Golfweek's Best 2025: Top public-access golf courses in every state, ranked

Looking for the best public-access golf courses in your home state, or planning your next getaway? 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 2025.

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.

• How we rank courses

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 similar arrangement.)

KEY: (m) modern, built in 1960 or after; (c) classic, built before 1960. For courses with a number preceding the (m) or (c), that is where the course ranks on Golfweek’s Best lists for top 200 modern and classic courses in the U.S.

* indicates new or returning to the rankings

Alabama's best public-access golf courses

Pursell Farms' FarmLinks in Alabama (Courtesy of FarmLinks)

1. Pursell Farms (FarmLinks)

2. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Capitol Hill (Judge)

3. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Grand National (Lake)

4. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Capitol Hill (Legislator)

5. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail (Ross Bridge)

6. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Cambrian Ridge (Sherling/Canyon)

7. Kiva Dunes

8. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Magnolia Grove (Falls)

9. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Grand National (Links)

10. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Magnolia Grove (The Crossings)*

Alaska's best public-access golf courses

1. Anchorage Golf Course

Anchorage (m)

2. Settlers Bay*

Wasilla (m)

3. Chena Bend

Fairbanks (m)

4. Moose Run (Creek)

Fort Richardson (m)

5. Palmer Golf Course

Arizona's best public-access golf courses

The Saguaro Course at We-Ko-Pa in Arizona (Courtesy of We-Ko-Pa/Lonna Tucker)

1. We-Ko-Pa (Saguaro)

2. Quintero

3. Wickenburg Ranch (Big Wick)

4. TPC Scottsdale (Stadium)

T5. Golf Club at Dove Mountain (Saguaro/Tortolita)

T5. Ak-Chin Southern Dunes

7. Troon North (Monument)

T8. Grayhawk (Raptor)

T8. Ventana Canyon (Mountain)

Tucson (m)

10. Grayhawk (Talon)

11. We-Ko-Pa (Cholla)

12. Laughlin Ranch

13. Troon North (Pinnacle)

Scottsdale (m)

14. Whirlwind (Devil’s Claw)

Chandler (m)

T15. Boulders Resort (North)

T15. Wildfire at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge (Faldo Championship)

T17. Gold Canyon Golf Resort (Dinosaur Mountain)

T17. Whirlwind (Cattail)

19. Boulders Resort (South)

20. Los Caballeros

Wickenburg (m)

21. Las Sendas

22. Raven*

T23. TPC Scottsdale (Champions)

T23. Legacy

25. Arizona National

26. Verrado (Founders)

27. Longbow

T28. La Paloma (Ridge/Canyon)*

Tucson (m)

T28. Camelback (Ambiente)

30. Wigwam (Gold)

Arkansas' best public-access golf courses

1. Mystic Creek

2. The Ridges at Village Creek

3. Hot Springs Country Club (Arlington)

Hot Springs (c)

4. Mountain Ranch*

5. Big Creek

California's best public-access golf courses

Pebble Beach Golf Links at Pebble Beach Resorts in California

1. Pebble Beach Resorts (Pebble Beach Golf Links)

Pebble Beach (10c)

2. Pasatiempo

3. Pebble Beach Resorts (Spyglass Hill)

Pebble Beach (T27m)

4. Torrey Pines (South)

San Diego (124c)

T5. Rustic Canyon

T5. Yocha Dehe at Cache Creek Casino

7. Pebble Beach Resorts (Links at Spanish Bay)

Pebble Beach (T185m)

T8. Rams Hill

T8. CordeValle

San Martin (m)

10. Torrey Pines (North)

San Diego (m)

11. PGA West (Stadium)

12. Poppy Hills

T13. Pelican Hill (Ocean South)

T13. Pelican Hill (Ocean North)

15. Bayonet

16. Trump National Los Angeles

T17. Quail Lodge and Golf Club

T17. PGA West (Nicklaus)

19. Fairmont Grand Del Mar (The Grand)

San Diego (m)

