Grand National - Lake Course

• 🏆America's 100 Greatest Public Courses — Golf Digest
• 🏆Top 50 Affordable Courses — Golf Digest

Robert Trent Jones Sr. routed the Lake Course at Grand National in 1992 — the crown jewel of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, a 26-course, 11-site public-access network that's the largest linked golf project in the world. The course is built on 600-acre Lake Saugahatchee, with 12 of 18 holes hugging the shoreline. Jones Sr. called the Grand National site "the single greatest natural site for golf" he had ever seen. Golf Digest ranked the Lake Course 8th on America's 100 Greatest Public Courses (2023-24) and 11th for 2025-26. Both Lake and Links courses appear on Golf Digest's Top 50 Affordable Courses and the magazine's "Super Value" Places to Play list. Grand National has hosted more championship events than any other public-access property in America — NCAA D1 Men's and Women's National Championships, LPGA Tour, Symetra Tour, Korn Ferry Tour, and PGA Tour. For a buddies trip that wants marquee golf without the Pinehurst or Pebble price tag, the RTJ Trail is the answer, and Grand National is its flagship.