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…
Birdsfoot Golf Club is located less than an hour northeast of Pittsburgh, a drive that many golfers are more than happy to make. The course is one of the most reviewed and highly rated on GolfNow.com. Playing it is like getting two-for-one, with a links-style front nine and a rolling, parkland back nine. The undulating hills are indifferent to bounces whether they are good or bad.
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.
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.