By:
GOLF’s Course Ratings Panel
April 26, 2025
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Is there a more golf-rich region than the Northeast of the United States? We wish you luck in finding one. This corner of America boasts four of the five best golf courses in the U.S., according to GOLF’s latest ranking of the Top 100 Courses in the U.S.
That foursome includes top-ranked Pine Valley, Shinnecock Hills (3rd), National Golf Links of America (4th) and Oakmont (5th).
The New York region is particularly rich (looking at you, Long Island), with 14 golf courses — the most of any state — on GOLF’s Top 100 U.S. rank. Massachusetts also has seven courses on the list, and New Jersey has six.
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As for the top 50 golf courses in the Northeast? You’ll find them below.
We first conducted this regional ranking back in 2020, and we liked it so much — as did you — we decided to do it again. To produce more detailed local portraits of golf across the country, GOLF created rankings within our rankings by carving the U.S. into four regions and identifying the top 50 courses in each, based on votes cast by our raters in 2024.
Below you’ll find the top-50 rankings for the Northeast region. To browse the list, keep scrolling.
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The top 50 golf courses in the Northeast (2024-25)
1. Pine Valley, Pine Hill, N.J.
2. Shinnecock Hills, Southampton, N.Y.
3. National Golf Links of America, Southampton, N.Y.
4. Oakmont, Oakmont, Pa.
5. Merion, Ardmore, Pa.
6. Fishers Island, Fishers Island, N.Y.
7. Friar’s Head, Riverhead, N.Y.
8. Winged Foot – West, Mamaroneck, N.Y.
9. The Country Club, Brookline, Mass.
10. Somerset Hills, Bernardsville, N.J.
11. Garden City, Garden City, N.Y.
12. Maidstone, East Hampton, N.Y.
13. Bethpage – Black, Farmingdale, N.Y.
Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y.
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14. Oak Hill – East, Rochester, N.Y.
15. Sleepy Hollow, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.
16. Baltusrol – Lower, Springfield, N.J.
17. Myopia Hunt, South Hamilton, Mass.
18. Winged Foot – East, Mamaroneck, N.Y.
19. Eastward Ho!, Chatham, Mass.
20. Quaker Ridge, Scarsdale, N.Y.
21. The Creek, Locust Valley, N.Y.
22. Congressional – Blue, Bethesda, Md.
23. Old Sandwich, Plymouth, Mass.
Old Sandwich Golf Club in Plymouth, Mass.
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24. Plainfield, Edison, N.J.
25. Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass.
26. Piping Rock, Locust Valley, N.Y.
27. Kittansett, Marion, Mass.
28. Hollywood, Deal, N.J.
29. Newport, Newport, R.I.
30. Fox Chapel, Pittsburgh, Pa.
31. Aronimink, Newtown Square, Pa.
32. Ridgewood – Championship, Paramus, N.J.
33. Sankaty Head, Nantucket, Mass.
34. Baltimore East Five Farms, Lutherville, Md.
35. Philadelphia Cricket – Wissahickon, Flourtown, Pa.
36. Glens Falls, Queensbury, N.Y.
37. Blind Brook, Rye Brook, N.Y.
38. Baltusrol – Upper, Springfield, N.J.
39. Lancaster, Lancaster, Pa.
Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, Pa.
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