Ohio (North & Central)
Quite a few of Ohio's golf courses that have made our list are private golf clubs with impeccable amenities. The best public golf courses here include the Avalon Lakes course, a lovely tree-lined layout with challenging holes, the top-rated Virtues Golf Club, and the championship layout at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course. To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the best courses in Ohio on our customised maps.
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Pete Dye
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Stanley Thompson
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Joe Salemi
Private club
Cleveland / Akron
Herbert Strong (1922); modifications by Bruce Hepner (2016).
Private club
Cleveland / Akron
Current layout designed by William S. Flynn (1928).
Private club
Columbus (OH)
Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish
Stay&Play possible
Cleveland / Akron
South course: original design by Bert Way (1929); redesign by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1960).
North course: Robert Trent Jones Sr (1969).
Fazio course: Tom Fazio (2001; 2021).
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Pete Dye & brother Roy Dye designed the original Lake and River nines.
Private club
Columbus (OH)
Pete Dye
Visitors welcome
Columbus (OH)
Original design by Donald Ross (1929), later revised by Jack Kidwell.
Private club
Toledo (OH)
Original design dates from 1903. Course remodelled by Donald Ross (1919); modifications by George & Tom Fazio (1979), Arthur Hills (1999) and Andrew Green (2018).
Private club
Cleveland / Akron
Charles "Hugh" Alison, long-time design associate of Harry Colt.
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry).
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Donald Ross
Visitors welcome
Toledo (OH)
Arthur Hills
Private club
Columbus (OH)
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course designed by Jack Nicklaus, with input from Desmond Muirhead and Pete Dye.
Private club
Columbus
Original design by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1939); renovated by Jack Nicklaus (2005).
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Brian Huntley
(Closed in 2020)
Columbus (OH)
Arthur Hills & Steve Forrest
Private club
Columbus (OH)
Original design by Donald Ross (1916); updated by Dick Wilson (early 1960s) and renovation by Jack Nicklaus & Dr Michael J. Hurdzan (2008).
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Stanley Thompson
Visitors welcome
Columbus (OH)
Arthur Hills
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Edmund B. "Ed" Ault
The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.
Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.
Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.
Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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