The Virtues Golf Club is the only Columbus-area course to make Golfweek’s 15 best public courses in Ohio. The 18-hole layout, located in Nashport, is tied at No. 5 with Akron’s Firestone Fazio Golf Course.
Golfweek’s Best of 2024 lists the top public-access courses across the country, as judged by its international panel of raters. The Virtues, designed by renowned golf course architect Arthur Hills, opened in 1999 as Longaberger Golf Club before new ownership changed the name in 2016.
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The course, located in eastern Licking County, also includes one of the nine most difficult holes at public courses in central Ohio.
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Here is Golfweek’s list of best public courses in Ohio:
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No. 1: Firestone (South), Akron
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No. 2: Firestone (North), Akron
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No. 3: Fowler’s Mill (Lake & River), Chesterland
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No. 4: Manakiki, Willoughby
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No. 5: (tie): The Virtues, Nashport
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No. 5 (tie): Firestone (Fazio), Akron
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No. 7: Sleepy Hollow, Brecksville
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No. 8: Stonelick Hills, Batavia
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No. 9: The Quarry, Canton
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No. 10: Deer Ridge Golf Club, Bellville
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No. 11: Boulder Creek, Streetsboro
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No. 12: Pine Hills, Hinckley
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No. 13: Little Mountain, Painesville
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No. 14: Mill Creek Golf Course (North), Boardman
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No. 15: Elks Run, Batavia
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus-area Virtues listed among Ohio’s top public golf courses
