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Fox Run Ranks 8th in Golf Digest's List of Top Missouri Courses

The magazine released its annual ranking of the top 100 courses nationwide. Six area courses rank in Golf Digest's Missouri Top 10. One is from Eureka.

Fox Run Golf Club in Eureka ranked No. 8 on Golf Digest's list of the top Missouri coursesβ€”a list that includes five other St. Louis-area courses in the top 10.Β 

Fox RunΒ did not make Golf Digest's ranking of the top 100 courses nationwide.

The St. Louis Business Journal noted the rankings are important to local course owners. The newspaper quoted Josh Riley, executive director of Gateway PGA, saying the rankings help draw players and "validate their facilities" to build membership at private clubs.

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"It’s a huge deal if it's for a public course from a marketing standpoint," Riley told the Business Journal.

Six St. Louis area private golf clubs made theΒ top 10 list in Missouri:

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No. 2:Β Bellerive Country Club

No. 4: St. Louis Country Club in Ladue

No. 5: Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis.

No. 7:Β Tavern CreekΒ course atΒ The Country Club of St. Albans.

No. 8:Β Fox Run Golf Club in Eureka.

No. 9: Lewis & Clark course atΒ The Country Club of St. Albans.

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