Welcome to the Golfweek’s Best 2026 ranking of the top 200 resort courses in the United States. Our hundreds of course raters have been busy, especially with checking out new courses that have earned a spot on this prestigious list.
Ambitious resort developers have been busy in recent years after a long slowdown in the introduction of new courses. Layouts such as the Lido and Sedge Valley at Sand Valley in Wisconsin, Pinehurst No. 10 in North Carolina, and the Karoo and Roost layouts at Cabot Citrus Farms in Florida have in recent years popped into the rankings of top resort courses in the U.S.
This year is no different, with a handful of new courses making the Golfweek’s Best ranking of resort courses. Tops among them is The Keep at The McLemore, a Bill Bergin and Rees Jones design perched high atop Lookout Mountain in Georgia. The new layout joins the property’s established Highlands course among the top 200 resort layouts in the U.S., with The Keep jumping into the No. 25 spot since opening in 2025. The views from the cliffside holes are staggering, with a valley floor some 1,500 feet below and mountains all around.
Also new for this year’s rankings is the Tom Fazio-designed layout at High Hampton Resort in North Carolina. The high-country course, which opened in 2021, has surpassed the minimum number of rater votes to break into the rankings of top resort courses at No. 45. The success of High Hampton extends Fazio’s run of excellence, this course raising his total to 23 layouts in the resort rankings.
There’s even room for an older course finding new life and a spot in this year’s rankings. The North Course at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in California breaks into the rankings at No. 56 after the original 1965 design was overhauled by the team of Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner.
There also is a can’t-miss course leaping into the rankings in a tie for No. 73: The Scarecrow at Gamble Sands by David McLay Kidd and Nick Schaan. The second course at the popular Washington resort is perched atop cliffs and ridges overlooking the Columbia River, and it serves as a twist on the original Gamble Sands layout with more risk-reward opportunities and even better views. Expect to see the brand-new Scarecrow climb in the rankings in the coming years.
To compile this list, the members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings on each course are averaged to produce a final, cumulative rating. Then each course is ranked against other courses in the category. This list focuses on the courses themselves, not the resorts as a whole or other amenities.
* New to or returning to the list
Oregon courses in bold
1. Pebble Beach Resorts (Pebble Beach Golf Links)
- Average rating: 8.76
- 2025 ranking: 1
- Location: Pebble Beach, CA
- Architect(s): Douglas Grant, Jack Neville
- Year opened: 1919
2. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Pacific Dunes)
- Average rating: 8.49
- 2025 ranking: 2
- Location: Bandon, OR
- Architect(s): Tom Doak
- Year opened: 2001
3. Pinehurst Resort (No. 2)
- Average rating: 8.28
- 2025 ranking: 3
- Location: Pinehurst, NC
- Architect(s): Donald Ross
- Year opened: 1907
4. Kohler Whistling Straits (Straits)
- Average rating: 8.14
- 2025 ranking: 4
- Location: Mosel, WI
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 1998
5. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Trails)
- Average rating: 8.11
- 2025 ranking: 5
- Location: Bandon, OR
- Architect(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
- Year opened: 2005
6. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Old Macdonald)
- Average rating: 8.04
- 2025 ranking: 6
- Location: Bandon, OR
- Architect(s): Tom Doak, Jim Urbina
- Year opened: 2010
7. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Dunes)
- Average rating: 8.03
- 2025 ranking: 7
- Location: Bandon, OR
- Architect(s): David McLay Kidd
- Year opened: 1999
8. Shadow Creek
- Average rating: 7.99
- 2025 ranking: 8
- Location: North Las Vegas, NV
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 1990
9. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean Course)
- Average rating: 7.96
- 2025 ranking: 9
- Location: Kiawah Island, SC
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 1991
10. Pebble Beach Resorts (Spyglass Hill)
- Average rating: 7.72
- 2025 ranking: 11
- Location: Pebble Beach, CA
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr.
