The 26th Annual
Golf World's 100 Best Golf Shops
The PGA Tour Shop at the Jacksonville airport offers customers plenty of last-minute gift options.
Golf may be a game of tradition, but golf retailing today is anything but. The continued presence of big-box stores and online entities selling golf products has required professionals, merchandisers and specialty-store owners to become increasingly innovative in what is now a big business. Our winning shops this year totaled more than $200 million in sales. However, even in the face of such numbers, golf retail remains about people. Often the engine driving the stores and shops on this list is an individual (or group of individuals) with vision, creativity and discipline, coupled with a work ethic to envy. You may call them winners or smart businessmen. We call them our 100 Best.
Relying on name brands means less of a retail gamble for Las Vegas' Bali Hai GC.
PRIVATE
Bay Hill Club & Lodge
Orlando
Bearpath G&CC
Eden Prairie, Minn.
Bighorn GC
Palm Desert, Calif.
Castle Pines GC
Castle Rock, Colo.
Cherokee Town and CC
Atlanta
Congressional CC
Bethesda, Md.
The CC at Castle Pines
Castle Rock, Colo.
Desert Mountain Club
Scottsdale
East Lake GC
Atlanta
The Everglades Club
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Fieldstone GC
Greenville, Del.
Merion GC
Ardmore, Pa.
Minnesota Valley CC
Bloomington, Minn.
Muirfield Village GC
Dublin, Ohio
Olympia Fields CC
Olympia Fields, Ill.
The Peninsula G&CC
Millsboro, Del.
Philadelphia CC
Gladwyne, Pa.
Phoenix CC
Phoenix
The Sanctuary GC
Sanibel, Fla.
Sycamore Hills GC
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Toscana CC
Indian Wells, Calif.
TPC Boston
Norton, Mass.
TPC Sugarloaf
Duluth, Ga.
Trump National GC -
Westchester
Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.
Wichita CC
Wichita, Kan.
RESORT
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort - Bandon Dunes
Bandon, Ore.
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort - Lodge Gift Shop
Bandon, Ore.
Blackwolf Run
Kohler, Wis.
The Breakers Sports Pro Shop
Palm Beach
The Coeur d'Alene Resort GC
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Doral Golf Resort & Spa
Miami
Four Seasons Resort and
Club Dallas at Las Colinas
Irving, Texas
Harbour Town GL
Hilton Head Island
Lake of Isles
North Stonington, Conn.
The Lone Cypress
Shop at Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach
Makai GC
Princeville, Hawaii
Ocean Club GC
Paradise Island, Bahamas
The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort
Kiawah Island
PGA National Resort & Spa
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
The Phoenician GC
Scottsdale
Pinehurst
Pinehurst, N.C.
The Pro Shop at
Pebble Beach GL
Pebble Beach
Seaview Resort
Galloway, N.J.
Spanish Bay Pro Shop
Pebble Beach
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