Jan. 30, 2004

Nine Nicklaus courses made Golf World Business' annual list of the 100 Best Golf Shops, a showing that resulted in almost 10 percent of the private club and resort shops going to Nicklaus Design facilities.

The 2004 list is split into four categories--private, public, resort and off-course (retailers)--with 25 shops being named to each category. Nicklaus courses accounted for a fifth of the 25 private clubs named. They were: Bearpath Golf & Country Club (Eden Prairie, Minn.); Castle Pines Golf Club (Castle Rock, Colo.); Desert Mountain Club (Scottsdale, Ariz.); Great Waters at Reynolds Plantation (Eatonton, Ga.); and Superstition Mountain (Ariz.) Golf & Country Club.

Four Nicklaus courses were named among the 25 resort courses: Grand Cypress Resort (Orlando, Fla.); The Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.); Harbour Town Golf Links (Hilton Head, S.C.); and the Hualalai Club (Ka'upulehu-Kona, Hawaii).

Golf World Business has revealed its 2004 100 Best Golf Shop list, with 25 winners in each of the competition's four categories--private, public, resort and off-course. Following is a list of the winning shops.

Private: The Bay Hill Club, Orlando; Bearpath G&CC, Eden Prairie, Minn.; Bighorn GC, Palm Desert, Calif.; Butler National GC, Oak Brook, Ill.; Castle Pines GC, Castle Rock, Colo.; Congressional CC, Bethesda, Md.; Desert Mountain Club, Scottsdale; Detroit GC; East Lake GC, Atlanta; Edina (Minn.) CC; Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio; Fresh Meadow CC, Lake Success, N.Y.; Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio; Kalamazoo (Mich.) CC; Merion GC, Ardmore, Pa.; Olympia Fields (Ill.) CC; Reynolds Plantation, Great Waters Shop, Eatonton, Ga.; Southern Highlands GC, Las Vegas; Superstition Mountain (Ariz.) G&CC; TPC at Avenel, Potomac, Md.; TPC at River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.; TPC at Summerlin, Las Vegas; TPC of Boston, Norton, Mass.; TPC of Michigan, Dearborn, Mich.; Wichita (Kan.) CC.

Public: Angel Park GC, Las Vegas; Arizona National GC, Tucson; Bali Hai Golf Shop, Las Vegas; Grayhawk GC, Scottsdale; Haggin Oaks Golf Super Shop, Sacramento, Calif.; Heritage Pointe GC, DeWinton, Alberta, Canada; Hillandale GC, Durham, N.C.; International World Tour GL, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; John Wells Golf Shop at Brookside GC, Pasadena, Calif.; Legends Club of Tennessee, Franklin, Tenn.; Monarch Beach GL, Dana Point, Calif.; Paradise Pointe GC, Smithville, Mo.; Royal Links GC, Las Vegas; Stone Mountain (Ga.) GC, Stow Acres CC, Stow, Mass.; Talking Stick GC, Scottsdale; The GC at New Castle, Newcastle, Wash.; The Palmer Course at La Cantera, San Antonio; Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, Calif.; TPC at the Canyons, Las Vegas; TPC of Myrtle Beach (S.C.); TPC of Scottsdale; Troon North GC, Scottsdale; University Ridge GC, Verona, Wis.; We-Ko-Pa GC, Ft. McDowell, Ariz.

Resort: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Dunes), Bandon, Ore.; Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Pacific Dunes), Bandon, Ore.; Blackwolf Run, Kohler, Wis.; The Breakers Sports Pro Shop, Palm Beach, Fla.; The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Four Seasons Resort & Club, Irving, Tex.; Grand Cypress Resort, Orlando; The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.; Harbour Town GL, Hilton Head Island, S.C.; Hualalai Club, Ka'upulehu-Kona, Hawaii; Kingsmill Resort & Club, Williamsburg, Va.; Links at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, Calif.; The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island (S.C.) Resort; Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Shop; Pelican Hill GC, Newport Coast, Calif.; The Phoenician, Scottsdale; Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort; The Pro Shop at Pebble Beach (Calif.); The Resort Course at La Cantera, San Antonio; Seaview Marriott Resort and Spa, Galloway, N.J.; Spyglass Hill Golf Shop, Pebble Beach, Calif.; Sunriver (Ore.) Resort (Meadows); Tiburon GC, Naples, Fla.; TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, Wis.

Off-course: Bobick's Golf Headquarters, Virginia Beach, Va.; Carl's Golfland, Plymouth, Mich.; Carl's Golfland, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; Custom Golf of Connecticut, Stamford, Conn.; Dale's Winning Edge Golf Headquarters, Knoxville, Tenn.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Atlanta; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Birmingham, Ala.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Duluth, Ga.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Hanover, Mass.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Naples, Fla.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, North Miami Beach, Fla.; Edwin Watts Golf Shops, Orlando; Enterprise Golf and Sportswear, Secaucus, N.J.; Fairway Golf Center, Piscataway, N.J.; Hot Stix Golf, Scottsdale; Lumpy's, La Quinta (Calif.); Miles of Golf, Ypsilanti, Mich.; New York Golf Center, New York City; PGA Tour Shop, Gaylord Palms Resort, Orlando; PGA Tour Shop, Jacksonville International Airport, Fla.; PGA Tour Shop, McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas; PGA Tour Shop, Palm Beach International Airport, Fla.; PGA Tour Shop, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport; Stadium Golf Center, San Diego.