How does your golf travel add up? Are you mostly a stay-at-home guy, or have you played in a lot of different places. Let’s try this: Give yourself one point for each state or country outside your home in which you have played a round of golf.
I had thought about counting foreign countries as two, but given geographical disparities, it wouldn’t work for a US player, versus, say, a European one. Texas, for example, is larger than France, so going to the Lone State State is a bit like visiting an entirely different country (and in more ways than one).
Here’s my list, for a total score of 15.
Home: Michigan
Away: Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Florida, Texas, California, Arizona, Iowa, Illinois (this list has been updated as of Dec. 2014). This past summer I added Iowa and Illinois).
Plus, out-of-country: The Bahamas (Fall 2014)
That’s actually probably not a very good score.
I need to get out more.
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You are beating my score. I only have a score of 8 – so far!
Texas is my home state (can it count as more than one? I mean, it is 462 miles from the most northern course in Texas I’ve played to the most southern course!)
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Georgia
Missouri
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Isympathize. It’s 583 miles from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Ironwood, Michigan in the UP.
18. I have been fortunate to have moved around a bit and also work for a firm that schedules golf trips to far away places. Still, with over 600 courses in Michigan, one could have a pretty broad exposure to different courses and never leave the state.
Home: Michigan
Ireland
Scotland
Canada
CA, NV, AZ, TX, WI, NH, VT, MA, PA, VA, SC, NC, FL, OH, WV
I think Scotland counts 3x
Lessee…
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Illinois
Montana
Texas
Washington
Philippines
Japan
Most of them were, unfortunately, at a time that I hadn’t a real appreciation for the game.
The U.P. probably should count as a separate state (although it would not help my quotient as I have not played golf up there yet).