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PGA Championship

Quail Hollow Club



    The Reserve At Moonlight Basin

    The Reserve At Moonlight Basin

    1020 Hwy 64

    Big Sky, MT 59730

    United States

    Overview

    The Reserve at Moonlight Basin is just the third course from Montana to appear in the national rankings, joining Tom Doak’s Rock Creek Cattle Company (No. 56) and Robert Trent Jones’ Yellowstone C.C., which surfaced in the 1960s on the list of America’s “Toughest” courses. Located near Big Sky at an elevation of 7,500 feet above sea level, the Jack Nicklaus design is the highest (in altitude) in the rankings. Big sky is apt—the course was built on the site of an old ski mountain with 360-degree panoramas of the surrounding Rockies, and the impressively large holes race, slalom and dive across circuits of terrain that twist different directions through the wilderness. With numerous downhill shots through the thin air, the championship yardage of 8,000 yards doesn’t seem egregious, and scoring well actually requires a high degree control in judging where the ball will carry and settle. The epic vistas of holes like the par 4 first and par 5 17th (at over 700 yards) are sights to behold, for golfers and non-golfers alike.

    About

    Holes 18
    Facility Type Private
    Designer Jack Nicklaus, ASGCA

    Awards

    100 Greatest the Second 100
    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    Second 100 Greatest: Ranked 176th in its debut appearance (2023-'24)

    Best in State: Ranked second, 2019-'24. Ranked fifth, 2017-'18.
    2023-'24 ranking: 2nd.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.6

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.2041
    Character
    7.3024
    Challenge
    7.4512
    Layout Variety
    7.3041
    Fun
    7.1858
    Aesthetics
    7.7834
    Conditioning
    7.2049

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