Most courses per state

[Bardu]

Which metro areas have the most disc golf courses?

 

[The dude on the bike]

West Michigan has quite a few courses.

 

[harr0140]

Bardu . . . I know this has been discussed on here before too . . . but I dont like searching either.

Minneapolis/St. Paul has to be one of the most courses
Charlotte NC has got to be up there now
Quad Cities in Iowa/IL is decent
Appleton (although not a major metro area) has quite a few
Chicago stretches really far and has an abundance of crappy courses but a lot of courses
Dallas/Ft. Worth has a lot of choices
Bowling Green KY is also plentiful for a small town

Tho are the main places I have been to

 

[Green Aarrow]

In Wisconsin, it's definitely a matter of quantity vs. quality. Plenty of crappy nine-holers, some six-holers, an object course or two, etc. The tide is turning, though, and it seems like every new course going in brings up the overall average for the state.

It's also reflective of Wisconsin, in that we work hard and play hard. We gravitate towards activities where we can party as well as play. Probably why we have all those short, fun courses. Thankfully it's gotten to be mainstream enough that it's pushing the new course designers.

 

[MacDaddy]

top ten for new courses in 2011

Any data on the top ten states for new courses in the gound last year?

 

[Horsman]

We are spoiled here in Wisconsin. We have the Highest rated park system in the nation and it shows in our disc golf courses. Almost every part of the state has a course and I believe that we have the greatest disc golf place in the world in Highbridge Hills Disc Golf Mecca. That place is awesome and also has a legit par 6, everyone needs to ry it out

 

[basketcase15]

im with horsey

 

[mashnut]

We are spoiled here in Wisconsin. We have the Highest rated park system in the nation and it shows in our disc golf courses. Almost every part of the state has a course and I believe that we have the greatest disc golf place in the world in Highbridge Hills Disc Golf Mecca. That place is awesome and also has a legit par 6, everyone needs to ry it out

Wisconsin parks seem more willing to put in real courses with interesting and challenging holes as opposed to the poorly designed pitch n putt courses in most of the public parks here in northern Illinois.

 

[EeBeKay]

i would have never guessed that the cheese heads have more courses than us minnesotans...

 

[lion]

205 course in California if you add the practice courses and I do. Someone do a revised list and add the practice courses to the total. Does Wisconsin beat California? Might get interesting.

 

[Skunk]

Which metro areas have the most disc golf courses?

This is a great question. I haven't done the research but I'd say that the Chicagoland area would be in the running.

 

[harr0140]

205 course in California if you add the practice courses and I do. Someone do a revised list and add the practice courses to the total. Does Wisconsin beat California? Might get interesting.

It doesn't matter. . .we have the original "practice" course. . .Kops Park.

 

[humchris85]

Even with how many CA has it still feels like we could use to have alot more. We're a big state and there are alot of areas I drive around here in Nor-Cal that should have courses, but don't. The area that I grew up in would be great for some golf, but they only have one small one at the school there.

 

[mashnut]

This is a great question. I haven't done the research but I'd say that the Chicagoland area would be in the running.

Depends on how far out you consider Chicago, you could go either way on the Joliet courses and that's a big chunk of the total around here.

 

[Cgkdisc]

It used to be when you entered a zip code, a Twin Cities zip would produce the most courses within X miles (try mine 55077, 67 within 50 mi). But Chicagoland (try 60517, 84 within 50 mi) now seems to have the top course count zips even if all of the courses listed aren't in Chicago and suburbs.

 

[mashnut]

Hey now, we have two courses actually in Chicago...:\

 

[Matthew boals]

there are countless private courses not listed here. I looked in one city where i have played a couple of private courses in indiana, and not one was listed and I know there are 4 within 10 minutes of one another. When I played there, I played with the guy who owned one and he said that he knew of at least 25 private courses in north central indiana. I can only imagine how many courses there really are in the U.S. but I can't complain because I live within 25 minutes of 8-10 GREAT public courses.

P.M. Me the locations PLEASE!

 

[DiscNutt123]

The Dallas/Fort Worth metro easily has 60+ within 50 miles.

 

[Tolbert]

I did some calculations and came up with list ordered by course density for the state. The value represents number of courses per 1000 square miles.

1 —*Delaware 6.143
2 —*Massachusetts 3.699
3 —*Wisconsin 3.554
4 —*Ohio 3.517
5 —*Connecticut 3.509
6 —*Iowa 3.114
7 —*Illinois 3.058
8 —*Michigan 3.046
9 —*North Carolina 2.977
10 —*New Jersey 2.696
11 —*Indiana 2.565
12 —*Vermont 2.487
13 —*Maryland 2.456
14 —*Pennsylvania 2.432
15 —*South Carolina 2.391
16 —*Minnesota 2.248
17 —*Kentucky 1.913
18 —*New Hampshire 1.896
19 —*Virginia 1.793
20 —*Tennessee 1.723
21 —*Florida 1.613
22 —*Kansas 1.406
23 —*New York 1.398
24 —*Maine 1.361
25 —*California 1.263
26 —*Mississippi 1.215
27 —*Georgia 1.192
28 —*Washington 1.187
29 —*Missouri 1.161
30 —*Oklahoma 1.092
31 —*Hawaii 1.090
32 —*Colorado 1.080
33 —*West Virginia 0.997
34 —*Rhode Island 0.957
35 —*Texas 0.955
36 —*Alabama 0.828
37 —*Oregon 0.792
38 —*Nebraska 0.768
39 —*Idaho 0.665
40 —*Arkansas 0.653
41 —*Louisiana 0.597
42 —*South Dakota 0.527
43 —*North Dakota 0.478
44 —*Utah 0.353
45 —*Arizona 0.334
46 —*New Mexico 0.288
47 —*Wyoming 0.278
48 —*Montana 0.254
49 —*Nevada 0.137
50 —*Alaska 0.042

Delaware!! And of the full 18 hole courses only 1 is rated below 3 (Bellvue at 2.5) Get Some

 

[prestonkuke21]

I'd be willing to bet that Dallas/Ft. Worth has the most in one metro area.