Golfweek’s Best 2020: Top 200 Residential Golf Courses

We hope you enjoy poring over these rankings, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts on this Golfweek’s Best 2020: Top 200 Residential Courses list.

Welcome to Golfweek’s Best 2020 list of top residential golf courses in the United States, first published in the print issue of Golfweek’s Ultimate Guide. These focus on courses within residential developments and include both private clubs and public-access tracks.

The hundreds of 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 rating for each course. Then each course is ranked against other courses in the region.

We hope you enjoy poring over these rankings, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts on this Golfweek’s Best 2020: Top 200 Residential Courses list.

Each course is listed with its 2020 ranking, its location, architect(s), the year it opened and an average ranking from all the Golfweek Raters who reviewed it.

Top 200 Residential Courses 1-50

The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe (Courtesy of the Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe)

 

Rank Course  Location Architect(s)  Year opened  Avg. rating
1 Wade Hampton Club Cashiers, N.C. Tom Fazio 1987 8.05
2 Rock Creek Cattle Co. Deer Lodge, Mont. Tom Doak 2008 7.75
3 Estancia Scottsdale, Ariz. Tom Fazio 1995 7.61
4 Colorado GC Parker, Colo. Bill Crenshaw 2007 7.55
5 Gozzer Ranch Harrison, Idaho Tom Fazio 2007 7.54
6 Oak Tree National Edmond, Okla. Pete Dye 1975 7.45
7 Huntsman Springs Driggs, Idaho David McLay Kidd 2009 7.42
8 Shooting Star Teton Village, Wyo. Tom Fazio 2009 7.41
9 Bluejack National Montgomery, Texas Tiger Woods 2016 7.35
10 Castle Pines Castle Rock, Colo. Jack Nicklaus 1981 7.35
11 Mountaintop Cashiers, N.C. Tom Fazio 2007 7.34
12 Martis Camp Truckee, Calif. Tom Fazio 2008 7.29
13 Mountain Lake Lake Wales, Fla. Seth Raynor 1917 7.26
14 Mayacama Santa Rosa, Calif. Jack Nicklaus 2001 7.25
15 Grandfather Golf & CC (Championship) Linville, N.C. Ellis Maples 1968 7.24
16 The Stock Farm Hamilton, Mont. Tom Fazio 1999 7.20
17 Quarry at La Quinta La Quinta, Calif. Tom Fazio 1994 7.20
18 Johns Island Club (West) Vero Beach, Fla. Tom Fazio 1989 7.19
19 Long Cove Club Hilton Head Island, S.C. Pete Dye 1982 7.18
20 The Madison Club La Quinta, Calif. Tom Fazio 2006 7.18
21 The Pronghorn (Fazio) Bend, Ore. Tom Fazio 2006 7.15
22 Diamond Creek Banner Elk, N.C. Tom Fazio 2003 7.15
23 Cuscowilla Eatonton, Ga. Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw 1997 7.13
24 The Rim Payson, Ariz. Tom Weiskopf, Jay Morrish 1998 7.09
25 Clear Creek Carson City, Nev. Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw 2009 7.07
26 Jupiter Hills Club (Hills) Tequesta, Fla. George Fazio 1970 7.04
27 Patriot GC Owasso, Okla. Robert Trent Jones Jr. 2010 7.04
28 Forest Highlands (Canyon) Flagstaff, Ariz. Jay Morrish, Tom Weiskopf 1986 6.98
29 Boot Ranch GC Fredericksburg, Texas Hal Sutton 2006 6.98
30 Colleton River (Dye) Bluffton, S.C. Pete Dye 1998 6.98
31 Tradition GC La Quinta, Calif. Arnold Palmer, Ed Seay 1997 6.98
32 The Concession Bradenton, Fla. Jack Nicklaus 2006 6.96
33 Stone Canyon Oro Valley, Ariz. Jay Morrish 2000 6.96
34 Kiawah Island (Cassique) Kiawah Island, S.C. Tom Watson 2000 6.93
35 Lahontan Truckee, Calif. Tom Weiskopf 1999 6.93
36 Santa Lucia Preserve Carmel, Calif. Tom Fazio 2000 6.92
37 Spring Island (Old Tabby Links) Okatie, S.C. Arnold Palmer, Ed Seay 1993 6.91
38 Frederica St. Simons Island, Ga. Tom Fazio 2004 6.90
39 The Bear’s Club Jupiter, Fla. Jack Nicklaus 1999 6.90
40 The Cliffs at Mountain Park Travelers Rest, S.C. Gary Player 2013 6.88
41 Paako Ridge Sandia Park, N.M. Ken Dye 2000 6.88
42 Kohanaiki Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Rees Jones 2014 6.85
43 Southern Highlands Las Vegas, Nev. Robert Trent Jones Sr., Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1999 6.81
44 Black Rock Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Jim Engh 2003 6.79
45 Rainmakers Alto, N.M. Robert Trent Jones Jr. 2008 6.77
46 Glacier Club (Mountain) Durango, Colo. Hale Irwin, Todd Schroeder 2017 6.76
47 Old Waverly West Point, Miss. Bob Cupp, Jerry Pate 1988 6.75
48 Forest Creek (North) Pinehurst, N.C. Tom Fazio 2005 6.75
49 The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Robert Trent Jones Jr. 2001 6.74
50 The Club at Carlton Woods (Fazio Championship) The Woodlands, Texas Tom Fazio 2005 6.74