Bar Run Golf & RV Resort is a remarkable new course built on the sand-gravel mines of the South Umpqua Riverbanks in Roseburg, Oregon. In addition to available RV spaces, the course offers cottages for an extended stay, featuring large front porches, a full kitchen, washing facilities, and amenities such as an indoor swimming pool and Shack Bar.…
Located nearly adjacent to Miami International Airport (MIA), this resort has seen considerable investment under the current ownership of Trump Golf, including the renovation of the Blue Monster, Golden Palm and Red Tiger golf courses by architect Gil Hanse. The Blue Monster's long run of PGA Tour events still resonates today with golf travelers.
The 154-room, LEED-certified Lodge at Edgewood debuted in June 2017, completing a long-term vision to have a lakeside lodge to accompany the famed Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, a George Fazio design that hugs the lake and serves as the home of the American Century Championship, a made-for-TV celebrity golf tournament every July. Families can bounce…
Timberlane Resort in Park Rapids is a family destination that offers deluxe accommodations, cabins and villas on 1,500 feet of Long Lake. Two large stone fireplaces anchor the Grand Lodge overlooking the lake. There are video games, a pool table, TV and snack bar in the teen room. The recreation building is set up for more games and ping pong.…
Squirrel Run Golf & Country Club in Plymouth, Mass. may be short at just 2,859 yards -- which is what you get when you have 15 par 3s out of 18 holes. But it's long enough and interesting enough to get most golfers excited. The course is enjoyable for everyone, especially high handicappers and beginners, Mike Bailey writes.
Maybe some day Elks Run Golf Club near Cincinnati will symbolize the rebirth of golf, a day when every course is packed and cherished as an outdoor playground by its surrounding community. The Greg Norman design from 1999 reopened last July. A new management team from Sequoia Golf, based in Georgia, has given Elks Run a second chance. Some courses don't deserve one. Elks Run's scenic layout earned it.
Veteran golf writer Jason Scott Deegan spent the better part of May in Ohio playing some of the finer golf courses in Cincinnati and Columbus, giving him enough ammunition to compare the two golfing destinations. Which one is better? Deegan breaks it down.
Even if they aren't as swanky, the public golf courses of Long Island are quite an impressive collection. Golfweek ranks four of them among the top 15 public courses in the state.
Southern Ohio isn't a golf destination with lavish resorts and great golf courses, but the Vintage Golf Properties does own five good golf courses north of Cincinnati that can thrill any player. The crown jewel of the corporation is Shaker Run, a championship 27-hole complex about a 45 minute drive from the home of the Bengals and Reds in a quaint farming town just off of Interstate 75.
Golf and the sea have always been kindred spirits. After all, the game was conceived along the wind and wave-smashed shores of Scotland. While many courses have one or two seaside holes in a row, few courses afford an opportunity to play three or more consecutive holes that hug the azure glory. Andrew Penner shows us some of the world's best runs of seaside golf.
An abandoned airfield along the coast of Lake Michigan two hours north of Chicago is an unlikely place for one of America's top golf resorts. But that is just what Whistling Straits - together with its neighbor Blackwolf Run, a part of the Kohler Resort - has become in its brief history.
There are many ways to sort, classify and rate golf courses. Most of them are complex, but this one is simple, and borrowed from an unlikely sport: skiing.
Indianapolis is blessed with a solid municipal golf course scene with courses spread throughout the city limits, plus good public golf courses in the suburbs.
For Washington-area players, a trip to Augustine Golf Club in Virginia is like seeing an old friend who suddenly looks robust after a long illness. After closing in 2010, Augustine re-opened with little fanfare in April 2012. Irrigation and drainage work was extensive, roughly 1,000 trees were removed, and greens and bunkers were redone. The once-great course isn't quite what it used to be, but it's definitely recovered and poised to regain its original stature.
Like many big cities, Atlanta is probably known more for its private clubs like Atlanta Athletic Club and East Lake. While public golf close to the city is at a minimum, there are some great public courses outside of town.
The TPC Deere Run is the venue of the John Deere Classic, the PGA Tour event that is held every year the week before the British Open. The rest of the year, recreational golfers of all skill levels can play where the pros play for about $75, and it's worth every dime (and then some).
