Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake of the Ozarks is a 27-hole golf resort in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. The property was formerly named Tan-Tar-A Resort and was rebranded and sold in 2017. The resort features 495 guest rooms and suites and eight dining and bar concepts. In keeping with the spirit of Jimmy Buffett, the resort features a wide range…
The Golden Nugget Lake Charles is a casino resort on the shoreline with 1,100 guest rooms and an 18-hole golf course designed by Todd Eckenrode and opened in 2014. Room types start at 500 square feet and range up to suites 1,000-2,000 square feet in size. Amenities for guests include a two-acre pool and lazy river, private beachfront and marina,…
The Lodge at Whitehawk features 14 deluxe cabins just steps from the Whitehawk Ranch Golf Club in the High Sierras an hour from Lake Tahoe. Dining at the Main Lodge is open seven days a week from June 17-September 15. There's also a restaurant at Whitehawk Ranch. A heated pool and jacuzzi; tennis, pickleball and basketball courts; and fishing at…
The Baneberry Golf Course and Resort is set on Douglas Lake in the Smoky Mountains. Golfers can stay in one of seven private villas or a room at the inn, which is closest to the pool, tennis court and driving range and across the street from the clubhouse bar and grill. Within an hour of the resort are multiple attractions: Pigeon Forge,…
The Isleta Resort Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is an oasis just minutes from the airport and downtown. The hotel, home to 201 rooms and suites, offers complimentary valet parking and airport transportation, a spa, an indoor/outdoor pool and hot tub, a 27-hole golf course, fitness room, dining at seven resort locations, a casino with 1,700…
Point Sebago, A Cove Resort, is a haven of summer fun. Cove properties strive to be the finest RV and manufactured home communities in North America and the United Kingdom. Guests who want to take advantage of the resort’s amenities can stay in resort cabins, RV sites, cottages, homes, camping and glamping tents or the seven-bedroom Lake Lodge.…
The Kirkwood National Golf Club & Cottages has teamed up with Mallard Pointe Golf Course to create a 54-hole getaway and private club experience. Mallard Pointe in nearby Sardis is home to 18 holes, plus a nine-hole executive course. Kirkwood National's cottages offer two bedrooms with two beds each, a private bath, TV and small fridge. Kirkwood…
Coushatta Casino Resort is located in Kinder, Louisiana, close to the golf and gaming destination of Lake Charles near the Louisiana-Texas border. This property, home to the largest casino in the state with live table games and poker, features an 18-hole golf course, Koasati Pines, and three different lodging units. The Grand Hotel is an…
The 6,359-yard Northwood Hills Golf Course in Garrison, Minn., was known as the Hardwoods Golf Course from 1969 to 2014 before it was purchased by the Appeldoorn family and rebranded in 2015. The Appeldoorn’s Sunset Bay Resort offers year-round accommodations in 1- to 3-bedroom cabins on the other side of the lake roughly 30 miles away. The family…
Seven Oaks Golf Club, the home course for the Colgate University golf team, was voted among the top 20 public golf courses in New York by Golf Magazine. And if you want to post a good score on this Robert Trent Jones Sr. design, you better be able to handle slick greens, Brandon Tucker writes.
Golfers in the Virginia Beach area are fortunate to have a place like Hampton Roads Golf Clubs, which features seven diverse golf courses for players of all levels and tastes. Golf courses designed by Robert Trent Jones and his son Rees Jones are part of the lore here. From Cypress Point C.C., the priciest of the courses, to Owl's Creek Golf Course, the least expensive and ideal for seniors, women, children and players looking for a quick round, Hampton Roads Golf Clubs has you covered.
At Crystal Springs Resort in the northernmost part of the state, seven scenic golf courses and three modern lodges are an example of the New Jersey that many are pleasantly surprised to discover. Word is getting out thanks to Ballyowen Golf Club, ranked the best public course in New Jersey. While links-style Ballyowen is the star attraction, Crystal Springs' six other courses offer plenty of diversity.
