City Golf Guides
Expert guides to the best golf courses in cities across America. Course rankings, green fees, and insider tips for every destination.
Austin, Texas
Austin's golf scene is as dynamic and distinctive as the city itself. Nestled in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, the Live Music Capital of the Wo...
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Dallas, Texas
Dallas–Fort Worth is home to one of the deepest collections of elite golf courses in the American South. The Metroplex's rolling blackland prairie and...
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Houston, Texas
Houston's golf landscape has undergone a renaissance. The Tom Doak renovation of Memorial Park created one of America's premier municipal courses, Tig...
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Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale is the undisputed golf capital of the American desert. With more than 200 courses in the greater Phoenix/Scottsdale area, stunning Sonoran ...
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Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the backbone of Arizona's legendary golf scene. While neighboring Scottsdale gets much of the attention, Phoenix proper and its surrounding...
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Orlando, Florida
Orlando isn't just the theme park capital of the world — it's also one of America's premier golf destinations. Arnold Palmer's legendary Bay Hill, the...
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Tampa, Florida
Tampa Bay punches well above its weight in the golf world. Home to the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship at Innisbrook, the revolutionary Streamsong Res...
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Miami, Florida
Miami's golf scene blends tropical beauty, historic design, and South Florida glamour. From the iconic Blue Monster at Doral to the oceanside splendor...
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Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is steeped in golf history. Bobby Jones was born here, East Lake hosts the PGA Tour Championship, and Augusta National — the most famous cours...
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Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is a sleeping giant in the golf world. Home to Quail Hollow — one of the PGA Tour's most demanding venues — and a growing portfolio of quali...
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Pinehurst, North Carolina
Pinehurst is hallowed ground in American golf. The Sandhills region of North Carolina has been a golf destination for over a century, anchored by the ...
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San Diego, California
San Diego may offer the most enviable golf lifestyle in America. Year-round perfect weather, Pacific Ocean clifftop courses, and a laid-back Southern ...
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Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles is home to some of the most storied courses in golf history. Riviera's canyon setting, LACC's improbable Beverly Hills location, and South...
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New York, New York
The New York metropolitan area is surrounded by some of the most legendary courses in golf. From the brutally challenging Bethpage Black on Long Islan...
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Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's golf history runs as deep as any city in America. Home to the first 18-hole course in the country (Chicago Golf Club), multiple U.S. Open an...
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Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville's golf scene is growing as fast as the city itself. Music City's rolling Middle Tennessee terrain, mild climate, and emerging collection of ...
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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach is America's golf mecca by volume — over 80 courses line the Grand Strand, making it the most concentrated golf destination in the countr...
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Hilton Head, South Carolina
Hilton Head Island is the refined, Lowcountry counterpoint to Myrtle Beach's high-volume golf scene. Harbour Town Golf Links — with its iconic lightho...
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas has quietly built one of America's most impressive golf portfolios. Shadow Creek — the $60 million Tom Fazio oasis built for Steve Wynn — is...
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Denver, Colorado
Denver golf is defined by two things: mountain views and mile-high distance. At 5,280 feet elevation, the ball flies 10-15% farther than at sea level,...
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San Francisco, California
The San Francisco Bay Area harbors some of the most storied courses in American golf. The Olympic Club has hosted five U.S. Opens, San Francisco Golf ...
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Palm Springs, California
The Coachella Valley is California's desert golf paradise. Over 100 courses dot the valley floor from Palm Springs to La Quinta, framed by the dramati...
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Tucson, Arizona
Tucson offers everything that makes Arizona golf special — saguaro-studded Sonoran Desert terrain, mountain-framed fairways, and year-round sunshine —...
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Portland, Oregon
Oregon is home to the most important golf resort built in America in the last 50 years. Bandon Dunes — with five world-class links courses on the rugg...
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Seattle, Washington
Seattle's golf scene thrives in the shadow of the Cascades and the shores of Puget Sound. Lush evergreen corridors, dramatic mountain backdrops, and t...
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Boston, Massachusetts
Boston is steeped in golf history. The Country Club at Brookline — site of Francis Ouimet's legendary 1913 U.S. Open victory and the 2022 U.S. Open — ...
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Detroit, Michigan
Detroit's golf heritage is second to none in the Midwest. Oakland Hills — the "Monster" that humbled Ben Hogan — headlines a metro area loaded with ch...
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis–St. Paul is a premier golf market hiding in plain sight. Hazeltine National has hosted every major championship and Ryder Cup, and the Twi...
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia sits at the epicenter of American golf architecture. Pine Valley — perennially ranked the #1 course in the world — Merion, Aronimink, and...
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Washington, District of Columbia
The nation's capital boasts a distinguished golf scene befitting its stature. Congressional Country Club, with its storied Blue Course, anchors a regi...
