Among best U.S. golf courses, these are the cheapest

A useful feature on this website is the database of the Best Affordable U.S. Golf Courses. We selected highly ranked public courses that you can play for under $200. But you can play for MUCH LESS than that upper limit. If you're hankering to play a great course at a bargain rate, check out these 2.

Buffalo Dunes Golf Course

Garden City, Kansas (locate)

Weekend: $30 - Weekday: $25 - Cart: $15

Annual memberships:

• $490/year covers all greens fees

• $1,210/year covers greens fees, cart, range balls
  

Buffalo Dunes is a true bargain, especially for a golf course that consistently gets high rankings as one of the best public courses in Kansas. GOLF.com in 2021 included the course as No. 2 in its list of Top 100 Value Courses in the U.S. GOLF also included it in The 30 Best Municipal Golf Courses in America. Buffalo Dunes was ranked as No. 2 on Golfweek’s Best Kansas Courses You Can Play list in 2020.

The course has only a few trees on the property. A golfer will notice the western Kansas landscape of sandhills and sunsets as they play through the course.

Buffalo Dunes Golf Course

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Gibson Bay Golf Course

Richmond, Kentucky (locate)

Weekend: $30 - Weekday: $20 - Cart: $16

Annual memberships:

• $650/year covers all greens fees

• $900/year covers greens fees, range balls
  

This course is a bargain! It's a long, open golf course which allows gusts of wind to be a factor in shot-making. Wayward tee shots will lead to side-hill lies and awkward approach shots. Many of the greens are set into hillsides and protected by strategically placed bunkers and mounding.

GolfPass members rate this course highly; 99.7% of reviewers recommend it. Gibson Bay has hosted many state championships and USGA qualifying events over the years.

Gibson Bay Golf Course

So, yes, it is still possible to play 18 holes at a high-quality, well-rated golf course for $30 and under! Such courses are a rare breed, but spend some time perusing our Affordable Courses database and you'll find a bunch more that are just a bit more.