Crystal Springs Resort is a 4,000-acre playground located only an hour across the New Jersey state line from New York City. It is one of the country’s largest golf resorts with six courses - Ballyowen, Black Bear, Cascades, Crystal Springs, Minerals and Wild Turkey – and three driving ranges. The Grand Cascades Lodge houses 220 guest rooms with an…
Located in Hot Springs, Virginia in the Allegheny Mountains, The Omni Homestead Resort & Spa is considered to be the country's first resort, dating back to 1776. The current hotel opened in 1892 and has a long golf history. The Old Course, one of two courses at the resort, claims to have the oldest continually-used first tee in the country. The…
In just over 40 years of operation, Tokatee Golf Club has earned quite the reputation in Lane County, Oregon. The Ted Robinson design is set at the base of the Cascade Mountains and weaves through tall pines with the Sisters Mountains as a backdrop. It remains a Eugene-area favorite, thanks to its scenic views of the Sisters Mountains and value.
The Crystal Springs Golf Resort caters to golfers of all ages, interests and budgets. You don't have to look far to find bliss at this unique golf destination tucked deep in northern New Jersey mountains less than 50 miles from New York City, Jason Scott Deegan writes.
A flood of history can start to flow when standing on the first tee on the Omni Homestead Resort's Old Course, surrounded by the beautiful Allegheny Mountains. This grand hotel and golf resort celebrates 250 years in 2016.
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.
The opening of Chambers Bay in 2007 and the announcement that it would host the 2015 U.S. Open put the Seattle area on the golf tourism map. There's no better place to enjoy the beauty of the Pacific Northwest's mountains and evergreen forests than from an elevated tee box or green. With that in mind, Jason Scott Deegan offers up a top 10 list of the best public golf courses within an hour's drive of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles is as brash as a billionaire. It screams "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" the moment you drive onto the manicured grounds and walk into its opulent, 45,000-square-foot clubhouse. Even better -- it calms you with a view of the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island that's as good as California gets. One can find solitude here gazing out over the rugged, soothing views of this scenic coastline.
There are four championship courses at Crystal Springs Resort, the focus of Mike Bailey's recent golf trip, including one many consider to be the best in New Jersey.
We found the top 10 courses in Washington state by Golf Advisor raters. Checking in at no. 1 is Loomis Trail Golf Club in Blaine, a resort located way up north, close to the Canadian border on Semiahmoo Bay.
What's not to love about Olympic View Golf Club? It offers great views and interesting holes for a reasonable green fee. On beautiful Vancouver Island nearby charming Victoria, the golf course resembles its surroundings - peaceful, unhurried and unique. But don't underestimate this seemingly benign, relatively short layout. It presents a championship-level challenge, Mike Bailey writes.
The inside scoop on an auction that provides opportunities for accessing top-100-caliber private clubs; a preview of the new baseball-themed Texas Rangers Golf Club; and ongoing renovations at Torrey Pines South Course.
Once an understated, daily-fee course, Valderrama Golf Club in Spain is now widely considered continental Europe's finest. Navigating subtle doglegs on gently undulating parkland terrain through a cork forest, one wonders why every golf course can't be this good.
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.
Many of the best holes at the Wild Turkey Golf Club at Crystal Springs Golf Resort sit in a bowl of land well below the luxurious Grand Cascades Lodge. Architect Roger Rulewich did a great job of taming a unique site with some nice heave and roll to it. It's an open, expansive setting that is both scenic and strategic.
Love him or hate him, Donald Trump always makes a splash. That splash at the Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles comes in the form of cascading million-dollar waterfalls, not to mention the stunning ocean views from virtually every hole. This Pete Dye design is as visually intimidating as it is beautiful.
One of two full-length, 18-hole courses at Eagle Crest Resort, the Ridge Course makes the case for one of central Oregon's best bargains. Located in Redmond, Eagle Crest delivers gorgeous resort golf. The course winds along a ridge affording long views of the Cascade Mountains from its high points. There are a lot of scenic points on the Ridge, perhaps none more so than the view from the par-3 third's elevated tee box, which has a mountain backdrop and juniper forests surrounding the hole.
The 2014 U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst No. 2 marks the 14th time the tournament has teed up on a public/resort course. Take a look at the other host courses you can play.
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.
As beautiful as the golf course is, it might be tempting just to hang out all day at the gorgeous Tuscan-style clubhouse at the private and exclusive Southern Highlands G.C. in Las Vegas. Yet golfers are spoiled with just as much opulence outside.
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.
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