Golf Odyssey May 2019

With the Straits Course (the 2020 Ryder Cup venue) headlining its four brilliant Pete Dye eighteens, plus fantastic activities, a host of dining options, and accommodations for a variety of budgets, the American Club Resort/Destination Kohler may be the ultimate golf retreat.

Bay Creek, in charming Cape Charles, is a hidden gem at the southern tip of Virginia’s Eastern Shore. This vast residential resort development boasts two miles of Chesapeake Bay beachfront and eighteens designed by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus that pack the best one-two punch in all of Virginia.

Manchester, Vermont may be famed for its outlet shopping, but it is a New England village that has it all, including very fine golf framed by the Green Mountains.

Chambers Bays hopes to please everyday golfers and attract future major championships with its new greens, and Royal New Kent, a once-revered Mike Strantz design in Virginia, reopens with a new commitment to excellence.

We know you love opportunities to play the best private clubs in the land. Our list of the leading charity outings this summer and fall gives you the chance to do good and have a bucket-list experience.

This annual, philanthropic, online auction gives you plenty of chances to bid for rounds at great public and private clubs as well as stay-and-play packages at notable resorts.

Where should you go next? Whether you’re thinking of joining a hosted golf excursion or traveling somewhere on your own, Golf Advisor Getaways can help you plan your best trip yet.

Brad Klein explains why reading a golf course isn’t just for golf architecture geeks – it will also help you to aim correctly and score better.

Welcome to the May 2019 issue of Golf Odyssey featuring our in-depth look at the fabulous American Club Resort/Destination Kohler; Bay Creek on Virginia’s Eastern Shore; Manchester, Vermont; the best summer & fall charity outings; “Secrets from the World of Golf Travel” on Chambers Bay’s new greens and the reopening of Royal New Kent in Virginia, and Brad Klein’s “Notes from the Course Whisperer.”