If your idea of a good time revolves around crisscrossing the country in search of outstanding new golf courses and superb renovations, you’re in luck: fistfuls of such creations opened in 2025.
The best of the best wasn’t quite as top-heavy as in 2024, nor as we anticipate 2026 to be, yet these past 12 months gifted traveling golfers and architecture buffs a plethora of dazzling accomplishments. Familiar design names are prevalent among this year’s honorees: Think Gil Hanse, Coore/Crenshaw, David McLay Kidd and Rees Jones.
