50 best golf courses in the Southeast | GOLF’s 2024-25 ranking
The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island in South Carolina.
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Ah, golf in the Southeast United States.
Where to begin?
With the holy lands that are Augusta National and Seminole? With bold, brawny major venues like Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course or Quail Hollow in Charlotte? Or with what becomes the center of the golfing universe every March: the iconic Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass? And don’t even get us started on the wonders of Pinehurst No. 2, which just last summer showed out as the U.S. Open host site.
The region’s offerings are vast as they are diverse, which made ranking the top 50 golf courses in the Southeast no small task our team of expert raters.
So, how did this magnificent list of courses come together? To produce more detailed local portraits of golf across the country, GOLF created rankings within our rankings by carving the U.S. into four regions and identifying the top 50 courses in each, based on votes cast by our raters in 2024.
We first conducted this regional ranking in 2020, and we liked it so much — as did you — we decided to do it again.
Below you’ll find the top-50 rankings for the Southeast region. To browse the list, keep scrolling.
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The top 50 golf courses in the Southeast (2024-25)
1. Augusta National, Augusta, Ga.
2. Pinehurst No. 2, Pinehurst, N.C.
3. Seminole, Juno Beach, Fla.
4. Old Town Club, Winston-Salem, N.C.
5. Peachtree, Brookhaven, Ga.
6. Kiawah Island — Ocean, Kiawah Island, S.C.
7. Ohoopee Match Club, Cobbtown, Ga.
8. Yeamans Hall, Hanahan, S.C.
9. TPC Sawgrass — Players Stadium, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
10. Old Barnwell, Aiken, S.C.
11. The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn.
12. Wade Hampton, Cashiers, N.C.
13. Harbour Town, Hilton Head Island, S.C.
GOLF’s other course rankings: Top 100 in the World | Top 100 You Can Play | Top 100 Value Courses in the U.S. | America’s Best Municipal Courses | America’s Best Courses for $100 or Less | Top 100 in the U.K. and Ireland | Top 100 in Asia-Pacific | Top 100 Short Courses in the World
14. Pinehurst No. 10, Pinehurst, N.C.
15. Streamsong — Red, Bowling Green, Fla.
16. McArthur — Backyard, Hobe Sound, Fla.
17. Streamsong — Blue, Bowling Green, Fla.
18. Palmetto, Aiken, S.C.
19. Congaree, Ridgeland, S.C.
20. Pinehurst No. 4, Pinehurst, N.C.
21. Calusa Pines, Naples, Fla.
22. Tobacco Road, Sanford, N.C.
23. Mountain Lake, Lake Wales, Fla.
24. Tree Farm, Batesburg-Leesville, S.C.
25. Cabot Citrus Farms — Karoo, Brooksville, Fla.
26. Wicker Point, Alexander City, Ala.
27. East Lake, Atlanta, Ga.
28. McArthur — Front Yard, Hobe Sound, Fla.
29. Mid Pines, Southern Pines, N.C.
30. Indian Creek, Indian Creek, Fla.
31. Lookout Mountain, Lookout Mountain, Ga.
32. Omni Homestead — Cascades, Hot Springs, Va.
33. Shoal Creek, Birmingham, Ala.
34. The Park, West Palm Beach, Fla.
35. Jupiter Hills — Hills, Tequesta, Fla.
36. Streamsong — Black, Bowling Green, Fla.
37. Southern Pines, Southern Pines, N.C.
38. Pine Needles, Southern Pines, N.C.
39. Holston Hills, Knoxville, Tenn.
40. Quail Hollow, Charlotte, N.C.
41. Sea Island — Seaside, St. Simons Island, Ga.
42. Roaring Gap, Roaring Gap, N.C.
43. Country Club of Charleston, Charleston, S.C.
44. Dormie Club, West End, N.C.
45. The Concession, Bradenton, Fla.
46. Pine Tree, Boynton Beach, Fla.
47. Long Cove, Hilton Head Island, S.C.
48. Sage Valley, Graniteville, S.C.
49. The Alotian Club, Roland, Ark.
50. Secession, Beaufort, S.C.
GOLF’s other course rankings: Top 100 in the World | Top 100 You Can Play | Top 100 Value Courses in the U.S. | America’s Best Municipal Courses | America’s Best Courses for $100 or Less | Top 100 in the U.K. and Ireland | Top 100 in Asia-Pacific | Top 100 Short Courses in the World
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