The 17th hole is often the highlight of rounds at TPC Sawgrass and Florida golf vacations.
Unlike some of the private TPC golf courses played on tour, anyone can play the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass…and we just love that.
Many of you must love it, too, because, for the last few years after the Players Championship, we get flooded with questions about playing at TPC Sawgrass.
This year, we’re being proactive: here are the answers to some frequenty asked questions and a few insider tips you need to know if you’d like to play one of the best, most famous, and most recognizable golf courses in the world: Read more →
Trump International Golf Links, Scotland is just one of the powerhouse projects coming online in 2012 (photo by Brian Morgan).
In terms of new golf course openings, 2012 is going to be a very good year.
Sure, quantity is way down, but as far as the quality of publicly playable courses, we’re talking 2005 Bordeaux. Read more →
Want to experience Augusta National without having to become the CEO of IBM?
(Whoops, bad example.)
The following 12 courses are said (or cliam) to be, “the Augusta National of…” their respective regioins and formats. Read more →
In my opinion, the Shawnee should under-promise and over-deliver.
When will golf courses and resorts learn that when you greatly puff yourself up, you’re likely to let people down?
That’s exactly what happened when the editors of Golf Odyssey conducted one if their anonymous inspections at the Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Read more →
Photo by Wood Sabold
Being called “different” compared to two powerhouse courses like Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes could imply that a golf course is an inferior design. But, in the case of Bandon Trails, the third and newest course at Bandon Dunes Resort, different also means a delightful change of pace on your Bandon Dunes Golf Vacation.
Bandon Trails veers from its siblings in that the latter utilize the same landscape and geography, that of coastal duneland. The Trails course starts off in the dunes, but they’re inland dunes, much thicker and more mazelike. In fact, the first few holes are reminiscent of playing certain courses in Northern Ireland, where they charge downhill into dune-studded valleys. Read more →
Pacific Dunes is the best course to play on Bandon Dunes Golf Vacations.
If you make the terrible mistake of coming to Bandon, Oregon with only enough time to play one round on your Bandon Dunes Golf Vacation, your choice is Pacific Dunes.
Like Bandon Dunes, Pacific Dunes is a links course in the Scottish tradition. True to form, mighty winds can blow and a low running game is required. Walking is expected on your Bandon Dunes golf vacation, but an extensive caddie program insures that you won’t have to carry your own bag. Read more →
The Grove Cottage social rooms are great for groups.
Your Bandon Dunes Golf Vacation offers a number of choices in lodging.
The Grove Cottages are the newest, most upscale and refined of Bandon’s accommodation offerings. Designed for a four-ball and running $1,400 a night in season, each cottage comprises four nearly identical bedrooms featuring king-size beds, flat-panel televisions, and private bathrooms. Read more →
An Exclusive Interview with Bandon Resort Owner Mike Keiser
Old MacDonald opens for Bandon Dunes golf vacations on June 1. (Photo by Wood Sabold)
Old Macdonald, the most highly anticipated golf course in America, is scheduled to open on June 1 at southern Oregon’s Bandon Dunes Golf Resort.
Based upon how much as been written about Old Macdonald, you probably already knew this, and the concept behind the course, i.e., that it’s an homage to “Golden Age” architect C.B. Macdonald.
But I recently read an exclusive interview that the editors of Golf Odyssey conducted with Bandon Dunes Golf Resort owner Mike Keiser, and he revealed a few things about the course (and the new course he’s planning) I haven’t seen published anywhere else. Read more →
