Ranked the best golf course in Tallahassee and 13th best in Florida by Golfweek and USA Today, Capital City Country Club is a rare Tillinghast design in the Deep South. The course features a dramatic 250-foot elevation change — extraordinary for Florida — and has been called a Dream Course of the Southeast. With over 110 years of history, the Tillinghast-designed layout showcases his trademark strategic bunkering and demanding green complexes in a lush, tree-lined setting.

82.3 LooperScore

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Role: architect

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Brackenridge Park Golf Course

San Antonio, TX

Brackenridge Park Golf Course is the oldest 18-hole public golf course in Texas and one of the most historically significant municipal courses in the country. Designed by A.W. Tillinghast and opened in 1916, Old Brack served as the original home of the Texas Open — the sixth-oldest professional tournament in golf — hosting legends including Byron Nelson, Sam Snead, and Ben Hogan. A meticulous 2008 restoration returned the course to Tillinghast original routing, weaving through the mature live oaks and cypress trees of Brackenridge Park just north of downtown San Antonio. The course also serves as home to the Texas Golf Hall of Fame, with the clubhouse featuring the Walk of Fame and the Texas Tournament Trophy Room. At par 71 and 6,243 yards from the tips, it offers a charming, accessible city-park layout that rewards shot-making over power.

79.5 LooperScore

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Role: architect

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