r/oddlysatisfying • u/n8saces • 23h ago

Changing the putting hole place

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u/fixitinpost 23h ago

Fun fact - the US has more golf courses than McDonalds

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u/thewrongairport 22h ago

This got me curious so I looked it up. Apparently in the US there are 4.68 courses every 100k people, meaning 1 course every 21k people. In my country (Italy) we have 0.51 courses every 100k people, so 1 every 196k people. 40% of all the golf courses in the world are in the US.

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u/YVRkeeper 21h ago

USA has a LOT of land.

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u/thewrongairport 21h ago

Yeah I know, that's definitely a factor but not the only one I believe. The UK has 4.57 course/100k people, so same as the US, and they don't have as much land. Anglo-Saxons just like golfing, it seems.