Want to play the best public-access golf courses in your home state, or perhaps you’re planning a getaway with your sticks in tow? Golfweek’s Best has you covered with our annually updated ranking of the Best Courses You Can Play list for each state, as judged by our nationwide network of raters for 2026.
The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings are averaged to produce all our Golfweek’s Best course rankings.
The courses on this list allow public access in some fashion, be it standard daily green fees, through a resort or by staying at an affiliated hotel. If there’s a will, there’s a tee time – no membership required. (There are a handful of courses on this list that some players might consider to be traditionally private, but they do allow non-hosted, non-member guest play in some limited form, normally through a local hotel or other special arrangement.)
KEY: (m) modern, built in 1960 or after; (c) classic, built before 1960.
* indicates new or returning to the rankings
Alabama’s best public-access courses
1. Pursell Farms (FarmLinks)
Sylacauga (m) – book your round today
2. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Capitol Hill (Judge)
Prattville (m) – book your round today
3. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Grand National (Lake)
Opelika (m) – book your round today
4. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail (Ross Bridge)
Hoover (m) – book your round today
5. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Capitol Hill (Legislator)
Prattville (m) – book your round today
6. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Cambrian Ridge (Sherling/Canyon)
Greenville (m) – book your round today
7. Kiva Dunes
Gulf Shores (m) – book your round today
8. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail (Magnolia Grove Falls)
Mobile (m) – book your round today
9. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Grand National (Links)
Opelika (m) – book your round today
10. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Magnolia Grove (The Crossings)
Mobile (m) – book your round today
Alaska’s best public-access courses
1. Anchorage Golf Course
Anchorage (m) – book your round today
2. Settlers Bay
Wasilla (m) – book your round today
T3. Chena Bend
Fairbanks (m) – book your round today
T3. Moose Run (Creek)
Fort Richardson (m) – book your round today
5. Moose Run (Hill)*
Fort Richardson (c) – book your round today
Arizona’s best public-access courses
1. We-Ko-Pa (Saguaro)
Fort McDowell (m) – book your round today
2. Quintero
Peoria (m) – book your round today
3. TPC Scottsdale (Stadium)
Scottsdale (m) – book your round today
4. Ak-Chin Southern Dunes
Maricopa (m) – book your round today
5. Grayhawk (Talon)
Scottsdale (m) – book your round today
6. Golf Club at Dove Mountain
Marana (m) – book your round today
7. Grayhawk (Raptor)
Scottsdale (m) – book your round today
8. We-Ko-Pa (Cholla)
Fort McDowell (m) – book your round today
T9. Troon North (Monument)
Scottsdale (m) – book your round today
T9. Ventana Canyon (Mountain)
Tucson (m) – book your round today
11. Laughlin Ranch
Bullhead City (m) – book your round today
12. Whirlwind (Devil’s Claw)
Chandler (m) – book your round today
13. Troon North (Pinnacle)
Scottsdale (m) – book your round today
14. Gold Canyon Golf Resort (Dinosaur Mountain)
Gold Canyon (m) – book your round today
T15. Arizona National
Tucson (m) – book your round today
T15. Whirlwind (Cattail)
Chandler (m) – book your round today
17. Wildfire at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge (Faldo Championship)
Phoenix (m) – book your round today
18. Boulders Resort (North)
Carefree (m) – book your round today
19. Boulders Resort (South)
Carefree (m) – book your round today
20. Raven
Phoenix (m) – book your round today
21. Legacy
Phoenix (m) – book your round today
22. Verrado (Founders)
Buckeye (m) – book your round today
T23. Longbow
Mesa (m) – book your round today
T23. Las Sendas
Mesa (m) – book your round today
T25. TPC Scottsdale (Champions)
Scottsdale (m) – book your round today
T25. Tonto Verde (Peaks)*
Rio Verde (m) – book your round today
27. La Paloma (Ridge/Canyon)
Tucson (m) – book your round today
28. Camelback (Ambiente)
Scottsdale (m) – book your round today
29. Sedona Golf Resort*
Sedona (m) – book your round today
T30. Wigwam (Gold)
Litchfield Park (m) – book your round today
T30. Los Caballeros
