Palmilla Golf Club

A golf trip to Mexico must begin with Palmilla Golf Club. One of the world’s truly picturesque golf destinations, this golf club uniquely blends the desert and sea. Demanding, perfectly conceived, and stunningly gorgeous, the golf course of Palmilla has ocean views from every hole. It is the most classic of Mexican resorts in Los Cabos. This Latin American design club is recognized as the Grand Dame of golf in the place.

Palmilla Golf Club is one of Jack Nicklaus’ signature golf courses. This course features towering cacti, deep arroyos, and spectacular views of the Sea of Cortez. It also features 27 holes in three groups of nine – the Arroyo Nine, the Mountain Nine, and the Ocean Nine. The rolling fairways have unpredictable conditions – sometimes generous, sometime tight, but always stunning, taking in four lakes and a number of deep shifts in elevation. The undulating greens are fast and difficult to read. This Nicklaus-designed course is sure to give every visitor a memorable golf vacation especially if played with one or more of the other local championship courses.

Palmilla Golf Club has five sets of tee boxes that make for an enjoyable golf trip by players of different skill levels. Located in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, it has been honored as “One of the Top 100 courses in the World” by Great Golf Resorts of the World. It also hosted the 1997 PGA Senior TOUR. Having a skillful design, expert management, and peaceful environment, this golf club is recognized as one of the top four courses in Mexico as well as one of the finest in the world.

 

 

Cabo Real Golf Course

A golf course that has a memorable brand of challenge and an even more unforgettable view is a rare commodity. Finding one is a feat, playing on one is a jewel – coming home with a neat scorecard after the golf vacation is PRICELESS. At the tip of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico, a priceless jewel worth every amount of work necessary in getting there (not to mention the fees!) lies along the beautiful Sea of Cortez shoreline: THE CABO REAL GOLF COURSE.

 The centerpiece of this resort community in the Mexican Peninsula was created from the skillful mastery of Robert Trent Jones Jr in golf course design. It stretches 7,037 yards of desert and coast. All 18-holes of this par-72 wonder offers a stunning view of the sea – each unique and unparalleled in beauty. Three of the eighteen holes are play along the sea – makes both for beauty and challenge. Cabo Real Golf Course is deemed to be one of the most stunning courses in the Caribbean, and also has the toughest nine in all of Los Cabos. The back nine isn’t any less splendid either. This golf vacation destination is sure to bring the hearts of its guests on a roller coaster ride of amazement, awe and nerves – definitely something that will stay in their memory for a long, long time.

What is most memorable, perhaps, about this course is the PGA Senior Slam in 1996 when whales put on a spectacle during the tournament. This goes to show how well-maintained and just how beautiful Cabo Real Golf Course is. A golf trip here is without a doubt unmatched by anything that comes with a price.

Puerto Los Cabos, Mexico

A champion knows a good golf course by heart; a legend lives it. When Jack Nicklaus creates a golf course, the years of passionate love affair with the sport and the excellence that he gives in all of those years as a champion. A golf course bearing his name surely bears his attitudes towards golf. Just like his signature nine at the Puerto Los Cabos Resort at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja in the California Peninsula. If golfers think having a Nicklaus design in a resort couldn’t get any better, the golf vacation destination just took it a notch higher: THE OTHER NINE IN THE 18-HOLE FACILITY WAS MADE BY THE GREG NORMAN, no less.

The two signature nines of Puerto Los Cabos– the front being Norman’s and the back being Nicklaus’ – are the cream of the resort’s crop. Apart from them being the brainchild of the two legendary golfers, they are also part of a huge resort/residential facility fronting the ocean. It is a picturesque paradise made for golf vacations on a daily basis. Though both nines are created by equally legendary players/course designers, there is nothing similar about the two courses except that they both promote a kind of game worthy of championships.

On top of all that, the courses are serviced by a 40,000 square foot clubhouse, not to mention the sweeping vistas of the Mexican shoreline. The designers of Puerto Los Cabos have created their respective nines with the purpose of maintaining – if not bringing out – the place’s natural splendor. And it shows the kind of champions they are: they bring out the best in this place, as well as each golfer who embarks on a golf trip hereabouts.

 

 

 

 

Bayside Golf Course

Bayside Golf Course is one of Jack Nicklaus’ collections of award-winning golf courses. It is located just within earshot of the waves that gently blanket the sands of Assawoman Bay. Wonderful surroundings and extreme sports spirit will welcome the visitors when they enter the course. The epic scenery of the place and the hospitable and welcoming town residents make it an ideal golf vacation destination.

