Playing Wolf Creek Golf Club in Mesquite, Nev., is like watching a suspenseful thriller. Your emotions will rage, your palms will sweat and you'll look at your scorecard in horror. And when your round is over, your body will crave the adrenaline rush all over again, Jason Scott Deegan writes.
Tom Fazio's Osprey Ridge at Walt Disney World has earned plenty of accolades since its opening in 1992. It's a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary golf course and has received four and half stars from Golf Digest. But there is another award it's worthy of: The most peaceful escape in all of Disney.
Modern golf's greatest architect duo returns to a landscape in eastern Colorado that is reminiscent of their Nebraska masterpiece, Sand Hills, built more than 30 years earlier.
In the Malibu area, swanky, private Sherwood C.C. and Riviera may be tops. But there are plenty of courses you can play, including Malibu Golf Club, Palos Verdes Golf Club, Ojai Valley Inn and Tierra Rejada G.C. Jason Scott Deegan has more.
The members at Ballyliffin Golf Club in Ireland have a saying about their two magical courses, the Old Links and the Glashedy Links. They boast that the Old Links was fashioned by God and the Glashedy Links by man. When it comes to 36-hole golf clubs in Ireland, none are better than Ballyliffin, Jason Scott Deegan writes.
Few golf courses have undergone as many changes in as little time as Cahoon Plantation Golf Club in Chesapeake, Va. It once had an 18-hole, par-3 course and 27 regulation holes. But while the changes aren't what Cahoon had in mind when it opened in 1999, what remains is a stellar and unique 18 holes. From a flat, treeless, windswept canvas, designer Tom Clark fashioned a course with Scottish accents, setting it apart from the low-lying courses of the Hampton Roads region.
The pull of Pinehurst is often too strong for out-of-state golfers to stop at an out-of-the-way destination such as Anderson Creek Golf Club. Those who veer only slightly off course are rewarded with a strong Davis Love III design stocked with the signature elements that make the Sandhills so great for golf: the rolling terrain, sandy soil and priceless natural setting.
The Old Course at Lahinch Golf Club -- a historic links in County Clare, Ireland -- boasts quirky charms and beautiful surroundings. Initially designed by Old Tom Morris, it takes blind shots to a whole new level.
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