Wickenburg (m) – book your round today
Arkansas’ best public-access courses
1. Mystic Creek
El Dorado (m) – book your round today
2. The Ridges at Village Creek
Wynne (m) – book your round today
3. Hot Springs Country Club (Arlington)
Hot Springs (c)
4. Big Creek
Mountain Home (m) – book your round today
5. Stonebridge Meadows*
Fayetteville (m) – book your round today
California’s best public-access courses
1. Pebble Beach Resorts (Pebble Beach Golf Links)
Pebble Beach (c)
2. Pasatiempo
Santa Cruz (c) – book your round today
3. Pebble Beach Resorts (Spyglass Hill)
Pebble Beach (m)
4. Poppy Ridge*
Livermore (m) – book your round today
5. Torrey Pines (South)
San Diego (c) – book your round today
6. Yocha Dehe at Cache Creek Casino
Brooks (m) – book your round today
7. Rustic Canyon
Moorpark (m) – book your round today
8. Pebble Beach Resorts (Links at Spanish Bay)
Pebble Beach (m)
9. Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (Champions)*
La Costa (m)
10. Rams Hill
Borrego Springs (m) – book your round today
11. CordeValle
San Martin (m)
12. Torrey Pines (North)
San Diego (m) – book your round today
13. PGA West (Stadium)
La Quinta (m) – book your round today
14. Poppy Hills
Pebble Beach (m) – book your round today
15. Quail Lodge and Golf Club
Carmel (m) – book your round today
16. Bayonet
Seaside (c) – book your round today
17. Pelican Hill (Ocean South)
Newport Coast (m) – book your round today
18. PGA West (Nicklaus)
La Quinta (m) – book your round today
19. Pelican Hill (Ocean North)
Newport Coast (m) – book your round today
20. Park Hyatt Aviara
Carlsbad (m) – book your round today
21. Maderas
Poway (m) – book your round today
22. Trump National Los Angeles
Rancho Palos Verdes (m) – book your round today
T23. Whitehawk Ranch
Clio (m) – book your round today
T23. Fairmont Grand Del Mar (The Grand)
San Diego (m)
T25. Soule Park*
Ojai (m) – book your round today
T25. Desert Willow (Firecliff)
Palm Desert (m) – book your round today
T27. Oak Quarry
Riverside (m) – book your round today
T27. La Purisma
Lompoc (m) – book your round today
T27. TPC Harding Park
San Francisco (c) – book your round today
30. Fantasy Springs (Eagle Falls)
Indio (m) – book your round today
Colorado’s best public-access courses
1. Flying Horse (North)
Colorado Springs (m)
T2. Redlands Mesa
Grand Junction (m) – book your round today
T2. The Broadmoor (East)
Colorado Springs (c)
4. Red Sky (Fazio)
Wolcott (m)
5. Red Sky (Norman)
Wolcott (m)
6. Bear Dance
Larkspur (m) – book your round today
7. RainDance National
Windsor (m) – book your round today
8. TPC Colorado
Berthoud (m)
9. Haymaker*
Steamboat Springs (m) – book your round today
10. CommonGround
Aurora (m) – book your round today
Connecticut’s best public-access courses
1. Yale
New Haven (c) – book your round today
2. Keney Park
Hartford (c) – book your round today
3. Great River
Milford (m) – book your round today
4. Wintonbury Hills
Bloomfield (m) – book your round today
5. Shennecossett
Groton (c) – book your round today
6. Lake of Isles (North)
North Stonington (m) – book your round today
7. Oxford Greens
Oxford (m) – book your round today
8. Richter Park
Danbury (m) – book your round today
9. Hotchkiss
Lakeville (c)
10. Gillette Ridge
Bloomfield (m)
11. Mohegan Sun
Baltic (m) – book your round today
Delaware’s best public-access courses
1. Bayside Resort
Selbyville (m) – book your round today
2. Plantation Lakes
Millsboro (m) – book your round today
3. Baywood Greens
Long Neck (m) – book your round today
4. White Clay Creek
Wilmington (m) – book your round today
5. Longshore Club Park*
Westport (c) – book your round today
Florida’s best public-access courses
1. TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium)
Ponte Vedra Beach (m) – book your round today
2. Streamsong (Red)
Bowling Green (m) – book your round today
3. Streamsong (Blue)
Bowling Green (m) – book your round today
4. Streamsong (Black)
Bowling Green (m) – book your round today
5. The Park West Palm
West Palm Beach (m) – book your round today
6. Cabot Citrus Farms (Karoo)
Brooksville (m) – book your round today
7. Bay Hill Club and Lodge
Orlando (m)
8. PGA National Resort (Champion)
Palm Beach Gardens (m)
9. Innisbrook (Copperhead)
Palm Harbor (m)
10. Seminole Legacy Golf Course*
Tallahassee (m)
11. Cabot Citrus Farms (Roost)*
Brooksville (m) – book your round today
12. Hammock Beach Resort (Ocean)
