Golfweek’s Best Courses Of 2006

Golfweek Magazine recently released its annual list of Best New Courses for 2006.

Golfweek’s Best New Courses list, which appeared in the October 28 issue of Golfweek, recognizes the high quality that architects and builders have delivered at the top 50 public, private and resort courses all of which opened in 2004 and 2005.

The No. 1 spot on the list was awarded to Bandon Trails, a Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw design that opened in 2005 in Bandon, Ore. Coming in a close second is Massachusetts’s Old Sandwich Golf Club, also designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. The Arnold Palmer designed Suncadia Prospector Golf Course in Roslyn, Wash. rounds out the Top 50.

The list is derived from the efforts of Golfweek’s course raters. This nationwide team of nearly 400 evaluators regularly surveys over 1,800 golf courses and renders their judgment on the basis of 10 standards of evaluation.