Updated July 2026
The Best Golf Courses in Door County
Door County golf is public, walkable, and scenic — a handful of daily-fee courses spread from Sturgeon Bay to the north end, plus one private club. None of them will bankrupt you, and a couple come with a water view you don't get in the rest of Wisconsin. These are the ones worth planning a round around.
A few things worth knowing:
- Almost all of it is public. Five of the six take daily-fee play; only Horseshoe Bay is members-and-guests. Book peak-summer tee times ahead.
- The season is short. Courses here run roughly April through October and close for winter — this is a warm-months list.
- Peninsula State Park needs a park sticker. You'll need a Wisconsin state park vehicle sticker to get to the course, on top of your greens fee.
Ephraim · Open ~late April–late October. · Website
The one to play if you play only one: an 18-hole championship course laid out inside Peninsula State Park, with Green Bay flashing through the pines and a 6-hole par-3 alongside for kids or a short evening. It's public and popular, so tee times fill fast in July and August.
Book ahead, and leave time for lunch at the clubhouse after. Remember you'll need a state park sticker to get in, on top of the greens fee. Seasonal, roughly late April through late October.
Sturgeon Bay · Open ~April–October. · Website
The stiffest test in the county — 18 holes of par 72 south of Sturgeon Bay, built in 1978, with water everywhere and an island green at the ninth that decides a lot of rounds. Golf Digest has given it four stars, and it plays like it.
Public and bookable. Go when you want your game challenged rather than your camera filled.
Sturgeon Bay · Open daily in season, roughly 7am–9pm. · Website
The full-day — or full-weekend — option outside Sturgeon Bay: 18 holes of par 72 over rolling terrain, plus a driving range, pro shop, and a bar and grill for after, with a lodge on site if you'd rather not drive home.
The most self-contained golf trip in the county. Open long hours in season.
Baileys Harbor · Open ~April–November; some years opens in May. · Website
History underfoot: golf has been played on these Baileys Harbor fairways since 1929, which makes this one of the older courses in Wisconsin. It's a walkable, forgiving par 70 — wide fairways, no tricks — with a lodge and a snack bar at the turn.
The pick for an easygoing round that doesn't beat you up. Opens in spring, closes in fall.
Egg Harbor · Seasonal; check current tee-time availability. · Website
Resort golf on the bluff above Egg Harbor, recently trimmed to a nine-hole layout the resort calls Alpine Legacy — a good option when you want nine holes and a view rather than a full 18. The closing hole drops down the bluff with the bay laid out ahead of you.
Seasonal; check current tee times, since the course was reconfigured from its older layout.
Egg Harbor · Website
The county's only private club, near Egg Harbor — 18 holes stretching past 7,000 yards from the back tees, and by most accounts the best-conditioned course up here. Play is for members and their guests only, so it's not a public tee time.
We include it because it's the name serious golfers ask about. Worth knowing if you have a member friend.
Not a full-18 kind of trip? Red Putter Mini Golf in Ephraim is the family classic — 18 holes of the miniature kind, going strong for 50-plus years.
A few tips from us
- Book peak-summer tee times ahead, especially Peninsula State Park — the most popular public course on the peninsula.
- Pair the two Sturgeon Bay courses (Idlewild and Cherry Hills) on a golf-focused day.
- Alpine is a quick nine now, reconfigured from its old layout — the right call when you want nine holes and a bay view rather than a full round.
More to do between rounds? See our things to do and best-of lists.