The series kicks off with Paul playing the stunning and legendary Hole 4 at The Old Head Golf Links, which perches on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The lighthouse on the horizon, lines up with the green of the Hole and overlooks the beautiful course. Next up, Paul and Chris travel to Ardglass Golf Club to play the 11th Hole, with the “original” Coney Island in the background. From there, it is the oldest club on the island of Ireland, The Royal Belfast, where Chris plays a tough 11th Hole in the middle of the club’s “Amen Corner”. Finally, Paul plays in the driving rain at Carne Golf Links at the edge of County Mayo. He has never played before at Carne and despite the wild weather he has a fantastic time as he challenges the 10th Hole.
Ocean Club Resorts sits on one of the best beaches in the world: the white-sand Grace Bay Beach. It features two properties to choose from: Ocean Club and Ocean Club West, both offering a variety of one- to three-bedroom suites. The resort features a wide selection of amenities, including snorkeling, beach clubs, restaurants and bars for both fine…
The Park City Mountain Resort is a sprawling 7,300-acre ski destination with multiple resorts/hotel brands to choose from, including the Grand Summit, The Silverado Lodge, Waldorf Astoria Park City, WorldMark Park City and Club Wyndham Park City in one location near the Canyons Golf Course and Marriott’s Mountainside and Lodge at the Mountain…
The Sea Trail Resort Villas are located north of Myrtle Beach, S.C. and south of Wilmington, N.C. The property sprawls across 2,600 acres and features three championship golf courses. Villas span from one to four bedrooms in size and are equipped with full kitchens, all within 1.5 miles from the barrier island beaches. Indoor and outdoor pools are…
Sandals Grande St. Lucian an adults-only all-inclusive resort situated on Rodney Bay, known for having the calmest waters in Saint Lucia. The resort is part of the 'stay at one, play at three' program where guests may enjoy amenities at Grande St. Lucian and the two adjacent Sandals properties: Regency La Toc and Halcyon Beach. Enjoy 12…
The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman offers a variety of two-bedroom suites equipped with a full kitchen and guest rooms with private terraces overlooking the pool, beach or gardens. The resort also has an exclusive penthouse for rent with space for up to 22 guests. Set along the shore of Seven Mile Beach, there are plenty of water sport amenities and…
Finally, there's golf in the Whitsunday Islands off the coast of Queensland along Australia's Great Barrier Reef. After 20 years of planning, the Oatley family, well known Australian wine moguls, teamed with former five-time British Open champion Peter Thomson to make this dream a reality on the otherwise-deserted Dent Island. Hamilton Island Golf Club opened in 2009, offering natural splendor, blind tee shots and hidden hazards amid an island-getaway setting that worth's a look, Brandon Tucker writes.
Golf Channel travel expert Matt Ginella visits Canada's Prince Edward Island, where a smattering of golf courses couple with pleasant scenery and delicious seafood.
Located 17 miles south of Naples, Florida, Marco Island has six miles of beach and more than 100 miles of waterways. The laid-back, island lifestyle encompasses strolling on the pristine beaches, nightly sunset-watching parties, dolphin watching, and playing golf.
Bobby Weed has done some fine work in northeast Florida. Surprisingly, some of Weed's best holes can be found on a relatively unknown place south of Jacksonville called The Golf Club at Fleming Island, a residential course that's popular with the locals. Don't let its residential setting scare you -- there aren't many houses to detract from its natural setting among the pines and swamps. In fact, some might even argue Fleming Island is the best of his three, more well known (and more expensive) Florida courses.
From Jack Nicklaus' famed Bear Mountain in Victoria to the Crowne Isle golf-resort up-island, the Vancouver Island Golf Trail is a tranquil getaway to great courses and British Columbia beauty.
Mountains or ocean? Summer or winter? Resort or municipal? In Hawaii, you don't have to choose. Each of the four main islands offer a golfer's paradise, from Oahu's big-city bustle to the serenity of the Big Island, beauty of Kauai and luxury of Maui. Chances are, you can't visit each island on your Hawaii golf trip, so Brandon Tucker and Mike Bailey offer a guide to help determine which slice of paradise is right for you.
It's natural to think of shellfish at Prince Edward Island's Glasgow Hills Resort & Golf Club. The club even introduced free mussels after the round as a way of encouraging groups to stick around for a drink in the clubhouse. But golf is the star here: As one of the newest and most visually dramatic golf courses, Glasgow Hills rates among Prince Edward Island's best.
A $25-million project at The Lodge at Sea Island will add six new cottages, a new state-of-the-art Golf Performance Center, an oceanfront pool and pool house, and a new putting course.
Prince Edward Island is home to plenty of easy-swinging golf courses, but that doesn't mean you can't put your golf game to the test from the tips. Brandon Tucker suggests five PEI courses that will challenge even the best golfers.
Since 1988, Kiawah Island has blossomed into a coveted address that attracts golfers to South Carolina from around the world. Jason Scott Deegan checks in from this Lowcountry gem.
Golfers still flock to Jekyll Island: a charming 5,000-acre retreat off the southern coast of Georgia. But today those guests couldn't be more different than the millionaires of yesteryear. Jekyll Island still attracts some well-to-do vacationers thanks to its natural beauty and a colorful history. But it has also been transformed into one of the most affordable golf destinations in the Southeast.
