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The Top 18 Emerging Golf Retirement Regions

Golf-fixated baby boomers are looking for less traditional places to settle down. Here are 18 hot spots in an interactive table that allows you to sort on what interests you most.


Click column heading once to reorder from highest to lowest. Click twice to reorder from lowest to highest.
Rank
Region
Metro area
Nearby cities
and towns
Golf and nongolf
total score
Real-estate
dev. courses
Real-estate
dev. score
(12.5)
High-quality
private courses
High-quality
private score
(5)
*Public courses
rated 3.5+
Public courses
score (10)
Access: Golfers
per 18 holes
Access score
(12.5)
Playable
days (10)
Golf total
score (50)
Cost of
living (7.14)
Crime
(7.14)
Congestion
(7.14)
Arts & culture
(7.14)
Medical access
(7.14)
Scenic & recreation
(7.14)
Airport access
(7.14)
Nongolf total
score (50)
1MWGlenwood Springs/Breckenridge, Colo.Includes Vail, Aspen83.5 10.0 10.0 11.0 704.0 12.5 4.5 10.0 9.0 6.2 42.2 4.1 7.1 7.1 5.6 6.5 7.1 3.8 41.3 
2WHawaii (Big Island)Kona78.8 8.0 3.0 11.0 714.0 11.5 2.4 10.0 8.9 10.0 42.8 2.5 6.3 6.9 6.8 3.4 7.1 3.0 36.0 
3SWHill Country, Tex.W. Austin, Bee Cave, Marble Falls, Llano76.0 15.5 11.0 5.0 2,159.0 12.5 5.0 6.3 4.6 8.6 37.0 6.0 5.4 3.0 7.1 6.1 5.5 5.9 39.0 
4NEPlymouth County, Mass.Plymouth73.7 9.0 10.0 8.0 1,396.0 12.0 4.5 8.1 6.5 5.5 36.6 2.5 5.5 3.5 6.6 7.0 6.1 5.9 37.1 
5SWMontgomery County, Tex.Conroe, The Woodlands73.2 20.0 8.0 4.0 1,763.0 12.5 3.9 5.6 2.5 9.0 33.5 5.0 4.1 3.3 7.1 6.6 6.5 7.1 39.7 
6MWDouglas County, Colo.Castle Rock73.1 8.0 6.0 6.0 2,676.0 11.4 3.3 6.9 3.3 6.4 31.3 3.9 6.7 5.2 6.3 6.6 7.1 6.0 41.8 
7MWCoeur d'Alene, IdahoCoeur d'Alene71.7 8.0 1.0 4.0 999.0 11.5 1.0 5.6 7.5 5.1 30.7 6.9 5.1 5.4 4.9 6.2 7.0 5.5 41.0 
8FLAFort Walton Beach/Panama City, Fla.Includes Destin, Niceville70.4 21.5 1.0 10.0 872.0 12.5 1.0 9.4 8.3 9.0 40.2 7.1 4.0 4.5 3.4 4.3 3.5 3.4 30.2 
9 PieSEGreene, Morgan, Putnam Counties, Ga.Greensboro (Reynolds Plantation)70.2 8.5 2.0 8.0 1,422.0 11.8 2.1 8.1 6.5 7.9 36.4 5.4 3.1 5.8 4.9 5.3 4.4 4.9 33.8 
9 PieMWSt. George, Utah/Mesquite, Nev.St. George70.2 8.0 1.0 5.0 721.0 11.5 1.0 6.3 8.9 6.6 34.3 6.3 7.0 6.0 3.1 3.4 6.6 3.5 35.9 
11MWNW Arkansas/Branson, Mo.Bentonville, Branson, Fayetteville68.2 20.0 3.0 4.0 1,147.0 12.5 2.4 5.6 7.0 7.3 34.8 6.5 4.5 4.9 4.1 4.1 5.5 3.8 33.4 
12WN. ArizonaFlagstaff, Sedona, Prescott67.9 16.5 7.0 3.0 475.0 12.5 3.6 5.0 10.5 6.0 37.6 4.0 5.0 5.8 2.5 2.8 7.1 3.1 30.3 
13SECoastal Southeast GeorgiaBrunswick, St. Mary's, St. Simons Island67.0 8.5 3.0 6.0 710.0 11.8 2.4 6.9 9.0 8.6 38.7 6.8 3.2 3.6 2.9 3.1 4.2 4.5 28.3 
14SERichmond, Va.Richmond66.9 8.5 5.0 4.0 2,318.0 11.8 3.0 5.6 4.2 7.9 32.5 4.4 3.0 3.4 6.5 6.5 4.0 6.6 34.4 
15WPlumas County, Calif.Quincy64.7 7.0 1.0 3.0 529.0 11.0 1.0 5.0 9.9 5.7 32.6 4.0 6.5 7.1 2.0 2.5 5.5 4.5 32.1 
16FLAPalm Coast, Fla.Palm Coast62.1 7.0 3.0 3.0 2,628.0 11.0 2.4 5.0 3.3 8.8 30.5 6.5 5.0 4.5 3.5 3.5 4.6 4.0 31.6 
17MWPark City, UtahPark City61.2 3.0 4.0 0.0 1,167.0 7.5 2.7 0.0 7.0 6.3 23.5 4.1 4.3 7.0 6.0 4.5 7.1 4.7 37.7 
18MWDane County, Wis.Madison60.2 5.0 6.0 4.0 2,109.0 9.3 3.3 5.6 5.0 5.1 28.3 4.8 3.3 3.5 6.5 6.5 3.5 3.8 31.9 
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Ranking is based on an equal weighting of golf and nongolf (qualify of life) factors. Maximum points for each criterion listed in parentheses.
*Golf Digest's Best Places to Play

Data: Longitudes Group



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