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Best golf courses in Georgia for 2024-25

By: GOLF's Course Raters and Ran Morrissett, Architecture Editor
December 17, 2024
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THe Seaside Course at Sea Island in Sea Island, Ga.

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As part of GOLF’s rigorous ratings process for our newly released Top 100 Courses in the U.S. and Top 100 Courses You Can Play rankings, our fleet of 100-plus expert panelists identified the best golf courses in every state.

You can check out the links below to browse all of our course rankings, or scroll down to see the best courses in Georgia. And if you’re looking to create your own trip in the future, you’d be wise to let GOLF’s new Course Finder tool assist you. Here, you can toggle all of our lists — Top 100 public, best munis, best short courses, best par-3s and more — or filter by price to create the perfect itinerary for your next trip.

GOLF’s other course rankings: Top 100 Courses in the World | Top 100 Courses in the U.S. | Top 100 Courses You Can Play | Top 100 Value Courses in the U.S. | America’s Best Municipal Courses | The 100 Best Short Courses in the World

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The best golf courses in Georgia (2024/2025)

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# = Top 100 Course in the U.S.
Y = Top 100 You Can Play in the U.S.
V = Top 100 Value Course in the U.S.
P = Public/Resort

Ed. note: Some courses were omitted from our rankings because they did not receive enough votes.

1. Augusta National (Augusta) [#]

Augusta National is the vision of Bobby Jones and his chosen architect, Alister MacKenzie. Both intended for Augusta National to reflect the spirit and strategic options of the Old Course at St. Andrews, the course that they admired most. Nearly every hole at St. Andrews and Augusta National provides a safe route to the green and also a riskier one. The removal of trees down the right of 11 prior to the 2022 Masters was met with applause by design aficionados who hope that the club continues to restore width and playing angles. Recent lengthening of the two par-5s on the back (13 and 15) has the pros reconsidering the risk/reward of trying to reach those well defended greens in two.

12th green augusta national
The 12th green at Augusta National. Getty Images

2. Peachtree (Atlanta) [#]

Built in the late 1940s, this Robert Trent Jones Sr. design came before he acquired his Oakland Hills “monster” rep. More of Stanley Thompson’s influence is seen in Jones’ early work, highlighted here by his imaginative — and enormous — punchbowl green at the 10th. Seventy-five years later and this Georgia course still adheres to the founding vision, which speaks volumes to the quality of RTJ’s original design.

A view of beautiful Peachtree. Dave Samson

3. Ohoopee Match Club (Cobbtown) [#]

Sand accumulated on the east side of the Ohoopee River for centuries. Ultimately, Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner were given this dream site upon which to build an original design. Their own sense of aesthetics complemented the rustic site’s color palette of browns, rusts and tans. The result is a low-profile design that beguiles. Be careful of its short par-4s: the 4th, 9th and 14th all tempt with driver off the tee — and punish rash tactics. The course isn’t overseeded, and the release of the ball across its dormant fairways allows the first-class architecture to shine. It also signifies the owner’s high golf IQ. 

4. East Lake (Atlanta)

5. Lookout Mountain (Lookout Mountain)

6. Sea Island – Seaside (Sea Island) [Y, P]

Shared design credit goes to Harry Colt and Charles Alison, but this is really Tom Fazio’s course now. His 1999 renovation merged nine of the Brits’ original holes with another nine to create a harmonious modern knockout that stays true to its Golden Age roots. Littered with clamshell bunkers and exposed dunes, the routing winds through coastal waterways to a majestic backside that is one of America’s great nine-hole stretches. Basket-topped pins add to the old-school vibe. Many believe Seaside is the most underrated course on the PGA Tour — no wonder so many A-list pros live and practice here.

7. Atlanta Athletic Club – Riverside (Johns Creek)

8. Ocean Forest (Sea Island)

9. Atlanta Athletic Club – Highlands (Johns Creek)

10. Augusta CC (Augusta)

11. Frederica (St. Simons Island)

12. Cuscowilla (Eatonton)

13. Rivermont (Johns Creek)

14. Champions Retreat – Bluff/Island (Evans)

15. Atlanta CC (Marietta)

16. Reynolds Lake Oconee – Great Waters (Greensboro) [Y, P]

17. McLemore Club – Highlands (Rising Fawn) [P]

18. Ford Field and River Club (Richmond Hill)

19. The Farm (Rocky Face)

20. Brunswick (Brunswick)

How we rank our courses

For our newly released Top 100 U.S. and Top 100 You Can Play lists — a process that helped us create 50 best-in-state rankings — each panelist was provided a ballot that consisted of 609 courses. Beside the list of courses were 11 “buckets,” or groupings. If our panelists considered a course to be among the top three in the U.S., they ticked that first column. If they believed the course to be among Nos. 4-10, they checked that column, followed by 11-25, 26-50, and so on out to 250+ and even a column for “remove.” Panelists were also free to write in courses that they felt should have been included on the ballot.

Points were assigned to each bucket; to arrive at an average score for each course, we divide its aggregate score by the number of votes. From those point tallies, the courses are then ranked accordingly. It is an intentionally simple and straightforward process. Why? Because it historically has produced results that are widely lauded. Like the game itself, there’s no need to unnecessarily complicate things or try to fix something that already works so well.

The key to the process is the experience and expertise of our panel. Hailing from 15 nations and all the worldwide golf meccas, each of our 127 handpicked panelists has a keen eye for architecture, both regionally and globally. Many of our panelists have played more than 1,000 courses in 20-plus countries, some over 2,000. Their handicaps range from +5 to 15.

Because the nature of course rating is so intensely subjective, no one opinion carries the day. The only way, then, to build meaningful consensus is to incorporate this diversity of panelists and experiences into one ranking.

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