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

 

 

Rank	Name	Designer	Last Month
1	Whistling Straits, Sheboygan WI Overseeded	Craig Frey	1
2	Oceanic Athletic Club	Adam Benjamin	2
3	Loa Pali Golf Resort	Dario Logan	3
4	Tye Dunes	Patrick Yates	New
5	Congressional CC	Rod Simpson	New
6	Pebble Beach Golf Links (All versions)	Brandon Pugh	6
7	Pine Valley, New Jersey	Craig Frey	4
8	Old Beaver Creek – Championship	Bill Rader & Brian Jeffords	5
9	Royal Lytham & St Annes 2015	Yeltzman	8
10	Bison Run	Brian Jeffords	7
11	Muirfield 2013 Open	Yeltzman	10
12	TPC at Sawgrass	Brandon Pugh	New
13	The Timberwolf	Andre Quenneville	9
14	Halton Beach	Dan Hebert	11
15	Purgatory Golf Club	Steve Pope	New
16	Bailiwick Grand Golf Club	Job Fickett & Dan Hebert	12
17	Columbia National Golf Links	Brian Jeffords	13
18	Royal Birkdale 2016 (Thursday Dry)	Yeltzman	14
19	Firestone CC South (Rustic)	Brandon Pugh	16
20	Freshwater Golf Club	Adam Benjamin	15
21	Dr. Yeti’s 9 Hole Haven at Crater Lake	Bryan Cowles	New
22	Hoodoo Hills: Remastered	Bryan Cowles	17
23	Harbor Island Platinum	Jeremy Blaylock	18
24	Glen Abbey GC (Canadian Open) Saturday	Bryan Boomer	New
25	Coyote Canyon 2016	Nick Weisgerber	New
26	Spyglass Hill 2015	yeltzman	19
27	Red Rock National	Nick Weisgerber	New
28	Skull Valley Golf Club – Outlaw	Steve Pope	20
29	Dovetail Park Golf Club	Simon Morris	21
30	Tobacco Dunes	Steve Pope	22
31	Vallentuna Golfklubb – Sweden	Mikael Thunberg	23
32	McKee McGrodo Platinum (A)	Jeremy Blaylock	24
33	Fossmill Golf Club	Mikael Thunberg	New
34	Le Golf National	Dean Lowden	25
35	St. Lorin Golf Club, Baumgarten Is. Hawaii #1	David Jensen	26
36	Escalante Steps (Par 3)	Brian Jeffords	27
37	Welican National @ Llandudno	Bobby Anderson	New
38	Celtic Vineyard Golf Club	Adam Benjamin	28
39	TPC @ Boston – thurs (new textures)	Kenny Canham	30
40	TGC @ the Engish Rose (Thurs)	Wendy Airey	29
41	Southern Hills Country Club	Trey Coursey	New
42	Eighteen at Strawberry Plains	Todd Driver	31
43	Phu Kyn Golf Club, Mekong Delta, Vietnam	David Jensen	New
44	The Capilano Club	Andre Quenneville	32
45	Harvest Plantation	Todd Driver	33
46	Scarpacci Island	Antonio Scarpacci	New
47	Valgrind Golf Club	Joseph Bowling	34
48	The Canuck Club at Devils’ Escarpment	Andre Quenneville	35
49	Spectacle Island Links (Tour)	Antonio Scarpacci	New
50	Westmorland Manor CC	Wayne Adams	New
51	TGC Players’ Club – Stadium Course	Dario Logan	36
52	The Homestead	Brian Jeffords / Andre Quenneville	37
53	Kahiko Beach Golf and Surf Club	Andre Quenneville	38
54	Royal Ballylough	Rod Simpson	39
55	Riviera Country Club – Thursday	Bryan Boomer	New
56	Olde Scarpacci	Antonio Scarpacci	New
57	Yeti National CC at Sasquatch Pointe	Bryan Cowles	40
58	Mistwood Golf Course	William Bradford	41
59	Grand Epson V1	Wendy Airey	42
60	King Kyne Royal Tropicana	David Jensen	43
61	Hocking Hills Country Club (Thursday)	Tim Jaquith	44
62	The Canuck Club at Angels’ Plateau	Andre Quenneville	45
63	Falcon Bay Sunday Pin	Todd Driver	46
64	Caldera Basin Golf Club	Jeremy Holme	New
65	Sleepy Willow CC (Blacks)	Brandon Pugh	47
66	Rivington Hall	Martyn Shaw	48
67	Thousand Island Golf and CC	Bryan Boomer	49
68	PGA West (Palmer) [Sunday]	Rod Simpson	50
69	The Tarantula Golf Club	Keith Callahan	New
70	Sugar Hills: TGC Edition	John Rubenkoenig	51
71	Swindler’s Bluff (Thursday)	Brent Gravelle	52
72	El Caiman CG	Enrique De Guzman	53
73	The Red October G&CC	Mick Pitcher	54
74	Chudleigh Golf Club	Lez Marwick	New
75	Royal Troon Old Course 2015	Yeltzman	55
76	The Course of St. George	Mick Pitcher	New
77	Elmview – Open Day 1	Brian Jeffords	56
78	Chicago Golf Club	JELindholm	57
79	Cohutta Country Club	Todd Driver	58
80	The Par 3 Course at Flora Park	Elliot Caw	59
81	Royal Burberry Black (Sunday)	Jordan Springer	60
82	The Walker Course Clemson, SC	William Bradford	61
83	Songbird Country GC	Roger Ramjet	63
84	Drayton Lakes	Lez Marwick	New
85	Trump National Doral	Colin J. Watt	New
86	Seashore Paspalum Links	njdevilsfan30	New
87	Blue Oak Country Club	Brett Carr	64
88	Country Springs Golf Club	Mike Shoemaker	New
89	Valefor 2015	Elliot Caw	65
90	Turnberry Kintyre Course	Alan McSpadyen	62
91	TGC @ Murky Hollow	John Rubenkoenig	66
92	Cairn Orchard	Dale Burger	67
93	New South Flower	Ola Ericsson	68
94	Briarbanks Country Club	Brandon Pugh	69
95	Savage Gulf Ocean Course	Todd Driver	New
96	Tropic of Capricorn	Stephen McIntyre	70
97	Longdale Pikes	Jeremy Holme	71
98	Celebration Cove	Jeff Reese	72
99	Royal Blackburn	Chris Lane	73
100	Hau’oli Mino’aka	Stephen Templar	74

 

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.