The Tudor Oaks Inn in Summerville, South Carolina, is a small outpost with only three rooms named after famous golf courses in Scotland (St. Andrews), England (Sunningdale) and Ireland (Royal Dublin). It sleeps only six, but staying has its perks: Access to the golf and tennis at the adjacent semiprivate club, the Legend Oaks Golf & Tennis Club,…
Carlton Oaks has a long history of tournament golf. Curtis Strange won the 1974 NCAA Championships on the course before Perry Dye redesigned the layout and stretched it to 7,400 yards in the 1980s. The Carlton Oaks Lodge, Ascend Hotel Collection, offers 51 modernized, Asian-inspired rooms just steps from the clubhouse, its Oaks Bar & Grill and the…
The Colgate Inn sits less than a half mile from the Seven Oaks Golf Club, the Colgate University's excellent golf course. Built in 1925, the historic inn features 40 rooms and suites, a popular restaurant called The Tavern and various event spaces. Hotel guests gain access to the university's fitness facilities. The 6,800-yard Seven Oaks by Robert…
The Hilton Chicago Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center features the best of being near downtown with the relaxation of a resort getaway. Guests have access to a golf course, a 24-hour fitness center, indoor and outdoor swimming pools with whirlpools and saunas, billiard tables, game rooms, as well as tennis, volleyball and basketball…
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…
Oak Mountain State Park has grown to 9,940 acres, making it Alabama's largest state park. All this nature provides a playground of outdoor activities, including mountain biking, hiking, nature programs, boat rentals, a beach and swimming area, fishing lakes, boat rentals at a marina, horseback riding and of course, golf on a 6,842-yard course by…
The Penn National Golf Club & Inn resides in the bucolic central Pennsylvania countryside in the heart of Amish country. The Inn features a manor house and six modern lodge buildings housing 52 guest rooms located off the 8th fairway. The Founders Grille Restaurant & Black Oak Bar are at the clubhouse. Overnight guests have access to the club's…
Located just north of San Antonio is the largest golf resort hotel in Texas, the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill County Resort & Spa. Opened in 2010, the resort features 1,002 rooms and suites and is adjacent to the TPC San Antonio, home to the Oaks and Canyons courses. The Oaks hosts the PGA Tour's Texas Open, and the Canyons has served as a…
The Spa at Norwich Inn could provide the perfect couples golf and spa getaway. Guests can stay in villas or a historic inn featuring a destination spa with 27 treatment rooms, sauna, salon, fitness center and indoor pool, all surrounded by 42 stunning acres of perennial gardens, mature oak trees, fountains, reflecting pool, courtyards and the…
All 100 rooms of the Singing Hills Golf Resort at Sycuan - owned by the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation - are just a short walk from the pro shop and restaurants in the clubhouse. There's a fitness center, the Primrose Spa, tennis courts and an outdoor pool and hot tub nearby as well. The Willow Glen and Oak Glen courses are regulation length,…
Stay in the spacious suites of the Temecula Creek Inn, while savoring farm-to-table food, handcrafted cocktails and picturesque views of the 27-hole golf course and the 300 acre property dotted with oaks. The resort is ideally located in the heart of SoCal's wine country.
The Chapel Creek Plantation is home to 12 villas located on the first fairway of the Santee National Golf Club. Each villa is decorated with a Southern architectural theme that includes two bedrooms (4 total beds), two baths, laundry and a kitchen. Its golf packages with golfsantee.com can be customized to include breakfast at Clark's Restaurant…
Ron Otto was the driving force behind the rise of the Garland Lodge & Golf Resort in Lewiston. The former owned built the resort into a golfer's paradise designing all four courses from 1987-1995. Garland, a rare resort where all four courses operate out of one clubhouse, is home to more than 400 beds on property from hotel rooms to three- and…
The 405-room Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa dates to 1847 in Point Clear. The resort's Southern charms come from its massive live oaks dripping in Spanish moss and the fresh mint from its gardens that are the main ingredient for the resort's signature mint juleps. The Grand Hotel, a member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail and…
Lake Lawn Resort is set upon 250 wooded acres on the shores of Delavan Lake in the Lake Geneva vacation region of Wisconsin. Revived by new owners after a brief closure in 2011, the historic property has been entertaining guests for more than 130 years. Its 271 rooms offer either a patio or balcony to bring the outdoors to guests. Resort amenities…
The Rancho Bernardo Inn takes pride in its golf, spa facilities, service and exceptional cuisine. The 265-acre resort features 287 guestrooms, three pools, a top spa and wellness center, multiple restaurants and spacious meeting and event facilities. The course has hosted both the LPGA and PGA Tour.
