Best public courses you can play
1Newport National Golf Club8.32Meadow Brook83Melody Hill Country Club7.94Potowomut Golf Club7.65Foster Country Club7.36Chemawa Golf Course6.87Exeter Country Club6.58Wood River Golf6.49Button Hole6.310Fenner Hill Country Club5.911Pinecrest Golf Club5.912Glocester Country Club5.813Wampanoag Golf Course5.714Cranston Country Club5.715New England Country Club5.616Montaup Country Club5.617Jamestown Golf Course5.518The Aquidneck Club5.519Green Valley Country Club5.420West Warwick Country Club5.221Quidnessett Country Club5.122Metacomet Country Club4.823Louisquisset Golf Club4.824Triggs Memorial Golf Course4.825Coventry Pines Golf Course4.826Valley Country Club4.727Beaver River Golf Club4.528Kings Crossing Golf Club4.229North Kingstown Golf Course4.130East Greenwich Golf Club4.131Bristol Golf Park4.1
Top private clubs
Members-only — ranked for completeness; you can't book these.
1Wannamoisett Country Club8.42Newport Country Club8.43Sakonnet Golf Club8.44The Misquamicut Club8.45Warwick Country Club8.36Rhode Island Country Club7.37Point Judith Country Club6.68Alpine Country Club6.69Agawam Hunt6.210Crystal Lake Golf Club5.911Wanumetonomy Golf and Country Club5.412Kirkbrae Country Club5.313Richmond Country Club5.214Lincoln Country Club5.215Weekapaug Golf Club4
How we rank: ordered by the NearGolf quality score (0–10), anchored on published "best of" lists where a course appears on one and a 6-axis rubric elsewhere. Ranked within the state. See region & national rankings →