- Year opened: 1966
11. Sand Valley (Lido)
- Average rating: 7.69
- 2025 ranking: 10
- Location: Nekoosa, WI
- Architect(s): C.B. Macdonald, Seth Raynor, Tom Doak, Brian Schneider
- Year opened: 2023
12. TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium)
- Average rating: 7.66
- 2025 ranking: 12
- Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 1980
T13. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Sheep Ranch)
- Average rating: 7.65
- 2025 ranking: 13
- Location: Bandon, OR
- Architect(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
- Year opened: 2020
T13. Four Seasons Resort Lanai (Manele)
- Average rating: 7.65
- 2025 ranking: 14
- Location: Lanai, HI
- Architect(s): Jack Nicklaus
- Year opened: 1993
15. Pinehurst Resort (No. 10)
- Average rating: 7.57
- 2025 ranking: 19
- Location: Aberdeen, NC
- Architect(s): Tom Doak, Angela Moser
- Year opened: 2024
16. Sand Valley (Sand Valley)
- Average rating: 7.51
- 2025 ranking: T16
- Location: Nekoosa, WI
- Architect(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
- Year opened: 2017
17. Streamsong (Red)
- Average rating: 7.50
- 2025 ranking: 15
- Location: Bowling Green, FL
- Architect(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
- Year opened: 2012
18. Sand Valley (Mammoth Dunes)
- Average rating: 7.49
- 2025 ranking: T16
- Location: Nekoosa, WI
- Architect(s): David McLay Kidd
- Year opened: 2018
19. Streamsong (Blue)
- Average rating: 7.38
- 2025 ranking: 22
- Location: Bowling Green, FL
- Architect(s): Tom Doak
- Year opened: 2012
T20. Erin Hills
- Average rating: 7.37
- 2025 ranking: 23
- Location: Erin, WI
- Architect(s): Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry, Ron Whitten
- Year opened: 2006
T20. Gamble Sands
- Average rating: 7.37
- 2025 ranking: 20
- Location: Brewster, WA
- Architect(s): David McLay Kidd
- Year opened: 2014
22. Kapalua (Plantation)
- Average rating: 7.36
- 2025 ranking: 18
- Location: Maui, HI
- Architect(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
- Year opened: 1991
23. Sea Pines Resort (Harbour Town Golf Links)
- Average rating: 7.31
- 2025 ranking: 24
- Location: Hilton Head Island, SC
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 1969
24. Sea Island (Seaside)
- Average rating: 7.30
- 2025 ranking: 25
- Location: St. Simons Island, GA
- Architect(s): Charles H. Alison, Harry S. Colt, Joe Lee, Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 1929
25. McLemore (The Keep)*
- Average rating: 7.27
- Location: Rising Fawn, GA
- Architect(s): Bill Bergin, Rees Jones
- Year opened: 2025
26. Sand Valley (Sedge Valley)
- Average rating: 7.25
- 2025 ranking: 21
- Location: Nekoosa, WI
- Architect(s): Tom Doak
- Year opened: 2024
T27. Streamsong (Black)
- Average rating: 7.21
- 2025 ranking: 26
- Location: Bowling Green, FL
- Architect(s): Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner
- Year opened: 2017
T27. Arcadia Bluffs (Bluffs)
- Average rating: 7.21
- 2025 ranking: 27
- Location: Arcadia, MI
- Architect(s): Warren Henderson, Rick Smith
- Year opened: 1999
29. Primland (Highland)
- Average rating: 7.14
- 2025 ranking: 32
- Location: Meadows of Dan, VA
- Architect(s): Donald Steel
- Year opened: 2006
T30. Black Desert Resort
- Average rating: 7.11
- 2025 ranking: 28
- Location: Ivins, UT
- Architect(s): Tom Weiskopf, Phil Smith
- Year opened: 2023
T30. Omni Homestead Resort (Cascades)
- Average rating: 7.11
- 2025 ranking: 31
- Location: Hot Springs, VA
- Architect(s): William S. Flynn
- Year opened: 1923
32. Pinehurst Resort (No. 4)
- Average rating: 7.09
- 2025 ranking: T29
- Location: Pinehurst, NC
- Architect(s): Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner
- Year opened: 2018
33. Prairie Club (Dunes)
- Average rating: 7.05
- 2025 ranking: 34
- Location: Valentine, NE
- Architect(s): Tom Lehman, Chris Brands
- Year opened: 2010
34. Fallen Oak
- Average rating: 7.03
- 2025 ranking: T29
- Location: Saucier, MS
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 2006
35. Giants Ridge (Quarry)
- Average rating: 7.01
- 2025 ranking: T35
- Location: Biwabik, MN
- Architect(s): Jeff Brauer
- Year opened: 2003
36. Forest Dunes (Loop Red & Black)
- Average rating: 6.94
- 2025 ranking: 38
- Location: Roscommon, MI
- Architect(s): Tom Doak
- Year opened: 2016
37. Mossy Oak
- Average rating: 6.93
- 2025 ranking: T35
- Location: West Point, MS
- Architect(s): Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner
- Year opened: 2016
38. Lajitas (Black Jack’s Crossing)
- Average rating: 6.91
- 2025 ranking: 37
- Location: Lajitas, TX
- Architect(s): Lanny Wadkins
- Year opened: 2012
39. Cache Creek Casino Resort (Yocha Dehe)
- Average rating: 6.88
- 2025 ranking: T39
- Location: Brooks, CA
- Architect(s): Brad Bell
- Year opened: 2008
40. Kohler Blackwolf Run (River)
- Average rating: 6.87
- 2025 ranking: T39
- Location: Kohler, WI
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 1988
T41. Big Cedar Lodge (Ozarks National)
- Average rating: 6.85
- 2025 ranking: T43
- Location: Hollister, MO
- Architect(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
- Year opened: 2018
T41. Mid Pines
- Average rating: 6.85
- 2025 ranking: 41
- Location: Southern Pines, NC
- Architect(s): Donald Ross, Kyle Franz
- Year opened: 1921
T41. Princeville Makai
- Average rating: 6.85
- 2025 ranking: 33
- Location: Princeville, HI
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.
