Golf is not exactly a race to the finish type of sport, but the Lexington Oaks Golf Club gives a round here a race track atmosphere. And why not, this golf vacation destination is a true blue Florida golf course but with a good helping of Kentucky horse country. It has all the signature Florida golf course features of bunkers and water play, but accentuated by white stable fences and a race track theme, thereby making golf games hereabouts extra interesting, and extra beautiful.

The Lexington Oaks Golf Club is located in Wesley Chapel, Fl., 20 minutes from downtown Tampa. It was opened in January of 2000, with Gordon Lewis as the designer. Apart from the Kentucky accents, the golf course is still 200% Floridan. The holes wind around dramatic elevations, through marshes, lakes and natural wetlands. Water plays on almost all but one of the 18 holes, making the course extra demanding on accuracy and club choice. And, needless to say, a golf course in the Sunshine State will never be complete without sand. On this particular course, 70 white sand bunkers make their appearance known and REMEMBERED. On top of an interesting layout and aesthetic qualities, an excellent golf trip facility as it is, the amenities are naturally excellent.

From the aqua driving range to the large putting and chipping greens, all the way to the elegant clubhouse and full-stocked pro shop, everything a golfer would need and want in a golf vacation is here. The Lexington Oaks Golf Club is, undoubtedly, on the front lines in the race to becoming Florida’s best and most favorite golf course.

When people tagged this a ‘best kept secret’, they certainly must have forgotten that it is more an open secret. Golfers, locals and visitors know that, in British Columbia, there is only one place that could get them pure golf vacation goodness. No fancy names, no unnecessary activities and offerings, just golf at its purest, cleanest, truest. The Meadows at Pemberton Golf Club is a treasure, something that golf enthusiast can’t help but know more about.

Set in the shadow of the majestic Mt Currie, the Meadows at Pemberton Golf Club is well loved for being so natural and diverse. The front nine, an exposed area aptly called the Meadows, is a challenging opener with two notable par 3s and the signature 8^thhole island green. In perfect contrast to it is the heavily forested back nine which is a tighter and tougher challenge that sets a perfect tone that is closer to anybody’s round at the course. Sightings of two or more of the rare black squirrel completes anybody’s golf trip adventure at this 6,407-yard, par-72 spectacle.

But sheer is never out-and-out without a take at their gastronomic haven named after their famous exotic and hairy friends. The Black Squirrel Restaurant is the best go-to place at the Meadows at Pemberton Golf Club. The menu is filled with original dishes – all of which they would recommend to be washed down with another original: the Black Squirrel Ale. And the setting couldn’t be any more perfect. The views of the surrounding mountain is definitely the ‘picture’ in picturesque. Guest, however, are often faced with a hard decision in jest whether to selfishly keep this golf vacation destination a secret, or to spread the “know”. But this place is just too good to be hidden, however special it is to be shared.

Much can be thanked to the legendary golf vacation destination architect Jack Nicklaus, and this son, Jack Nicklaus II, for the outstanding layout of the 18 holes’ TwinEagles Club – The Talon, one of the two amazing golf courses in the resort along with the Eagle course. One of the top residential golf courses in Southwest Florida, the Talon course is a landscape that primarily pays homage to the lineage of traditional golf in St, Andrews Scotland, which is the mother of all golf games.

Tradition is evident in the undulating greens and rolling dunes, as well as the luscious fairways of TwinEagles Club – The Talon. To heighten the atmosphere of a play, deep pot bunkers are strategically place all throughout, along with water hazards that add to the demand on the holes. Anyone aiming to replicate the Nicklaus style of golf can captivate the attitude in the way this golf trip location was built –playing the way the Nicklaus’ put energy and expertise into a shot strategy as they outmatch the 7,193 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rates 75.5 with a slope rating of 141.

In an effort to assist guests into having the best golf vacation in TwinEagles Club – The Talon, practice facilities are offered including double-ended driving range and a short game area. Guests can definitely play where the professionals hit the course and where the home to the The Champions Tour Ace Group Classic and CME Titleholders Championship is. After opening in 2008 and under the New Leaf management headed by General Manager, Jay Severso, this destination has consistently followed through with its fame.