Looking to play the best golf courses in Ohio? Welcome to our annual Golfweek’s Best ranking of public-access and private courses.
Following are the rankings for both types of courses, as judged by our nationwide network of raters. 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.
The courses on the first 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.
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
Best public-access courses in Ohio
1. Firestone (South) 2. Firestone (North) 3. Fowler’s Mill (Lake & River) 4. Manakiki T5. The Virtues T5. Firestone (Fazio) 7. Sleepy Hollow 8. Stonelick Hills 9. The Quarry 10. Deer Ridge Golf Club*
Best private courses in Ohio
1. Muirfield Village 2. Camargo Club 3. The Golf Club 4. Inverness Club 5. Scioto T6. Brookside T6. Moraine 8. Canterbury 9. Double Eagle 10. Kirtland 11. The Country Club 12. NCR CC (South) 13. Pepper Pike Club 14. Sand Ridge 15. Coldstream
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