Readers' Choice Rankings:
The Top 50 Private Courses

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
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1.	Augusta National GC, Augusta, Ga.
												Total
		9.97	9.97	10.00	9.10	9.59	9.96	9.69	9.77	10.00	9.93	98.51
2.	Pine Valley GC, Pine Valley, N.J.
		10.00	9.69	9.98	9.44	9.48	9.40	9.71	9.40	9.73	9.53	97.36
3.	Hidden Creek GC, Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
		9.85	9.77	9.65	9.81	9.67	9.81	9.60	9.14	9.71	9.76	97.28
4.	Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio
		9.85	9.85	9.62	9.54	9.00	9.42	9.25	9.50	9.54	9.17	95.86
5.	Oak Hill CC, Rochester, N.Y.
		10.00	9.88	9.88	8.56	8.78	9.13	8.80	9.22	9.11	10.00	95.34
6.	Oakmont CC, Oakmont, Pa.
		9.87	9.79	9.97	8.26	9.03	9.58	9.58	9.04	9.34	9.05	95.07
7.	Cypress Point Club, Pebble Beach
		9.94	9.72	9.98	7.07	9.88	9.07	9.71	9.30	9.32	9.73	95.01
8.	Shinnecock Hills GC, Southampton, N.Y.
		9.87	9.35	9.90	8.23	9.17	9.26	9.28	8.27	9.13	9.45	93.67
9.	Peachtree GC, Atlanta
		9.65	9.59	9.12	7.94	9.59	9.76	9.50	9.00	9.53	9.50	93.63
10.	Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio
		9.44	9.64	9.04	9.68	9.08	9.56	9.00	9.22	9.32	8.93	93.35
11.	Crystal Downs GC, Frankfort, Mich.
		10.00	9.56	9.60	8.17	9.44	8.08	8.25	8.90	8.80	9.43	92.55
12.	Aronimink GC, Newtown Square, Pa.
		9.23	9.15	9.38	8.92	8.77	9.54	9.55	9.18	9.08	9.25	92.22
13.	Bayonne GC, Bayonne, N.J.
												Total
		9.34	9.33	9.09	8.51	8.79	9.21	9.18	8.98	9.35	9.53	91.97
14.	San Francisco GC, San Francisco
		9.67	9.33	9.57	7.10	9.33	9.40	9.26	8.93	9.14	9.07	91.86
15.	Northland CC, Duluth, Minn.
		9.69	9.19	9.44	8.00	9.38	9.56	7.92	9.60	9.25	9.06	91.57
16.	Chechessee Creek Club, Okatie, S.C.
		9.32	8.50	8.13	9.02	9.85	9.52	9.65	9.18	9.88	9.86	91.51
17.	Laurel Valley GC, Ligonier, Pa.
		9.20	9.20	9.30	9.10	8.90	9.30	8.86	9.10	9.20	9.00	91.49
18.	The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn.
		9.36	9.27	9.09	8.64	9.00	9.09	9.09	8.56	9.18	9.14	91.32
19.	Hazeltine National GC, Chaska, Minn.
		9.62	9.38	9.31	9.08	8.69	8.38	9.22	8.25	8.08	9.00	91.18
20.	Merion GC, Ardmore, Pa.
		9.62	9.38	9.83	7.00	8.62	8.86	9.26	8.52	9.25	8.67	91.11
21.	Castle Pines GC, Castle Rock, Colo.
		9.14	9.29	9.00	8.00	8.79	9.57	8.92	9.50	9.43	9.45	91.05
22.	Whisper Rock GC, Scottsdale
		8.86	9.43	8.64	9.71	9.07	9.36	9.43	9.11	9.50	8.13	90.92
23.	Olympia Fields CC, Olympia Fields, Ill.
		9.55	9.18	9.20	8.30	8.50	9.00	9.14	8.22	8.64	8.73	90.21
24.	Medinah CC, Medinah, Ill.
		9.27	9.20	9.33	8.73	8.64	9.53	8.50	8.83	8.86	8.50	90.19
25.	Garden City GC, Garden City, N.Y.
		9.63	9.21	9.47	6.47	9.16	8.95	9.06	8.69	9.11	8.91	90.18