20. Maderas

T21. TPC Harding Park

T21. Desert Willow (Firecliff)

T23. Soule Park

T23. Park Hyatt Aviara GC

25. Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood)*

T26. Oak Quarry

Riverside (m)

T26. Whitehawk Ranch*

28. La Purisma

29. Fantasy Springs (Eagle Falls)

Indio (m)

30. Classic Club*

Colorado's best public-access golf courses

1. The Broadmoor (East)

Colorado Springs (T185c)

2. Redlands Mesa

3. Red Sky (Fazio)

Wolcott (m)

4. Red Sky (Norman)

Wolcott (m)

5. Bear Dance

6. RainDance National

7. CommonGround

8. TPC Colorado

Berthoud (m)

9. The Broadmoor (West)

Colorado Springs (c)

10. River Valley Ranch*

Connecticut's best public-access golf courses

1. Keney Park

2. Wintonbury Hills

3. Great River

Milford (m)

4. Shennecossett

5. Lake of Isles (North)

6. Hotchkiss

Lakeville (c)

7. Richter Park

8. Gillette Ridge

Bloomfield (m)

9. Oxford Greens

10. Mohegan Sun*

Delaware's best public-access golf courses

1. Plantation Lakes

2. Bayside Resort

3. Baywood Greens

4. White Clay Creek

5. Rock Manor*

Florida's best public-access golf courses

Streamsong Red in Florida

1. TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium)

2. Streamsong (Red)

Bowling Green (44m)

3. Streamsong (Blue)

Bowling Green (T62m)

4. Streamsong (Black)

Bowling Green (T81m)

5. The Park West Palm 

6. Cabot Citrus Farms (Karoo)*

7. Bay Hill Club and Lodge

Orlando (m)

8. PGA National Resort (Champion)

Palm Beach Gardens (m)

9. Innisbrook (Copperhead)

Palm Harbor (m)

10. Trump National Doral Miami (Blue Monster)

11. Hammock Beach Resort (Ocean)

Palm Coast (m)

12. Camp Creek

Watersound (m)

13. Hammock Beach Resort (Conservatory)

Palm Coast (m)

14. TPC Sawgrass (Dye’s Valley)

15. PGA Golf Club (Dye)

Port St. Lucie (m)

16. Juliette Falls

17. Southern Dunes

18. Sandestin (Burnt Pine)

Miramar Beach (m)

19. PGA Golf Club (Wanamaker)

Port St. Lucie (m)

20. JW Marriott Marco Island (Hammock Bay)

21. JW Marriott Miami Turnberry (Soffer)

Aventura (m)

22. Orange County National (Panther Lake)

23. Gasparilla Inn & Club

Boca Grande (c)

24. Ponte Vedra Inn & Club (Ocean)

Ponte Vedra Beach (c)

25. Crandon Park

26. Trump National Doral Miami (Golden Palm)

27. Deer Creek*

Deerfield Beach (m)

28. Mission Inn Resort (El Campeon)*

T29. Kelly Plantation*

Destin (m)

T29. World Golf Village (King & Bear)

T29. Orange County National (Crooked Cat)

Georgia's best public-access golf courses

1. Sea Island (Seaside)

St. Simons Island (T76m)

2. Reynolds Lake Oconee (Great Waters)

Greensboro (m)

3. Kinderlou Forest

Valdosta (m)

4. Reynolds Lake Oconee (Oconee)

Greensboro (m)

5. McLemore (Highlands)

6. Sea Island (Plantation)

St. Simons Island (c)

7. Reynolds Lake Oconee (The Preserve)

Greensboro (m)

8. Bear’s Best Atlanta

T9. University of Georgia Golf Course

T9. Harbor Club

T9. Reynolds Lake Oconee (National)

Greensboro (m)

T12. Achasta

Dahlonega (m)

T12. Cobblestone

14. Woodmont G&CC*

15. King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort

Hawaii's best public-access golf courses

1. Four Seasons Resort Lanai (Manele)

Lanai (34m)

