33 8-7 Pebble Beach California, USA Jack Neville, Douglas Grant, 1919 Jack Neville and Douglas Grant were amateur golfers hired by Samuel Morse to design a one-of-a-kind golf course at Pebble Beach. Neville told the San Francisco Chronicle: “Years before it was built, I could see this place as a golf links. Nature had intended it to be nothing else. All we did was cut away a few trees, install a few sprinklers, and sow a little seed.” A long roll-call of designers – including Herbert Fowler, the team of Robert Hunter, Chandler Egan and Alister MacKenzie, then Jack Nicklaus and most recently Arnold Palmer – have since also left their mark. Shinnecock Hills New York, USA Willie Davis, William Flynn, 1894 The original 12 hole course laid out by Willie Davis in 1894 was expanded and altered by Willie Dunn, then Charles Blair Macdonald and Seth Raynor. A more substantial redesign, and to some extent relocation, was undertaken by William Flynn in 1934. W. Bruce Matthews says: “Shinnecock Hills is situated on the bluff of Long Island where wind is always part of the game. The three-hole sequence routing, that takes advantage of various wind directions, is the best I have seen. The course is challenging but not overly difficult. It just feels good playing on a cool windy day. For those reasons Shinnecock is number one for me.” Placed in top ten by 32% of architects Placed at No.1 by 3% of architects Placed in top ten by 34% of architects Placed at No.1 by 5% of architects ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #8 ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE #7 Photo: Joann Dost Photo: Russell Kirk
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