Welcome to Golfweek’s Best 2022 list of top residential golf courses in the United States.
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, cumulative rating. Then each course is ranked against other courses in the region.
This list focuses on the golf courses themselves, not the communities as a whole or other amenities. Each golf course included is listed with its average rating from 1 to 10, its location, architect(s) and the year it opened.
Other Golfweek’s Best lists include:
Top public-access courses by state
Top private courses by state
Top 200 Modern Courses in the U.S.
Top 200 Classic Courses in the U.S.
Top 100 public-access courses in the U.S.
Top 200 resort courses in the U.S.