Firestone Country Club places in top 100 for best golf courses across America
According to Golf.com, Firestone Country Club was ranked in the top 100 for best golf courses across the country.
The Akron course placed at 53rd, making it the top ranked in the state.
The course has hosted 66 consecutive years of major tournament golf, 18 years as the host of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, eight Tiger Woods victories, and 36 years of the World Series of Golf. Firestone has also hosted the PGA Championship three times and is currently the home of the Kaulig Companies Championship through 2026.
Last week Kaulig Companies announced a $1.3 million dollar donation to charities across Northeast Ohio that was raised from their summer championship hosted at Firestone.
Top 10 golf courses were:
- Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach, California
- Pinehurst No. 2, Pinehurst, North Carolina
- Pacific Dunes, Bandon, Oregon
- The Lido, Rome, Wisconsin
- Bethpage (Black), Farmingdale, New York
- Kiawah Island (Ocean), Kiawah Island, South Carolina
- Bandon Trails, Bandon, Oregon
- TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium), Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
- Bandon Dunes, Bandon, Oregon
- Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
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