The Hacker's Guides will be the first complete state-by-state golf course rating system since golf was invented. Beginning in early 2009, golf course ratings from the 11-county Twin Cities region will be available for review online.

According to the National Golf Foundation only 22% of all golfers scored better than 90 for 18 holes. The average 18-hole score was 97 for men and 114 for women with an even 100 strokes per eighteen average. Only 6% of men and 1 % of women golfers say they break 80 regularly. These numbers haven't change very much for many years. Of the estimated 24 million golfers in the United States, 18.7 million would be considered hacker's.

Today, only two guides, Golf Digest and Zagat’s, even attempt to review golf courses. Both only rate a small percentage of courses that exist today (less than 25%), they speak to good golfers not hackers, and their rating systems leave as many questions as answers if you are looking to play a new course.

If you are a hacker, you’ve found a home with the Hacker's Guides. Golf for the rest of us.