Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play 2020: New York

The Black course at Bethpage State Park is No. 1 on the list of of Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play 2020: New York.

Each year, we publish the three lists that are the foundation of our course-ratings program: Golfweek’s Best 2020: Top 200 Classic Courses, Golfweek’s Best 2020: Top 200 Modern Courses and Golfweek’s Best 2020: Best Courses You Can Play.

Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play 2020 in New York

  1. Bethpage State Park (Black), Farmingdale (No. 27 c)
  2. Trump Golf Links Ferry Point, New York (m)
  3. Turning Stone Resort (Atunyote), Verona (m)
  4. Leatherstocking, Cooperstown (c)
  5. Sagamore, Bolton Landing (c)
  6. Pound Ridge GC, Pound Ridge (m)
  7. Montauk Downs State Park, Montauk Point (m)
  8. Bethpage State Park (Red), Farmingdale (c)
  9. Turning Stone Resort (Shenendoah), Verona (m)
  10. Conklin Players Club, Conklin (m)
  11. Turning Stone Resort (Kaluhyat), Verona (m)
  12. Saratoga National, Saratoga (m)
  13. *Links at Union Vale, Lagrangeville (m)
  14. *Centennial, Carmel (m)
  15. Seneca Hickory Stick, Lewiston (m)

*New to the list in 2020

(m): modern
(c): classic

Golfweek’s Best Private Courses 2020 in New York

  1. Shinnecock Hills, Southampton (No. 4 c)
  2. National Golf Links of America, Southampton (No. 5 c)
  3. Fishers Island Club, Fishers Island (No. 10 c)
  4. Friar’s Head, Baiting Hollow (No. 3 m)
  5. Winged Foot (West), Mamaroneck (No. 16 c)
  6. Sebonack, Southampton (No. 6 m)
  7. Quaker Ridge, Scarsdale (No. 28 c)
  8. Garden City GC, Garden City (No. 29 c)
  9. Maidstone Club, East Hampton (No. 30 c)
  10. Winged Foot (East), Mamaroneck (No. 35 c)

* New or returning to the list; c: Classic, built before 1960. m: Modern, built in 1960 or after

Golfweek’s Best 2020

How we rate them

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 together to produce a final rating for each course. Then each course is ranked against other courses in its state, or nationally, to produce the final rankings.