Unbelievable Abundance
Let me toss a number at you - how ’bout 262? That, according to a CNN/Money poll, is the “count of public golf courses within 30 miles” of Chicago. Big deal you say, Chicago is a big city, that’s probably not that many golf courses.
Hold on there dude, let me throw a few more numbers at you. How about 113 and 120. Those are the number of “golf courses within 30 miles” of New York and Los Angeles respectively. WOW. Let me pinch myself and say that again, WOW. Now you’re floored I’m sure.
In short, if you were to crack out the calculator and add the number of golf courses around New York to the number of golf courses around Los Angeles, you would still not have as many golf courses as Chicago does. Go ahead, follow the link above and put the cities in yourself. Chicago 262, Los Angeles + New York, 233.
But you know what, that’s not even the half of it. That only scratches the surface of how abundant golf in Chicago is. Because with that abundance comes a quality/value combination that will absolutely rock your world. That, my friend, is what we are going to explore.
Because of how much golf there is, we are going to have to concentrate on a subset of golf in the area. For starters, we are going to dig into the top 40 or 50 daily fee courses. When I say daily fee, that means anyone can play them. We will not spend any significant time on private clubs. And the beauty of Chicagoland golf is that just because they are the top courses in the area, doesn’t mean they’re expensive. There will be plenty of sub $40 options that will be comparable to any golf experience you have had in your life.
Unfortunately, Chicago does have a slight weather issue. I sit here on February 5th knowing that I have at least 45 days before I can even think about getting a round in. And even then, the first few months can throw a lot of rough weather at you. That does, however, give us time to concentrate on certain administrative items. So until the weather clears up, we are going to talk about the designers, the golf shops, the equipment, web resources, etc…
Let’s get rolling, come back soon.