The Top 100 Courses I’ve Played – February

There has been more turnover this month than I ever would have expected, mostly due to the addition of my TGC Tours This Week feature. This has increased my total number of courses played in February, and introduced a lot more new releases into my playlist. This just goes to show how much designers are improving in the GNCD. You needed to be in the Top 75 on January’s Top 100 list in order to maintain a spot on the list in February.

Tye Dunes by Patrick Yates

In light of this development, I will continue to try and shine some light on the courses exiting the list or narrowly missing out on a debut on the Top 100. Check out the bottom section of the post for these courses.

You will notice some impressive debuts on the list this month, and a shake up in the top 5. If you want to follow along with reviews of each course as I play them, be sure to check out my reviews page over at CLV Golf.

Congressional CC by Rod Simpson

One last note, since I enjoy real course remakes so much, I will be featuring a new Top Real Courses list this month to follow up December’s list. This will become a bi-monthly feature (these things take a long time to build!).

TPC at Sawgrass (Blacks) by Brandon Pugh

Exiting the Top 100

Fraxinus Country Club (Andrew Sikorski)

This one doesn’t have the visual flare that some courses do, but the hole designs are nicely done and make for an interesting round.

TGC @ Gull Island (Tour) (David Jensen)

A good example of a reasonably done course with firm settings. A solid, if somewhat unspectacular course.

Waltzing Matilda Golf Club (Stephen Templer)

A very nice looking, rolling countryside course. A few extreme pin locations hold back what is otherwise an interesting course with lots of variety.

The Club at Ridenour (Tyler Duke)

Some fun short par 4’s and par 5’s bring some excitement to this round, but the abundant use of stock shots makes this course blend in with the rest of the Boreal crowd.

Galveston Country Club (Trey Coursey)

The actual hole designs of the course are a little bland for my liking (which isn’t Trey’s fault, of course), but it may be right for you, and is a very well-done RCR in all other regards.

Narrow Misses

Masefield Town (Lez Marwick)

This course does one thing exceptionally well, for better or worse. It replicates the feel of a municipal course that you might find anywhere in your local neighborhood.

The Viper Course at Whiskey Gulch (Andre Quenneville)

One of the better looking Delta-themed courses in the game, but is designed to be a difficult course. I enjoyed the back 9 a lot, but some of the holes early in the round are borderline in the fun/difficult department.

Spirit Mountain Golf Club (Steve Allen)

A nice looking course in the (maybe) underused Swiss theme. Aside from a few tough greens, it plays on the easy side. Some of the shaping and sculpting is a little on the rough side, though, preventing from joining the great courses.