[Tom Huckaby]

Chris - you nail it - having the desire to play all the bad ones is what makes this problematic.

Mike - great call - but that's not really a golf course, of course.   

JSP - just did a little test. ncga.org has a golf course directory, basically an on-line bluebook.  The A-GR section holds 148 listings (places with two or more courses not listed separately) as I manually counted.  I have played 62 of the listings.  And as I say, I get around.... or used to.

TH

[Ronald Montesano]

I'm fairly convinced that all of my rounds have taken place in two states:  confusion and inebriation.  Given that I've been at it for 31 years, there is an excellent chance that I will conquer all of the courses in those respective provinces by the time they hammer closed my box.

[JSPayne]

Tom-

Good idea.....I did a very quick check (which gave me a bit of a headache). I didn't count the total courses, but I've played 24 from the first group (you've got me dominated there), 30 from the second, and 29 from the last.....grand total of 83. That's probably pretty close, but I may have brain-farted on a few.

Still.....guess it doesn't come nearly close to even the 148 listings you counted just for the first grouping. Yikes.

Maybe if I just narrow it down to public the number is more reasonable, and realistic. Though that will throw out at least a dozen of the course I've already counted above as played! 

Seems a good lifetime goal at least. 

I have to say to all you that would be hard put to seek out all the "undesirable" courses.....there's something to be experienced and learned from EVERY course......if not that it only makes you appreciate your home course all the better. I wish some of my regular golfers here would get out and play some obscures every once in a while, so then they'd have some perspective about the decent job we DO do here, and hopefully not complain or whine as much! 

[John Moore II]

I don't think this would be doable for most people. I kind of tried to play all the courses in Moore County while I was working in Pinehurst. I probably came fairly close, but I know for certain I didn't get there. I don't think playing all the courses in NC would be really doable, even if you just limited it to public courses. Now in a place like Montana, North Dakota or some place like that, it would be very possible. But most places, it just isn't very possible.

[Sam Morrow]

I don't think this would be doable for most people. I kind of tried to play all the courses in Moore County while I was working in Pinehurst. I probably came fairly close, but I know for certain I didn't get there. I don't think playing all the courses in NC would be really doable, even if you just limited it to public courses. Now in a place like Montana, North Dakota or some place like that, it would be very possible. But most places, it just isn't very possible.

In places like Montana or North Dakota you have some serious distance to get around. Wouldn't it be easier to knock out a state like Rhode Island that's so small. Seems like common sense to me but what do I know?

[Tom Huckaby]

Tom-

Good idea.....I did a very quick check (which gave me a bit of a headache). I didn't count the total courses, but I've played 24 from the first group (you've got me dominated there), 30 from the second, and 29 from the last.....grand total of 83. That's probably pretty close, but I may have brain-farted on a few.

Still.....guess it doesn't come nearly close to even the 148 listings you counted just for the first grouping. Yikes.

Maybe if I just narrow it down to public the number is more reasonable, and realistic. Though that will throw out at least a dozen of the course I've already counted above as played! 

Seems a good lifetime goal at least. 

I have to say to all you that would be hard put to seek out all the "undesirable" courses.....there's something to be experienced and learned from EVERY course......if not that it only makes you appreciate your home course all the better. I wish some of my regular golfers here would get out and play some obscures every once in a while, so then they'd have some perspective about the decent job we DO do here, and hopefully not complain or whine as much! 

All very wise, JSP.  Yes, one doesn't know how good one has it unless one sees how bad it can be elsewhere.... a somewhat common affliction in this site.

 

That being said, well.... seeing SOME courses like this could be called wise, or fun.  Seeing ALL of them would seem to be lunacy.

 

[Tim Gavrich]

It's probably relatively doable in my home state of Connecticut.  You might need a few connections if you want to get onto all the private ones down in Fairfield County, I'd imagine.

Rhode Island could be tough with courses like Carnegie Abbey and Shelter Harbour, I'd think.

[John Moore II]

I don't think this would be doable for most people. I kind of tried to play all the courses in Moore County while I was working in Pinehurst. I probably came fairly close, but I know for certain I didn't get there. I don't think playing all the courses in NC would be really doable, even if you just limited it to public courses. Now in a place like Montana, North Dakota or some place like that, it would be very possible. But most places, it just isn't very possible.

In places like Montana or North Dakota you have some serious distance to get around. Wouldn't it be easier to knock out a state like Rhode Island that's so small. Seems like common sense to me but what do I know?

Well, I was thinking Montana and ND had fewer courses than they actually do. Golflink lists 114 for Montana and 118 for North Dakota. Rhode Island has 59, fewer than any state other than Alaska (25) and Deleware (52). I was thinking Rhode Island would have more courses than it does and that Montana had far fewer than it does. Thats why I said what I did. Playing all in Rhode Island though might be problematic due to access at places like Newport CC and others.

[JohnV]

The NCGA Bluebook only contains courses that are members of the NCGA.

