Individual and team titles are on the line as 12 of the tops teams in the country compete in the Southwestern Invitational at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, California.
In Southern California, Robinson Ranch has a new name, Sand Canyon Country Club, and plans to build a hotel onsite in addition to its 27-hole golf course.
Carmel Mountain Ranch Country Club, located just off I-15 north of San Diego, is a daily-fee course with a small membership that consistently has some of the area's purest putting surfaces. Carmel Mountain Ranch serves a mostly local golf market in San Diego, but the course can serve as a good option for out-of-town players in search of a tough play at an affordable price, Brandon Tucker writes.
North Carolina's Scotch Hall Preserve, Arnold Palmer design, scores high ratings on Golf Advisor in the third quarter of 2015. View more top rated courses.
Luring golfers away from Scottsdale is a tall order. But with new Wickenburg Ranch Golf & Social Club, Los Caballeros and Wickenburg C.C., Wickenburg, Arizona becomes a legitimate destination.
Just northwest of Orlando, Mission Inn Resort & Club's El Campeon was the top-rated course on Golf Advisor for the week of Dec. 14. View the complete top 10.
The best courses in New England, according to your ratings, feature a mix of classic Donald Ross courses and spectacular modern designs amongst scenic mountain terrain.
The best golf courses in Colorado, according to your ratings and reviews in 2016, come from metro Denver, the Front Range and top resorts in the Rocky Mountains. View the full ranking here.
Waterlefe Golf & River Club was the top-rated course of the week on Golf Advisor. View the rest of the week's top courses in overall and conditions categories.
California's drought has pushed many once-proud golf facilities to extinction. Water costs and competition are high. Participation is low. That equation doesn't add up for owners.
Located north of downtown San Diego off I-15, Carmel Mountain Ranch Country Club winds up and down hilly property and has some great views of the surrounding hillsides. On the course, large bunkering, creeks, ponds and boulder formations all come into play, making it a great option for lower handicaps. Brandon Tucker has more in this photo gallery.
Generous fairways, superb conditioning and a layout that doesn't bring homes into play make for a winning formula at Heritage Ranch Golf & Country Club in Fairview, Texas. For good players, going low isn't a given. While this isn't your typical Arthur Hills course -- risk-reward on every shot -- the greens can be tricky to read.
There are many sides to golf in the Texas Hill Country, starting with Barton Creek Resort, located just west of downtown Austin, to courses closer to Horseshoe Bay and Lake Travis.
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.