Kiawah Island Resort (Ocean)

Johns Island, South Carolina

Rankings

Golf Course Guru Statistics

Random lists that I keep on a spreadsheet for some unknown, highly geek related, reason.

Number of courses played in each state or foreign country (840 total courses)

  1.   Idaho, 87
  2.   Utah, 76
  3.   California, 53
  4.   Arizona, 43
  5.   Washington, 39
  6.   Nevada, 38
  7.   Texas, 36
  8.   Hawaii, 31
  9.   Oregon, 31
  10.   Colorado, 24
  11.   Montana, 24
  12.   North Carolina, 24
  13.   New York, 22
  14.   Georgia, 18
  15.   Illinois, 17
  16.   Michigan, 15
  17.   Florida, 14
  18.   South Carolina, 13
  19.   Wisconsin, 13
  20.   Minnesota, 12
  21.   New Jersey, 12
  22.   Ohio, 12
  23.   Nebraska, 11
  24.   Iowa, 10
  25.   Missouri, 10
  26.   Oklahoma, 10
  27.   Massachusetts, 9
  28.   Pennsylvania, 9
  29.   Virginia 9
  30.   Indiana, 7
  31.   Maryland, 7
  32.   Tennessee, 7
  33.   Wyoming, 7
  34.   Alabama, 6
  35.   New Mexico, 5
  36.   Mississippi, 4
  37.   North Dakota, 4
  38.   South Dakota, 3
  39.   West Virginia, 3
  40.   Kansas, 2
  41.   Rhode Island, 2
  42.   Arkansas, 1
  43.   Connecticut, 1
  44.   Kentucky, 1
  45.   Louisiana, 1
  46.   Alaska, 0
  47.   Deleware, 0
  48.   Maine, 0
  49.   New Hampshire, 0
  50.   Vermont, 0
  51.   Canada, 34
  52.   England, 20
  53.   Australia, 19
  54.   Scotland, 18
  55.   Ireland, 16
  56.   Mexico, 16
  57.   Dominican Republic, 11
  58.   New Zealand, 6
  59.   France, 5
  60.   Netherlands, 4
  61.   Puerto Rico, 4
  62.   Wales, 3

25 architects whose different course designs I have visited the most

  1.   Jack Nicklaus, 58
  2.   Tom Fazio, 49
  3.   Pete Dye, 35
  4.   Donald Ross, 27
  5.   Robert Trent Jones Jr., 25
  6.   Tom Weiskopf, 24
  7.   Arnold Palmer, 23
  8.   Robert Trent Jones Sr., 22
  9.   Rees Jones, 18
  10.   Tom Doak, 18
  11.   Ben Crenshaw & Bill Coore, 16
  12.   Charles Blair Macdonald and/or Seth Raynor, 15
  13.   Jim Engh, 14
  14.   Arthur Hills, 13
  15.   A. W. Tillinghast, 11
  16.   Alister MacKenzie, 11
  17.   Harry S. Colt, 11
  18.   William Howard Neff, 10
  19.   Gil Hanse, 9
  20.   William F. Bell, 9
  21.   William Neff, 9
  22.   David McLay Kidd, 8
  23.   Gene Bates, 8
  24.   John Fought, 8
  25.   Stanley Thompson, 8

Number of courses played categorized by year built

  1.   2000-Now, 323
  2.   1990-1999, 191
  3.   1980-1989, 82
  4.   1960-1979, 129
  5.   1940-1959, 26
  6.   1850-1939, 188

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