ORLANDO, Fla. (May 12, 2011) – Golfweek – the most authentic, authoritative and independent voice in golf – will feature its fourth-annual rankings of Golfweek’s Best Municipal Courses as part of its upcoming May 13 issue. The most accessible of the Golfweek’s Best rankings, the 2010-2011 Municipal Courses list spotlights the nation’s top 50 government-owned layouts that have raised the bar for public golf in the United States.
“Once upon a time, the term ‘munis’ referred to beat up old dirt patches for golf,” said Bradley S. Klein, national director of Golfweek’s Best Courses ratings program. “Nowadays, ‘muni’ golf means high-quality architecture and maintenance, including U.S. Open venues like Bethpage-Black (No. 1 on our list), Chambers Bay (No. 2) and Torrey Pines-South (No. 5). It also means affordable, accessible golf that’s woven into the fabric of the community.”
In addition to these three major hosts, nine newcomers broke onto this year’s list, including No. 7 Arrowhead Pointe (Elberton, Ga.), No. 9 Highlands of Elgin (Elgin, Ill.), No. 19 Sleepy Hollow Golf Course (Brecksville, Ohio) and No. 48 Neshanic Valley (Neshanic Station, N.J.), which returned to the 2010-2011 rankings after a year’s absence.
To produce Golfweek’s Best Municipal Courses list, an expert team of 675 evaluators rated each layout on the basis of 10 criteria, including routing, conditioning, variety and memorability of holes. The result is an average of scores, which then dictates a course’s overall ranking.
Visit Golfweek.com/GolfweeksBest to view the complete list of Golfweek’s Best Municipal 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 675 evaluators, surveys 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 51,000 votes. Golfweek’s Best Courses lists include: Modern, Classic, New, Casino, Municipal, Campus, Residential, Resort, Canadian, 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 Golfweek.com/GolfweeksBest.
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