Tag Archives: golf trip

Kananaskis Golf Club – Mount Lorette Course

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Courses • Tagged , • Leave a comment

Every golfer wishes for their golf trip to be epic. Playing golf at Kananaskis Golf Club – Mount Lorette Course grants this desire. It is named after the towering limestone peaks that serve as its breathtaking backdrop. Since its opening in 1983, this golf course has been one of the most visited in Alberta due to its excellent amenities. It is an ideal place where players can fulfill their golfing pleasures.

A world class golf vacation destination, Kananaskis Golf Club – Mount Lorette Course is named one of the top 25 public courses in North America by Golf Digest. It features two holes that conclude each loop of nine holes. The 560-yard, par five 9th hole has two big bunkers left of the fairway at the landing area from the tee. Water comes into play down the left of the fairway from past this point which then cuts into the front left of the green. Threatening the tee shot, the 463-yard, closing hole has an enormous bunker left of the fairway. This hole doglegs slightly left and a creek lies in front of the green. Golfers must consider a three wood off the tee, lay-up in front of the water, and play an accurate wedge to the green followed by a single putt.

Kananaskis Golf Club – Mount Lorette Course is an 18-hole golf course that is designed by the renowned Robert Trent Jones, Sr. According to Jones, it has the best setting he was ever given to work with. Situated in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, a golf trip to this course will give the guests the epic sports getaway that they long for.

Stewart Creek Golf Club

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Destinations • Tagged , • Leave a comment

To some, golfing is just a pastime. But when they experience the excellence of Stewart Creek Golf Club, they will definitely eat their words for the place is very comparable to their dream paradise. Once they’ve set foot in this club, it will make them want to spend another week in the place. It is located in Alberta, Canada and it opened in 2000. It is less than ten minutes from downtown Canmore, so there’s no need to get up too early for the morning tee time. Designed by Gary Browning, the place is very playable that it attracts different types of golfers. Because of its friendly environment, many visitors include the course on their list of ideal golf vacation spots.

Stewart Creek Golf Club plays every inch of 7,195 yards. Every hole is unique, taking full advantage of the place’s terrain at the base of the Three Sisters, Canada’s major mountain feature in Canmore. Selecting the right tee box for the handicap is the key to finish each hole – the fourth, fifth, and sixth holes are long, uphill, and will definitely test the players’ game. The back nine is where the enjoyment begins. “Hole No. 9 is what it is – hit an eight iron out to the landing area, and then a six iron in,” said Jacob Sonn, an Alberta golf expert. He added, “Definitely the weakest hole on the course, but don’t let it take away from the overall experience on your Canadian golf vacation to Canmore, Alberta.”

Designer Browning wanted the course to be more than just a challenge; he wanted it to be an experience by carefully planning each hole to perfectly fit in with the landscape. Stewart Creek Golf Club is a successful masterpiece by Gary Browning that it was called “The Best New Course in Western Canada” in 2002 by Golf Digest, giving it a four and a half star in 2002, 2003, and 2004. A golf trip to this place offers the visitors not only tough and challenging rounds, but also a great and wonderful experience.

 

Silvertip Golf Club

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Courses • Tagged , • Leave a comment

“Golf on the Roof of the World” is the tagline of Silvertip Golf Club. A golf trip spent in this golf club is like playing with the clouds. It offers magnificent views with its par-72 course that has 600 acres of peaks grasslands, and valleys that are perched on the bench lands of Mount Lady MacDonald, and are soaked in warmth and sunshine. The club can be located on the sunny side of the Bow Valley, in a mountain wilderness setting near the alpine village of Canmore. It offers fantastic views of the surrounding Rocky Mountains, and stands at the edge of an immensely undamaged wilderness.

Silvertip Golf Club has a slope rating of 153. It features from 5,100 to 7,200 yards of golf depending on the tee placement. The golf course is very accurate, as every hole offers a unique, splendid, and unbelievable alpine scene. Course designer Les Furber made sure that the course carried various picturesque views within each walk, from the glorious Three Sisters to thick alpine woods and glimpses of the welcoming Canmore. Taking a golf vacation at this club is a great way to experience one of Alberta’s finest golf courses.

Silvertip Golf Club offers guests with a unique golf trip due to its natural environment and tough holes. Aside from that, other outdoor adventures like rafting, skiing, and mountain biking are also available in the club. The place is known throughout the area as a main locale not only for golfing, but also for different occasions such as wedding events, business meetings, and friends and family outings.

Palmilla Golf Club

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Destinations • Tagged , • Leave a comment

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.

 

 

Banff Springs Golf Club

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Courses • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

Famous for its panoramic beauty, Banff Springs Golf Club has an attractive and challenging layout located in the heart of Canada’s Rocky Mountains. Although golf critics have different opinions when it comes to the greatness of a course, one characteristic that they agree upon is that a great course must have great holes. And as for those who have already witnessed the beauty of the place, the holes here are the kind that would urge – more like, pressure – the golfers to take their skills to their next best level. Every golf trip to this place offers breathtaking views from every direction and a magnificent layout that thrills every golfer.

