Mill River Golf Club

High and low handicap players usually find it odd to play on the same golf vacation destination. But not for the Mill River Golf Club, where the 18 holes offer unique memories catering to different kinds of golfer’s skill levels. The place prides to give a lot of options to players. Whether a golfer chooses to treat the par 3 of the 3rd hole as favourite, or decides to fancy the newly redesigned par 4 of the 18th, any area adds to the highlights to the dimension of this course. A player would be inclined to use up all skills into overcoming the many challenges of this amazing golf course that stands most popular and affordable in Prince Edward Island.

The Mill River Golf Club is coddled along the Housatonic River on the coast of Long Island Sound. Considered the home of social camaraderie for more than 85 years, this golf vacation location boasts an impressive lineage of proud members, who are the pillars of the community. With mature forests surrounding the course, fairways roll widely, while green bunkers sculpt this area of subtle elevation changes. Numerous lakes and mystical looking streams create a mysterious atmosphere in every hole, without diminishing the quality of the challenge tendered. The location also finds convenience to the New York to Boston railroad that runs 90 miles or 120 miles away from each other, depending on the direction.

To tag a mark of success to Mill River Golf Club, Golf Digest declared this golf trip spot as Places to Play by rating it with four stars. The magazine even advertised this golf course to the public, stating “Outstanding, plan your next vacation around it”. SCORE Golf Magazine also rated Mill River in the Top 3 Best Golf Courses in Atlantic Canada.

Big Sky Golf and Country Club

All courses must be experienced before appreciated, but with Big Sky Golf and Country Club, a golfer captures more than appreciation because this golf vacation destination is utterly impressive, anyone can’t help but become a fan. Located half an hour north of Whistler, this course lies at the base of the magnificent, snow-capped Mount Currie in Pemberton Valley. Robert Cupp, the golf architect, painted a serene environment for an outstanding game of golf in this course where Ravensdale sand bunkers and bent grass green help mould the best golf condition.

Big Sky Golf and Country Club plays for 7,001 yards with magnificent vistas on every hole. Rated 4 1/2 stars, the layout here boasts bentgrass from tee to green which is actually incomparable to any other destination of the same level. Multiple tee decks ranging from 5,200 to 7,000 yards are present in this golf vacation spot where Big Sky Golf Academy also holds on game instruction series and workshops. The academy also tenders practice time with a game-like setting augmented on a nine-hole course. Wherever a golfer plays, though, the mountains play a majestic attitude, metaphorically shoving motivation into a player.

Golf vacation packages are available in Big Sky Golf and Country Club. The country club features fully-equipped golf shop and 132-seat lounge with massive patio. Aside from awe-inspiring golf course, splendid scenery and full-service amenities, this course is actually known for collecting several prestigious recognitions. Golf Course Ranking Magazine declared Big Sky Golf as the “Top Golf Academy in Canada” in 2001. Golf Digest called this one of the Places to Play in 2002 and placed it on “One of the top 50 courses in North America for service”. More awards are expected to come, as this golf course continues to offer the best.

Le Maitre de Mont-Tremblant

Other golf vacation destinations acquire a ride on the fame of its neighbouring land mark like famous casinos or exemplary residential areas. Such is not the case for Le Maitre de Mont-Tremblant, though, for this course can stand alone with its picturesque landscape bordered by Riviere du Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains. The reputation of its designer, Fred Couples – having won 14 PGA Tours and the 1992 Masters – only served as a supplementary to lift the recognition of this already well-acclaimed golf course in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada.

Opened in May 31, 2011, this golf vacation location plays for par 72 and tumbles over 260 acres of a beautiful riverfront where elevation changes and divine scenic vistas complements with the sight of the impenetrable looking forests and ecclesiastic waterways. With inputs from Gene Bates, Couple’s associate at Couple Bates Golf Design, the Le Maitre de Mont-Tremblant came into play as a layout showing a design that presents a unique style only for Cooke-Huxham International Golf Course Architects in Montreal.

Aside from the layout and the glorious landscape, Le Maitre de Mont-Tremblant also prides for state-of-the-art features, including a practice facility with target greens, and a cubhouse standing 13,000 square foot. More golf vacation packages come in as external tennis courts and a swimming pool open for those guest who just wants to relax while their friends dive in for a game of golf. During summers, guests can also take advantage of the amazing gazebo that allows sight for sorcerous waterfall nearby. For regular days, the amazing wine cellar and first-class restaurant offer a quick and enjoyable snack party, after a thrilling play at the course.

El Camaleon Golf Club

Located at the Fairmont Mayakoba Resort, El Camaleon Golf Club competently exhibits a unique layout with a landscape that blends with the tropical jungles, dense mangroves and magnificent ocean front, stretching the sand towards the bordering massive limestone at each hole. The man behind this genius is Greg Norman, the pre-eminent player who won more than 60 titles around the globe. Norman used indigenous and environmentally friendly designs aspects as main inspiration for this golf vacation course. The principles show evidence on the imposing cenote of the opening fairway. Such ancient underground cavern was unearthed during the first stages of the construction.

