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Brandon Tucker
Former Sr. Managing Editor
Brandon Tucker was the Sr. Managing Editor for GolfPass from 2019-2021 and was the founding editor of Golf Advisor in 2014, which he ran until 2020 when Golf Advisor's editorial staff and community golf course reviews became part of GolfPass. Tucker helped drive community engagement to the site in the form of course reviews by everyday golfers and was the creator of Golf Advisor's annual Best-Of lists, later called Golfers' Choice. Prior to Golf Advisor, he was the travel editor for Golf Channel Travel and oversaw the WorldGolf network of golf travel websites. From the time he was part of WorldGolf.com in 2006 until departing GolfPass in 2021, he played golf in over two dozen countries and at over 600 courses around the world. As a youth, Tucker spent his summer on the municipal courses of Ann Arbor Michigan and was a co-captain of the state finalist high school golf team. He may have played everywhere from Pebble Beach to St. Andrews, but Tucker's favorite way to play the game will always be on a fun and welcoming public course in under three hours, and ideally somewhere in his home state of Michigan. Brandon can be found on Twitter at @BrandonTucker and on Instagram at btuck34.
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April 14, 2008
With some of the area's most photogenic holes along the Intracoastal Waterway, Tidewater Golf Club & Plantation is a favorite pick for most glossy Myrtle Beach advertisements. You're in for one of Myrtle Beach's prettiest rounds at Tidewater but also one of its most challenging, with a slope/rating of 74.8/144 from the championship tees.
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April 8, 2008
Historically, there have been only two options when planning a European golf vacation: the links golf of the British Isles and Ireland or the sunny southern coasts of Spain and Portugal on the Iberian Peninsula. Then there's Europe's not-so-obvious golf trip: still raw in many ways and perfect for the more adventurous group. It's the golf courses in the former Eastern Bloc, or what I like to call 'The Iron Curtain Golf Trail.'
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April 7, 2008
For the resort golfer looking for those Hawaii coastline money shots, Princeville at Hanalei's Makai Golf Course has more oceanfront holes running along the North Shore. Both the Ocean and Lakes' nines weave out to the coast, and the Ocean's par-3 seventh hole, playing on rugged coastline 200 feet above the ocean, is among Kauai's most famous.
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March 31, 2008
Confident about your game? If you've scored a few low rounds lately, take your golf clubs over to the Hawaiian island of Kauai and the Prince Course at the Princeville Resort. Trying to take down one of Robert Trent Jones Jr.'s most demanding courses can make for a maddening afternoon.
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March 24, 2008
Tiger Woods never declined his invitation to former PGA Grand Slam of Golf host Poipu Bay Golf Course on Kauai. Play Poipu Bay on your Hawaii golf vacation and it's easy see why: It's practically the perfect resort course.
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March 6, 2008
Golfers looking to play and stay in style in south Florida will find a posh haven with all the trimmings at the Diplomat Country Club & Spa and Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa, right off the coast between Fort Lauderdale and Miami.
Carved by time between some of the oldest and newest mountain ranges in North America lies La Quinta Resort & PGA WEST, a world famous golf resort just minutes from Palm Springs and Palm Desert, California. Challenge your game on 90 holes of championship golf designed by three golf legends.
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February 13, 2008
Tom Fazio's Osprey Ridge at Walt Disney World has earned plenty of accolades since its opening in 1992. It's a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary golf course and has received four and half stars from Golf Digest. But there is another award it's worthy of: The most peaceful escape in all of Disney.
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February 13, 2008
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.
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February 11, 2008
Countless palm trees and scores of springing fountains in its many ponds make Disney's Palm golf course feel more like a coastal, south Florida resort course than a demanding PGA Tour host.
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February 7, 2008
Lower-handicap golfers commonly favor Magnolia over the three other 18-hole courses at Walt Disney World for its championship pedigree. It's been a mainstay on the PGA Tour since it opened. Championship yardage here for the tour pros stretches to over 7,500 yards, and the furthest set of tees generally set up for daily play is still a meaty 7,100-plus.
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February 6, 2008
There is still time for golfers to head for St. Andrews before the summer crowds this April, Scotland's shoulder season for golf. Deals are available for gems such as the Old Course, Balcomie Links and the New Course.
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February 6, 2008
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.
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February 4, 2008
Of all the golf courses at Disney World, Lake Buena Vista is the one that will make you feel the most like you're in the heart of the action, located in the shadows of the Disney Institute and Downtown Disney.
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January 31, 2008
Walt Disney World has just about as many accommodation possibilities as it has furry little characters running around its many attractions. And for golfers visiting Orlando, staying at a Disney property comes with many benefits, including free transportation, discounted green fees, advanced tee times and more.
