Muirfield Village Golf Club

I got a text from my buddy Rob last fall: “Heading to Scottsdale for some winter golf. Want in?” My immediate thought wasn’t “yes, that sounds amazing.” It was “how much?” Scottsdale means $150-300 per round. Phoenix resorts. Snowbird crowds. And here I was, living three hours from Muirfield Village Golf Club – one of the top courses in America – and paying attention to Arizona real estate advertisements.

That’s when it hit me: Ohio golf is genuinely incredible, and almost nobody talks about it.

Ohio has a remarkable concentration of high-quality golf,