US Golf Course Directory & USGA Rating Database
Stymie's US golf course directory covers 19,923 golf courses across all 50 states and Washington, DC, including 9,493 courses with official USGA course and slope ratings. Course pages list ratings by tee set, scorecard data, yardage, par, and contact details where available.
What Is a Course Rating and Slope Rating?
A course rating is the score a scratch golfer is expected to shoot from a given set of tees, written in strokes such as 72.4. A slope rating measures how much harder that same tee plays for a bogey golfer, on a scale of 55 to 155 where 113 is defined as average. The gap between that expected bogey-golfer score, called the bogey rating, and the course rating is what determines the slope rating. Both are set by authorized golf associations under the World Handicap System, not by Stymie, and all 72,312 rated tee sets in this database list both.
Across the 72,312 rated tee sets in the directory the median slope rating is 123, with the middle 80% falling between 108 and 137. 80% of rated tees play above the USGA’s 113 baseline. A high slope does not mean a course is hard for everyone — it means the gap between a scratch golfer’s score and a bogey golfer’s score is unusually wide. Course rating is the number that tracks raw difficulty, and its median across the database is 69.7, with the middle 80% between 63.8 and 74.6.
The steepest tees on record here belong to Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, TX: its Plates tees carry a slope rating of 155, tying the USGA maximum of 155, alongside a course rating of 87.8 over 7,854 yards.
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Stymie combines course and practice-facility records from OpenStreetMap, the USGA National Course Rating Database, and GolfCourseAPI. Course pages show scorecards, published USGA slope and course ratings, and contact details where those fields are available.
Frequently asked questions
Does the Stymie golf course directory include USGA course and slope ratings?
Yes. Stymie publishes the official USGA course rating and slope rating for each tee set on every course that has been rated, currently 9,493 of the 19,923 US golf courses in the directory. Course rating measures difficulty for a scratch golfer, while slope rating measures difficulty for a bogey golfer. A slope rating of 113 is the USGA standard for average difficulty.
How many golf courses are in the database?
The directory covers 19,923 golf courses across all 50 US states and Washington, DC. That includes 14,815 public and 2,425 private courses, plus semi-private, resort, municipal, and military facilities. Each course has its own page with location, contact details, and, where the course has been rated, full USGA slope and course rating data broken out by tee.
Is the golf course rating database free to use?
Yes. Searching and browsing the Stymie golf course database is free. There is no paywall, subscription, or account required to open a course page and read its USGA course rating, slope rating, or scorecard. Every rated tee set is visible to anyone, with course rating, slope rating, yardage, and par listed tee by tee.
How do I look up a specific golf course?
There are three ways. Browse the state list on this page and drill down by county and city, use site search to look up a course by name, or open the interactive map to find courses by location. Course pages show USGA course and slope ratings, scorecards, yardage, par, hole count, and contact information where available.
What is the difference between course rating and slope rating?
Course rating is the score a scratch golfer is expected to shoot from a given set of tees, written in strokes such as 72.4. Slope rating measures how much harder that same tee plays for a bogey golfer than for a scratch golfer, on a scale of 55 to 155 where 113 is defined as average. Course rating tracks raw difficulty; slope tracks the gap between the two players.
What is a good slope rating?
There is no "good" slope rating — it is a measure of relative difficulty, not quality. The USGA defines 113 as average. Across the 72,312 rated tee sets in the Stymie database the median slope rating is 123, and the middle 80% fall between 108 and 137. A high slope means the gap between a scratch golfer's score and a bogey golfer's score is wide, not that the course is hard for everyone.
How do I find a course's USGA rating and slope?
Open the course page in this directory. Browse the state list on this page down through county and city, search for the course by name, or use the map. Every rated course page lists a scorecard table with the course rating, slope rating, yardage, and par for each individual tee set, so you can read the numbers for the tees you actually play. It is free and needs no account.