By Ryan Herrington October 17, 2008
• 2009 Readers' Choice Awards | Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
• RANKINGS: The Top 50 Public Golf Facilities | Private | Resort
• RANKINGS: The Top 10 in the U.S.: Public Facilities | Private | Resort
• RANKINGS: The Top 38 golf destinations in North America and Europe
• SELECTED PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS: Public | Private | Resort | The Best of the Best
• WEB EXCLUSIVE: Top 10 Facilities in each ranking category: Public | Private | Resorts
• WEB EXCLUSIVE: State By State: All the facilities scoring at least 75 points
• Send us your comments: Readerschoice@golfworld.com
* = Top five appeared in the magazine
RESORT FACILITIES
Quality of course(s)*
1. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, OR
2. Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island, SC
3. Spyglass Hill Golf Course, Pebble Beach, CA
4. Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, NC
Whistling Straits Golf Club, Sheboygan, WI
6. Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, NY
7. World Woods Golf Club, Brooksville, FL
8. Blackwolf Run, Kohler, WI
9. Giants Ridge Golf & Ski Resort, Biwabik, MN
10. TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Course condition
1. Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course, Coeur D'Alene, ID
2. Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, NY
3. Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, GA
4. Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island, SC
5. Blackwolf Run, Kohler, WI
6. Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro, GA
Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, NC
Kapalua Resort, Kapalua, HI
9. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, OR
Whistling Straits Golf Club, Sheboygan, WI
Reputation/prestige*
1. Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island, SC
2. Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, NC
3. Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, CA
4. Whistling Straits Golf Club, Sheboygan, WI
5. Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, GA
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, OR
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
8. Spyglass Hill Golf Course, Pebble Beach, CA
9. The Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, VA
10. Blackwolf Run, Kohler, WI
Practice facilities
1. Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, NY
2. World Woods Golf Club, Brooksville, FL
3. Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro, GA
4. Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island, SC
5. Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, NC
6. Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, GA
7. TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
8. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, OR
9. Poipu Bay Golf Club, Koloa, HI
10. Shadow Creek Golf Course, North Las Vegas, NV
Speed of play
1. Shadow Creek Golf Course, North Las Vegas, NV
2. Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course, Coeur D'Alene, ID
3. Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island, SC
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