Your ultimate destination for golf
Golfweek (usatoday.com) scores 88 out of 100 on Brand Analyzer, placing it in the Strong Brand tier among Media & Entertainment brands, Sports & Fitness brands, in the 92nd percentile of 14381 Media & Entertainment brands.
Golfweek is a golf magazine and digital media outlet founded in 1975, operating as part of USA Today. It provides golf news, scores, and rankings for golf enthusiasts, players, and industry followers. The publication positions itself as a comprehensive source for golf coverage, combining journalism with statistical and ranking data relevant to amateur and professional golf.
| Brand Name | Golfweek |
|---|---|
| Domain | usatoday.com |
| Industry | Media & Entertainment, Sports & Fitness |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Parent Company / Owner | Gannett |
| Main Competitors | Golf Digest (86/100), Golf Channel (81/100), PGA Tour (94/100), Golf.com (89/100), ESPN Golf (88/100), Sports Illustrated Golf (93/100) |
Moz Domain Authority 94/100 vs category average 54 / leader 100 - a strong backlink profile, so AI systems frequently encounter mentions of the brand.
Golfweek has a dedicated Wikipedia entity - a top-weighted signal AI models rely on to identify and describe the brand.
The homepage meta description reads "Discover the latest golf news, scores, and rankings from Golfweek. Your ultimate destination for golf coverage." (Meta description: 16 words (ideal length). OG description present and descriptive) - this is the summary AI engines are most likely to quote.
Structured data on the homepage: 1 JSON-LD block(s), Organization schema, Breadcrumb/Website schema, og:description, canonical. Adding FAQ schema would further help AI crawlers parse the brand's identity.
AI-crawler access: robots.txt mentions GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot - all allowed - robots.txt controls whether engines like GPTBot and ClaudeBot can read the site at all.
Social footprint: verified profiles on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn; no detected presence on YouTube, GitHub - consistent profiles reinforce the brand's identity across the web.
0 Reddit mentions - community discussion signals real-world reputation to AI models.
Live results from asking a general-purpose AI assistant about the brand, checked August 2026.
When asked "What is USA TODAY?", Claude could identify the brand as of August 2026. USA TODAY is a national American daily newspaper and news website founded by Gannett in 1982, known for its concise, colorful, easy-to-digest style of reporting covering news, sports, money, and entertainment. Best known for Being one of the first national general-interest newspapers in the US, pioneering a graphics-heavy, quick-read format with its signature colorful weather maps a.
When asked "Best brands similar to USA TODAY?", Claude would recommend Golfweek as of August 2026. It's one of the most widely circulated and recognizable news brands in the US, so it's a natural mention alongside outlets like The New York Times or The Washington Post.
Common questions people ask in Google, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI search engines.
Golfweek's main competitors in Media & Entertainment: Golf Digest (86/100), Golf Channel (81/100), PGA Tour (94/100), Golf.com (89/100), ESPN Golf (88/100).
Sources: Brand Analyzer scan
Golfweek has moderate AI-search visibility, scoring 62/100 on Brand Analyzer's AI visibility composite (visibility 55, trust 61, recommendation 76). This estimates how likely AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity are to know, trust, and recommend the brand.
Sources: Golfweek official site
Golfweek was founded in 1975. Golfweek operates in the Media & Entertainment category. It is analyzed by Brand Analyzer across seven brand dimensions and AI-search visibility.
Sources: Wikidata
Golfweek scores 76/100 on Brand Analyzer's AI recommendation signal, indicating it is reasonably likely to be surfaced when AI assistants like ChatGPT suggest Media & Entertainment options. Recommendation depends on crawlability, structured data, and category authority; a Wikipedia presence helps.
Sources: Golfweek official site
Golfweek is a golf magazine and digital media outlet, part of the USA Today network, founded in 1975. It focuses on delivering golf news, scores, and rankings to a broad audience of golf enthusiasts, players, and industry followers.
Sources: Golfweek official site
Golfweek delivers comprehensive golf coverage, including news updates, tournament scores, and player or course rankings. It serves as a digital and print media outlet dedicated to keeping golf fans informed about the sport at all levels, from amateur to professional.
Sources: Golfweek official site
Golfweek can improve AI discoverability by strengthening structured data (Organization and FAQ schema), maintaining an accurate Wikipedia/Wikidata entity, earning authoritative citations, and keeping content crawlable for AI bots. Brand Analyzer measures these as visibility, trust, and recommendation signals.
Sources: Golfweek official site
Golfweek offers golf news articles, tournament scores, and golf rankings, delivered through digital media and its long-running magazine format. These services are aimed at keeping golf enthusiasts informed about ongoing events and player or course performance.
Sources: Golfweek official site
Golfweek is known for its in-depth golf journalism, including detailed rankings and scores that cater to dedicated golf fans and players. It has built a reputation since 1975 as a go-to source for comprehensive golf coverage.
Sources: Golfweek official site
Golfweek is used by golf enthusiasts, amateur and professional players, and industry followers who seek detailed news, scores, and rankings related to the sport of golf.
Sources: Golfweek official site
Golfweek scores 62/100 for AI visibility - how well ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can discover, identify and cite the brand.
Golfweek has a moderate AI-visibility profile at 62/100 - a proxy for how readily ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews can recognise and cite it. Its strongest area is recommendation likelihood (76/100) and its weakest is visibility (55/100). It benefits from a recognised Wikipedia company entity, a Wikidata knowledge-graph entry and a Moz Domain Authority of 94/100. The main gaps holding it back: no llms.txt to steer AI to its best pages. In a live check, Claude could already identify Golfweek from memory (August 2026) - a sign these signals are paying off.
The score combines seven dimensions - name quality, digital presence, visual identity, messaging clarity, trust foundation, AI discoverability, and brand authority - into a single objective benchmark.
88 in September 2026, down from 91 in August 2026.
Ranked closest to Golfweek: Unsplash (88/100), Unian (88/100), UX Collective (88/100), Vanity Fair (88/100).
A step up - brands to learn from: Yr (91/100), Yamaha Corporation (91/100).
Category leader: Complex (97/100).
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