Best Golf Course

UM Golf Course

Readers' Pick

At just nine holes, the UM Golf Course would seem an unlikely candidate for top honors in a field of fairways increasingly crowded by sprawling suburban newcomers. But the humble pitches at the base of Mount Sentinel show no signs of flagging, even as teed-off golfers warily eye the South Campus Master Plan’s designs for future housing and classrooms atop the greens. UM Golf Course: 515 South Ave. E; 728-8629; umt.edu/golf

FINALISTS:

2. Canyon River 1268 Bandmann; 721-0222 canyonrivergolfcommunity.com

3. Larchmont: 3200 Fort Missoula Rd; 728-4416