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San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio brings Hill Country beauty and a rich cultural heritage to its golf scene. TPC San Antonio — home to the PGA Tour's Valero Texas Open — le...
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Hawaii, Hawaii
Hawaii offers the most visually spectacular golf on Earth. From Kapalua's clifftop holes plunging toward the Pacific on Maui to the black lava fields ...
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Monterey, California
The Monterey Peninsula is the most iconic golf destination in America. Pebble Beach Golf Links — with its clifftop holes along Carmel Bay — is the mos...
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Naples, Florida
Naples has more golf holes per capita than almost any city in America. This refined Gulf Coast community is a golf mecca where championship-caliber co...
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Savannah, Georgia
Savannah and the surrounding Lowcountry offer some of the most atmospheric golf in the American South. Spanish moss draped over ancient live oaks, tid...
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Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston combines one of America's most charming cities with world-class coastal golf. Kiawah Island's Ocean Course — site of the unforgettable 1991...
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Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the home of the PGA Tour and TPC Sawgrass — featuring the most famous hole in golf, the Island Green 17th. The First Coast's golf pedi...
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Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City is one of the Midwest's most underrated golf cities. The metro area straddles the Missouri-Kansas border and offers a diverse portfolio of...
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St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis has quietly built one of the strongest golf resumes in the Midwest. Bellerive Country Club has hosted the U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and m...
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Reno, Nevada
Reno and the surrounding Sierra Nevada foothills offer a dramatically different golf experience from Southern Nevada. High-desert mountain courses wit...
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Bend, Oregon
Bend is Central Oregon's outdoor adventure capital and home to some of the most dramatically situated golf courses in the Pacific Northwest. Volcanic ...
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin form one of America's most impressive championship golf corridors. Whistling Straits has hosted three PGA Champio...
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Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis is Pete Dye country. The legendary course architect made his home in Indiana, and his fingerprints are all over the region — from the PGA...
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is Jack Nicklaus's hometown and the site of his beloved Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village. The Golden Bear's legacy permeates the Cent...
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San Jose, California
San Jose and Silicon Valley may be synonymous with technology, but the region harbors a quietly impressive golf scene. From the luxury resort experien...
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis golf carries the unmistakable rhythm of the Mid-South — warm, inviting, and deeper than you might expect. TPC Southwind anchors the scene as a...
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Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is bourbon, horse racing, and championship golf. Valhalla Golf Club — host of four PGA Championships and the 2008 Ryder Cup — has put Louis...
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City offers golf at elevation — literally and figuratively. Towering Wasatch Mountain backdrops, championship mountain courses near Park Cit...
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Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is an underappreciated gem in the mid-Atlantic golf landscape. Kinloch Golf Club regularly ranks as Virginia's finest course, historic privat...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh sits at the center of one of America's richest golf regions. Oakmont Country Club — with nine U.S. Opens, more than any course in the world...
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Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore's golf scene punches above its weight class. Five Farms East — A.W. Tillinghast's mid-Atlantic masterpiece — anchors a private club scene th...
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New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans brings its signature flavor to golf — courses draped in Spanish moss and live oaks, bayou hazards replacing conventional water features, a...
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Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the surprising epicenter of Alabama golf. Shoal Creek's PGA Championship heritage, the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's transformative im...
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma may fly under the national golf radar, but the state harbors genuine championship pedigree. Oak Tree National hosted the PGA Championship, Ka...
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Toronto, Ontario
Toronto's golf scene is anchored by some of the finest private clubs in North America. The Greater Toronto Area is home to the National Golf Club of C...
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Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver golf combines world-class course design with some of the most spectacular natural scenery on earth. From the century-old Douglas firs at Sha...
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Banff, Alberta
The Canadian Rockies are home to the most visually spectacular golf on earth. Stanley Thompson's Fairmont Banff Springs is one of the great courses of...
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Calgary, Alberta
Calgary's golf scene blends Golden Age heritage with Rocky Mountain drama. The city's deep river valleys — carved by the Bow and Elbow Rivers — provid...
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Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is one of Canada's finest golf destinations — a combination of mild Pacific climate, stunning ocean views, and a remarkable collection of cou...
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Montreal, Quebec
Montreal is the cradle of Canadian golf. The Royal Montreal Golf Club — established in 1873 — is the oldest golf club in North America, and the city's...
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Muskoka, Ontario
Muskoka is Canada's cottage country — and also home to some of the nation's most distinctive resort golf. The Canadian Shield landscape of exposed gra...
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Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is one of the world's great golf destinations — a compact island where Thomas McBroom's links masterpiece at Crowbush Cove, drama...
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Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Cape Breton has become one of the great golf destinations on earth. Cabot Cliffs by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw ranks in the world's top five courses,...
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