Palm Coast (m)
13. Trump National Doral Miami (Blue Monster)
Miami (m) – book your round today
14. PGA Golf Club (Dye)
Port St. Lucie (m)
15. Camp Creek
Watersound (m)
16. Hammock Beach Resort (Conservatory)
Palm Coast (m)
17. Juliette Falls
Dunnellon (m) – book your round today
18. TPC Sawgrass (Dye’s Valley)
Ponte Vedra Beach (m) – book your round today
19. JW Marriott Marco Island (Hammock Bay)
Naples (m) – book your round today
T20. Sandestin (Burnt Pine)
Miramar Beach (m)
T20. PGA Golf Club (Wanamaker)
Port St. Lucie (m)
T20. Omni Amelia Island (Oak Marsh)*
Amelia Island (m)
23. Dunedin Golf Club*
Dunedin (c) – book your round today
24. Crandon Park
Key Biscayne (m) – book your round today
25. Southern Dunes
Haines City (m) – book your round today
26. JW Marriott Miami Turnberry (Soffer)
Aventura (m)
27. Orange County National (Panther Lake)
Winter Garden (m) – book your round today
28. Gasparilla Inn & Club
Boca Grande (c)
29. Omni Amelia Island Club (Long Point)*
Amelia Island (m)
30. Trump National Doral Miami (Golden Palm)
Miami (m) – book your round today
Georgia’s best public-access courses
1. Sea Island (Seaside)
St. Simons Island (m)
2. McLemore (The Keep)*
Rising Fawn (m)
3. Reynolds Lake Oconee (Great Waters)
Greensboro (m)
4. Kinderlou Forest
Valdosta (m)
5. Reynolds Lake Oconee (Oconee)
Greensboro (m)
6. Sea Island (Plantation)
St. Simons Island (c)
7. McLemore (Highlands)
Rising Fawn (m) – book your round today
8. Reynolds Lake Oconee (The Preserve)
Greensboro (m)
9. Bear’s Best Atlanta
Suwanee (m) – book your round today
10. Arrowhead Pointe*
Elberton (m) – book your round today
11. University of Georgia Golf Course
Athens (m) – book your round today
12. Reynolds Lake Oconee (National)
Greensboro (m)
T13. Achasta
Dahlonega (m)
T13. Harbor Club
Greensboro (m) – book your round today
15. Barnsley Resort*
Adairsville (m) – book your round today
Hawaii’s best public-access courses
1. Four Seasons Resort Lanai (Manele)
Lanai (m)
2. Kapalua (Plantation)
Maui (m) – book your round today
3. Princeville (Makai)
Princeville (m) – book your round today
4. Mauna Kea Resort
Kohala Coast (m) – book your round today
5. Four Seasons Resort Hualalai
Kailua-Kona (m)
6. Wailea (Gold)
Maui (m)
7. Mauna Lani (North)
Waimea (m) – book your round today
8. Wailea (Emerald)
Maui (m)
9. Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa (Poipu Bay)
Koloa (m) – book your round today
10. Ocean Course at Hokuala
Lihue (m) – book your round today
11. Mauna Lani (South)
Waimea (m) – book your round today
12. Kapolei Golf Club
Kapolei (m) – book your round today
13. Turtle Bay Resort (Arnold Palmer)
Kahuku (m) – book your round today
14. Wailua Municipal
Kauai (m)
15. Ko Olina
Kapolei (m) – book your round today
Idaho’s best public-access courses
T1. Tamarack Resort (Osprey Meadows)*
Tamarack (m) – book your round today
T1. Jug Mountain Ranch*
McCall (m) – book your round today
3. Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort (Circling Raven)
Worley (m) – book your round today
4. Coeur d’Alene Resort
Coeur d’Alene (m) – book your round today
5. Sun Valley Resort (Trail Creek)
Sun Valley (c) – book your round today
Illinois’ best public-access courses
1. Cog Hill (No. 4 – Dubsdread)
Lemont (m) – book your round today
2. TPC Deere Run
Silvis (m) – book your round today
3. The Glen Club
Glenview (m) – book your round today
4. Mistwood
Romeoville (m) – book your round today
5. Highlands of Elgin
Elgin (m)
6. Preserve at Oak Meadows
Addison (m) – book your round today
7. Eagle Ridge (The General)
Galena (m) – book your round today
8. Harborside International (Starboard)
Chicago (m) – book your round today
9. Stonewall Orchard
Grayslake (m) – book your round today
10. Cantigny
Wheaton (m)
11. Ravisloe
Homewood (c) – book your round today
12. Thunderhawk
Beach Park (m) – book your round today
13. Annbriar GC
Waterloo (m) – book your round today
14. Metamora Fields*
Metamora (m) – book your round today
15. Shepherd’s Crook
Zion (m) – book your round today
Indiana’s best public-access courses
1. French Lick Resort (Pete Dye)
French Lick (m)
2. French Lick Resort (Donald Ross)
French Lick (c)
3. The PFAU Course at Indiana University
Bloomington (m) – book your round today
4. Warren GC at Notre Dame
South Bend (m) – book your round today
5. Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex (Kampen)
West Lafayette (m) – book your round today
