POINT JUDITH COUNTRY CLUB

The salt air off Block Island Sound shapes every shot at this seaside Rhode Island gem, where Donald Ross's 1928 routing threads through windswept fescue and over rolling terrain that feels more Scottish than New England. The ocean views are spectacular, but it's the way the coastal winds transform club selection on holes like the downhill par-3 14th that separates pretenders from players. This is links-style golf at its most authentic—where the elements matter more than your handicap.