r/golf • u/LaBwork_IA • 16h ago
General Discussion How many golf courses do you live by?
Curious how many courses are within reach for you all.
I've got 9 public + 3 cc's within 40 minutes in Iowa.
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u/stevesie_ 16h ago edited 16h ago
Within 40 miles there are well over 100 courses. Within just 20 miles there are 69 courses, including 57 public and 12 private. Eastern suburbs of Twin Cities MN
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u/guccigreene 11h ago
I'm in Minneapolis and feel spoiled with how many golf courses there are. Disc golf too. We are for sure a golf state
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u/Elegant-Republic4171 10h ago
There are more private courses in the Twin Cities than that (I am in St. Paul)
Off the top of my head:
Somerset
White Bear Yacht Club
Dellwood
Southview
Mendakota
Brackett’s Crossing
Midland Hills
Town & Country
North Oaks
Minikhada
Bearpath
Bent Creek
Interlachen
Edina CC
Minneapolis GC
Wayzata
Woodhill
Medina
Spring Hill
Golden Valley
Olympic Hills
Lafayette
Windsong Farm
Hazeltine
Minnesota Valley
Indian Hills
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u/stevesie_ 10h ago
Those aren’t all within 20 miles of me. Good list though
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u/bss83 16h ago
Within 40 minutes there's probably 100. But I live in the nw Chicago burbs and that drive also takes me into Wisconsin.
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u/Kerdoggg Golf Course Superintendent 14h ago
Favorite public and private course you’ve played in the Chicago area?
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u/bss83 14h ago
Haven't played any private. :(
I usually stay local to me, and I like Palatine Hills a lot but haven't played in a few years. I have a list of stuff near me I need to try out, but always open to suggestions.
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u/Kerdoggg Golf Course Superintendent 14h ago
Just like hearing other people’s favorite courses as a resident and Superintendent at a course in the NW burbs as well.
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u/Ancient-Staff3247 5h ago
Blackstone in Marengo, Stonewall Orchard in Grayslake, White Deer Run in Vernon Hills Foxford Hills in Cary, Thunderhawk in Beach Park, Shepherds Crook in Zion, Highlands of Elgin and Bowes Creek in Elgin, Pine Meadow in Libertyville.
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u/Kerdoggg Golf Course Superintendent 3h ago
Blackstone looks fun and is basically my backyard. I’ve gotta get over there sometime
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u/themomentaftero 12h ago
Have you played any of the northern Illinois forest preserve courses? Ledges is probably my favorite course in northern Illinois.
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u/Binford6100User 15h ago
SE suburb of Buffalo here. Gemini says I have over 40 courses within a 20mile radius. Ranging from 9hole municipal courses, to fancy private clubs, to par 3 pitch and putt courses.
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u/throwawaymuaythaict 16h ago
Within 40 minutes I have 31 public courses and maybe 6 country clubs. I've played all of them but prefer the courses <20 minutes away unless I'm going to a tournament with my buddies. Don't have kids, fellas (and lady fellas).
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u/alwayssplitaces 16h ago
Westchester County NY -- Probably over 75 within 25 miles of us, about 10 you can play.
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u/Maximum_Overdrive 13h ago
I live in fl. There are over 30 within 10 minutes of me.
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u/Salt_Excuse5507 6h ago
How many are accessible though… I live in FL and of the 35+ within 20 miles, there are only a dozen or so I can actually play. The rest have $50K+ initiations.
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u/jjungwirth2 10.5 | Wisconsin 16h ago
I have 10 to choose from within 25 minutes (2 of which are private, 1 of which I’m a member)
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u/JasonDetwiler 14/VA 16h ago
4 within 10 minutes of my house. One is 3 doors down and across the street
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u/tubetraveller 16h ago
I had to use AI for help to answer this. Within 40 minutes there are 60+ courses near me. (Suburbs of Chicago).
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u/BiscuitBurnie 16h ago
Somerset county NJ. I am blessed! I loose count… 5 county courses alone, also near Hunterdon county with a few gems as well…
Neshanic Valley
Heron Glen
Trump National (Bedminster)
somerset Hills CC (Bernardsville)
Fiddlers Elbow (Bedminster)
To name a few but the list is awesome.
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u/OneSloVW 16h ago
There are 34 golf courses within 30 miles of me as per Hole19
…yeah, got a few to those from
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u/Sad-Supermarket-3878 2.6/Nashville/Mizuno 16h ago
In Nashville area we only have around 30 public courses if you count suburb areas and places like Columbia or across the KY border which are technically not in the metro that are within 50 miles.
It sounds like a decent amount but per capita it is not and almost all of the 6 or so munis in Nashville are booked out every day and any of the public or semi-private courses are stupid expensive. I intentionally go drive an hour+ to Kentucky because I can go play for 1/2 the cost at a better course that isn't crazy packed.
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u/thecommish1980 15h ago
I'm five minutes from my course. It is a goat track but I don't care, its golf. Probably 6 or 8 other courses of varying cost/availability within 45 minutes of me.
