There are 17,000 golf courses in the United States. I need the
following information:
-# of Courses per Region of Country
-# of Courses per State
-# of Courses Open Year Round vs. Those Closed Several Months
-# or % of Multi Golf Course Owners vs. Single Course Ownership
-# of Public Courses vs. # of Private Courses
-Within Private Courses, # of % chargin 'high' membership/intiation
fees, 'moderate' and/or 'low' fees and what those fees are
-Within Public Courses, fee range to play course

Partial Info is fine. Please give me source of information.
ThankS!

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 13 Mar 2003 13:59 PST

Hi chezleigh,
I believe I have sufficient data to answer parts 1, 2 and 5 of your
question. Would answering those parts suffice as an answer? Please let
me know. Thanks.
Regards,
rainbow

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Clarification of Question by chezleigh-ga on 14 Mar 2003 06:56 PST

To Rainbow, 

Yes the will be sufficient so long as the numbers per state and region
add up to around 17,000 total.

Thanks,
Chelsea

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 14 Mar 2003 15:20 PST

Hi chezleigh,
Just wanted to let you know that I am working on this but it's taking
longer than I thought to compile this list for you.
Regards,
rainbow-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 14 Mar 2003 17:03 PST

Hi chezleigh,
While searching for this data, I noted that not only are there public
and private golf courses, there are others (semi-private, resort,
military, etc.) So in my list I will have 3 categories: 'Public'
'Private' and 'Others'. I can give you the number of golf courses in
the last category, but I will list the fees only in the Public and
Private golf courses. The reason for this being is the fees for the
'Others' category is not always available. Let me know if this is ok
with you. Thanks.
rainbow

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 15 Mar 2003 07:50 PST

Hi chezleigh,
While working on your question, I noticed that there are quite a few
'Semi-Private' golf courses. Since this is the case, I will include
this category, with the fees, separate from the 'Others' that I had
mentioned before.
Since the data of this research is so extensive, I will be giving it
to you in an xls format and will give you the url to download it from.
I hope this is convenient for you.
Regards,
rainbow

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Clarification of Question by chezleigh-ga on 17 Mar 2003 07:05 PST

Hey rainbow-ga,

Sounds great. Can't wait to get info:)

-Thanks,
Chelsea

Hi chezleigh,

After a long and extensive search, I have compiled the data you
requested for golf courses in the US. As I mentioned before, besides
the public, private and semi-private golf courses, you can also find
resorts and military courses. These will be listed in the category
named 'Others'.

Following is Part 1 of your question. The number found after each
region and sub-region is the total number of golf courses located
there.
The remainder of the answer is in xls format and can be downloaded
from the url below.

“Regions defined by the US Bureau of the Census”

WEST – 2,831
Pacific: Alaska - California - Hawaii - Oregon - Washington (1,629)
Mountain: Arizona – Colorado - Idaho - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico -
Utah - Wyoming (1,202)

MIDWEST – 5,298
West North Central: Iowa – Kansas – Minnesota – Missouri – Nebraska -
North Dakota - South Dakota (1,800)
East North Central: Illinois – Indiana – Michigan – Ohio – Wisconsin
(3,498)

NORTHEAST – 2,740
Middle Atlantic: Delaware – Maryland - New Jersey - New York -
Pennsylvania (1,880)
New England: Connecticut – Maine – Massachusetts - New Hampshire -
Rhode Island – Vermont (860)

SOUTH – 5,455
West South Central: Arkansas – Louisiana – Oklahoma – Texas (1,392)
East South Central: Alabama – Kentucky – Mississippi – Tennessee
(1,025)
South Atlantic: Florida – Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina –
Virginia - West Virginia (3,038)

TOTAL – 16,324

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The excel file can be found here:

http://www.darkfriends.net/~misc/USGolfCourses.xls

You may want to download it and save it.
 
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Sources used for research:

GolfGuideWeb
http://www.golfguideweb.com/

Golf Link
http://www.golflink.com/destinations/golf-courses/index.shtml

Golf Caddie
http://caddie.know-where.com/golfcaddie/region/

World Golf
http://www.worldgolf.com/courses/unitedstates/usa.html

Net Caddie
http://www.netcaddie.com/

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Search words used:
US “golf course”

I hope this information is helpful. If you have any questions
regarding my answer, please don’t hesitate to ask before rating it.
Best regards,
rainbow-ga

Hi -
 
Just to let you know, it's doubtful a researcher will tackle this
question at that price point.  Please see:
 
https://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html

Thanks,

jbf777-ga
GA Researcher