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The Best Golf City in America Is ...

Austin, Texas, at least according to Golf Magazine.

The publication rated the 50 largest cities in America in seven categories - weather, affordability, quality of courses, accessibility, number of courses designed by famous architects, availability, and crowdedness - and ranked them in order.

And Austin came out on top. The Top 10 (which you can also view as a slideshow on Golf.com, each city accompanied by a short blurb extolling its golf virtues):

  1. Rochester, N.Y.
  2. Portland, Ore.
  3. Atlanta
  4. San Jose, Calif.
  5. Seattle
  6. Orlando, Fla.
  7. Dallas
  8. Las Vegas
  9. Columbus, Ohio
  10. Austin, Texas
And the worst city? Well, at least among the 50 largest in the country, it's Hartford, Conn., according to Golf Magazine.

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Rochester NY ??  Portland Oregon ??  Seattle ??  Columbus Ohio ???

Doesn't sound like they weighed weather very heavily.  Ever heard of a little thing called WINTER ??? (kind of like Hartford, Conn)

Austin is a great town - but courses from famous architects there are pretty much all private.  Hardly affordable OR accessible. (kind of like Hartford, Conn)

Ok ok - I bit - I reacted to one of these goober lists put together with zero thought just to get reaction.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Nov 15, 2007 10:35 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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I can't speak much tot he other cities on the list, but Dallas and Austin are great choices for any such big-city list. Although I thikn I probably would put Dallas ahead of Austin, and I might put Houston and San Antonio ahead of both. If good, affordable public golf is what you're after, the Big 4 Texas cities - DFW, Houston, San Antonio, Austin - are all great places to go. Not that I'm biased or anything.

by bogeymcduff on Nov 15, 2007 10:42 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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