Oahu, Hawaii's most populated island, has more affordable public golf course options than any other island in Hawaii. Golf on Oahu isn't dominated by resorts, but by daily fees. Some are expensive, but you can usually negotiate tee times for far less online or during less peak times. Veteran golf travel writer Mike Bailey offers up seven of his favorite on Oahu.
Dan Maples may not be a big-name golf course architect like Jack Nicklaus, Pete Dye or Donald Ross, but seven of Maples' courses are ranked among Golf Digest's top 60 along the Grand Strand, more than any other architect. And when it comes to couples golf in the Myrtle Beach area, Dan Maples is the man. Why? Jason Scott Deegan explains.
Near Naples, Florida's Old Corkscrew topped the list of best-rated golf courses of the week by GolfAdvisor raters. See which other courses scored well in overall, value and conditions categories.
When you're playing a municipal golf course in a state, city, county or metropark chain of parks, you're almost always guaranteed a round of golf in a natural setting with no homes and little traffic.
Located in West End, N.C. near Pinehurst, 7 Lakes Country Club is a local favorite that has earned great reviews all year long. It tops this week's edition of the Power Rankings.
We've compiled GolfAdvisor's top-rated golf courses for the week of June 30, sorted in overall, conditions and value categories based on golfers' reviews.
There pretty much isn't anything black and white about Gray Plantation Golf Club in Lake Charles, La. There are risk-reward decisions throughout this Rocky Roquemore-designed course. Gray Plantation starts slowly, but once the sixth hole hits it's full speed ahead. Mike Bailey has more.
The first thing you'll notice about the Madison Club is that it's away from everything. Located in Westmoreland County, it's a good 45 minutes southeast of downtown Pittsburgh. But the second thing you might notice is that the Madison Club is worth the drive. The golf course is always in good shape, its bentgrass greens are pristine, and no two holes are alike. This local favorite traverses across hills, through mature trees and around seven lakes.
Reynolds Lake Oconee in Georgia has added a "Quick Six" short course within its Plantation Course that allows golfers to enjoy a six-hole round in roughly an hour.
Only Pinehurst Resort (eight courses) and New Jersey's Crystal Springs Golf Resort (seven courses) offer more holes of resort golf than Georgia's Reynolds Lake Oconee. Resort guests will run out of time before they run out of choices in this golf mecca located halfway between Atlanta and Augusta.
Finding a golf course in the rapidly growing Hampton Roads area with no surrounding homes isn't easy. But Stumpy Lake Golf Course in Virginia Beach fits the description, and then some. Situated on a lake in a wooded, swampy wildlife preserve, Stumpy Lake is a secluded oasis amid the bustle of Virginia Beach. Opened in 1953, this Robert Trent Jones design is the oldest of the municipal courses under the umbrella of Hampton Roads Golf.
Water hazards, including the twisting Truckee River, are always lurking at the Lake Tahoe Golf course, one of the most fun and affordable golf courses near Lake Tahoe.
The New York Golf Trail is a collection of 16 public-access golf courses in upstate New York in places such as Lake Placid, Saratoga Springs and Rochester. Here are some pictures of New York's finest from the trail, including Saratoga National Golf Club, Leatherstocking Golf Course and The Sagamore.
Stallion Mountain Golf Club is conveniently located just seven miles from the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. With ample opportunities to grip it and rip it, long hitters will enjoy the course.
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.
No golf course in the Laurentian Mountains brings out more polarizing opinions than Le Diable at Mont Tremblant Resort. Some consider Le Diable -- which translates to "the devil" in English -- the best public course in the region 75 miles northwest of Montreal, while others believe too many penal bunkers and waste areas too often ruin the opportunity for a decent score. Here's a closer look at Le Diable. You decide.
Change is constant at Nayar Golf Course. It opened in 2002 with several holes along Banderas Bay, but the routing has been altered constantly as the resort has expanded. A solid and challenging resort layout still remains. Jason Scott Deegan has more from Riviera Nayarit.
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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