In Southern California, Robinson Ranch has a new name, Sand Canyon Country Club, and plans to build a hotel onsite in addition to its 27-hole golf course.
Yes, there is plenty of public golf beyond the exclusive private clubs in Tinseltown. And fortunately, in an area where mild weather and copious sunshine are the norm, decent conditions rule, and business is steady for the canniest of the local operators. Los Angeles resident golf writer David Weiss shares where he plays around his hometown when he's not playing on the road.
Perhaps one of the country's most underrated and overlooked golf destinations is in the Santa Fe-Taos area of New Mexico. While the golf courses may be relatively few in number by Arizona and Texas standards, the quality of golf in northern New Mexico is as good as its ski resorts, outdoors and arts community. And its weather -- especially if you like four seasons. Why should you consider a golf vacation to Santa Fe and northern New Mexico? Here's a look at five courses: Black Mesa, Marty Sanchez Links, Angel Fire Resort, Taos C.C. and Towa Golf Club.
If you like the outdoors, you couldn't pick a better destination than northern New Mexico with its distinct four seasons. In the spring, mild summers and fall, you can go fly fishing, hiking, canoeing or play golf in and around the Sangre de Cristo and Jemez Mountains, just north of the capital city of Santa Fe.
The Country Club at Soboba Springs may be one of the best southern California "Inland Empire" affordable golf courses you've never of. Designed by Desmond Muirhead and renovated in 2004 by Cary Bickler, this is a hidden gem with lots of potential, David R. Holland writes.
California's drought has pushed many once-proud golf facilities to extinction. Water costs and competition are high. Participation is low. That equation doesn't add up for owners.
Sandy white beaches and views of blue waves on the Sea of Cortez distinguish the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula over many of the world's other luxurious golf destinations. Club Campestre San Jose is the most affordable Nicklaus course in the area, mainly due to its lack of ocean-front property. That said, strategic routing and the premier conditioning more than make up for the loss of the beach.
You can play golf and ski on the same day at Greenhorn Creek Resort in California's Calaveras County. Jason Deegan visited this Gold Country getaway in the Sierra Nevada mountain foothills.
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