Welcome to Golfweek’s Best 2026 list of top casino golf courses. This list focuses on courses in the United States that are owned and/or operated by or in conjunction with casinos, with data pulled from Golfweek‘s massive database of course rankings.
The hundreds of members of Golfweek‘s course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course, using a 10-point scale. Those individual overall ratings are averaged to produce a final rating for each course that is then used to compile the Golfweek’s Best course rankings. Click here to learn more about he we rank courses.
Listed with each course below is its 2025 rank, average rating, location, designer(s) and whether the course is modern (m, built in or after 1960) or classic (c, built before 1960).
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1. Shadow Creek
2025 ranking: 1
Average rating: 7.99
Location: North Las Vegas, NV
Designer(s): Tom Fazio
Era: Modern
2. Fallen Oak
2025 ranking: 2
Average rating: 7.03
Location: Saucier, MS
Designer(s): Tom Fazio
Era: Modern
3. Cache Creek Casino (Yocha Dehe)
2025 ranking: 3
Average rating: 6.88
Location: Brooks, CA
Designer(s): Brad Bell
Era: Modern
4. The Greenbrier (Old White)
2025 ranking: 5
Average rating: 6.80
Location: White Sulphur Springs, WV
Designer(s): Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor, Lester George
Era: Classic
5. French Lick Resort (Pete Dye Course)
2025 ranking: 4
Average rating: 6.77
Location: French Lick, IN
Designer(s): Pete Dye
Era: Modern
6. We-Ko-Pa (Saguaro)
2025 ranking: 6
Average rating: 6.60
Location: Fort McDowell, AZ
Designer(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
Era: Modern
T7. The Wilderness at Fortune Bay
2025 ranking: 7
Average rating: 6.53
Location: Tower, MN
Designer(s): Jeff Brauer
Era: Modern
T7. Barona Resort & Casino (Barona Creek)*
Average rating: 6.53
Location: Lakeside, CA
Designer(s): Gary Roger Baird, Todd Eckenrode
Era: Modern
9. The Preserve
2025 ranking: T12
Average rating: 6.52
Location: Vancleave, MS
Designer(s): Jerry Pate
Era: Modern
10. Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort (Circling Raven)
2025 ranking: 17
Average rating: 6.49
Location: Worley, ID
Designer(s): Gene Bates
Era: Modern
11. Spirit Hollow
2025 ranking: 8
Average rating: 6.46
Location: Burlington, IA
Designer(s): Rick Jacobson
Era: Modern
T12. Nemacolin (Mystic Rock)
2025 ranking: 11
Average rating: 6.42
Location: Farmington, PA
Designer(s): Pete Dye
Era: Modern
T12. Turning Stone Resort Casino (Atunyote)
2025 ranking: T9
Average rating: 6.42
Location: Verona, NY
Designer(s): Tom Fazio
Era: Modern
T12. Wynn Golf Club
2025 ranking: 15
Average rating: 6.42
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Designer(s): Tom Fazio
Era: Modern
T12. Island Resort and Casino (Sweetgrass)
2025 ranking: T9
Average rating: 6.42
Location: Harris, MI
Designer(s): Paul Albanese
Era: Modern
16. Edgewood Tahoe Resort
2025 ranking: T12
Average rating: 6.41
Location: Tahoe, NV
Designer(s): George Fazio
Era: Modern
17. Ak-Chin Southern Dunes
2025 ranking: 16
Average rating: 6.40
Location: Maricopa, AZ
Designer(s): Brian Curley, Lee Schmidt
Era: Modern
18. French Lick Resort (Donald Ross Course)
2025 ranking: T12
Average rating: 6.38
Location: French Lick, IN
Designer(s): Donald Ross
Era: Classic
19. Prairie Band Casino & Resort (Firekeeper)
2025 ranking: 20
Average rating: 6.27
Location: Mayetta, KS
Designer(s): Jeff Brauer, Notah Begay
Era: Modern
20. Dancing Rabbit (Oaks)
2025 ranking: T18
Average rating: 6.26
Location: Philadelphia, MS
Designer(s): Tom Fazio, Jerry Pate
Era: Modern
21. Island Resort & Casino (Sage Run)
2025 ranking: 21
Average rating: 6.25
Location: Bark River, MI
Designer(s): Paul Albanese
Era: Modern
22. We-Ko-Pa (Cholla)
2025 ranking: 23
Average rating: 6.22
Location: Fort McDowell, AZ
Designer(s): Scott Miller
Era: Modern
23. The Country Club at the Golden Nugget
2025 ranking: 22
Average rating: 6.20
Location: Lake Charles, LA
Designer(s): Todd Eckenrode
Era: Modern
24. Whirlwind (Devil’s Claw)
