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Northwood Golf Club

CA

Northwood Golf Club is a 9-hole public course located in Monte Rio, California, along the Russian River in Sonoma County's renowned wine region. Designed by Dr. Alister MacKenzie and Jack Neville, the course is set amidst towering redwood trees that create a distinctive and intimate playing environment. Golf.com ranked it the 30th best 9-hole course in the world, while TravelAwaits.com rates it the 8th best public course in California, alongside Pebble Beach and Pasatiempo. The course features MacKenzie's signature architectural style combined with the natural majesty of old-growth redwoods lining every hole. This combination creates an awe-inspiring landscape with redwoods acting as natural course boundaries. The layout balances challenging holes with shorter par-3s, making it accessible for golfers of all skill levels. The course is noted for being welcoming and intimate rather than pretentious, offering an exceptional golf experience that has earned recognition from major golf publications and media outlets including Golf Magazine and the Adventures in Golf television series.

Augusta National Golf Club

GA

Augusta National Golf Club is an 18-hole, par-72 course located in Augusta, Georgia, measuring 7,545 yards from the championship tees. It was co-founded by Bobby Jones — the greatest amateur golfer of his era — and businessman Clifford Roberts, who together purchased the former Fruitland Nurseries site in 1931. The course was designed by Dr. Alister MacKenzie, at the time already regarded as one of the foremost golf architects in the world, with credits including Cypress Point, Royal Melbourne, and Crystal Downs. MacKenzie had the entire course designed from topographic maps before setting foot on the property. The club opened for play in January 1933, and since 1934 has hosted the Masters Tournament, one of the four major championships in professional golf and the only major played each year at the same venue. Design philosophy and layout MacKenzie and Jones shared a conviction that great golf courses should be strategic rather than penal — rewarding bold, well-executed shots while offering multiple lines of play to golfers of all abilities. They built Augusta with unusually wide fairways, devoid of appreciable rough for much of its history, while green complexes were intended to be especially challenging, the often severe contouring of the putting surfaces greatly favouring approach shots played from specific positions. MacKenzie drew heavily on the great holes of British links golf, particularly the Old Course at St Andrews, and no fewer than nine holes bear specific characteristics of famous British holes, with several being nearly direct replicas. The course plays to a par of 72, comprising four par 3s, ten par 4s, and four par 5s. Each hole carries the name of a tree or flower native to the property — Tea Olive, Pink Dogwood, Flowering Peach, Flowering Crab Apple, Magnolia, Juniper, Pampas, Yellow Jasmine, Carolina Cherry, Camellia, White Dogwood, Golden Bell, Azalea, Chinese Fir, Firethorn, Redbud, Nandina, and Holly. The outward nine plays generally uphill and across more open terrain, while the inward nine descends into a lower, more wooded section of the property where water comes dramatically into play. Signature holes and Amen Corner The second shot at the 11th, all of the 12th, and the first two shots at the 13th hole are nicknamed "Amen Corner" — a term coined by golf writer Herbert Warren Wind in a 1958 Sports Illustrated article. This stretch of three consecutive holes, clustered around Rae's Creek in the lowest part of the property, has determined the outcome of more Masters tournaments than any other section of the course. The par-3 12th, Golden Bell, is arguably the most famous short hole in golf. At 155 yards it is the shortest hole on the course, but the swirling, unpredictable winds that funnel through the trees make club selection treacherous. The creek runs directly in front of a narrow, angled green guarded by bunkers front and rear. The essence of the hole has remained virtually unchanged since its original design, and it is historically the fourth toughest hole on the course. The par-5 13th, Azalea, is one of the great risk-reward holes in championship golf — a sweeping dogleg left of 510 yards where the long hitter who draws the ball can attack the green in two, but where Rae's Creek runs along the left side and curls in front of the putting surface to punish any misjudgement. The hole was lengthened with a new back tee in 2023 as part of the club's ongoing efforts to maintain its challenge in the face of equipment advances. The par-5 15th and par-3 16th form a second concentration of water drama on the back nine, where ponds in front of both greens have swallowed countless Masters hopes. The 18th, Holly, climbs steeply uphill through a tree-lined chute to a two-tiered green, providing one of the most visually iconic closing holes in major championship golf. Continuous evolution Augusta National was described by the late golf writer Charles Price as never the most revolutionary golf-course design in America, but certainly the most evolutionary. The nines were reversed almost immediately after opening — what is now the 10th hole was originally the 1st — and the course has been subject to near-continuous modification ever since. Significant contributors to its reshaping over the decades have included Perry Maxwell, Robert Trent Jones, and Tom Fazio, with Jack Nicklaus also providing architectural counsel. The course has an unofficial USGA rating of 78.1, assessed in 2009, as Augusta National has never submitted to an official rating. Its greens are maintained to exceptional speed and firmness, assisted by the SubAir underground ventilation and irrigation system installed in 1994. Tournament history The Masters has been held at Augusta every peacetime April since 1934, making it the longest-running major championship at a single venue. The tournament has produced some of the most celebrated moments in golf history — Jack Nicklaus's sixth and final green jacket in 1986 at age 46, Tiger Woods's record-breaking 18-under-par victory in 1997, and Gene Sarazen's double eagle on the 15th in 1935, known as "the shot heard round the world." Augusta National was ranked the top course in the United States in Golf Digest's 2009 rankings of America's 100 greatest courses.

