Virtual Tour Top Oregon/California

Public Golf Courses

By: Gabriel A Barnes

Explore 5 of Golfs Digest top public golf courses

5 of the top 12 golf courses located between Oregon and California

See the best public courses in the Pacific NW and their corresponding ranking from Golf Digest

Number 1 public course of all time! Pebble BeachLocated in southern California’s esteemed Pebble Beach it has held the number 1 spot since the ranking system first began back in 2003

7th green overlooking the Pacific

Second in the rankings: Pacific Dunes

Located in southern Oregon alongside many other great courses built into the exclusive Bandon Dunes Resort. Another great course of impeccable skill and open to the public.

Lengthy 3rd hole as seen from a nearby dune

Coming in seventh in the rankings: Bandon Dunes

Back to Bandon Resort for the seventh ranked public course is Bandon Dunes. Another course dedicated to the bluffs of the Pacific Ocean where high winds, long grass, and endless cliffs mark one of the best golf courses in history.

View from the 16th Tee-box overlooking the Pacific

Eleventh place in the rankings: Spyglass Hill

Once it held the fifth overall ranking but still manages to make a name for itself as the little brother to Pebble Beach where both courses are located. Dramatic hills and cleverly positioned sand dunes make this course a formidable foe and a great pick for the eleventh public course.

Green at Spyglass Hill protected by surrounding dunes

Rounding off with twelfth spot: Old MacDonald

One of the newest courses to make the list it quickly attempted to catch up with its older siblings also located at the esteemed Bandon Dunes Resort in southern Oregon. A favorite of golfers who desire a challenge without the added challenge of playing every hole on the bluffs on an ocean cliff.

3rd green at MacDonald with dunes in the background

95 more great public courses can be found on U.S. soil!

All photos created from Google Earth

Editing and Production: Gabriel Barnes