Five Best and Worst Ryder Cup Venues

4. The Country Club -- Massachusetts (1999)
Home to the history-making U.S. Open of 1913, where Francis Ouimet stunned British titans Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, the course now informally known as Brookline provided even more drama in its Cup debut, thanks to Justin Leonard's heroic 45-foot bomb at the 17th. It also focused renewed attention on Rees Jones's game-changing restoration, one of history's best, which explains its ranking of 37th in the world.