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Grand Haven Golf Club at Palm Coast

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Grand Haven Golf Club at Palm Coast makes it literally possible to walk in the footsteps of a legend. Personally designed by golf legend, Jack Nicklaus, this golf vacation destination in Florida is the only course that is called a Jack Nicklaus Signature. With rolling greens sculpted meticulously and fairways of par 72, this course offers a competitive and player-friendly atmosphere that only a true golf champion can set-up. This is where both professional players and golf enthusiasts come to experience top notch golf plays for the whole year.

Only minutes away from Grand Haven Golf Club at Palm Coast is a magnificent view of the Atlantic Ocean. Also in sight is the 1,400 acres Coastal Florida that bristles in front of the Intracoastal Waterway and a conservation land that spreads about 4,000 acres between two Flagler County parks adjacent to each other. A golf vacation clubhouse also seats at this foremost golf course.

Apart from golfing, the Grand Haven Golf Club at Palm Coast also offers two recreational centers to host a list of exciting activities. Complete amenities for children as well as adults are ready to provide for an array of needs. People can also find Real Estate options starting from low-maintenance households to high-end waterfront estates. Grand Haven Builders have designed the residential places for golf enthusiasts who want a daily sight or play at the reputed golf trip destination. The features as well as the fame truly make this place a haven for challenge, excitement and comfort.

Heron Bay Golf Club

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As the former host of the PGA TOUR Honda Classic, Heron Bay Golf Club is identified as “Top Ten Places To Play” by Golf Magazine. World champions Stuart Appleby, Mark Calcavecchia, Vijay Singh, Dudley Hart, Jesper Parnevik and Matt Kuchar called Heron their home for six exciting years since 1997. The three 18-holes golf vacation destination that is proud of its championship course is open for daily operations. With approximately 100 bunkers, middling sized greens and five tees of different lengths, this golf club extends about 7,268 to 4,950 yards.

Standing at the final Royal Palm of the avenue at Heron Bay Golf Club is an Addison-Mizner style clubhouse that welcomes guests in a sophisticated lobby with a coral stone fireplace as centerpiece. A gallery of trophies and other facilities like locker rooms separate for men and women are present together with a service grille. Before diving into the thrill of a golf trip, golfers can also prepare at the multi-tiered practice location with complete practice balls, target greens that replicate the actual ground and an area for a short game.

Ten-time PGA Tour winner and acclaimed golf architect, Mark McCumber, used his experienced and structural standards to build the topical and natural atmosphere of this course. Instead of tiers and mounding which other golf courses have, subtle configurations are what Heron Bay Golf Club showcases. Forced carries are not present on the layout, making it friendly to all golfers especially those who have less experienced on the field. Adjacent to Heron is the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs Hotel and Convention Center making the location more inviting for stay-and-play golf vacation packages.

Parkland Golf & Country Club

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As the second collaboration between the Toll Brothers and Greg Norman, the Parkland Golf & Country Club is designed to delicately preserve the golf trip tradition and aggressively advocate the protection for the environment. This course is the only Greg Norman designed course in Broward County that meets the standards of the Audubon International Gold Signature Sanctuary criteria. Embracing the philosophy of Mother Nature, this famous golf course in Fort Lauderdale, Florida adapts the simplistic nature of golf with the fun-filled and competitive air of every professional golf tournament.

Having a 7,100 yard layout and a sought after 19th hole bonus, the Parkland Golf & Country Club is nostalgic of Australia’s sandbelt links. Three distinct zones provides a pattern throughout the rolling greens of this golf vacation destination. A low hammock, pine flatland, wall-to-wall SeaDwark Paspalum grass on all tees, fairways and practice areas sprawl on the gentle terrain with grass marshes and a line of ponds.

The centerpiece of this community is a 43,000 square-foot Sports Club that is known for its pursuit to elicit excitement as it provides an enjoying space for recreational activities that meet the preference of customers from different ages. Also part of this facility in Parkland Golf & Country Club is a 7,000 square-foot Fitness Center with a golf vacation package that offers a la mode equipment like steams, weight training and separate men’s and ladies’ locker rooms. Keeping to its family-oriented environment, the sports club also includes Children’s Activity Center indoors as well as a play terrace outdoors. 

Plantation Preserve Golf Club

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Recognized by the City of Plantation for its Environmental Excellence, the Plantation Preserve Golf Club has also accomplished the brand as a”Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary” from the Audubon International program. More than just famous for golf vacations, this golf course also sparked a new level of excitement in the heart of Broward County. 

