About Every18

Every18 is a free golf course directory covering every course in the United States — public and private — with consistent, editorially independent ratings across distance, cost, quality, and difficulty. Unlike tee-time booking platforms, Every18 has no booking agenda: the ratings are never influenced by advertising relationships with courses, and no course pays to appear or rank higher.

What Every18 Does

Every18 maps and rates golf courses using a consistent methodology applied across all 50 states. Each course entry includes distance from your location, an estimated green fee range, an editorial quality rating, and a difficulty score. The illustrated course layouts are generated from OpenStreetMap geographic data and USDA aerial imagery — not promotional photography from the courses themselves. This means what you see is what the course actually looks like, not a marketing shot.

The Data

Course geometry comes from OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Aerial imagery is from the USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP), which is public domain. Ratings are editorial estimates — not scraped from review aggregators or influenced by course operators.

No Booking Agenda

Most golf course discovery tools are tee-time booking platforms in disguise. Their recommendations are shaped by which courses pay commissions or advertising fees. Every18 earns nothing from bookings and has no financial relationship with any course. The only revenue is from unrelated affiliate links in the Gear section and display advertising — neither of which affects course data or rankings.

Who Built This

Every18 was built by a golfer who was frustrated by the same problem: trying to find a course in an unfamiliar area without wading through booking platforms, outdated review sites, or course-operated marketing pages. The goal is a single, honest, fast reference for the 25+ million golfers in the United States.

Contact

Questions, data corrections, or feedback? Email contact@every18.com. Course data errors are especially welcome — if a rating seems wrong or a course is missing, let us know.