The best private courses in Newport, Rhode Island
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members log rounds and rate what they played. These are the 13 highest-rated private clubs within about 25 miles of Newport, Rhode Island, ranked by those community scores.
+198.8(Main) Shelter Harbor Golf Club
Charlestown, RI, USA
+188.8Newport Country Club
Newport, RI, USA
+58.5Sakonnet Golf Club
Little Compton, RI, USA
+98.2Point Judith Country Club
Narragansett, RI, USA
+138.0Rhode Island Country Club
Barrington, RI, USA
+117.7Potowomut Golf Club
Warwick, RI, USA
+67.7Warwick Country Club
Warwick, RI, USA
+67.6Valley Country Club
Warwick, RI, USA
+87.5Wanumetonomy Golf & Country Club
Middletown, RI, USA
+57.1Country Club of New Bedford
North Dartmouth, MA, USA
+67.1Fall River Country Club
Fall River, MA, USA
+126.1Alpine Country Club
Cranston, RI, USA
+64.6Winnapaug Country Club
Westerly, RI, USA
How we rank
Course Vaults ranks private 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 private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Newport, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
FAQ
Common questions about private course rankings in Newport, Rhode Island.
The top private golf courses in Newport, Rhode Island on Course Vaults are led by Shelter Harbor Golf Club with a Course Vaults score of 8.8. This page ranks 13 courses, including Shelter Harbor Golf Club, Newport Country Club, Sakonnet Golf Club.
Course Vaults ranks private 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 private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Newport, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Newport, Rhode Island list includes private golf courses within about 25 miles of Newport, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Shelter Harbor Golf Club is currently #1 among private courses in and around Newport, Rhode Island on Course Vaults at 8.8 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Sep 25, 2026, 5:34 AM EDT. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
