The best courses you can play in Ankeny, Iowa
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members log rounds and rate what they played. These are the 11 highest-rated public courses within about 25 miles of Ankeny, Iowa, ranked by those community scores.
+167.7(Tournament of Iowa) Tournament Club of Iowa
Polk City, IA, USA
+97.3Coldwater Golf Links
Ames, IA, USA
+97.3Honey Creek Golf Club
Boone, IA, USA
+97.2Otter Creek Golf Course
Ankeny, IA, USA
+97.1Legacy Golf Club
Norwalk, IA, USA- +76.7
(South) Beaver Creek Golf Club
Grimes, IA, USA 
+86.6Waveland Municipal Golf Club
Des Moines, IA, USA
+116.4Veenker Memorial Golf Course
Ames, IA, USA
+56.4Terrace Hills Golf Course
Altoona, IA, USA
+66.3(Championship) Jester Park Golf Club
Granger, IA, USA- +76.0
(West) Beaver Creek Golf Club
Grimes, IA, USA
How we rank
Course Vaults ranks public 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 or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Ankeny, 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 public course rankings in Ankeny, Iowa.
The top public golf courses in Ankeny, Iowa on Course Vaults are led by Tournament Club of Iowa with a Course Vaults score of 7.7. This page ranks 11 courses, including Tournament Club of Iowa, Coldwater Golf Links, Honey Creek Golf Club.
Course Vaults ranks public 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 or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Ankeny, 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 Ankeny, Iowa list includes public golf courses within about 25 miles of Ankeny, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Tournament Club of Iowa is currently #1 among public courses in and around Ankeny, Iowa on Course Vaults at 7.7 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Sep 25, 2026, 3:41 AM EDT. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
