Pacific Grove Golf Links

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A California golf vacation wouldn’t be complete without visiting Pacific Grove Golf Links. The course is very player-friendly – it’s not too long, no tough doglegs, blind shots, few waters, and wide fairways that parallel each other. The greens are well-maintained and the bunkers are manicured. It has a lot more surprises, like the stunning ocean views, that one can tell it’s a must visit golf destination.

Pacific Grove Golf Links is a public 18-hole course that was originally designed by Chandler Egan in 1932. Playing on the first nine will take the golfers through the forest of Pacific Grove, reflecting the charm of an English rural course made in old style. The back nine that is designed by Jack Neville is bordered by sand dunes and ice plants. The remarkable coastline features the views of Lover’s Point, Crespi Pond, Point Pinos, and the dunesland at Asilomar. A scenic tour to this golf vacation destination will enchant the guests with the abundance of its natural wonders like the seals, sea lions, Blacktail Deer, sea otters, gulls, and pelicans.

Pacific Grove Golf Links is the perfect place to end the golf vacation because of its great features, not to mention its newly built, award-winning Golf Shop and club house. Zagat Survey ranked this golf links as one of America’s Best Golf Courses. In addition to that, it was also recognized as One of the Nation’s Top 50 Golf Courses Under $50 by Golf Magazine. With these features, amenities, and awards, at a very affordable price, this golf destination will complete the golf adventure of every guest.

Dove Mountain

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Low density plan inspired by a true atmosphere of community and genuine respect for natural habitat is the main environment of Dove Mountain. Soaring from 2,700 to 4,300 feet, this golf spot offers magnificent views from all directions, with nearly 9 square miles given to open space. Ten miles of boundary from Arizona State Trust proves the integrity of this golf vacation destination‘s perimeter.

Dove Mountain is the home of the The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, which was designed by legendary golf architect, Jack Nicklaus. The high Sonoran Desert in the area provides a challenging attitude that integrates solidly into the variety of easy shot values. As a result, the golf vacation location invigorates an elite venue that different kinds of golfers can take advantage of, including golf legends. The lush desert mountain terrain of this 27 holes Nicklaus signature design presents a unique character that blends among noble saguaros. Beneath the surrounding Tortolita Mountain Range, this course requires shots that go beyond imagination. It calls players to perform their creativity on every area, even those that seem like plain fields.

Dove Mountain was obviously crafted to test every generation of champions. For that reason, it has received accolades from prestigious tour professionals and reviewers especially during the annual World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship in 2009. The event expected the same number of ranked players in the when it returned in 2010. With view on the golf trip course from every angle on the accommodations, the residences have also grown through the years, here. Indoor and outdoor spaces are present all year round on the twenty custom estate home sites and award winning clubhouse complex that offers a homey atmosphere to both residents and guests.

The Gallery Golf Course

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Featuring two well-acclaimed golf courses is the The Gallery Golf Course at Tucson, Arizona. Providing a challenging layout on a picturesque sweeping view of the Sonoran desert landscape is the North Golf Course. On the other side, the South Golf Course offers gentle elevation changes on a view of thousands of giant saguaros coming from different directions. Both golf vacation destinations are set on an exuberant and natural desert surrounding that gives an exceptionally gratifying golf experience for golfers coming from various skill levels.

North Course of the The Gallery Golf Course, which was designed by John Fought and Tom Lehman (British Open Champion and 2006 Ryder Cup Captain), is ranked #1 in Southwest Arizona by Golf Digest and is acknowledged as one of Golfweek’s Top 100 Modern Courses. In this golf vacation spot, the nines meander through rugged canyons while the Sonoran views do more than amaze, it’s the tool to distract golfers and add to the demands, all together. Frankly, touring professionals would find the 18 holes tough, so it would seem more suitable for the higher handicap players.

