On the lookout for a golf course to play? Do that genius search-and-booking instrument

If you happen to’re a golfer, you doubtless have a deal with on the programs in your city, county and perhaps even your state — the perfect designs, the perfect values, the shortest commutes from your private home. However how properly have you learnt {the golfing} panorama past your yard? With roughly 16,000 programs within the U.S. even probably the most avid golfers want where-to-play steering, and now GOLF.com, in partnership with Open Hyperlinks, offers simply such a useful resource.

It’s known as Course Finder, and it delivers precisely what the names guarantees: a complete and user-friendly database of nearly each golf course in America, plus many extra designs internationally, all searchable not solely by title, metropolis and zip code but in addition by entry sort (public, non-public, muni, and so on.); fashion (regulation, par-3, govt, and so on.); and charge vary (from $ to $$$$). Keen on the work of, say, Gil Hanse, Tom Doak or Perry Maxwell? There’s even a filter by which you’ll be able to search programs by their designers.

However wait, there’s extra! 

Course Finder’s filtering choices additionally embody GOLF’s High 100 Course rankings (5 rankings in all), plus 5 different “better of” lists, starting from High Munis to High Par-3 Programs. You can also drill all the way down to our course raters’ nominations for the perfect programs in each state. For added comfort, search outcomes are plotted on a map so you’ll be able to simply see programs’ places relative to your search space. 

Need to study extra a couple of particular design? Each course has a profile web page that features a course description, par and yardage, grass varieties, and even whether or not the course is walkable and has apply amenities. For a lot of public programs, you even have the power to ebook tee occasions instantly from the profile pages. 

Right here’s a sensible instance of how Course Finder works: 

Let’s say you’re heading to San Francisco for a piece journey and have some free time to sneak in a spherical. First issues first, you need to discover the best-of-the-best public programs within the space. Beneath the “High 100” menu, merely click on “High Public North America,” and also you’ll see a map of the U.S. populate with 100 programs. Zoom in on San Francisco and also you’ll see the three greatest public programs within the space, in accordance with our raters: Pebble Seashore, Spyglass Hill and Pasatiempo. To widen your seek for prime designs, toggle off the High 100 filter and search “California” beneath the “Greatest in State” menu, and also you’ll discover a bounty of extra suggestions from our raters.  

On a funds? Beneath the “Max Charge” menu, choose the “$$” possibility. That search will return the entire programs within the space that gained’t pressure your pockets, together with such wonderful choices at TPC Harding Park and the par-3 course at Golden Gate Park. Possibly, as you browse the programs dotted on the map, you’ll really feel impressed to shoot two hours down the coast to play the charming seaside muni, Pacific Grove. 

Each golfers’ preferences and necessities are totally different, which is the fantastic thing about Course Finder: It’s going to information you to the perfect programs for you. 

Comfortable searching!

Begin your search right here.

Alan Bastable

Golf.com Editor

As GOLF.com’s govt editor, Bastable is liable for the editorial path and voice of one of many sport’s most revered and extremely trafficked information and repair websites. He wears many hats — modifying, writing, ideating, growing, daydreaming of sooner or later breaking 80 — and feels privileged to work with such an insanely proficient and hardworking group of writers, editors and producers. Earlier than grabbing the reins at GOLF.com, he was the options editor at GOLF Journal. A graduate of the College of Richmond and the Columbia Faculty of Journalism, he lives in New Jersey together with his spouse and foursome of youngsters.