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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.

Moon Spa & Golf Club

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As one of the famous golf architect in the world, Jack Nicklaus is  most sought for by golf vacation destination developers. Fortunately, Cancun, Riveria Maya, Mexico was able to benefit from his architectural prowess as they created the only Nicklaus signature golf course in Cancun, the Moon Spa & Golf Club. Unsurprising, this location shows a dynamic layout that requires golfers to move around a paradise of indigenous vegetation. Numerous wetlands and strategically positioned bunkers add to the demand of this course where each three-nine hole course tenders a unique environment perfect for a challenge-seeking professional and amateur golfer.

This 18-hole championship Moon Spa & Golf Club invites more guests in as it serves as main attraction for tourists in Cancun. Nicklaus admits that his goal was to make a fun and memorable course for players coming from a range of levels. This 7,165-yard playing for 72-par golf vacation course has four sets of tees with a signature 17th hole that plays for 151-yard playing par 3. The attitude of the course functions as an example for other golf developers in the area.

All-inclusive golf vacation packages are present at Moon Spa & Golf Club which includes accommodations, taxes and gratuities, all meals and snacks, beverages, non- motorized water sports, nightly entertainment, tours, and unlimited golf. Stay-in guests can avail of the round of golf packages while at one of the 2,031 luxurious rooms where guest can wake up with a brilliant sight of the ocean. And if more luxury is what a guests want, then the double Jacuzzis, private balconies, in-room safes, individually controlled air conditioning, satellite TV, mini-bars, and data ports are just awaiting for them.

Glasgow Hills Resort & Golf Club

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Players know Glasgow Hills Resort & Golf Club as more than just a game of golf. This golf vacation destination prides for offering the best golf experience ever in a “World Class Signature Golf Course” with a length from 5279 to 6915 yards, playing for par 72. The four set of tees present in the course allow players of different levels to take the challenge and showcase their skills. Golf architect, Les Furber, created this magnificent golf course with elevation changes unique for Prince Edward Island. After opening in 2001, the course continued to receive recognitions for its wonderful landscape and full-service facilities.

So what makes for the great scenery in Glasgow Hills Resort & Golf Club? A golfer would testify to this as they see the rolling hills that offer a view of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the background. Luscious greens painted on the meticulously sculpted layout define the atmosphere of this one of a kind golf vacation course. For guests who prefer not to play, relishing the entire panorama means a relaxing stay at the clubhouse, located high on the hills, making guest feel like a Queen overlooking the entire kingdom from high above a Royal tower.

The golf vacation package in Glasgow Hills Resort & Golf Club also makes for the perfect customer service here. Different accommodation partners are ready, along with a game on the favorite golf course of PEI. That means a quick 1 night 2 round specials or a weekly all inclusive package. Aside from a game, accommodations make guests feel like a Prince with rooms containing amenities that would ready a golfer for any upcoming challenge. Every bit of experience is really that worth it in this golf course.

Cabo Real Golf Club

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Considered the toughest front nine in Los Cabos, the Cabo Real Golf Club is home of two Senior Slams and designed by famous golf vacation destination architect, Robert Trent Jones. The 6,988 yards show a high-quality course configured to provide an ocean view from each hole. The layout subtly blends with the environment, forming harmonious patterns made of desert hues, mountain and the ocean. Incorporating indigenous vistas with contemporary theories, Jones seem to have discovered many more brilliance in this course, than create it.

The expectation of any golfer for a risk and reward manifests in Cabo Real Golf Club, as players are inclined to head up the mountains during its initial six holes. That allows them to assess golf skills on this golf vacation course that offers difficulty and forces accuracy. First and third holes play for a par 5 that requires solid strikes to reach the green, or else the failed attempt will lead to penalty. The fifth hole, which is a long par 4, tickles professionals to view the left-hand side of the fairway, but necessitates a clean tee shot to the right over a ravine, in order to fulfil the shot without trouble.

