It is quite a feat for a golf course to be well loved and maintain an impressive reputation for three decades. All the more, that is an even bigger achievement if the golf course is located in the Sunshine State. Considering that Florida ranks among the states in the US with the most number of golf courses, owing it to the beautiful golf-perfect weather, any golf vacation destination could only wish to be remembered as among the best. The Cypress Course of the Palm Aire Country Club is one such course. Since its debut in 1979, it has been visited and revisited by golfers for its most unique, most wonderful features.

The 18-hole course is the handiwork of Tom and George Fazio, along with its sister course, the Mighty Oaks. The two superb championship courses are part of the four-course facility in Palm Aire Country Club in Pompano Beach, Fl. The Cypress Course of the Palm Aire Country Club measures a good 6,868 yards from the longest tees for a par of 72. It is best known for the beautiful scenery and challenging layout. This layout is characterized by cypress-lined fairways and stunning water features – and they double as the perfect hazards that bring the extra edge into each game – pro or amateur. Because of its pristine condition and superb layout, the course is not only a favored golf trip favorite, but a tournament course too.

In fact, the Cypress Course of the Palm Aire Country Club is the regular home of the Florida Open and the Dixie Amateur Tournaments. It must be this perfect combination of beauty, challenge, attitude and excellence in conditioning that makes the course favored and ranked among the best for golf vacations in Florida.

“The Jac” in Fort Lauderdale is a jack-of-all-trades for golfers-of-all-tees. Much could be said about why this is a complete, challenging, and fun golf vacation destination. And to understand it better, one must see the parts – the why of the golf facility’s being the “it” place in Southern Florida. The Jacaranda Golf Club – East Course is a good place to start.

With a golfing yardage measuring 7, 195 yards from the longest tees, the  Jacaranda Golf Club – East Course will undoubtedly take golfers of all playing skills to a myriad of playing experiences courtesy of its four different sets of tees. After its most recent renovation under the skillful mastery of Bobby Weed, the course is now in its most superb, most playable form with Paspalum tee boxes and fairways. The unique bunkering and the excellent conditioning of the surrounding greens all combine to make the new East course ideal for any golf getaway. And that is taking optimum advantage of the state’s perfect weather. This quality of the course makes it a favorite not only for golf vacations but for some of Florida’s and the nation’s most awaited golf tourneys.

The Jacaranda Golf Club – East Course has played host to PGA TOUR Q-School; U.S.Open Qualifying; Florida Open Qualifying; 2000 U.S. Amateur Qualifying, Nationwide Tour Qualifying. The course has also been the home of the Broward County Amateur Golf Tournament for the last sixteen years. This is enough a proof that the Jac truly is for everyone and everything related to golf – whether just a recreational round or two, a full-blown golf trip, or an epic championship tournament.

Encinitas Ranch Golf Course in San Diego is literally a dream come true. Its course designer, the renowned Cary Bickler, has in his youth dreamed of building a golf course in the rocky outcrops of Encinitas with an overlooking view of the Pacific Ocean. That was the time when he was but a budding golf course architect, starting on his career. 27 years later, he found himself creating the design for his dream golf vacation destination. And today, countless golfers are living the dream of playing in a course that has all the beautiful things other courses could only think of having.

 The 18-hole, par-72 Encinitas Ranch Golf Course stretches to 6,812 yards from the longest tees on dramatic San Diego terrain. The challenge it offers is a combination of the course’s natural setting and Bickler’s genius. The course opens up fairly gently, with generous and forgiving fairways on the front nine but sets the challenge on crescendo beginning with the tenth hole. The back nine requires more accurate shots and better judgment on choice of steel to be gotten over with rather pleasantly. The two lakes that make an appearance on four holes and the interesting changes in elevation don’t make the course any easier. But golf vacations here are nowhere near being a nightmare.

The surrounding scenery – yes, including the stunning Pacific Ocean view, plus the 6,000 square foot, complete clubhouse make Encinitas Ranch Golf Course awesome from every angle. Every golf trip hereabouts is as good as a dream; only better because they are real.