2. Pound Ridge Golf Club
Pound Ridge, N.Y.
7,171 yards, par 72; Green fees: $235;
914-764-5771; poundridgegolf.com

Pound Ridge is a Pete
and Perry Dye design whose
combination of beauty and
brutality echoes Whistling Straits and Kiawah Island's Ocean Course. While its
challenges are relentless, it
captivates from beginning to end thanks to a succession of
vividly memorable holes. The Dyes were given a 172-acre
canvas studded with rock outcroppings, many of which come
into play. And if the rocks don't get you, the wetlands, forced
carries, fescue mounds and fiendishly contoured greens will.