Courses Why courses with wider fairways lost status in GOLF’s Top 100 U.S. November 8, 2022 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email Why courses with wider fairways lost status in GOLF's Top 100 U.S. First Impressions of the New Fujikura Ventus TR Blue w/ VeloCore+ Mizuno Golf's New JPX ONE Woods Lineup NEW COBRA 3DP MB and 3DP X IRONS! Mizuno Launches New Modern Series Irons and Fli-Hi UST Mamiya Launches New LINQ POWERCORE Lineup Larry Bobka talks about Tiger Woods' dowel trick | Fully Equipped Why Butch Harmon had his students hit Tiger Woods' golf clubs | Fully Equipped How Tiger Woods’ first set of Titleist 681T irons came to be | Fully Equipped How Tiger Woods found his driver for the 2000 season | Fully Equipped The Forgotten Benefits of OEM Fittings | Fully Equipped In recent years, the more playable courses rose in our Top 100 Courses in the U.S. ranking. Wider fairways give golfers more forgiveness off the tee and require interesting second shots. We discuss why this year’s reverse of that trend surprised us. Latest In Travel 4 days ago Our 7 favorite courses we played in 2025 5 days ago 2 greens on 1 hole?! Why this famed U.S. Open site added surprising quirk 5 days ago Resolved to play more golf? Here are 9 notable course openings in 2026 6 days ago Why this heralded PNW Muni was my favorite course I played in 2025 Related Articles Instruction Inside the History of the 60:40 Putting Technique Gear Fully Equipped: Why you should steer clear of counterfeit clubs News GOLF's Subpar: NFL lineman Garrett Bradbury talks how football got him into golf Gear Is a 7-wood, hybrid or 3-iron most suitable for your game? Tournaments Subpar's FanDuel Picks of the Week for the Arnold Palmer Invitational News The back-and-forth battle for World No. 1 continues at Bay Hill News GOLF's Subpar: D.J. Trahan shares his first impression of Tiger Woods News GOLF's Subpar: D.J. Trahan dishes on his incredible Masters experience News Subpar's FanDuel Picks of the Week for the Honda Classic