Finding Famous American Golf Courses Quiz

Located in Augusta, Georgia, the Augusta National Golf Club is likely one of the most well-regarded courses in the United States if only because it's the annual site of the Masters, one of the top competitions for pro golfers since the mid-1930s. While most golf competitions, including the PGA Tour, flip between a multitude of courses, Augusta is the only one that remains the same year after year.

The course, formerly a plant nursery, is pristine, and the facilities have, historically, been overseen by security provided by the Pinkerton agency. Members of the club here, restricted as they are, are known for wearing green jackets.

Found on the California coast south of San Francisco, Pebble Beach Golf Links shares the waterfront with other major courses like Cypress Point Club and Monterey Peninsula Country Club, both of which are highly-regarded on the international level. There are seven total golf courses under the Pebble Beach umbrella on the Monterey Peninsula, but Pebble Beach Golf Links is perhaps the best-regarded. Since its establishment in 1919, it's hosted everything from Majors to U.S. Open events, to a PGA Championship. Tiger Woods won the 2000 U.S. Open here.

Established as a private club in 1911, the National Golf Links of America can be found on Long Island, specifically in Southampton, New York, right next to another prestigious course (Shinnecock Hills). With a number of holes modelled after other, successful international courses' crown jewels. the links here are considered some of the most pristine in the U.S.

This being said, the National Golf Links of America club is considered one of the most exclusive in the country, with strictly limited, upscale membership. Notably, this course also hosted the first-ever Walker Cup in 1922.

Located in the outskirts of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Oakmont Country Club is one of the U.S.' oldest official courses and one of its highest-regarded, being a National Historic Landmark. Considered one of the toughest courses in the sport, Oakmont's reputation for difficulty doesn't detract from its popularity. Unlike other pro courses, Oakmont has very little in the way of distraction-- trees and water features are minimal; all the golfer has to deal with are complex holes at varying slopes, shapes, and sizes.

It's partly for these reasons that it's hosted the U.S. Open numerous times and closed out a handful of PGA Championships.

Part of Pinehurst Resort, home to ten golf courses on its grounds, Pinehurst No. 2 is the pick of the bunch for most pro golfers and organizations. Opening in 1907 in North Carolina, it's one of the nation's most celebrated courses having hosted U.S. Open games, Women's Open Championships, a PGA Championship, and the Ryder Cup, often played on European courses.

At a time, the Guinness Book of World Records regarded Pinehurst as the world's largest golf resort. Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China surpassed it in 2004.

Found in Chaska, Minnesota, just outside of Minneapolis, Hazeltine National Golf Club was established as a private club in the early 1960s and it wasn't well-regarded at the time, with many arriving for the U.S. Open in 1970 to find the course much too difficult for high-tier play. Over the decades, significant renovations to the course made it a premier destination, allowing it to host two PGA Championships in the 2010s, the Ryder Cup in 2016, and the Women's PGA Championship in 2019.

Found in Bethesda, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C., the Congressional Country Club consists of two courses, the Blue Course and the Gold Course, with the former being the gold standard (ironically). Opening in 1924, this club eventually became an easy go-to for U.S. Open competitions, also hosting its first PGA Championship in 1976. Unsurprisingly, the club has also had a history with political figures as it was built so close to the nation's capital. Five former U.S. presidents were founding members of the establishment.

It's off to Camden County, New Jersey for this course, ranked number one in the world for four years in the 2010s (by "Golf Magazine"). A private course, the club has managed to keep its greens not only in high condition, but at a difficulty some pro players have considered to be amongst the toughest in the world. So rigid are the historical rules at Pine Valley that their membership list has never been formally published; women weren't even allowed to play the course on any day of the week save for Sunday until 2021.

You need to head into the sand hills of Nebraska to locate this mid-western golf destination, one of the more unique and modern courses to be constructed in the U.S., and the newest on this quiz's map (being made in 1994). Exceedingly private, the club takes in only a couple hundred official members, most of whom live nowhere near Nebraska.

It's remote-- that's for sure-- but what it provides is a unique course of rolling hills and sprawling expanses.

Home to a Stadium Course and a Champion Course, TPC Scottsdale is found in the greater Phoenix area in Arizona and is home to the Phoenix Open (though it has been part of the PGA Tour since its opening in 1986). Notably, Hole 16 on the Stadium Course, coming in at only 163 yards, is surrounded by grandstands and is considered 'The Loudest Hole in Golf'.

The crowds here tend to be reactive to every shot, sink or miss.