Keep the three tips below in mind and your golf vacation at PGA National Resort & Spa can be a great one.
If you watched the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic over the weekend, you saw an impressive, wire-to-wire win by Camilo Villegas.
Likewise, you got an eyeful of the picturesque Palm Beach, Fla., venue where he performed it: PGA National Resort & Spa.
Here is what you didn’t see, however, and if you ever select PGA National Resort & Spa for a golf vacation, these things could make or break your trip. Read more →
Maui Hawaii golf vacation packages at Wailea should include its Gold and Emerald (pictured) courses, not the Blue.
Here’s the latest example of why you need an unbiased golf vacation advisor in your corner.
The other day, I received a press release touting, “the ultimate golf vacation experience” for Maui, Hawaii golf vacations.
It described a “world class” Hawaii golf package at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa that included golf on the “legendary” Wailea Blue Golf Course, the “grand lady of Wailea golf courses.” The price seemed pretty attractive, too.
Now, I recalled reading a review of Maui, Hawaii golf vacations in a recent issue of Golf Odyssey, so I logged into the members-only library and brought up the story.
I’m glad I did, because Golf Odyssey had quite a different perspective on the Wailea Blue Golf Course. Read more →
Golf Odyssey subscribers have the opportunity to experience Pebble Beach under US Open conditions (See article for details.)
If you caught the ATT Pebble Beach Pro-Am this past weekend, you got a little taste for the many changes to Pebble Beach Golf Links that have been put in place for the 2010 US Open (to be played June 17 to 20).
One thing is for sure, the course set up for this past weekend’s Pro-Am is going to look like a cakewalk compared to what the USGA has planned for the US Open. I am willing to bet a lot of money that someone is not going to need to shoot 16 under par (like Dustin Johnson just did) to win golf’s most valuable prize.
I know many of you are Golf Odyssey subscribers, and before I summarize some of the changes to the golf course, I wanted to highlight a very special and exclusive travel opportunity that I heard about last week.
Golf Odyssey has secured a limited number of openings for their subscribers to play Pebble Beach the first day it is available for play after the 2010 US Open. Golf Odyssey subscribers on this “trip-of-a-lifetime” will be able to experience the golf course just like the pros, from the throttling rough down to the lightning-quick greens.
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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 →
Doral Golf Resort's new course is finished, but other important areas are not.
You’ve probably been hearing a lot about the “complete” renovation of Miami’s Doral Golf Resort, but there’s something you should know before booking your Florida golf vacations there.
Let me first say, without question, there is a lot to be excited about, including the Jim McLean Signature Course, which replaces the forgettable Silver Course.
But there’s one thing you need to know — information the resort’s reservation agents don’t volunteer — that could make or break your trip there, or to any “renovated” resort. Read more →
Golf Odyssey's year-long research of golf vacations (in 20 U.S. states and 10 countries) culminates in this coveted, year-end issue. Get a free copy below.
You are about to read one of the most useful tips I’ll publish all year.
That’s because it explains how you can get a free copy of Golf Odyssey’s annual, year-end issue containing its provocative (and sometimes scathing) “Best and Worst Awards,” and its coveted list of “Platinum Places: The World’s Best Golf Destinations for 2009-2010.”
Both are based on Golf Odyssey’s year-long travels and undercover inspections of top golf courses, resorts, and restaurants in 20 different states in the USA and 10 different countries around the world.
Two categories I thought you might be particularly interested in are:
“The Best New Golf Resort,” and “The Best New Golf Course,” the latter being called “arguably the most important golf course to open anywhere in the world in 2009.”
And the winners are: Read more →
The Sawgrass Marriott is now a nicer place to stay when playing TPC Sawgrass on a Florida golf vacation.
Taking a Florida golf vacation to play at TPC Sawgrass is one of golf’s seminal experiences that is delightfully available to everyone.
But when it comes to playing at this annual PGA Tour stop, one question everyone seems to have is, “Should I stay at the Sawgrass Marriott when playing TPC Sawgrass?”
While you’re no longer required to stay at the Sawgrass Marriott to play at TPC Sawgrass, here’s why you might want to do it anyway. Read more →
While the golf world is atwitter about next summer’s opening of Old MacDonald, the fourth course at Oregon’s Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, there’s a new, $20 million golf resort being developed a mere hour down the coast that’s starting to get some attention, too.
It’s called the Crook Point Resort, and, in addition to oceanfront accommodations and upscale dining, it calls for a spa, an equestrian center, and a fly fishing lake — on-site amenities that Bandon Dunes Golf Resort doesn’t offer.
But here’s the real news: it will have an 18-hole, Dye-designed golf course hugging the shoreline like those at Bandon Dunes — but playable for half the price. Read more →
