If you have ever examined a scorecard or posted a score for handicap purposes, you have probably seen the terms Course Rating™ and Slope Rating®. While most golfers know they pertain to course ...

Information on The List was obtained from the United States Golf Association's Course Rating and Slope Database. Data was compiled as of August 28, 2025. In case of ties, the toughest golf courses are ...

Note: Ties broken by course rating. Sources: USGA and the courses Ranked by Slope rating © 2025 American City Business Journals. All rights reserved. Use of and/or ...

Welcome to Golfweek’s Best 2025 list of the top resort golf courses in the United States. The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 ...

Travel specialists Leading Courses have set out to examine, using their data, where the best value green fees can be found within Spain and Portugal on a regional basis. To do this, they analysed the ...

For a score to be acceptable for handicap purposes, it must be played on a set of tees on a golf course with a valid Course Rating and Slope Rating. All tees up to 6,000 yards on an 18-hole course ...