Best Golf States By Courses/Square Miles

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February 7, 2011

In a previous post, I ranked the various states according to their Golf Wealth—the number of courses per capita. North Dakota came out the best in that calculus, while California was the most golf poor.

A reader suggested that I also should take a look at the number of courses as compared to the size of the state: square miles divided by the number of courses. I did, and created a new statistic: Golf Mileage. In this new measure, the state with the best golf mileage is:

Massachusetts, with one course for every 20.25 square miles.

Alaska, as you might expect, fared the worst, with one course for every 23,515.12 square miles.

The rest of the table is below:

**Golf Courses Per Square Mile**
State	Courses	Sq Miles	Courses/Sq Miles
Massachusetts	408	8,262	20.25
Rhode Island	59	1,213	20.56
New Jersey	360	7,790	21.64
Connecticut	200	5,006	25.03
Delaware	53	2,026	38.23
Florida	1,481	58,681	39.62
Maryland	231	10,455	45.26
Ohio	901	41,328	45.87
New York	976	49,112	50.32
Pennsylvania	811	45,310	55.87
Michigan	1,047	58,513	55.89
Hawaii	104	6,459	62.11
South Carolinia	462	31,117	67.35
Indiana	527	36,185	68.66
Illinois	777	56,343	72.51
New Hampshire	123	9,283	75.47
North Carolina	664	52,672	79.33
Wisconsin	604	56,145	92.96
Virginia	414	40,598	98.06
Georgia	523	58,390	111.64
Vermont	76	9,615	126.51
Iowa	441	56,276	127.61
Tennessee	329	42,146	128.10
Kentucky	315	40,411	128.29
California	1,140	158,648	139.16
Minnesota	575	84,397	146.78
Alabama	311	51,718	166.30
West Virginia	133	24,231	182.19
Missouri	336	69,709	207.47
Washington	327	68,126	208.34
Maine	150	33,128	220.85
Arkansas	223	53,183	238.49
Louisiana	194	47,720	245.98
Mississippi	189	47,695	252.35
Texas	1,041	266,874	256.36
Arizona	421	114,007	270.80
Oklahoma	241	69,903	290.05
Kansas	273	82,282	301.40
Nebraska	249	77,359	310.68
Colorado	306	104,100	340.20
Oregon	231	97,052	420.14
North Dakota	123	70,704	574.83
South Dakota	132	77,122	584.26
Utah	134	84,905	633.62
Idaho	126	83,574	663.29
Nevada	133	110,567	831.33
New Mexico	106	121,599	1,147.16
Montana	119	147,047	1,235.69
Wyoming	70	97,818	1,397.40
Alaska	25	587,878	23,515.12