Revealing into a more playable environment means going to the South Course of The Gallery Golf Course. Here, private clubs provide guests a place to sit back and relax with only the view to find hyperactive. The links style here is reminiscent of Donald Ross Pinehursts and its architectural scheme is more pleasing to the players who prefer a more classical atmosphere. This golf trip course, designed by John Fought, was nominated one of Golf Digest’s 100 Best. As a whole, the Gallery Golf Course received various awards and it became the highly celebrated host of the 2007 and 2008 World Golf Championships-Accenture.

Capitol Hill – The Senator

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One of the best courses among the three existing in Capitol Hill is the Capitol Hill – The Senator that is also designed by Robert Trent Jones. This golf vacation trail clearly manifests roots in Britain or Ireland specially with its open and rolling links-style attributes. Here, seaside links spread in abundance together with the expansive treeless terrain. While this place may not have a sea view, nothing seem lacking on this course that contains a dune-like mounding and 250 / 150 yard marker posts supplying a line from the tee.

Narrow and tumbling fairways exist along with grasping semi-rough and knee-high grass sculpted on the mounds of Capitol Hill – The Senator. That means a more challenging and demanding layout for any type of golfer. Adding more drama are small and round pot bunkers that are generously distributed on the comparatively constrictive fairways that trails through the undulating, elevated or tucked in the dunes greens. Sharing a double green are the 3rd and 7th hole that both plays for a par 4 and emulates the classic Scottish golf vacation destination fashion. The links-style successfully weaves the entire course through the treeless hills and mounts that seem to capture the playful atmosphere of St. Andrews or Ballybunion, especially with the nature of the wind in it. This course becomes related to Carnoustie, though, when played from the ends of the 7697 yards as it gets inherently penal.

With such amazing landscape, Capitol Hill – The Senator continues to receive praises from golfers and writers alike. In fact, this golf trip destination was named among the Top 10 New Courses in the nation by Golf Magazine.

Capitol Hill – The Legislator

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Three unique courses lay on one Capitol Hill that is located about 13 miles from north of Alabama’s state capital. The destinations are interestingly named with “legal terminologies” which are Capitol Hill – The Judge , Capitol Hill – The Legislator and Capitol Hill – The Senator. All three golf vacation courses have 18-holes with about 1,500 acres. One of them, The Legislator, was designed by the renowned golf architect, Robert Trent Jones, ASGCA/Roger G. Rulewich, ASGCA, opened in 1999. The management is lead by SunBelt Golf Corporation.

The 18-hole Capitol Hill – The Legislator located in Prattville, Alabama, showcases a 7,323 yards golf vacation destination that has the longest tees playing for par 72. With a course rating of 74.1, the place also has a slope rating of 126 on the Bermuda grass. Among the course choices in Capitol Hill, the Legislator is considered most popular on the Trail. Both golfers and golf course layout critics have positive comments on this place. The reason for that may be the traditional landscape that no one seems to complain about. On it are towering pine trees installed on the picturesque bluff and elevation changes that ranges for more than 200 feet.

Anyone would be amazed at the ‘Sky Bridge’ in Capitol Hill – The Legislator . Yes, there is a bridge winding on the sky via a cart path that transports players from one hole to another on the 6 holes laid out in a native cypress swamp. Because of the impressive golf trip display, this course received recognition as it was rated one of the ‘Top 25 New Courses’ by Golf Digest in 1999 and ‘#9 Best New Course’ by Golf Magazine. 

Capitol Hill – The Judge

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About 13 miles from north of Alabama’s state capital is a hill that features three different courses, imposing an impressive adjudication despite the uniqueness of each layout. This resort is called Capitol Hill, and its courses come with ‘lawful’ names, which are Capitol Hill – The Judge , Capitol Hill – The Legislator and Capitol Hill – The Sentator, all having 18-holes with more than 1,500 acres of golf vacation experience on a rule-bounded and yet nature free area. All three contains amazing facilities, with each course truly different from another.

