As of 2019, there were 38,864 golf courses in the world. The United States is the home to approximately 16,000 of those courses as of 2024. The state with the most golf courses in the United States is Florida with over 1,200 courses as of 2024, followed by California with close to 1,000 courses. Alaska has the fewest with 20 and the District of Columbia has five. A study in 2022 found that approximately 75 percent of course are public with the remaining requiring a membership or invitation.