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Price legend

$$$$ = $60 & under

$$$$ = $61-$100

$$$$ = $101-$150

$$$$ = $151-$200

NOTES ABOUT PRICING: The course fees in this database are non-resident peak season (usually summer, but in hot-summer states, winter is the most expensive time to play). You can probably play for less by choosing off-season dates. If you're a resident of the city or state of the course, you might pay less. Military, senior, and junior rates also are usually lower. Many courses now use dynamic pricing, so the rate you pay may differ from what we've listed. We try our best to present accurate tee-time prices, but courses frequently adjust their fees. if you spot a mistake, please let us know

Coyote Springs Golf Club

Designed by Jack Nicklaus, this course offers stunning scenery and challenges for all skill levels. Located just outside Las Vegas, it's a must-play for golfers seeking a desert golf adventure.

Coyote Springs, Nevada

$$$

Weekend/holiday:

$120

Weekday:

$120

Designed by Jack Nicklaus, this course offers stunning scenery and challenges for all skill levels. Located just outside Las Vegas, it's a must-play for golfers seeking a desert golf adventure.

Cart:

NA

Length (yards):

7471

Par | slope:

72 | 149

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Crumpin-Fox Club

The course features an 18-hole course designed by Robert Trent Jones, Inc. Known for its challenging play and scenic beauty, the course winds through rolling hills with strategic bunkers and elevated greens. It is a membership club, but allows public play.

Bernardston, Massachusetts

$$$

Weekend/holiday:

$128

Weekday:

$108

The course features an 18-hole course designed by Robert Trent Jones, Inc. Known for its challenging play and scenic beauty, the course winds through rolling hills with strategic bunkers and elevated greens. It is a membership club, but allows public play.

Cart:

NA

Length (yards):

7023

Par | slope:

72 | 147

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Cypresswood - Tradition Course

The Cypresswood Tradition course is a highly acclaimed design featuring rolling fairways, strategically placed bunkers, and large undulating greens. Set amid towering pines, the challenging yet scenic layout requires careful course management and shot-making.

Spring, Texas

$$

Weekend/holiday:

$95

Weekday:

$68

The Cypresswood Tradition course is a highly acclaimed design featuring rolling fairways, strategically placed bunkers, and large undulating greens. Set amid towering pines, the challenging yet scenic layout requires careful course management and shot-making.

Cart:

Included

Length (yards):

7220

Par | slope:

72 | 140

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Darkhorse Golf Club

Golf Magazine chose Darkhorse as one of its Top 10 You Can Play in America; Golf Digest honored it as one of its Best New Affordable Public Courses. The Sacramento Bee voted the club as its No. 1 course to play in the Sacramento area. The course underwent an extensive renovation in 2019.

Auburn, California

$$

Weekend/holiday:

$89

Weekday:

$89

Golf Magazine chose Darkhorse as one of its Top 10 You Can Play in America; Golf Digest honored it as one of its Best New Affordable Public Courses. The Sacramento Bee voted the club as its No. 1 course to play in the Sacramento area. The course underwent an extensive renovation in 2019.

Cart:

NA

Length (yards):

7053

Par | slope:

72 | 139

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Denison Golf Club

This historic Donald Ross-designed course (opened in 1928) has long been noted as one of the best public courses in the Midwest.  It features 63 artfully placed sand bunkers, elevated and rolling greens, hilly and wooded terrain.

Granville, Ohio

$$

Weekend/holiday:

$85

Weekday:

$64

This historic Donald Ross-designed course (opened in 1928) has long been noted as one of the best public courses in the Midwest. It features 63 artfully placed sand bunkers, elevated and rolling greens, hilly and wooded terrain.

Cart:

Included

Length (yards):

6559

Par | slope:

71 | 130

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Devil's Thumb

Located at the base of the Grand Mesa, Devil’s Thumb Golf Course offers both a spectacular golf experience and a panorama of the mountains surrounding the Uncompaghre Valley. This prairie style links is nestled into a swath of Adobe Hills, which is why golfers describe a few holes as, “Playing golf on the moon.”