- Year opened: 1971
44. Pine Needles
- Average rating: 6.83
- 2025 ranking: 47
- Location: Southern Pines, NC
- Architect(s): Donald Ross, John Fought, Kyle Franz
- Year opened: 1927
45. High Hampton*
- Average rating: 6.81
- Location: Cashiers, NC
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 2021
T46. Cabot Citrus Farms (Karoo)
- Average rating: 6.80
- 2025 ranking: 42
- Location: Brooksville, FL
- Architect(s): Kyle Franz
- Year opened: 2024
T46. The Greenbrier (Old White)
- Average rating: 6.80
- 2025 ranking: 48
- Location: White Sulphur Springs, WV
- Architect(s): Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor, Lester George
- Year opened: 1914
48. Pebble Beach Resorts (Links at Spanish Bay)
- Average rating: 6.79
- 2025 ranking: T50
- Location: Pebble Beach, CA
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr., Sandy Tatum, Tom Watson
- Year opened: 1987
T49. French Lick Resort (Pete Dye)
- Average rating: 6.77
- 2025 ranking: 45
- Location: French Lick, IN
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 2009
T49. Silvies Valley Ranch (Hankins)
- Average rating: 6.77
- 2025 ranking: 49
- Location: Seneca, OR
- Architect(s): Dan Hixson
- Year opened: 2017
T49. Omni PGA Frisco Resort (Fields Ranch East)
- Average rating: 6.77
- 2025 ranking: T52
- Location: Frisco, TX
- Architect(s): Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner
- Year opened: 2023
T52. Big Cedar Lodge (Buffalo Ridge)
- Average rating: 6.74
- 2025 ranking: 54
- Location: Hollister, MO
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 1999
T52. Tobacco Road
- Average rating: 6.74
- 2025 ranking: 58
- Location: Sanford, NC
- Architect(s): Michael Strantz
- Year opened: 1998
T52. Mauna Kea Resort (Mauna Kea)
- Average rating: 6.74
- 2025 ranking: 46
- Location: Kohala Coast, HI
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr., Robert Trent Jones Jr.
- Year opened: 1964
55. Firestone (South)
- Average rating: 6.72
- 2025 ranking: T52
- Location: Akron, OH
- Architect(s): Bert Way, Robert Trent Jones Sr.
- Year opened: 1929
56. Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (North)*
- Average rating: 6.71
- Location: Carlsbad, CA
- Architect(s): Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner
- Year opened: 2024
57. Golden Horseshoe (Gold)
- Average rating: 6.70
- 2025 ranking: T55
- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr., Rees Jones, Greg Muirhead
- Year opened: 1963
T58. Sand Hollow (Championship)
- Average rating: 6.69
- 2025 ranking: T43
- Location: Hurricane, UT
- Architect(s): John Fought, Andy Staples
- Year opened: 2008
T58. Keswick Hall (Full Cry)
- Average rating: 6.69
- 2025 ranking: 57
- Location: Keswick, VA
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 2014
T58. Four Seasons Resort Hualalai
- Average rating: 6.69
- 2025 ranking: T66
- Location: Kailua-Kona, HI
- Architect(s): Jack Nicklaus
- Year opened: 1996
61. Caledonia Golf & Fish Club
- Average rating: 6.68
- 2025 ranking: T55
- Location: Pawleys Island, SC
- Architect(s): Michael Strantz
- Year opened: 1994
T62. Arcadia Bluffs (South)
- Average rating: 6.67
- 2025 ranking: T66
- Location: Arcadia, MI
- Architect(s): Dana Fry, Jason Straka
- Year opened: 2018
T62. Forest Dunes (Forest Dunes)
- Average rating: 6.67
- 2025 ranking: T61
- Location: Roscommon, MI
- Architect(s): Tom Weiskopf
- Year opened: 2002
T62. Rams Hill
- Average rating: 6.67
- 2025 ranking: T61
- Location: Borrego Springs, CA
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 2008
T62. Dunes Golf & Beach Club
- Average rating: 6.67
- 2025 ranking: T50
- Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr., Rees Jones
- Year opened: 1949
T62. Prairie Club (Pines)
- Average rating: 6.67
- 2025 ranking: T64
- Location: Valentine, NE
- Architect(s): Graham Marsh
- Year opened: 2010
T67. Big Cedar Lodge (Payne’s Valley)
- Average rating: 6.66
- 2025 ranking: T71
- Location: Hollister, MO
- Architect(s): Tiger Woods
- Year opened: 2020
T67. Cascata
- Average rating: 6.66
- 2025 ranking: 59
- Location: Boulder City, NV
- Architect(s): Rees Jones
- Year opened: 2000
T67. Bay Hill Club and Lodge
- Average rating: 6.66
- 2025 ranking: T64
- Location: Orlando, FL
- Architect(s): Dick Wilson, Arnold Palmer
- Year opened: 1961
T67. Sunriver Resort (Crosswater)
- Average rating: 6.66
- 2025 ranking: 60
- Location: Sunriver, OR
- Architect(s): Bob Cupp, John Fought
- Year opened: 1995
T67. The Wilderness Club Montana
- Average rating: 6.66
- 2025 ranking: 90
- Location: Eureka, MT
- Architect(s): Nick Faldo
- Year opened: 2009
72. Wailea (Gold)
- Average rating: 6.65
- 2025 ranking: 93
- Location: Maui, HI
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.
