Linden Hall touts itself as "one of Pennsylvania's best secrets". This 785-acre estate is home to a historic 74-room lodge and a 6,405-yard golf course that winds up and down the region's rolling hills. The 8,720-square-foot Linden Hall mansion contains 35 rooms, 27 fireplaces, 13 baths, an indoor bowling alley and walk-in clothes dryer. An…
Latrobe Country Club holds a special place in the golf world as the course where Arnold Palmer learned the game under his father, Deacon. The King lived and operated an office just off property. Although primarily a private club, Latrobe CC is available for stay-and-play visitors who can rent two period homes, Deacon's View and The Milfred House,…
The Chestnut Ridge Golf Resort and Conference Center in Blairsville, Pa., offers "park and play" golf packages, where golfers don't need their car. Every amenity is here: Two courses, the Spike Bar, the 37 Grille, a spa and salon and a 92-room hotel, the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton, which offers a free continental breakfast, fire pit and indoor…
The Seven Springs Mountain Resort attracts more than a million overnight and day guests to enjoy the best of Pennsylvania skiing, snowboarding and golf. It's a full-service ski and golf resort that offers so much more - sporting clays, a spa, multiple restaurants, ziplining, stables, a pool, hiking, bowling, mini-golf and mountain biking. The…
Champion Lakes Golf Resort is a country club that offers resort quality stay-and-play packages with unique sports-themed rooms in the Lynch House, as well as two multi-bedroom houses lining the course. Although both have their own kitchens, groups can opt into a bed-and-breakfast offerings that include some meals. Designed and constructed by…
The first thing you'll notice about the Madison Club is that it's away from everything. Located in Westmoreland County, it's a good 45 minutes southeast of downtown Pittsburgh. But the second thing you might notice is that the Madison Club is worth the drive. The golf course is always in good shape, its bentgrass greens are pristine, and no two holes are alike. This local favorite traverses across hills, through mature trees and around seven lakes.
While it might be a stretch to call Pittsburgh a golf destination, there are few place better than the Steel City to live and play golf. The Steel City's bounty was not lost on Golf Digest, which in 2011 named Pittsburgh the second-best city in the nation for public golf.
Jason Scott Deegan's latest assignment was to write about the best public courses golf around Pittsburgh in advance of the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont C.C.
Our Jason Scott Deegan hasn't written a golf book - yet - but he sure enjoys reading and reviewing them. A foursome of good ones have published in 2018. Here's a preview.
In this excerpt from Tom Doak's upcoming book, The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses: The Americas (Summer Destinations), the architect shares what makes Oakmont stand the test of time.
Set in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania southeast of Pittsburgh, Latrobe C.C. is, of course, where Arnold Palmer learned the game. The golf course is more than a nostalgia trip, however.