The Grand Casino Hinckley Hotel in Hinkley, Minn., is one of the state’s largest casino resorts with 563 rooms. Guests enjoy access to the Grand Harmony Spa, five delicious restaurants and the nearby Grand National Golf Course. Live entertainment plays at the Rival House. There’s action all day and night at a 24-hour fitness center and a casino of…
The Prairie Club along the Snake River Canyon in Valentine was founded by Paul Schrock as one of the Midwest’s first remote destination golf clubs. The resort is five-plus hours from major airports in Denver and Omaha, but well worth the journey to discover two top 100 golf courses, The Dunes by Tom Lehman and Pines by Graham Marsh. Both are…
The Wisp Resort’s 172 acres of ski terrain are heaven for winter-sports enthusiasts, but this resort offers so much more year-round. It is an outdoor playground for all ages thanks to Deep Creek Lake and an endless array of mountainous adventures: canopy tours, segways, mountain biking, a mountain coaster, disc golf, 36 holes of regular golf, gem…
The completely renovated Sawmill Creek Resort by Cedar Point Resorts will reopen in 2022 near Sandusky, boasting 239 guest rooms and suites, a marina, beach, conference centers, restaurants, a Tom Fazio golf course, shops and 50 acres of undeveloped land on the shores of Lake Erie. Three restaurants, Salmon Run, Trapper’s Deli and Mulligan’s Pub,…
The Loon Golf Resort has grown to include a second location in Gaylord: The Ridge, formerly the Marsh Ridge Golf Resort. The Loon offers a townhome village with four-bedroom/four-bathroom units with full kitchens just steps from the clubhouse restaurant and the course. The Ridge is more versatile with hotel-style rooms, suites and free-standing…
The Abaco Club on Winding Bay is a private paradise for club members and home owners, but it will accept guests who have never stayed before. It offers one of the top courses in The Bahamas, a spa and wellness facility, water sports, tennis, pickleball and basketball courts, gourmet dining and a two-mile stretch of beach. Stay at your option of…
Part of one of the world's most beloved resort brands, Omni Amelia Island Resort & Spa is one of the best in northeast Florida. With access to three golf courses, including the newly renovated Oak Marsh, the exclusive Long Point, and the 10-hole short course Little Sandy, Omni Amelia Island Resort & Spa is an ideal destination for buddies trips,…
Hyatt River Marsh Golf Club in Cambridge, Md. is consistently rated among the state's top-10 courses. Holes play along the Choptank River and Shoal Creek, traversing wetlands, open meadows and forests of hardwood and pine, and sculpted, white-sand bunkers give the course elegance and definition. Considering the scenery and stellar conditions, River Marsh is an appropriate centerpiece of the luxurious Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina.
There's nothing quite like springtime in the Carolinas, teeing it up on a coastal course where the saltwater fills the air. And while the Grand Strand doesn't have any bonafide "ocean" tracks, there are a collection of saltwater golf courses thanks to the Shallotte River, Waccamaw River and Intracoastal Waterway among others. Here are five of the best Myrtle Beach marsh courses.
Amelia Island on the northeast coast of Florida no longer has a course with five holes on the ocean thanks to the closing of the Ocean Links Course at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation resort.
California's Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon placed the top course in Power Rankings over Memorial Day weekend. View more top-rated courses in overall and conditions categories.
With the Ryder Cup coming to town, many of the top golf courses in and around Minnesota's Twin Cities are raising rates. Here are 10 that remain affordable.
A spectacular piece of land has helped make Colleton River Plantation's Nicklaus Course one of the top golf courses in South Carolina. It's a piece of property particularly inspiring to Nicklaus: "Colleton River reminds me of Cypress Point. It has as many elements as any golf course on the East Coast.
Charleston, S.C. is a city steeped in history and romance. This is "Lowcountry" at its best: Here golf courses and golf communities abound, many built on land with profound historical significance.
Harbour Town Golf Links is on everyone's must-play list on Hilton Head Island thanks to the PGA Tour event at Harbour Town every April, the RBC Heritage. Somewhat less familiar, however, are the wide variety of golf courses on the island and the nearby communities of Bluffton, Beaufort and Savannah. Ed Schmidt offers up some suggestions to accommodate any budget.
