Awards
* List includes Fry/Straka member designed courses on behalf of Hurdzan/Fry.
* List includes highest award rankings throughout course history.
* All courses are 18-hole new builds unless otherwise noted.
- Erin, Wisconsin, United States
Golf Digest:
America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses (#42)
America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses (#8)
Best in State (#2)
Best Resorts / The Americas
Golf Magazine:
Best New Course of 2006 (#1)
Best in State (#6)
Top 100 Course You Can Play (Public) (#22)
Best Public Courses in State (#3)
Golfweek:
Top 200 Best Modern Courses U.S. (#80)
Best in State (Public) (#4)
Top 100 Resort Courses (#24)
Links:
Great Courses
Tournament Host:
2025 U.S. Women’s Open Championships
2022 U.S. Mid Amateur
2017 U.S. Open
2011 U.S. Amateur
2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championships
*Fry/Straka member designed under Hurdzan/Fry in association with Ron Whitten
*photos by Paul Hundley
- Sylacauga, Alabama, United States
Golf Digest:
Best in State (#7)
The 75 Best Golf Resorts Worldwide (#39)
Golf Magazine:
Best Public Course in State (#3)
Golfweek:
Best in State (Public) (#1)
Top 200 Resort Courses (#49)
*Fry/Straka member designed under Hurdzan/Fry
*photos by Michael Clemmer and Beth Alkaza
- Greenville, Delaware, United States
Golf Digest:
Best in State (#2)
*Fry/Straka member designed under Hurdzan/Fry
*photos by Henebry Photography
- Palm Desert, California, United States
Golf Magazine:
Best Public in State (#15)
Top 100 Courses You Can Play (#15)
Golfweek:
Best Municipal Courses (#24)
Best in State (Public) (#20)
Top 200 Resort Courses (#129)
Golf World:
Top 50 “Readers’ Choice” Public Courses in the U.S. (#25)
Desert Golf Magazine:
Public Course in Coachella Valley (#1)
Smithsonian Magazine:
Only golf course to be featured on its front cover and hailed as an environmentally designed golf course.
*Fry/Straka member designed under Hurdzan/Fry
*photos by Henebry Photography
- Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Golf Digest:
Canada’s Best Golf Courses (#20)
Best New Course in Canada of 2004 (#2)
Golfweek:
Best Canadian Modern Courses (#11)
Score Golf:
Top 100 Canadian Courses (#31)
Tournament Host:
Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic (PGA Nationwide Tour) 2008-2010
*Fry/Straka member designed under Hurdzan/Fry
*photos by Michael Bell
- Moosic, Pennsylvania, United States
Golf Digest:
Best New Private Courses in America (#8)
Best in State (#17)
Tournament Host:
Men’s NCAA Division I Eastern Regional Golf Championship (2000)
Buy.com/Nationwide (now the Web.com Tour) Northeast Pennsylvania Classic (2000-2007)
*Fry/Straka member designed under Hurdzan/Fry
*photos by Henebry Photography
- Gladstone, New Jersey, United States
Golf Digest:
Best-In-State Ranking (New Jersey #5)
Golfweek:
Top 200 Best Modern Courses (#145)
Golf World:
Top “Readers’ Choice” Courses in New Jersey
Links: Great Courses
Boardroom Magazine:
Emerald Award Winner
Distinctions:
2012 New Jersey PGA Club of the Year
2006, 2009 & 2012 Platinum Club of America
Tournaments:
HSBC World Match Play Championship (LPGA Tour) 2005-2006
Sybase World Match Play Championship (LPGA Tour) 2010-2012
*Fry/Straka member designed under Hurdzan/Fry
*photos by Henebry Photography
- Gladstone, New Jersey, United States
Golf Digest: Best-In-State Ranking (New Jersey #5)
Golfweek: Top 200 Best Modern Courses (#145)
Golf World: Top “Reader’s Choice” Courses in New Jersey
Boardroom Magazine: Emerald Award Winner
Links: Great Courses
Distinctions:
2012 New Jersey PGA Club of the Year
2006, 2009 & 2012 Platinum Club of America
Tournaments:
HSBC World Match Play Championship (LPGA Tour) 2005-2006
Sybase World Match Play Championship (LPGA Tour) 2010-2012
*Fry/Straka member designed under Hurdzan/Fry
*photos by Henebry Photography and Paul Hundley
- Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
Golf Digest:
4.5 Stars Rating
Best Resorts / Canada
Golfweek:
Best Canadian Modern Courses (#25)
Score Golf:
Top 100 Canadian Courses (#55)
Best Public Golf Courses in Quebec (#3)
Tournament Host:
“Expert ‘A’ Inc. Canadian Skins Game” featuring Fred Couples, David Duval, John Daly and Mike Weir 1999
*Fry/Straka member designed under Hurdzan/Fry
*Photos by Henebry Photography
- Concord, Ohio, United States
Golf Digest:
5.0 Stars Rating
Golf Magazine:
Best Public in State (#2)
Golfweek:
Best in State (#5)
*Fry/Straka member designed under Hurdzan/Fry
*photos by Henebry Photography