Rancho Viejo Resort & Country Club is a private golf community in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, located on a waterway that feeds to the Rio Grande River Delta. Room types include suites or one, two and three-bedroom villas. Onsite is a 24/7 fitness center and massage therapy space, as well as standup paddleboard rentals on the river. The…
River Oaks Resort is one of many family-friendly resorts in the greater Myrtle Beach area perfect for golfers. It sits adjacent to River Oaks Golf Planation and the World Tour Golf Links. Guests can stay in vacation condos with balconies overlooking the courses. Modern amenities like multiple TVs, kitchens and washer/dryer are available in one- to…
The Mount Mitchell Golf Club sits at the base of Mount Mitchell an hour from Asheville and minutes from the famed Blue Ridge Parkway. Despite its mountain setting, the course itself is flat with the South Toe River running through it. This river is ideal for fisherman looking to hook brown and rainbow trout. Golfers can rent two- and three-bedroom…
One of the premier resorts in coastal South Carolina, Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort is a favorite among beach-bound families and golf groups alike. Accommodations include oceanfront villas as well as inland units that bring guests closer to golf courses like Litchfield Country Club, River Club and Tradition Golf Club. The resort's location in…
The Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club in Conway, South Carolina, is part of the Glens Golf Group of Myrtle Beach. In addition to the Clyde Johnston course, it is home to an English Manor clubhouse and the Shaftesbury Suites, five luxury two-bedroom, two-bathroom suites on the second floor, overlooking the course and the Waccamaw River. The suites…
The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort, part of the Marriott Bonvoy brand of hotels, is a golf resort located on Hutchinson Island in the Savannah River on the Georgia-South Carolina border. There is a marina that allows boaters to stop off at the resort for dinner or golf. The resort is home to the 18-hole Club at Savannah Harbor, which features…
Located just south of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, Legoland Discovery Center and the city of Tempe, Arizona Grand is a AAA Four Diamond Resort and among the Phoenix-Scottsdale area's largest golf resorts with 744 total guest rooms. Set on 164 acres, the highlight of the property is the 18-hole golf course that winds into desert foothills of the…
The General Burnside Island State Park is unique in that its 18-hole golf course and 102-site campground on located on an island in the middle of the Cumberland River. The marina next to the park unlocks the famous Lake Cumberland, the capital of house-boating in America. Anyone can rent a slip, fishing boat, ski boat or houseboat. The lake's…
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.…
Lake Richard B. Russell State Park is located east of Atlanta and northwest of Augusta in Elberton near the state border of South Carolina near the Savannah River. It is home to Arrowhead Pointe Golf Course, one of the best value courses in the southeast and a previous recipient of Golf Advisors' Golfers' Choice Top 50 lists. The state park is…
Located in Central Oregon, Sunriver Resort, a Destination Hotels property, is one of Oregon's largest golf resorts in the summertime. The 3,300-acre community and resort development is located 15 miles south of Bend, Oregon. Accommodations include 212 Lodge Village guest rooms and suites, 33 spacious River Lodge guest rooms and a wide array of…
Oak Valley Golf Course & Resort is located in Pevely, Missouri south of St. Louis beside the Mississippi River. It is home to an 18-hole golf course, RV park, campgrounds waterpark and a main lodge that sleeps up to 36 guests. Oak Valley is sprawled across 350 scenic and natural acres with fishing available.
La Estancia Golf Resort is in an ideal location, is just a few miles from Casa de Campo (the Caribbean's most famous golf resort), 45 minutes from Punta Cana International Airport, and less than five miles from one of the best beaches in the south of the island. Resort accommodations include rooms, golf cottages and expansive villas. The 18-hole…
Sunday River in Newry, Maine, is one of the state’s golf and ski meccas. It is a sprawling, year-round recreational paradise with multiple hotels and inns, restaurants and outdoor activities. The Grand Summit Hotel sits in the heart of the resort, while the Snow Cap Inn is just a short walk away from the slopes. The Jordan Hotel is the resort’s…
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.
The River Golf Club is located just a few miles from Augusta National, and it's a favorite spot for patrons who attend the Masters and want to bring along their golf clubs. But you better book way in advance during Masters week. Tee times are a little easier to get during the other 51 weeks, and it's a terrific playing option for golfers any time of year, Mike Bailey writes.
We looked at your ratings and reviews from 2016 of South Carolina golf courses to find the Top 25. The results feature a mix of top resort courses like Sea Pines and Kiawah Island, as well as great bargain courses.
The front nine on Pete Dye's course at Colleton River Plantation is a mostly traditional-looking lowcountry layout, set in deep forest and weaving throughout the residential community with subtle doglegs. But it's the second half of the course that makes Colleton River among Dye's most remarkable. From the ninth hole through the finish, you're on open, coastal land nudged up to the Port Royal Sound, which filters out toward the Atlantic Ocean.
