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Brandon Tucker
Former Sr. Managing Editor
Brandon Tucker was the Sr. Managing Editor for GolfPass from 2019-2021 and was the founding editor of Golf Advisor in 2014, which he ran until 2020 when Golf Advisor's editorial staff and community golf course reviews became part of GolfPass. Tucker helped drive community engagement to the site in the form of course reviews by everyday golfers and was the creator of Golf Advisor's annual Best-Of lists, later called Golfers' Choice. Prior to Golf Advisor, he was the travel editor for Golf Channel Travel and oversaw the WorldGolf network of golf travel websites. From the time he was part of WorldGolf.com in 2006 until departing GolfPass in 2021, he played golf in over two dozen countries and at over 600 courses around the world. As a youth, Tucker spent his summer on the municipal courses of Ann Arbor Michigan and was a co-captain of the state finalist high school golf team. He may have played everywhere from Pebble Beach to St. Andrews, but Tucker's favorite way to play the game will always be on a fun and welcoming public course in under three hours, and ideally somewhere in his home state of Michigan. Brandon can be found on Twitter at @BrandonTucker and on Instagram at btuck34.
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We looked at your ratings and reviews from 2016 of Nevada golf courses to find the Top 25. The results feature a mix of top courses from Las Vegas, Reno-Lake Tahoe, Mesquite and more.
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We looked at your ratings and reviews from 2016 of Hawaii golf courses to find the Top 25. The results feature a mix of top courses from Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island.
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We looked at your ratings and reviews from 2016 of South Carolina golf courses to find the Top 25. The results feature a mix of top resort courses like Sea Pines and Kiawah Island, as well as great bargain courses.
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From the coast to the Blue Ridge Mountains and around Atlanta, we looked at your ratings and reviews in 2016 to find the 25 best courses in Georgia.
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The Top 25 courses in Texas according to your ratings and reviews feature golf resorts throughout the state as well as top semi-private and daily-fee plays from Dallas to Austin.
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We looked at golfer ratings and reviews to determine the Top 25 golf courses in Florida in 2016. The list features courses from destinations such as Orlando, Streamsong and Destin.
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From Phoenix-Scottsdale to Tucson and Sedona, we look at your Top 25 courses in Arizona according to your ratings and reviews in 2016.
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Based on your ratings and reviews in 2016, these were the top 25 course layouts in the United States. See which courses and architects made the ranking.
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Golfers have spoken, and these are the top 50 courses in the United States based on Golf Advisor's ratings and reviews in 2016.
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January 23, 2017
We're counting down the top 50 golf courses in the United States according to your reviews in 2016. The list continues with Nos. 30-11.
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The countdown of the Golf Advisor Top 50 courses in the U.S. wraps up with the Top 10 courses according to golfer reviews.
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January 4, 2017
The top-rated golf courses according to reviews for the month of December feature a mix of warm-weather resort courses from Orlando to Mexico. View the full top ten here.
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Topping Golf Advisor's Power Rankings for the month of November is a stellar Fred Couples/Gene Bates design in Destin, on northwest Florida's gulf coast.
