24-06-2025
Best Pennsylvania public and private golf courses: Oakmont, Merion still top private clubs
Pennsylvania has a wide array of impressive golf courses both public and private.
Some have often been considered the best golf courses in the United States and have played host to major championships, such as the US Open at Oakmont this year.
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Golfweek (part of the USA TODAY network) released its 2025 rankings of each state's best public and private golf courses, including the top 10 public courses and top 20 private courses in Pennsylvania.
Golfweek's Top Public Courses: Golfweek's Best 2025: Top public-access golf courses in every state, ranked
Golfweek's Top Private Courses: Golfweek's Best 2025: Top private golf courses in every state, ranked
Golfweek's rankings are determined by a panel of more than 800 raters from around the world. Rankings are determined on a list of 10 criteria with their own 10-point scales. Criteria include routing, variety and memorability of par 3s, 4s and 5s, greens, landscaping, conditioning and a "walk in the park" test.
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Both Oakmont and Omni Bedford Springs retained their titles as the top private and public courses in Pennsylvania from last year's rankings. Oakmont and fellow private course rankings leader Merion East were ranked as the No. 8 and No. 13 best golf courses in the world by
The top five private courses in Pennsylvania remained the same as in 2024. Merion East slid into second place behind Oakmont, Philadelphia Cricket Club's Wissahickon course was third, Fox Chapel in Pittsburgh was No. 4 and Aronimink in Newtown Square came in at fifth. The top five public courses in the state also remained the same, with some minor changes in the order compared to 2024.
Two new courses also made their way into the rankings this year. Penn National's Founders Course slid into a tie for eighth place on the public courses lists, while Sunnehanna in Johnstown came in at No. 18 on the private courses list.
See the entire ranking of public and private Pennsylvania courses below.
Pennsylvania's best public golf course rankings in 2025 by Golfweek
1. Omni Bedford Springs, Old Course, Bedford (last year's ranking: 1)
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2. Nemacolin, Mystic Rock Course, Farmington (2)
3. Olde Stonewall, Ellwood City (4)
T4. Golf Course at Glen Mills (3)
T4. Hershey Country Club, West Course (5)
6. Nemacolin, Shepherd's Rock Course, Farmington (6)
7. Jeffersonville Golf Course (7)
T8. Wyncote, Oxford (9)
T8. Penn National, Founders Course, Fayetteville (not ranked)
10. Links at Gettysburg (7)
Dropped out: Club at Morgan Hill (10)
Pennsylvania's best private golf course rankings in 2025 by Golfweek
1. Oakmont Country Club (last year's ranking: 1)
2. Merion, East Course, Ardmore (2)
3. Philadelphia Cricket Club, Wissahickon Course, Flourtown (3)
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4. Fox Chapel, Pittsburgh (4)
5. Aronimink, Newtown Square (5)
6. Lancaster Country Club (6)
7. Laurel Valley, Ligonier (7)
8. Country Club of Scranton, Clarks Summit (8)
9. Gulph Mills, King of Prussia (9)
10. Stonewall, Old Course, Elverson (10)
11. Rolling Green, Springfield (11)
12. Huntingdon Valley (T12)
13. Saucon Valley Old Course, Bethlehem (16)
14. Applebrook, Malvern (18)
T15. Kahkwa Club, Erie (T12)
T15. Pittsburgh Field Club (T14)
17. Manufacturers, Fort Washington (T19)
18. Sunnehanna, Johnstown (not ranked)
19. Saucon Valley, Weyhill Course, Bethlehem (T14)
20. Longue Vue, Verona
Dropped out: Philadelphia Country Club, Spring Mill Course (17)
This article originally appeared on York Daily Record: Best Pennsylvania public and private golf courses: Golfweek rankings
