Pebble Beach Tops Golf Digest’s 2009-2010 List of The 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America
NEW YORK, NY—Pebble Beach Resort has been ranked No. 1 in the 2009 edition of Golf Digest’s 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America. The resort, which will host the 2010 U.S. Open, regains the top spot after having dropped to third place in the previous ranking in 2006. Pebble Beach was also ranked No. 1 in 2004 and in 2002.
To determine The 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America, Golf Digest called upon its more than 900 course rating panelists, who also produce the list of America’s 100 Greatest Courses. The panelists rated hundreds of resort courses in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean on a scale of 1 (“awful”) to 10 (“perfect”). The ratings were then averaged and multiplied by 10 to establish a final score. The complete rankings can be viewed online and in the October issue of Golf Digest.
Rounding out the top ten in the 2009–2010 ranking are: No. 2 Sea Island Resorts, St. Simons Island, GA (No. 1 in ’06); No. 3 Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, OR (2); No. 4 Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, The Big Island, HI (4); No. 5 Fairmont Banff Springs, Alberta, Canada (12); No. 6 The American Club, Kohler, WI (5); No. 7 Kiawah Island Golf Resort, SC (14); No. 8 The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV (10); No. 9 The Homestead, Hot Springs, VA (18); and No. 10 Pinehurst Resort, NC (8).
“For the big–game hunters of golf looking to knock off some of the best courses and resorts in the country, now is a good time to do it,” says Matt Ginella, Golf Digest Travel Editor. “Almost every one of the 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America is offering unprecedented stay–and–play packages.”
Of the 75 resorts ranked in 2009, 12 are located in Hawaii. Canada has two resorts on the list, as does the Caribbean (Bahamas and Dominican Republic), while Mexico has one. The 2009 ranking features 16 courses that were not ranked in the previous list.