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January 28, 2008
For the Walt Disney World Resort, and for that matter all of amusement-rich Orlando, golf can get lost in the array of amusements and high-octane kids. But golf shouldn't be an afterthought for visitors to Disney, because it's foursome of golf courses are among Florida's best.
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January 21, 2008
The Arthur Hills Course at Palmetto Hall Plantation Club is no slouch, Brandon Tucker writes. This Hilton Head Island gem plays a manageable 6,900 yards from the championship tees, though its tight fairways and hazards still pose as a formidable challenge.
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December 20, 2007
One of the few golf courses with the distinction of up close, oceanfront scenery on Hilton Head Island is the Robert Trent Jones Sr. Course at Palmetto Dunes - one of three championship layouts at the resort. The original course at the resort, it was built by Jones in 1967, though anyone who hasn't played there since 2002 will be pleasantly surprised when they return.
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December 17, 2007
Golfers at Palmetto Dunes love to talk about Tiger Woods' infamous mishap on the Arthur Hills golf course, one of three layouts at the resort Woods played at a collegiate tournament during his days at Stanford. Woods scored a quadruple bogey eight on the diabolical par-4 17th hole - one of the toughest golf holes on Hilton Head Island - in one of the few lowlights in his illustrious two-year college career.
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November 12, 2007
Taking its name from the legendary Royal Dornoch in the Highlands of Scotland, Glen Dornoch Waterway Golf Links is arguably the finest of all the Myrtle Beach golf courses along the Intracoastal Waterway.
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November 9, 2007
When Myrtle Beach golf early birds come out to the grand opening of the new Founders Club in February, they'll be met with a golf course seemingly wise beyond its youth.
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November 7, 2007
Shell Landing in Gautier, Mississippi is plenty scenic, wrapping around wetlands and natural areas, but features a course design by Davis Love III that can jump up and bite you in many places.
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November 6, 2007
The Dunes Club remains the pinnacle of golf in Myrtle Beach, thanks to an innovative Robert Trent Jones design on 24 acres. The design has been described as one of Jones' most influential courses among his 500-plus designs.
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November 5, 2007
The Celtic Manor Resort's three golf courses, including its newest, the 2010 Ryder Cup host Twenty Ten Course, are stages for the world's top pros every year. But the recreational, vacationing golfer will likely enjoy the new Montgomerie Course more than the Twenty Ten, which was designed with the Ryder Cup Matches in mind more than the mid-handicapper.
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November 2, 2007
Biloxi, Mississippi is a bonafide "bang for your buck" golf destination, and Grand Bear Golf Course in nearby Saucier is a big reason why. Golfers are greeted with a Jack Nicklaus signature design at a fraction of most Golden Bear courses.
Whether you're in the spectator gallery or lining up your ball on the tee, your round of golf, golf vacation or outing at a TPC will be unforgettable...
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November 1, 2007
Charleston's historic city center is close enough to tempt golfers into making the voyage about 45 minutes south to Kiawah Island and Seabrook Island. But for a more convenient golf escape, follow the airplanes overhead to North Charleston and Coosaw Creek Country Club, just minutes from Charleston International Airport.
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October 31, 2007
At Tenby Golf Club in Wales, a little restraint goes a long way. Keep your tee shot in the fairway, and the course is much more enjoyable. Otherwise, you'll spend the day looking for lost balls. That said, Tenby boasts great links terrain filled with excellent views of the coast and plenty of quirks. It's reminiscent of an unrefined Prestwick in a lot of ways: a historic, 19th century pedigree and an imaginative routing with lots of thick rough and blind shots.
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October 17, 2007
Royal Porthcawl in Wales sees just a fraction of the rounds of its more famous neighbors in England and Scotland. The result is a golf course just as good as most British Open venues, but one that gives golfers an isolated, tranquil round.
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October 11, 2007
Fans of British Open history and scholarly disciples of Romantic poetry alike will find their own song along the southwest coast of Ayrshire in Scotland. Turnberry, Royal Troon and Prestwick next door anchor this region for traveling golfers, but there are plenty other links worth visiting while you're here -- enough for a week or more.
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October 11, 2007
Desert Pines Golf Club is out to create a little taste of Pinehurst and the Carolina Sandhills in downtown Las Vegas. It's a worthy creation, but what's more impressive is how little land was used to do it. As a result of high property values most courses in Las Vegas face the challenge of building on small acreage. Desert Pines handled this challenge well.
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October 8, 2007
Good things come in small packages at Scotland and Ireland's most legendary par 3s. Some of these famous - and infamous shorties have been immortalized by the triumph or follies of famous British Open competitors. Others have earned their reputation as original and influential holes to be duplicated in the coming century all over the world.