Banff Springs Golf Club amazes both amateurs and professionals because of its challenging layout. This golf course will delight and tempt each player from the actual holes to the optical illusions created by the neighboring mountains. Designer Stanley Thompson designed this original 18-hole golf course that features 7,083 yards in 1928. The course winds along the Bow River under the snow-capped peaks of Mount Rundle and Sulphur Mountain. Like many traditional courses, some improvements have been made to this golf vacation destination to make sure it challenges longer hitters and to proved the resort golfers one fine golfing experience. Nine holes were added in 1989 resulting in 27 holes of championship layout.

Banff Springs Golf Club offers a golf academy and practice facility to assist the players in sharpening their skills before a day on the links. Spending a week of golf vacation in this club will help the players to dramatically enhance their golfing skills with the aid of the professional trainers.

Cabo Real Golf Course

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Destinations • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

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.

Cabo del Sol – Desert Course

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Courses • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

Sun. Sky. Sand. Sea. And everything good in between. Top it off with championship caliber golf course, it becomes every golfer’s haven. For the unbelieving, this little piece of heaven could never be had except in dreams. But for the real deal golf lovers, this place is just south of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, in a paradise called the Desert Course of the Cabo del Sol Resort. With little doubt close to nothing, this could be the most perfect, most ideal golf vacation destination.

The par-72 18-hole golfing paradise is one of the two courses in the resort community of Cabo del Sol, the other one being the Ocean Course. The Desert Course of the Cabo del Sol was designed by no less than the Tom Weiskopf. In this layout, Weiskopf optimized the desert and the ocean to provide not only breathtaking backdrops but a challenging game. The result is a 7-100 yard golf vacation hotspot, with gently rolling desert terrain with stunning views of the Sea of Cortez from all holes.

This course is made of the fusion of every single element present in the nature-endowed land – ocean, desert, mountain. And Tom Weiskopf outdid his own reputation and did an unbelievably wonderful job of putting them together and coming up with the Desert Course of the Cabo del Sol. It is so good, in fact, that Golf Digest has listed it among Mexico’s top 10 Golf Resorts. It only takes a single golf trip here for the unbelieving to start believing: golf heaven does exist.

 

 

Campestre San Jose Golf Club

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Courses • Tagged , • Leave a comment

Undisputedly the best conditioned golf course in Los Cabos, Campestre San Jose Golf Club is a good place to tee up. It initially opened to the public in 2005 but officially opened in 2007 to offer the guests with higher quality of features and amenities. Since then, this golf club has been host to thousands of golfers annually. Spending a golf vacation at this place is a sure way to experience fun and excitement.

Jack Nicklaus is the person behind the greatness of Campestre San Jose Golf Club. Therefore, players should expect challenging yet rewarding rounds of golf. The 18-hole, par-71 championship course features 6,966 yards of golf on Paspalum grass that flourishes in extreme climates with salt water – “it’s like playing on carpet, the density of the grass is so sick”, golf professional Adrian Salum said of it. The 7th hole has the most magnificent view among the other holes, accenting the beautiful contrast between the desert and ocean. A golf trip to this club offers the guests with picturesque scenery as well as challenging golf rounds.

Having a golf vacation at Los Cabos gives the guests with extraordinary enjoyment at a very affordable price – they get what they pay for.The club includes a fantastic club house, beach club, locker rooms, spas, restaurants, bars, tennis courts, pools, Jacuzzis, and a lot more amenities – everything is here. Campestre San Jose Golf Club is a world class golf spot with quality service and amenities.

Puerto Los Cabos, Mexico

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Destinations • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

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.

 

 

 

 

Eagle’s Landing Golf Course

Posted on by • Posted in Top Golf Courses • Tagged , , • Leave a comment

As Maryland’s first member of the Audobon Cooperative Sanctuary, avid golfers and nature lovers alike would understandably have high hopes for Eagle’s Landing Golf Course. Fortunately, or rather naturally, it delivered. It is home to various species of birds and other wildlife, and has taken well care of the natural ecosystems in the area. It is bringing nature at its best, while serving as one of Maryland’s top golf vacation destinations.

Apart from being a perfect retreat for golfers of all handicaps, the natural inhabitants of the Assateague Island National shore, along the picturesque Sinepuxent Bay, finds retreat in this nature-friendly course. The management of Eagle’s Landing Golf Course has taken up rapid measures in keeping it as eco-friendly as possible without jeopardizing the quality of game the golfers could get here. Testament to it is the extremely challenging, sweat-inducing par-4 closing hole. It’s monicker, “Beast of the East” says it all. It’s surrounded by marshes, and has a small landing area off the tees. Nothing can get more perfect a finale for a golf trip than this.

If that was the perfect finishing touch, the surrounding scenery are the perfect backdrop. It is a cornucopia of sea, sand and sky. The beautiful, well manicured greens go with it just as perfectly too. And with its 4 sets of tees, fairly challenging game, hospitable service, and world-class amenities, the Eagle’s Landing Golf Course is a natural at making the best and most lasting memories out of every golf vacation here.