The best golf courses in Maryland
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 4,024 rounds in Maryland and rate what they played. These are the 25 highest-rated public and private courses across Maryland, ranked by those community scores.

Blue
Congressional Country Club
Bethesda, MD, USAPrivateDevereux Emmet
- 4.8Conditions
- 4.6Layout
- 3.9Scenery
- 4.8Facilities
- Must play
- Locker rooms
- Pristine
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East
Baltimore Country Club
Lutherville, MD, USAPrivateA .W. Tillinghast
- 4.6Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.2Facilities
Tillinghast made great use of the natural rolling landscape on the East course. His large greens with plenty of undulation make for some quick and adventurous putts. Great course for the big stick, but your approach and distance control better be good or Tilly makes you pay.
Written by
@Jwguy
- Must play
- Fast greens
- Pristine

Caves Valley Golf Club
Owings Mills, MD, USAPrivateTom Fazio
- 4.7Conditions
- 4.4Layout
- 4.1Scenery
- 4.2Facilities
Total class and impeccable conditioning and service. Caddies are great. Only minor complaint would be several similar and not that memorable par 4s.
Written by
@StewartVerdery
- Restaurant
- Challenging
- Driving range

Chevy Chase Club
Chevy Chase, MD, USAPrivateDonald Ross
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.6Facilities
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Fast greens

TPC at Avenel
Potomac, MD, USAPrivateEd Ault & Tom Clark
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.1Layout
- 3.9Scenery
- 4.6Facilities
- Driving range
- Fast greens
- Restaurant

South
Woodmont Country Club
Rockville, MD, USAPrivateAlfred H. Tull & Arthur Hills
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 3.7Scenery
- 4.9Facilities
My favorite free side bunkering of any course I’ve played. Very fun course while also fairly difficult. Fast greens. Perfect fairways and tee boxes. Refreshment stations on almost every hole.
Written by
@Teddy
- Driving range
- Must play
- Grass range

Gold
Congressional Country Club
Bethesda, MD, USAPrivateDevereux Emmet
- 4.3Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 3.7Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

North
Woodmont Country Club
Rockville, MD, USAPrivateAlfred H. Tull & Arthur Hills
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.6Layout
- 3.6Scenery
- 4.3Facilities
More difficult than the south course. Perfect conditions and fast rounds. Amazing grass range and huge pro shop.
Written by
@Teddy
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Fast greens

Four Streams Golf Club
Beallsville, MD, USAPrivateSteve Smyers & Nick Price
- 4.5Conditions
- 5.0Layout
- 3.5Scenery
- 4.1Facilities
Easily one of my favorite course I have ever played. The vibes during the fall with the leaves changing are beautiful here. It’s in the middle of nowhere, very little members. Strictly golf and that’s what amazing about the course. Bunkers and greens are pristine.
Written by
@Kaner
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Pristine

Thousand Acres Lakeside Golf Club
Swanton, MD, USAPublicCraig Schreiner
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 3.7Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Pristine

Columbia Country Club
Chevy Chase, MD, USAPrivateHerbert H. Barker & Walter Travis
- 5.0Conditions
- 5.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.3Facilities
- Challenging
- Fast greens
- Walkable

Green Spring Valley Hunt Club
Owings Mills, MD, USAPrivateRobert Trent Jones Sr. & Tom Bendelow
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Hidden gem
- Restaurant

Burning Tree Club
Bethesda, MD, USAPrivateRobert Trent Jones Sr. & Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
- 4.8Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 4.7Scenery
- 4.9Facilities
- Driving range
- Fast greens
- Putting area

Elkridge Hunt
The Elkridge Club
Baltimore, MD, USAPrivateSeth Raynor
- 2.0Conditions
- 3.8Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 4.5Facilities
- Driving range
- Hidden gem
- Restaurant

Championship
Manor Country Club
Rockville, MD, USAPrivateHarry Collis & William S. Flynn
- Driving range
- Parkland
- Restaurant

