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This week, on Golf Channel's Morning Drive and here on Golf Advisor, I'm counting down my Top 50 Courses that you can play in the United States.
In the first installment of this countdown, courses 50 through 41, I shared my criteria for establishing this list, which can be found here.
The next 10 courses, 40 through 31, is another grouping of mostly modern designs from a mix of geographical pockets of golf, including two different layouts in the Phoenix-Scottsdale area. Plus, a much-anticipated U.S. Open at Erin Hills in Wisconsin. My list contains seven courses from Carolina's Sandhills, two of which are represented in this section of 10.
Lists are the ultimate generators of debate. You can join the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #MattsTop50. Or, write your own review of the course and compare your assessments with other avid golfers on Golf Advisor.
Ginella's Top 50 public courses: 40-31
Kahuku, Hawaii
Designer: Arnold Palmer, Ed Seay
Price: $155-185
Video: Ginella's Top 5 courses in Hawaii
San Martin, Calif.
Designer: Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Price: $325
Video: Ginella, Rymer and Williams on CordeValle
38. Erin Hills
Erin, Wis.
Designer: Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry, Ron Whitten
Price: $265
Sanford, N.C.
Designer: Mike Strantz
Price: $140
Fountain Hills, Ariz.
Designer: Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
Price: $210-235
Video: Ginella discusses courses 40 through 36
35. Dormie Club
West End, N.C.
Designer: Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
Price: $190-215
Brainerd, Minn.
Designer: Scott Hoffman
Price: $86-120
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Designer: Tom Weiskopf, Jay Morrish
Price: $200-309
Video: On Tom Weiskopf and TPC Scottsdale
32. Gamble Sands
Brewster, Wash.
Designer: David McLay Kidd
Price: $110-160
31. Arcadia Bluffs
Arcadia, Mich.
Designer: Rick Smith
Price: $190
Video: Michigan among Ginella's favorite fall destinations
Video: Ginella discusses courses 35 through 31
The other 40: 10-1 | 20-11 | 30-21 | 50-41 | honorable mentions
Green fees are based on latest peak-season rates and are subject to change. In the case of resort courses, stay-and-play packages and specials often greatly reduce the price of the green fee. Many of these courses also offer dynamic online tee times, off-season and twilight rates that lower the green fee.