- Year opened: 1994
T73. Reynolds Lake Oconee (Great Waters)
- Average rating: 6.63
- 2025 ranking: T71
- Location: Greensboro, GA
- Architect(s): Jack Nicklaus
- Year opened: 1992
T73. Old Waverly
- Average rating: 6.63
- 2025 ranking: T68
- Location: West Point, MS
- Architect(s): Bob Cupp, Jerry Pate
- Year opened: 1988
T73. Gamble Sands (Scarecrow)*
- Average rating: 6.63
- Location: Brewster, WA
- Architect(s): David McLay Kidd, Nick Schaan
- Year opened: 2025
76. Silvies Valley Ranch (Craddock)
- Average rating: 6.62
- 2025 ranking: T68
- Location: Seneca, OR
- Architect(s): Dan Hixson
- Year opened: 2017
77. Kohler Whistling Straits (Irish)
- Average rating: 6.61
- 2025 ranking: T68
- Location: Mosel, WI
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 2000
T78. We-Ko-Pa (Saguaro)
- Average rating: 6.60
- 2025 ranking: T71
- Location: Fort McDowell, AZ
- Architect(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
- Year opened: 2006
T78. PGA National Resort (Champion)
- Average rating: 6.60
- 2025 ranking: 80
- Location: Palm Beach Gardens, FL
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio, George Fazio, Jack Nicklaus
- Year opened: 1981
T78. Omni Bedford Springs (Old)
- Average rating: 6.60
- 2025 ranking: T74
- Location: Bedford, PA
- Architect(s): A.W. Tillinghast, Donald Ross, Spencer Oldham, Ron Forse
- Year opened: 1923
T81. Omni Barton Creek (Fazio Canyons)
- Average rating: 6.59
- 2025 ranking: T76
- Location: Austin, TX
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 1999
T81. CordeValle
- Average rating: 6.59
- 2025 ranking: T61
- Location: San Martin, CA
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.
- Year opened: 2000
T81. The Broadmoor (East)
- Average rating: 6.59
- 2025 ranking: T76
- Location: Colorado Springs, CO
- Architect(s): Donald Ross, Robert Trent Jones Sr.
- Year opened: 1918
T84. Boyne’s Bay Harbor (Links/Quarry)
- Average rating: 6.56
- 2025 ranking: T81
- Location: Bay Harbor, MI
- Architect(s): Arthur Hills
- Year opened: 1997
T84. Cape Cod National
- Average rating: 6.56
- 2025 ranking: T74
- Location: Brewster, MA
- Architect(s): Brian Silva
- Year opened: 1998
86. Pinehurst Resort (No. 8)
- Average rating: 6.55
- 2025 ranking: 84
- Location: Pinehurst, NC
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 1996
87. Red Sky (Fazio)
- Average rating: 6.54
- 2025 ranking: 79
- Location: Wolcott, CO
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 2002
T88. The Wilderness at Fortune Bay
- Average rating: 6.53
- 2025 ranking: 86
- Location: Tower, MN
- Architect(s): Jeff Brauer
- Year opened: 2004
T88. Mauna Lani (North)
- Average rating: 6.53
- 2025 ranking: T87
- Location: Waimea, HI
- Architect(s): R. F. Cain, Homer Flint, Robin Nelson
- Year opened: 1981
T90. Wolf Creek
- Average rating: 6.52
- 2025 ranking: T81
- Location: Mesquite, NV
- Architect(s): Dennis Rider, John Rider
- Year opened: 2000
T90. Omni PGA Frisco Resort (Fields Ranch West)
- Average rating: 6.52
- 2025 ranking: 95
- Location: Frisco, TX
- Architect(s): Beau Welling
- Year opened: 2023
T90. Boothbay Harbor Country Club
- Average rating: 6.52
- 2025 ranking: T87
- Location: Boothbay, ME
- Architect(s): Wayne Stiles, John Van Kleek, Bruce Hepner
- Year opened: 1921
T90. The Preserve
- Average rating: 6.52
- 2025 ranking: T103
- Location: Vancleave, MS
- Architect(s): Jerry Pate
- Year opened: 2006
T94. SentryWorld
- Average rating: 6.51
- 2025 ranking: T81
- Location: Stevens Point, WI
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr., Jay Blasi, Bruce Charlton
- Year opened: 1982
T94. Mountain Sky (Rising Sun)*
- Average rating: 6.51
- Location: Emigrant, MT
- Architect(s): Johnny Miller
- Year opened: 2012
T94. Tamarack Resort (Osprey Meadows)*
- Average rating: 6.51
- Location: Tamarack, ID
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.
