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Bill Coore

1972 to present · USA
18 courses in the directory, 18 rated

Best of Bill Coore

By our rating
Friar's HeadBill Coore and Ben Crenshaw · 20039.8Friar's HeadBaiting Hollow · New YorkPrivateWalkableMembersOld Sandwich Golf ClubBill Coore and Ben Crenshaw · 20049.8Old Sandwich Golf ClubPlymouth · MassachusettsPrivateWalking onlyMembersSand Hills Golf ClubBill Coore and Ben Crenshaw · 19959.8Sand Hills Golf ClubMullen · NebraskaPrivateWalkableMembers

Bill Coore worked for Pete Dye before forming a partnership with Ben Crenshaw in 1986. Their Sand Hills, opened in 1995, led the minimalist revival: find the holes the land already offers and build as little as possible. Coore walks a site for months before routing it. His courses are wide, firm and full of angles, with greens open to the running shot.

SignatureMinimalism: width, angles and firm, running turf

Oregon 3Arizona 1Arkansas 1Australia 1Canada 1China 1Florida 1Hawaii 1Indiana 1Massachusetts 1Missouri 1Nebraska 1New York 1North Carolina 1+2 more

Courses we’ve rated

18 courses, oldest first

1900s

  1. 1907Pinehurst No. 2Pinehurst · North Carolina · renovation9.6

1990s

  1. 1991Kapalua Plantation CourseLahaina · Hawaii9.5
  2. 1995Sand Hills Golf ClubMullen · Nebraska9.8
  3. 1999Warren Golf Course at Notre DameNotre Dame · Indiana9.1

2000s

  1. 2003Friar's HeadBaiting Hollow · New York9.8
  2. 2004Old Sandwich Golf ClubPlymouth · Massachusetts9.8
  3. 2005Bandon TrailsBandon · Oregon9.5
  4. 2006We-Ko-Pa: SaguaroFort McDowell · Arizona9.4

2010s

  1. 2012Streamsong Resort: RedBowling Green · Florida9.5
  2. 2012Bandon PreserveBandon · Oregon9.3
  3. 2017Sand ValleyNekoosa · Wisconsin9.6
  4. 2018Ozarks NationalHollister · Missouri9.3

2020s

  1. 2020Bandon Dunes Resort: Sheep RanchBandon · Oregon9.4

Year not recorded

  1. Cabot CliffsInverness · Canada9.7
  2. Barnbougle: Lost Farm CourseBridport · Australia9.5
  3. Shanqin Bay Golf CourseHainan · China9.5
  4. Streamsong Resort: The ChainBowling Green · Florida9.2
  5. Arlington Course at Hot Springs Country ClubHot Springs · Arkansas · renovation8.9

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