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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Top 200 golf courses in America? 2025 list features 3 in Minnesota, 7 in Wisconsin
Golf Digest has been releasing top 100 course rankings in the United States annually since 1966, and its 2025 rankings were unveiled Tuesday. Minnesota had just one course in the top 100, while Wisconsin nabbed four spots. There are more, however, in the "Second 100 Greatest" list. The top Minnesota course is Interlachen Country Club in Edina at No. 64 overall. Here's what Golf Digest wrote about it. When Bobby Jones won the 1930 U.S. Open at Interlachen (completing the second leg of what would become the game's first Grand Slam), fellow competitor Gene Sarazen insisted the course was tougher than everything but Oakmont. In the decades that followed a series of architects including Robert Trent Jones, Geoffrey Cornish and Brian Silva worked to keep Interlachen's edge, but nothing could staunch the march of time that made the course one-dimensional through the shrinkage of greens and the maturation of the hundreds of trees that had been planted, shading fairways and masking the property's natural land movements. Enter Andrew Green in 2023, who was given the resources to strip back the layers and rebuild the course based on the blueprints Donald Ross developed in 1922 when he remodeled the course. Interlachen's edginess is back, with ominous, strategically arranged bunkers guarding greens and fairway lines, and the expanded putting surfaces presenting a range of come-and-get-me hole locations that haven't been seen in ages. The restored bunkering shines a spotlight on Interlachen's wondrous undulation, punctuating focal points like the shared promontory of the second and seventh greens and the majestic rise toward the fortress putting surface of the par-5 12th. The five courses in Wisconsin that made the top 100 are Milwaukee Country Club in River Hills at No. 97; Sand Valley: The Lido in Nekoosa at No. 69; Erin Hills Golf Course in Hartford at No. 49; and Whistling Straights: Straights Course in Sheboygan at No. 29. You may be wondering where the likes of The Quarry at Giants Ridge, The Wilderness at Fortune Bay, Hazeltine National Golf Club, and The Classic at Madden's Resort are in the rankings? You'd be right to wonder considering three of the four cracked Golf Digest's top 100 public course rankings in 2023 (the last time public rankings were released). However, Hazeltine is the only one of the bunch to even crack Golf Digest's "Second 100 Greatest" list. Hazeltine, home to the PGA Championship in 2002 and 2009, the Ryder Cup in 2016 and the KPGA Championship in 2019, made the second list at No. 137. Hazeltine will also host the 2026 KPGA Championship and the 2029 Ryder Cup. Only one other Minnesota course made the Second 100 Greatest list: Spring Hill Golf Club in Wayzata, checking in at No. 107. Three other Wisconsin courses made the second 100: Sand Valley Golf Resort: Mammoth Dunes in Nekoosa (165); Sand Valley in Nekoosa (134); and Blackwolf Run: River in Kohler (128).
Hamilton Spectator
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
DeChambeau, English and Riley tie for 2nd place at PGA Championship, 5 shots behind Scheffler
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau had one word to describe his runner-up finish at the PGA Championship. calling it 'baffling.' The power hitter also seemed thrilled to get out of Charlotte and as far away from Quail Hollow's closing three holes known as the Green Mile as he could. 'The Green Mile did it to me yesterday and kind of did it to me again today — and that's golf, man,' DeChambeau said. 'I've got to be more precise and fix what I can fix to make myself more consistent and get up there, the likes of what Scottie (Scheffler) is doing right now.' DeChambeau played the final three holes at Quail Hollow in 4-over-par for the weekend, and tied for second with Harris English and Davis Riley at 6-under 278, five shots behind Scheffler. DeChambeau called the closing stretch at Quail Hollow one of the toughest he's played. On both Saturday and Sunday he birdied the difficult par-4 15th hole and entered the Green Mile looking to apply pressure to Scheffler. He never did. Instead DeChambeau was forced to take some consolation with his third top-5 finish in the last four major championships, including last summer's win at the U.S. Open. He has seven top-10 finishes in his last 11 majors. 'Always proud to top five in a major,' DeChambeau said. 'I feel like I'm playing good when I'm doing that but I mean, it's disappointing not to get the job done because that's what I came here to do.' Now he'll set his sights on winning a third U.S. Open next month at Oakmont. 