Destination GOLF

GOLF Magazine course raters Simon Holt and Josh Sens have the all-new list of the best public, resort, and municipal courses in the United States. Today, we're bringing you the inside details of where each of these beloved courses fell in our rankings. Josh and Simon go state by state, compiling their Dream Foursome of states for public-access golf.

GOLF Magazine course raters Simon Holt and Josh Sens are the first to bring you the details from this year's list of the best courses in America.

We start by introducing the 11 courses new to this year's list, including The Lido (WI), Old Barnwell (SC), and Pinehurst No. 10 (NC). At 8:35, we ask, how much does recency bias play a part in our rankings?

At 10:00, we reveal the reshaped Top 10 and dig into whether Pine Valley really is the single best course in the world. Then at 15:40, we make some suggestions on how you can get on at some of the best courses in the world, even private clubs.

22:40 introduces our Travel Bag questions segment with a question about the remote courses on the list, and at 25:50 our Dream Foursome segment has us draft a team of our favorite golf club logos in the U.S.

We wrap up at 30:40 explaining how our list comes together and what drives our GOLF panelists' decisions.

There's incredible golf to be played all over the world, and we're going to explore all of it. From GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com, introducing Simon Holt and Josh Sens, two seasoned veterans of global golf travel. Listen along as we experience the greatest courses, towns, and meals the world has to offer.