Total number of golf courses in the United States (all 50 states) by
type:  Municipal (public), resort, private, semi-private, military.

Dear starship-ga:

Thank you for your question. I have obtained my numbers from
GolfCourse.com's directory of Golf Courses. Here is some information
on the directory:

"With the most complete and most accurate database of golf facilities
in North America, the GOLF MAGAZINE Golf Course Guide® is the premiere
source of golf information for consumers, marketers, and Internet
businesses."
http://www.golfcourse.com/partners/index.html

I conducted an advance search for each of the golf course types you
mentioned above in the United States, here:
http://www.golfcourse.com/search/custom.cfm

Here are my results:

Public: 7955 
Resort: 995
Private: 4256 
Semi-Private: 3541
Military: 197

I hope this was the information you were looking for. If you need any
clarification on the above information, please don't hesitate to ask!

Best Regards,
blader-ga

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Clarification of Answer by blader-ga on 24 Jul 2002 13:15 PDT

Dear starship-ga

Sorry, I missed the Search Strategy in my answer. Here it is:

Google Search Strategy:

     Golf Course Directory
     ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=Golf+Course+Directory%22&btnG=Google+Search


Also, for your convenience: the total number of courses is:

Total: 16944 

Best Regards,
blader-ga