- Year opened: 2005
97. Innisbrook (Copperhead)
- Average rating: 6.50
- 2025 ranking: T96
- Location: Palm Harbor, FL
- Architect(s): Lawrence Packard
- Year opened: 1974
T98. PGA West (Stadium)
- Average rating: 6.49
- 2025 ranking: 85
- Location: La Quinta, CA
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 1986
T98. Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort (Circling Raven)
- Average rating: 6.49
- 2025 ranking: T113
- Location: Worley, ID
- Architect(s): Gene Bates
- Year opened: 2003
100. True Blue
- Average rating: 6.48
- 2025 ranking: T93
- Location: Pawleys Island, SC
- Architect(s): Michael Strantz
- Year opened: 1998
T101. Pursell Farms (FarmLinks)
- Average rating: 6.47
- 2025 ranking: T90
- Location: Sylacauga, AL
- Architect(s): Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry
- Year opened: 2003
T101. TPC Scottsdale (Stadium)
- Average rating: 6.47
- 2025 ranking: T87
- Location: Scottsdale, AZ
- Architect(s): Jay Morrish, Tom Weiskopf
- Year opened: 1986
T101. Incline Village (Championship)
- Average rating: 6.47
- 2025 ranking: T103
- Location: Incline Village, NV
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr., Kyle Phillips
- Year opened: 1964
104. Southern Pines Golf Club
- Average rating: 6.46
- 2025 ranking: T96
- Location: Southern Pines, NC
- Architect(s): Donald Ross, Kyle Franz
- Year opened: 1923
105. Juniper Preserve (Pronghorn Club – Nicklaus)
- Average rating: 6.44
- 2025 ranking: 90
- Location: Bend, OR
- Architect(s): Jack Nicklaus
- Year opened: 2004
106. Madden’s on Gull Lake (Classic)
- Average rating: 6.43
- 2025 ranking: T76
- Location: Brainerd, MN
- Architect(s): Scott Hoffman
- Year opened: 1997
T107. Nemacolin (Mystic Rock)
- Average rating: 6.42
- 2025 ranking: T100
- Location: Farmington, PA
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 1995
T107. Gull Lake View Resort (Stoatin Brae)
- Average rating: 6.42
- 2025 ranking: T98
- Location: Augusta, MI
- Architect(s): Tom Doak
- Year opened: 2017
T107. Turning Stone Resort Casino (Atunyote)
- Average rating: 6.42
- 2025 ranking: T98
- Location: Verona, NY
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 2004
T107. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Capitol Hill (Judge)
- Average rating: 6.42
- 2025 ranking: T106
- Location: Prattville, AL
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr., Roger Rulewich
- Year opened: 2000
T107. Wynn Golf Club
- Average rating: 6.42
- 2025 ranking: 109
- Location: Las Vegas, NV
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 2019
112. Cabot Citrus Farms (Roost)*
- Average rating: 6.41
- Location: Brooksville, FL
- Architect(s): Kyle Franz, Ran Morrissett, Rod Whitman, Mike Nuzzo
- Year opened: 2024
T113. Ak-Chin Southern Dunes
- Average rating: 6.40
- 2025 ranking: T110
- Location: Maricopa, AZ
- Architect(s): Lee Schmidt, Brian Curley
- Year opened: 2002
T113. TPC San Antonio (Oaks)
- Average rating: 6.40
- 2025 ranking: T110
- Location: San Antonio, TX
- Architect(s): Greg Norman
- Year opened: 2010
115. Wailea (Emerald)
- Average rating: 6.39
- 2025 ranking: T122
- Location: Maui, HI
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.
- Year opened: 1994
T116. French Lick Resort (Donald Ross)
- Average rating: 6.38
- 2025 ranking: T103
- Location: French Lick, IN
- Architect(s): Donald Ross
- Year opened: 1917
T116. Hammock Beach Golf Resort & Spa (Ocean)
- Average rating: 6.38
- 2025 ranking: T106
- Location: Palm Coast, FL
- Architect(s): Jack Nicklaus
- Year opened: 2000
T116. Firestone (North)
- Average rating: 6.38
- 2025 ranking: T100
- Location: Akron, OH
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr.
- Year opened: 1969
119. Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa (Poipu Bay)
- Average rating: 6.37
- 2025 ranking: T113
- Location: Koloa, HI
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.