For sheer convenience and depth of quality courses, no summer vacation destination beats the Gaylord Golf Mecca in northern Michigan, a golf hub unlike any other in the Midwest. Native son Jason Scott Deegan offers his list of the 10 best golf courses in Gaylord. Drum roll, please ...
With some of the area's most photogenic holes along the Intracoastal Waterway, Tidewater Golf Club & Plantation is a favorite pick for most glossy Myrtle Beach advertisements. You're in for one of Myrtle Beach's prettiest rounds at Tidewater but also one of its most challenging, with a slope/rating of 74.8/144 from the championship tees.
When comparing Oak Marsh to Ocean Links, it's the marsh versus the beach at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation. While the five beach holes of Ocean Links are sensational, the marsh holes on Oak Marsh are almost as good.
There are no true oceanfront holes in Myrtle Beach, which is surprising considering it is, in fact, the "Grand Strand." But marsh and waterway holes are aplenty.
Designed by renowned architect Tom Fazio, the Cotton Dike course is named for the old Cotton Dike that surrounds a side of Dataw Island, and several holes on the front nine play along it. The course finishes with several holes along stunning marshland, and the par-5 18th hole is a jaw-dropping finish, doglegging left around the marsh to a small, heavily guarded green.
Tidewater Golf Club & Plantation in North Myrtle Beach is one of the Grand Strand's prettiest golf courses. It features a collection of holes along the Intracoastal Waterway - as well as several other marsh holes.
Oyster Bay Golf Links in Sunset Beach, N.C. is one of the Grand Strand's most scenic and dramatic rounds. The course plays through scenic marsh and wetlands, all within a whiff of the Atlantic Ocean.
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 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.
When the tide is out, the marshes of the Tidewater Golf Club & Plantation look like a graveyard for golf balls. It's the best looking cemetery a golfer will ever see. The stirring views of the Intracoastal Waterway and the inlet leading to the ocean set Tidewater apart from its competition along the Grand Strand.
Designed by Arthur Hills, The Links at Lighthouse Sound is one of the most visually stunning golf courses in the Ocean City area. It's also a tale of two nines. The front side is laid out along Assawoman Bay, with several views of the Ocean City skyline, while the back nine (starting with nine actually) meanders its way through a marsh and mature hardwoods. It's also where you'll find the longest cart bridge in America, at nearly 1,500 feet, bridging the two sides of the course.
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.
The Seaside Course at Sea Island Resort explores the coastal marshlands of Saint Simons Sound on the Georgia coast. There are moments on the back nine that can almost compare with the ocean holes at Pebble Beach.
Just minutes away from the famous Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is another pretty cool 6,855-yard course providing an entirely different experience, Bandon Crossings.
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.
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.
Tidewater Golf Club remains South Carolina's most awarded golf course and has more than two decades of rave reviews to prove it. It is the only layout ever to be named "Best New Course" by both Golf Digest and Golf Magazine.
There are four courses at Sunriver Resort in central Oregon. The Crosswater is the most heralded, but the Meadows Course, designed by John Fought, is also a true championship test with scenic holes at every bend.
Atlantic City Country Club is full of history and golf lore. The clubhouse has tons of memorabilia, making it feel like a museum of golf. The course has hosted six United States Golf Association championships, and the golf term "birdie" was invented here. Today, the 6,577-yard, par-70 course remains a pure classic, ranking as the no. 1 public golf course in New Jersey.
Overlooking vineyards and Lake Apopka and Lake Siena, Bella Collina is positioned in a setting that more resembles Italy than central Florida. And it all starts with an enormous Tuscan-inspired clubhouse. The golf course befits the clubhouse with its elevated tees, wide fairways and rolling hills.
While Eagle's Pointe Golf Club is among the most player-friendly golf courses in the Hilton Head area, don't call it easy. But feel free to swing away on this Davis Love III design that serves as the perfect complement to its sister course, Arnold Palmer's Crescent Pointe G.C.
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