Presenting the most stunning vistas, among all the courses, is the Capitol Hill – The Judge , that lies 200 acres of the lustrous river back waters. The first tee, here, is about 200 feet above the fairway that offers golfers an overlooking sight of the Alabama River and the Montgomery skyline. That’s like touching both earth and sky, all at the same time! The 14 holes adjoining the water and the amazing bulkhead island green makes this golf vacation destination easy to praise, which is only an addition to the amazing sight of the number one tee dipping on the Alabama river. And if that’s not enough, this course also provides contemporary innovation through its circular driving range that rounds about 400 yards in diameter through the resort.

Capitol Hill – The Judge‘s astounding landscape has thrusts it into the world of famous golf trip courses around the world. Golf Magazine called it one of the 10 public course in America that is worthy to host a U.S. Open. Zagay Survey also reported this course as America’s Top Golf Courses ranked among the top 50 courses in America.

Cambrian Ridge Golf Club

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Lying 40 miles from Montgomery, Cambrian Ridge Golf Club is known by enthusiastic golfers to have the most demanding and challenging stops on the Trail. If guests are looking for a jaw-dropping adventure, this golf vacation stop is the place to be, with 36 holes to outwit, outsmart and overcome. Despite the wonderful features offered, this course was immortalised not by the evident impression it gives, but by a prestigious tournament named Microsoft golf game in 2003. Extensive advertisements and promotional techniques instituted drove more guest into this course at Greenville.

The golf trip layout, which are Loblolly nine, Canyon nine and Sherling nine, became the center of attraction to golfers and guests alike. Having gentle fairways , towering pines and water-fronted green, the Loblolly expresses a cathedral-like aura that is comparable to the world famous course, the Augusta National. The Canyon nine, on the other hand, presents a more frugal attitude on the Cambrian Ridge Golf Club, being carved from a former hunting ground. The developers maintained the deer blinds nailed to the hardwood on this 501 yard playing for par 4, first hole, that drops for 200 feet from tee to fairway.

Moving forward, players can find what is known to be the best golf vacation destination trail for the entire Cambrian Ridge Golf Club, which is the Sherling nine. Dramatic orientation exhibits in this area as its ninth hole marches uphill passing through abyssal ravine strewn. Chromatic boulders lead to a dangling tongue of double greens that contribute a portion to the ninth of the Canyon. This Sherling and Canyon combination is actually well-acclaimed. In 1994, Golf Digest declared it as best new public course and 13th of America’s Top 50 Affordable Courses. Golf Digests also named it as Places to Play and one of the nation’s 40 Super Value Courses.

Meadows at Pemberton Golf Course

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Its front nine is the reason why Meadows at Pemberton Golf Course was named ‘Meadows’. In this a challenging wide-open field, two par 3s are present, where the signature eight hole stands on an island green. Putting a dramatic contrast to the atmosphere of this golf vacation destination is the forested back nine –a queer place where one can find the rarest of creatures, including the black squirrel. Here, a game can become demanding that even seasoned golfers still get dumbfounded.

The Meadows at Pemberton Golf Course plays seemingly unique as it positions at British Columbia, where golf course settings add to the magnificence of the place. Lying at the foot of Mt. Currie, this golf vacation spot stretches vastly with 18-holes playing for par 72. Bent grass greens paint a luscious effect on the ground making players feel as if they are stepping on a green Royal carpet. The opening hole is where the toughest can be seen with a dog left par 5 featuring a tree island in the center of the fairway. That clearly spells havoc for second shots that are poorly executed because the greens here require pin point accuracy. Waters also surround to add to the challenge.

Talking about squirrels, here, there is a well-celebrated restaurant named after it, which is the Black Squirrel Restaurant. This place recently received recognition as the Pemberton’s Best New Restaurant. The food here has proves to be wonderful both by advocates and honours. In fact, Chef Ryan Leitch was given the award as Best Chef in Pemberton honours for the outstanding taste and display of the dishes. To add, this resto was also voted for giving the open part of the year, in 2009. For such golf trip location of great caliber, this restaurant at Meadows at Pemberton Golf Course seems to be modest enough to still offer affordable prices, without decreasing any of its quality.

Mill River Golf Club

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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

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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.