These are Iowa’s top five public and private golf courses, ranked by Golfweek

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Iowa golfers looking to play the state’s best courses may want to plan a trip east this summer.

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In Golfweek’s annual rankings, updated this month, Spirit Hollow Golf Course in Burlington was named Iowa’s best public course and Pleasant Valley’s Davenport Country Club topped the state’s list of private courses.

An international judging panel evaluates and ranks courses continually based on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10, according to Golfweek. Judges also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings are averaged to produce these rankings.

Three Iowa courses made national rankings this year: The Davenport Country Club and Cedar Rapids Country Club are in the top 200 classic courses in the U.S, ranking number 73 and 88, respectively. The Harvester Club in Rhodes falls within the top 200 modern courses in the nation, rating 77. 

Below are the top rankings for both public and private golf courses in Iowa for 2022, according to Golfweek.

Best public-access golf courses in Iowa 

1. Spirit Hollow, Burlington

2. Blue Top Ridge, Riverside

3. Tournament Club of Iowa, Polk City

4. Amana Colonies, Amana

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5. Finkbine, Iowa City

Best private golf courses in Iowa 

All the courses on this list are private and don’t accept daily-fee or resort play.

1. Davenport County Club, Pleasant Valley

2. Cedar Rapids Country Club, Cedar Rapids

3. The Harvester, Rhodes

4. Des Moines Golf and County Club (North), West Des Moines

5. Wakonda Club, Des Moines

Virginia Barreda is a trending and general assignment reporter for the Des Moines Register. She can be reached at vbarreda@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @vbarreda2.