My top 5 that I have played in North Carolina: Pinehurst #2, Pinehurst #4, Pine Needles, Mid Pines, and Cowans Ford Golf Club.

Harding Park
HMB Ocean Course
Olympic Club
Poppy Hills
Pasatiempo

Diamond Creek in Banner Elk
Linville Golf Club @ Eseola Lodge
Tobacco Road
Pinehurst #2
Linville Ridge

Love my northern neighbor courses; played Southern Pines, Pinehurst #2, #4, Grove Park Inn, Mill Creek, and Charlotte Country Club. Pinehurst Resort is on the top of my list for favorite places to visit. River's Edge in Shallotte is on my list for the spring.

I haven’t played too many courses in NC that have blown me away. Maybe Myers Park, Tobacco Road and Dormie Club. I need to play #2!

California has lots of good courses! My list:

PGA West Nicklaus Tournament
Spyglass
Poppy Hills
Pasatiempo
Half Moon Bay Ocean
Cinnabar Hills

It's tough to prioritize so many good courses, but I'd enjoy playing any of these today!

We call it the Garden State for good reasons. Here are my five that I've had the pleasure:

1. Pine Valley
2 Somerset Hills
3. Baltusrol (both)
4. Canoe Brook
5. Hollywood

You’re the man having played Pine Valley! I bet nobody else on this thread can say they have played there.

Maryland PUBLIC Courses I like:

Worthington Manor (Home Course)
Musket Ridge
Whiskey Creek
Bulle Rock
Greystone

Mine in Nee Mexico that I’ve played

Twin warriors
Isleta
Los Altos
Arroyo Del oso
Ladera

Southern California

Torrey Pines (south)
Valencia CC
Indian Wells (players)
PGA West stadium
Eagle Falls

Great thread!

From the great state of North Carolina

1. Pinehurst #2
2. Tobacco Road
3. Keith Hills
4. Boone Golf Club
5. Sequoyah National

TPC San Antonio, Golf Club of Houston Tournament Course, Gus Wortham, Lady Bird Johnson, Boot Ranch.

My top 5 golf courses in Florida are:

The Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass

Streamsong Red at Streamsong Resort

The Champion at PGA National Golf Club

Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort

Streamsong Blue at Streamsong Resort

NB This list is in no particular order.

These types of threads are awesome. Ohio has lots of great tracks but here are my top five limiting one to each major city:

1. Muirfield Village GC, Columbus
2. TPC RiversBend, Cincinnati
3. NCR GC - South Course, Dayton
4. Firestone CC - South Course, Cleveland
5. Inverness, Toledo

Michigan

1) The Heather (Boyne Highlands)
2) Bay Harbor (Links/Quarry)
3) Forest Dunes
4) Arcadia Bluffs
5) Eagle Eye

My top favorite that I have played in my homes state of Ohio:

1. Inverness Club
2. Moraine Country Club
3. Virtues Golf Club
4. Muirfield Village Golf Club
5. OSU Scarlet Course

My thoughts for Oklahoma, order is up for debate.

1) Oak Tree National
2) Southern Hills
3) Gaillardia
4) The Patriot
5) Karsten Creek

As a recent college graduate, a number of the top golf courses here in Wisconsin are out of my budget at the moment. However, I am grateful for a couple of caddy friends who have been able to get me on some top courses for a much more reasonable price! My list includes some of the more budget friendly courses in Wisconsin as well as some of the "top" courses in the state.

1. The Irish at Whistling Straits
2. Lawsonia Links
3. Troy Burne
4. Autumn Ridge
5. The Bull

I am golfing Erin Hills this upcoming weekend which I am sure will knock one of these courses off the list!

In Illinois-

1. Aurora Country Club
2. Black Sheep
3. Cantigny
4. The Highlands
5. Blackstone

1. Yale
2. River Highlands
3. Fox Hopyard
4. Lake of Isles
5. Wintonbury
Connecticut

5) Wilderness Ridge
4) Quarry Oaks
3) Wild Horse
2) Sand Hills
1) The Prairie Club (Pines and The Dunes)

Grew up playing in Mass. No particular order. Myopia, TCC, Essex CC, Sankaty and Kittansett. I'm a lucky guy.

1. Bandon Dunes
2. Pacific Dunes
3. Trump National Jupiter
4. Isleworth
5. Copperhead at Innisbrook