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Nebraska is home to several of the nation’s newest golf courses – Landmand and Lost Rail, both of which opened in 2022, and CapRock Ranch, which debuted the year prior. The Dormie Network is building its newest course, GrayBull, in the Cornhusker State, while Dismal River Club recently announced plans for a third 18-hole course at its destination property in the rural Sandhills.
The commonality shared by those courses: they’re all 18 holes, bucking the traditional supply trend in Nebraska.
Nebraska is one of only seven U.S. states that have more 9-hole golf facilities than 18, along with Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, …
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Only three periods in U.S. history have seen course openings significantly surpass closings.
There was the 1920s boom when a wealth of private clubs were built. The demand for public golf fueled another surge in the 1960s and real estate was the driver for the spike in the 1990s.
The rise a century ago was followed by a correction caused by the Great Depression, which led to the closure of a good number of courses. It took 15-20 years to get back to the same level of supply. While there wasn’t a downturn a half-century ago, the current …
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The number of all-new golf course openings has been exceedingly low in recent years amid the ongoing correction in the U.S. market.
There were 10.5 openings of 18-hole equivalent (18-HEQ) courses in 2022, a total that encompassed 15 facilities.
Of these, three were in Texas, two in Florida and two in Nebraska. Five of the openings for 2022 were Par 3 courses, a proportion higher than the 4% national average.
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While the U.S. golf industry has undergone a correction that's yielded a 13% net decline in the total number of facilities over the past 17 years, it remains — by far — the best-supplied golf market in the world with almost 16,000 courses at 14,000 facilities.
The accompanying graphic shows two of the three notable time periods during which new course openings significantly surpassed closings.
After a boom of private clubs in the 1920s (not shown), the demand for public golf fueled the surge in the 1960s and real estate was the driver for the spike that started in the 1990s.
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One-page overview of 9-hole golf supply in the U.S. — courses and facilities
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One-page overview of Par 3 golf in the U.S.
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Municipal one-pager
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NGF GOLF 100 – MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY The range of products, high-tech gadgets and software […]
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NGF GOLF 100 – COURSE MANAGEMENT / DEVELOPMENT More than 200 companies have at least […]
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An effort to highlight the vitality, size and diversity of an almost $100 billion-a-year industry, the NGF GOLF 100’s mission is to recognize the most successful, prominent, influential and innovative companies in the commercial golf business.
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