Now, the City of Plantation has developed from its reputation as simply filled with warm hospitality and premier residential spots to a golf vacation destination with first-class facilities. Plantation Preserve Golf Club hosts a 211-acre nature portions with 7,000 yards playing for a par 72 championship golf course. The 29 acres everglades-inspired wetlands receive the wind from the 6,600 square foot club house and 55-acre line-like park terrain. The design is made to challenge both professional and amateurs alike with every hole featuring 5 teeing grounds granting players to put a strategy base on their own level of difficulty.

Created by famous golf trip architect Von Hagge, Smelek & Baril, Plantation Preserve Golf Club is designed with various runs for any golf enthusiasts to relish. A celebrated 9th hole island green is the signature play as well as the daring 14th hole split fairway and huge 15th and 17th greens. Golf carts are installed with a GPS system for a state of the art journey around the impressive putting greens and fairway bunkers during practices before perfecting that ambitious shot. And to add more uniqueness, this place also prides for being the only golf club in the area that showcases a Sea Dwarf Paspalum grass playing field sculpted throughout the course.

Halifax Plantation Golf Club

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There is quality about old trees that seem to lock a place in time. These old trees magically transform the landscape surrounding it – transferring a lot of its old world charm into the rest of its surroundings. This is exactly the case of the Halifax Plantation Golf Club in Daytona, Florida. The golf vacation destination transports its guests into an entirely different world even when the major thoroughfares are but minutes away.

The Halifax Plantation Golf Club is a Bill Amick creation, measuring more than 7,100 yards from the longest tees, par 72. The old oaks and towering pines surround the property, dotting the layout here and there. It is as if they stand sentinel, guarding the guests and their games from anything bad that could ruin the good life here. And good life it is. The other neighboring courses could boast of highfalutin difficulties, but this golf course just will not. Reason why this is a favorite for golf vacations is because they get every inch of a vacation they want. No qualms. No worries. No pretenses. The place is too relaxing, charming, and undoubtedly beautiful that difficulties would seem awkward.

And since every inch of the Halifax Plantation Golf Club is all about giving the best golf trips, the goodness of this course does not stop with the layout alone. The whole golf club boasts of world-class amenities to complete the package for an unforgettable golf escapade hereabouts – from the chipping greens to the clubhouse to the Pro-shop. In its entirety, the whole course has the ability to lock anyone in a time and space where nothing else matters but good golfing.

LPGA International – Legends Course

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Made by the legend of golf vacation architecture, Arthur Hills, the LPGA International – Legends Course is a classically designed golf course at Daytona, Florida that attracts both sophisticated and enthusiast golfers. With challenges distributed about, this par 72 layout stretches up to 6,984 yards of competitive golfing like a pavement made in the original style.

Adorning the golf vacation destination are a variety of natural vegetation to bring out the adventure in the play. Narrow pine corridors open passageway to the sight of wetlands and small greens that surround to emboss the water hazards meant to stamp inventiveness from players. Every hole caters for the unique types of delivery from different kind of players may it be seniors, women, junior golfers and handicappers. Evident in the pattern is LPGA International – Legends Course‘ call for players to address a game scientifically before using the muscle. This clearly manifests how the maker of Legends knows the psychological foundation of the sport.

LPGA International – Legends Course aims to transform any player into legends as it offers golf vacation packages in the form of clinics and on the spot golf instructions at its Golf Academy. The course of instruction is personalized to fit the different preferences and learning styles of golf enthusiast. The instructors are experienced to identify weaknesses from old timers, develop emerging skills from learners and teach the basics to first time players. With this, playing golf will never be the same again. Visitors are given the chance to return to their homes with extra bragging rights carrying the certificate of an academy graduate from Legends.


The Classic Club

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Capturing the essence of Palm Springs, California’s label as the best and most established golf vacation destination, the Arnold Palmer-designed golf course, the Classic Club, “stiffs”to a layout suitable for all types of games and caters the desires of every golf enthusiast. The sophisticated feel of the 7, 306 yard unfolding a breathtaking stretch is established with 18-holes playing a par-72. The golf course is a habitat for professional golfers during PGA tours as well as novice players who simply want a feel for their ambition.

The Classic Club shows a golf trip location that is generous in space with sculpted fairways that breathes around the witty placements of 30 acres of water features and a reverberating terrain of trees that are highlighted around the native vegetation of pine and pepperwood. Colorful bushes, shrubs and pine straws back dropped by the mountains and vistas of the Coachella Valley paint the green carpet a sought-after picture.

