Best Golf Logos

[Byrnzee]

I saw this Barstool Sports article (forgive me, my friend sent it to me) about the top 10 courses that this guy has played that make other people jealous. These weren't necessarily the best courses to play, but rather the courses that would strike envy into your golf buddies when they see you wearing a polo or hat with their logo on it. 

This made me start wondering about what the best golf course logos are. It seems like everyone has a different opinion when it comes to their favorite, so I would like to see which logos you think are best!

Feel free to just post photos of your favorites and/or give explanations for why they top your list!

Here are some of mine (in no particular order):

 

[sirchunksalot]

I love this logo simply because it's a bucket list course for me and would probably eat my lunch, but it's so beautiful!

[rkj427]

Since I have lived in the Detroit area my whole life, and my Dad worked for an OEM vehicle manufacturer while we were growing up, he had some friends / business associates who were members at these courses and I played both of them with my Dad and brothers a few times over the years.

I also worked for a person whose family had a membership at Oakland Hills, and he would take some of the employees who played golf out once a year.

Haven't played either of them since 1996 but both are still awesome courses and host PGA and USGA events.

 

[CFreddie]

57 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

I love this logo simply because it's a bucket list course for me and would probably eat my lunch, but it's so beautiful!

My favorite round (really 36) of golf - I was able to get a headcover with this logo on my 7W (favorite course = favorite club). 

Here are a couple of my favorites:

Shorty's (New short course at Bandon) 

Pasatiempo

Brora (playing here next year - absolute top tier logo): 

Sleepy Hollow 

Burning Tree 

[Byrnzee]

1 hour ago, sirchunksalot said:

I love this logo simply because it's a bucket list course for me and would probably eat my lunch, but it's so beautiful!

I'm playing it in October! It'll definitely eat my lunch but I can't wait

[Byrnzee]

Adding a couple since I was able to visit Sand Valley last year. Really love their Sandbox (par 3 course) logo:

And unfortunately I wasn't able to play their new Lido course but their logo is also pretty awesome:

[GolfSpy_KFT]

34 minutes ago, Byrnzee said:

Adding a couple since I was able to visit Sand Valley last year. Really love their Sandbox (par 3 course) logo:

And unfortunately I wasn't able to play their new Lido course but their logo is also pretty awesome:

The Sand Box logo is SO GOOD

[TSauer]

1 minute ago, GolfSpy_KFT said:

The Sand Box logo is SO GOOD

AGREED! It's just.... perfect.

[Josh Parker]

Only because I want to play this one.

Was the host to Dell Matchplay 

[bens197]

Favorite I’ve played is McArthur in Hobe Sound Florida.  Simple & Awesome. 

[BallsLeon]

Love Dooks 

[Swood1994]

These probably aren’t as well know but having played them and the history around them are pretty cool and I like their logos

Glenn Riddle Golf club him of 2 courses: Man O’ War & War Admiral. Both courses are named after triple crown winning horses and you play through an old starting gate on one of the holes and the old horse track has been made into a big circular bunker butting up to a couple fairways. 

The ruark golf courses in MD are a great trip for anyone in the east coast. I’ve played them a bunch and always have fun  I’ll post a picture of the Rum Pointe apparel logo later which is one of my other favorites

 

[MGoBlue100]

53 minutes ago, Josh Parker said:

Only because I want to play this one.

Was the host to Dell Matchplay 

I have a semi-way to get on (know a member through work) but haven’t been able to make it happen yet. 

[MGoBlue100]

I had a work colleague give me a visor from The Olympic Club. I wore it LONG past the time any club member would have thought appropriate. I’ll probably never get onto the property, but the logo is

[Josh Parker]

2 minutes ago, MGoBlue100 said:

I have a semi-way to get on (know a member through work) but haven’t been able to make it happen yet. 

I have said for years, I'm half tempted to pull up in a boat and play a couple holes along the water and bounce. Haha. 

[MGoBlue100]

4 minutes ago, Josh Parker said:

I have said for years, I'm half tempted to pull up in a boat and play a couple holes along the water and bounce. Haha. 

It would be worth trying to outrun the sheriff’s boat.

[Erin B]

For me, and I’ve always felt this way, this is the best golf logo ever! 

[GolfSpy_APH]

Oh boy... I have a lot to drop in this thread!

[yungkory]

4 hours ago, MGoBlue100 said:

I had a work colleague give me a visor from The Olympic Club. I wore it LONG past the time any club member would have thought appropriate. I’ll probably never get onto the property, but the logo is

Flying butthole

Similar to Punahou School here (famously known for Obama being alumni).

