The Grand National Links Course was named by Golf Digest as the 2nd best new public course in America in 1993.  And both courses were in the top 10 of Golf Digest's list of America's top 50 Affordable Courses. 

The three courses at Grand National are also listed among the nation's 40 Super Value courses by Golf Digest's Places to Play.  Grand National, by all reports, was the single greatest site for a golf complex Robert Trent, Sr. had ever seen.  Built on 600-acres Lake Saugahatchee, 32 of the 54 holes drape along its filigreed shores. The cornerstone of the complex is the Links Course, which is without a single weakness.  The par-four 18th is without a doubt the strongest finishing hole on the trail.  The drive must carry a corner of the lake, while the approach is played to a shallow pedestal green shored up by boulders.