Golfweek Rater

About Golfweek Rater

Using data from nearly one thousand raters from all over the globe, Golfweek Rater host, Thomas Dunne and fellow Rater architectural panelists Jay Blasi, Jim Hansen and Sara Mess, discuss the best golf courses from all over the United States, Canada, the Caribbean & Mexico, Great Britain & Ireland, Asia & the Pacific Rim, Europe and South Africa. Golfweek Rater also brings you interviews with several golf course architects where they discuss their thought process, vision and inspiration. Golfweek maintains a stable of +/- 800 raters, drawn from all 50 states and over a dozen foreign countries, who make up the Golfweek’s Best rating panel. The principle goal of the rating panel is to establish Golfweek rankings of the top golf courses from each of two eras: Classic (opened before 1960) and Modern (opened 1960 or after).

Publisher

The Forward Press Podcast from Golfweek.com

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

18 Jan 2021

Latest episode

27 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Apr 2026

   Golfweek Rater - Episode 32 - Dr. Richard Hurley, Turfgrass Specialist

   On this episode of the Golfweek Rater Podcast, Jim Hansen chats with Dr. Richard Hurley, who is a Turfgrass Specialist at Rutgers University, about his relationship with Augusta National and the 2026 Masters Tournament.

2. 

   1 Feb 2026

   Golfweek Rater - Episode 31 - Jay Golden

   On this episode of the Golfweek Rater Podcast, Jim Hansen chats with Jay Golden, the game of golf's true renaissance man.

3. 

   10 Oct 2025

   Golfweek Rater - Episode 30 - The Golf Simulator Business

   In this episode of the Golfweek Rater Podcast, Jim Hansen chats with Mark Frymark, owner of a new golf simulator business in Birmingham called Tap Ins.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 17 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

22

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32