How do you move beyond the chatter and noise inside your head during a round of golf? Cameron McCormick gives you three keys to get out of your own way in Hole 8 of Breaking Par.
If you travel just North of Bandon Dunes you will reach the mystical land of the Sheep Ranch. Matt Ginella takes you on an exclusive look with Phil Friedmann, co-owner of Sheep Ranch.
The Open champions take center stage on this edition of Best Lessons Ever. Learn from the biggest names in The Open history including Greg Norman, Nick Faldo, Gary Player, and Tom Watson.
The Open champions take center stage on this edition of Best Lessons Ever. Learn from the biggest names in The Open history including Greg Norman, Nick Faldo, Gary Player, and Tom Watson.
When you get a bad lie, you need to change your setup. Martin shows you how to approach hitting your ball when it's in a divot, which requires you to make the divot even bigger!
Where you tee the ball matters. Every golfer has tendencies when they strike the ball, so depending on whether you usually fade or draw, Martin offers tips on where you should place it in the tee box.
Feherty travels to Houston, Texas, to meet 2-time major champion Jackie Burke, Jr. At 94-years-old, Mr. Burke gives Feherty the lay of the land and even a lesson at Champions Golf Club.
Rory McIlroy and his coach Michael Bannon teach the setup and swing keys for hitting shots of various lies and distances out of the greenside bunker. Martin Hall hosts.
Rory McIlroy and his coach Michael Bannon teach the transition and downswing keys that lead to making solid contact on a variety of shots. Martin Hall hosts.
Martin Hall demonstrates the effects of the ball being above your feet with a lofted club. What changes do you need to make to hit it close from a lie where the ball is above your feet?
In the East Valley of Phoenix-Scottsdale, We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, located on the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation tribal land, features 246 guest rooms adjacent to We-Ko-Pa Golf Club, one of the best 36-hole golf clubs in Arizona. The resort features a large conference center and casino with live table games, plus an outdoor pool, fitness center and…
The former Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch Resort was rebranded and renamed The Oasis at Death Valley after $100 million was pumped into the historic desert outpost located in the Death Valley National Park in 2018. The property includes a luxurious 66-room inn and the more family-friendly 224-room ranch adjacent to the the Furnace Creek golf course a…
One of the most remarkable Texas golf properties can be found, way, way west, in the border town of Lajitas and Big Bend National Park. Lajitas Golf Resort features a breathtaking 18-hole golf course, Black Jack's Crossing, overlooking the Rio Grande River bordering Mexico. This old-west outpost, which earned fame in the 1980s for electing to…
The Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa, inspired by a Spanish colonial hacienda, indulges guests with 49 private casitas with private patios and fireplaces. The Forbes five-star resort and spa aims to rejuvenate with wellness, fitness and pampering. Two signature restaurants, Veladora and The Pony Room, serve distinctive Coastal Ranch cuisines. Tennis…
The 54-room Inn at Pasatiempo sits just outside the gatehouse of the Pasatiempo Golf Club, the famous Dr. Alister MacKenzie design, and four miles from the boardwalk and beaches of Santa Cruz. A heated pool is onsite. The Back Nine Grill and Bar also delivers room service. Packages for ziplining, golf and whale watching are available.
