Best US Open Venues

New York, United States

Not only was Shinnecock Hills Golf Club one of the five founding members of the USGA but also it was where one of the first specifically designed golf clubhouses was built.

Pennsylvania, United States

Apart from Augusta National, Oakmont Country Club has hosted more major Championships than any other course in the U.S. and it’s considered by many to be the toughest golf course in the world.

Pennsylvania, United States

When Merion Golf Club was founded in 1896, Philadelphians were more likely to play cricket than golf. They even sent touring cricket teams to England!

California, United States

The location for the Los Angeles Country Club makes it possibly one of the most valuable pieces of real estate in the world. It’s therefore fitting therefore that North course does full justice to the land...

Illinois, United States

Founded in 1892, Chicago Golf Club is one of America’s most exclusive clubs and today it is still intensely private.

California, United States

There are few courses with no weaknesses, but the Riviera Country Club can take the moniker. It’s a truly remarkable golf course routed across less than ideal terrain.

New York, United States

The West course at Winged Foot Golf Club is the work of A.W. Tillinghast, one of America’s greatest golf course designers, and this is Tilly’s finest creation.

Michigan, United States

With many holes lined by trees, six US Opens and one Ryder Cup under its belt, the South course at Oakland Hills Country Club should be treated with respect.

California, United States

Cypress Point is the course you can’t play at Pebble Beach, but thankfully Pebble Beach Golf Links is one you can.

North Carolina, United States

Pinehurst No.2 course opened for play in 1907 and its green sites are the ultimate test, legendary and quite unique.

New York, United States

The Bethpage Black course really is as difficult and penal as the high slope rating suggests. It’s not for the faint hearted.

New York, United States

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” Well, according to the top touring pros and the Seven Dwarfs, it’s the Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester.

Massachusetts, United States

Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton Massachusetts started out in life way back in 1882. So many of the original "horsey" members were bespectacled that they decided to call the club Myopia.

New York, United States

The strict men-only policy of the exclusive Garden City Golf Club puts it in the limelight for all the wrong reasons...

North Scotland, United Kingdom

Inverness Golf Club is a parkland course that has been used in the past to hold the Northern Open for Scottish golf professionals.

New Jersey, United States

Baltusrol Golf Club takes its name from Mr Baltus Roll who once farmed this land in the 19th century before his untimely murder.

Massachusetts, United States

The name may sound a little arrogant and for golfers in the know, there’s no need to explain that The Country Club at Brookline was the first of its type in the USA. The Country Club has evolved from a six-hole layout in 1882 to a 27-hole unified whole by the guiding hand of Gil Hanse.

Oklahoma, United States

There’s nothing flash about Southern Hills. Mature deciduous trees line many of the Bermuda grass fairways and the rough is notoriously thick and tangly. Tree-lined, the classic aesthetic was recently updated by Gil Hanse.

Ohio, United States

Scioto Country Club is the course where Jack Nicklaus developed from a pudgy junior to a world beater.

Maryland, United States

Although the club was inaugurated in 1898, the East course at Baltimore Country Club was designed by the great genius of golf course architecture, A.W. Tillinghast and it opened for play in 1926.

California, United States

Host to four US Opens, the Lake course at Olympic Club is a serious challenge. Take your stabilisers and expect few level lies on these sloping fairways.

Missouri, United States

Opened in 1914, the course at Saint Louis Country Club sits on a tight parcel of land in the suburb of Ladue, ten miles west of St Louis city centre...

Maryland, United States

Founded in 1924 and officially opened by President Calvin Coolidge, the Congressional Country Club started out with a relatively straightforward 18-hole course designed by Devereux Emmet...

Washington, United States

Chambers Bay might be one of Washington's newest golf courses – opened in June 2007 – but it is set to be a high flyer in the rankings.

Illinois, United States

Medinah Country Club was originally founded in the Roaring Twenties and the objective was to create the finest country club in America.