Because feedback is the breakfast of champions, we’re taking a mulligan on this one.
This time, we started with America’s 50 largest cities (rather than 15) by population and evaluated the public golf available within a 30-mile radius (rather than 15) of each city center. From those 50 cities, the 15 highest-scoring cities made the cut.
The final BGC score combines two things:
⛳ QUANTITY — 40%
How many public-access golf courses are available within 30 miles. The city with the most courses sets the benchmark at 100, with every other city scored relative to it.
⭐ QUALITY — 60%
Because having 100 mediocre courses shouldn’t automatically beat having 50 great ones. We evaluated the strength of each city’s 10 best public-access courses, using respected national and state rankings and course evaluations from sources including Golfweek, Golf Digest and GOLF.
The result is our attempt to answer a pretty simple question:
If you live in one of America’s biggest cities, where do you have t...
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