Get in on the action at more than 440,000 square feet of gaming at Jackpoint Junction Casino Hotel in Morton in Minnesota’s River Valley. The hotel rooms range from standard to pool and VIP suites. An indoor pool, arcade, fitness center, multiple restaurants and a 30-site RV Park are part of its amenities. More than 1,200 slots and table games…
Linden Hall touts itself as "one of Pennsylvania's best secrets". This 785-acre estate is home to a historic 74-room lodge and a 6,405-yard golf course that winds up and down the region's rolling hills. The 8,720-square-foot Linden Hall mansion contains 35 rooms, 27 fireplaces, 13 baths, an indoor bowling alley and walk-in clothes dryer. An…
Hidden on 380 acres in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, The Wyndhurst Manor & Club (formerly Cranwell Resort) in Lenox features 46 rooms, including 19 suites, spread out among a historic mansion and Beacher’s Cottage that deliver the grandeur of the Gilded Age. The accommodations offer sweeping views of the course and rolling hills.…
Westdrift Manhattan Beach is the perfect course to perfect your short game. Their par-27 9-hole executive features 24 rolling acres of lakes, palm trees, and strategic sand traps for golfers of any skill level. The Manhattan Beach Hotel offers close proximity to endless activities surrounding the property for non-golfers looking to explore. Just…
Recognized as one of the "Top 5 Hotels in Eastern Mexico" by Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards, Vidanta Riviera Maya offers a vacation experience unlike any other. This expansive destination is home to multiple luxury resorts, including The Estates, Grand Luxxe, The Grand Bliss, The Grand Mayan, The Bliss, and the Mayan Palace. Guests…
Located in the central-west region of Florida, aptly known as the Nature Coast, Cabot Citrus Farms is set across 1,200 acres of pristine natural beauty about an hour north of Tampa. Boasting dramatic elevation changes, sandy soil, and rolling hills canopied by towering sand pines, palmetto trees, and century-old moss-covered oaks, the unique…
News that Steve Wynn may transform Wynn Golf Club's 137 acres into an elaborate water attraction has golfers lamenting the demise of this luxury course on the Las Vegas Strip.
Take a left on Perfect Drive. Then imagine following a perfect drive, striped about 250 yards, and you will have arrived at PGA Golf Club, the PGA of America's flagship property, located on Florida's Treasure Coast. Proclaimed as one of the "75 Best Golf Resorts in North America," the club's reputation comes from its three championship courses by Tom Fazio and Pete Dye, and is bolstered by its 35-acre practice facilities and the PGA Museum of Golf.
From the home of Arnold Palmer to greater Philadelphia, the best golf courses in Pennsylvania are a mix of great resort courses and value publics. View the full top 25 here.
Tampa has an impressive line-up of stay-and-play options with golf courses sporting designer labels such as Arnold Palmer, Tom Fazio and Tom Lehman. Veteran Florida golf writer Ed Schmidt offers up some of his favorites.
Birdsfoot Golf Club is located less than an hour northeast of Pittsburgh, a drive that many golfers are more than happy to make. The course is one of the most reviewed and highly rated on GolfNow.com. Playing it is like getting two-for-one, with a links-style front nine and a rolling, parkland back nine. The undulating hills are indifferent to bounces whether they are good or bad.
The Tom Doak course will offer eight holes available for preview play Nov. 12 roughly two hours from Dallas and Houston and 73 miles from Shreveport Regional Airport.
World Woods Golf Club's location is remote, and its entrance is humble. But the golf, as the name implies, is nothing short of world class. Tom Fazio brought his artful eye to this large, untouched piece of wooded and sandy property and delivered two very different courses that are among the most accessible and affordable course in his entire portfolio, not to mention among his best works in the U.S.
Forget Napa Valley. Forget Sonoma Valley. If it is a wine and golf excursion you are looking for try the Central Coast of California -- some 120 miles of coastline loaded with quaint, friendly, seaside and inland towns and affordable golf, including La Purisma in Lompoc, Hunter Ranch in Paso Robles and Cypress Ridge in Arroyo Grande.
The Hyatt Regency Lost Pines and Wolfdancer Golf Club -- in Lost Pines, Texas -- hangs its 10-gallon hat on displaying the best of what makes the state unique, from numerous dining venues that celebrate Texas cuisine to offering outdoor fun of all sorts. Activities are especially family-friendly, with petting zoos, horseback riding and a large pool area and a water park large enough to accommodate 495 occupied guest rooms on a summer day.
More than ever, posh golf resorts are offering sports and golf massages, while other kinds of treatments - such as yoga for golfers and exercise to develop core strength and flexibility - are also being integrated into the spa programs. Here are some of the resorts in the western U.S. that do a great job of combining the golf and spa experience.
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 ...
From January to March, no winter golf destination rocks and rolls harder than this ritzy southwest Florida enclave on the Gulf of Mexico. Congestion on Naples' roads and tee sheets skyrockets as the snowbirds invade by the flock. The self-professed "Golf Capital of the World" boasts more golf holes per capita than anywhere in the country. Jason Scott Deegan offers his five favorites.