2. Kapalua (Plantation)

3. Princeville (Makai)

4. Mauna Kea Resort

5. Four Seasons Resort Hualalai

Kailua-Kona (m)

6. Mauna Lani (North)

7. Wailea (Gold)

Maui (m)

T8. Ocean Course at Hokuala

T8. Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa (Poipu Bay)

10. Wailea (Emerald)

Maui (m)

11. Kapolei Golf Club

12. Turtle Bay Resort (Arnold Palmer)

13. Mauna Lani (South)

14. Wailua Municipal

Kauai (m)

15. Ko Olina

Idaho's best public-access golf courses

1. Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort (Circling Raven)

2. Coeur d’Alene Resort

3. Ridgecrest

Nampa (m)

4. Sun Valley (Trail Creek)

5. Pinecrest*

Illinois' best public-access golf courses

1. Cog Hill GC (No. 4 - Dubsdread)

2. TPC Deere Run

3. The Glen Club

4. Mistwood

5. Stonewall Orchard

6. Highlands of Elgin

Elgin (m)

7. Eagle Ridge (The General)

8. Preserve at Oak Meadows

T9. Thunderhawk

Beach Park (m)

T9. Harborside International (Starboard)

11. Ravisloe

12. Cantigny

13. Annbriar

14. Shepherd’s Crook

15. Eagle Ridge (North)*

Indiana's best public-access golf courses

1. French Lick Resort (Pete Dye)

French Lick (T176m)

2. French Lick Resort (Donald Ross)

French Lick (c)

3. The PFAU Course at Indiana University

4. Warren GC at Notre Dame

5. Coyote Crossing*

T6. Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex (Kampen)

West Lafayette (m)

T6. Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex (Ackerman-Allen)

8. Rock Hollow*

9. Chariot Run

10. Brickyard Crossing

Iowa's best public-access golf courses

1. Spirit Hollow

2. Blue Top Ridge

3. Bent Tree

4. Tournament Club of Iowa

5. Finkbine

Kansas's best public-access golf courses

1. Firekeeper

2. Buffalo Dunes

3. Sand Creek Station

4. Iron Horse

5. Colbert Hills

Kentucky's best public-access golf courses

1. Park Mammoth

2. Lassing Pointe

Union (m)

3. Nevel Meade Golf Course

Prospect (m)

4. Kearney Hill*

Lexington (m)

T5. Heritage Hill

Shepherdsville (m)

T5. Bardstown Country Club (Maywood)

Louisiana's best public-access golf courses

1. The Country Club at the Golden Nugget

2. TPC Louisiana

3. English Turn Golf & Country Club

4. Carter Plantation

5. L’Auberge Casino Resort (Contraband Bayou)

Lake Charles (m)

Maine's best public-access golf courses

1. Boothbay Harbor

Boothbay (c)

2. Cape Arundel

Kennebunkport (c)

3. Belgrade Lakes Golf Club

Belgrade Lakes (m)

4. Kebo Valley

5. Sugarloaf

Carrabassett Valley (m)

Maryland's best public-access golf courses

1. Musket Ridge

2. Bulle Rock

3. Queenstown Harbor (River)

4. Links at Perry Cabin

St. Michaels (m)

5. Whiskey Creek

6. Worthington Manor

7. P.B. Dye Golf Club

8. Rum Pointe (Seaside Golf Links)

9. University of Maryland GC

10. Links at Lighthouse Sound

Massachusetts' best public-access golf courses

1. Cape Cod National

Brewster (m)

2. Miacomet

3. Red Tail

4. Farm Neck

Oak Bluffs (m)

T5. The Ranch

T5. George Wright Municipal

Boston (c)

T5. William J. Devine Golf Course*

8. Crumpin-Fox

9. Granite Links

Quincy (m)

