Golf courses throughout Pennsylvania, from the Philadelphia area to Pittsburgh, earned strong ratings from Golf Advisor golfers in 2016. The land of Arnold Palmer, Latrobe, even scored a course, as well as in the Poconos and plenty in the areas around the City of Brotherly Love. The state's top-rated course for the year cracked the national Top 20, and others placed in our national subcategory lists.
To compile our state lists, we used a similar method to that of our our national Top 50 ranking. A course's score is based on their overall (50%) rating and subcategory average (50%). Reviews are weighted based on how prolific that reviewer is on Golf Advisor, and a course receives a bump in their rating if their score is better than that reviewer's average score.
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Top courses by subcategory in Pennsylvania in 2016
Course layout: Annbriar Golf Course
Course conditions: Royal Manchester Golf Club
Value: Mountain View Golf Club
Off-course amenities: Country Club at Woodloch Springs
Pace of play: Mountain View Golf Club
Staff friendliness: Mountain View Golf Club
Top 25 courses in Pennsylvania in 2016
Beaver Falls
Kutztown
Denver
Limerick
Avondale
Harleysville
Shawnee on Delaware
State College
Easton
Ford City
Midway
Farmington
Fleetwood
No. 23 course conditions in 2016
Latrobe
Dawson
Reading
Gilbertsville
Blakeslee
Bedford
Hawkley
Ellwood City
Oxford
Fairfield
No. 12 friendliest, No. 4 value in the U.S. in 2016
Lebanon
Mount Wolf
No. 15 in the U.S. in 2016