The 18-hole Bayside Golf Coursefeatures 7,545 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. This is the place where visitors can enjoy the best that Mother Nature has to offer due to the neatly wide fairways, rolling greens, and the uniquely styled elevations. Designer Nicklaus took special care in the development of this golf course, maintaining the natural state of Bayside’s woodlands and wetlands. The course surrounds the community, as if it guards the place from the pressures of the outside world. As a result, the spectacular views of Assawoman Bay’s magnificent coastline are very visible from every hole. A golf trip to this course will offer the guests a beauty that they’ve never seen before.

Bayside Golf Courseopened in 2005. A fresh golf trip spot, this golf course showcases the loveliness of the place as well as the creativity of Nicklaus. The course’s layout is not like the other typical, modern courses of Ocean City. The high class features and amenities, the charming neighborhoods, and a wide variety of distinctive homes suit any lifestyle that visitors need.

Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club

Bear Trap Dunes is visually unique because of its ample use of sand dunes – adhering to the coastal area’s natural terrain” – the words that designer Rick Jacobson used to describe Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club. This semi-private, links style course is situated on 170 acres. It features wide, rolling fairways, beach sand dunes, and artistically designed landscape. The immense greens are meticulously groomed. The ideal golf trip that visitors thirst for can be experienced in this place.

Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club offers one of the area’s most unique and unforgettable golf encounters on the Eastern Shore. The three notable 9-hole courses – Grizzly, Kodiak, and Black Bear – offer the players different atmospheres of golf. The winding bentgrass fairways lined with natural wetland grasses drift into natural sand dunes. Rick Jacobson, a former associate of Jack Nicklaus, intelligently designed the club to fit the taste of the public – from its friendly surrounding to the challenging yet rewarding holes. The Nicklaus style can be clearly observed throughout the facility. A golf vacation at this club is a good way to enjoy the holiday because of the natural wonders that the club offers.

To sum it up, Bear Trap Dunes Golf Clubis a very well crafted place, combining a diversity of lengths and tee placements that will definitely challenge all levels of golfers. With the club’s 27 holes of picturesque beauty and beckoning features, a golf trip would definitely complete a Maryland vacation.

The Bay Club – East Course

Laid back, relaxing, fun, beautiful – all the good words could go on and on and on when talking about the Bay Club’s East Course. It is perhaps safe, and right, to say that this is one of Maryland’s best golf courses. But of course, it takes more than words to prove this – one should actually play it to know it. But this course should come with a warning: a single round could lead to a full-fledged golf vacation, and it could go on and on and on.

 The 18-hole, par 72 Bay Club’s East Course is made up of the best conditions, and even better amenities to go with its already naturally beautiful surroundings. It was designed by Charles Priestly and opened in 1999 to stand out among Maryland’s best list. The most notable feature of this golf vacation destination is its tour quality Zoysia grass greens, something that no other golf course in the area is offering. That and the 426 acres of pristine lakes, a mixture of natural and man-made wetlands, and the strategically beautiful sand traps make the course special. The signature “Paradise Island” greens make it extra special. All these combine to make this course an irresistible and unforgettable one.

The list of loyal patrons – who make a tradition out of golf trips to the Bay Club’s East Course – is getting longer, and it could go on and on and on. This golf course has everything put together all too perfectly, embossing its name as one of the best – if not the best – golf courses in the state.

 

Rum Pointe Seaside Golf Links

The biggest risks grant the biggest rewards. This is one thing that has been proven time and again – especially on the golfing greens. The shots that are the most difficult, and requires the biggest risks, are the ones that merit the loudest sighs, and the most memorable smiles. This principle of risk-reward was employed by the father-and-son design duo of Pete and PB Dye when they built the Rum Pointe Seaside Golf Links in Ocean City, MD. They themselves have gone through their own risks in building the golf vacation destination, with the difficulties posed by the beachside setup. But the reward is incomparable: a beautiful Scottish style links with the best views of the ocean.

The 18-hole, par-72 course has 17 holes playing with the bay in view, several of which are actually playing in front of the bay. How to play against the wind and the oceans surrounding, and how to end up with a low score requires a lot of guts and more shotmaking skills. The multiple tees, however, allow for golfers of various handicaps to enjoy the course. It is, in actuality, a rollercoaster ride of easy and difficult shots that could make any golfer’s heart flutter or go berserk altogether. Nevertheless, a golf trip to Rum Pointe Seaside Golf Links is something that would remain in the memory for a very long time.