- Year opened: 1991
120. Trump National Doral Miami (Blue Monster)
- Average rating: 6.36
- 2025 ranking: T100
- Location: Miami, FL
- Architect(s): Dick Wilson, Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner
- Year opened: 1962
121. The Quail
- Average rating: 6.35
- 2025 ranking: T133
- Location: Carmel, CA
- Architect(s): Robert Muir Graves, Todd Eckenrode
- Year opened: 1964
122. Ocean Course at Hokuala
- Average rating: 6.33
- 2025 ranking: T113
- Location: Lihue, HI
- Architect(s): Jack Nicklaus
- Year opened: 1988
T123. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Grand National (Lakes)
- Average rating: 6.32
- 2025 ranking: T117
- Location: Opelika, AL
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr., Roger Rulewich
- Year opened: 1992
T123. Giants Ridge (Legend)
- Average rating: 6.32
- 2025 ranking: 108
- Location: Biwabik, MN
- Architect(s): Jeff Brauer, Lanny Watkins
- Year opened: 1997
125. Pelican Hill (Ocean South)
- Average rating: 6.30
- 2025 ranking: T117
- Location: Newport Coast, CA
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 1991
T126. Golf Club at Dove Mountain (Saguaro/Tortolita)
- Average rating: 6.28
- 2025 ranking: T110
- Location: Marana, AZ
- Architect(s): Jack Nicklaus
- Year opened: 2009
T126. PGA West (Nicklaus Tournament)
- Average rating: 6.28
- 2025 ranking: T133
- Location: La Quinta, CA
- Architect(s): Jack Nicklaus
- Year opened: 1987
T128. Reynolds Lake Oconee (Oconee)
- Average rating: 6.27
- 2025 ranking: 121
- Location: Greensboro, GA
- Architect(s): Rees Jones
- Year opened: 2002
T128. Tullymore Golf Resort (Tullymore)
- Average rating: 6.27
- 2025 ranking: 148
- Location: Stanwood, MI
- Architect(s): Jim Engh
- Year opened: 2002
T128. Bald Head Island Club
- Average rating: 6.27
- 2025 ranking: 116
- Location: Bald Head Island, NC
- Architect(s): George Cobb, Tim Cate
- Year opened: 1974
T128. Firekeeper
- Average rating: 6.27
- 2025 ranking: T124
- Location: Mayetta, KS
- Architect(s): Jeff Brauer, Notah Begay
- Year opened: 2011
T132. Mauna Lani (South)
- Average rating: 6.26
- 2025 ranking: T156
- Location: Waimea, HI
- Architect(s): R. F. Cain, Homer Flint, Robin Nelson
- Year opened: 1981
T132. Dancing Rabbit (Oaks)
- Average rating: 6.26
- 2025 ranking: T117
- Location: Philadelphia, MS
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio, Jerry Pate
- Year opened: 1999
T134. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail (Ross Bridge)
- Average rating: 6.25
- 2025 ranking: T138
- Location: Hoover, AL
- Architect(s): Roger Rulewich
- Year opened: 2005
T134. Pelican Hill (Ocean North)
- Average rating: 6.25
- 2025 ranking: T117
- Location: Newport Coast, CA
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 1993
T134. Boar’s Head Resort (Birdwood)
- Average rating: 6.25
- 2025 ranking: 127
- Location: Charlottesville, VA
- Architect(s): Davis Love III, Mark Love, Scot Sherman
- Year opened: 2020
T134. The Sagamore
- Average rating: 6.25
- 2025 ranking: T124
- Location: Bolton Landing, NY
- Architect(s): Donald Ross
- Year opened: 1928
T138. Sea Pines Resort (Atlantic Dunes)
- Average rating: 6.23
- 2025 ranking: T133
- Location: Hilton Head Island, SC
- Architect(s): Davis Love III
- Year opened: 2016
T138. Kingsmill Resort (River)
- Average rating: 6.23
- 2025 ranking: T133
- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 1975
T140. We-Ko-Pa (Cholla)
- Average rating: 6.22
- 2025 ranking: 141
- Location: Fort McDowell, AZ
- Architect(s): Scott Miller
- Year opened: 2001
T140. Sea Island GC (Plantation)
- Average rating: 6.22
- 2025 ranking: T142
- Location: St. Simons Island, GA
- Architect(s): Walter J. Travis, Dick Wilson, Davis Love III
- Year opened: 1928
T140. Park Hyatt Aviara
- Average rating: 6.22
- 2025 ranking: T158
- Location: Carlsbad, CA
- Architect(s): Arnold Palmer, Ed Seay
- Year opened: 1991
T140. The Glen Club
- Average rating: 6.22
- 2025 ranking: T142
- Location: Glenview, IL
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 2001
T144. Troon North (Monument)
- Average rating: 6.21
- 2025 ranking: T130
- Location: Scottsdale, AZ
- Architect(s): Jay Morrish, Tom Weiskopf
- Year opened: 1990
T144. Ventana Canyon (Mountain)
- Average rating: 6.21
- 2025 ranking: T133
- Location: Tucson, AZ
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 1987
T144. Red Sky (Norman)
- Average rating: 6.21
- 2025 ranking: T124
- Location: Wolcott, CO
- Architect(s): Greg Norman
- Year opened: 2003
T144. Crystal Springs Resort (Ballyowen)
- Average rating: 6.21
- 2025 ranking: 132
- Location: Hamburg, NJ
- Architect(s): Roger Rulewich
- Year opened: 1998
148. Pine Dunes Resort & Golf Club
- Average rating: 6.20
- 2025 ranking: T130
- Location: Frankston, TX
- Architect(s): Jay Morrish
- Year opened: 2001
T149. Boyne Highlands (Arthur Hills)
- Average rating: 6.19
- 2025 ranking: T138
- Location: Harbor Springs, MI
- Architect(s): Arthur Hills
- Year opened: 2000
T149. PGA Golf Club (Dye)
- Average rating: 6.19
- 2025 ranking: T148
- Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 1998
T149. RainDance National
- Average rating: 6.19
- 2025 ranking: T148
- Location: Windsor, CO
- Architect(s): Fred Funk, Harrison Minchew
