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- Golf Courses in the US = over
17,000
- New Golf Courses Opened in US in
1999 = 509
- New Golf Courses Opened in US in
2000 = 524
- Golf Courses Currently Under
Construction or Planning Stage = over 1,500
- Golfers in the US = 25 million
golfers age 18+
- Senior Golfers in the US = 9
million golfers over the age of 50
- Junior Golfers in the US = 2.1
million between the ages of 12-17
- Number of golf rounds played in
the US annually = nearly 550 million
- Amount of money spent on golf
related activities in the US annually = $22.2 Billion
- Amount of money donated to
charities annually = $250 million (exclusive of PGA)
- Amount of money donated to
charities by PGA events = over $500 million
- Only Capital City in US without a
regulation golf course = Juneau, Alaska
- Number of Golf Courses in Alaska =
21
- Number of Golf Courses in Alaska
in Planning / Construction = 3
- Average Cost to Play a Round of
Golf in US = $34
- Average Cost to Play a Round of
Golf in Alaska = $38
- Length of time required to play a
round of golf = approx. 4 1/2 to 5 hours
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Golf Magazine's Top 100 U.S.
Courses
Rank - Course - Opened
1 Pine Valley Golf
Club - 1922
2 Cypress Point Club - 1928
3 Pebble Beach Golf Links - 1919
4 Augusta National Golf Club - 1933
5 Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - 1931
6 Pinehurst Country Club - #2 - 1935
7 Merion Golf Club - East - 1912
8 Sand Hills Golf Club - 1995
9 Oakmont Country Club - 1903
10 Seminole Golf Club - 1929
11 Crystal Downs Country Club - 1931
12 Winged Foot Golf Club - West - 1923
13 National Golf Links of America - 1911
14 San Francisco Golf Club - 1918
15 Prairie Dunes Country Club - 1937
16 Oakland Hills Country Club - South - 1918
17 The Olympic Club - Lake Course - 1924
18 Muirfield Village Golf Club - 1974
19 The Country Club - Open Course - 1895
20 Chicago Golf Club - 1894
21 Oak Hill Country Club - East Course - 1925
22 Baltusrol Golf Club - Lower Course - 1922
23 Fishers Island Club - 1927
24 Southern Hills Country Club - 1935
25 Camargo Club - 1921
26 Riviera Country Club - 1926
27 The Golf Club - 1967
28 Bethpage State Park - Black - 1936
29 Garden City Golf Club - 1899
30 Medinah Country Club - #3 - 1928
31 Shadow Creek Golf Club - 1989
32 Maidstone Club - 1891
33 TPC at Sawgrass - Stadium - 1981
34 Quaker Ridge Golf Club - 1916
35 Los Angeles Country Club - North - 1897
36 Winged Foot Golf Club - East - 1921
37 Whistling Straits - 1998
38 World Woods - Pine Barrens - 1993
39 Inverness Club - 1903
40 The Honors Course - 1983
41 Harbour Town Golf Links - 1969
42 The Homestead - Cascades - 1925
43 Scioto Country Club - 1916
44 Bandon Dunes - 1999
45 Ocean Forest - 1995
46 Shoreacres - 1918
47 Cherry Hills Country Club - 1922
48 Wade Hampton Golf Club - 1987
49 Spyglass Hill Golf Club - 1966
50 Peachtree Golf Club - 1947
51 Somerset Hills Country Club - 1918
52 Colonial Country Club 1936
53 Congressional Country Club - Blue Course - 1924
54 East Lake - 1904
55 Valley Club of Montecito - 1929
56 Shoal Creek - 1977
57 The Nantucket Golf Club - 1998
58 Canterbury Golf Club - 1921
59 Double Eagle Club - 1992
60 Black Diamond Ranch Golf & Country Club (Quarry) - 1987
61 Baltimore Country Club - East - 1924
62 Pablo Creek Club - 1996
63 Interlachen Country Club - 1911
64 Yeamans Hall Country Club - 1925
65 Pasatiempo Golf Club - 1929
66 Long Cove Club - 1981
67 Blackwolf Run Golf Club - River Course - 1988
68 Old Memorial Golf Club - 1998
69 Kittansett Club - 1922
70 Wannamoisett Country Club - 1898
71 Stonewall Golf Club 1993
72 Kiawah Island - Ocean Course - 1991
73 Pete Dye Golf Club - 1993
74 Baltusrol Golf Club - Upper Course - 1895
75 Oak Tree Golf Club - 1976
76 Yale Golf Course - 1924
77 Plainfield Country Club - 1890
78 The Estancia Club - 1995
79 Forest Highlands Golf Club - 1988
80 Myopia Hunt Club - 1894
81 Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club - Witch Hollow - 1992
82 The Creek Club - 1923
83 Crooked Stick Golf Club - 1964
84 Jupiter Hills Club - Hills Course - 1970
85 St. Louis Country Club - 1914
86 Olympia Fields Country Club - North Course - 1924
87 Salem Country Club - 1926
88 Laurel Valley Golf Club - 1960
89 Troon Golf & Country Club - 1985
90 Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club - Ghost Creek - 1992
91 Firestone Country Club - South - 1950
92 Desert Forest Golf Club - 1962
93 Piping Rock Club - 1912
94 Butler National Golf Club - 1973
95 Colleton River Plantation - Nicklaus Course - 1992
96 Hazeltine National Golf Club - 1962
97 Atlantic Golf Club - 1992
98 Indianwood Golf Club - Old - 1925
99 Colleton River Plantation - Dye Course - 1998
100 Dunes Golf And Beach Club - 1948
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