Best in State
The best golf courses in Ohio
Though Ohio is most recognized in the golf world as Jack Nicklaus’ home state, its many notable parkland courses have it in the running for the best golf state in the Midwest. In fact, Nicklaus took up the game at one The Buckeye State’s best courses, Scioto Country Club, where he was mentored by club pro Jack Grout, who would become his lifelong teacher. In our latest America’s 100 Greatest and Second 100 Greatest Courses ranking, Ohio has eight courses inside the top 200, tied with Illinois for the most of any state in the Midwest.
Below you'll find our 2023-'24 ranking of the Best Golf Courses in Ohio.
We urge you to click through to each individual course page for bonus photography, drone footage and reviews from our course panelists. Plus, you can now leave your own ratings on the courses you’ve played … to make your case why your favorite should be ranked higher.
![1. (1) Muirfield Village Golf Club](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2021/11/best-new/Muirfield%20Village%20_18_JM21_0352%20hero%20crop.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.431.suffix/1637778571094.jpeg)
![2. (3) The Golf Club](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2021/5/The-Golf-Club-hole-5%20hero.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.431.suffix/1619964026703.jpeg)
![3. (2) Camargo Club](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2016/12/21/585ab847363d31b72bf397f5_2017-52-Camargo-Club-hole-5.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.646.suffix/1573414697660.jpeg)
![4. (4) Inverness Club](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/course-photos-for-places-to-play/inverness-club-ohio.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.574.suffix/1713311986390.jpeg)
![5. (5) Scioto Country Club](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/course-photos-for-places-to-play/scioto-country-club-ohio-first-8994.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.646.suffix/1683086966792.jpeg)
![6. (6) Double Eagle Club](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2016/12/18/5856bbd9f9388fc41a893d22_2017-86-Double-Eagle-Club-hole-16.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.646.suffix/1573414568854.jpeg)
![7. (8) Moraine Country Club](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/01/14/5c3c03a5e938b32b2f465b3a_196%20-%20Moraine%20-%20aerial%20-%20Jon%20Cavalier.jpeg.rend.hgtvcom.861.574.suffix/1573163046763.jpeg)
![8. (9) Canterbury Golf Club](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/course-photos-for-places-to-play/canterbury-seventeenth-8594.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.646.suffix/1647723652920.jpeg)
![10. (10) The Kirtland Country Club](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/course-photos-for-places-to-play/placeholder-images/Placeholder_2.png.rend.hgtvcom.861.485.suffix/1652210514302.png)
![11. (11) The Country Club](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/course-photos-for-places-to-play/placeholder-images/Placeholder_1.png.rend.hgtvcom.861.485.suffix/1652210514118.png)
![12. (12) NCR Country Club: South](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/course-photos-for-places-to-play/placeholder-images/Placeholder_3.png.rend.hgtvcom.861.485.suffix/1652210514464.png)
![14. (14) Firestone Country Club: South](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2021/9/100-greatest-public-new-additions/80%20-%20Firestone%20South%20Course%20View%20From%2055th%20Hole%20Balcony.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.574.suffix/1631122952997.jpeg)
![15. (15) Coldstream Country Club](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/course-photos-for-places-to-play/coldstream-country-club-sixth-8614.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.646.suffix/1674931245396.jpeg)
![16. (16) The Virtues Golf Club](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2018/08/07/5b69e4d8e1a2da0be72f9ee1_The-Virtues-Golf-Club-hole-9.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.485.suffix/1573246895243.jpeg)
![20. (NR) Brookside Golf and Country Club](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/course-photos-for-places-to-play/brookside-golf-and-country-club-sixteenth-hole-8579.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.646.suffix/1674658683827.jpeg)
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