North of Houston, The Woodlands Resort features 402 guest rooms and access to two private, ClubCorp-operated golf courses at The Woodlands Country Club. Amenities at this four-star property include a spa and fitness center and large outdoor aquatic complex that includes a 1,005-foot lazy river, plus two additional pools and three whirlpools. This…
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.
Black Oak is a casino resort with a nearby golf amenity in Teleli Golf Club. The property offers both rooms and suites in the hotel as well as an RV park. Those staying in the hotel can enjoy an outdoor pool, hot tubs, a fitness center, a restaurant for casual dining, as well as a selection of bars. The casino features over 1000 slot machines and…
Little Ocmulgee State Park is located in south Georgia to the west of Savannah. It has some of the most comprehensive lodging facilities of all the Georgia State Parks with golf courses. The main lodge has 60 guest rooms, while there are also 10 2-bedroom cabins as well as RV sites and campgrounds. Little Ocmulgee State Park has a 265-acre lake…
The Clubs at Houston Oaks -- located in Hockley, Texas, about 45 minutes northwest of downtown Houston -- is slated for a soft opening later this year.
From Hagen to Hogan and MacKenzie to Snead, few California courses have a history as glorious as the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex, a fairy tale land for golfers of all skill sets and ages.
Two of 2010's most anticipated golf courses officially opened in January: TPC San Antonio's Oaks course and Canyons course. The Oaks was designed by Greg Norman and consultant Sergio Garcia, while the Canyons was designed by TPC's favorite architect, Pete Dye, and consultant Bruce Lietzke. Both were built to host top tour events, but they come with many differences, too.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of The Oaks course at Tan-Tar-A Resort, making the Bruce Devlin and Robert Von Hagge design one of the most mature golf courses near the Lake of the Ozarks. It's also one of the best. Dense woods, multiple water hazards and a near-complete lack of flat lies demand precision from tee to green. A par-71 layout, it measures only 6,432 yards from the back tees, writes Kiel Christianson, but The Oaks plays longer than it appears.
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.
Greg Norman and Sergio Garcia designed TPC San Antonio's AT&T Oaks Course first and foremost for the PGA Tour player. With that said, most golfers cherish the opportunity to play where the pros play, Mike Bailey writes. You might not want to play a course this difficult every day, but that's why the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa also has the more player friendly AT&T Canyons Course, which makes for a nice change of pace.
Golf should be a part of any trip to the Gulf Coast area of Mississippi, where visitors will find some outstanding courses as well as superb accommodations, great restaurants and a quality of Southern hospitality that is unmatched. A recent trip to the area included four courses that ranged from good to great. Here's a look at them.
Like many other private country clubs, the International Golf Club & Resort 45 minutes west of Boston is in the midst of a transition. Once only a private club, the International has gotten creative in attracting new members and new business. While the Pines Course remains exclusively private, the club recently began offering public tee times after 9 a.m. on the Oaks Course, its newer, more forgiving Tom Fazio golf course.
Golfers who will be in town for Jazz Fest or the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (April 24-30) will now have the opportunity to play a brand-new course just minutes from the French Quarter.
Contrast is the key ingredient for the three municipal golf courses of California's capital city, Sacramento: Haggin Oaks, Bing Maloney and Bartley Cavanaugh.
We looked at your ratings and reviews in the state of Mississippi in 2017 to determine which courses received the best ratings. Here is the annual top 10 determined by golfers like you.
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.
Amelia Island on the northeast coast of Florida no longer has a course with five holes on the ocean thanks to the closing of the Ocean Links Course at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation resort.
