Michigan's best 20 public golf courses rankings: Arcadia Bluffs remains No. 1
It's our little secret: The state of Michigan continues to have some of the best public golf courses in the United States.
Yes, much of the golf world is starting to recognize The Mitten state has lots to offer with a wide variety of resorts, lakeside views, isolated forests, epic rolling terrain and farmland.
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Trying to narrow the more than 650 Michigan public-access golf courses into a top 20 is daunting, but that's just what Golfweek, part of the USA TODAY Network just like the Detroit Free Press, has been doing for many years.
Golfweek on Monday, June 2 revealed its full state-by-state rankings for public-access golf courses, and Michigan's top courses were distilled into the 20 best.
To no surprise, the top spots remain unchallenged. The original course at Arcadia Bluffs stays No. 1, and the one-of-a-kind Greywalls at Marquette Golf Club in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is firmly No. 2.
Forest Dunes' two courses in Roscommon — The Loop and the original Forest Dunes — remain Nos. 3-4, with Arcadia's South Course sticking at No. 5.
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One newcomer to this year's ranking is a familiar name: the Jones Masterpiece at Treetops Resort in Gaylord.
How do the rankings come to pass? Golfweek uses hundreds of course raters to analyze 10 different criteria on a scale of 1-10 at each place to produce an average course rating. Those categories include routing, conditioning, greens, and memorability and variety of golf holes. Raters also file a single, overall rating on each course, which are averaged to produce all of Golfweek's Best course rankings.
To qualify, a course must allow public play in some fashion. "If there's a will, there's a tee time — no membership required," Golfweek's creative director and travel editor Jason Lusk writes.
Here is Golfweek's top 20 ranking for Michigan golf courses as of 2025:
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Michigan best public golf course rankings for 2025 by Golfweek
*Indicates location in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
1. Arcadia Bluffs (Bluffs Course), Arcadia (last year's rank: 1)
2. *Marquette Golf Club (Greywalls), Marquette (2)
WORTH THE HYPE: Greywalls feels like a time warp back to Jurassic era
OLD SCHOOL GEM: This might be Michigan's most underrated golf course
THE BEST: No. 1 public golf course in metro Detroit brings some of The Masters to Michigan
Dropped: Diamond Springs, Hamilton (19)
Find the rest of Golfweek's state-by-state rankings, and check back for more rankings in June.
Marlowe Alter is an assistant sports editor at the Detroit Free Press and spraying golf aficionado. You can reach him by email: malter@freepress.com.
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