Top 100 Courses: Newcomers

Gozzer Ranch (No. 70 U.S.): Turn Tom Fazio loose on a canvas that includes a beautifully treed valley, rocky bluffs that sprout 100-foot spires and dazzling vistas of Lake Coeur d'Alene, and the results are typically stunning. Yet the aesthetics tell only half of the Gozzer Ranch story. The other half is one departure after another from the classic Fazio formula, which makes this four-year-old layout a true standout. Small, shallow, tattered-edge bunkers, a rare center bunker at the par-5 16th, and traps staggered diagonally at the par-5 8th are among the distinctive strategic touches. The spectacular views are the cherry on top.