When I first got to Pittsburgh, I went through every website I could find and put together what I thought was a comprehensive list of all the courses in Western PA.  I had about 350 courses.  Over the 5 years I was there I slowly found about about a few more, but it is really tough to find them all, let alone play them.  I got to 105 or so of those during my time there for course rating, playing or officiating.

[Tom Huckaby]

JV - that's what I said as well re the Bluebook, up above... and thus while it's a decent source, it's not COMPLETE.

It is a pretty good start, however.

And funny re that Bluebook... a certain someone is rather prominent in the 2009 version we just received.  Very cool, my friend!

TH

[Sam Morrow]

I don't think this would be doable for most people. I kind of tried to play all the courses in Moore County while I was working in Pinehurst. I probably came fairly close, but I know for certain I didn't get there. I don't think playing all the courses in NC would be really doable, even if you just limited it to public courses. Now in a place like Montana, North Dakota or some place like that, it would be very possible. But most places, it just isn't very possible.

In places like Montana or North Dakota you have some serious distance to get around. Wouldn't it be easier to knock out a state like Rhode Island that's so small. Seems like common sense to me but what do I know?

Well, I was thinking Montana and ND had fewer courses than they actually do. Golflink lists 114 for Montana and 118 for North Dakota. Rhode Island has 59, fewer than any state other than Alaska (25) and Deleware (52). I was thinking Rhode Island would have more courses than it does and that Montana had far fewer than it does. Thats why I said what I did. Playing all in Rhode Island though might be problematic due to access at places like Newport CC and others.

You can have access problems in any state, it's not exclusive to the states with lots of courses.

[John Moore II]

I don't think this would be doable for most people. I kind of tried to play all the courses in Moore County while I was working in Pinehurst. I probably came fairly close, but I know for certain I didn't get there. I don't think playing all the courses in NC would be really doable, even if you just limited it to public courses. Now in a place like Montana, North Dakota or some place like that, it would be very possible. But most places, it just isn't very possible.

In places like Montana or North Dakota you have some serious distance to get around. Wouldn't it be easier to knock out a state like Rhode Island that's so small. Seems like common sense to me but what do I know?

Well, I was thinking Montana and ND had fewer courses than they actually do. Golflink lists 114 for Montana and 118 for North Dakota. Rhode Island has 59, fewer than any state other than Alaska (25) and Deleware (52). I was thinking Rhode Island would have more courses than it does and that Montana had far fewer than it does. Thats why I said what I did. Playing all in Rhode Island though might be problematic due to access at places like Newport CC and others.

You can have access problems in any state, it's not exclusive to the states with lots of courses.

I was just mentioning that Newport CC would be a little harder to get on than most other private courses in the other 'small' states. I mean, I just have this idea that a private club in Alaska (if there are any) is not so hard to play. 

[Doug Wright]

About 20 years ago there was a paperback book called "Colorado Golf Courses" or something like that. I think the authors said in the foreward that they'd played all the Colorado courses and there were descriptions of each course in the book. I do recall some obscure 9 holers with sand greens in eastern Colorado were included.

[Tom Yost]

My database indicates approximately 290 public access courses in the state of Arizona. I've played 123 of them.  I need to get crackin'. 

[Ash Towe]

Matt Ward must be close in New Jersey.  He may be near in some of his favourite western states.

[Andy Troeger]

While it might be a neat quest its not something I have much desire to do--there are 100+ courses in New Mexico and I've played about 30. I've stuck to the better ones for the most part, and even a few of those were pretty bad. I'd hate to see the real bottom of the barrel!

Indiana as Chris mentioned has 400+ courses--I've made it to 104 of them but wouldn't have had much desire there either to see ALL of the other 300.

[RSLivingston_III]

I have heard of a guy that played all the courses in Nebraska. If I remember correctly, he finished up by playing the oldest course last. I know he included an obscure sand green course.

[Pat Burke]

I'm fairly convinced that all of my rounds have taken place in two states:  confusion and inebriation.  Given that I've been at it for 31 years, there is an excellent chance that I will conquer all of the courses in those respective provinces by the time they hammer closed my box.

You beat me to it Ronald
I've had many course leave me in a state of disbelief

[Rich Goodale]

never mind....

[Richard Hetzel]

I am on track to have played ALL of the golf courses within 30-45 minutes of downtown Cincinnati. The only Cincinnati courses that I have left to play are:

Kenwood CC (both)
Western Hills CC
Terrace Park CC
Wetherington CC

I hope to get them in this year....

I have played 89 courses in Ohio. WOW, it would take forever to play all of the courses in 1 state, imagine trying that in say, MICHIGAN?

[Keith Buntrock]

I live in Wisconsin and do not ever see myself getting to half of all the courses in the state. I'm up to 72 courses in Wisconsin and 88 total in 8 different states. Now that I am playing in college, I get to start crossing off states in my list of golf courses played in different states.

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