How many golf courses...

[John Burnes]

were there in 1910 in America (approximate)

How many today in America (approximate)

please cite a reference (if any)

these numbers should include total of both public, private or otherwise.

thanks!

[Tyler Kearns]

John,

From "The Architects of Golf" by Whitten & Cornish;

p.36 "by 1896 there were over eighty courses in the United States, and by 1900 there were 982, with at least one in each of the forty-five states".

p.84 "There had been some 742 courses in the United States in 1916. By 1923 there were 1,903.  By 1929 there would be 5,648!"

TK

[astavrides]

15,573.  google.com is my reference.  and only mucci is allowed to use thread titles that don't make sense.

[Sven Nilsen]

John:

I've identified approximately 1800 courses built before 1910 (the majority of these being private clubs).  If it helps your analysis, there were probably around 1400 courses built before 1901.  My guess is that there may be another 100 or 200 from the period from 1901 to 1910 that have slipped through the historical records.  By 1940 approximately 7,000 courses had been constructed, although many of these had disappeared by that time.

The first real boom in US golf course construction occurred between 1895 and 1900. 

Sources include the Harpers Reports, the Annual Guides, a plethora of books on various subjects, the early golf magazines, listings of works from every known architect from the era and this website (particularly information provided by Tom MacWood).

Hope that helps,

Sven

[John Burnes]

how many golf courses are here today (approximate, usa only).

[astavrides]

how many golf courses are here today (approximate, usa only).

I answered that question in reply #2 of the thread.

[John Burnes]

got it-thank you

[Bill_McBride]

John, you are familiar with the Google?