In August, Saratoga Springs in upstate New York is all about horse racing, but the golf in this town is a winner, too. Katharine Dyson lists her five favorite area courses.
Four Mile Ranch Golf Club, designed by award-winning Colorado architect Jim Engh, was once a 1,640-acre working cattle ranch. Today, it's a 7,053-yard moonscape beauty loaded with blind shots inspired by Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland -- one of Engh's favorite spots to worship the game. Playing Four Mile Ranch could be the most fun you will have on a golf course in southern Colorado, David R. Holland writes.
There are all kinds of reasons you could be visiting Tallahassee, from a sports event to meetings at the capitol. Perhaps you're here for a wedding, or to run in the Tallahassee Marathon. Whatever the case, you've got some time on your hands and want to sneak in a little golf. You'll need to rent clubs and you're looking for affordable green fees. Katharine Dyson has some of your top options.
For desert guests: Prepping for a Coachella Valley golf getaway is akin to an American historian taking a trip to Philadelphia, a foodie traveling to New York or a gambler rolling into Las Vegas. Palm Springs is the proverbial kid in a confectionery for golfers, and the options for diverse play are limitless. As are the choices for accommodation to complement your rounds. From Indian Wells to La Quinta Resort, here are four top options for area resorts with exceptional "play and stay" facilities that are certain to ensure your travel meets high expectations.
Virtues Golf Club, about a half hour outside Columbus, is one of Ohio's top rated golf courses. Ohio-based architect Arthur Hills built the course, and it's set on over 350 acres of open property, complete with rolling hills, ponds, marshland and open fields. Course conditioning and clubhouse facilities are all five-star.
Coyote Moon Golf Course sits on 250 heavily wooded and rolling acres in Truckee, California. The golf course, which was designed by former PGA Tour player Brad Bell and opened in 2000, features plenty of elevated greens and is among the many new spectacular mountain golf courses of the past decade.
Broad Run Golfer's Club, located just outside of West Chester, Pa., is a Rees Jones-designed gem that was carefully sculpted from 372 acres of rolling hills. The expansive golf course is not what you would expect to find so close to downtown Philly. The dramatic terrain serves as the centerpiece of the course, providing the holes with plenty of movement and stunning views that stretch across the surrounding countryside.
Potomac Shores Golf Club, an upscale public course in Dumfries, Va., is set on rolling, forested hills on the banks of the Potomac. Almost every hole on this Jack Nicklaus design is encircled by dense forest, and very few holes are very flat. Most tee shots feature beautiful, elevated vantage points. Greens are large and undulating, so precision on approach shots is the key here.
Rio Mar Country Club's Ocean Course in Puerto Rico gets its "ocean" moniker thanks to the par-3 16th that is a long, 200-plus-yard hole that plays beside the beach. The remainder of the course -- which was designed by George and Tom Fazio -- plays more inland on gently rolling land that makes for a traditional course design.
With Clear Creek Tahoe, Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw delivered an alpine golf course that can be walked. Majestic evergreens line the fairways of the subtly rolling land.
About 20 miles east of Austin, Texas is the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort, home to the 18-hole Wolfdancer Golf Club as well as a slew of other outdoor activities to enjoy. The course makes up a small part of the resort, which is a great place to escape and enjoy.
On clear days you can see the snow-capped peak of Mount Rainier from many of the holes at Druids Glen Golf Club, which has the reputation for being of the toughest golf courses in the entire state of Washington. The 230 acres is littered with trouble -- thousands of evergreen trees, 60 bunkers, nine lakes and poa annua greens faster than most public clubs in the Pacific Northwest.
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.
Jack Nicklaus made Old Greenwood plenty challenging, but its playable routing and scenery make it a favorite among the top courses surrounding Lake Tahoe.
The restoration of Pinehurst No. 2 in 2011 has only enhanced the allure of this Donald Ross original. Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw replaced 26 acres of rough with sandy, hardpan waste areas filled with pine needles and hand-planted wiregrass. They used aerial photos from the nearby Tufts Archives as their guide, creating a visually stimulating, more strategic course, ready to host the U.S. Open and U.S. Women's Open.
Longleaf Golf & Country Club in Southern Pines, N.C., sometimes gets lost in the shuffle sandwiched between the Mid Pines/Pine Needles complex and Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. The holes along Midland Road may look a bit pedestrian, but hidden inside the white fences at Longleaf is a dynamite back nine.
Pinehurst Resort & C.C. is so in tune with its history, it's almost as if this iconic North Carolina golf resort lives in a time warp. Every move toward the future is made with a nod to the past, as the modern touches have seamlessly been introduced without disturbing the fabric of the resort. Pinehurst is a 2,000-acre tribute to Americana, and it will always be the holiest of grounds for those who worship the game of golf.
The Craddock and Hankins courses at The Retreat & Links at Silvies Valley Ranch in eastern Oregon join The Loop at Forest Dunes Golf Club in Michigan as golf's modern reversible golf courses.
The Craddock and Hankins courses at The Retreat & Links at Silvies Valley Ranch in eastern Oregon join The Loop at Forest Dunes Golf Club in Michigan as golf's modern reversible golf courses.
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