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 →
You can play TPC Las Colinas and stay at the Four Seasons Resort Dallas at Las Colinas as part of this discount golf vacation deal.
One side benefit of the recession has been the emergence of some of the best discount golf vacation deals I have ever seen at luxury golf vacation destinations.
I was just reading the February issue of Golf Odyssey and frankly, I could not believe the special deal they uncovered at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas. 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 →
The JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson offers outdoor -- yes, outdoor -- ice skating on Arizona golf vacations.
How’s this for a unique off-course activity: outdoor ice skating…in the Arizona desert.
For those who want to escape the cold with Arizona golf vacations, but still want a taste of “home” when they’re not playing golf, a Tucson, Ariz., resort has set up an outdoor ice skating rink.
Frankly, when I’m on an Arizona golf vacation, I don’t want or need any reminders that it’s winter, but I must admit, ice skating when it’s 70 degrees outside would be a pretty cool thing to experience. Here’s where you can find it. Read more →
A new course to play on Florida golf vacations: the Jim McLean Signature Course at Doral Golf Resort (hole 13).
Miami, Florida’s Doral Golf Resort must think its “new” course is so nice, they had to open it twice.
The Jim McLean Signature Course, which is a complete overhaul of what was the forgettable Silver Course, opened back in June. But that didn’t stop Doral from having a “grand opening” two weeks ago. Read more →
Previously open only to members and their guests, you can now play Superstition Mountain GC's courses on Arizona golf vacations: Prospector (above) and Lost Gold.
If there’s a Phoenix or Scottsdale, Arizona golf vacation in your future, you’ll wan to read this tip before you choose the lineup of courses you’re going to play.
The private Superstition Mountain Golf Club, located about 35 miles east of Phoenix, has decided to allow daily-fee play on both of its Nicklaus Design golf courses, called “Prospector” and “Lost Gold,” on a rotational basis. Read more →
The Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort provides a unique experience on Florida golf vacations.
What names come to mind when I say “Florida golf resorts?”
Doral? PGA National? Grand Cypress? Bay Hill?
I bet Tampa’s Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club wasn’t one of them.
But maybe it should be.
In addition to starting its third year under new ownership, Innisbrook is located in a lovely, natural setting that is anything but “typical Florida,” and its four golf courses offer one thing in particular that most rival Florida courses can only dream about. Read more →