The Oaks golf course has a more scenic and pleasant resort feel of the two designs at The International Golf Club & Resort, located roughly 45 miles west of Boston. Once word gets out that The Oaks is open to all, the Tom Fazio design could make a run at the nearby Red Tail Golf Club as Boston's premier public playground.
When comparing Oak Marsh to Ocean Links, it's the marsh versus the beach at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation. While the five beach holes of Ocean Links are sensational, the marsh holes on Oak Marsh are almost as good.
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.
TPC San Antonio's AT&T Oaks Course, designed by Greg Norman and player consultant Sergio Garcia, features narrow fairways and difficult green complexes, not to mention loads of large bunkers. The Oaks plays on gently rolling land, and there is less than 100 feet of difference between the high and low point of the course.
After several incarnations of the old Tennwood Country Club (later Houston Oaks Golf Club, which was open to the public), Houston Oaks has 18 premium holes to compete with the best in the Houston area.
Host of the Valero Texas Open, the AT&T Oaks at TPC San Antonio has earned a reputation as one of the PGA Tour's toughest courses since it began hosting the tournament in 2010. Take a closer look with this photo gallery.
Seven Oaks Golf Club in Hamilton, N.Y. winds through traditional parkland terrain just below the Colgate University campus and features many creeks and streams running along and through fairways. Rated among Golf Magazine's top 20 public courses in New York, Seven Oaks Golf Club is most notable for its well conditioned, fast and firm greens.
Sea Oaks Golf Club is one of the Jersey Shore's premier public golf facilities and sprawls across hilly terrain with five holes that are particularly dramatic. On these lofty holes, you can enjoy views that stretch to Long Beach Island and the Atlantic City skyline. Mature oaks and pines line the fairways, and dozens of strategically placed bunkers frame the greens.
Since coming on board a few years ago, the Mississippi Gulf Resorts Classic has become a favorite among Champions Tour players. One reason is the hospitality and food, but another is the host course, Fallen Oak Golf Club, a superb Tom Fazio layout in Saucier, Miss.
Golfers playing Oak Bay Golf & C.C in Port Severn, Ontario should be happy about hitting the green on any of the tough -- but gorgeous -- set of par 3s. Architect Shawn Watters transformed this 6,503-yard course into a dramatic test of golf on the southern tip of Muskoka.
Designed by arguably the game's hottest architect, Mossy Oak Golf Club in West Point, Miss. has garnered plenty of praise since opening for preview play in September.
Sycuan Golf Resort, located just northeast of downtown San Diego in El Cajon, features three courses: Oak Glen, Willow Glen and Pine Glen. Pine Glen, which is often called the fun par-3 course, is ideal for beginners, while Oak Glen and Willow Glen are 18-hole, well managed championship courses.
Located just north of Tampa, Pebble Creek Golf Club is a traditional, player-friendly, favorite area course. Opened in 1967, the course plays through mossy oaks and small ponds in a quiet, residential neighborhood. Some gentle doglegs and raised, well-guarded greens help keep the 6,500-yard course a challenge to the modern game.
Golf is woven into the fabric of Rochester, N.Y. Venerable Oak Hill sets the standard for the region's best private clubs, and excellent public courses ring the city out in the suburbs and rolling farmland.
Barefoot Resort & Golf's Fazio Course sits at the heart of the resort, between the Dye and Love Courses. Like many European courses, the Fazio Course doesn't return to the clubhouse after nine holes, however it is no British linksland layout. This course is thoroughly Carolina Lowcountry, with lush native grasses and forests of live oaks and pines.
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.
There are no true oceanfront holes in Myrtle Beach, which is surprising considering it is, in fact, the "Grand Strand." But marsh and waterway holes are aplenty.
The PGA Grand Slam of Golf was permanently cancelled March 16, 2016. Consider this gallery of the best public courses to host the event as its obituary.
The old cliche "It's not where you start, it's where you finish that counts" certainly applies to the golf course at Pala Mesa Resort in Fallbrook, Calif. Once players get past the first two holes, there's more movement in the land and more striking views of the rocky hillsides that make the resort such a popular getaway.
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