The 304-room MeadowView Conference Resort & Convention Center sits at the base of Bays Mountain in Kingsport. It is a short drive from East Tennessee State University, Bristol Motor Speedway and Domtar Park. The Meadows Restaurant at the hotel and Horse Creek Lounge at the golf clubhouse mix casual and elegance. A fitness center, indoor pool and…
Tamarack resort in Idaho is sure to exceed all expectations. Its newly reopened Osprey Meadows Golf Course was transformed by the team of Robert Trent Jones Jr. and Bruce Charlton, bringing life back to the 18-hole track with a bonus 19th hole as well. The course begins in a meadow and winds through the forest, presenting a completely new layout…
Located near the Glacier National Park, Flathead Lake and Whitefish Mountain Ski Resort, the Meadow Lake Resort is a great home away from home. A hotel, condos and vacation homes line the golf course. The Meadow Lake Bar & Grille serves golfer’s comfort food of burgers, pizza, appetizers and seafood. A full-service spa and recreational center with…
The Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, owned and operated by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Siouix Community, is the largest casino in Minnesota. With 766 new and renovated rooms just 25 minutes south of the Twin Cities, the resort features endless entertainment of outdoor concerts, gaming 24 hours a day, stylish bars and restaurants and special events. The…
Although known as a ski resort first and foremost, golfers will love life in the summer on the mountain. Northstar's Robert Muir Graves course is a tale of two nines with the front in a meadow in Martis Valley and the back nine climbing into the trees. The ski village rocks with live concerts on weekends, multiple restaurants and a kids zone. No…
Virginia's Massanutten Resort is located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley and is a four-seasons's getaway with skiing in the wintertime. The resort features a main hotel and numerous villages where a variety of condominium-style accommodations are available with full kitchens. Guests at Massanutten have access to not only two golf courses but…
The MeadowCreek Golf Resort is a high-alpine retreat near Granite Mountain and Brundage Mountain Ski Resort in west central Idaho. Guests can rent privately owned cabins, condos and cottages or bring their RVs (no hookups). The Osprey complex features a heated swimming pool, café, BBQ facilities, tennis and pickleball courts and the 6,571-yard…
The Alpine Valley Resort in Elkhorn is located in the Kettle Moraine of southeast Wisconsin along the banks of Sugar Creek. The resort is comprised of 120 motel rooms and four suites, including a bride-and-groom suite, indoor and outdoor pools and hot tubs and a game room. It touts “Wisconsin’s #1 award-winning mountain bike trails”, along with…
Black Butte Ranch is located in Sisters near Bend in Central Oregon in the Cascade Mountains and home to abundant wildlife. This 1,800-acre resort community heralds from its ranch history. For golf, Black Butte Ranch features two 18-hole championship golf courses, Big Meadow and Glaze Meadow, and a new putting course. Accommodations range from…
The Feather River Park Resort consists of 160 acres in the Mohawk Valley at 4,300 feet in the heart of the High Sierras "Lake Country". Life is slower here. The 1- and 2-bedroom cabins have living rooms with a stone fireplace and outdoor BBQ. A nine-hole golf course, tennis courts, heated swimming pools, bike rentals, volleyball, ping pong and…
George T. Bagby State Park is located in southwestern Georgia and set along the 48,000-acre Walter F. George Lake. It has arguably the finest of the state park courses, Meadow Links at George T. Bagby, which plays 7,000 yards from the championship tees and opened in 1996. Guests of the state park can choose from the Lodge's 60 guest rooms or five…
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…
Primland is a 12,000-acre luxury golf resort in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. It is home to a lodge as well as cabin and home rentals for spacious group accommodations. The centerpiece is the 18-hole Highlands Course designed by Donald Steel that is set on high ground and considered a Top 100 public-access course in numerous publications. There…
The Greenbrier, a National Historic Landmark in West Virginia's Allegheny Mountains, is an American classic that's been serving guest since 1778. The 11,000-acre property has hosted generations of guests, including 27 Presidents. It's expansive with 710 rooms, 33 suites and 96 guest and estate homes for rent. There are 10 lobbies, 40-plus meeting…
Meadows Farms is an unforgettable (and affordable) round of golf. Which is exactly what owner Bill "Farmer" Meadows had in mind when he created this 27-hole facility about a half hour from Fredericksburg, Va. and a short drive south of the nation's capital. Meadows knew he wanted something different when deciding to build his own golf course here.
It's not easy to hold on to your golf ball at Fox Meadow Golf & Country Club due to the course's tough layout -- as well as the foxes on the course who will look to take it. The cunning capers will add to your experience at Fox Meadow, even if they subtract from your golf ball collection, Wes Gilbertson writes.
The witching hour is upon semi-private Sierra Meadows C.C. near Yosemite National Park. Golfers have until Halloween to play the course for the last time.
