See the top 5 public and private Iowa golf courses, ranked by Golfweek

Iowa golfers trying to play the state’s finest programs might need to plan a visit east this summer season.

In Golfweek’s annual rankings, up to date this month, Spirit Hole Golf Course in Burlington was named Iowa’s finest public course and Nice Valley’s Davenport Nation Membership topped the state’s record of personal programs.

A world judging panel evaluates and ranks programs frequently based mostly on 10 standards on a factors foundation of 1 by 10, in line with Golfweek. Judges additionally file a single, total score on every course. These total rankings are averaged to supply these rankings.

Three Iowa programs made nationwide rankings this yr: The Davenport Nation Membership and Cedar Rapids Nation Membership are within the prime 200 traditional programs in the U.S, rating quantity 73 and 88, respectively. The Harvester Membership in Rhodes falls inside the prime 200 fashionable programs within the nation, score 77. 

Under are the highest rankings for each private and non-private golf programs in Iowa for 2022, in line with Golfweek.

Finest public-access golf programs in Iowa 

1. Spirit Hole

Burlington

2. Blue High Ridge

Riverside

3. Match Membership of Iowa

Polk Metropolis

4. Amana Colonies

Amana

5. Finkbine

Iowa Metropolis

Finest non-public golf programs in Iowa 

All of the programs on this record are non-public and don’t settle for daily-fee or resort play.

1. Davenport County Membership 

Nice Valley

2. Cedar Rapids Nation Membership

Cedar Rapids

3. The Harvester

Rhodes

4. Des Moines Golf and County Membership (North)

West Des Moines

5. Wakonda Membership*

Des Moines

Virginia Barreda is a trending and common task reporter for the Des Moines Register. She could be reached at vbarreda@gannett.com. Observe her on Twitter at @vbarreda2.