The new 42-room lodge at Nakoma Resort is complemented by Altitude, a 12,000-square-foot recreation center with a teen game room, bar, small gym with a climbing wall, a children's center, fitness room, 24-seat movie theater and outdoor lap pool and jacuzzi. It's open to lodge guests and residents of the still developing golf community. The…
Omni Tucson National Resort is one of Arizona's most historic golf resorts, having formerly hosted the PGA Tour. The resort has just 128 guest rooms and suites, making it a more boutique experience compared to some of the larger Tucson golf resorts. There are two very different, 18-hole golf courses onsite. The original Catalina Course opened in…
The 36-hole Indian Wells Golf Resort offers a foursome of resort hotels all within walking distance of the 53,000-square-foot clubhouse: The Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort & Spa; Indian Wells Resort Hotel; the Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa; and the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa. Each delivers what you would expect from the Coachella…
A major expansion completed in 2020 has raised the bar at Cache Creek Casino Resort, which is owned by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation. What began as a simple bingo hall in 1985 is now a 685-room resort complete with two pools, more than 10 restaurants, a multipurpose event/concert space, tons of meeting space, a spa and a casino with 2,700 slot…
Quintero Golf Club, located about an hour northwest of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, is one of the most scenic golf courses in the Valley of the Sun. While generally a daily-fee course, it does have a small handful of casita rentals for stay-and-play packages. These casitas, located within the community's Entrada properties, feature two large…
The Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort is located just east of the Texas Capital City of Austin, Texas, and only 10 miles east of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Located on the banks of the Lower Colorado River, Hyatt Regency Lost Pines features 18 holes of championship golf designed by Arthur Hills that highlights a wide assortment of ways…
The ranch-style Pala Mesa Resort in Fallbrook is just minutes away from Temecula wine country. All 132 rooms have either been renovated or will be soon. A heated outdoor pool, four lighted tennis courts and fitness room are available to guests. The golf course starts out narrow but gets more scenic with more elevation changes later in the round.
All 100 rooms of the Singing Hills Golf Resort at Sycuan - owned by the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation - are just a short walk from the pro shop and restaurants in the clubhouse. There's a fitness center, the Primrose Spa, tennis courts and an outdoor pool and hot tub nearby as well. The Willow Glen and Oak Glen courses are regulation length,…
Pechanga Resort Casino, the largest resort/casino on the West Coast, is located in the Temecula Valley’s southern California wine country, Pechanga has been award AAA Four Diamond Award status every year since opening in 2002. The casino features more than 5,000 slots, 130 table games, a 43-table poker room and 700-seat bingo area. After a $300…
Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed 27 holes at the Lake Shastina Golf Resort in 1973 in the shadow of Mount Shasta. Outdoor activities such as hiking, boating, fishing and waterskiing are part of the fabric of the region. Stay and play packages are available in condos and homes. The Sunset Bar & Grill and pool complete the amenities.
The La Casa del Zorro Resort and Spa is an oasis in the desert one mile from Rams Hill Golf Club. There's much to do - spa, tennis, pickleball, yoga class, shuffleboard, ping pong, swimming in one of 28 pools and hot tubs and hiking and biking in the 600,000-acre Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Three dining options cater to guests.
The El Conquistador Tucson, A Hilton Resort, is one of the destination's most historic golf resorts, dating back to 1928. It is also one of the largest for golf with two 18-hole courses and an additional 9-hole Pusch X short course that plays 2,700 yards. The AAA property features five pools, including one with a waterslide, as well as lighted…
The JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa offers reimagined hotel rooms and suites stocked with modular furniture, hardwood floors, indulgent bathrooms, workspaces with built-in USB ports and balconies. There's at least two of almost every amenity at the resort - tennis courts, golf courses, outdoor pools, restaurants, etc. Add a day spa among…
Carlton Oaks has a long history of tournament golf. Curtis Strange won the 1974 NCAA Championships on the course before Perry Dye redesigned the layout and stretched it to 7,400 yards in the 1980s. The Carlton Oaks Lodge, Ascend Hotel Collection, offers 51 modernized, Asian-inspired rooms just steps from the clubhouse, its Oaks Bar & Grill and the…
On the South Texas coast, South Padre Island Golf Club is an 18-hole semi-private course in Laguna Vista that has a select number of vacation rentals with stay-and-play packages available. The course features views of Laguna Vista Cove. As part of a residential community, golf groups can rent houses on a weekly or monthly basis (or nightly during…
South Carolina's Hilton Head Island is one of the east coast's most popular golf destinations. Combined with Bluffton next door there are scores of lowcountry golf courses to choose from. Although Hilton Head Island is only 12 miles by five miles wide, it boasts more than 250 restaurants and 24 championship courses. It's a well known destination among golfers from all over the world, boasting layouts crafted by course-design legends including Robert Trent Jones Sr., Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus.
Golfing and gaming are a winning hand in the Biloxi area play 18 or 36 holes during the day and hit the casinos at night. You have to be a guest at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino to play Tom Fazio's 18-hole masterpiece, Fallen Oak Golf Club in nearby Saucier.
