{"id":523,"date":"2025-03-13T20:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/blog\/?p=523"},"modified":"2026-02-26T20:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:05:25","slug":"best-golf-courses-in-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestpublicgolfcourses.com\/blog\/best-golf-courses-in-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"The best public golf courses in Alaska you can play!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Anchorage Golf Course<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We’ve assembled information from the leading golf periodicals, player reviews, and major golf ratings websites to provide a map and guide to the best public golf courses in Alaska<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, Alaska is the only state in the US where every golf course is open to public play. A couple of the more remote courses are Bear Valley<\/a> on Kodiak Island and Sea Mountain Golf Course<\/a> in Sitka on the west side of Baranof Island and the south half of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago. The furthest north is Chena Bend<\/a> at the U.S. Army’s Fort Wainwright just south of Fairbanks. Another three courses are located along the Inside Passage and the balance from the Kenai Peninsula up and include two of the absolute best golf courses you can play in Alaska, Moose Run<\/a> on Fort Richardson and the Anchorage Golf Course<\/a>, which held the 2022 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship, the first USGA event in Alaska. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sea Mountain Golf Course on Sitka Sound<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve assembled information from the leading golf periodicals, player reviews, and major golf ratings websites to provide a map and guide to the best public golf courses in Alaska. Interestingly, Alaska is the only state in the US where every golf course is open to public play. 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