Ridgewood's composite Championship course is considered one of the best in the country; Golf Digest ranked it 76th in the country in 1989, while the American Society of Golf Course Architects included it the course among the top 1 percent of all courses built in this country before 1962. In 2007, Golf Magazine ranked the course 76th in the United States, and Golfweek has it 81st on their list of the Best Classical Courses in the country. The three nines were originally designed by A.W. Tillinghast in 1929, reworked by in the late 20th century by Rees Jones, and then restored by Gil Hanse in 2003.