ORLANDO, Fla., (Oct. 26, 2010) – Golfweek – the publication preferred by serious golfers – will release its annual Golfweek’s Best New Courses list as part of its upcoming Oct. 29 issue. As one of the most popular lists of the magazine’s extensive collection of Golfweek’s Best rankings, the 2010 New Courses list features the nation’s top 40 new layouts that are fast-becoming golf’s hottest must-play courses.
The top three tracks on the Golfweek’s Best New Courses list all hail from the northwestern United States: Old Macdonald at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon, Ore.) takes the top spot, while the 18-hole tracks at Huntsman Springs (Driggs, Idaho) and Shooting Star (Teton Village, Wyo.) rank No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.
“While the pace of course openings has slowed of late, our list shows that the look and feel of new courses are more interesting and less formulaic than ever,” said Bradley S. Klein, national director of Golfweek’s Best Courses ratings program. “Our raters recognize quality, whether it’s a wide open coastal links like Old Macdonald (No. 1) or part of an ambitious downtown redevelopment plan like The Golf Club at Harbor Shores (No. 31) in Benton Harbor, Mich.”
To produce Golfweek’s Best Courses lists, a nationwide team of course raters – which currently boasts more than 600 evaluators – surveys more than 2,200 courses on the basis of 10 criteria, including routing, conditioning, variety and memorability of holes. The result is an average of scores that then dictates a course’s overall ranking.
“Golfweek’s Best New Courses list consistently puts a host of burgeoning courses on the map, often before the industry has even begun to take note,” said Jason Redditt, publisher of Golfweek. “And it is this expert approach to course rankings that keeps serious golfers looking to Golfweek for direction on the greatest places to play.”
Visit Top100.Golfweek.com/GolfweeksBest to view the complete list of Golfweek’s Best New Courses.
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 600 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, Residential, Resort, Caribbean & Mexico, 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 The Art Wire, 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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