How we check facts
Group trips go wrong on small details: a course that's guest-only, a closure week, a drive that's an hour longer than you thought. Here's how we try to get those right.
Every fact has a source
Course details, access rules, history and fun facts link to where we found them. We prefer the course or resort's own website, then official tournament, tourism board and golf association sources. If we can't source something, we leave it out or say it's unconfirmed.
We label where each detail came from
- From the course: taken from the course or resort's own published information.
- Third-party, confirm: from another source we trust but haven't confirmed with the course yet.
- Confirmed by the course: the course answered our group-policy questions directly. We show the date.
- Asking the course: we don't know yet and have asked.
We ask the courses
We send golf shops six short questions about groups: who can play, how far ahead groups can book, the largest group they take, fivesomes, walking and caddies, and who organizers should contact. Their answers are marked "Confirmed by the course" with the date.
Dated notes expire
Closures, aeration, tournaments and road work get an end date. When that date passes, the note comes off the page automatically. Notes without a fixed end are re-checked regularly, and we review every guide at least every six months.
Our own data
Nonstop flight information comes from U.S. Department of Transportation flight data, with the period shown on each page. Drive times by time of day are live estimates from Google Maps when you ask for them. Weather is based on past years for your dates.
What we don't publish
We don't publish exact prices, because rates change constantly. We use $ to $$$$ tiers instead. We don't summarize or repost reviews, and courses can't pay to change what a guide says.
Spot something wrong?
Golfer, course or tourism board, tell us at [email protected]. We fix confirmed errors quickly and update the "last checked" date.