Prince's. Sandwich, England. (one Open; 1932 ). Located adjacent to Royal St. George's, the course made for three venues within a few miles of each other, but it got its one and only Open in 1932, when Gene Sarazen set a scoring record that stood for 18 years.
Prestwick Golf Club. Prestwick, Scotland (24 Opens; first in 1860, last in 1925). The original home to The Open, Prestwick still rates because of its impressive history, even though it is no longer suited to host the championship.
Tom Watson's "Duel in the Sun'' with Jack Nicklaus in 1977; followed by Greg Norman's first major title in 1986; a memorable finish for Nick Price in 1994; and Watson's remarkable run at becoming the oldest major champion at age 59 in 2009 that ended with a playoff defeat to Stewart Cink.
Reinvention and reaffirmation are the themes of Golf Digest’s Best New Course winners for 2018. The Black Course at Streamsong Resort, the third 18 at the hugely popular central Florida golf mecca, prevails in the Public Course category. This Gil Hanse design introduces a new concept to American golf, the jumbo-size green, and the surprising manner in which that idea came about is a big part of its story.
The commission to design and build a third layout at Streamsong Resort was a daunting challenge for Hanse, given that the resort already has two courses ranked among Golf Digest’s top 200, the Red Course by Coore and Crenshaw and the Blue Course by Tom Doak.
This is a billionaires’ club with two member-owners, Dan Friedkin, who also owns Diamond Creek in North Carolina, ranked 90th on Golf Digest’s list of America’s 100 Greatest Courses, and Bob McNair, owner of The Golf Club at Briar’s Creek, a nearby Rees Jones design that won Golf Digest’s Best New Private in 2002.