What's not to love about Olympic View Golf Club? It offers great views and interesting holes for a reasonable green fee. On beautiful Vancouver Island nearby charming Victoria, the golf course resembles its surroundings - peaceful, unhurried and unique. But don't underestimate this seemingly benign, relatively short layout. It presents a championship-level challenge, Mike Bailey writes.
Frequent Myrtle Beach golf travelers know Pawleys Island, S.C. as the home to True Blue and Caledonia, two classic Mike Strantz designs regularly ranked among the top courses on the Grand Strand. They're also two of the priciest plays on the beach. But just because you might not be up to booking these two courses doesn't shut you out of great golf on the South Strand. Here are some of the top bargains around Pawleys Island, including River Club, Litchfield C.C. and Tradition Golf Club.
On Green Gables Golf Club's tree-lined front nine, it can feel like you're in the middle of nowhere. But not long after making the turn, and just before spying the best views of the ocean, you'll encounter what might be the largest gallery of your golfing career: Crowds visiting the site that inspired the book "Anne of Green Gables.
Opened in 2002, Newport National Golf Club has certainly set the standard when it comes to daily-fee golf in Rhode Island -- or New England, for that matter.
Located on Prince Edward Island's northern shore is Green Gables Golf Club, set within the Green Gables National Park near Cavendish. While this part of PEI may be known as the home of the "Anne of Green Gables" book series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, it's also home to one of the country's top classically designed courses by Stanley Thompson, Canada's most prolific architect of the Golden Era. The course originally opened in 1939, but has since been redesigned by Thomas McBroom in 2008.
Watson knocked it out of the park with his solo design debut: The Cassique at The Kiawah Island Club, a unique, linksy Lowcountry layout that opened in 2000.
With panoramic overlooks from the clubhouse as well as views of the River Clyde and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Glasgow Hills is one of the prettiest and most challenging golf courses on Prince Edward Island.
Andersons Creek Golf Club in Cavendish has one of Prince Edward Island's more interesting pieces of land for golf, even if the first impression might not show it. The first few holes play on mostly open, flat land. Then, the third hole heads into a forested ridge line, where the bulk of the course's holes lay. Playing up and down through mature forest, the golf course winds along Andersons Creek, requiring shots played over water four times.
Sanctuary Golf Club at Cat Island is what its name implies: a peaceful, serene layout where only a few houses spoil the beauty of the South Carolina Lowcountry. A renovation in 2009 by Jeff Brauer made the course more playable, improving all the bunkers (while removing some and adding others) and increasing the size of most greens by 20 percent.
Tom Fazio's million-dollar renovation of the River Course earlier this year enhanced the original course at The Kiawah Island Club in South Carolina. The 7,119-yard course remains as scenic as it is tough.
True Blue Plantation opened in 1998 adjacent to the Caledonia Golf & Fish Club on the southern end of the Grand Strand in Pawleys Island, S.C. True Blue, a Mike Strantz design, has been rated among the top modern designs by Golfweek.
At the Innisbrook resort in Palm Harbor, Florida, the PGA Tour host Copperhead gets most of the love. But the Island Course is also a worthy championship examination.
Sweetgrass, one of four traditional medicines used in Potawatomi ceremonies, is a purifier that is said to clear the mind and attract positive energy. And there is much positive energy at Sweetgrass Golf Club at the Island Resort in Harris, Mich.
About 45 minutes from Ocean City, Maryland, Baywood Greens is the kind of golf course that garners a lot of discussion from those who play it. First of all, a large portion of the club's sizable maintenance budget is dedicated to horticulture and the thousands of flowers found throughout the course. On top of that, course conditions are superb. And thirdly, the course is a tale of two nines, highlighted by holes that have an island fairway, island green and island tee box.
Don't fear the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort. Just make sure to respect it. The venue of the 1991 Ryder Cup "War by the Shore" can be tamed with smart decisions and sound shot-making.
Located on Bahamas' Great Exuma Island, Sandals Emerald Reef Golf Club is one of the Caribbean's top golf courses. The Greg Norman signature design overlooks the clear, blue waters that are famous in this part of the world for fishing and scuba diving. Formerly a Four Seasons property before Sandals Resort bought it in 2010 and made enhancements to both the golf course and resort grounds, Emerald Reef features many oceanfront villas and ocean-view guest rooms.
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 Tradition Golf Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. is a bit of a hidden gem - if there is such a thing in the heavily trafficked Grand Strand golf mecca. This course is not one to be missed on the south strand. It's a Ron Garl design that features a pleasant Lowcountry vibe, exceptional conditioning and outstanding facilities.
Located just north of Miami, the Turnberry Isle resort is home to a luxury hotel, ocean club and 36-hole golf club. The Soffer Course, which is the longer of two golf courses, features a wealth of bird life and water features, capped by a 64-foot waterfall next to an island 18th green.
There are 11 courses on the Vancouver Island Golf Trail and Crown Isle Resort & Golf Community in Courtenay is a perfect example of what to expect. This 7,025-yard championship layout is plenty difficult from the back tees, but with ample fairways, large greens and a great variety of holes, it's an enjoyable test for golfers of almost any level.
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