Tallgrass Golf Course in Shoreham, N.Y. doesn't have the teeth of Bethpage's U.S. Open venue or the classic charms of Montauk Downs, but its faux links style has impressed enough raters to rank seventh the top public courses in New York.
Leatherstocking Golf Course is located just a home run or two away from the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. It plays like an old-time golf course at just 6,400 yards from the tips, but it protects itself with hilly fairways, steep bunkers and lightning-fast greens. It's one to play on the New York Golf Trail.
Bay Hill has Arnold Palmer. The Dorado Beach Resort & Club has Chi Chi Rodriguez. Golfers playing any of the four courses at Dorado will likely run into Puerto Rico's most famous player. Rodriguez has a long history with the resort, working at the famed East Course during its heyday in the 1960s. These days, the East looks and plays better than ever thanks to a renovation by Robert Trent Jones Jr. finished in 2011.
With roughly 45 public courses, Long Island provides plenty of affordable golf within a five-hour drive of New York City. The epicenter, of course, is Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale. Other standouts include Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, Tallgrass Golf Club in Shoreham, and Montauk Downs State Park in Montauk.
Designed by Donald Ross and opened in 1925, Hyde Park G.C. in Jacksonville, Fla. is steeped in history. It isn't long by today's standards, but in the 1950s it was a championship test for the likes of Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Babe Zaharias and Patty Berg.
The Raptor Course at Grayhawk Golf Club has long been a favorite in Scottsdale, Arizona. The three new holes that debuted in October 2015 aren't universally loved, but maybe that will change as they mature.
The Palmer Course at PGA National Resort & Spa has just reopened after a months-long renovation project. Here's what you need to know about this South Florida layout.
With water on nearly every hole, Waterlefe Golf & River Club in Bradenton, Fla. is a course that requires precision and solid ball striking. Architect Ted McAnlis figured out how to preserve the natural environment with a collection of memorable holes that run along a scenic section of the Manatee River.
The new Greg Norman Signature Course at Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta is infinitely playable for resort duffers, but strong enough to give Vidanta Golf's stable of PGA Tour pros a good workout.
Without any views of the water, the Gailes Links at Glasgow Golf Club tends to be overlooked by golfers touring Scotland's west coast. It's not so easily dismissed by the R&A, however. The Gailes Links has been named the only Scottish links that will host the final Open Championship qualifier for four consecutive years, beginning in 2014. Long grass and gorse pinches its fairways. With only two par 5s and three par 3s, players must churn out pars on one tough par 4 after another for a decent score.
Sharp Park Golf Course might be the most beloved three-star course in America. Modern design trends involving length and excessive fairway bunkering and shaping don't apply at the historic seaside muni. Jason Scott Deegan has more.
To some, the Mountain View Course at Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert, Calif. rules the Coachella Valley. The 6,913-yard course, which opened in 1998 and underwent a million-dollar renovation in 2009, provides plenty of playability with strategic moments thrown in. The scenery of the surrounding Santa Rosa Mountains adds a panoramic backdrop.
With large, red-sand bunkers framing holes that lead up to elevated greens, each hole on Sand Hollow's Championship Course is unique and flanked by the backdrop of spectacular mountains that border nearby Zion Park. This is a big, memorable course that's a feast for the eyes. Simply put, there are no boring holes here -- not one.
Rio Secco Golf Club wraps all the excesses of Las Vegas into one package, incorporating splashes of sex appeal, celebrity, gambling and the natural beauty of the desert to stimulate golfers.
The Dunes at Maui Lani Golf Course is located just outside Maui's main port city of Kahului. The club opened in 1999 and was designed by Hawaii-based architect Robin Nelson, who has a collection of credits throughout the islands. Brandon Tucker gives us a closer look at The Dunes at Maui Lani with this photo gallery.
The Valley Course at JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert, Calif., is surrounded by the Santa Rosa Mountains and offers a quiet play. A little more friendly than its sister Palm Course, Valley offers a stunning landscape covered with swaying palms and blue lagoons.
With apologies to Colorado, Lake Tahoe stakes a strong claim as America's best mountain golf destination in summer. Here's a photo gallery of some of the best 18-hole golf courses around Lake Tahoe.
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