Each year, we publish the three lists that are the foundation of our course-ratings program: Golfweek’s Best 2020: Top 200 Classic Courses, Golfweek’s Best 2020: Top 200 Modern Courses and Golfweek’s Best 2020: Best Courses You Can Play.
Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play 2020 in New York
- Bethpage State Park (Black), Farmingdale (No. 27 c)
- Trump Golf Links Ferry Point, New York (m)
- Turning Stone Resort (Atunyote), Verona (m)
- Leatherstocking, Cooperstown (c)
- Sagamore, Bolton Landing (c)
- Pound Ridge GC, Pound Ridge (m)
- Montauk Downs State Park, Montauk Point (m)
- Bethpage State Park (Red), Farmingdale (c)
- Turning Stone Resort (Shenendoah), Verona (m)
- Conklin Players Club, Conklin (m)
- Turning Stone Resort (Kaluhyat), Verona (m)
- Saratoga National, Saratoga (m)
- *Links at Union Vale, Lagrangeville (m)
- *Centennial, Carmel (m)
- Seneca Hickory Stick, Lewiston (m)
*New to the list in 2020
(m): modern
(c): classic
Golfweek’s Best Private Courses 2020 in New York
- Shinnecock Hills, Southampton (No. 4 c)
- National Golf Links of America, Southampton (No. 5 c)
- Fishers Island Club, Fishers Island (No. 10 c)
- Friar’s Head, Baiting Hollow (No. 3 m)
- Winged Foot (West), Mamaroneck (No. 16 c)
- Sebonack, Southampton (No. 6 m)
- Quaker Ridge, Scarsdale (No. 28 c)
- Garden City GC, Garden City (No. 29 c)
- Maidstone Club, East Hampton (No. 30 c)
- Winged Foot (East), Mamaroneck (No. 35 c)
* New or returning to the list; c: Classic, built before 1960. m: Modern, built in 1960 or after
Golfweek’s Best 2020
- Top 100 Best Courses You Can Play
- Best Courses You Can Play, state by state
- Top 200 Modern Courses
- Top 200 Classic Courses
- Best Private Courses, state by state
How we rate them
The members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings on each course are averaged together to produce a final rating for each course. Then each course is ranked against other courses in its state, or nationally, to produce the final rankings.