Northampton Country Club

PA

Established in 1899, Northampton Country Club is a private member-owned club in Easton, Pennsylvania. The par 72 course plays at 6675 yards and was designed by golf course architect Robert White, a contemporary of Donald Ross, A. W. Tillinghast and Dr. Alister Mackenzie. A nine-hole golf course was laid out in 1912 and enlarged to 18 holes by 1914. White was the first President of the PGA of America and instrumental in the formation of the American Society of Golf Course Architects. Beautifully set against a backdrop of mature, tree-lined fairways and large, undulating greens, Northampton Country Club provides spectacular scenery. The course features very challenging green complexes and is described as a classic golf course. The course features a full driving range facility with grass and artificial teeing areas, with recent enhancements including a 100-yard span of state-of-the-art hitting mats.

Northampton Country Club Clubhouse

PA

Northampton Country Club is a private member-owned club established in 1899 in Easton, Pennsylvania. The par-72 course plays at 6,675 yards from the back tees. The course was designed by golf course architect Robert White, a contemporary of Donald Ross, A.W. Tillinghast and Dr. Alister Mackenzie. White was the first President of the PGA of America and instrumental in the formation of the American Society of Golf Course Architects. The 18-hole championship course is known for its immaculately manicured greens and picturesque tree-lined fairways, with strategic layouts designed to challenge golfers of all skill levels. The facility features a full driving range with grass and artificial teeing areas, including a 100-yard span of state-of-the-art hitting mats at the practice range. The course also features a practice putting green and short-game range with sand area. Located in the heart of the Lehigh Valley, this private club is a favorite for both local players and golf enthusiasts visiting the region.

Palmetto Golf Club

SC

Palmetto Golf Club, founded in 1892 in Aiken, South Carolina, is the oldest continually operated eighteen-hole golf course in its original location in the Southeast and likely the second oldest in the United States. The course began with four holes laid out by Thomas Hitchcock in 1892, expanding to nine holes designed by Herbert Leeds and completed to eighteen holes in 1895 with contributions from James Mackrell. The par 71 layout measures 6,695 yards from championship tees, characterized by small elevated and undulating greens with strategically placed bunkers. Notable design work includes contributions from Donald Ross (1928) and Alister MacKenzie (1932), who converted sand greens to grass. Tom Doak provided MacKenzie restoration recommendations completed in 2005, while Gil Hanse currently serves as resident architect. The course features challenging conditions despite its moderate length, with bunker renovations completed in 1995 and subsequent refinements to restore MacKenzie design elements. The competitive course record stands at 59, set by Dane Burkhart in 2005. Palmetto hosted the prestigious Devereux Milburn tournament from 1945-1953, attracting champions including Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson. The 1902 clubhouse was designed by renowned architect Stanford White.

Crowborough Beacon Golf Club

East Sussex 10 upcoming events

Crowborough Beacon Golf Club is an 18-hole heathland course situated near the town of Crowborough in East Sussex, set on the southern slopes of the High Weald at around 800 feet above sea level, making it one of the highest points in the county. Golf was first played here in October 1895, when nine holes were laid out on the Alchorne estate, with the course extended to 18 holes in 1905. The original designer is unknown, but Dr Alister MacKenzie was commissioned in the 1920s to redesign eight of the holes, for which he was paid £700. The course measures 6,319 yards from the back tees and plays to a par of 71, with a slope rating of 133 reflecting its genuine difficulty. The layout is characterised by undulating terrain, mature heather and gorse, oak, birch and pine woodland, and relatively small, subtly sloping greens. Natural hollows and grassy run-offs are as prevalent as sand bunkers, and the course rewards accuracy and course management over length. The layout follows a broadly out-and-back routing with some of the finest holes found around the turn. The par-three 6th, known as The Speaker after a former club member who served as Speaker of the House of Commons, is widely regarded as the signature hole, requiring a carry across a wide gully to a well-guarded green. The 18th is considered among the most demanding finishing holes in Sussex, a right-to-left dogleg of 443 yards lined with heather that plays gently uphill to the clubhouse. The club holds a notable literary connection: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes and a local resident, served as club captain in 1910, and his wife and son were also members. Golf writer Bernard Darwin, writing from the clubhouse terrace in 1926, described the panoramic view across the South Downs as among the finest in all of England. The course sits within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has changed relatively little over the past century.