ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 8, 2011) – Golfweek, the most authentic, authoritative and independent voice in golf, will unveil its sixth annual Golfweek’s Best Casino Courses list tomorrow as part of its December 9/16 double issue. Featuring layouts from 19 states, the 2011 rankings spotlight the top 50 courses that have upped the ante for golf and gaming destinations across the United States.
“As our list shows, there’s a long tradition of quality, casino-related golf,” said Bradley S. Klein, national director of the Golfweek’s Best Courses ratings program. “Our list highlights older gems like The Greenbrier’s Old White Course in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., at No. 5 and French Lick Resort’s Donald Ross Course in Indiana at No. 12. And we also have room for stellar newcomers like Salish Cliffs (No. 11) in Shelton, Wash., and Firekeeper Golf Club (No. 18) in Mayetta, Kan., both of which just opened this year.
In addition to these standouts, perennial favorites Shadow Creek Golf Course (Las Vegas, Nev.), Fallen Oak (Saucier, Miss.) and We-Ko-Pa Golf Club’s Saguaro (Fountain Hills, Ariz.) kept their leading spots at the top of the list, illustrating the extraordinary caliber of these three layouts.
To produce Golfweek’s Best Courses lists, a nationwide team of course raters – which currently boasts more than 730 evaluators – surveyed more than 3,000 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.
Visit Golfweek.com/GolfweeksBest to view the complete list of Golfweek’s Best Casino Courses.
About Golfweek’s Best Ratings
Since beginning its rating system in 1997, Golfweek has developed the most respected ranking structure in the industry. Golfweek’s nationwide team of course raters, which currently boasts more than 730 evaluators, has surveyed more than 3,000 courses – rating each nominated course on the basis of Golfweek’s 10 strict standards of evaluation. Collectively, Golfweek raters have turned in more than 55,000 votes. Golfweek’s Best Courses lists include: Modern, Classic, New, Casino, Municipal, Campus, Residential, Resort, Canadian, Caribbean & Mexico, Great Britain & Ireland and Courses You Can Play. The full criteria for evaluating the golf courses may be found at Golfweek.com/GolfweeksBest.
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