Top 20 Cities for Golf featured in GOLF DIGEST

In our recent golf course & golf travel study, writer Pete Finch used Longitudes Group research in producing October 2011's Golf Digest article, "Top 20 Cities for Golf".  Longitudes Group research team collected and analyzed data for America's 50 most populous cities, to produce a ranking system as to which cities offered the best all-around golf environments for city residents.  The ranking system included the following variables: Climate (average temperature and rainfall, number of playable days), cost (average green fees in high and low seasons), amount of public courses, quality of public courses (scores generated by Golf Digest Best Places to Play reader ratings) and accessibility (number of active golfers versus number of courses.) 

Dallas / Fort Worth, TX, ranked #1 as the top city for golf. Portland, OR (Longitudes Group Headquarters) tied Cleveland, OH with a ranking of # 10.

Check out the full article here.

View the slide show of the Top 20 Golf Cities here.