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Golf Digest Names Auburn-Opelika as Number One
Golf City in the US Auburn, AL
In its third "Metro Golf"
survey, which appears in the upcoming August issue (on
newsstands July 12,) Golf Digest lists 330 metro areas and
details the best—and worst—cities for golfers nationwide.
Based on varying criteria outlined below, Alabama’s twin
cities of Auburn and Opelika (a place more commonly known
for its passion for college football than golf,) was
selected as the top American metropolitan area for a golfer
to live.
According to the National
Golf Foundation, over 80% of all U.S. golfers play more than
half of their golf on public courses. Therefore, Golf
Digest’s "Metro Golf" ranking focuses exclusively on public
golf. The rankings comprise the 330 Metropolitan Statistical
Areas (MSAs) defined by the U.S. Census Bureau and include
the central city, the entire county in which it is located,
and in some instances, neighboring counties that are
socially and economically integrated with the city (i.e.
commuting zones).
Golf Digest ranked the
MSAs based on such criteria as number of public courses per
capita, weather, and quality and value of golf. Golf Digest
has conducted three "Metro Golf" rankings since 1998.
This year, Auburn-Opelika
owes its No.1 rank to multiple three star-plus courses in
the area (including the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s
Grand National, Auburn Links, Indian Pines and Saughatchee
CC,) as well as the number of golf holes in the area per
population of golfers (there are eight golf courses within
15 minutes of the center of town) and the high marks in the
weather category (Auburn-Opelika’s average daily high
temperatures drop slightly below 60 degrees only in December
and January).
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