With fall in full swing through the north and Midwest, southern U.S. golf courses are beginning to take back dominance of the weekly Power Rankings. South Florida's Palm Beach National is the newest winner in our weekly ratings based on golfer reviews for the previous week.
If you ask GolfAdvisor reviewer Davelip, the course is certainly going above and beyond in the service department:
"They offered me a FREE COOKIE," he wrote. "Then when my round was done, they cleaned my shoes!!"
The 10- to 14-handicapper also said the pace and conditions at the course were great as well.
Here are the rest of the top-rated courses of the week as reviewed by GolfAdvisor users in overall, value and conditions categories.
(Editor's Note: Courses needed a minimum of five ratings for the week to qualify, ties are broken by cumulative scores in sub-categories.)
Top 10 overall golf courses of the week
We took the sum of the average rating of all seven categories on GolfAdvisor to find out which golf courses offered the best overall experience.
1. Palm Beach National, Lake Worth, Fla.
2. Old South Golf Links, Bluffton, S.C.
3. Maryland National Golf Club, Middletown, Md.
4. Cherokee Run Golf Club, Conyers, Ga.
5. St. Johns Golf and Country Club, St. Augustine, Fla.
6. Hilton Head National Golf Club, Bluffton, S.C.
7. Legends Course at Orange Lake Resort, Kissimmee, Fla.
8. River Islands Golf Club, Kodak, Tenn.
9. Celebration Golf Club, Celebration, Fla.
10. Shadow Hills Golf Club, Indio, Calif.
Top 10 value golf courses of the week
1. Palm Beach National, Lake Worth, Fla.
2. Cherokee Run Golf Club, Conyers, Ga.
3. River Islands Golf Club, Kodak, Tenn.
4. Shell Point Golf Club, Ft. Myers, Fla.
5. Union Hills Country Club, Sun City, Ariz.
6. Tot Hill Farm Golf Club, Asheboro, N.C.
7. Sunland Springs Golf Course, Mesa, Ariz.
8. Blue Rock Springs Golf Club, Vallejo, Calif.
9. Old South Golf Links, Bluffton, S.C.
10. Legends Course at Orange Lake Resort, Kissimmee, Fla.
Top 10 course conditions of the week
1. Maryland National Golf Club, Middletown, Md.
2.Hilton Head National Golf Club, Bluffton, S.C.
3. Cherokee Run Golf Club, Conyers, Ga.
4. River Islands Golf Club, Kodak, Tenn.
5. St. Johns Golf and Country Club, St. Augustine, Fla.
6. Sunland Springs Golf Course, Mesa, Ariz.
7. Old South Golf Links, Bluffton, S.C.
8. Bayonet & Black Horse Golf Course, Seaside, Calif.
9. Tangle Ridge Golf Club, Grand Prairie, Texas
10. The South Course at Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club, Aloha, Ore.
