NEWTOWN, Conn., Jan. 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Golf Course Home® Network announced today its 2011 "Best of the Best" golf community rankings—the GCH Network's fourth annual compendium of rankings that takes into account all major media rankings of golf communities and their amenities for the year.
GolfCourseHome Editors arrive at their rankings by studying and compiling all of the year's prominent magazine ranking and rating lists which range from Best in State to Best Residential, from Best Public to Best Private to Best Classic, from Best Modern to Top 100 to Top 50, plus ratings from Forbes.com, Where to Retire magazine and other major media outlets.
"Rather than send out field researchers and raters to create yet another rating system," says GolfCourseHome Network Publisher David Lott, "GolfCourseHome leverages the value of all existing rankings to create a full-scale compilation you won't find anywhere else. The best rise to the top riding the wave of repeated accolades from a wide variety of sources. We've identified these superior communities for our readers and they are, indeed, the best of the best."
The GCH Best of the Best list has a new No. 1 this year—Kiawah Island, SC (18 major awards)—whose Ocean Course has been selected as the host course for the 2012 PGA Championship. Reynolds Plantation, GA, which had topped the rankings the past three years moves into the No. 2 spot. Six of the Top 10 are new to the list while four communities are repeat winners.
| Top 10 GolfCourseHome® Network 2011 'Best of the Best' Rankings |
| (with prior year rank) |
| 1. -- Kiawah Island, SC - 18 major magazine awards |
| 2. 1 Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro GA - 15 awards |
| 3. 2 Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head Island, SC - 11 awards |
| 4. 5 Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, SC - 6 awards |
| 5. -- The Communities of Branson Creek, Hollister, MO - 6 awards |
| 6. 9 Colleton River Plantation, Bluffton, SC - 6 awards |
| 7. -- Desert Mountain, Scottsdale, AZ - 6 awards |
| 8. -- Kingsmill on the James, Williamsburg, VA - 5 awards |
| 9. -- Isleworth, Windermere, FL - 4 awards |
| 10. -- Victoria Park, Deland, FL - 4 awards |
Communities of Distinction
| Daniel Island, Charleston, SC - 2 awards |
| Woodside Plantation, Aiken, SC - 2 awards |
| Frenchman's Creek, Palm Beach Gardens FL - 2 awards |
For complete rankings along with details of all major magazine awards, go to the GolfCourseHome Network Blog.
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