Cheapest RANKED golf course you have played

Pre-requisite: Must be ranked in the top 100 USA or the Word...

What is the cheapest Ranked Golf Course you have played... and the price?

I live in Michigan and Played Oakland Hills Country Club South with a buddy for free! Its the 16th best golf course in the US.

I played Classic Club in Palm Desert last year for $25 (Previous home of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic on the PGA tour). It was a twilight round in July when the temperature was well over 110F but the course was in good shape...and it wasn't crowded either :)


Classic Club Golf Course Details
•Number of holes: 18
•Designer(s): Arnold Palmer
•"AMERICA'S BEST COURSES" state by state #7 2008 GolfWeek
•Top Five New Public Courses in the America's in 2006
•Top Ten New Course" by GolfWeek
•Best Places to Play" by Golf Travel Annual
•Top 10 Best Desert Courses" by Desert Golf
•America's Top Golf Courses" by Zagat Survey

Valhalla for free.

I think it's normally around $200 give or take.

princeville for $75. Bethpoge Black for $30 a LONG time ago.

I think it's 50 bucks for me to play Bethpage Black. I'm a resident

Prairie Dunes free. Ranked #21.

Here are the current rankings:
Golf Digest Magazine - America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses 2009-10

Ohhhh! And another Cavear: Cheapest that you PAY to play ... Not a
free-bie from a friend.

(sic) Caveat

We can play World Woods (Pine Barrens) for $26.00 per round... Tough to beat that deal.

We-Ko-Pa Saguaro Course - Arizona (Coore & Crenshaw - 2006)
(2009 GolfWeek 100 Modern #67)
$45 (summer resident rate)

Rustic Canyon - Moorpark CA (Hanse - 2002)
(2008 Golf Mag Top 100 "You Can Play" #83)
$40

Old Works - #67 by Golf Digest = $29

i've played the following

5.(5) OAKMONT C.C. -- played for work outing; incredible course; you will be a better putter after you leave
6.(6) PEBBLE BEACH G. LINKS-- played for work outing; a bit overrated imho but still a nice track
7.(7) MERION G.C. (East)-- played as guest of a member; all-time favorite golf course and nothing else is close
12.(28) CHICAGO G.C.-- caddied there for many years, played many times
20.(11) MEDINAH C.C. (No. 3)-- played for work outing, very overrated
22.(24) WHISTLING STRAITS (Straits) -- paid $250ish to play; awesome course, still like Erin Hills better.
29.(26) BETHPAGE STATE PARK (Black)-- paid $30 to play before the remodel, loved the design, though not sure it is a top 30 course
32.(19) PINEHURST RESORT & C.C. (No. 2)-- paid a bunch to play, incredible shape
46.(51) RICH HARVEST LINKS-- guest of a member, incredibly golf, a thinking man's course; if i ever moved back to chicago would love to be a member here or Black Sheep, much better than Medinah in my opinion
64.(62) INTERLACHEN C.C.-- about 5 minutes from my house, played once for work in a 5.5 hour round which probably clouded my judge, thought it was "ok" not sure its a top 100
67.(39) THE PRINCE COURSE-- after Merion, my all-time favorite course, paid $75 as resort guest; going back in a month and will likely play 6 times in four days; best target golf course anywhere
74.(88) SHOREACRES-- "nice" course, played for a work outing no idea how this course is consistantly a top 100 golf course, just not challenging enough. I shot 76 from the tips and putted horribly. Would much rather play Pine Meadows 10 miles away.
75.(93) HARBOUR TOWN G. LINKS-- paid $200ish to play, great course, impossible to hit greens. you better be able to chip in you play here would love to go back.
91.(89) HAZELTINE NATIONAL G.C.-- played for work outing 2 weeks before PGA; immaculate course, best private course in MN by far


Other top courses i've played that i believe should be top 100

- Erin Hills: pay $70 to play, incredibly test of golf, better than whistling straits imo albeit without scenary

- Willingers: Has everything a top 100 course has except history; better than every course in MN except Hazeltine; pay $35 to play at least twice a month

- Black Sheep: guest of a member, incredible links style course in chicagoland;

Old Works in Montana is listed as No. 1 (by price) in GD's ranking of Top 100 public courses.

http://www.golfdigest.com/rankings/c...public_byprice

I have walked the course during the week for around $25. Incredible deal, but incredibly difficult.

none of em

Got on Torrey Pines South for resident's rate, and I'm not a resident!

Like Calc said, if you have a San Diego residents card you can get on Torrey Pines for cheap. Same goes with most courses on HI.

That's the one. I think its even higher on Golf Digest's list. Really fun golf course, and a hell of a deal.

That is an incredible golf course. I live in Philly and have the oportunity to play some great ones but Merion East is one of the holy grail. no yardage markers on the course...you trust your caddie...if he is wrong you are wrong. I personally think the baskets are dumb but I guess I splitting hairs.