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Tom Doak

1982 to present · USA
18 courses in the directory, 18 rated

Best of Tom Doak

By our rating
Sebonack Golf ClubJack Nicklaus and Tom Doak · 20069.8Sebonack Golf ClubSouthampton · New YorkPrivateWalkableMembersTara Iti Golf CourseTom Doak9.8Tara Iti Golf CourseMangawhai · New ZealandPublicLost Dunes Golf ClubTom Doak · 19999.7Lost Dunes Golf ClubBridgman · MichiganPrivateWalkableMembers

Tom Doak apprenticed with Pete Dye, wrote the frank Confidential Guide to Golf Courses and made his name with Pacific Dunes in 2001. His firm, Renaissance Golf Design, shapes on site with a small crew and finishes the greens by eye. He likes short par 4s, bold greens and hazards left rough at the edges, and some holes divide opinion on purpose.

SignatureBold greens and short par 4s, shaped by hand

Oregon 3Michigan 2New Zealand 2Texas 2Wisconsin 2Australia 1California 1Florida 1Ireland 1New York 1North Carolina 1South Carolina 1

Courses we’ve rated

18 courses, oldest first

1930s

  1. 1936Memorial Park Golf CourseHouston · Texas · renovation8.7

1990s

  1. 1999Lost Dunes Golf ClubBridgman · Michigan9.7

2000s

  1. 2001Bandon Dunes Resort: Pacific DunesBandon · Oregon9.6
  2. 2003The Rawls Course at Texas TechLubbock · Texas8.8
  3. 2006Sebonack Golf ClubSouthampton · New York9.8
  4. 2006Stone Eagle Golf ClubPalm Desert · California9.7
  5. 2008Tetherow Golf ClubBend · Oregon9.3

2010s

  1. 2010Bandon Dunes Resort: Old MacdonaldBandon · Oregon9.5
  2. 2012Streamsong Resort: BlueBowling Green · Florida9.5
  3. 2016The Loop at Forest DunesRoscommon · Michigan9.2

2020s

  1. 2023The Tree FarmBatesburg · South Carolina9.6
  2. 2023The Lido at Sand ValleyNekoosa · Wisconsin · renovation9.0
  3. 2024Pinehurst No. 10Pinehurst · North Carolina9.4
  4. 2024Sedge ValleyNekoosa · Wisconsin9.1

Year not recorded

  1. Tara Iti Golf CourseMangawhai · New Zealand9.8
  2. Barnbougle: DunesBridport · Australia9.6
  3. Cape Kidnappers Golf CourseTe Awanga · New Zealand9.5
  4. Rosapenna: St Patrick's LinksDownings · Ireland9.3

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