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Best Golf Courses in the United States

170 ranked courses in United States

No country in our rankings carries more weight at the very top than the United States. Augusta National and Pine Valley hold the first two places in the global order, and Pebble Beach and Shinnecock Hills are not far behind — four courses with almost nothing in common beyond the standard they set. What makes American golf genuinely hard to summarize is its range. The hundred and seventy courses ranked here are mostly parkland and links, with coastal, mountain, desert and heathland layouts alongside them, and they span well over a century of design, from The Country Club in Brookline, founded in 1882, to a 2024 opening. Access varies just as widely, but it leans private: a hundred and twenty-five are private clubs, twenty-five are resort courses you can play by booking a room, and twenty are public or semi-private. That mix is why a single American ranking is more useful than a regional one: it puts a municipal green fee and a members-only invitation on the same page, and lets you see what separates them. The list is now deep enough to browse by state: New York, California, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Georgia each have a page of their own.

— Top 10 Rankings

Top 10 Best Golf Courses in United States

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  1. Augusta National Golf Club
    Augusta, Georgia, United States parkland Par 72
    5.0
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  2. Pine Valley Golf Club
    Pine Valley, New Jersey, United States heathland Par 70
    5.0
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  3. Pebble Beach Golf Links
    Pebble Beach, California, United States links Par 72
    5.0
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  4. Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
    Southampton, NY, United States links Par 70
    4.8
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  5. Cypress Point Club
    Pebble Beach, California, United States links Par 72
    4.9
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  6. National Golf Links of America
    Southampton, New York, United States links Par 72
    5.0
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  7. Oakmont Country Club
    Oakmont, Pennsylvania, United States parkland Par 71
    5.0
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  8. Sand Hills Golf Club
    Mullen, Nebraska, United States links Par 71
    4.8
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  9. Pacific Dunes (Bandon Dunes Golf Resort)
    Bandon, Oregon, United States links Par 71
    4.6
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  10. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort - Bandon Dunes
    Bandon, Oregon, United States links Par 72
    4.7
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About Golf Courses in United States

Bandon on the Oregon coast, Pinehurst in the North Carolina sandhills, the Monterey Peninsula and the Long Island sandbelt each function as a destination in their own right — worth planning a trip around rather than a single round.

Ranked courses
170
Course styles
parkland 100 · links 33 · coastal 15
Access
private 125 · resort 25 · public 17
Opened
1882–2024
Playable without membership
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