- Year opened: 2022
T152. Omni Homestead Resort & Spa (Old)*
- Average rating: 6.18
- Location: Hot Springs, VA
- Architect(s): Donald Ross, William Flynn, Rees Jones
- Year opened: 1913
T152. Fairmont Grand Del Mar (The Grand)
- Average rating: 6.18
- 2025 ranking: T145
- Location: San Diego, CA
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 1999
T152. Camp Creek
- Average rating: 6.18
- 2025 ranking: T127
- Location: Watersound, FL
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 2001
T152. Whitehawk Ranch
- Average rating: 6.18
- 2025 ranking: T164
- Location: Clio, CA
- Architect(s): Dick Bailey
- Year opened: 1996
T156. Hammock Beach Resort & Spa (Conservatory)
- Average rating: 6.17
- 2025 ranking: T142
- Location: Palm Coast, FL
- Architect(s): Tom Watson
- Year opened: 2006
T156. Waynesville Inn & Golf Club
- Average rating: 6.17
- 2025 ranking: T156
- Location: Waynesville, NC
- Architect(s): Bobby Weed
- Year opened: 2023
T158. McLemore (Highlands)
- Average rating: 6.16
- 2025 ranking: T122
- Location: Rising Fawn, GA
- Architect(s): Rees Jones, Bill Bergin
- Year opened: 2019
T158. Kohler Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valleys)
- Average rating: 6.16
- 2025 ranking: T148
- Location: Kohler, WI
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 1988
T160. Omni Mount Washington Resort (Mount Washington)
- Average rating: 6.15
- 2025 ranking: T138
- Location: Bretton Woods, NH
- Architect(s): Donald Ross, Brian Silva
- Year opened: 1915
T160. Reynolds Lake Oconee (The Preserve)
- Average rating: 6.15
- 2025 ranking: T164
- Location: Greensboro, GA
- Architect(s): Bob Cupp
- Year opened: 1988
T162. Desert Willow (Firecliff)
- Average rating: 6.14
- 2025 ranking: T153
- Location: Palm Desert, CA
- Architect(s): Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry
- Year opened: 1997
T162. Sea Pines Resort (Heron Point)
- Average rating: 6.14
- 2025 ranking: T153
- Location: Hilton Head Island, SC
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 2007
T164. TPC Sawgrass (Dye’s Valley)
- Average rating: 6.13
- 2025 ranking: T145
- Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 1987
T164. The Resort at Glade Springs (Stonehaven)*
- Average rating: 6.13
- Location: Daniels, WV
- Architect(s): Brian Ault, Tom Clark
- Year opened: 2003
T166. Seaview (Bay)
- Average rating: 6.12
- 2025 ranking: T158
- Location: Galloway, NJ
- Architect(s): Donald Ross, Hugh Wilson
- Year opened: 1914
T166. Turtle Bay Resort (Arnold Palmer)
- Average rating: 6.12
- 2025 ranking: 152
- Location: Kahuku, HI
- Architect(s): Arnold Palmer, Ed Seay
- Year opened: 1992
T166. Hidden River Golf & Casting Club
- Average rating: 6.12
- 2025 ranking: T153
- Location: Brutus, MI
- Architect(s): W. Bruce Matthews III
- Year opened: 1997
T169. Coeur d’Alene Resort
- Average rating: 6.11
- 2025 ranking: 161
- Location: Coeur d’Alene, ID
- Architect(s): Scott Miller
- Year opened: 1991
T169. Fox Run (formerly Okemo Valley)
- Average rating: 6.11
- 2025 ranking: T198
- Location: Ludlow, VT
- Architect(s): Steve Durkee
- Year opened: 2000
T171. Omni Barton Creek (Fazio Foothills)
- Average rating: 6.10
- 2025 ranking: T171
- Location: Austin, TX
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 1986
T171. Pine Mountain Resort (Timber Stone)
- Average rating: 6.10
- 2025 ranking: T158
- Location: Iron Mountain, MI
- Architect(s): Jerry Matthews
- Year opened: 1997
T171. Whirlwind (Devil’s Claw)
- Average rating: 6.10
- 2025 ranking: T196
- Location: Chandler, AZ
- Architect(s): Gary Panks
- Year opened: 2000
T174. Troon North (Pinnacle)
- Average rating: 6.09
- 2025 ranking: T164
- Location: Scottsdale, AZ
- Architect(s): Tom Weiskopf
- Year opened: 1996
T174. Treetops (Signature)
- Average rating: 6.09
- 2025 ranking: T162
- Location: Gaylord, MI
- Architect(s): Rick Smith
- Year opened: 1993
T174. Fantasy Springs (Eagle Falls)
- Average rating: 6.09
- 2025 ranking: T175
- Location: Indio, CA
- Architect(s): Clive Clark
- Year opened: 2007
T177. Links at Perry Cabin
- Average rating: 6.08
- 2025 ranking: T162
- Location: St. Michaels, MD
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 2018
T177. Kiva Dunes
- Average rating: 6.08
- 2025 ranking: T175
- Location: Gulf Shores, AL
- Architect(s): Jerry Pate
- Year opened: 1995
T177. Tullymore Golf Resort (St. Ives)
- Average rating: 6.08
- 2025 ranking: T168
- Location: Stanwood, MI
- Architect(s): Jerry Matthews
- Year opened: 1995
T180. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Osprey Point)
- Average rating: 6.07
- 2025 ranking: T181
- Location: Kiawah Island, SC
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 1988
T180. TPC San Antonio (Canyons)
- Average rating: 6.07
- 2025 ranking: T168
- Location: San Antonio, TX
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 2010
T180. JW Marriott Marco Island (Hammock Bay)
- Average rating: 6.07
- 2025 ranking: T185
- Location: Naples, FL
- Architect(s): Bruce Devlin, Robert von Hagge, Peter Jacobsen, Jim Hardy
- Year opened: 1974
T180. Treetops (Jones Masterpiece)
- Average rating: 6.07
- 2025 ranking: 147
- Location: Gaylord, MI
- Architect(s): Robert Trent Jones Sr.