10. Pinehills (Nicklaus)

Michigan's best public-access golf courses

The Loop at Forest Dunes in Michigan (Courtesy of Forest Dunes/Evan Schiller)

1. Arcadia Bluffs (Bluffs)

Arcadia (91m)

2. Marquette GC (Greywalls)

3. Forest Dunes (The Loop Red & Black)

4. Forest Dunes (Weiskopf)

5. Arcadia Bluffs (South)

Arcadia (m)

6. Belvedere

7. Boyne’s Bay Harbor (Links/Quarry)

Bay Harbor (m)

8. Eagle Eye

T9. Island Resort and Casino (Sweetgrass)

Harris (m)

T9. Gull Lake View Resort (Stoatin Brae)

11. American Dunes

12. Pilgrim’s Run

13. Sage Run

Bark River (m)

T14. University of Michigan Golf Course

T14. Harbor Shores

16. Boyne Highlands (Arthur Hills)

Harbor Springs (m)

17. Treetops (Jones Masterpiece)*

18. Tullymore Golf Resort (Tullymore)

19. Hidden River Golf & Casting Club

20. Pine Mountain Resort (Timber Stone)

Minnesota's best public-access golf courses

1. Giants Ridge (Quarry)

Biwabik (T132m)

2. Breezy Point Resort (Deacon’s Lodge)

3. Madden’s on Gull Lake (Classic)

4. Wilderness at Fortune Bay

Tower (m)

5. Dacotah Ridge*

Morton (m)

6. Giants Ridge (Legend)

Biwabik (m)

7. Meadows at Mystic Lake

8. Chaska Town Course

Chaska (m)

9. StoneRidge

10. The Wilds

Mississippi's best public-access golf courses

1. Fallen Oak

Saucier (T97m)

2. Mossy Oak

West Point (T132m)

3. Old Waverly

West Point (m)

4. The Preserve

Vancleave (m)

5. Dancing Rabbit (Oaks)

Philadelphia (m)

6. Dancing Rabbit (Azaleas)

Philadelphia (m)

T7. Shell Landing

T7. Grand Bear

9. The Oaks

10. Windance

Missouri's best public-access golf courses

Ozarks National at Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri (Courtesy of Big Cedar Lodge)

1. Big Cedar Lodge (Ozarks National)

2. Big Cedar Lodge (Buffalo Ridge)

3. Big Cedar Lodge (Payne’s Valley)

4. Branson Hills

5. Creekmoor*

6. Old Kinderhook

7. Swope Memorial

8. Ledgestone

9. Stone Canyon

10. Missouri Bluffs

Montana's best public-access golf courses

1. Wilderness Club Montana

2. Old Works GC

Anaconda (m)

3. Canyon River

Missoula (m)

4. Whitefish Lake (South)*

5. Whitefish Lake (North)

Nebraska's best public-access golf courses

1. Landmand

Homer (42m)

2. Prairie Club (Dunes)

Valentine (T112m)

3. Wild Horse

4. Prairie Club (Pines)

Valentine (m)

5. Quarry Oaks*

Ashland (m)

Nevada's best public-access golf courses

1. Shadow Creek

North Las Vegas (T13m)

2. Cascata

3. Wolf Creek

T4. Edgewood Tahoe

T4. Incline Village (Championship)

6. Wynn Golf Club

Las Vegas (m)

7. Conestoga

8. Paiute (The Wolf)

9. Coyote Springs GC

10. Paiute (Sun Mountain)

11. Paiute (Snow Mountain)

12. Rio Secco

13. TPC Las Vegas

14. Bear’s Best*

15. Reflection Bay at Lake Las Vegas Resort

New Hampshire's best public-access golf courses

1. Omni Mount Washington Resort (Mount Washington)

2. Country Club of New Hampshire

3. Owl’s Nest

4. Breakfast Hill

5. The Oaks Golf Links*

New Jersey's best public-access golf courses

1. Crystal Springs Resort (Ballyowen)

2. Seaview (Bay)

3. Neshanic Valley

4. Rock Spring

5. Twisted Dune

6. Seaview (Pines)

T7. Architects

Lopatcong (m)

