GOLF MAGAZINE's Top 100 Teachers in America don't just dole out swing tips. They're frequent fliers who often play great courses for "work." Here's their list of the 10 best courses you can play:
1. Pinehurst (No. 2)
2. Pebble Beach
3. Bethpage (Black)
4. Bandon Dunes
5. Spyglass Hill
6. Pacific Dunes
7. Whistling Straits (Straits)
8. TPC at Sawgrass (Stadium)
9. Kiawah Island (Ocean)
10. World Woods (Pine Barrens)
"Pinehurst No. 2 tests every level of your game, from your ball striking to your nerve, and somehow does it with an equation of shot quality-to-result that no other course can duplicate."
-- Ron Gring
No. 9 at Bandon DunesEvan Schiller
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"Pebble Beach is the worst for the money."
-- Jerry Mowlds
Which other courses ought to be in the Top10?
Sea Island (Seaside) and Torrey Pines (South), say the Top 100 Teachers.
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