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.
River Hills Golf & Country Club is one of your better bang-for-your-buck courses on the Grand Strand, thanks to rolling, scenic terrain and a very fair Tom Jackson design. It's not as flashy as some of its more renowned (and expensive) neighbors, but there are some three-figure courses in Myrtle Beach that aren't kept up as well.
Frequent Myrtle Beach golf travelers know Pawleys Island, S.C. as the home to True Blue and Caledonia, two classic Mike Strantz designs regularly ranked among the top courses on the Grand Strand. They're also two of the priciest plays on the beach. But just because you might not be up to booking these two courses doesn't shut you out of great golf on the South Strand. Here are some of the top bargains around Pawleys Island, including River Club, Litchfield C.C. and Tradition Golf Club.
Your ball is going to find the Shallotte River at least once during your round at River's Edge Golf Club in Shallotte, N.C., that's practically a guarantee. But this river is also going to serve up some of the Carolinas' best marsh holes along the way.
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.
There are more than 200 golf courses in the Valley of the Sun, many of them concentrated in the Scottsdale area. With that said, you might want to look to south Phoenix, where there are some excellent choices, perhaps a little less crowded than the Scottsdale courses seem to be in peak season. Here's a look at six that warrant consideration.
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.
Golfers who want to avoid the traffic and other hassles of Hilton Head Island can stay and play in Bluffton, South Carolina, a growing retirement community that is home to more than a dozen golf courses stacked up one after another along Fording Island Road. There are enough public-access courses in Bluffton to keep snowbird, retirees and vacationers busy for a week or more. Here are five of the best.
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.
Playing Crescent Pointe Golf Club in Bluffton, S.C. never gets old. With three holes flirting with the scenic Colleton River, this 6,773-yard par-71 Arnold Palmer design both delights the senses and creates thrilling theater. Water lurks around every twist of the fairway, adding strategy and drama on nearly every shot.
If the Gary Player-designed course at Leopard Creek C.C. isn't South Africa's best, it's certainly in the top two or three, and it may be the country's most exclusive. Still, while the club on the edge of Kruger National Park doesn't have reciprocal agreements with U.S. private clubs, that doesn't mean you can't play it. Mike Bailey has more.
Arabella Golf Club is a 90-minute drive from Cape Town, South Africa. Ranked fifth among the country's best courses by Golf Digest South Africa in 2014, the Peter Matkovich design is well worth the trip.
The location of the Oak Point Course always made it a bit of a fifth wheel in the playing rotation for guests at South Carolina's Kiawah Island Golf Resort. But recent upgrades to this Clyde Johnston design make choosing where to play at Kiawah a much tougher task.
The Club at Steyn City on the outskirts of Johannesburg has aspirations to become South Africa's next great private club. The new Jack Nicklaus designed golf course on site rides its rolling terrain gracefully.
Leopard Creek's exclusivity, impeccable conditioning and location adjacent to the Kruger National Park create a memorable day. Golfers may encounter monkeys, hippos, crocodiles, antelope, cobras, turtles and lizards.
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.
Located just off the banks of the Susquehanna River, Royal Manchester Golf Links transports you to the coast of the British Isles in south central Pennsylvania. Envisioned in the tradition of the Old Course at St. Andrews, this Tim Freeland design features rolling hills and generous bentgrass fairways and greens.
To say Lambert's Point Golf Club is in an odd location is an understatement. Not only does the course share property with Old Dominion University, it is built on a landfill which juts into the Elizabeth River. Its neighbor to the south is the largest coal exporting operation in the nation. Needless to say, Lambert's Point is a one-of-a-kind experience. Playing to 2,789-yards, the course might sound suited only for beginners or curiosity-seekers. But its practice facilities are extensive, its fairways and greens are finely conditioned, and its views are dramatic.
Sandwiched between two world-ranked links -- Cruden Bay Golf Club to the north and Trump International to the south -- Newburgh-on-Ythan Golf Club delivers both new-world and old-world links golf in the Scottish Highlands.
The Golf Channel Am Tour's 2016 Major Championships schedule boasts gems like TPC Sawgrass, Pinehurst, Kiawah, Chambers Bay, PGA West, Blackwolf Run, Innisbrook and more.
Everything about Blue Top Ridge at Riverside Casino & Golf Resort, ranked third among the best public golf courses in Iowa by Golfweek, was created with hosting top players and events in mind.
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.
You can walk the same fairways the pros have under major championship pressure. Tour the golf courses that have hosted the PGA Championship that are open to the public.
Fabulous food, paired with New Zealand's most popular wines, creates wonderful dining experiences throughout the country, especially after a rousing round of golf. Golf writer Jason Deegan recently spent five days each on the North and South islands, tasting his way through multiple golf destinations without a single bad meal.
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