US Golf Course Construction by Decade

According to US Golf Course Registry's registry, the United States has 15,436 golf facilities: 6,963 public (42 %), 3,624 private, 1,313 municipal and 3,767 nine-hole courses.

State	Facilities	Public	Private	Municipal	9-hole
Alabama	186	23	14	8	15
Alaska	26	20	0	1	12
Arizona	398	179	93	32	60
Arkansas	207	77	70	12	82
California	1015	453	319	80	206
Colorado	279	170	50	75	80
Connecticut	206	116	109	35	82
Delaware	47	33	30	3	7
Florida	1355	227	377	56	165
Georgia	453	150	171	20	90
Hawaii	89	32	13	4	11
Idaho	129	89	15	23	55
Illinois	571	336	127	51	159
Indiana	307	189	50	31	62
Iowa	375	179	56	34	215
Kansas	256	160	65	50	125
Kentucky	189	62	23	17	34
Louisiana	145	56	49	17	55
Maine	142	87	13	5	73
Maryland	58	31	17	10	13
Massachusetts	399	227	140	34	156
Michigan	826	505	101	50	160
Minnesota	351	186	40	40	113
Mississippi	159	51	80	17	48
Missouri	304	84	30	14	53
Montana	119	64	22	11	48
Nebraska	193	49	19	17	44
Nevada	110	67	27	12	15
New Hampshire	119	80	22	3	62
New Jersey	338	181	157	40	70
New Mexico	101	60	21	28	38
New York	975	556	225	104	272
North Carolina	582	194	180	27	88
North Dakota	46	30	1	13	22
Ohio	496	292	121	39	86
Oklahoma	218	136	46	41	77
Oregon	43	22	6	4	11
Pennsylvania	722	418	227	33	170
Rhode Island	65	34	33	2	35
South Carolina	389	114	115	6	62
South Dakota	44	24	5	9	24
Tennessee	217	42	26	17	18
Texas	625	37	18	12	57
Utah	135	104	23	44	31
Vermont	85	38	12	1	35
Virginia	381	157	134	35	83
Washington	337	215	61	26	99
Washington Dc	7	10	0	6	7
West Virginia	82	31	15	7	32
Wisconsin	467	244	45	35	118
Wyoming	68	42	11	22	32

Methodology

Counts come from an OpenStreetMap-derived course registry (ODbL), machine-verified per course: state assignment by point-in-polygon against Census boundaries, course size derived from par bands (never from mapping coverage), access type normalized from source tags. Facilities with neither a website nor a phone number are excluded from publication until verified. Counts change as courses open and close.