Best golf courses: Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in and around this city. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key below for the rating definitions.
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Pittsburgh
Spencer, Tillinghast et al

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Visitors welcome

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Pittsburgh

Designer

Original layout by Spencer Oldham (1895), later reworked by Albert W. Tillinghast (1912) and Donald Ross (1923). Restoration project led by Ron Forse (2006).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Pittsburgh
Love, Bill

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Visitors welcome

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Pittsburgh

Designer

Tom's Run designed by Bill Love and Ault Clark (1994). Chestnut Ridge designed by Jim Harris and his son-in-law Fred Garbin (1964).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Pittsburgh
Love, William

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Visitors welcome

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Pittsburgh

Designer

William R. Love

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Pittsburgh
Wilson & Palmer

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Private club

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Pittsburgh

Designer

Original design by Dick Wilson (1959); significant renovations by Arnold Palmer (2003).

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Visitors welcome
Pittsburgh
Dye, Pete

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Visitors welcome

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Pittsburgh

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Pete Dye

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Pittsburgh
Dye, Pete

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Pittsburgh

Designer

Original design by Willard Rockwell (1987); redesigned by Pete Dye (2016).

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Pittsburgh
Fownes, Henry

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Private club

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Pittsburgh

Designer

Oakmont was designed by its founder Henry Clay "H.C." Fownes. Over the years it has been tweaked by Fownes' son William Clay "W.C." Fownes Jr (1930s), as well as Robert Trent Jones Sr (1961), Arnold Palmer (1977), Fred Garbin (1982), Arthur Hills (1984) and Tom Fazio (2001).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Pittsburgh
Jones Sr & Palmer

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Visitors welcome

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Pittsburgh

Designer

Jones course: designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1970; formerly called the Speidel course).
Palmer course: designed by Arnold Palmer (2000; formerly called the Klieves course).
Crispin course: designed by Robert Biery (1950).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Pittsburgh
Hurdzan/Fry

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Pittsburgh

Designer

Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Pittsburgh
Nagode, Don

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Pittsburgh

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Don Nagode

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Pittsburgh
Jones, Rees

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Visitors welcome

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Pittsburgh

Designer

Rees Jones

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Tournaments

Ryder Cup: Rome plays host to the first ever Ryder Cup to be staged in Italy, with the USA defending golf’s greatest team trophy at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club (Sept 29-Oct 1).

Solheim Cup: also in September, also in southern Europe, the 18th Solheim Cup will be contested at Finca Cortesin on the Costa del Sol, with Europe defending after their surprise win in Toledo, Inverness Club (Ohio) in 2021 (Sept 22-24). 

Who's Who

Céline Boutier: with many successes as both an amateur and professional golfer, Boutier added a major championship title to her impressive résumé at this year’s Evian Championship.

Alex Cejka: buffeted by rain and high winds, especially on the high-scoring final day, Čejka prevailed over Pádraig Harrington in a playoff at Royal Porthcawl, to scoop the Senior Open Championship title.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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