For our newly released Top 100 U.S. and Top 100 You Can Play lists, each panelist was provided a ballot that consisted of 609 courses. Beside the list of courses were 11 “buckets,” or groupings.

No matter where you live or where you might be traveling, the Golfweek’s Best course rankings have you covered with the top public-access layouts in every U.S. state.

All the courses on this 2025 list are private and don’t accept daily-fee or resort play. We also publish a list of each state’s top public-access layouts. Keen eyes might notice there are only ...

Welcome to Golfweek’s Best 2025 list of top private layouts, as judged by our hundreds of raters. The members of the ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on 10 criteria ...