'I'm going to work my butt to have make that happen,' DeChambeau said. Riley will be there with him. After shooting 68 and 67 on Friday and Saturday, he closed with a disappointing 72 but hung on for a tie for second place, by far his best finish at a major. It moved him to 53rd in the world ranking, setting him up for a spot in the U.S. Open field. The top four finishers at the PGA Championship also earned an automatic spot in the 2026 Masters. 'Hopefully, it will springboard me and I can kind of get in contention more on some of these majors,' Riley said. English had the low round of the day, shooting a 65 after playing the final 12 holes in 6 under. That included making a birdie on No. 18, one of just six on the day from the field. 'I feel like I'm a more well rounded player now, and it's just about matching up everything,' English said referring to a string of missed cuts at the majors earlier in his career. 'Got to get my short game a little tighter, got to get my putting a little more consistent, but I'm really happy with the way I'm hitting the ball right now.' He said it also gives some confidence with team selection for September's Ryder Cup fast approaching. 'It's a big thought in my mind,' said English, who helped the U.S. team win in 2021 at Whistling Straights, but did not make the team in 2023. 'Playing at Whistling, once you make one of those teams, you never want to miss out. 'It's just the pinnacle of our sport. It's definitely the forefront of my mind. Yeah, I'm here to try to compete in a major championship, and however well it does with me and the Ryder Cup, I'm all for it. I know this will go a long way, but I know there's a lot of golf to play and keep getting better and keep having good finishes.' ___ AP golf:
Fox Sports
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
DeChambeau, English and Riley tie for 2nd place at PGA Championship, 5 shots behind Scheffler
Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau had one word to describe his runner-up finish at the PGA Championship. calling it 'baffling.' The power hitter also seemed thrilled to get out of Charlotte and as far away from Quail Hollow's closing three holes known as the Green Mile as he could. 'The Green Mile did it to me yesterday and kind of did it to me again today — and that's golf, man,' DeChambeau said. 'I've got to be more precise and fix what I can fix to make myself more consistent and get up there, the likes of what Scottie (Scheffler) is doing right now.' DeChambeau played the final three holes at Quail Hollow in 4-over-par for the weekend, and tied for second with Harris English and Davis Riley at 6-under 278, five shots behind Scheffler. DeChambeau called the closing stretch at Quail Hollow one of the toughest he's played. On both Saturday and Sunday he birdied the difficult par-4 15th hole and entered the Green Mile looking to apply pressure to Scheffler. He never did. Instead DeChambeau was forced to take some consolation with his third top-5 finish in the last four major championships, including last summer's win at the U.S. Open. He has seven top-10 finishes in his last 11 majors. 'Always proud to top five in a major,' DeChambeau said. 'I feel like I'm playing good when I'm doing that but I mean, it's disappointing not to get the job done because that's what I came here to do.' Now he'll set his sights on winning a third U.S. Open next month at Oakmont. 'I'm going to work my butt to have make that happen," DeChambeau said. Riley will be there with him. After shooting 68 and 67 on Friday and Saturday, he closed with a disappointing 72 but hung on for a tie for second place, by far his best finish at a major. It moved him to 53rd in the world ranking, setting him up for a spot in the U.S. Open field. The top four finishers at the PGA Championship also earned an automatic spot in the 2026 Masters. 'Hopefully, it will springboard me and I can kind of get in contention more on some of these majors,' Riley said. English had the low round of the day, shooting a 65 after playing the final 12 holes in 6 under. That included making a birdie on No. 18, one of just six on the day from the field. 'I feel like I'm a more well rounded player now, and it's just about matching up everything,' English said referring to a string of missed cuts at the majors earlier in his career. 'Got to get my short game a little tighter, got to get my putting a little more consistent, but I'm really happy with the way I'm hitting the ball right now.' He said it also gives some confidence with team selection for September's Ryder Cup fast approaching. 'It's a big thought in my mind,' said English, who helped the U.S. team win in 2021 at Whistling Straights, but did not make the team in 2023. "Playing at Whistling, once you make one of those teams, you never want to miss out. 'It's just the pinnacle of our sport. It's definitely the forefront of my mind. Yeah, I'm here to try to compete in a major championship, and however well it does with me and the Ryder Cup, I'm all for it. I know this will go a long way, but I know there's a lot of golf to play and keep getting better and keep having good finishes.' ___ AP golf: recommended in this topic
