North Dakota is dominated by the Great Plains which eventually gives way to the Badlands in the west where the Theodore Roosevelt National Park is bisected by the Little Missouri River. It's the most rural state in the US with farms occupying 90% of the landscape, and coincidentally, the most golf-mad state in the union with one course for every 5,468 people.

The best public golf courses in North Dakota are topped by Bully Pulpit near the Teddy Roosevelt Park, Hawktree in the capital city, Bismarck, and the Links of North Dakota on the Missouri River near Williston, the fracking capital of the state. This guide to the top rated public golf courses in North Dakota profiles not only these notable golf courses, but the 30+ other best public golf courses you can play in North Dakota.