From December through March, there are few better places in the world for a golfer than Arizona.
The weather is generally warm and dry enough to play golf every day. The Valley of the Sun, encompassing the greater Phoenix and Scottsdale areas, is home to nearly 100 top places to play.
GolfPass releases a Top 25 Public Golf Courses in Arizona every February thanks to golfers like YOU. We create our annual Golfers’ Choice lists by curating the reviews submitted by everyday golfers. We use GolfPass’ Ratings Index logic that weights newer reviews and combine it with a course’s subcategory averages.
Each course needed at least two reviews and at least some public access to qualify. Arizona offers great golf with great variety. You can play a parkland course one day and a target-golf desert course the next. Mountain golf is plentiful as well. Great golf is plentiful.
We make our Golfers’ Choice best-of lists user friendly. Simply click on the photo of each course to learn more about the facility or to book a tee time (in most cases).
Want to get involved with determining the best public golf courses in Arizona or any other future Golfers’ Choice lists? Click here to review your latest round.
Arizona golf courses reviewed in 2025: 215
Reviews of Arizona golf courses in 2025: 19,195
How the Rankings Are Determined
We analyzed nearly 20,000 reviews of Arizona golf courses published on GolfPass in 2025 (until our Dec. 1 cutoff date) to determine the list. Each course needed at least two reviews by real golfers to be eligible.
This was created to provide a more accurate indication of a golf course’s current overall rating. Newer reviews are weighted heavier than older ones, as are reviews from golfers who leave more reviews. (In this way, they become trusted sources).
Who This List Is Best For
Golfers’ Choice measures what every day golfers think makes a course great, including playability, enjoyment, value and service not just architectural prestige or pedigree. Golfers’ Choice ranks the best golf courses based on real golfer reviews – highlighting prestigious, architecturally significant courses alongside hidden gem public golf courses that everyday golfers genuinely love and recommend.
Best public golf courses in Arizona