The Tudor Oaks Inn in Summerville, South Carolina, is a small outpost with only three rooms named after famous golf courses in Scotland (St. Andrews), England (Sunningdale) and Ireland (Royal Dublin). It sleeps only six, but staying has its perks: Access to the golf and tennis at the adjacent semiprivate club, the Legend Oaks Golf & Tennis Club,…
If you can't get across the pond to St. Andrews, you can settle for the next best thing. Here are four U.S. golf courses that feature replica or tribute holes to St. Andrews.
Golf travelers all over the world have already started making plans for a 2011 golf vacation to St. Andrews and Scotland. But even if you haven't booked your St. Andrews times yet for 2011 and miss out on a guaranteed time, there are still advantages to planning now. Like what? Brandon Tucker explains.
Here's what all D.C.-area military golfers can agree on: Andrews and Belvoir are two of the better military golf facilities in the country. And the Medal of Honor course in Quantico, Va. is a close third.
Golfers the world over know St. Andrews is where the game began, but golfing in Scotland does not end with St. Andrews. Here, Clive Agran begins his series of "Scotland Beyond St. Andrews" with a look at golf in southwest Scotland, including Royal Troon, Prestwick and Turnberry Resort, host of the epic "Duel in the Sun" between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus in the 1977 British Open.
Each region of Scotland offers its own allure. For Fife, the crystal clear reason to visit above all else is St. Andrews, where the game dates back longer than anywhere else in the world. But look beyond the seven Links Trust courses, and the kingdom is Scotland's most robust region for golf. For those making their first golf trip to Scotland, it makes a lot of sense to begin in Fife, just as the game did itself.
The story of St. Andrews is well told. If you venture beyond, however, the destinations may not be as well known as the Old Course, but they are hardly inferior. Brandon Tucker offers up some reasons why you should consider exploring outside St. Andrews for your Scotland golf vacation.
Scotland's southwest side is home to three Open venues, while the remainder can be found around St. Andrews on the east side. Matt Adams describes both areas.
There isn't just one X-factor that makes St. Andrews such a special golf destination. Brandon Tucker breaks down why it's such a fulfilling trip and what destinations in North America offer a taste of it.
The New Course at Orlando's Grand Cypress Golf Club offers the closest thing to the Old Course at St. Andrews that many Americans will experience. The Jack Nicklaus design mimics the birthplace of golf, in particular with its feel for the game and enormous, shared fairways at the start and finish, Mike Bailey writes. Plus, there's Grand Cypress' Hell Bunker, the Valley of Sin and all the giant greens.
As a pure golf experience, International World Tour Golf Links holds its own. In other words, if you didn't know that the 18 holes here were copies of some of the most famous holes in golf, you would probably just think that it's a pretty good golf course. For instance, the Open nine begins with the first at St. Andrews. On the Championship nine, it's the final hole on the East Course at Winged Foot.
Golfers looking to play and stay in style in south Florida will find a posh haven with all the trimmings at the Diplomat Country Club & Spa and Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa, right off the coast between Fort Lauderdale and Miami.
Since Jason Scott Deegan played so many cool courses (19 five stars on Golf Advisor) and visited so many exotic resorts, castles, estates and hotels, the competition for his 2015 travel awards has never been tougher.
Plenty of Scotland's links gems could never host an Open because of issues related to location or size. And that's exactly what makes them even better clubs, in some cases, for the traveling golfer to experience. Here are five of the best non-Open rota, historic links golf courses in Scotland, plus another worthy and affordable course nearby each ...
Located just off the banks of the Susquehanna River, Royal Manchester Golf Links transports you to the coast of the British Isles in south central Pennsylvania. Envisioned in the tradition of the Old Course at St. Andrews, this Tim Freeland design features rolling hills and generous bentgrass fairways and greens.
It's called the International Club of Myrtle Beach because each hole features a tribute to a different country. In addition, the massive clubhouse has a definite European feel to it. The golf course, though, is really all South Carolina Lowcountry.
With three golf courses located at the resort -- the Heathland, Moorland and Parkland -- the Scottish-inspired Legends is a Grand Strand vacation in and of itself. Legends' Heathland, designed by Tom Doak, mimics a links from the British Isles. P.B. Dye's Moorland has a great reputation as a tough East Coast play. And the Parkland offers the diversity and beauty of the natural Lowcountry terrain. Tree-lined fairways, multi-level greens and massive bunkers abound.
Jack Nicklaus won 73 times on the PGA Tour, third all-time behind Sam Snead and Tiger Woods. Many of those victories came at some of golf's most famous public courses, including La Costa, Torrey Pines, Doral and Harbour Town. Take a walk down memory lane.
The Open is the oldest major of them all, going back all the way to 1860, but it is also the most democratic. Here's a guide to the 14 historic links you can play.
Here's a look at the best public courses that hosted Shell's Wonderful World of Golf, the made-for-TV matches that were among golf's greatest showcases.
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