The best public-access and private golf courses in Pennsylvania, ranked

Looking to play the best golf courses in Pennsylvania? Welcome to our annual Golfweek’s Best ranking of public-access and private courses.

Following are the rankings for both types of courses, as judged by our nationwide network of raters. The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings are averaged to produce all our Golfweek’s Best course rankings.

The courses on the first 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 – no membership required.

KEY: (m) modern, built in 1960 or after; (c) classic, built before 1960. For courses with a number preceding the (m) or (c), that is where the course ranks on Golfweek’s Best lists for top 200 modern and classic courses in the U.S.

* indicates new or returning to the rankings

Best public-access courses in Pennsylvania

1. Omni Bedford Springs (Old)

Bedford (c)

2. Nemacolin (Mystic Rock)

Farmington (m)

3. Golf Course at Glen Mills

Glen Mills (m)

4. Olde Stonewall

Ellwood City (m)

5. Hershey CC (West)

Hershey (c)

6. Nemacolin (Shepherd’s Rock)

Farmington (m)

T7. Links at Gettysburg

Gettysburg (m)

T7. Jeffersonville GC

Jeffersonville (c)

9. Wyncote

Oxford (m)

10. Club at Morgan Hill

Easton (m)

Best private courses in Pennsylvania

1. Oakmont CC

Oakmont (6c)

3. Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon)

Flourtown (T43c)

4. Fox Chapel

Pittsburgh (62c)

5. Aronimink

Newtown Square (64c)

6. Lancaster CC

Lancaster (T77c)

7. Laurel Valley

Ligonier (86c)

8. CC of Scranton

Clarks Summit (95c)

9. Gulph Mills

King of Prussia (T11c)

10. Stonewall (Old)

Elverson (T122m)

11. Rolling Green

Springfield (T125c)

T12. Huntingdon Valley

Huntingdon Valley (T128c)

T12. Kahkwa Club

Erie (c)

T14. Pittsburgh Field Club

Pittsburgh (T135c)

T14. Saucon Valley (Weyhill)

Bethlehem (T161m)

16. Saucon Valley (Old)

Bethlehem (T138c)

17. Philadelphia CC (Spring Mill)

Gladwyne (141c)

18. Applebrook*

Malvern (T178m)

T19. Longue Vue

Verona (T146c)

T19. Manufacturers

Fort Washington (T146c)