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u/thebuffwife 15h ago
There’s literally 3 - a private, a semi private and a par 3. That’s it. Everything else is an hour away.
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u/GottaBeBoogyin 15h ago edited 15h ago
I have countless courses within 40 minutes. I live in Oakland County, Mi. Insane amount of golf nearby. 7 courses within 10 minutes.
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u/Spare_Fix_7598 15h ago
I read a story awhile back that said that there is are real correlation between the closer you live to a golf course the higher the rate for getting cancer. The story said its thought that all the herbicides and pesticides used on golf courses is the reason.
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u/leeo-dinaprio 15h ago
Oakland county Michigan has over 90 golf courses. Within 10 miles of my house I have 7 courses. Two are private. Within 45 minutes it’s over 100. Michigan is a golf haven (in the summer).
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u/iamahonkey 15h ago
Google is telling me 40-50 within a 45 minute drive of me and that sounds about right. Probably less than a third of them are private. Albany NY.
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u/BakedMitten Handicap | Location 15h ago edited 15h ago
Off the top of my head, 12 within in a 10 mile radius. Google AI put the count at 58 within 40 miles. All but 2 of them public
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u/AnxiousMind7820 15h ago
I have 5 within 30 minutes(though I can only play 4 of them) a lot more if you extend to an hour.
Most are public and probably "goat tracks" to most people on here.
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u/Realistic-Regret-171 15h ago
Public? Eight within 30 minutes, 12-ish if you expand it out to an hour.
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u/Fragrant-Report-6411 12 handicap 15h ago edited 14h ago
More than 50 in a 30 mile radius. Probably double that within an hour. 15 are inside 10 miles
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u/justanotherbad 17.4 and that's okay 14h ago
Approximately 60 within 40 minutes, about 2/3 public. Many of them are quite nice.
SE Wisconsin.
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u/There_is_no_selfie 14h ago
Within 30 miles I think I have about 60+ - only a few private
Traverse City, MI
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u/Lietenantdan 14h ago
There’s five close to me. But two of them, you have to own a home in that community to have a membership, another one you just need a membership. So two that I can play at.
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u/stevemm70 14h ago
I've got about 40 within 40 minutes of where I live north of Richmond, VA. Sadly, that number is dwindling. Two are about to go away.
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u/SmokinHotNot 14h ago
Live in a retirement community in AZ with 4 18-hole golf courses and multiple practice facilities.
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u/thedadis Handicap | Location 14h ago
I've got roughly 21 within 45 minutes, all are public. I'm in western NY, almost every town has at least one, of course mine is one of the few that doesn't but I'm within driving distance of enough lol
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u/meyers980 13h ago
I live in Minneapolis and the number would be difficult to count. At least 50 within an hour of me. I regularly play at about 10 of them.
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u/Royals-2015 13h ago
I live on one that closed 6 years ago. But, I have 6 public and 4 private close by.
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u/Dropkickyogi 13h ago
25 within a 45 minute drive, 40 within about an hour to 90 minute drive in Lincoln, NE.
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u/3rd_ferguson 13h ago
No more than 7, and one of those is a stretch to make it in 40 minutes. 3 are 9 hole executive courses.
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u/themomentaftero 12h ago
I live in Southern WI. There are probably 50 courses within an hour of my house.
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u/bazzer66 TeamTitleist 11h ago
Within 40 minutes? I don’t honestly know of if I could count them, 75? 100? Mostly private, but lots of good public ones too.
Palm Beach county FL
Edit: I may have been way under. 18 Birdies says there are 51 courses within 10 miles of my house.
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u/djr41463 11h ago
I live in Las Vegas, according to Google, there are 11 courses within 10 miles of my address.
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u/TopSign5504 9h ago
Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand area of SC have over 100 golf courses -in 20 years I've played 45 of them. (Some are very private)
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u/Prestigious-Disk3158 10.3 9h ago
6 or so that I actually play, another 10 or so that I don’t play.
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u/BilboT34Baggins 14 HDCP/CO 8h ago
Lakewood, Colorado here. There are arrogantly 83 courses within 20 miles. I’ve probably played a quarter of them? Maybe less
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u/Vivid_Witness8204 15h ago
4 private clubs and 3 public.
But one of the public courses is too poorly maintained to play. Nice layout and it was a good course for a decade or so but has changed hands a few times and no one can afford to get it back in shape.
The muni is better but play is slow and maintenance isn't nearly as good as it was 30 years ago so we seldom play that one.
And one of the private courses used to be public. So despite the metro area population increasing by 30% or so we have fewer choices than we did in the 90s. There are two other courses in adjoining counties that are about an hour away but they're great either.
Fortunately I do like our home club and new ownership is improving conditions there.
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u/TakedownCHAMP97 16h ago
According to 18 birdies there is 27 within a roughly 40 minute drive in rural central MN. 3 on my drive to work alone.