The Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, owned and operated by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Siouix Community, is the largest casino in Minnesota. With 766 new and renovated rooms just 25 minutes south of the Twin Cities, the resort features endless entertainment of outdoor concerts, gaming 24 hours a day, stylish bars and restaurants and special events. The…
The Legacy Golf Links is a Jack Nicklaus design minutes from the famous Village of Pinehurst. The routing flows around five lakes. Legacy Golf Packages feature lodging throughout the region (some choices, from two- and three-bedroom condos to inns and hotels, are not at the course). Rounds from 18 other area courses, including Mid Pines and Pine…
Get in on the action at more than 440,000 square feet of gaming at Jackpoint Junction Casino Hotel in Morton in Minnesota’s River Valley. The hotel rooms range from standard to pool and VIP suites. An indoor pool, arcade, fitness center, multiple restaurants and a 30-site RV Park are part of its amenities. More than 1,200 slots and table games…
Muskoka Lakes has more top 100 public-access courses than any other golf destination in Canada. Picking the top five places to play here isn't easy, but Jason Scott Deegan has done it.
Three of Minnesota's best golf resorts nestle up to the shores of Gull Lake near Brainerd, a major reason why Golf Digest considers this area among the top 50 golf destinations in the world.
Reynolds Lake Oconee in Georgia has added a "Quick Six" short course within its Plantation Course that allows golfers to enjoy a six-hole round in roughly an hour.
Reynolds Lake Oconee continues to add more amenities for buddies trips. The latest is a state-of-the-art sporting club. Brandon Tucker sees what else is new.
Recent improvements and restorations to Belvedere Golf Club, an historic course in Charlevoix, northern Michigan, have made this Willie Watson classic better than ever.
Contraband Bayou Golf Club, which opened in 2005, has gone through much in its short existence. It's been through two hurricanes, a down economy, suffered the economic effects of the Gulf oil disaster and has already undergone a renovation. Still, excellent conditions and an excellent test of golf make Contraband Bayou worth the trip to Lake Charles, La., Mike Bailey writes.
For the resort golfer looking for those Hawaii coastline money shots, Princeville at Hanalei's Makai Golf Course has more oceanfront holes running along the North Shore. Both the Ocean and Lakes' nines weave out to the coast, and the Ocean's par-3 seventh hole, playing on rugged coastline 200 feet above the ocean, is among Kauai's most famous.
The Quad Cities -- Moline and Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa -- boast a fascinating history and surprising diversity of family friendly activities. And the area's golf courses are among the most accessible, affordable and enjoyable in the nation.
Nothing beats a round of golf where you don't wait on a single shot. The following 25 golf courses in America managed their pace of play best according to golfer reviews.
If you're looking for value in your golf vacation, here's something you might want to consider: Travel to Tucson, Arizona and play the munis. Tucson has some of the best golf weather in the U.S. and one of the better municipal golf systems. Nobody's saying that Tucson's best munis are as good as Torrey Pines or Beth Page Black, but they are very good values. In fact, while the resort courses approach $200 during peak season, Tucson's munis are well less than $50. And the golf is pretty stout.
Golf Channel travel expert Matt Ginella named his 2015 top 50 U.S. public courses. The rest of the Golf Advisor team counters with their honorable mentions.
Nothing beats a quick round of golf. We looked at your ratings from 2016 to find which courses left their golfers most satisfied with the round's pace of play.
A new vacation deal from the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach, S.C. features only courses that have earned "top 100" honors by either Golf Magazine or Golf Digest.
Here are some of local photographer Brian Oar's favorite courses around Salt Lake City. The best part? They can all be played for under $100, and many of them for under $50.
Home to nearly 125 golf courses, there are no shortage of choice public plays in the Palm Springs area. Whether you're a snowbird escaping winter, or a deal-seeker aiming for value amid the summer sizzle, here are five prime tracks for your desert tee sheet.
As one of just a handful of new golf courses opening this year in the United States, Salish Cliffs Golf Club in Shelton, Wash. will certainly get its accolades -- and deservedly so. The Gene Bates design looks like it belongs with the land, which is exactly what Bates hoped to accomplish. Salish Cliffs presents itself spectacularly, Mike Bailey writes.
The senses run full throttle at Jack's Point Golf Course in New Zealand, as players try and absorb the panoramic surroundings, while staying focused on taming a strong golf course of 6,388 meters. Jack's Point might not be the household name that Cape Kidnappers and Kauri Cliffs are in the United States, but it's every bit the scenic wonder of those two coastal courses on the North Island.
A five-minute boat ride across the Lake of Bays gets the blood flowing for what lies ahead at Bigwin Island Golf Club on the isolated 700-acre island in Muskoka cottage country two hours north of Toronto. Course designer Doug Carrick transformed an abandoned Stanley Thompson course in 2001 into a stunningly scenic private playground that is only open to the public in spring and fall.
The Woodlands course sits in the shadow of its sister course, Lawsonia Links, a nationally ranked classic course. However, it delivers a few surprises along the way.
The Palmer Ryder Cup Course at the K Club, located 30 minutes outside Dublin, will always be a historic parkland playground for golfers. The 2006 Ryder Cup venue is stocked with water on 14 holes, but it's well worth losing golf balls to play a real Ryder Cup course. Jason Scott Deegan shows us more in this photo gallery.
Wisconsin's own Andy North and Roger Packard designed Trappers Turn to be a natural escape from the waterparks of the Wisconsin Dells. It's a scenic and strategic 27-hole course winding through the forest.
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