Robert Trent Jones Jr. and associate Bruce Charlton redesigned the shuttered Osprey Meadows, softening and rerouting their original course two hours north of Boise.
Of Destination Kohler's, two - the Straits and Blackwolf Run's River - courses get most of the attention. But don't overlook their companion courses...
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.
The best part about the golf scene in Bend, Oregon, in addition to the climate, is the variety. High desert courses are minutes from pure mountain courses. Updated classics straddle modern standouts. With 30-plus courses, the Bend golf scene is loaded. Brandon Tucker gives you an idea of where to start.
For the second consecutive week, Tranquilo Golf Club in Lake Buena Vista, Florida finished atop Golf Advisor's overall Power Rankings. It also topped the value category.
Hyatt River Marsh Golf Club in Cambridge, Md. is consistently rated among the state's top-10 courses. Holes play along the Choptank River and Shoal Creek, traversing wetlands, open meadows and forests of hardwood and pine, and sculpted, white-sand bunkers give the course elegance and definition. Considering the scenery and stellar conditions, River Marsh is an appropriate centerpiece of the luxurious Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina.
Three hours south of Atlanta, Georgia's personality transforms into a different world.There's none of the hustle and bustle of Atlanta, one of the nation's hippest cities. None of the commercialism, either. And thankfully, none of the gridlock that makes Atlanta traffic legendary.
With more than 300 days of sunshine -- and a much drier climate than people think of when they picture this part of the country -- central Oregon is an ideal spot for golf. Ranked among the top 50 golf destinations in the world by Golf Digest, central Oregon remains somewhat of an unknown to golfers in other parts of the country. This area, however, should definitely be on their radar if they're considering a golf trip, Mike Bailey writes.
Big Meadow Golf Course is one of two 18-hole designs at Black Butte Ranch in central Oregon. The Robert Muir Graves layout has received a four-star rating from Golf Digest and has been recognized among the top 75 golf resorts in the United States.
There are four courses at Sunriver Resort in central Oregon. The Crosswater is the most heralded, but the Meadows Course, designed by John Fought, is also a true championship test with scenic holes at every bend.
Gary Player designed the three nine-hole layouts at Steele Canyon Golf Club in Jamul, Calif. All three nines -- the Canyon, Meadow and Ranch -- are unique. The one thing they have in common, however, is that they form one of the more spectacular courses in southern California.
The senses run full throttle at Jack's Point Golf Course in New Zealand, as players try and absorb the panoramic surroundings, while staying focused on taming a strong golf course of 6,388 meters. Jack's Point might not be the household name that Cape Kidnappers and Kauri Cliffs are in the United States, but it's every bit the scenic wonder of those two coastal courses on the North Island.
There are plenty of highs and lows at Mill Creek Golf Club in Churchville, N.Y. The course showcases the highest point for golf in the greater Rochester area. From the hilltop clubhouse, holes spill off ridges to a rolling meadow before eventually climbing home again. Tantalizing downhill holes unfurl before your eyes.
Watching fairways go from lush to threadbare at Bull Run Golf Club in the late 2000s was an unsettling sight for public golfers in Northern Virginia. But an upturn in the economy and a takeover by Raspberry Golf Management has restored Rick Jacobson-designed Bull Run to its immaculate state of old. Fun and forgiving, the course is set on a dramatic parcel of land in the shadow of Bull Run Mountain. It traverses scenic woodlands, meadows and ponds.
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.
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.
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.
Just minutes away from the famous Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is another pretty cool 6,855-yard course providing an entirely different experience, Bandon Crossings.
It can't be easy being Bandon Trails, one of four outstanding golf courses at the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. All four are on Golfweek's list of best resort courses for 2012, but Bandon Trails pulls up the rear -- at No. 11. Still, the Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw design more than holds its own with its sister courses.
With roughly 45 public courses, Long Island provides plenty of affordable golf within a five-hour drive of New York City. The epicenter, of course, is Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale. Other standouts include Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, Tallgrass Golf Club in Shoreham, and Montauk Downs State Park in Montauk.
With the Ryder Cup coming to Hazeltine National Sept. 30-Oct. 2, the eyes of the golf world will be on Minnesota, a state that often gets overlooked as a top-class destination.
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.
A major $6-million renovation managed to make The Rock Golf Club more playable, but Nick Faldo's first design in Canada is still one tough nut to crack. The Rock opened in 2004 in Muskoka and immediately went under Faldo's knife again in 2007. Faldo's second effort to get it right covered extensive changes.
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.
Whitehawk Ranch Golf Club in Plumas County, Calif. is a remote course about an hour's drive from Reno and Lake Tahoe, set on nearly 1,000 acres that once served as a cattle ranch. Designer Dick Bailey delivered a very player-friendly course that's loads of fun to play and even prettier to look at.
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