The best public golf courses in Massachusetts mirror the various elements of the state's geography. As one of the only true links golf courses in America, Highland Links Golf Club is on the Cape Cod National Seashore's coastal lowlands in addition to Miacomet on Nantucket Island as well as15 other best courses on the Cape and the islands in this guide.

The gently rolling, hardwood forested land around Boston have produced The International Golf Club, the Jones and Nicklaus, Pinehills Golf Courses, Redtail, and the Granite Links. Finally the foothills of the Green and Berkshire Mountains and valleys feature such top golf courses in Massachusetts as the Ranch in Southwick, Crumpin-Fox in Bernardston, and Taconic Golf Club in Williamstown