T7. Knoll (West)

Boonton (c)

9. Crystal Springs Resort (Crystal Springs)

T10. Shore Gate

T10. Scotland Run

12. Crystal Springs Resort (Wild Turkey)

13. Heron Glen

14. RiverWinds

15. Ballamor

New Mexico's best public-access golf courses

1. PaaKo Ridge

Sandia Park (T146m)

2. University of New Mexico (Championship)

3. Black Mesa

4. Red Hawk

5. Rockwind Community Links

6. Pueblo de Cochiti

7. Sandia

8. Piñon Hills

9. Taos Country Club

10. Twin Warriors

New York's best public-access golf courses

1. Bethpage State Park (Black)

2. Leatherstocking

3. Bally’s Golf Links at Ferry Point

4. Turning Stone Resort Casino (Atunyote)

5. Sagamore

Bolton Landing (c)

T6. Bethpage State Park (Red)

T6. Montauk Downs State Park

8. Links at Union Vale*

9. Links at Greystone*

10. Turning Stone Resort Casino (Shenendoah)

11. Pound Ridge Golf Club

12. Ravenwood

13. Mansion Ridge

14. Saratoga National

15. Turning Stone Resort Casino (Kaluhyat)

North Carolina's best public-access golf courses

1. Pinehurst Resort (No. 2)

Pinehurst (20c)

2. Pinehurst Resort (No. 10)*

Aberdeen (52m)

3. Pinehurst Resort (No. 4)

Pinehurst (T97m)

4. Mid Pines

Southern Pines (T137c)

5. Pine Needles

Southern Pines (T146c)

6. Tobacco Road

Sanford (m)

7. Pinehurst Resort (No. 8)

Pinehurst (m)

8. Southern Pines Golf Club

Southern Pines (c)

9. Bald Head Island Club

Bald Head Island (m)

10. Woodlake*

Vass (m)

11. Thistle Golf Club

12. Tot Hill Farm

13. Duke University Golf Course

Durham (c)

14. Waynesville Inn & Golf Club

Waynesville (m)

15. Pinehurst Resort (No. 7)

Pinehurst (m)

16. UNC Finley Golf Course

17. Talamore (Mid South)

Southern Pines (m)

18. Pinehurst Resort (No. 9)

Pinehurst (m)

T19. Currituck Club

T19. Rock Barn CC (Jones Jr.)*

Conover (m)

North Dakota's best public-access golf courses

T1. Minot Country Club

Minot (m)

T1. Links of North Dakota

3. Hawktree

4. Bully Pulpit

Medora (m)

5. Vardon

Minot (c)

Ohio's best public-access golf courses

1. Firestone (South)

Akron (T156c)

2. Firestone (North)

Akron (m)

3. Manakiki

4. Fowler’s Mill (Lake & River)

T5. Firestone (Fazio)

Akron (m)

T5. The Virtues

Nashport (m)

7. Sleepy Hollow

8. The Quarry

9. Stonelick Hills

10. Pine Hills*

Oklahoma's best public-access golf courses

1. Karsten Creek

Stillwater (T92m)

2. Jimmie Austin GC at the University of Oklahoma

Norman (T193c)

3. Shangri-La Resort

Monkey Island (m)

4. Cherokee Hills

5. Chickasaw Pointe

Oregon's best public-access golf courses

Silvies Valley Ranch in Oregon (The Hankins and Craddock courses are reversible, sharing nine greens and each with its own nine greens.)

1. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Pacific Dunes)

Bandon (3m)

2. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Trails)

Bandon (9m)

3. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Old Macdonald)

Bandon (10m)

4. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Dunes)

Bandon (12m)

5. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Sheep Ranch)

Bandon (31m)

6. Silvies Valley Ranch (Hankins)

Seneca (184m)

7. Sunriver Resort (Crosswater)

Sunriver (m)

8. Pumpkin Ridge (Ghost Creek)

9. Silvies Valley Ranch (Craddock)

Seneca (m)

T10. Juniper Preserve Pronghorn (Nicklaus)

Bend (m)

T10. Eagle Point

12. Brasada Ranch (Brasada Canyons)

Powell Butte (m)

13. Gearhart Golf Links

14. Langdon Farms

Aurora (m)

15. Tetherow

Bend (m)

Pennsylvania's best public-access golf courses

1. Omni Bedford Springs (Old)

2. Nemacolin (Mystic Rock)

Farmington (m)

3. Olde Stonewall

Ellwood City (m)

T4. Golf Course at Glen Mills

T4. Hershey Country Club (West)

Hershey (c)

6. Nemacolin (Shepherd’s Rock)

Farmington (m)

7. Jeffersonville Golf Course

T8. Wyncote

Oxford (m)

T8. Penn National (Founders)*

10. Links at Gettysburg

Rhode Island's best public-access golf courses

1. Newport National

2. Triggs Memorial

3. Meadow Brook

Richmond (m)

4. North Kingstown Golf Course

North Kingstown (c)

5. Montaup

Portsmouth (c)

South Carolina's best public-access golf courses

Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course

1. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean)

Kiawah Island (15m)

2. Sea Pines Resort (Harbour Town Golf Links)

Hilton Head Island (T73m)

3. The Dunes Golf & Beach Club

4. Caledonia Golf & Fish Club

Pawleys Island (T197m)

5. True Blue

Pawleys Island (m)

6. Sea Pines Resort (Atlantic Dunes)

Hilton Head Island (m)

7. Sea Pines Resort (Heron Point)

Hilton Head Island (m)

8. TPC Myrtle Beach

Murrells Inlet (m)

9. Tidewater

North Myrtle Beach (m)

10. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Osprey Point)

Kiawah Island (m)

11. Prestwick

Myrtle Beach (m)

12. Legends Golf Resort (Moorland)

Myrtle Beach (m)

13. Legends Golf Resort (Heathlands)

Myrtle Beach (m)

14. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Cougar Point)

Kiawah Island (m)

15. Barefoot Resort & Golf (Dye)

16. Heritage Club

Pawleys Island (m)

17. Palmetto Dunes (Robert Trent Jones)

Hilton Head Island (m)

18. Myrtle Beach National (King’s North)

Myrtle Beach (m)

19. Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Turtle Point)*

20. Aiken Golf Club*

Aiken (c)

South Dakota's best public-access golf courses

1. Hart Ranch

2. Golf Club at Red Rock

3. Prairie Green GC

4. Willow Run

Sioux Falls (m)

Rapid City (m)

Tennessee's best public-access golf courses

Sweetens Cove in Tennessee

1. Sweetens Cove

South Pittsburg (T100m)

2. Course at Sewanee

3. Stonehenge

Fairfield Glade (m)

4. Gaylord Springs Golf Links*

5. Fairfield Glade (Heatherhurst Brae)

Fairfield Glade (m)

Texas' best public-access golf courses

1. Lajitas Golf Resort (Black Jack’s Crossing)

Lajitas (T139m)

2. Omni PGA Frisco Resort (Fields Ranch East)

Frisco (T189m)

3. Omni Barton Creek (Fazio Canyons)

Austin (m)

4. The Rawls Course at Texas Tech

5. Omni PGA Frisco Resort (Fields Ranch West)

Frisco (m)

6. TPC San Antonio (Oaks)

San Antonio (m)

7. Pine Dunes Resort & Golf Club

8. Memorial Park

9. TPC San Antonio (Canyons)

San Antonio (m)

10. Omni Barton Creek (Fazio Foothills)

Austin (m)

11. Golf Club of Houston (Tournament)

12. La Cantera Resort & Spa

13. Cowboys

14. The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas (TPC Las Colinas)

Irving (m)

15. Old American

The Colony (m)

