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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

Grand National - Links Course

Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, the Links is a definite must-play. The par-4 18th is without a doubt the strongest finishing hole on the Trail. The drive must carry a corner of the lake, while the approach is played to a shallow pedestal green shored up by massive boulders.

Opelika, Alabama

$$$

Weekend/holiday:

$125

Weekday:

$125

Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, the Links is a definite must-play. The par-4 18th is without a doubt the strongest finishing hole on the Trail. The drive must carry a corner of the lake, while the approach is played to a shallow pedestal green shored up by massive boulders.

Cart:

Included

Length (yards):

7404

Par | slope:

72 | 142

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Green Mountain National

Carved out of the majestic Green Mountains, this course features gently sloping fairways with generous landing areas, distinctive changes in elevation, and undulating greens.

Killington, Vermont

$$

Weekend/holiday:

$70

Weekday:

$70

Carved out of the majestic Green Mountains, this course features gently sloping fairways with generous landing areas, distinctive changes in elevation, and undulating greens.

Cart:

$30

Length (yards):

6589

Par | slope:

71 | 138

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Grizzly Ranch Golf Club

Framed by the high desert and the million-acre Plumas National Forest, Grizzly Ranch is a championship course which stretches more than 7,400 yards from the tips. The course is located less than an hour drive from both Reno and Truckee,.

Portola, California

$$$$

Weekend/holiday:

$175

Weekday:

$175

Framed by the high desert and the million-acre Plumas National Forest, Grizzly Ranch is a championship course which stretches more than 7,400 yards from the tips. The course is located less than an hour drive from both Reno and Truckee,.

Cart:

Included

Length (yards):

7407

Par | slope:

72 | 144

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Harborside International Port Course

This challenging links course was designed in the true links tradition of windswept, Scottish, Irish, and English seaside courses. It features spectacular views of Chicago’s iconic skyline.

Chicago, Illinois

$$$

Weekend/holiday:

$135

Weekday:

$84

This challenging links course was designed in the true links tradition of windswept, Scottish, Irish, and English seaside courses. It features spectacular views of Chicago’s iconic skyline.

Cart:

Included

Length (yards):

7123

Par | slope:

72 | 137

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Hawktree Golf Course

The golf course offers 18 distinctive, unique holes, featuring natural elevation changes that are both unexpected and exciting. Natural hills and contours, brilliant coloration, plentiful wildlife, and native grasses add mightily to the eco experience.

Bismarck, North Dakota

$$

Weekend/holiday:

$95

Weekday:

$95

The golf course offers 18 distinctive, unique holes, featuring natural elevation changes that are both unexpected and exciting. Natural hills and contours, brilliant coloration, plentiful wildlife, and native grasses add mightily to the eco experience.

Cart:

$35

Length (yards):

7085

Par | slope:

72 | 140

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Haymaker Golf Course

Haymaker is a challenging links-style course with native grasses and wetlands to enhance the wide open fairways. Created out of vast ranch-land and rock piles, the course is home to many elk, eagles, and blue herons. (Rates are much lower outside of summer season.)

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

$$$$

Weekend/holiday:

$154

Weekday:

$154

Haymaker is a challenging links-style course with native grasses and wetlands to enhance the wide open fairways. Created out of vast ranch-land and rock piles, the course is home to many elk, eagles, and blue herons. (Rates are much lower outside of summer season.)

Cart:

NA

Length (yards):

7308

Par | slope:

72 | 140

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Heritage Hill Golf Club

Rated a Top 10 New Course in America for 2008 by Golf Digest, Heritage Hill Golf Club is an 18-hole championship golf course featuring bent grass greens and zoysia tees and fairways.

Shepherdsville, Kentucky

$

Weekend/holiday:

$55

Weekday:

$55

Rated a Top 10 New Course in America for 2008 by Golf Digest, Heritage Hill Golf Club is an 18-hole championship golf course featuring bent grass greens and zoysia tees and fairways.

Cart:

Included

Length (yards):

7142

Par | slope:

72 | 138

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Heritage Landing Golf & Country Club

Remastered in 2019, reshaping bunkers, redirecting the routing, and providing more visual aesthetics. It is part of a golf and country club community, but allows some public play (but no advance reservations; call on day you want to play).

Punta Gorda, Florida

$$$

Weekend/holiday:

$149

Weekday:

$149

Remastered in 2019, reshaping bunkers, redirecting the routing, and providing more visual aesthetics. It is part of a golf and country club community, but allows some public play (but no advance reservations; call on day you want to play).

Cart:

NA

Length (yards):

7122

Par | slope:

71 | 130

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Highland Park Golf Course

The course has short, narrow, and rolling fairways. It also features picturesque  views of the city of Birmingham and historic homes in the neighborhood. Golf.com has named it one of the Top 30 Municipal Golf Courses in the U.S.

Birmingham, Alabama

$$

Weekend/holiday:

$79

Weekday:

$69

The course has short, narrow, and rolling fairways. It also features picturesque views of the city of Birmingham and historic homes in the neighborhood. Golf.com has named it one of the Top 30 Municipal Golf Courses in the U.S.

Cart:

Included

Length (yards):

5800

Par | slope:

70 | 124

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Houston Oaks Golf Course

Houston Oaks has been rated by Golf Advisor as one of the Top 5 golf courses in Kentucky. The course was built on an old horse farm, in the heart of Kentucky's horse country.

Paris, Kentucky

$

Weekend/holiday:

$57

Weekday:

$47

Houston Oaks has been rated by Golf Advisor as one of the Top 5 golf courses in Kentucky. The course was built on an old horse farm, in the heart of Kentucky's horse country.

Cart:

Included

Length (yards):

6854

Par | slope:

72 | 141

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Idaho Club

This is Idaho’s only Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course. The course immerses players in the natural beauty of Moose Mountain and Lower Pack River. Firs and colorful native shrubs frame expertly laid holes, all with striking views of the surrounding mountains.

Sandpoint, Idaho

$$$$

Weekend/holiday:

$170

Weekday:

$150

This is Idaho’s only Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course. The course immerses players in the natural beauty of Moose Mountain and Lower Pack River. Firs and colorful native shrubs frame expertly laid holes, all with striking views of the surrounding mountains.

Cart:

Included

Length (yards):

7022

Par | slope:

71 | 149

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Indian Canyon Golf Course

This municipal course sits atop the west entrance to Spokane, overlooking the city. It requires accuracy from the tee to the green. The site of many major tournaments, the course is built on a canyon wall with a vertical drop of 240 feet amid many towering pines.

Spokane, Washington

$

Weekend/holiday:

$56

Weekday:

$56

This municipal course sits atop the west entrance to Spokane, overlooking the city. It requires accuracy from the tee to the green. The site of many major tournaments, the course is built on a canyon wall with a vertical drop of 240 feet amid many towering pines.

Cart:

$18

Length (yards):

6255

Par | slope:

71 | 123

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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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