How many courses are on the Golden Age Classics (pre-1930) list?

72 courses are on the Golden Age Classics (pre-1930) list on scratched.io.

What is the top course on the Golden Age Classics (pre-1930) list?

Pine Valley Golf Club in New Jersey ranks first on this list, sorted by world rank, US rank, tier, and community rating.

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Golden Age Classics (pre-1930)

Bucket-list and premier golf courses opened before 1930. The Golden Age catalog: Pinehurst No. 2, Cypress Point, Augusta National, Winged Foot, Pebble Beach, Merion, and the rest.

72 courses · Updated May 25, 2026

1
Pine Valley Golf Club
Pine Hill · New Jersey · United States · George Crump · 1918
76.4 / 155
Rtg · Slope
2
National Golf Links of America
New York · United States · Charles Blair Macdonald · 1909
73.1 / 137
Rtg · Slope
3
Oakmont Country Club
Oakmont · Pennsylvania · United States · Henry C. Fownes · 1903
77.5 / 145
Rtg · Slope
4
Muirfield
Gullane · United Kingdom · Old Tom Morris · 1891
73.8 / 142
Rtg · Slope
5
Royal Dornoch Golf Club
United Kingdom · John Sutherland & Old Tom Morris · 1886
6
Merion Golf Club East
Ardmore · Pennsylvania · United States · Hugh Wilson · 1912
74.6 / 147
Rtg · Slope
7
Fishers Island Club
New York · United States · Seth Raynor · 1926
72.4 / 141
Rtg · Slope
8
Chicago Golf Club
Illinois · United States · Charles Blair Macdonald · 1894
74.4 / 141
Rtg · Slope
9
Turnberry
United Kingdom · Willie Fernie · 1906
10
Pinehurst No. 2
North Carolina · United States · Donald Ross · 1907
76.5 / 138
Rtg · Slope
11
Los Angeles Country Club
California · United States · George Thomas · 1921
78.1 / 155
Rtg · Slope
12
Kingston Heath Golf Club
Cheltenham · Australia · Alister MacKenzie & Dan Soutar · 1925
75.6 / 137
Rtg · Slope
13
Riviera Country Club
Pacific Palisades · California · United States · George C. Thomas Jr. · 1926
74.7 / 139
Rtg · Slope
14
Ballybunion Golf Club
Ireland · Tom Simpson · 1893
15
R
The Royal St. George's Golf Club
Kent · United Kingdom · Dr. Laidlaw Purves · 1887
75.2 / 138
Rtg · Slope
16
Seminole Golf Club
Florida · United States · Donald Ross · 1929
73.7 / 139
Rtg · Slope
17
Winged Foot Golf Club
Mamaroneck · New York · United States · A.W. Tillinghast · 1923
76.3 / 146
Rtg · Slope
18
Oakland Hills Country Club
Michigan · United States · Donald Ross · 1918
76.9 / 145
Rtg · Slope
19
T
The Country Club
Massachusetts · United States · Willie Campbell · 1893
76.4 / 145
Rtg · Slope
20
San Francisco Golf Club
California · United States · A.W. Tillinghast · 1915
72.5 / 137
Rtg · Slope
21
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
United Kingdom · George Lowe Jr. · 1889
22
New South Wales Golf Club
La Perouse, Sydney · New South Wales · Australia · Alister MacKenzie · 1926
73.7 / 135
Rtg · Slope
23
Maidstone Club
New York · United States · Willie Park Jr. · 1899
36.7 / 137
Rtg · Slope
24
Royal Troon Golf Club - Old Course
United Kingdom · Willie Fernie · 1888
25
Inverness Club
Ohio · United States · Donald Ross · 1903
76.5 / 141
Rtg · Slope
26
V
Victoria Golf Club
Cheltenham · Australia · William Meader · 1903
74.3 / 132
Rtg · Slope
27
Olympic Club Lake Course
California · United States · Sam Whiting · 1924
76.6 / 144
Rtg · Slope
28
E
The Golf Club at The Equinox Resort
Manchester · Vermont · United States · Walter Travis · 1927
71.4 / 131
Rtg · Slope
29
Congressional Country Club
Bethesda · Maryland · United States · Devereux Emmet · 1924
76.4 / 144
Rtg · Slope
30
Medinah Country Club
Illinois · United States · Tom Bendelow · 1925
77.4 / 144
Rtg · Slope
31
Plainfield Country Club
New Jersey · United States · Donald Ross · 1916
74.3 / 142
Rtg · Slope
32
Aronimink Golf Club
Pennsylvania · United States · Donald Ross · 1928
75.1 / 144
Rtg · Slope
33
Baltusrol Golf Course
New Jersey · United States · A.W. Tillinghast · 1922
77.5 / 146
Rtg · Slope
34
Olympia Fields Country Club
Illinois · United States · Willie Park Jr. · 1922
76.5 / 144
Rtg · Slope
35
F
