A top-down view of the par-3 thirteenth gap at Cape Arundel in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Sean Zak
As a part of GOLF’s rigorous scores course of for our newly launched High 100 Programs within the U.S. and High 100 Programs You Can Play rankings, our fleet of 100-plus skilled panelists recognized one of the best golf programs in each state.
You’ll be able to try the hyperlinks under to browse all of our course rankings, or scroll right down to see one of the best programs in Maine. And should you’re seeking to create your personal journey sooner or later, you’d be clever to let GOLF’s new Course Finder software help you. Right here, you possibly can toggle all of our lists — High 100 public, greatest munis, greatest quick programs, greatest par-3s and extra — or filter by worth to create the proper itinerary in your subsequent journey.
GOLF’s different course rankings: High 100 Programs within the World | High 100 Programs within the U.S. | High 100 Programs You Can Play | High 100 Worth Programs within the U.S. | America’s Finest Municipal Programs | The 100 Finest Brief Programs within the World
Try our all-new journey podcast Vacation spot GOLF. Pay attention and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts: APPLE | SPOTIFY | IHEART | AMAZON
One of the best golf programs in Maine (2024/2025)
SYMBOL GUIDE
# = High 100 Course within the U.S.
Y = High 100 You Can Play within the U.S.
V = High 100 Worth Course within the U.S.
P = Public/Resort
Ed. be aware: Some programs have been omitted from our rankings as a result of they didn’t obtain sufficient votes.
1. Cape Arundel (Kennebunkport) [P, Y]
At simply lower than 6,000 yards, that is the shortest course to make our record; the Bush household was well-known for his or her two-hour rounds right here. When you suppose that implies that the design should subsequently have completely positioned hazards, excellent greens and glorious over all presentation, you’d be right. Arguably, the 2 architects most completed at constructing nice contours on medium measurement greens have been Perry Maxwell and Walter Travis. Cape Arundel is the one course on our record from each of those design titans, so don’t miss out.
2. Portland CC (Falmouth)
3. Prouts Neck (Scarborough)
Wayne Stiles’ seaside masterpiece has been the topic of a chic refurbishment effort the final 10 years. The par-3 tenth is all new. The quick par-4 sixteenth feels all new. The entire place feels totally different — perhaps as a result of the ocean or the dunes or Scarborough Marsh are seen from just about each gap now that so many bushes are gone. The brand new width higher reveals what has all the time been an amazing set of greens.
4. Belgrade Lakes (Belgrade Lakes) [P]
5. Kebo Valley (Bar Harbor) [P, V]
How we rank our programs
For our newly launched High 100 U.S. and High 100 You Can Play lists — a course of that helped us create 50 best-in-state rankings — every panelist was supplied a poll that consisted of 609 programs. Beside the record of programs have been 11 “buckets,” or groupings. If our panelists thought of a course to be among the many prime three within the U.S., they ticked that first column. In the event that they believed the course to be amongst Nos. 4-10, they checked that column, adopted by 11-25, 26-50, and so forth out to 250+ and even a column for “take away.” Panelists have been additionally free to put in writing in programs that they felt ought to have been included on the poll.
