Golf Magazine

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Golf Magazine is a monthly golf magazine owned by Sports Illustrated. It was the world's most widely read golf publication from August 2006 to January 2007. The magazine is for golfers of all skill levels. Some features it includes are instruction from the top 100 teachers in America, interviews with famous golfers, tips on the best values for golf courses to go to on vacation, and an annual club test.

1 Top 100 Courses
2 Top 100 in the United States
3 Top 100 in the World
4 Club Test 2007
5 Top 100 Teachers in America
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Top 100 Courses

Golf Magazine conducts an annual survey of experts to determine the best course in the United States and the world.

[edit] Top 100 in the United States

The best courses in the United States in 2007 were:

Rank	Name	Location	State	Designer, Year
1	Pine Valley	Pine Valley	New Jersey	George Crump/H.S. Colt, 1918
2	Cypress Point	Pebble Beach	California	Alister MacKenzie, 1918
3	Augusta National	Augusta	Georgia	Alister MacKenzie/Bobby Jones, 1933
4	Pebble Beach	Pebble Beach	California	Jack Neville/Douglas Grant, 1919
5	Shinnecock Hills	Southampton	New York	William Flynn, 1931
6	Oakmont	Oakmont	Pennsylvania	Henry Fownes, 1903
7	Merion (East)	Ardmore	Pennsylvania	Hugh Wilson, 1912
8	Sand Hills	Mullen	Nebraska	Bill Coore/Ben Crenshaw, 1994
9	Pacific Dunes	Bandon	Oregon	Tom Doak, 2001
10	National Golf Links of America	Southampton	New York	Charles B. Macdonald, 1911

[edit] Top 100 in the World

Here are the top ten courses in the world:

Rank	Name	Location	Country	Designer, Year
1	Pine Valley	Pine Valley	United States	George Crump/H.S. Colt, 1918
2	Cypress Point	Pebble Beach	United States	Alister MacKenzie, 1918
3	St Andrews (Old Course)	St Andrews	Scotland	Nature
4	Augusta National	Augusta	United States	Alister MacKenzie/Bobby Jones, 1933
5	Pebble Beach	Pebble Beach	United States	Jack Neville/Douglas Grant, 1919
6	Shinnecock Hills	Southampton	United States	William Flynn, 1931
7	Royal County Down	Newcastle	Northern Ireland	Tom Morris, 1889
8	Muirfield	Gullane	Scotland	Tom Morris/H.S. Colt, 1891/1925
9	Oakmont	Oakmont	United States	Henry Fownes, 1903
10	Merion (East)	Ardmore	United States	Hugh Wilson, 1912

Many countries had courses in the top one hundred, including:

Country	Courses in Top 100
Australia	6
Canada	3
England	10
Ireland	4
Japan	4
Northern Ireland	2
New Zealand	2
Scotland	11
Several countries	1 each
United States	52

[edit] Club Test 2007

Golf magazine also conducts an annual test of some of the finest golf products available so that the golfer will be armed with the knowledge of which club is the best value. Winners in each category were:

Club Type	Name	Manufacturer	Percent Rating 1
Driver	r7 Draw	TaylorMade	84
Game-Improvement Iron 2	775.CB	Titleist	83.3
Hybrid	Baffler DWS	Cobra	85
Maximum Game-Improvement Iron 3	r7 Draw	TaylorMade	87.8
Fairway Wood	Big Bertha	Callaway	85
Better-Player Iron 4	Carbon CB	Cobra	87.8
Wedge	Vokey Spin Milled	Titleist	89
Putter	Black Series #1	Odyssey	86.7

Notes

1 Percent rating was determined by dividing points earned by the most possible points the product could have earned
2 The game-improvement iron category was tested only by golfers with a 10 to 20 handicap.
3 The maxiumum game-improvement iron category was tested only by golfers with a 14 to 20 handicap.
4 The better-player iron category was tested only by golfers with handicaps 10 and under.

[edit] Top 100 Teachers in America

Golf Magazine also honours some of the best instructors in the business. On the emeritus list are:

Name	Hometown
Jimmy Ballard	Key Largo, Florida
Peggy Kirk Bell	Southern Pines, North Carolina
Chuck Cook	Austin, Texas
Manuel de la Torre	River Hills, Wisconsin
Michael Hebron	Smithtown, New York
David Leadbetter	Champions Gate, Florida
Eddie Merrins	Los Angeles, California
Dave Pelz	Austin, Texas
Phil Ritson	Winter Garden, Florida
Phil Rodgers	La Jolla, California
Craig Shankland	Daytona Beach, Florida
Dr. Jim Suttie	Naples, Florida
Bob Toski	Coconut Creek, Florida
Dr. Gary Wiren	West Palm Beach, Florida