The National Golf Links of American is a prestigious links-style golf course in Southampton, New York. The National was the brainchild of Charles Blair Macdonald, one of the founding fathers of golf in America. Macdonald's idea was to build an 'ideal' golf course and he modeled most holes after famous holes in the Brisish Isles from courses such as Prestwick, The Old Course at St. Andrews, Sandwich, and NOrth Berwick. Consistently ranked in the top twenty on Golf Digest's Top 100 golf courses.