When a golf course is rated by its state or regional golf association (Allied Golf Association), the rating team determines the effective playing length for each set of tees – which is the measured ...

Like rating a championship course, the short-course rating process involves the keen eye of experts and no small amount of math.

Like most rankings of the Tar Heel State’s golf courses, the list of North Carolina’s 100 Hardest Courses starts with ...

Golfweek has hundreds of people who work to rate courses across the U.S. Each criteria gets a score of 1-10 and a single overall rating. The overall ratings are averaged to create the rankings. Fallen ...

Included in this collection is the best golf course in every state as judged by our trained panel of more than 1,900 low-handicap golfers. In the 2023-2024 edition, just five states—Maine, New ...