It may be the height of summer, but that isn't stopping golfers from playing (and loving) a lot of golf in the Valley of the Sun. In Chandler, Ocotillo Golf Resort earned near-perfect marks last week from golfers who played it and reviewed their experience here on GolfAdvisor.
Los Caballeros Golf Club , Union Hills Golf Club and the Faldo Course at Wildfire Golf Club were other Arizona courses that continue to score highly despite the scorching desert heat. One of our writers, Mike Bailey, posted an article last week about how to enjoy summertime golf in the desert, where green fees are a bargain and pace of play is generally lightning fast.
But some facilities in the north are doing quite well, too. Vermont, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana are among the northern states to feature top-rated courses last week.
Check out the top-rated courses of the week in the U.S. on GolfAdvisor 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
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. Ocotillo Golf Resort, Chandler, Ariz.
2. El Campeon at Mission Inn Resort & Club, Howey in the Hills, Fla.
3. Ojai Valley, Ojai, Calif.
4. Los Caballeros Golf Club, Wickenburg, Ariz.
5. Stratton Mountain Resort & Club, Stratton Mountain, Ver.
6. Falcon's Fire Golf Club, Kissimmee, Fla.
7. Celebration Golf Club, Celebration, Fla.
8. Blackstone Golf Club, Marengo, Ill.
9. Faldo Course at Wildfire Golf Club, Phoenix, Ariz.
10. Landings at Spirit Golf Club, Chesterfield, Mo.
Top 10 value golf courses of the week
1. Ocotillo Golf Resort, Chandler, Ariz.
2. Ojai Valley, Ojai, Calif.
Los Caballeros Golf Club, Wickenburg, Ariz.
Stratton Mountain Resort & Club, Stratton Mountain, Ver.
Celebration Golf Club, Celebration, Fla.
Faldo Course at Wildfire Golf Club, Phoenix, Ariz.
Heritage Shores Golf Club, Bridgeville, Del.
Union Hills Country Club, Sun City, Ariz.
Saddle Creek Golf Club, Lewisburg, Tenn.
Indian Canyons Golf Resort North Course, Palm Springs, Calif.
Top 10 conditioned courses of the week
1. Ocotillo Golf Resort, Chandler, Ariz.
2. El Campeon at Mission Inn Resort & Club, Howey in the Hills, Fla.
3. Blackstone Golf Club, Marengo, Ill.
4. Heritage Shores Golf Club, Bridgeville, Del.
5. Sierra Lakes Golf Course, Fontana, Calif.
6. Finley Golf Club at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
7. Orange County National Golf Center, Winter Garden, Fla.
8. Macatawa Legends Golf and Country Club, Holland, Mich.
9. The Georgia Club, Stratham, Ga.
10. Chariot Run Golf Club, Laconia, Ind.