Ohio (North & Central)
Quite a few of Ohio's golf courses that have made our list are private golf clubs with impeccable amenities. The best public golf courses here include the Avalon Lakes course, a lovely tree-lined layout with challenging holes, the top-rated Virtues Golf Club, and the championship layout at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course. To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the best courses in Ohio on our customised maps.
(Closed in 2020)
Columbus (OH)
Arthur Hills & Steve Forrest
Private club
Columbus (OH)
Pete Dye
Private club
Cleveland / Akron
Herbert Strong (1922); modifications by Bruce Hepner (2016).
Private club
Cleveland / Akron
Current layout designed by William S. Flynn (1928).
Private club
Columbus (OH)
Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish
Private club
Toledo (OH)
Original design dates from 1903. Course remodelled by Donald Ross (1919); modifications by George & Tom Fazio (1979), Arthur Hills (1999) and Andrew Green (2018).
Private club
Columbus (OH)
Original design by Donald Ross (1916); updated by Dick Wilson (early 1960s) and renovation by Jack Nicklaus & Dr Michael J. Hurdzan (2008).
Private club
Columbus
Original design by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1939); renovated by Jack Nicklaus (2005).
Private club
Columbus (OH)
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course designed by Jack Nicklaus, with input from Desmond Muirhead and Pete Dye.
Private club
Cleveland / Akron
Charles "Hugh" Alison, long-time design associate of Harry Colt.
Stay&Play possible
Cleveland / Akron
South course: original design by Bert Way (1929); redesign by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1960).
North course: Robert Trent Jones Sr (1969).
Fazio course: Tom Fazio (2001; 2021).
Visitors welcome
Toledo (OH)
Visitors welcome
Columbus (OH)
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Pete Dye
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Stanley Thompson
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry).
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Visitors welcome
Columbus (OH)
Arthur Hills
Visitors welcome
Cleveland / Akron
Ryder Cup: Rome plays host to the first ever Ryder Cup to be staged in Italy, with the USA defending golf’s greatest team trophy at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club (Sept 29-Oct 1).
Solheim Cup: also in September, also in southern Europe, the 18th Solheim Cup will be contested at Finca Cortesin on the Costa del Sol, with Europe defending after their surprise win in Toledo, Inverness Club (Ohio) in 2021 (Sept 22-24).
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Céline Boutier: with many successes as both an amateur and professional golfer, Boutier added a major championship title to her impressive résumé at this year’s Evian Championship.
Alex Cejka: buffeted by rain and high winds, especially on the high-scoring final day, Čejka prevailed over Pádraig Harrington in a playoff at Royal Porthcawl, to scoop the Senior Open Championship title.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
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