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 →
New Orleans golf vacations must include a round at TPC Louisiana, a Pete Dye design.
With so many other big draws — music, food, architecture…your industry’s trade show/convention — I’ll concede that you’re probably not going to take a New Orleans golf vacation so much as you might play a round or two while you’re on vacation (or a business trip) in New Orleans.
So, the obvious question is, if you’re only going to play once or twice, which are the best New Orleans golf courses to play?
Well, included in your options are a golf course that currently hosts the PGA Tour’s annual stop in The Big Easy and a private layout that previously hosted it. Here’s the one that the experts at Golf Odyssey recommend. Read more →
Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say interest in Bay Hill is up a little.
Any site where Tiger wins gets a bump in bookings, but this Orlando, Fla., resort could prove to be where one of the game’s greatest players officially began one of the game’s greatest comebacks.
Unfortunately, a spike in interest usually means a spike in prices, too, but today’s tip reveals how you can play this popular PGA Tour stop for nearly 40 percent off. Read more →
Tucson's Dove Mountain isn't a PGA Tour player favorite, but "regular" golfers may very well love it.
Not sure if you saw it, but Golf World recently published a list of golf courses that PGA Tour players like playing the most…and the least.
What jumped out at me was the sometimes wild divergence between what pros like and what we mere mortals are likely to enjoy. Read more →
Pebble Beach golf vacations can include a free round at Spanish Bay.
I know we’ve been sharing a lot of tips lately on how to play the Pebble Beach golf courses for less, but they keep coming up with new deals and specials (not available at the pebblebeach.com website) that we thought you’d want to know about.
The latest offer includes a free round of golf at Spanish Bay (a $260 value) and a free room upgrade (value varies) for Pebble Beach golf vacations taken through March 31, 2009. The only catch is that you have to make your reservations by January 31, which is quickly approaching. Read more →
You can see this U.S Open host site on TV this week...and play a free round this October and in May 2012.
A few weeks ago, I told you about the six public golf courses that have hosted, or will host, the U.S. Open.
Today, I’m happy to report that one of them is offering free rounds of golf.
You read that correctly: f-r-e-e. Read more →
Erin Hills is just one example of some of the fine -- and growing number of -- U.S. Open courses anyone can play.
The USGA takes its share of heat over various golf issues, but you have to give the Far Hills fraternity credit for at least one of its recent initiatives.
Its goal to open up the U.S. Open was more than just talk.
Consider this:
From its start in 1895 until 2000, the U.S. Open was played almost exclusively on exclusive, private courses.
Since 2000, it has been played six times on publicly accessible courses (munis and resort courses alike) and it’s scheduled to be played at four more of these sites in the next eight years.
Here’s what you need to know if you want to play them. Read more →
Top courses and resorts like Kiawah (above) are getting creative with their replay rates and policies.
Attention all you trophy hunters out there:
I’ve been noticing a trend that can save you big time at several world top-100 courses.
I’m talking about 33 percent off a golf course that has hosted the Ryder Cup and is scheduled to host the PGA Championship.
And, 50 percent off a course ranked 61st in the world.
Even 75 percent off what Golf Odyssey called, “the most important golf course opening in Great Britain and Ireland — and arguably the world — during 2009.”
What I’m not talking about is subjecting yourself to extreme weather — you can get these Discount Golf Vacations in prime season…if you know what to look for: Read more →
