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    The best golf courses in Idaho

    By Derek Duncan and Stephen Hennessey
    May 29, 2025
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    Idaho is "top heavy" in terms of its golf. While the majority of the population lives in the southern section of the state, the best golf is located toward the northern tip, around Coeur d'Alene and the large lakes nearby. In fact, six of the top nine courses are located around Lake Coeur d'Alene and Lake Pend Oreille in the panhandle, including Nos. 1 and 2, Gozzer Ranch and The Club at Black Rock. Two others, including David McLay Kidd's Tributary, are set near the border of Wyoming and Grand Teton National Park, and the other is Sun Valley Resort in the mountains east of Boise.

    Below you'll find our 2025-'26 ranking of the Best Golf Courses in Idaho.

    Scroll on for the complete list of the best courses in Idaho. Be sure to click through to each individual course page for bonus photography and reviews from our course panelists. We also encourage you to leave your own ratings … so you can make your case for (or against) any course that you've played.

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    9. Sun Valley Resort: Trail Creek Course
    Sun Valley, ID
    3.8
    4 Panelists
    Previous rank: NR
    The Robert Trent Jones Jr. golf course is routed through meandering streams and the Trail Creek, which comes into play on a majority of holes—seven holes on the front nine alone. The golf at Sun Valley Resort is some of the best in Idaho, but the skiing might be the highlight here, as the resort is a frequent host to alpine races.
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    8. The Idaho Club
    Sandpoint, ID
    3.5
    6 Panelists
    Previous rank: 8
    The Idaho Club is one of the best courses in Idaho. Discover our experts' reviews and where The Idaho Club ranks in our rankings
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    7. Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf & Spa Resort
    Coeur D Alene, ID
    3.9
    19 Panelists
    Previous rank: 7
    Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course, just 30 minutes from Spokane, Wash., is known for its floating green and is one of the best golf experiences in the Pacific Northwest. A classic mahogany boat can take resort guests across the lake to the golf course, where guests are met by their forecaddie, who typically has the guest’s clubs already loaded on the luxurious carts. Carts feature a cooler, a trash can, heated seats, a trunk and ball washer. Plus, a massage therapist is available on the range to provide a warm-up massage in case you’d like one.
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    6. Circling Raven Golf Club
    Worley, ID
    4.1
    16 Panelists
    Previous rank: 6
    Circling Raven Golf Club is one of the best courses in Idaho. Discover our experts' reviews and where The Idaho Club ranks in our rankings
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    5. Bronze Buffalo Sporting Club at Teton Springs
    Victor, ID
    3.9
    3 Panelists
    Previous rank: 5
    Bronze Buffalo Sporting Club at Teton Springs is one of the best courses in Idaho. Discover our experts' reviews and where The Idaho Club ranks in our rankings
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    4. CDA National (formerly The Club at Rock Creek)
    Coeur D Alene, ID
    3.8
    14 Panelists
    Previous rank: 4
    CDA National sits on bluffs overlooking Lake Coeur d’Alene in northwestern Idaho. There are some tremendous elevation changes, which not only present captivating shot options but also offer golfers stunning vistas of the lake below. The front nine is relatively open, while the back nine is a far more secluded, forested layout. Given the sloped terrain, the course can be a strenuous walk—but if you get the chance, don't turn down an opportunity to play this stunning Tom Weiskopf design.
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    3. Tributary
    Driggs, ID
    4.4
    13 Panelists
    Previous rank: 3
    David McLay Kidd built Huntsman Springs Golf Club for billionaire Jon Huntsman on an old cattle ranch in tiny Driggs, Idaho, on the west side of the Grand Teton Mountains. The site was originally flat and lifeless, between a highway and a river, with lots of wetland bogs. Kidd’s solution was to recess the entire course into the landscape to screen out undesirable buildings and generate some interesting topography—no small feat of imagination and engineering. Digging down meant the holes filled with water, so he designed a course with acres and acres of lakes, ponds and interconnecting streams. If all that sounds more like a Tom Fazio design than a David Kidd one, that’s understandable. For a Scot who loves bump-and-roll, Huntsman Springs, with bluegrass fairways and rough, is a radical departure. It also demonstrates his range as a designer.
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    2. The Golf Club At Black Rock
    Coeur D Alene, ID
    4.3
    16 Panelists
    Previous rank: 2
    Jim Engh’s architecture is all about turning fantasies into realities, and Black Rock delivers on that goal like few others, with some bobsled-run fairways (where one can putt from landing area downhill to the green), rollicking putting surfaces framed by squiggly bunkers and a par-4 11th pinched by towering rock formations that bring to mind a pinball machine. Unusual and controversial (it won Best New Private in 2003 ahead of Friar’s Head and Dallas National), Black Rock is a thrilling round of golf.
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    1. Gozzer Ranch Golf and Lake Club
    Harrison, ID
    4.8
    17 Panelists
    Previous rank: 1
    When it won in 2008, Gozzer Ranch was the 13th Best New Course triumph for architect Tom Fazio. Gozzer won in part because of its gorgeous views of Lake Coeur d’Alene to the north and west, and the panoramic farm valley to the east. Little details elevate the architecture of Gozzer Ranch: a slight false-right-front edge on the first green, the backboard slope behind the sixth green, the fairway contouring on the dual-fairway drivable par-4 12th that kicks even a short drive to the base of the putting surface. Its shaggy-edged bunkers are more than mere set decorations. Some define targets off the tee; others pose options and challenges.
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