6. Coyote Crossing
West Lafayette (m) – book your round today
7. Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex (Ackerman-Allen)
West Lafayette (c) – book your round today
8. Rock Hollow
Peru (m) – book your round today
9. Chariot Run
Laconia (m) – book your round today
T10. Harrison Hills*
Attica (c) – book your round today
T10. Brickyard Crossing
Indianapolis (m) – book your round today
Iowa’s best public-access courses
1. Spirit Hollow
Burlington (m) – book your round today
2. Blue Top Ridge
Riverside (m) – book your round today
3. Bent Tree
Council Bluffs (m) – book your round today
4. Tournament Club of Iowa
Polk City (m) – book your round today
5. Finkbine
Iowa City (c) – book your round today
Kansas’ best public-access courses
1. Firekeeper
Mayetta (m) – book your round today
2. Buffalo Dunes
Garden City (m) – book your round today
3. Sand Creek Station
Newton (m) – book your round today
4. Colbert Hills
Manhattan (m) – book your round today
5. Iron Horse
Leawood (m) – book your round today
Kentucky’s best public-access courses
1. Park Mammoth
Park City (m) – book your round today
2. Lassing Pointe
Union (m) – book your round today
3. Kearney Hill
Lexington (m) – book your round today
4. Heritage Hill
Shepherdsville (m) – book your round today
5. Marriott Lexington Griffin Gate Resort & Spa*
Lexington (m)
Louisiana’s best public-access courses
1. The Country Club at the Golden Nugget
Lake Charles (m) – book your round today
2. TPC Louisiana
Avondale (m) – book your round today
3. English Turn
New Orleans (m) – book your round today
4. Carter Plantation
Springfield (m) – book your round today
5. L’Auberge Casino Resort (Contraband Bayou)
Lake Charles (m)
Maine’s best public-access courses
1. Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay (c)
2. Cape Arundel
Kennebunkport (c)
3. Belgrade Lakes Golf Club
Belgrade Lakes (m)
4. Kebo Valley
Bar Harbor (c) – book your round today
5. Sugarloaf
Carrabassett Valley (m)
Maryland’s best public-access courses
1. Bulle Rock
Havre de Grace (m) – book your round today
2. Queenstown Harbor (River)
Queenstown (m) – book your round today
3. Links at Perry Cabin
St. Michaels (m)
4. Whiskey Creek
Ijamsville (m) – book your round today
5. Worthington Manor
Urbana (m) – book your round today
T6. Rum Pointe (Seaside Golf Links)
Berlin (m) – book your round today
T6. Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort (River Marsh)*
Cambridge (m) – book your round today
8. P.B. Dye Golf Club
Ijamsville (m) – book your round today
9. University of Maryland
College Park (c) – book your round today
10. Links at Lighthouse Sound
Ocean City (m) – book your round today
Massachusetts’ best public-access courses
1. Taconic
Williamstown (m)
2. Cape Cod National
Brewster (m)
3. Miacomet
Nantucket (m) – book your round today
4. Farm Neck
Oak Bluffs (m) – book your round today
5. Red Tail
Devens (m) – book your round today
6. The Ranch
Southwick (m) – book your round today
7. Crumpin-Fox
Bernardston (m) – book your round today
8. George Wright Municipal
Boston (c) – book your round today
9. William J. Devine Golf Course
Dorchester (c) – book your round today
10. Granite Links
Quincy (m)
Michigan’s best public-access courses
1. Arcadia Bluffs (Bluffs)
Arcadia (m)
2. Marquette Golf Club (Greywalls)
Marquette (m) – book your round today
3. Forest Dunes (The Loop Red & Black)
Roscommon (m) – book your round today
T4. Arcadia Bluffs (South)
Arcadia (m)
T4. Forest Dunes (Forest Dunes)
Roscommon (m) – book your round today
6. Boyne’s Bay Harbor (Links/Quarry)
Bay Harbor (m)
7. Belvedere
Charlevoix (c) – book your round today
8. Eagle Eye
Bath (m) – book your round today
T9. Island Resort and Casino (Sweetgrass)
Harris (m)
T9. Gull Lake View Resort (Stoatin Brae)
Augusta (m) – book your round today
11. American Dunes
Grand Haven (m) – book your round today
12. Pilgrim’s Run
Pierson (m) – book your round today
13. University of Michigan Golf Course
Ann Arbor (c) – book your round today
14. Tullymore Golf Resort (Tullymore)
Stanwood (m) – book your round today
15. Sage Run
Bark River (m)
16. Harbor Shores
Benton Harbor (m) – book your round today
17. Boyne Highlands (Arthur Hills)
Harbor Springs (m)
18. Hidden River Golf & Casting Club
Brutus (m) – book your round today
19. Pine Mountain Resort (Timber Stone)
Iron Mountain (m) – book your round today
