazio (2015)

Membership Tier: The tier is not indicated clearly.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are around $75,000.

About the Golf Course: This course is set on river valley with almost no water hazards. The unique part of this ground is bunkers, sloped fairways, ditches and diabolic speedy greens.

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6. Merion Golf Course

Address: Haverford Township, near Ardmore, Pennsylvania

Establish Date: 1912 (East Coast) and 1914 (West Coast)

Type: Private

Area: 6996 yards

Par: 70

Points: 67.6807

Designer: Hugh Irvine Wilson

Membership Tier: The tier is not indicated clearly.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are around $70,000, while annual dues are around $6,000.

About the Golf Course: The members formed the club on the east coast as well as west coast. The property is the farmhouse bought by Claus and Rebecca. Their house is the clubhouse of the club.

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Address: Southampton, New York

Establish Date: 1911

Type: Private

Area: 6935 yards

Par: 72

Points: 67.3821

Designer: Charles B. Macdonald

Membership Tier: The tier is not indicated clearly.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are around $150,000 while annual dues are around $10,000.

About the Golf Course: The course is spread over back trees. The pattern of the holes was from the famous golf course in British Isles. This club had 67 founding club members.

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Address: Pebble Beach, California

Establish Date: 1919

Type: Private

Area: 7075 yards

Par: 72

Points: 67.3575

Designer: Jack Neville, Douglas Grant (1919) Arnold Palmer & Thad Layton (2016 renovation)

Membership Tier: The tier is not indicated clearly.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are not known, but the green fee cost is $575.

About the Golf Course: The golf course is laid over a rocky coastline. The course was part of Hotel Del Monte. The course was bought with Japanese investments.

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9. Fishers Island (N.Y.) Club

Address: Southold, Suffok, New York

Establish Date: 1926

Type: Private

Area: 6615 yards

Par: 70

Points: 66.4734

Designer: Richard Neutra

Membership Tier: The tier is not indicated clearly.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are $45,000 while annual dues are around $25,000.

About the Golf Course: The course has beach court, four tennis court and member only beachfront apart from the golf course.

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10. Sand Hills Golf Course

Address: Mullen, Nebraska.

Establish Date: 1995

Type: Private

Area: 7089 yards

Par: 71

Points: 66.4208

Designer: Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw

Membership Tier: The tier is not indicated clearly.

Membership Fees: The membership fees are never disclosed online and are details are very private.

About the Golf Course: The course is developed through Sandhills of Nebraska. This is one of the best designed golf courses in past 50 years. This is the most natural golf course built since World War I. 

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11. Seminole Golf Club

Address: North Palm Beach, Florida

Establish Date: 1929

Type: Private

Area: 6836 yards

Par: 72

Points: 66.0702

Designer: Donald Ross (1929) and Renovations by Dick Wilson (1957); Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw (2016–18).

Membership Tier: The tier is not indicated clearly.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees is around $65,000 while the annual dues are $12,500.    

About the Golf Course: This golf course is consistently ranked in top 100 golf courses in the nation. The club had many renowned personalities as members.

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12. Winged Foot Golf Course (West)

Address: Mamaroneck, New York

Establish Date: 1923

Type: Private

Area: 7,477 Yards

Par: 72

Points: 66.0543

Designer: A. W. Tillinghast (1923) and renovation by Gil Hanse (2018).

Membership Tier: The tier is not indicated clearly.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees range around $35,000 to $200,000 while the annual dues are $15,000 to $20,000.

About the Golf Course: This golf course has its name and logo are displayed in the lobby floor in New York athlete club. The club was established in 1921, however opened in 1923.

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13. Chicago Golf Club

Address: Wheaton, Illinois

Establish Date: 1922

Type: Private

Area: 6877 yards

Par: 70

Points: 65.6420

Designer: Charles B. Macdonald

Membership Tier: The tier is not indicated clearly.   

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are around $150,000 while the annual dues are $18,500.

About the Golf Course: The first ever women who won the Olympic even belonged to this club. The maximum amount of club members is 120 and can never exceed the same. The only way to enter the club is through the existing member.

14. Crystal Downs Country Club

Address: Lake, Benzie, Michigan

Establish Date: 1931

Type: Private

Area: 6560 Yards

Par: 70

Points: 65.5514

Designer: Alister MacKenzie and Perry Maxwell

Membership Tier: The tier is not indicated clearly.  

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are around $150,000 while the annual dues are $30,000.

About the Golf Course: This club has been ranked one of the top golf courses. However, till date it has hosted only one tournament US Senior Amateur. This club is located far from the city area and has fewer facilities.

15. Muirfield Village Golf Course

Address: Dublin, Ohio

Establish Date: 1974

Type: Private

Area: 7456 yards

Par: 72

Points: 65.0583

Designer: Jack Nicklaus

Membership Tier: The tier includes Full Playing, Weekday, Intermediate I, II & III, Junior, cadet, Country, and House. 

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are around $100,000, while the annual dues are $20,000.

About the Golf Course: This club holds Memorial Tournament annually. The club also hosts other various tournaments. The golf course brought wealth to the village, with many homes being sold after the opening.

16. Friar’s Head Golf Course

Address: Riverhead, New York

Establish Date: 2002

Type: Private

Area: 7071 yards

Par: 70

Points: 65.0338

Designer: Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw

Membership Tier: The membership tiers are not disclosed.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are around $250,000, while the annual dues are $20,000.

About the Golf Course: The club is accessible by air or sea. It is one of the exclusive and private club of the world.

17. The Country Club (Main Course)

Address: Brookline, Massachusetts

Establish Date: 1902

Type: Private

Area: 6753 yards

Par: 70

Points: 64.8711

Designer: Willie Campbell (1895) and Alex Campbell (1902)

Membership Tier: The membership tier is not clearly disclosed.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are kept very private.

About the Golf Course: This golf course holds a very important place in the history of golf. This is one of the founding members of the United States Golf Association. The club has 1300 members but is known for exclusivity.

18. Pacific Dunes

Address: Coos County, Oregon

Establish Date: 2001

Type: Private

Area: 6633 yards

Par: 71

Points: 64.8645

Designer: Tom Doak

Membership Tier: The membership categories are Couple Membership, Individual Membership, Pay to Play, Individual 5 and Sunday Membership.

Membership Fees: The green fees cost is around $105 to $295. The guest fees are around $135 to $345.

About the Golf Course: This golf course is part of the complex of golf course. The other gulf courses are near Brandon.

19. Los Angeles Country Club (North)

Address: Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

Establish Date: 1921

Type: Private

Area: 7530 yards

Par: 71

Points: 64.7659

Designer: George C. Thomas, Jr.

Membership Tier: The membership tier is not disclosed online.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are around $25,000, while the annual dues are $10,000.

About the Golf Course: The clubhouse was crafted from the bottom of an abandoned windmill. This gold course has many notable members.  

20. Oak Hill Country Club (East)

Address: Pittsford, New York

Establish Date: 1925

Type: Private

Area: 7360 yards

Par: 70

Points: 64.6569

Designer: Donald J. Ross

Membership Tier: The tier includes Full Family Golf Membership and Individual Golf Membership.

Membership Fees: The membership initiation fees are around $78,000 to $100,000, while the annual dues are $30,000.

About the Golf Course: The course is built around Allen Creek. The creek is a lateral hazard for almost 9 of its 18 holes. Many prestigious tournaments were held on this golf course.

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