WORLEY, ID – Panelists for Golf Digest ranked Circling Raven Golf Club as Idaho’s top public course via the national publication’s just-released “America’s Greatest Courses by State, 2025-26” compilation.
Circling Raven was ranked No. 6 overall in Idaho and the state’s No. 1 public course. The top five are private courses. To arrive at its ranking of America’s Greatest Golf Courses, Golf Digest panelists play and score courses on eight criteria: shot options, challenge, layout variety, distinctiveness, aesthetics, conditioning, and character.
“We work tirelessly to ensure that Circling Raven is an exceptional amenity of Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel, and we are constantly enhancing the course and golf club,” said Laura Penney, resort CEO. “This honor from Golf Digest reinforces that our best practices are well designed and executed.”
Like the casino resort, the Gene Bates-designed championship golf course is owned by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe. Director of Golf, Don Rasmussen, and Superintendent Kal Zaranec oversee operations and course conditions.
Located in the lush, scenic Idaho panhandle, Circling Raven is routed across 620 stunning acres of Palouse Region terrain. Named for a seminal tribal chief, the course sits amid woodlands, wetlands, and wildlife, including eagles and moose. Nature and reverence for the land are essential to the course and tribal custom.