20. Treetops (Smith Signature)*
Gaylord (m) – book your round today
Minnesota’s best public-access courses
1. Giants Ridge (Quarry)
Biwabik (m)
2. Breezy Point Resort (Deacon’s Lodge)
Brainerd (m) – book your round today
3. Wilderness at Fortune Bay
Tower (m)
4. Madden’s on Gull Lake (c)
Brainerd (m) – book your round today
5. Dacotah Ridge
Morton (m)
6. Giants Ridge (Legend)
Biwabik (m)
7. Chaska Town Course
Chaska (m) – book your round today
T8. The Wilds
Prior Lake (m) – book your round today
T8. Meadows at Mystic Lake
Prior Lake (m) – book your round today
10. StoneRidge
Stillwater (m) – book your round today
Mississippi’s best public-access courses
1. Fallen Oak
Saucier (m)
2. The Preserve
Vancleave (m) – book your round today
3. Dancing Rabbit (Oaks)
Philadelphia (m)
4. Grand Bear
Saucier (m) – book your round today
5. Shell Landing
Gautier (m) – book your round today
6. Dancing Rabbit (Azaleas)
Philadelphia (m)
7. Canebrake*
Hattiesburg (m)
8. Windance
Gulfport (m) – book your round today
9. Timberton GC*
Hattiesburg (m) – book your round today
10. The Oaks
Pass Christian (m) – book your round today
Missouri’s best public-access courses
1. Big Cedar Lodge (Ozarks National)
Hollister (m) – book your round today
2. Big Cedar Lodge (Buffalo Ridge)
Hollister (m) – book your round today
3. Big Cedar Lodge (Payne’s Valley)
Hollister (m) – book your round today
4. Branson Hills
Branson (m) – book your round today
5. Creekmoor
Raymore (m) – book your round today
6. Old Kinderhook
Camdenton (m) – book your round today
7. Ledgestone
Branson (m) – book your round today
8. Swope Memorial
Kansas City (c) – book your round today
9. Stone Canyon (MO)
Blue Springs (m) – book your round today
10. Shoal Creek*
Kansas City (m) – book your round today
Montana’s best public-access courses
1. Wilderness Club Montana
Eureka (m) – book your round today
2. Mountain Sky (Rising Sun)*
Emigrant (m)
3. Old Works
Anaconda (m) – book your round today
4. Canyon River
Missoula (m) – book your round today
5. Whitefish Lake (North)
Whitefish (c) – book your round today
Nebraska’s best public-access courses
1. Landmand
Homer (m) – book your round today
2. Prairie Club (Dunes)
Valentine (m)
3. Wild Horse
Gothenburg (m) – book your round today
4. Prairie Club (Pines)
Valentine (m)
5. Quarry Oaks
Ashland (m) – book your round today
Nevada’s best public-access courses
1. Shadow Creek
North Las Vegas (m)
2. Cascata
Boulder City (m) – book your round today
3. Wolf Creek
Mesquite (m) – book your round today
4. Incline Village (Championship)
Incline Village (m) – book your round today
5. Wynn Golf Club
Las Vegas (m)
6. Edgewood Tahoe
Tahoe (m) – book your round today
7. Conestoga
Mesquite (m) – book your round today
8. Paiute (The Wolf)
Las Vegas (m) – book your round today
9. Coyote Springs
Moapa (m) – book your round today
10. Paiute (Sun Mountain)
Las Vegas (m) – book your round today
11. Serket (formerly Rio Secco)
Henderson (m) – book your round today
12. TPC Las Vegas
Las Vegas (m) – book your round today
13. Paiute (Snow Mountain)
Las Vegas (m) – book your round today
14. Bear’s Best
Las Vegas (m) – book your round today
15. Reflection Bay at Lake Las Vegas Resort
Henderson (m) – book your round today
New Hampshire’s best public-access courses
1. Omni Mount Washington Resort (Mount Washington)
Bretton Woods (c)
2. Country Club of New Hampshire
Sutton (c) – book your round today
3. Owl’s Nest
Thornton (m) – book your round today
4. Atkinson Resort & CC*
Atkinson (m) – book your round today
5. Breakfast Hill
Greenland (m) – book your round today
New Jersey’s best public-access courses
1. Crystal Springs Resort (Ballyowen)
Hamburg (m) – book your round today
2. Seaview (Bay)
Galloway (c) – book your round today
3. Neshanic Valley
Neshanic Station (m) – book your round today
4. Twisted Dune
Egg Harbor Township (m) – book your round today
5. Rock Spring
West Orange (c) – book your round today
6. Knoll (West)
Boonton (c)
7. Seaview (Pines)
Galloway (c) – book your round today
T8. Architects
Lopatcong (m)
T8. Crystal Springs Resort (Crystal Springs)
Hamburg (m) – book your round today
10. Heron Glen
Ringoes (m) – book your round today
11. Shore Gate
Ocean View (m) – book your round today
12. Crystal Springs Resort (Wild Turkey)
Hamburg (m) – book your round today
13. RiverWinds
West Deptford (m) – book your round today
T14. Francis A. Byrne GC*
West Orange (c) – book your round today