2025 ranking: 28
Average rating: 6.10
Location: Chandler, AZ
Designer(s): Gary Panks
Era: Modern
25. Fantasy Springs Resort (Eagle Falls)
2025 ranking: 25
Average rating: 6.09
Location: Indio, CA
Designer(s): Clive Clark
Era: Modern
26. Salish Cliffs
2025 ranking: 24
Average rating: 6.06
Location: Shelton, WA
Designer(s): Gene Bates
Era: Modern
T27. Riverside Casino & Golf Resort (Blue Top Ridge)
2025 ranking: 27
Average rating: 6.05
Location: Riverside, IA
Designer(s): Rees Jones
Era: Modern
T27. Meadows at Mystic Lake
2025 ranking: T18
Average rating: 6.05
Location: Prior Lake, MN
Designer(s): Garrett Gill, Paul Miller
Era: Modern
29. Nemacolin (Shepherd’s Rock)
2025 ranking: 26
Average rating: 5.97
Location: Farmington, PA
Designer(s): Pete Dye
Era: Modern
30. Tatanka
2025 ranking: T29
Average rating: 5.94
Location: Niobrara, NE
Designer(s): Paul Albanese
Era: Modern
T31. Turning Stone Resort Casino (Shenendoah)
2025 ranking: T29
Average rating: 5.92
Location: Verona, NY
Designer(s): Rick Smith
Era: Modern
T31. Whirlwind (Cattail)
2025 ranking: 35
Average rating: 5.92
Location: Chandler, AZ
Designer(s): Gary Panks
Era: Modern
33. Sandia
2025 ranking: T29
Average rating: 5.89
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Designer(s): Scott Miller
Era: Modern
34. Shell Landing
2025 ranking: T33
Average rating: 5.88
Location: Gautier, MS
Designer(s): Davis Love III
Era: Modern
35. Cherokee Hills
2025 ranking: T33
Average rating: 5.87
Location: Catoosa, OK
Designer(s): Perry Maxwell, Tripp Davis
Era: Classic
36. Kalispel
2025 ranking: 36
Average rating: 5.86
Location: Spokane, WA
Designer(s): Jim Barnes, Robert Johnstone
Era: Classic
37. Dancing Rabbit (Azaleas)
2025 ranking: 32
Average rating: 5.84
Location: Philadelphia, MS
Designer(s): Tom Fazio, Jerry Pate
Era: Modern
38. Seneca Hickory Stick
2025 ranking: 37
Average rating: 5.78
Location: Lewiston, NY
Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Era: Modern
39. Journey at Pechanga
2025 ranking: 38
Average rating: 5.77
Location: Temecula, CA
Designer(s): Steve Forrest, Arthur Hills
Era: Modern
40. Thornberry Creek at Oneida
2025 ranking: 43
Average rating: 5.74
Location: Oneida, WI
Designer(s): Rick Jacobson
Era: Modern
41. Belterra
2025 ranking: 39
Average rating: 5.73
Location: Florence, IN
Designer(s): Tom Fazio
Era: Modern
42. Sequoyah National
2025 ranking: 41
Average rating: 5.71
Location: Whittier, NC
Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Era: Modern
43. The Greenbrier (Greenbrier)
2025 ranking: 40
Average rating: 5.69
Location: White Sulphur Springs, WV
Designer(s): Seth Raynor, George O’Neil, Jack Nicklaus
Era: Classic
44. Turning Stone Resort Casino (Kaluhyat)
2025 ranking: 42
Average rating: 5.62
Location: Verona, NY
Designer(s): Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Era: Modern
45. Island View Casino Resort (Windance)*
Average rating: 5.60
Location: Gulfport, MS
Designer(s): Mark McCumber
Era: Modern
46. Lake of Isles (North)
2025 ranking: 44
Average rating: 5.54
Location: North Stonington, CT
Designer(s): Rees Jones
Era: Modern
47. Talking Stick (O’odham)
2025 ranking: T48
Average rating: 5.42
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Designer(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
Era: Modern
T48. Bali Hai
2025 ranking: 45
Average rating: 5.41
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Designer(s): Brian Curley, Lee Schmidt
Era: Modern
T48. Talking Stick (Pipaash)
2025 ranking: 47
Average rating: 5.41
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Designer(s): Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw
Era: Modern
50. Casino del Sol (Sewailo)
2025 ranking: 46
Average rating: 5.38
Location: Tucson, AZ
Designer(s): Ty Butler, Notah Begay
Era: Modern
Jason Lusk is Golfweek’s travel and golf course architecture editor, as well as the print magazine’s creative director. He has written for and designed Golfweek for more than two decades.
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