As the years pass by, I’ve had many wonderful opportunities to play some of the best courses in the nation whether it was for Junior Golf events, D1 Tournaments, or my life now as a Pro.
I have great memories of competing, and have enjoyed playing many courses, but below are my favorite golf courses that I have played and a few of the reasons why I love to play them. 😎
No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course both frees and challenges a golfer’s mind.
– Tom Watson
Copperhead at Innisbrook (Palm Harbor, FL):
Challenging course that hosts a great PGA event and I love the look of all the holes.
TPC Sawgrass (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL):
Host of the Players, always in great shape and it always gets my competitive juices flowing knowing all the best players in the world compete on that course.
The Club at Chatham Hills (Westfield, IN):
Is always well put together, incredibly challenging and given it is one of the hosts for the Mid-American Conference Tournament, it is magical being able to carry your University bag, competing with your teammates and working together – all trying to win that Conference Championship.
Pete Dye Golf Club (Bridgeport, WV):
Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. Very scenic with the Coal mines but incredibly challenging. For example, the 17th green, if you do not hit the middle that green… Good Luck!!
Memorial Park Golf Course (Houston, TX):
Host to one of my favorite PGA Tour events and is a course that I have had a good amount of success on during my Junior Golf days. Always in great shape and some of the greatest names in our sport are listed as champions on this course.
RUNNERS – UP:
TPC Harding Park (San Francisco, CA):
Home of the 2020 PGA Championship. Played for the Inaugural Curry Cup Championship on this course as well.
Country Club of North Carolina (Pinehurst, NC):
There are very few places more magical for a golf head than the Village of Pinehurst. Gorgeous course that I was privileged to see at its best as I competed in the 73rd US Junior Amateur.
Cog Hill Golf and Country Club (Lemont, IL):
Always in great shape. One of my favorite Midwest courses. Blessed to have played the course for an Underrated Golf Tour event as well as the 2022 Junior PGA Championship.
“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening – and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.”
– Arnold Palmer