T14. Ballamor
Egg Harbor Township (m) – book your round today
New Mexico’s best public-access courses
1. PaaKo Ridge
Sandia Park (m)
2. University of New Mexico (Championship)
Albuquerque (m) – book your round today
3. Black Mesa
Espanola (m) – book your round today
4. Red Hawk
Las Cruces (m) – book your round today
5. Rockwind Community Links
Hobbs (m) – book your round today
6. Piñon Hills
Farmington (m) – book your round today
7. Sandia
Albuquerque (m) – book your round today
8. Taos Country Club
Taos (m) – book your round today
9. Twin Warriors
Santa Ana Pueblo (m) – book your round today
10. Inn of the Mountain Gods*
Mescalero (m) – book your round today
New York’s best public-access courses
1. Bethpage State Park (Black)
Farmingdale (c) – book your round today
2. Leatherstocking
Cooperstown (c) – book your round today
3. Turning Stone Resort Casino (Atunyote)
Verona (m) – book your round today
4. Bally’s Golf Links at Ferry Point
New York (m) – book your round today
5. Sagamore
Bolton Landing (c) – book your round today
6. Montauk Downs State Park
Montauk Point (m) – book your round today
7. Links at Union Vale
Lagrangeville (m) – book your round today
8. Bethpage State Park (Red)
Farmingdale (c) – book your round today
9. Links at Greystone
Walworth (m) – book your round today
10. Turning Stone Resort Casino (Shenendoah)
Verona (m) – book your round today
11. Pound Ridge Golf Club
Pound Ridge (m) – book your round today
12. Saratoga National
Saratoga Springs (m) – book your round today
13. Ravenwood
Victor (m) – book your round today
14. Mansion Ridge
Monroe (m) – book your round today
15. Turning Stone Resort Casino (Kaluhyat)
Verona (m) – book your round today
North Carolina’s best public-access courses
1. Pinehurst Resort (No. 2)
Pinehurst (c)
2. Pinehurst Resort (No. 10)
Aberdeen (m)
3. Pinehurst Resort (No. 4)
Pinehurst (m)
4. Mid Pines
Southern Pines (c) – book your round today
5. Pine Needles
Southern Pines (c) – book your round today
6. High Hampton*
Cashiers (m)
7. Tot Hill Farm
Asheboro (m) – book your round today
8. Tobacco Road
Sanford (m) – book your round today
9. Pinehurst Resort (No. 8)
Pinehurst (m)
10. Southern Pines Golf Club
Southern Pines (c) – book your round today
11. Woodlake
Vass (m)
12. Bald Head Island Club
Bald Head Island (m)
13. Thistle
Sunset Beach (m) – book your round today
14. Waynesville Inn & Golf Club
Waynesville (m)
15. Duke University Golf Course
Durham (c) – book your round today
T16. UNC Finley Golf Course
Chapel Hill (m) – book your round today
T16. Talamore (Mid South)
Southern Pines (m) – book your round today
18. Currituck Club
Corolla (m) – book your round today
19. Pinehurst Resort (No. 7)
Pinehurst (m)
20. Pinehurst Resort (No. 9)
Pinehurst (m)
North Dakota’s best public-access courses
1. Links of North Dakota
Ray (m) – book your round today
2. Beowulf (Formerly Minot CC)
Minot (m)
3. Hawktree
Bismarck (m) – book your round today
4. Bully Pulpit
Medora (m) – book your round today
5. Vardon
Minot (c)
Ohio’s best public-access courses
1. Firestone (South)
Akron (c)
2. Firestone (North)
Akron (m)
3. Manakiki
Willoughby (c) – book your round today
4. Fowler’s Mill (Lake & River)
Chesterland (m) – book your round today
5. Firestone (Fazio)
Akron (m)
6. The Virtues
Nashport (m) – book your round today
7. The Quarry
Canton (m) – book your round today
8. Sleepy Hollow
Brecksville (c) – book your round today
9. Stonelick Hills
Batavia (m) – book your round today
10. Little Mountain*
Painesville (m) – book your round today
Oklahoma’s best public-access courses
1. Karsten Creek
Stillwater (m)
2. Jimmie Austin GC at the University of Oklahoma
Norman (c)
3. Shangri-La Resort
Monkey Island (m)
4. Cherokee Hills
Catoosa (c) – book your round today
5. Forest Ridge*
Broken Arrow (m) – book your round today
Oregon’s best public-access courses
1. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Pacific Dunes)
Bandon (m)
2. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Trails)
Bandon (m)
3. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Old Macdonald)
Bandon (m)
4. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Dunes)
Bandon (m)
5. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Sheep Ranch)
Bandon (m)
6. Silvies Valley Ranch (Hankins)
Seneca (m)
7. Sunriver Resort (Crosswater)
Sunriver (m)
8. Pumpkin Ridge (Ghost Creek)
North Plains (m) – book your round today