[GolfSpy_APH]

I mean there is one very obvious answer...

[Owengeorge13]

I’ve always been a fan of sleepy hollow (someone posted it above) and Salem country club(below).

I guess I like spooky stuff…

[Dead Solid Bogey]

2 hours ago, Owengeorge13 said:

I’ve always been a fan of sleepy hollow (someone posted it above) and Salem country club(below).

I guess I like spooky stuff…

For some reason only known by my better half; she just hates that particular picture of herself.. 

[Dead Solid Bogey]

This is where my fantasy retirement would be.. I would play out my string here in a heart beat…Fantastic isolation, in the middle of Cartel territory, two hundred miles from the nearest Wally World and close to one hundred miles from the closest McDonalds. Just a magnificent beautifully brutal area with the best killer public golf course in Texas. 

[Headhammer]

[Randall Robbins]

13 hours ago, Byrnzee said:

I'm playing it in October! It'll definitely eat my lunch but I can't wait

Played it several times - best advice is keep in the middle as best you can,  and it won't bite you too bad - get off track, and you are toast!

[sirchunksalot]

I love the Whistling Straits logo, it reminds me of one of the best books I've read. 

I would recommend it to anyone who's a fantasy junkie, but I would probably wait about 10 more years since that's about how much longer it's going to take him to finish the last book. 

@GolfSpy_APH have to agree on the MGS logo, since I've found it my enjoyment of the game and sharing it with others has vastly improved. 

[Bucky CC]

It's funny how awesome some of the Sand Valley logos are and yet their main one looks like some kind of cheesy open-heart necklace from the mall (do they still have mall jewelry stores?).



Can't go wrong with Mammoth Dunes though.  They picked a winner there.

My favorite logo though is probably from Interlachen Country Club.  It's pretty basic, but it reminds me of the few times I was lucky enough to play the course and see the spot where Bobby Jones skipped his niblick over a lily pad on his way to winning the 1930 US Open and the 3rd leg of his grand slam.  They even have a small plaque in the fairway for the spot he hit from.

During the second round of the 1930 U.S. Open at Interlachen Country Club outside Minneapolis, Bobby Jones attempted to reach the par-5 ninth hole in two. Just as he began his downswing, Jones saw out of the corner of his eye two young girls sprinting into the fairway. Jones flinched, and his ball, badly hit, seemed destined to go only halfway across a lake in front of him. The ball, however, struck a lily pad and bounded forward, free of the water and only 30 yards short of the green. This dose of Jones magic—and the fairly routine birdie that resulted—was consequential. He won that U.S. Open, his fourth, by two strokes over Macdonald Smith.

[CFreddie]

10 minutes ago, Bucky CC said:

It's funny how awesome some of the Sand Valley logos are and yet their main one looks like some kind of cheesy open-heart necklace from the mall (do they still have mall jewelry stores?).



Can't go wrong with Mammoth Dunes though.  They picked a winner there.

My favorite logo though is probably from Interlachen Country Club.  It's pretty basic, but it reminds me of the few times I was lucky enough to play the course and see the spot where Bobby Jones skipped his niblick over a lily pad on his way to winning the 1930 US Open and the 3rd leg of his grand slam.  They even have a small plaque in the fairway for the spot he hit from.

During the second round of the 1930 U.S. Open at Interlachen Country Club outside Minneapolis, Bobby Jones attempted to reach the par-5 ninth hole in two. Just as he began his downswing, Jones saw out of the corner of his eye two young girls sprinting into the fairway. Jones flinched, and his ball, badly hit, seemed destined to go only halfway across a lake in front of him. The ball, however, struck a lily pad and bounded forward, free of the water and only 30 yards short of the green. This dose of Jones magic—and the fairly routine birdie that resulted—was consequential. He won that U.S. Open, his fourth, by two strokes over Macdonald Smith.

Agreed on SV logos - I love all of these EXCEPT for the main one. Sedge Valley has a chance to be the best onsite (Lido is my current fav):

 

[Swood1994]

12 hours ago, Swood1994 said:

 I’ll post a picture of the Rum Pointe apparel logo later which is one of my other favorites

not the best phot but I think this is a cool logo and a Pete dye design course at that!

[MmmmmmBuddy]

Here are some of my favorites..

 

 Gozzer Ranch in Idaho

 

 OG Bandon Dunes

 Nanea in Hawaii

 Duh

 OSide California

 

 Bend Oregon

 

and, of course, the best logo in golf...