The club prides a primo setting for group tournaments and even family and friends’ outing. Its golf vacation package is complete with a wide range of games paired with other amenities like food and beverage to feed every customer’s need. It also welcomes golf inspired weddings with its elegant ceremony and reception areas. The spirit of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic PGA Tour on January 2007 held in this location may have stayed as it continues to preserve its one of a kind fusion of incredible scenery, reassuring comfort and competitive golf attitude. In fact, to this day, the Desert Gold Magazine continues to brand the Classic Club with an unequaled title as the number 1 public golf course in Palm Springs since 2009.

Desert Springs Golf Club – Palm Course

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It is simply a matter of human logic to understand the idea that celebrities deserve celebrity treatment. And as for their personal choices, these altas in the social ladder would choose something to match their superstar ultra-famous statuses. It does not come as surprising, really, why the Desert Springs Golf Club in Palm Springs, CA is one top golf vacation choice for Hollywood people and other celebs. It is but a drive away from downtown LA, but is a whole other world away from the hustles and bustles of high-class city living. One of the reasons people come to the Desert Springs is the Palm Course.

The original of the two courses on the resort, the Palm Course is every inch a Ted Robinson creation. Every. Inch. And Ted Robinson’s name and design concept has almost always been synonymous to difficult bunkering and many, many, many, many waterscapes. And that is not exaggerating anything. That is just about as many water features as there are on this golf vacation destination. On this particular one, some large, stunning lakes play on nine of the eighteen holes, playing majorly on the last four holes to seal a very unforgettable ending to each round.

Rolling fairways, verdant and well-maintained greens, and the best views of the Palm Springs mountainscape complete the golf vacation package at the Palm Course. That is on top of the excellent services and other amenities that are part of the overall resort package. Simply said, everything about this getaway paradise is just as stellar and as celebrated as its high-class patrons themselves.

Heritage Palms Golf Course

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Finding a diamond in the vast, sandy expanse of the desert is a miracle. The Heritage Palms Golf Course is a Palm Desert miracle. The golf vacation destination is a natural standout amongst its contemporaries in this golfers’ haven of a desert. And the reasons are crystal clear.

The Heritage Palms Golf Course is an Arthur Hills-creation that features not only the signature beautiful backdrop of the desert mountains engulfing this area. The golf vacation favorite features every single thing that makes Arthur Hills one of the biggest and most respected names in the industry to this very day. What it is, really, is the tempered, perfect and unmatched combination of sheer human genius, deep passion for the sport and Mother Nature. The result is this 6,700-yard, par-72 of golfing magnificence that features some very dramatic elevation and levels of undulation. The heavily contoured layout is made even more challenging and beautiful by the four lakes scattered through the course. And if that is not enough yet, the greens are heavily guarded to make the most out of every game.

Completing the golf trip experience here are the off-course amenities, topbilled by no less than its classic clubhouse. It is 30,000 feet in size complete with everything a golfer may need on his visit here – restaurant, pro shop, conference center. Golfers are also treated to some of the best practice facilities in the area. Truly, diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but the Heritage Palms Golf Course is for the golfer with the discriminating taste.

Cimarron Golf Club – Boulder Course

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If there is one word that would perfectly describe the Cimmaron Golf Club in Indian Wells, it would have to be ‘pleasant’. From the greens to the water features to the perfect skies, everything is exactly that: PLEASANT. It would not be hard for this golf vacation favorite to paint a smile on any golfer’s face. Even more so, when they play one of the two feature courses here, the Boulder Course, the golf experience here could not get any more pleasant.

Ironically, this is not the usual smooth, finessed type of beauty. On the contrary, the Boulder Course is a toughie, rough and rugged on the edges. It is not a pretentious course and is an honest to goodness desert course with a little bit of surprises here and there. The golf vacation destination also has several features reminiscent of Europe’s greatest courses. Among them are the sod-wall bunkers with white crushed marble bunkers inside. These, along with large mounds and a lot of jagged edges more dot the open complexes and fairways of the course.

Completing the look are the well-maintained greens. Actually, “well-maintained” is pretty much an underestimation. In fact, it does the Boulder Course no justice at all. The greens of this course are hailed the best in the entire Coachella Valley, an emerald spectacle stunningly a perfect contrast to the golden mountains of San Jacinto enveloping the course. That and the perfect blue skies that never fail to show up on this side of California. The course measures 6,782 yards from the longest tees, par 72, with three other sets of tees to play from. But the fun from golf trips here are just immeasurable. There is always someone feeling pleasant here, and that is a perfectly accurate assumption.