[Joel_Stewart]

I know the NGF has studies but since I am not a paying subscriber, I wonder if anyone knows how I can find some stats on golf courses?

I'm looking for:

How many public courses are in the US and possibly break it down by state.

How many and where are these courses that have closed over the last few years.

The number of rounds played on a rolling basis over the last 5 years.

Stuff like that.

Thanks.

[Forrest Richardson]

The NGF will share this with you. Just call Mr. Singer, their chief research person.

[Brad Klein]

They'll be able to tell you how many courses have closed the last few years but not their names, as they don't keep track of those. But everything else is readily available.

Go to: http://www.ngf.org/cgi/faq.asp

and simply sign in to access through Frequently Asked Questions, for which they have most answers to what you're looking for.

[Adam Clayman]

Weren't many course originally built as ways to land squat?
 With the accelerated rise in land and housing values that occurred between 1999 and 2005 what better time to unload, then sometime in the last five years? At least from a long term (and perhaps a little hindsight) perspective.

So, won't these numbers have a certain bias that may or may not point to the games popularity? (If'n that's what Joels after)

As an aside, How many G.C. would/should there be if  the number of serious golfers (50+ rnds/year) was considered to be the total market? 5-7 million golfers...?

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