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Top U.S. Golf Courses by Region

Fundamentally, ranking golf courses is a subjective exercise. Better players often prefer more challenging layouts. Less skilled golfers might appreciate wider fairways with fewer forced carries.

That said, the validity of any individual review isn’t tied to whether that golfer has a degree in golf course architecture or a preference for certain types of grasses.

If you’re a golfer, your opinion matters.

To build our list of the best golf destinations, we turned to TheGrint and to real golfers just like you.

ABOUT THEGRINT’S RANKINGS

To generate our rankings, we leveraged data from TheGrint, a golf handicap and stat-tracking service that also allows golfers to rate the courses they play. Think of it as something similar to Yelp for golf courses.

He played great golf for four days. He lost in an epic playoff with Patrick Cantlay. And he got heckled endlessly.

Patrick Cantlay earned the sixth and final automatic spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team by winning the BMW Championship on Sunday.

Clutch down the stretch and for six dynamic playoff holes, Patrick Cantlay put a fitting end to an epic battle with Bryson DeChambeau by making an 18-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the BMW Championship on Sunday.

Only 30 players are left in the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs. They all head to the Tour Championship hoping to get their hands on the winner's $15 million paycheck.

Joe Durant made a 5-foot bogey putt on the par-4 18th Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Bernhard Langer in The Ally Challenge.

Denmark's Rasmus Hojgaard struck a bogey-free seven-under-par 63 to earn a one-shot victory at the European Masters on Sunday.

Tiger Woods' 2002 Scotty Cameron backup putter sold at auction for $393,000 making it what is believed to be the most expensive golf club ever sold.

Typically, the postseason is when the pressure rises and every single moment gets scrutinized. For the top 70 still in the PGA Tour's version of the playoffs, things have been pretty simple.

Bryson DeChambeau settled for a 5-under 67 after an up-and-down round left him tied for the lead with Patrick Cantlay at the BMW Championship.

Bernhard Langer birdied the final hole for a 6-under 66 and a share of the second-round lead with Doug Barron at The Ally Challenge.

American Sean Crocker shot a 6-under 64 to move up and share the lead after the third round of the European Masters on Saturday.

Top-ranked amateur Rose Zhang capped off an unbeaten week as the Americans won six of the eight singles matches Saturday to beat Great Britain & Ireland in the Curtis Cup.

From Day One, Shotscope changed on-course data collection. The company developed technology that lets RFID club tags communicate automatically with a wrist band to capture shots. However, the wrist band itself was a problem. Shotscope’s original V1 band featured no GPS functionality, just data collection. It was also roughly the size of one of Her Majesty’s aircraft carriers.

Shotscope V2 was a considerable improvement. Unfortunately, while considerably smaller, V2 was still the size of a Royal destroyer.

Now with the V3 GPS band, Shot Scope offers a full slate of stat-tracking and performance management features, including Strokes Gained analytics.

With that, we’d like to get feedback from MyGolfSpy readers.

Bernhard Langer shot his age on his 64th birthday Friday for a share of the lead with Marco Dawson in the suspended first round of the Ally Challenge.

Bryson DeChambeau flirted with becoming the 12th player in PGA Tour history to break 60 during a competitive round, instead missing a 6-footer on No. 18 to shoot a 12-under 60 at the BMW Championship.

South Africa's Dean Burmester carded 65 to take the lead at the halfway stage of the Omega European Masters in Switzerland on Friday.

Rose Zhang won both her matches and Allisen Corpuz delivered a big run of birdies Friday as the Americans rallied from a three-point deficit to forge a tie going into the final session of the Curtis Cup.

Phil Mickelson took to Twitter to voice his opposition to speculation that the USGA plans to limit the length of drivers to 46 inches.

One of the most common reasons that I see players fail to reach their potential is because their performances are sabotaged by a fear of failure. This fear can often cause what we know as choking in golf.

Such fears could be:

Not performing to the level you are capable of, or expectWhat others will think (being embarrassed, losing status and respect)Losing an opportunity to win or “choking”Disappointing parents and coachesNot making the team or losing a spot on the teamHitting certain shots (missing short putts or hitting poor chips)

What is fear?

Fear is a normal part of the human experience and it’s not wrong to feel it. Simply put, it’s the mind’s projection of a future negative (or painful) event that impacts how you think and feel in the present.
Think of any scenario that would make you feel uncomfortable (a popular one for most is giving a speech in front of a large group) and immediately a movie will play out in your head and change the way you feel inside. We experience the stress or fear response to various degrees – butterflies, sweating, increased heart rate and possibly shaking hands.

Why does fear exist?

The purpose of fear is to help us survive and avoid pain. In the past, fear kept us away from large predators. In the present day, it’s purpose is more so to keep us away from the threat of emotional pain, rather than physical. What we fear can vary from person to person, but it’s our subconscious telling us that we should prepare ourselves for danger or try to avoid it all together.