The risks taken by the developers of Rum Pointe Seaside Golf Links have all paid off. Not only has it been recently ranked Top 5 Best in the State by Golf Week Magazine; it has also been the preferred course by golfers taking a golf vacation in Maryland.

Glen Riddle Golf Club – Man of War Course

Windswept and lovestruck might be the two things in common that golfers experience after a round of golf at the Man of War course of the Glen Riddle Golf Club. This golf vacation destination in Maryland that used to be a racetrack that trained the best of Maryland’s thoroughbreds, will surely take its visitors to a different time and a different place where the only thing that matters is golf and nothing else.

The Man of War course was patterned after the courses of the British Isles and has the signature large greens, double fairways, pot bunkers, sand dunes, and the soft to moderate blows of eastern shore winds. The wisps of winds could be as soft as whispers or strong enough to break any golfer’s game, but will leave a smile worth a thousand vacations elsewhere. The old racetrack, the surroundings and the atmosphere of vintage golfing makes one feel like not being in Maryland at all, but somewhere in a place and time when golf was just a young sport. The 18-hole par-72 Joel Weiman design brings about the best of links golf and the best of golf vacations in a single package.

Stretching to over 7,163 yards of golf from the back tees, the Man of War course of the Glen Riddle Golf Club is nothing but pure golfing goodness. From scenery to high-quality play to just about everything, there is nothing here to love but just golf. It’s a perfect love affair for people who are bound in marriage to the sport. Golf trips here would definitely leave any golfer falling in love with the sport over and over and over.

Reynolds Plantation – Great Waters Course

If there was a beauty pageant for golf courses, this would surely be a title holder. The Great Waters Course at the Reynolds Plantation in Georgia owns the kind of beauty that is so easy to love, and so hard to forget. Golf vacations here are nothing short of scenic and memorable, and it would be a sin to forget bringing a camera hereabouts.

 Amongst the Jack Nicklaus designs, Golf Magazine ranks the Great Waters Course fifth, and Golfweek Magazine lists it among America’s “Best Residential Courses”. This 18-hole par-72 course also never fails to be ranked among the Top 100 Golf Courses in the US. The main reason for this is the beautiful Oconee Lake that plays on nine holes; it shines a beautiful gold on a perfect sunset in the summer. That, and the surrounding dogwood and azaleas that turn the ground a sea of colors in the fall. But this golf course is not all about the face factor. It has got as much spunk that could break any player’s heart. It perfectly breeds beauty and quality play, something that not every golf vacation destination in America could give.

 The Great Waters Course opened in 1992, and has undergone a major renovation in 2009 led by the designer itself. The result made it the best that it could ever be. Because of its exquisite conditioning, it is not only a favorite for golf trips but for tournaments as well. It has hosted the 41st PGA Professional National Championship in 2008 and Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf (now known as the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship) from 1995 to 1997. This only proves, further, that this beauty is indeed a title holder – by all means.

The Plantation Course

Challenging yet forgiving – these are two words that would best describe The Plantation Course at the Reynolds Plantation in Georgia. It is a great eighteen-hole regulation course featuring 6,698 yards of golf for a par of 72. Bob Cupp was the mastermind behind this wonderful course that started giving golfers pure golfing treat in 1987. Golf vacations spent here are made of fun and challenging rounds of golf.

The Plantation Course has a course rating of 70.2 and a slope rating of 125. According to Charley Stine of GolfWeek, “the hills are natural to the terrain, but the funny lies and funny bounces result from the integrity of shape during construction”. The bent grass greens are gently contoured and the Bermuda grass fairways are a little hilly and are always flawlessly maintained. It was ranked among the “Ten Best New Courses” by Golf Magazine in 2004, “Best Places to Play” by Golf Digest in 2006, and “America’s Top Golf Courses” by the Zagat Survey. With the strategic bunkers and water hazards, a golf trip here will make require that the golfers bring their “A” game if they want to score low.

The Plantation Course set the stage of Reynolds Plantation to become the golfer’s mecca, not to mention the great service of the course’s friendly staff under the management of Bryan Evans as the course’s General Manager. The natural beauty of the land, the variety in length and the size of the greens make it an ideal golf vacation destination.