Golf Week USA – Top 100 Classic

1998

Fishers Island. Photo by Larry Lambrecht

Top 100 USA Golf Week USA – Top 100 Classic - 1998

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Pine Valley

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

Cypress Point

2

2

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

2

Augusta National

3

3

2

3

4

4

4

5

5

6

9

10

3

4

3

3

Pebble Beach

10

9

9

9

8

8

8

8

7

9

8

4

5

5

4

4

Crystal Downs

13

14

13

13

11

11

11

11

9

10

7

8

9

9

6

6

Shinnecock Hills

4

4

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

3

5

5

National Golf Links of America

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

4

4

4

4

7

8

8

11

11

Pinehurst – No 2

17

16

16

15

14

14

14

14

13

11

15

11

13

10

8

10

Merion Golf Club

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

8

7

5

5

7

7

7

9

Oakmont

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

5

6

6

6

6

9

13

Fishers Island

9

10

10

10

9

9

9

9

10

8

10

12

11

11

10

12

Prairie Dunes

11

11

11

11

12

12

12

12

12

13

13

9

12

13

13

8

Seminole

12

12

12

12

13

13

13

13

14

14

14

14

15

15

14

15

San Francisco GC

16

17

17

17

16

16

15

15

15

15

11

13

14

12

12

7

Oakland Hills – South

23

23

24

23

21

20

21

19

22

20

17

16

17

19

17

16

Chicago GC

8

8

8

8

10

10

10

10

11

12

12

15

10

14

15

14

The Olympic Club

44

39

35

33

35

38

31

31

27

23

22

20

19

20

22

18

Winged Foot – West

15

15

15

16

17

17

17

17

17

17

16

17

16

16

16

20

Garden City

28

28

29

29

28

28

28

28

21

19

18

19

20

17

18

24

Southern Hills

43

41

38

36

32

31

33

32

26

26

25

23

25

24

19

21

Country Club – Brookline

25

24

25

25

26

27

22

26

24

24

20

21

22

23

20

17

Wannamoisett

58

53

54

52

46

45

44

43

32

29

27

26

24

22

21

25

The Camargo Club

27

26

23

24

20

19

19

18

18

22

24

25

26

26

27

26

Medinah – No 3

85

75

76

70

84

91

85

84

73

74

62

55

57

32

40

34

Quaker Ridge

30

30

28

28

31

32

34

33

35

42

38

35

29

27

24

23

Inverness

47

47

48

50

47

47

53

41

40

41

37

36

37

35

44

42

Winged Foot – East

31

31

31

35

29

30

32

35

33

32

33

33

38

34

34

31

Milwaukee CC

48

48

46

45

49

49

48

50

50

37

44

57

54

48

45

39

Bethpage Black

26

27

30

27

25

25

24

22

20

21

19

22

21

21

26

35

Riviera CC

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

20

19

18

23

24

23

25

25

33

Baltimore CC – Five Farms

46

46

40

39

40

40

39

40

42

43

40

38

32

36

31

30

East Lake

92

92

89

88

77

73

74

66

68

51

53

48

48

44

35

36

LA Country Club – North

14

13

14

14

15

15

16

16

16

16

21

18

18

18

23

19

Maidstone

24

25

26

30

33

34

36

36

43

39

31

37

35

33

33

43

Interlachen

63

66

62

63

57

53

55

53

52

52

51

51

56

55

50

45

Baltusrol – Lower

35

36

50

47

44

41

42

45

46

36

36

39

40

38

39

28

Oak Hill – East

34

42

53

69

58

57

62

54

44

45

34

30

30

31

41

40

The Homestead – Cascades

97

-

-

98

75

71

76

86

70

61

49

45

44

39

42

22

Pasatiempo

37

34

34

32

37

36

35

34

34

30

30

31

33

53

47

44

Congressional – Blue

49

-

87

86

83

80

75

70

65

67

68

70

34

61

68

46

Salem Country Club

91

91

75

74

70

63

65

76

60

49

46

43

46

42

37

41

Olympia Fields – North

67

65

61

55

54

52

47

51

51

46

42

42

41

57

60

58

The Valley Club

36

37

37

38

38

37

38

38

37

35

41

41

45

49

36

29

Plainfield

32

29

27

26

27

24

26

24

25

27

29

28

28

29

29

47

Scioto

61

57

52

53

50

48

51

56

47

44

48

49

53

52

51

51

Colonial CC – Fort Worth

-

86

86

73

64

65

61

57

59

59

50

53

50

46

48

62

Lancaster Country Club

76

72

83

85

72

68

63

63

63

68

65

72

71

71

63

48

Ridgewood CC

53

52

49

51

56

56

52

64

61

80

85

88

81

73

64

66

Holston Hills Country Club

-

-

98

100

94

94

88

77

62

56

52

54

51

45

38

37

Peachtree

20

20

22

21

22

22

25

23

31

33

35

34

39

37

46

59

Point O' Woods Golf & Country Club

