Our experts also gave beaucoup kudos to Mauna Lani and said to watch for Hualalai in the coming years as it's a spectacular new gem. No course more successfully fuses stern challenges with sensational scenery at every turn. Our panelists decided that an island golf experience was necessary as well. The pure pleasure of taking a ferry ride and making a day of it was undeniable and proved irresistable as a category to our experts. In yet another close race, Haig Point and Fishers Island went down to the wire.
Fishers is a magnificently secluded haunt off Connecticut that actually belongs to New York.
Its classic design is the work of Seth Raynor and its views are incomparable, making a round there one to treasure. Nevertheless, Haig Point, on Daufuskie Island near Hilton Head won out. This Rees Jones design serves up one of America's best tests of driving amidst lush oaks and magnolias, and offers a superior mix of holes that alternate between the solid and the spectacular. Plaques will be delivered by September 30. We suspect that may have something to do with the bustling nightlife in the Harbour Town Marina.