Range and Putt is an independent guide to driving ranges and mini golf near US cities. Its job is to answer the questions a map listing does not: what a bucket costs, how many balls you get, whether the bays are heated, covered or lit, and when the place is open.

Who publishes it

The guide is written and maintained by the Range and Putt editorial team. We are not owned by, paid by or affiliated with any venue, chain or equipment maker. Venues do not pay to be listed and cannot pay to change what a listing says.

Where the information comes from

1. The venue's own website is read first. Prices, hours and equipment are taken from there whenever the venue publishes them.
2. If the website leaves something out, we look at the pages of the park district or company that runs the venue, and then at its official social media.
3. Local news reporting is used to confirm that a venue is open, and for facts the venue does not publish.

Every listing ends with a numbered list of the sources we used, and each fact on the page points to the source it came from.

Map pins are placed from each venue's street address using the US Census Bureau geocoder, or from OpenStreetMap where the geocoder finds no match. Map images come from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Our rules

• No source, no detail. If a venue does not publish its bucket price, the listing says "not published" instead of showing a guess or an old figure.
• "Not stated" means we found no source. It does not mean the venue lacks the feature.
• Prices carry the date we checked them. Ball counts are shown as the venue states them, and the price per ball is our own arithmetic from those two numbers.
• A venue is listed only when it is open to the public and has shown signs of being open in the past twelve months.
• We do not copy ratings or reviews from other sites.

How often listings are checked

Each listing shows the date it was last checked. Prices and hours are checked again every March, when outdoor ranges reopen, and every October, when winter hours start. Corrections sent by readers and venues are checked against the source and applied as they come in. Changes are recorded on the recent updates page.

What we cannot promise

Ranges change prices and hours without notice, and weather closes them at short notice. Treat the guide as the place to compare and choose, and confirm with the venue before you drive out.

Contact

Email hello@rangeandputt.com with corrections, closures or venues we have missed. See contact and corrections.