9. Silvies Valley Ranch (Craddock)
Seneca (m)
10. Juniper Preserve Pronghorn (Nicklaus)
Bend (m) – book your round today
11. Brasada Ranch (Brasada Canyons)
Powell Butte (m)
12. Gearhart Golf Links
Gearhart (c) – book your round today
13. Langdon Farms
Aurora (m) – book your round today
14. Bar Run*
Roseberg (m) – book your round today
15. Tetherow
Bend (m)
Pennsylvania’s best public-access courses
1. Omni Bedford Springs (Old)
Bedford (c)
2. Nemacolin (Mystic Rock)
Farmington (m)
3. Olde Stonewall
Ellwood City (m) – book your round today
4. Golf Course at Glen Mills
Glen Mills (m) – book your round today
5. Hershey Country Club (West)
Hershey (c)
6. Nemacolin (Shepherd’s Rock)
Farmington (m)
7. Jeffersonville Golf Club
Jeffersonville (c) – book your round today
8. Penn National (Founders)
Fayetteville (m) – book your round today
9. Royal Manchester Links*
Mount Wolf (m) – book your round today
T10. Wyncote
Oxford (m) – book your round today
T10. Links at Gettysburg
Gettysburg (m) – book your round today
Rhode Island’s best public-access courses
1. Newport National
Newport (m)
2. Triggs Memorial
Providence (c) – book your round today
3. Meadow Brook (RI)
Richmond (m)
4. Montaup
Portsmouth (c)
5. Exeter Country Club*
Exeter (m)
South Carolina’s best public-access courses
1. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean)
Kiawah Island (m) – book your round today
2. Sea Pines Resort (Harbour Town Golf Links)
Hilton Head Island (m)
3. Broomsedge*
Rembert (m)
Note: Broomsedge is a private club that welcomes limited outside play.
4. Caledonia Golf & Fish Club
Pawleys Island (m)
5. The Dunes Golf & Beach Club
Myrtle Beach (c) – book your round today
6. True Blue
Pawleys Island (m)
7. Sea Pines Resort (Atlantic Dunes)
Hilton Head Island (m)
8. Sea Pines Resort (Heron Point)
Hilton Head Island (m)
9. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Osprey Point)
Kiawah Island (m) – book your round today
10. TPC Myrtle Beach
Murrells Inlet (m)
T11. Tidewater
North Myrtle Beach (m) – book your round today
T11. Grande Dunes Resort Club*
Myrtle Beach (m)
T11. Legends Golf Resort (Moorland)
Myrtle Beach (m)
14. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Cougar Point)
Kiawah Island (m) – book your round today
T15. Heritage Club
Pawleys Island (m)
T15. Barefoot Resort & Golf (Dye)
North Myrtle Beach (m) – book your round today
17. Prestwick
Myrtle Beach (m) – book your round today
18. Legends Golf Resort (Heathlands)
Myrtle Beach (m)
T19. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Turtle Point)
Kiawah Island (m) – book your round today
T19. Palmetto Dunes (Robert Trent Jones)
Hilton Head Island (m)
South Dakota’s best public-access courses
1. Hart Ranch
Rapid City (m) – book your round today
2. Golf Club at Red Rock
Rapid City (m) – book your round today
3. Willow Run
Sioux Falls (m)
4. Meadowbrook
Rapid City (m) – book your round today
5. Southern Hills*
Hot Springs (m) – book your round today
Tennessee’s best public-access courses
1. Sweetens Cove
South Pittsburg (m)
2. Course at Sewanee
Sewanee (m) – book your round today
3. Stonehenge
Fairfield Glade (m)
4. Gaylord Springs Golf Links
Nashville (m) – book your round today
5. Fairfield Glade (Heatherhurst Brae)
Fairfield Glade (m)
Texas’s best public-access courses
1. Lajitas Golf Resort (Black Jack’s Crossing)
Lajitas (m)
2. Omni PGA Frisco Resort (Fields Ranch East)
Frisco (m)
3. Omni Barton Creek (Fazio Canyons)
Austin (m)
4. The Rawls Course at Texas Tech
Lubbock (m) – book your round today
5. Omni PGA Frisco Resort (Fields Ranch West)
Frisco (m)
6. TPC San Antonio (Oaks)
San Antonio (m)
7. Pine Dunes Resort & Golf Club
Frankston (m) – book your round today
8. Memorial Park
Houston (c) – book your round today
9. Omni Barton Creek (Fazio Foothills)
Austin (m)
10. TPC San Antonio (Canyons)
San Antonio (m)
11. GC of Houston (Tournament)
Humble (m) – book your round today
12. La Cantera*
San Antonio (m) – book your round today
13. Horseshoe Bay Resort (Ram Rock)*
Horseshoe Bay (m)
14. The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas (TPC Las Colinas)
Irving (m)
15. Cowboys
Grapevine (m) – book your round today
16. Horseshoe Bay (Slick Rock)
Horseshoe Bay (m)
17. Old American
The Colony (m) – book your round today
T18. Texas Rangers Golf Club
Arlington (m) – book your round today
T18. Omni Barton Creek (Crenshaw Coore Cliffside)
