Harding Park Golf Course - California, U.S.A.

Harding Park, located along the shores of Lake Merced, near Skyline Boulevard and the San Francisco Zoo, is San Francisco's legendary municipal track. Designed by Willie Watson in 1925, Harding Park had suffered from many years of neglect and fallen into disrepair. Former USGA president and San Francisco native Frank D. "Sandy" Tatum spearheaded a campaign that resulted in a $16 million refurbishment and lengthening of the course. With its makeover completed in 2003, Harding Park has been restored to its former glory so that it now rivals its famous neighbor, the Olympic Club. The course's distinguishing feature is groves of venerable redwoods and splayed cypress, with seven holes along Lake Merced. Harding Park, which hosted a PGA Tour event in the 1960s, returns to the Tour as the site of the WGC-American Express Championship in 2005.

Mayacama Golf Club - California, U.S.A.

Mayacama is a private club that is tucked into secret valleys among the soft green hills of the Sonoma wine country near Santa Rosa. Designed by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 2001, the course wanders through clusters of old oaks and crosses streams and wetlands on its journey through the lush enfolding hills with the Mayacama Mountains in the distance. Mayacama has several of the region's highest-rated winemakers among its members, and as a condition of membership the vintners must annually provide the club with the equivalent of one barrel of their finest reserve wine. Each Mayacama member is issued a private wine locker in the club's wine cellar located beneath the clubhouse and adjacent to the 18th green.