With about half a million residents and a population that keeps on growing, Nashville is more than just “Music City USA.” As Tennessee’s capital city, Nashville has something for everybody. Sports fans can head over to Bridgestone Arena to watch the Nashville Predators hockey team. If you’ve got a taste for legendary musicians, checking out the Music City Walk of Fame is worth the trip. Artists inducted include Jimi Hendrix and Jack White. If you brought your golf clubs, take a trip to Harpeth Hills Golf Course. Regarded as Nashville’s most popular public golf course, Harpeth Hills is a regional qualifying site for the USGA Public Links Championship. Gaylord Springs Golf Links has stay-and-play packages at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, only five minutes Gaylord Springs and 10 minutes from Nashville International Airport.
It's pretty difficult to visit Green Bay and not notice that it's the home of the Packers. The "cheeseheads" are pretty rabid about the fan-owned team founded in 1919 that has more championships than any team in the NFL. Not bad for a city of just over 100,000 residents, the smallest to host an NFL team. But there's much more than football in this city that has long been a seat of Great Lakes shipping and paper mills. Fox River runs through downtown and empties into Green Bay, an ideal place from which to pull bass, whitefish and muskie. Other draws include Oneida Bingo and Casino, the National Railroad Museum with 70 locomotives and railcars on display, and the NEW Zoo. Close to town are several golf courses, most which have a supper club or restaurant attached. Plan your Friday round so you can finish in time for the weekly fish fry. Courses range from Royal Scot Golf Course, which claims to have the best conditioned greens in the area, to Royal St. Patrick's Golf Course that says "you deserve this golf" on its 500-acre British-style course that opened in 2003. Don't overlook Brown County Golf Course, a feisty muni set in woodlands with water hazards on 10 holes, some narrow fairways and quick greens. The Oneida Legends course at Thornberry Creek has 72 sand bunkers and 11 water hazards to pose many risk-reward choices. The city's northern position lends itself to a lot of daylight on summer days, so you can "pack" in a lot, maybe even a couple of rounds. Summer afternoons occasionally get a little steamy, but more often than not, the temperatures are comfortable. But to say you've been to Green Bay, even on a golf trip, you have to visit the Packer Hall of Fame where you can see tributes to legendary coach Vince Lombardi, team founders Curly Lambeau and George Calhoun, and franchise quarterbacks Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers. Peek into the outdoor Lambeau Field, named twice by Sports Illustrated as the "best stadium experience" and known for hosting a few playoff games in blizzard-like conditions. But you can only dream about having season tickets. The waiting list has 80,000 names on it. Wrap up your day with a meal at one of Green Bay's many landmark restaurants, from the four stages of chili at Chili John's that opened in 1913 to the anything-but-a-burger-and-a-beer Hinterland Brewery and Restaurant. Its upscale menu features marinated pheasant goat cheese pound cake, all enjoyed with the sounds of jazz drifting from the upstairs jazz bar. Kroll's (East or West) has been around since in the 1930s and is on the dining map for its broasted chicken. Of course, it is northern Wisconsin, so there are plenty of pubs, brewhouses and dive bars to cap your evening, too. Oh, and if just for the night, we suggest you claim to be a Packers fan.
Raleigh, North Carolina is at the heart of one of the centers of American higher education and at the nexus of one of the greatest three-way college rivalries in the nation.
Even if you’ve never heard of Idaho Falls, the last thing you would expect to hear is to go there and check out eroded lava flow. One of the coolest places to explore is Hell’s Half Acre, where nearly 5,000 years ago, lava flowed through 320+ acres of land. It’s a cool site to look at the unique rock formations and different caves, so grab your camera!
While the city of Angels is more known for its private clubs such as L.A. Country Club, Riviera and Bel-Air CC, the daily-fee golf in the Los Angeles area is pretty good if you know where to look.
Whenever you’re in need of a place to veg out and relax for the day, there’s no better spot than Ditto Landing in Huntsville. It’s a great campground, and there’s plenty you can do in the great outdoors. A great place for a walk in the park is Big Spring International Park. There’s always events happening, and the opportunities to see ducks and koi fish in the pond are abundant.