- Year opened: 1987
T184. Salish Cliffs
- Average rating: 6.06
- 2025 ranking: T173
- Location: Shelton, WA
- Architect(s): Gene Bates
- Year opened: 2011
T184. Stonehenge
- Average rating: 6.06
- 2025 ranking: T168
- Location: Fairfield Glade, TN
- Architect(s): Joe Lee
- Year opened: 1985
T186. Sandestin (Burnt Pine)
- Average rating: 6.05
- 2025 ranking: T175
- Location: Miramar Beach, FL
- Architect(s): Rees Jones
- Year opened: 1994
T186. Omni Amelia Island Club (Oak Marsh)*
- Average rating: 6.05
- Location: Amelia Island, FL
- Architect(s): Pete Dye, Beau Welling
- Year opened: 1972
T186. Hershey CC (West)
- Average rating: 6.05
- 2025 ranking: T175
- Location: Hershey, PA
- Architect(s): Maurice McCarthy
- Year opened: 1930
T186. PGA Golf Club (Wanamaker)
- Average rating: 6.05
- 2025 ranking: T183
- Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 1996
T186. Destination Geneva National (Arnold Palmer)
- Average rating: 6.05
- 2025 ranking: T185
- Location: Lake Geneva, WI
- Architect(s): Arnold Palmer
- Year opened: 1991
191. Talamore (Mid South)
- Average rating: 6.04
- 2025 ranking: T173
- Location: Southern Pines, NC
- Architect(s): Arnold Palmer, Ed Seay
- Year opened: 1993
T192. Firestone (Fazio)
- Average rating: 6.01
- 2025 ranking: T183
- Location: Akron, OH
- Architect(s): Tom Fazio
- Year opened: 2001
T192. Wilderness Resort (Wild Rock)
- Average rating: 6.01
- 2025 ranking: T175
- Location: Wisconsin Dells, WI
- Architect(s): Michael Hurdzan, Dana Fry
- Year opened: 2008
T194. Shadow Ridge
- Average rating: 6.00
- 2025 ranking: T189
- Location: Palm Desert, CA
- Architect(s): Nick Faldo
- Year opened: 2000
T194. Pinehurst Resort (No. 7)
- Average rating: 6.00
- 2025 ranking: T164
- Location: Pinehurst, NC
- Architect(s): Rees Jones
- Year opened: 1986
T194. The Broadmoor (West)
- Average rating: 6.00
- 2025 ranking: T181
- Location: Colorado Springs, CO
- Architect(s): Donald Ross,
- Robert Trent Jones Sr.
- Year opened: 1918
T197. Silverado Resort & Spa (North)
- Average rating: 5.99
- 2025 ranking: 189
- Location: Napa Valley, CA
- Architect(s): Ben Harmon, John Dawson, Robert Trent Jones Sr., Johnny Miller
- Year opened: 1955
T197. Grande Dunes Resort Club*
- Average rating: 5.99
- Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Architect(s): Roger Rulewich
- Year opened: 2001
T197. Legends Golf Resort (Moorland)
- Average rating: 5.99
- 2025 ranking: T185
- Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Architect(s): P.B. Dye
- Year opened: 1990
T197. Gold Canyon Golf Resort (Dinosaur Mountain)*
- Average rating: 5.99
- Location: Gold Canyon, AZ
- Architect(s): Ken Kavanaugh
- Year opened: 1982
T197. Carmel Valley Ranch*
- Average rating: 5.99
- Location: Carmel, CA
- Architect(s): Pete Dye
- Year opened: 1981
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Golfweek’s Best 2026 top 200 resort golf courses in the U.S.
Reporting by Jason Lusk, Golfweek / Golfweek
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