16. Omni Barton Creek (Crenshaw Coore Cliffside)

Austin (m)

17. The Tribute

The Colony (m)

T18. Texas Rangers Golf Club

Arlington (m)

T18. Horseshoe Bay Country Club (Slick Rock)

Horseshoe Bay (m)

20. Texas Star*

Euless (m)

Utah's best public-access golf courses

The Tom Weiskopf/Phil Smith-designed Black Desert Resort Golf Course opened in May of 2023 in Ivins, Utah. (Courtesy of Black Desert Golf Club/Brian Oar)

1. Black Desert Resort

2. Sand Hollow (Championship)

3. Hideout

4. Soldier Hollow (Gold)

5. Copper Rock

6. Soldier Hollow (Silver)

7. Sunbrook (Pointe Woodbridge)

8. Thanksgiving Point

9. Green Spring

Washington (m)

10. The Ledges of St. George

Vermont's best public-access golf courses

1. Stowe Country Club

Stowe (m)

2. Fox Run (formerly Okemo Valley)

Ludlow (m)

3. Golf Club at Equinox

4. Green Mountain National

5. Woodstock Inn & Resort*

Virginia's best public-access golf courses

1. Omni Homestead Resort (Cascades)

Hot Springs (T102c)

2. Primland (Highland)

Meadows of Dan (107m)

3. Golden Horseshoe (Gold)

4. Keswick Hall (Full Cry)

Keswick (m)

5. Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech

Radford (m)

6. Boar’s Head Resort (Birdwood)

Charlottesville (m)

7. Kingsmill Resort (River)

Williamsburg (m)

8. Royal New Kent

T9. The Club at Viniterra

T9. Omni Homestead Resort (Old)

Hot Springs (c)

11. Potomac Shores Golf Club

Potomac Shores (m)

12. Laurel Hill

13. Golden Horseshoe (Green)

14. Stonehouse

15. Landsdowne Resort (Robert Trent Jones Jr.)*

Leesburg (m)

Washington's best public-access golf courses

1. Chambers Bay

2. Gamble Sands

3. Wine Valley

4. Gold Mountain (Olympic)

5. Palouse Ridge

Pullman (m)

6. Indian Canyon

Spokane (c)

7. Salish Cliffs

8. Kalispel

Spokane (c)

9. White Horse

10. Suncadia (Roper Rider)

West Virginia's best public-access golf courses

1. The Greenbrier (Old White)

White Sulphur Springs (149c)

2. Snowshoe Mountain (Raven)

3. Stonewall Resort

4. The Resort at Glade Springs (Stonehaven)

5. The Resort at Glade Springs (Cobb)

Daniels (m)

Wisconsin's best public-access golf courses

No. 7 at Whistling Straits' Straits Course in Wisconsin (Courtesy of Whistling Straits)

1. Kohler Whistling Straits (Straits)

Mosel (6m)

2. Sand Valley (Lido)

Nekoosa (26m)

T3. Sand Valley (Sand Valley)

Nekoosa (T45m)

T3. Sand Valley (Mammoth Dunes)

Nekoosa (T45m)

5. Sand Valley (Sedge Valley)*

Nekoosa (57m)

6. Erin Hills

Erin (T65m)

7. Lawsonia (Links)

8. Kohler Blackwolf Run (River)

Kohler (T149m)

9. Kohler Whistling Straits (Irish)

Mosel (m)

10. SentryWorld

11. University Ridge

12. The Bull at Pinehurst Farms

13. Kohler Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valleys)

Kohler (m)

14. Wilderness Resort (Wild Rock)

T15. The Club at Lac La Belle

T15. Geneva National GC (Arnold Palmer)*

Wyoming's best public-access golf courses

1. Teton Pines

Wilson (m)

2. Bell Nob*

Gillette (m)

3. Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club

Jackson (m)

4. Buffalo Golf Club

Buffalo (m)

5. Cheyenne Country Club

Cheyenne (m)