Apart from the mentioned, El Camaleon Golf Club shows ingenuity as its two holes position merely steps away from the Caribbean Sea. That gives golfers a challenging shot to take, while offering intimacy on the historic body of water. The 15th hole, playing directly towards the vibrant waters, defines the golf trip experience here, as the 170 yards from the back with large green set the atmosphere, while the waves softly relieve a golfer’s anxiety. But take note, this hole should not be taken for granted because the moody tropical winds would eventually push golfers into a challenge.

The amazing features of the course has never failed to stand out. In fact, in 2007, El Camaleon Golf Club became the first golf course to host an official PGA TOUR event in México and the first official PGA TOUR event ever held outside the United States or Canada. Complementing the fame are facilities specifically showcased by the Mayan influenced clubhouse. Standing at the 18th green, the clubhouse includes golf vacation packages such as five star practice facility and driving range. Speaking of driving, the course also has innovative canal system that allows golfers to ride a ferry from their accommodations to the first tee.

Cabo Del Sol – Ocean Course

“The best golf property I’ve ever seen”, course designer Jack Nicklaus said as he described Cabo Del Sol – Ocean Course, his second signature course located in Mexico. The golf vacation destination course capitalizes on the beauty and landscape of Los Cabos. It stretches more than a mile across the magnificent and awesome terrain of the West. A trip to this course means experiencing the most extraordinary golf experience with its unique and memorable layout.

This 18-hole regulation course offers a dramatic view of the desert, sea, and mountain. Being the centerpiece of the 1,800-acre residential resort community, Cabo Del Sol – Ocean Course poses against a wonderful backdrop contrasting the emerald green turf with the brilliant blue of the Sea of Cortez. The Ocean Course is framed by the natural desert landscape with giant cacti that tower over the perfectly manicured greens and tees. The spectacular layout places seven holes beside the coastline of craggy rock outcropping that is mounted from the golden shores. The par-4 18th hole doglegs from left to right, following the curve of the shoreline to large Oceanside green. A golf trip here will give the players the extraordinary fun from the fascinating beauty of the place up to the rewarding game play of the course.

Providing golfers with great strategy and picturesque views, Cabo Del Sol – Ocean Course makes for an exceptional golf vacation to players of different skill levels. The outstanding layout of the course offers any golfers to use every club in their bags from any of the 5 sets of tees. It’s a course like no other, truly a Nicklaus ingenuity.

Riddell’s Bay Golf Club

As one of the eight courses in the island of Bermuda, Riddell’s Bay Golf Club is located in the narrow peninsula that stretches to the Great Sound at the center of Warwick Parish. Originally designed by Devereuz Emmet, this golf vacation destination continues to improve its landscape in order to cater to the growing needs of golfers, since its establishment in 1922. But it was Ed Beidel, in 1994, who performed a significant facelift that lead to the fame of this course. As the course constantly presented new forms, it became an appealing spot in the Bermuda tourist market, effectively attracting new members in.

The 18-hole, par 69 Riddell’s Bay Golf Club approximately extends to 88 acres of land that plays to a maximum of 5,800 yards and 4,900 yards from the front of the forward tee boxes. The greens ranges from 3,200 to 6,700 square feet on this course that is short for contemporary standards, but with unpredictable wind velocity that casts demands to offset the initial easygoing appearance. For this reason, this golf vacation location has continually became the spot for renowned events like golf outings and tournaments.

The success of Riddell’s Bay Golf Club can be afforded to the dedicated collaboration of the ideas of architects and partners. As this golf trip location maintains with providing quality golf, guests has given it the label “quintessentially private and Bermudian” golf experience. The unrelenting improvements has definitely raised the bar on this course, and it is only a matter of time before it stands as the top of all golf courses in the world.

Barcelo Golf Club

Statistically speaking, a legendary person’s son can’t overtake or even match the excellence of his father. But that grown stereotype unfits for the maker of Barcelo Golf Club, P.B. Dye, whose architectural skill contends with his father, the renowned Pete Dye. The golf vacation destination, manifesting pure inherited talent, opened in December 2010 with an attitude eager for public guests. The championship golf course travels to an exuberant mangrove forest with 25 inland lakes and 122 bunkers.

Benefiting from the natural beauty of Bavaro area, the Barcelo Golf Club exhibits an innovative incorporation of indigenous plants surrounding the punctiliously sculpted greens on the 6,655 yards. The professional tees comprise of 18-holes playing for par 72 on this newest and most visited course in the Punta Cana Area, according to the ratings. The community even credits this golf vacation course for primarily assisting to the growth of tourism in the location.

