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The Lido: The Course That Refused to Stay Dead
Wisconsin, United States
The Navy paved it. Time forgot it. A video game resurrected it. C.B. Macdonald's lost 1917 masterpiece is walking again in Wisconsin, templates and all.
Wisconsin
5 courses in Wisconsin, United States
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Mammoth Dunes: The Greatest Confidence Trick in American Golf
Wisconsin, United States
David McLay Kidd built the widest fairways in America to make you feel brilliant. Then he built greens so massive that feeling lasts exactly one putt.
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Sand Valley: The Course That Was Already There
Wisconsin, United States
Coore & Crenshaw didn't build Sand Valley. They cleared the pines and found 18,000 years of glacial architecture, still waiting for its first tee time.
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Whistling Straits: Where Pete Dye Built Ireland in Wisconsin
Wisconsin, United States
Pete Dye's audacious links-style masterpiece on Lake Michigan. Public access. 2021 Ryder Cup venue. 560 bunkers. This is American golf's most improbable triumph.
Top 250
Sedge Valley: The Fox That Ate Your Scorecard
Wisconsin, United States
Tom Doak squeezed 18 holes into 5,829 yards at Sand Valley. The scorecard says pushover. The fescue, the blind shots, and the tiny greens say otherwise.