Delta, Colorado

$

Weekend/holiday:

$53

Weekday:

$38

Located at the base of the Grand Mesa, Devil’s Thumb Golf Course offers both a spectacular golf experience and a panorama of the mountains surrounding the Uncompaghre Valley. This prairie style links is nestled into a swath of Adobe Hills, which is why golfers describe a few holes as, “Playing golf on the moon.”

Cart:

$20

Length (yards):

7176

Par | slope:

72 | 126

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Diamond Spring Golf Course

Diamond Springs is a highly acclaimed public golf course, and a great bargain. Set amid rolling terrain and deep ravines, it features generous fairways, undulating greens, and a minimalist aesthetic.

Hamilton, Michigan

$

Weekend/holiday:

$60

Weekday:

$50

Diamond Springs is a highly acclaimed public golf course, and a great bargain. Set amid rolling terrain and deep ravines, it features generous fairways, undulating greens, and a minimalist aesthetic.

Cart:

$10

Length (yards):

6720

Par | slope:

72 | 131

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Divide Ranch & Club

The course is the centerpiece for Divide Ranch & Club, and offers extraordinary views. You tee off at the foot of the San Juan Mountains with Mount Sneffels rising to the south. Then you drive onto the mesa, where juniper, pinon, and ponderosa pine line the holes.

Ridgway, Colorado

$$$

Weekend/holiday:

$109

Weekday:

$109

The course is the centerpiece for Divide Ranch & Club, and offers extraordinary views. You tee off at the foot of the San Juan Mountains with Mount Sneffels rising to the south. Then you drive onto the mesa, where juniper, pinon, and ponderosa pine line the holes.

Cart:

NA

Length (yards):

7039

Par | slope:

72 | 134

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Duke University Golf Club

A beautiful 18-hole championship course designed by Robert Trent Jones in 1957. It is considered one of the best golf courses in the Southeast U.S.

Durham, North Carolina

$$$

Weekend/holiday:

$115

Weekday:

$95

A beautiful 18-hole championship course designed by Robert Trent Jones in 1957. It is considered one of the best golf courses in the Southeast U.S.

Cart:

$35

Length (yards):

7154

Par | slope:

72 | 145

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Eagle Eye Golf Club

In 2014, Golf Digest magazine rated Eagle Eye’s 18 holes as the 5th best public golf course in Michigan, and in 2017, Golf Advisor raters ranked Eagle Eye #5 in the nation.

Bath Township, Michigan

$$$

Weekend/holiday:

$150

Weekday:

$110

In 2014, Golf Digest magazine rated Eagle Eye’s 18 holes as the 5th best public golf course in Michigan, and in 2017, Golf Advisor raters ranked Eagle Eye #5 in the nation.

Cart:

Included

Length (yards):

7323

Par | slope:

72 | 145

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English Turn Golf & Country Club

This Jack Nicklaus Signature Design features holes each with an individual personality including numerous bunkers, large waste bunkers, plentiful grass depressions, and mounds which line the sculpted fairways. The property was designed with meandering lakes surrounding the golf course giving a separation from the community.

New Orleans, Louisiana

$$$

Weekend/holiday:

$150

Weekday:

$120

This Jack Nicklaus Signature Design features holes each with an individual personality including numerous bunkers, large waste bunkers, plentiful grass depressions, and mounds which line the sculpted fairways. The property was designed with meandering lakes surrounding the golf course giving a separation from the community.

Cart:

NA

Length (yards):

6924

Par | slope:

72 | 142

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Finley Golf Club - University of North Carolina

Steeped in history, Finley Golf Club offers a challenging course with scenic beauty and modern practice facilities. Home to the UNC Tar Heel golf teams.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

$$

Weekend/holiday:

$90

Weekday:

$80

Steeped in history, Finley Golf Club offers a challenging course with scenic beauty and modern practice facilities. Home to the UNC Tar Heel golf teams.

Cart:

$30

Length (yards):

7349

Par | slope:

72 | 141

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Best affordable US golf courses

This is our listing of the best affordable golf courses in the U.S. "Affordable" means different things to different golfers, but anything above $200 for 18 holes is excluded. 

You can filter courses by state, as well as by cost rating for the selected state.

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