Plantation Lakes Golf & Country Club in Millsboro, Delaware, expanded its nine-hole course that opened in 2016 to a full 18 in 2020, and Golfweek’s Best raters have judged it to be the top-ranked public-access layout in the state in 2022.
Plantation Lakes originally was designed by Arthur Hills and expanded by Hills & Forrest International Golf Course Architects principal Shawn Smith. It narrowly unseated Bayside Resort Golf Club’s Jack Nicklaus layout as No. 1 in Delaware on Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play list for public-access courses in the U.S.
Golfweek’s Best offers many lists of course rankings, with the list of top public-access courses in each state among the most popular. All the courses on this 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.
Also popular are the Golfweek’s Best rankings of top private courses in each state, and that list is likewise included below.
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(m): Modern course, built in or after 1960
(c): Classic course, built before 1960
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