Toronto is the New York City of Canada. This means people either love it because it is busy, exciting, and diverse, or hate it because it is chaotic, loud, and crowded. Toronto is the center of Canadian finance, theater, sports, education, art, and cuisine: take in a Broadway-caliber show, head to the top of the CN Tower, or visit one of the dozens of art and history museums.
Whether you’re at Cape Cod with the family, or on vacation with your significant other, there’s plenty to do. A great place for the kids is taking them to Skull Island Sports World. Spread out across 10 acres of land is a massive mini-golf course, driving range, batting cages, go-karts, and so much more.
The newest university course to open, the latest on two new projects in California, the status of golf in Cabo and a new member-for-a-day auction offering private clubs access.
The Golf Advisor Staff has determined the 50 most spectacular courses where anyone can book a tee time. We've done our best to find courses around the world in a variety of settings, built in different eras by various architects and at different price points.
This annual, philanthropic, online auction gives you plenty of chances to bid for rounds at great public and private clubs as well as stay-and-play packages at notable resorts.
From Bethpage to Winter Park, Hartford to Hobbs and dozens of towns, cities and counties in between, municipal golf architecture in the U.S. has never been better.
The best Twitter follows for golfers are superintendents. You might think their jobs day-to-day can be monotonous, but it turns out no two are the same.
With water on 10 holes, tree-lined fairways and plenty of doglegs, the Arthur Hills Course is the most challenging of the three layouts at Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Despite its "private" status, anyone can access the 36 holes of golf at Turf Valley in Ellicott City, Maryland with a stay-and-play package. Turf Valley's Hialeah Course is the tougher and more scenic 18. The Original Course is longer but has more room to miss and fewer hazards. Both have true, fast greens and premium conditioning.
Don't let the yardage on the card fool you. It doesn't matter how straight you hit it, you need straighter on the 6,359-yard Harbor Course at Wild Dunes in Isle of Palms, S.C.
At Pacific Dunes -- the top-rated course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort and arguably the best public-access course in America -- the views and picturesque holes never let up.
Located in a sunny golf destination full of luxurious resorts, Aviara G.C. stands out in a big way. Though open to the public the Arnold Palmer design is part of the lavish Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, located just up the hill.
Turf Valley offers some of the best golf in the greater Baltimore-Washington area. There are two 18-hole golf courses at the resort, the Original and the Hialeah. Though each has a distinct layout, they both take advantage of the rolling hills of the idyllic landscape.
Since it debuted in 2000, Maderas Golf Club -- a top 100-caliber Johnny Miller/Robert Muir Graves design -- has made quite a name for itself in a crowded San Diego golf scene.
A simple taxi ride from the Las Vegas Strip transports golfers to the South Pacific. Bali Hai Golf Club, one of two excellent themed courses owned by Walters Golf, has all the sand, water and palm trees of an exotic tropical island. Bali Hai mixes great service with wonderful amenities and a well conditioned, scenic course that's fun to play.
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort's enormous Old Macdonald Course is Tom Doak and Jim Urbina's attempt to channel the style of classic architect Charles Blair Macdonald. Mike Bailey takes a look.
The Sonoran desert delivers some of the most dramatic par 3s in destination golf. Here's are some photos of some of our favorite par 3s in Phoenix-Scottsdale.
Selecting the 10 most beautiful links in Scotland isn't easy. The truth is almost every links has at least one postcard moment. Here are Jason Scott Deegan's choices.
Widgi Creek Golf Club, a Robert Muir Graves design that opened in 1991, should be part of the rotation for anyone planning a vacation to the Bend, Oregon area.
Sandwiched between two world-ranked links -- Cruden Bay Golf Club to the north and Trump International to the south -- Newburgh-on-Ythan Golf Club delivers both new-world and old-world links golf in the Scottish Highlands.
At The Grand Golf Club, an amenity of the Fairmont Grand Del Mar resort in northern San Diego, Tom Fazio used his signature bunkering to frame holes and protect greens.
Set in an upscale gated community in Suwanee, Georgia, Bear's Best Atlanta compiles the greatest of Jack Nicklaus' course designs into one 18-hole golf course.
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