Firestone Country Club
Ohio · United States · Bert Way · 1929
76.5 / 140
Rtg · Slope
36
Detroit Golf Club
Michigan · United States · Donald Ross · 1916
75.8 / 136
Rtg · Slope
37
P
Pebble Beach Gl
Pebble Beach · California · United States · Jack Neville & Douglas Grant · 1919
75.5 / 145
Rtg · Slope
38
Pebble Beach Golf Course
Pebble Beach · California · United States · Jack Neville & Douglas Grant · 1919
75.5 / 145
Rtg · Slope
39
Royal County Down Golf Course
Ireland · Old Tom Morris · 1889
75.4 / 140
Rtg · Slope
40
East Lake Golf Club
Atlanta · Georgia · United States · Tom Bendelow · 1908
75.2 / 138
Rtg · Slope
41
S
St. George'S Golf And Country Club ( Old)
Etobicoke · Ontario · Canada · Stanley Thompson · 1929
74.7 / 138
Rtg · Slope
42
Cypress Point Golf Course
Pebble Beach · California · United States · Alister MacKenzie & Robert Hunter · 1928
74.1 / 140
Rtg · Slope
43
R
Royal Queensland Golf Club
Eagle Farm · Australia · C.H. Alison · 1920
73.3 / 127
Rtg · Slope
44
J
Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club
Jasper · Alberta · Canada · Stanley Thompson · 1925
71.6 / 130
Rtg · Slope
45
H
Hoylake Golf Club
United Kingdom · Robert Chambers & George Morris · 1869
46
R
Royal Sydney Golf Club
Rose Bay · New South Wales · Australia · Bruce Murray · 1893
47
The Metropolitan Golf Club
Oakleigh South · Australia · J.B. Mackenzie · 1908
48
Royal Adelaide Golf Course
Seaton · Australia · C.H. Alison · 1892
49
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Course
United Kingdom · George Lowe Jr. · 1886
50
The Carnoustie Championship Course
United Kingdom · Allan Robertson & Old Tom Morris · 1842
51
S
Sedgefield Country Club
North Carolina · United States · Donald Ross · 1925
74.7 / 137
Rtg · Slope
52
Sagamore Golf Course
Bolton Landing · New York · United States · Donald Ross · 1928
73.8 / 137
Rtg · Slope
53
Albany Country Club
Voorheesville · New York · United States · Walter Travis · 1922
73.6 / 132
Rtg · Slope
54
M
McGregor Links
Wilton · New York · United States · Devereux Emmet · 1921
73.1 / 134
Rtg · Slope
55
E
Ekwanok Country Club
Manchester · Vermont · United States · Walter Travis & John Duncan Dunn · 1899
73.0 / 137
Rtg · Slope
56
The Edison Club
New York · United States · Devereux Emmet · 1904
72.6 / 132
Rtg · Slope
57
Mohawk Golf Club
Niskayuna · New York · United States · Devereux Emmet · 1898
72.5 / 131
Rtg · Slope
58
Country Club of Troy
Troy · New York · United States · Donald Ross · 1925
72.5 / 132
Rtg · Slope
59
G
Glens Falls Country Club
Queensbury · New York · United States · Donald Ross · 1923
72.4 / 131
Rtg · Slope
60
W
Williams College Taconic Golf Course
Williamstown · Massachusetts · United States · Wayne Stiles & John Van Kleek · 1927
72.4 / 133
Rtg · Slope
61
Manchester Country Club
Manchester · Vermont · United States · Walter Travis · 1922
72.0 / 131
Rtg · Slope
62
S
Schuyler Meadows Club
Loudonville · New York · United States · Devereux Emmet · 1920
71.6 / 131
Rtg · Slope
63
Pinehurst Course No.1
North Carolina · United States · Donald Ross · 1898
71.2 / 125
Rtg · Slope
64
N
Normanside Country Club
Delmar · New York · United States · Walter Travis · 1928
70.5 / 124
Rtg · Slope
65
P
Pontoosuc Lake Country Club
Pittsfield · Massachusetts · United States · Wayne Stiles & John Van Kleek · 1922
69.2 / 122
Rtg · Slope
66
C
Canajoharie Country Club
Canajoharie · New York · United States · Robert Trent Jones · 1928
68.5 / 120
Rtg · Slope
67
North Adams Country Club
Clarksburg · Massachusetts · United States · Wayne Stiles · 1898
67.0 / 119
Rtg · Slope
68
Royal Aberdeen Golf Club
United Kingdom · Robert Simpson · 1888
69
C
The Carnoustie Burnside Course
United Kingdom · Carnoustie Golf Links Mgmt · 1914
70
Paraparaumu Beach Golf Course
New Zealand · Alister MacKenzie consult · 1929
71
S
St George's Hill Golf Club
United Kingdom · Harry Colt · 1912
72
The Commonwealth Golf Club
Oakleigh South · Australia · Sloan Morpeth · 1922

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