Resorts dominate top-rated courses of the week

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Mountain golf course at Ventana Canyon in Tucson - hole 3

The famous third hole on the Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon plays to a green set between two boulders. Brandon Tucker/GolfAdvisor

Waldorf Astoria is a top resort golf course in the Orlando area. Courtesy of Waldorf Astoria

This week's Power Rankings feature a hearty dose of high-end courses getting rater love from coast to coast.

Tucson's Ventana Canyon Golf Club, one of Tucson's top resort courses, swept the field, while other luxury courses like Orlando's Waldorf Astoria Golf Club, Texas' Golf Club of Houston and La Cantera Resort, Grand Cypress Resort, and Tucson area's Starr Pass and Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain Golf Club also fared well.

We've sorted out the latest reviews to find the top 10 courses in the overall, value and pace-of-play categories on GolfAdvisor.

Top 10 overall golf courses

1. Ventana Canyon Golf Club, Tucson, Ariz.
2. Waldorf Astoria Golf Club, Orlando, Fla.
3. Celebration Golf Club, Celebration, Fla.
4. Tournament Course at Golf Club of Houston, Humble, Texas
5. The Palmer Course at La Cantera Resort, San Antonio, Texas
6. Grand Cypress Resort North/South/East Course, Orlando, Fla.
7. Blackstone Golf Course, Defuniak Springs, Fla.
8. Bayonet & Black Horse Golf Course, Seaside, Calif.
9. Grand Bear Golf Club, Saucier, Miss.
10. Golf Club of Estrella, Goodyear, Ariz.

Top 10 value golf courses

1. Ventana Canyon Golf Club, Tucson, Ariz.
2. Tournament Course at Golf Club of Houston, Humble, Texas
3. Bayonet & Black Horse Golf Course, Seaside, Calif.
4. Grand Bear Golf Club, Saucier, Miss.
5. Vaaler Creek Golf Club, Blanco, Texas
6. Green Valley Country Club, Clermont, Fla.
7. St. Johns Golf and Country Club, St. Augustine, Fla.
8. Celebration Golf Club, Celebration, Fla.
9. Firewheel Golf Park, Garland, Texas
10. Industry Hills At Pacific Palms Conference Resort, City of Industry, Calif.

Top 10 courses as rated by pace of play

1. Ventana Canyon Golf Club, Tucson, Ariz.
2. Celebration Golf Club, Celebration, Fla.
3. The Palmer Course at La Cantera Resort, San Antonio, Texas
4. Golf Club of Estrella, Goodyear, Ariz.
5. Desert Pines Golf Club, Las Vegas, Nev.
6. Grand Bear Golf Club, Saucier, Miss.
7. Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain, Marana, Ariz.
8. Valencia Golf & Country Club, Naples, Fla.
9. The Golf Club At McKinney, McKinney, Texas
10. Starr Pass Golf Club, Tucson, Ariz.

Brandon Tucker

Brandon Tucker is the Sr. Managing Editor for GolfPass and was the founding editor of Golf Advisor in 2014, he was the managing editor for Golf Channel Digital's Courses & Travel. To date, his golf travels have taken him to over two dozen countries and nearly 600 golf courses worldwide. While he's played some of the most prestigious courses in the world, Tucker's favorite way to play the game is on a great muni in under three hours. Follow Brandon on Twitter at @BrandonTucker and on Instagram at @btuck34.

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