Welcome to Golfweek’s Best 2026 state-by-state list of the top private courses, as judged by our hundreds of raters. The members of the ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings are averaged to produce these rankings. All the courses on this 2026 list are private and don’t accept daily-fee or resort play. The full Maryland list:
1. Baltimore Country Club (East)
2. Congressional (Blue)
3.TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm
4. Caves Valley
5. Burning Tree
6. Woodmont (North)
7. Chevy Chase Club
8. Columbia
9. Woodmont (South)10. U.S. Naval Academy GC