If you could play any 5 public golf courses in America, what would they be?

[IcemanYVR]

In the US, in no particular order...

1) Pebble Beach
2) Pinehurst No. 2
3) Harbour Town
4) Torrey Pines (South)
5) TPC Sawgrass

In Canada, where I live:

1) Links at Crowbush Cove
2) Angus Glenn (South)
3) Banff Springs
4) Glen Abbey
5) Algonquin Golf Course

[Prairie Golfer]

1. Pebble Beach (I'll pay triple if I'm the first off the tee)
2. Pinehurst #2
3. TPC Sawgrass
4. Pacific Dunes
5. the "all new" Pasatiempo

[apex53]

1. Pebble Beach (I'll pay triple if I'm the first off the tee)

LOL! When we played Pebble we were second off the tee... It was fantastic but I liked Spyglass and Pasatiempo better... The restoration at Pasatiempo was almost complete, what a great course... TPC Sawgrass is the toughest course I've played... Made me appreciate the final round 64 that DLIII shot in the 2003 Players even more.

[chipper2]

My choices would be:
1) Pebble Beach
2) Pinehurst No. 2
3) Bethpage Black
4) Torrey Pines (South)
5) TPC Sawgrass

[tjy355]

What's cool about public courses - you

can play them! (all it takes is $$) Pebble Beach Pinehurst #2 Chambers Bay Pac Dunes Kapalua Plantation

1) Olympic Club, Lake course

Very private.

[Todd]

Bethpage Black, Pinehurst #2, Harbour Town, Pebble Beach, Torrey Pines

Btw, I feel that every diehard golfer needs to make a trip to The Old Course at St. Andrews at least once in their life if possible!

[shakogolfer78]

I would have to say . . .

1. Pebble Beach
2. TPC Sawgrass
3. Kiawah Island
4. Black Wolf Run
5. Whistling Straits

Also this I want to play the Quarry at Giant's Ridge, but I'm making a trip up there with some buddies this summer for sure!

[birdiemachine]

poppy Hills

Bandon/pacific dunes

Desert Willow

Torrey

and of course, pacific grove golf links,
seriously the best back nine in golf, soooooo much fun

[uttexas]

Pebble Beach
Bandon Dunes
Pacific Dunes
Bethpage Black
Shadow Creek

If my game was really, really on, I would consider Whistling Straits.

[cisrael]

1. Pebble Beach
2. Bethpage Black
3. Pinehurst #2
4. rest of Pinehurst courses
5. Bandon Dunes

[thedoxology]

Arcadia Bluffs, Pebble Beach, Bethpage Black, Pacific Dunes, Pinehurst #2

Honorable Mention - Chambers Bay, Ocean Course at Kiawah

[FLOG4]

First, Who's paying? If money no object.
1]Ocean Course Kiawah......just spectacular and TOUGH
2]Bandon/Pacific.....We'll group em as one
3]Pebble......But cost and 5 1/2 hours.....
4]World Woods Pine Barrens.....Best Pine Valley dup for the public
5]Wolf Creek......It's like playing Golf on Mars.