Whiskey Creek Golf Club
Ijamsville, MD, USAPublicMike Poellot & Ernie Els
- 4.3Conditions
- 3.9Layout
- 3.1Value
- 3.2Scenery
- 3.4Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Hayfields Country Club
Hunt Valley, MD, USAPrivateBrian T. Ault
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.5Facilities
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Grass range

Rum Pointe Seaside Golf Links
Berlin, MD, USAPublicPete Dye & P. B. Dye
- 4.2Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 4.2Value
- 4.2Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
Could be better if it wasn’t so over played. The tee boxes, fairways, and greens are ravaged by too many players going through before the course can recover. And the staff/starter brags about how many people come through in a day.
Written by
@BenRyan
- Challenging
- Must play
- Views

The Links at Lighthouse Sound
Bishopville, MD, USAPublicArthur Hills
- 3.5Conditions
- 4.1Layout
- 3.0Value
- 4.3Scenery
- 4.3Facilities
Used to be one of the purest courses in OCMD, they have let it go a little because of how many tee times they allow. Still a beautiful track, but they need to offer less tee times to give the course time to breathe.
Written by
@Trevor
- Challenging
- Views
- Driving range

Talbot Country Club
Easton, MD, USAPrivateEd Ault
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Rolling Road Golf Club
Catonsville, MD, USAPrivateWillie Park Jr.
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 2.8Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Fast greens

Country Club of Maryland
Towson, MD, USAPrivateHerbert Strong
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 3.7Scenery
- 4.8Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

River
Queenstown Harbor Golf Links
Queenstown, MD, USAPublicLindsay Ervin
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
Quirky but fun and challenging course. Good conditions, pure greens. Some great views. Routing was a little odd at times and par 5s were less gettable than the rating would assume. I’d argue rated a tad too easy with hazards littered all over
Written by
@SeanGolfs

Bethesda Country Club
Bethesda, MD, USAPrivateArthur Hills
- 4.5Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- NRFacilities
Now this is nice! Amazing place. Super fancy. Automatic robot lawn mowers. Extremely narrow and hard. Conditions absolutley prestine
Written by
@pyoussef
- Walkable
- Traditional
- Challenging

Links at Perry Cabin
Saint Michaels, MD, USAPrivatePete Dye
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar
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How we rank
Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. State pages include golf courses across Maryland. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
FAQ
Common questions about course rankings in Maryland.
The top golf courses in Maryland on Course Vaults are led by Congressional Country Club with a Course Vaults score of 9.0. This page ranks 25 courses, including Congressional Country Club, Baltimore Country Club, Caves Valley Golf Club.
Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. State pages include golf courses across Maryland. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Maryland list ranks golf courses across the state that meet Course Vaults eligibility (open, public and private courses, and at least 5 explicit ratings).
Congressional Country Club is currently #1 among courses in Maryland on Course Vaults at 9.0 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 2:57 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
Cities in Maryland
- Berlin
- Bethesda
- Silver Spring
- Rockville
- Laytonsville
- Andrews AFB
- Baltimore
- Chevy Chase
- College Park
- Derwood
- Easton
- Ellicott City
- Ijamsville
- Lutherville
- McHenry
- Mount Airy
- Owings Mills
- Potomac
- Queenstown
- Annapolis
- Arnold
- Beallsville
- Bel Air
- Bishopville
- Cambridge
- Catonsville
- Clarksburg
- Columbia
- Crownsville
- Davidsonville
- Elkridge
- Essex
- Frederick
- Germantown
- Glenwood
- Hagerstown
- Havre de Grace
- Hunt Valley
- Joppa
- Laurel
- Marriottsville
- Middletown
- Mitchellville
- Myersville
- Ocean Pines
- Pasadena
- Phoenix
- Pikesville
- Poolesville
- Saint Michaels
- Salisbury
- Severna Park
- Street
- Swanton
- Timonium
- Towson
- Upper Marlboro
- Urbana
- West Friendship
- Westminster
- White Hall
- Windsor Mill
- Woodlawn
