ORLANDO, Fla., (May 4, 2010) – Even with the economy on the rebound, golfers across the country continue to look to the nation’s greatest public-access courses to provide exceptional golf experiences at practical prices. Ranked by state in Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play issue – which will be released tomorrow –these noteworthy layouts are open for public play and offer reasonable rates for golfers in search of a budget-friendly golf getaway.
“Of all the lists we compile, Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play is the most fun for us to do because it cuts to the heart of everyday golf and it is used by so many of our readers,” said Bradley S. Klein, national director of Golfweek’s Best Courses rating program. “No matter where you live, there’s a ‘bucket list’ of courses in your state to keep you on the road for a good while.”
In addition to listing each state’s premier public-access courses, Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play features editorial articles that underscore the unmatched caliber of many public facilities and highlight the courses where golfers can get the most bang for their buck.
To create Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play, a nationwide team of more than 550 evaluators rated public layouts on the basis of ten criteria, including routing, conditioning, variety and memorability of holes. The number of courses per state varies on this list based on the course supply, population and level of play in each state.
“Year after year, our annual Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play issue continues to serve as a trusted resource for serious golfers looking to play the game’s best public courses,” said Clayton Morris, president and publisher of Golfweek. “Golfweek readers demand the most credible and unbiased evaluation of golf’s finest courses, and we are more than happy to provide it to them.”
Visit Top100.Golfweek.com/GolfweeksBest/ to view the complete list of courses found in Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play.
About Golfweek’s Best Ratings
Since beginning its rating system in 1997, Golfweek has developed the most respected ranking structure in the industry. Every year, Golfweek’s nationwide team of course raters, which currently boasts more than 550 evaluators, survey more than 2,200 courses – rating each nominated course on the basis of Golfweek’s 10 strict standards of evaluation. Collectively, Golfweek raters have turned in more than 45,000 votes. Golfweek’s Best Courses lists include: Modern, Classic, New, Casino, Municipal, Campus, Residential, Resort, Caribbean & Mexico, Great Britain & Ireland, Courses You Can Play and Tour Courses You Can Play. The full criteria for evaluating the golf courses may be found at Top100.Golfweek.com/GolfweeksBest.
About Golfweek
Founded in 1975, Golfweek is the most authentic, authoritative and independent voice in golf. Reaching more than 1.3 million readers each week, the magazine delivers the most complete news and information about the game, its players and the golf lifestyle – all to golf’s most important audience. The Golfweek brand also extends beyond the print publication to include Golfweek.com, Golfweek OnDemand, GolfweekHomes.com, Golfweek Custom Media and such industry wire services as The Golf Wire, The Apparel Wire and The Tour Van. Golfweek is part of Turnstile Publishing Company, one of the nation’s leading media brands specializing in high-end publications for active and affluent audiences. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Orlando, Fla., Turnstile Publishing Company is also the parent corporation of Community Media Holdings LLC and the TurfNet Media Network, as well as such publications as Art Calendar, The Seminole Voice and The Winter Park/Maitland Observer.
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