Once again, Michigan is among the United States’ best destinations for golf.
The Mitten tied North Carolina with 13 golf courses ranked among Golfweek’s top 200 resort courses, third behind only California (20) and Florida (19).
It may be a surprise to many, but not to the Michiganders who frequent these beautiful, unique lands for unparalleled golfing adventures.
Here are the 13 Michigan courses to make Golfweek’s 2026 top 200 resort courses. This list is based on the golf only, not the resorts as a whole or other amenities. Members of the publication’s course-ratings panel continually rate courses based on 10 criteria, then submit an overall rating on each course. Those scores are averaged to produce the cumulative rating.
Michigan’s top resort golf courses
Based on Golfweek’s top 200 rankings for 2026.
Course, location, rank (last year’s rank in parentheses), overall rating
1. Arcadia Bluffs (Bluffs), Arcadia, T27 (27), 7.21.2. The Loop at Forest Dunes, Roscommon, 36 (38), 6.94.3. Arcadia Bluffs (South), Arcadia, T62 (T66), 6.67.4. Forest Dunes, Roscommon, T62 (T61), 6.67.5. Bay Harbor (Links/Quarry), Harbor Springs, T84 (T81), 6.56.6. Stoatin Brae at Gull Lake View, Augusta, T107 (T98), 6.42.7. Tullymore, Stanwood, T128 (148), 6.27.8. Arthur Hills at Boyne Highlands, Harbor Springs, T149 (T138), 6.19.9. Hidden River, Brutus, T166 (T153), 6.12.10. Timber Stone at Pine Mountain, Iron Mountain, T171 (T158), 6.1.11. Signature at Treetops, Gaylord, T174, (T162), 6.09.12. St. Ives at Tullymore, Stanwood, T177 (T168), 6.08.13. Jones Masterpiece at Treetops, Gaylord, T180, (147), 6.07.
[ Want more updates on golf in Michigan? Download our free app for the latest news, alerts, eNewspaper and more. ]
Top 5 resort golf courses in the U.S.
Golfweek’s top-5 order in 2026 remained unchanged from 2025.
Course, location, overall rating
1. Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach, California, 8.76.2. Pacific Dunes at Bandon Dunes, Bandon, Oregon, 8.49.3. No. 2 at Pinehurst, Pinehurst, North Carolina, 8.28.4. Straits at Whistling Straits, Mosel, Wisconsin, 8.14.5. Bandon Trails at Bandon Dunes, Bandon, Oregon, 8.11.
Read on for the full list of Golfweek’s top 200 resort courses for 2026.
Marlowe Alter is an assistant sports editor at the Detroit Free Press. Email him at: malter@freepress.com.
Follow the Detroit Free Press on Instagram (@detroitfreepress), TikTok (@detroitfreepress), YouTube (@DetroitFreePress), X (@freep), and LinkedIn, and like us on Facebook (@detroitfreepress).