Austin (m)
20. The Tribute
The Colony (m) – book your round today
Utah’s best public-access courses
1. Black Desert Resort
Ivins (m) – book your round today
2. Sand Hollow (Championship)
Hurricane (m) – book your round today
3. Hideout
Monticello (m) – book your round today
4. Soldier Hollow (Gold)
Midway (m) – book your round today
5. Copper Rock
Hurricane (m) – book your round today
6. Sky Mountain*
Hurricane (m) – book your round today
7. Soldier Hollow (Silver)
Midway (m) – book your round today
T8. Thanksgiving Point
Lehi (m) – book your round today
T8. Sunbrook (Pointe/Woodbridge)
St. George (m)
10. Green Spring
Washington (m) – book your round today
Vermont’s best public-access courses
1. The Club at Spruce Peak (Mountain)
Stowe (m)
2. Fox Run (formerly Okemo Valley)
Ludlow (m) – book your round today
3. Stowe Country Club
Stowe (m)
4. Jay Peak*
Jay (m)
5. Golf Club at Equinox
Manchester Village (c) – book your round today
Virginia’s best public-access courses
1. Primland (Highland)
Meadows of Dan (m)
2. Omni Homestead Resort (Cascades)
Hot Springs (c)
3. Golden Horseshoe (Gold)
Williamsburg (m) – book your round today
4. Keswick Hall (Full Cry)
Keswick (m)
5. Independence*
Midlothian (m) – book your round today
6. Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech
Radford (m) – book your round today
7. Kingsmill Resort (River)
Williamsburg (m)
8. Poplar Grove*
Amherst (m) – book your round today
9. Omni Homestead Resort (Old)
Hot Springs (c)
10. Royal New Kent
Providence Forge (m) – book your round today
11. The Club at Viniterra
New Kent (m) – book your round today
12. Mattaponi Springs Golf Course*
Ruther Glen (m) – book your round today
13. Potomac Shores Golf Club
Potomac Shores (m) – book your round today
14. Stonewall*
Gainesville (m) – book your round today
15. Stonehouse
Toano (m) – book your round today
Washington’s best public-access courses
1. Chambers Bay
University Place (m) – book your round today
2. Gamble Sands (Gamble Sands)
Brewster (m) – book your round today
3. Wine Valley
Walla Walla (m) – book your round today
4. Gamble Sands (Scarecrow)*
Brewster (m) – book your round today
5. Gold Mountain (Olympic)
Bremerton (m) – book your round today
6. Palouse Ridge
Pullman (m) – book your round today
7. Salish Cliffs
Shelton (m) – book your round today
8. Indian Canyon
Spokane (c) – book your round today
9. Trophy Lake Golf & Casting*
Port Orchard (m) – book your round today
10. Kalispel Golf
Spokane (c)
West Virginia’s best public-access courses
1. The Greenbrier (Old White)
White Sulphur Springs (c)
2. The Resort at Glade Springs (Stonehaven)
Daniels (m) – book your round today
3. Oglebay Resort (Palmer)*
Wheeling (m) – book your round today
4. Snowshoe Mountain (Raven)
Snowshoe (m) – book your round today
5. The Resort at Glade Springs (Cobb)
Daniels (m)
Wisconsin’s best public-access courses
1. Kohler Whistling Straits (Straits)
Mosel (m)
2. Sand Valley (Lido)
Nekoosa (m)
Note: Lido is a private club within a popular resort that welcomes limited outside play.
3. Sand Valley (Sand Valley)
Nekoosa (m) – book your round today
4. Sand Valley (Mammoth Dunes)
Nekoosa (m) – book your round today
5. Erin Hills
Erin (m)
6. Lawsonia (Links)
Green Lake (c) – book your round today
7. Sand Valley (Sedge Valley)
Nekoosa (m) – book your round today
8. Kohler Blackwolf Run (River)
Kohler (m)
9. Kohler Whistling Straits (Irish)
Mosel (m)
10. SentryWorld
Stevens Point (m) – book your round today
11. University Ridge
Madison (m) – book your round today
12. The Bull at Pinehurst Farms
Sheboygan Falls (m) – book your round today
13. Kohler Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valleys)
Kohler (m)
14. Washington County Golf Course*
Hartford (m) – book your round today
15. Geneva National (Arnold Palmer)
Lake Geneva (m) – book your round today
Wyoming’s best public-access courses
1. Bell Nob
Gillette (m) – book your round today
2. Buffalo Golf Club
Buffalo (m) – book your round today
3. Three Crowns*
Casper (m) – book your round today
4. Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club
Jackson (m) – book your round today
5. Olive Glenn*
Cody (m) – book your round today
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Golfweek ranks the best public-access golf courses in every state
Reporting by Jason Lusk, Golfweek / Golfweek
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