Twenty golf courses were named the top private courses in New York by Golfweek.
Golfweek’s Best 2025 list of top private courses included selections of between 4-20 courses in each state, which were rated by a panel of hundreds based on 10 criteria: routing, integrity of design/quality of shaping, overall land plan, greens and surrounds, variety and memorability of par 3s, 4s and 5s, tree and landscape management, conditioning and ecology and a “walk in the park” test — if it’s worthy of spending four hours on.
Each course also received a single, overall rating from each panel member, which were then averaged to produce all of Golfweek’s best course rankings.
Here’s what to know.
Which New York private golf courses made Golfweek’s list?
Golfweek’s top private golf course in each state
Since there aren’t any rated private clubs in Alaska, the state isn’t included in Golfweek’s ranking. Here’s Golfweek’s top-rated private golf course for the remaining 49 states:
Emily Barnes reports on consumer-related issues for the USA TODAY Network’s New York Connect Team, focusing on scam and recall-related topics. Follow her on X and Instagram @byemilybarnes. Get in touch at ebarnes@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: 20 private golf courses in NY made Golfweek’s 2025 top list: See which ones
Reporting by Emily Barnes, New York Connect Team / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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