Point Clear is a true "stop" on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
When it comes to Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, usually there’s only one goal in mind: to play as much of its high-quality, low-priced golf as humanly possible.
But what if you’re looking for a place to slow down and relax after a hard-charging road trip? Or, you simply want a different type of Trail experience, one that’s better suited to couples and families?
Well, if ever there was a Trail stop that could stand on its own as a resort destination where golf wasn’t the only, or even primary, attraction, this is it. Read more →
Harbour Town Golf Links at Sea Pines Resort is a highlight for PGA Tour pros and those of us on Hilton Head golf vacations.
At 6,973 yards, it’s not very long.
With only four feet of elevation change, it’s almost totally flat.
And, aside from the final two holes, it’s not particularly scenic.
So, why is Harbour Town Golf Links one of the most popular stops on the PGA Tour, one of the top-rated courses in the United States, and a “must play” on Hilton Head Golf Vacations? Read more →
Not sure if you read about it, but last month Pinehurst Resort purchased The Pit Golf Links, one of the more interesting layouts located very close to the resort.
Pinehurst isn’t saying much about its plans for the course — other than keeping it closed for 2011 – but here are 5 reasons why I wouldn’t be surprised to see it eventually become Pinehurst No. 9: Read more →
Despite being dropped by the PGA of America, The Chase at Coyote Springs remains a worthy excursion on your Las Vegas or Mesquite, Nevada golf vacations. (Photo: Lonna Tucker)
This isn’t exactly breaking news, but it’s news to me.
I recently learned that one of golf’s largest and most influential organizations has pulled out of one of the most ambitious golf course projects in history.
I’m not going to say they tried to keep it a secret, but… Read more →
It’s that time of year. Time for making lists…and I don’t mean the holiday shopping kind.
It seems everyone who writes about golf has been busy making a list of the “best golf courses” or the “best golf resorts.”
While they’re fun to read, I think the one published yesterday in Golf Odyssey’s December 2010 issue is the most useful from a golf vacation planning standpoint.
Here’s why: Read more →
Grand National’s three courses wind around Saugahatchee Lake’s shores and coves.
Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is a smorgasbord of high-quality, low-priced golf, but if you only have a few days to play, how do you know which of its 11 “stops” make?
Well, if you’re looking for “the most spectacular” golf, here’s the site you absolutely must not miss. Read more →
The private SouthShore Golf Club is in in play for Las Vegas golf vacations.
Back in August, we told you that the troubled Lake Las Vegas Resort had closed both of its public courses (The Falls and Reflection Bay), but there’s still a good reason to consider LLVR for your Las Vegas golf vacations.
Namely, if you want to play one of the better private golf courses in Las Vegas, staying at a certain hotel on the Lake Las Vegas campus can make it happen.
Now, you won’t find this Jack Nicklaus Signature course listed on Lake Las Vegas’ website or the hotel’s website (and it doesn’t look like the course itself has a website), but here’s where you can find it and how you can play it. 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 →
