Ranking the world’s top 10 composite golf courses

Here are 10 of the best composite courses – and a couple honorable mentions – to host some of golf’s biggest events through the years.

The Country Club at Brookline

U.S. Amateurs, U.S. Opens, and a Ryder Cup

The Country Club of Brookline in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo by Stephen Munday/Getty Images

The Country Club has hosted multiple U.S. Opens and the 1999 Ryder Cup. Holes from the Primrose Course are used to replace three from the Clyde. The composite course was first used at the 1957 U.S. Amateur and subsequently at the 1963 and 1988 U.S. Open the 1999 Ryder Cup. The first eight holes of the “composite” course are lifted from the regular course. The 9th, 10th and 12th holes are dropped from the regular course layout, and holes 11-13 makes up a formidable stretch of demanding par-4 holes. The Country Club is set to host the 2022 U.S. Open.

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