Staying at Barcelo Golf Club means getting significant discounts on considerable bonuses like having easy access to the best beaches of Punta Cana. Part of the usual golf vacation package includes an enjoyable snorkelling where guests can find an astounding sight of rare coral reef attractions. Scuba divers treat this area as one of the best places to seek astonishment from under the sea. Both land and water quality features skirt in this course where a picturesque lake adorns the landscape of 3 different set of tees. And if view and play seem inadequate, there are free golf lessons available, a pro shop and club rentals at the resort, for everyone to take advantage of.

Traditions at Stonehouse

Wild and billowing hills surround the Traditions at Stonehouse located at the rear of Williamsburg, Virginia. This golf vacation destination, near York River in the Tidewater Region,  shows a riotous mountain course displaying on a wide tract of heavy forested hills, where hardwoods stand the test of time. Designed by Mike Stranz, this course brims of mountain laurel, hollies, steep buffs and dashing valleys along rugged ridges and encompassing plateaus.

The Traditions at Stonehouse layout maneuvers through 6,962 yards playing for a par of 71, showing the longest tees with ratings that reveal a whopping 75 and a slope of 140. No amount to understate the magnificence of this golf vacation course with four sets of tees created to define playability and enjoyment; a place for golfers to test skill levels. For shorter arrivals, White tees toys for a steerable 6,111 yards still playing for a par of 71, but without any de-motivation as it rates to 71.4 in a slope of 133.

Evidently, Traditions at Stonehouse opened in 1996 to aim for nothing less than perfection. For that reason, it was named the “Best New Upscale Public Course in the Nation” and one of the “Top New Ten You Can Play” by golf Magazine. Awards carried on as it ranked top 6 in Virginia, in 2001, and “Top 100 You Can Play” and Golf & Travel’s list of “100 Best Modern Courses” by Golf Magazine’s, during that same year. In 2002, this golf trip location received 4 1/2 stars by Golf Digest. It continues to provide first-rate amenities, aside from the challenging golf course. A bar, dining area, practice facilities, and a pro shop are just among the many impressive offers on the list. Guests will surely create the best vacation experience here. 

Traditions at Kiskiack

A golf in Traditions at Kiskiack means dealing with two displays of choices. Either guests can relish the spectacular panorama, or jump right into the challenge of this one of a kind golf vacation destination. Once occupied by the Chickiack, a group of Virginia Algonquian Indians, under the rule of the Great Chief Powhatan, this course is positioned along natural elevation where players find the magnificent layout. Some may become inclined to choose between sight or play, of course, but what’s the use of deciding, when they can actually savour the two, all at once.

The award-winning architect, John LaFoy intended to manipulate the direction of this golf vacation course in a way that would demand accuracy and proficiency from a player. Other holes may be tolerant to simple attempts, but most are made to pull players up and motivate them into putting the best of their drive to the test. Golf Digest’s became its advocate as it awarded Traditions at Kiskiack with four stars on its “Places to Play”.

Talk about challenge, there are two lakes to overcome all throughout the round in Traditions at Kiskiack. At the front nine, golfers can relax and feel the wind rushing through mature hardwoods over the earthly rolling hills. Players can gather momentum here because they will need the energy once they reach the back nine, where the signature 11th hole, playing for par-3, would require utmost accuracy. Golfers need to negotiate with the greens encircled by water on all three sides. And that thrill leads on until the 18th hole where a golf trip player needs to finally make a decision whether to gamble or push for a drive. Here, it’s the entire spirit of the game on one unique golf course.

The Crossings Golf Club

Natural landscape is one of the main foundations of The Crossings Golf Club, which is designed by the celebrated golf creator, Joe Lee. The layout of this golf vacation course is defined by a combination of rolling fairways with a thick forest bordering the strikingly positioned bunkers. Used to by known as Halfe Sink area, the front nine of this course commences with an elevated tee that gives a sight of the landing spot and many holes to offer.

The 18-hole championship course is located in the interior of American Civil War battlefields in Richmond, Virgina. Considered as a ‘must-play’ golf vacation destination by most of the local communities, The Crossings Golf Club is a simple drive from Washington D. C., which means traveller’s easy access to the I-95. The dramatic history lingering in the place constantly attracts more visitors in especially with the immediate grasp of the past specifically on Civil War, the Confederacy, and the black people of the time. Other nearby landmarks include Bryd Theater and the Colonial Williamsburg.

The spectacular golf trip layout, as well as, the dramatic history exhibited in The Crossings Golf Club are the prime reasons why it continues to become a topographic point for prestigious golf tournaments. Because of that, the course has garnered several recognitions including the U.S. Publinks Championship, Nike Tour qualifying, and the first choice for 100 corporate outings for a year. Any player would remain in awe while playing in this course, and would experience a worthwhile and educational vacation. Joe Lee has definitely hit the success button.