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

95

93

82

77

55

53

Cherry Hills

66

71

80

90

88

89

91

82

75

83

58

50

58

54

61

63

Indianwood – Old

-

-

-

-

90

95

-

94

98

88

77

84

79

78

54

50

Kittansett Club

51

49

47

46

48

50

45

46

48

58

55

61

62

60

71

49

Saucon Valley – Old

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

82

54

Somerset Hills

21

21

20

22

24

26

27

25

28

28

28

29

31

30

30

27

Firestone – South

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

99

97

86

69

Taconic Golf Club

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

98

92

92

80

89

86

72

73

57

Newport CC

55

50

51

48

41

43

43

39

45

40

45

47

47

47

43

88

Saucon Valley – Grace

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

65

Shoreacres

19

19

19

19

19

21

20

21

23

25

26

27

27

28

32

32

Country Club of Detroit

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

87

81

70

Yale Golf Course

69

60

55

54

53

51

49

48

38

47

47

44

60

-

97

92

The Minikahda Club

79

95

96

-

99

98

97

93

83

77

70

71

84

81

85

82

Franklin Hills

78

78

72

71

71

77

78

75

71

65

66

63

63

82

89

75

NCR – South

-

98

-

-

85

78

70

65

76

71

64

65

64

65

53

52

Myopia Hunt Club

33

32

32

31

34

33

29

29

30

31

32

32

36

43

49

55

Philadelphia CC – Spring/Mill

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

95

95

98

86

75

76

63

79

74

Champions Golf Club - Cypress Creek

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

90

92

89

87

87

Huntingdon Valley

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

86

78

72

69

69

64

75

77

The Country Club Ohio

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

76

Canterbury

82

76

73

64

62

61

58

59

56

50

79

98

96

98

78

80

Sankaty Head Golf Club

84

82

85

83

87

83

80

81

82

95

89

-

-

-

95

78

The Creek Club

59

61

67

65

78

81

79

78

79

84

83

85

85

70

76

64

Yeamans Hall

39

35

41

43

42

42

46

44

41

38

39

40

42

41

28

38

The Dunes Golf & Beach

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

100

94

89

99

99

73

Winchester Country Club

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Old Warson CC

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

98

Broadmoor Golf Club

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Baltusrol – Upper

62

64

60

56

-

59

54

52

53

53

59

68

66

58

72

56

Fox Chapel

64

63

63

67

66

66

67

69

78

82

84

73

74

75

94

-

Rolling Green Golf Club

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

99

94

76

96

100

100

62

84

Philadelphia Cricket Club

41

38

36

37

30

29

30

30

-

-

-

-

-

94

90

96

Northland CC

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

86

87

87

83

68

77

93

Pine Needles

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

85

76

69

67

75

83

84

71

White Bear Yacht Club

77

77

81

78

67

67

72

71

66

66

60

46

43

40

58

61

Aronimink

65

68

64

61

63

60

56

58

57

62

56

59

52

56

98

-

Seattle Golf Club

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

96

90

Westchester CC – West

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

93

100

94

86

92

83

CC of Virginia - James River

-

74

70

95

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Astoria Golf and Country Club

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

91

Moraine Country Club

80

73

74

72

76

75

87

-

-

-

96

-

88

95

52

68

Manufacturers Golf & CC

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

93

90

69

60

Bel-Air CC

57

59

57

57

65

76

73

72

84

81

78

77

78

88

93

85

Monterey Peninsula CC – Dunes

54

55

56

58

79

88

94

-

-

-

-

-

-

96

91

89

Worcester GC

-

74

70

95

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Oyster Harbors

-

74

70

95

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Royal Oaks

-

74

70

95

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Longmeadow GC

-

74

70

95

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Somerset GC

-

74

70

95

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-