How do you find the best golf courses to play in a given area?

Am planning on traveling this summer to a number of different areas, and would like to have a resource to help me find the best golf courses in a general area that are open to the public|||Ask your friends, co-workers and others in your area. Also Tweet (use Twitter) and Facebook to network!|||Go to Golf Digest.com and look through their state by state ranking. You can filter specifically through public only. It's really helpful and very easy to use.|||I've started using http://www.forelinksters.com. The website only contains the best golf courses, mostly in the US, submitted by golfers, not the national golf magazines. It allows you to search by city, state, or country and provides a list of all courses that have been published by its members within a 30-40 miles radius. They also publish current ratings and reviews by golfers who've just played the course.