Golfweek's hundreds of course raters judge the Best Courses You Can Play in each state. Here are the best in Delaware.
Looking for the best public-access golf courses in your home state, or planning your next getaway? Golfweek’s Best has you covered with our annually updated ranking of the Best Courses You Can Play list for each state, as judged by our nationwide network of raters for 2025.
This includes the state of Delaware, which has no shortage of courses.
The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them 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 all our Golfweek’s Best course rankings.
The courses on this list allow public access in some fashion, be it standard daily green fees, through a resort or by staying at an affiliated hotel. If there’s a will, there’s a tee time – no membership required. (There are a handful of courses on this list that some players might consider to be traditionally private, but they do allow non-hosted, non-member guest play in some limited form, normally through a local hotel or similar arrangement.)
KEY: (m) modern, built in 1960 or after; (c) classic, built before 1960. For courses with a number preceding the (m) or (c), that is where the course ranks on Golfweek’s Best lists for top 200 modern and classic courses in the U.S.
* indicates new or returning to the rankings
For a view of each state's best courses, see the links below.
States: A | C | D | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W
Delaware's best public-access golf courses
1. Plantation Lakes
Millsboro (m) - Book your tee time at Plantation Lakes now
2. Bayside Resort
Selbyville (m) - Book your tee time at Bayside Resort now
3. Baywood Greens
Long Neck (m) - Book your tee time at Baywood Greens now
4. White Clay Creek
Stanton (m) - Book your tee time at White Clay Creek now
5. Rock Manor*
Alapocas (m) - Book your tee time at Rock Manor now
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Golfweek's Best: Top public-access golf courses in Delaware ranked
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