Now, leading to the famous nine that plays for par 4 means tracing the reputable length of an extensive 51 by 125 yards where home of regional marine birdlife, the lake, protects the green. The magnificence of the view and the demands of the golf trip layout explains why it calls for the outstanding tournaments held here. In fact, the Senior Slam golf tournament placed Cabo Real Golf Club on the map in 1996. Since then, the course has never failed to gain more guest in and popularity, as a whole.

Cabo Del Sol – Ocean Course

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“The best golf property I’ve ever seen”, course designer Jack Nicklaus said as he described Cabo Del Sol – Ocean Course, his second signature course located in Mexico. The golf vacation destination course capitalizes on the beauty and landscape of Los Cabos. It stretches more than a mile across the magnificent and awesome terrain of the West. A trip to this course means experiencing the most extraordinary golf experience with its unique and memorable layout.

This 18-hole regulation course offers a dramatic view of the desert, sea, and mountain. Being the centerpiece of the 1,800-acre residential resort community, Cabo Del Sol – Ocean Course poses against a wonderful backdrop contrasting the emerald green turf with the brilliant blue of the Sea of Cortez. The Ocean Course is framed by the natural desert landscape with giant cacti that tower over the perfectly manicured greens and tees. The spectacular layout places seven holes beside the coastline of craggy rock outcropping that is mounted from the golden shores. The par-4 18th hole doglegs from left to right, following the curve of the shoreline to large Oceanside green. A golf trip here will give the players the extraordinary fun from the fascinating beauty of the place up to the rewarding game play of the course.

Providing golfers with great strategy and picturesque views, Cabo Del Sol – Ocean Course makes for an exceptional golf vacation to players of different skill levels. The outstanding layout of the course offers any golfers to use every club in their bags from any of the 5 sets of tees. It’s a course like no other, truly a Nicklaus ingenuity.

Tuckers Point Golf Club

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Most golfers today prefer golf courses that remain faithful to the natural landscape of a location. Putting their preferences to the test is the manmade lake of Tuckers Point Golf Club that volumes four gallon on one-acre of the acreage, creating the largest body of water in Bermuda. The lake adorns the irrigated private golf vacation destination redesigned by Roger Rulewich, in 2002, that extends up to 6,361-yards playing for par-70. With TifEagle putting above grounds, and new Bermuda hybrid grass, this course still provides an effect of authentic nature, something that golfers will relish from club-fitting to the last hole.

Overlooking the entire Tuckers Point Golf Club course is made accessible through the 20,000-square-foot clubhouse, where designs  compliment the entire hillside scene. The clubhouse serves as centerpiece with its prosperous facilities eager to provide guests and residential communities with first-class assistance. Reflecting Bermudian architecture, the golf vacation spot contains Grille Room and Lounge, Dining Room and Board Room, the Golf Pro Shop, locker rooms and ladies’ lounge.

Throughout the years, Tuckers Point Golf Club has maintained to offer the best golf trip experience. Because of that, it has gathered a number of prestigious recognitions including the 2005 World’s Best Golf Resorts issue, and top three in categories of Best Golf Resort and Best Restaurants in the Caribbean in the Travel + Leisure Golf’s readers. Additionally, the media praised this course saying “a total redesign of nearby Tucker’s Point Golf Club…has made it the equal in challenge and beauty of its better-known neighbour (Mid Ocean).”

Riddell’s Bay Golf Club

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As one of the eight courses in the island of Bermuda, Riddell’s Bay Golf Club is located in the narrow peninsula that stretches to the Great Sound at the center of Warwick Parish. Originally designed by Devereuz Emmet, this golf vacation destination continues to improve its landscape in order to cater to the growing needs of golfers, since its establishment in 1922. But it was Ed Beidel, in 1994, who performed a significant facelift that lead to the fame of this course. As the course constantly presented new forms, it became an appealing spot in the Bermuda tourist market, effectively attracting new members in.

The 18-hole, par 69 Riddell’s Bay Golf Club approximately extends to 88 acres of land that plays to a maximum of 5,800 yards and 4,900 yards from the front of the forward tee boxes. The greens ranges from 3,200 to 6,700 square feet on this course that is short for contemporary standards, but with unpredictable wind velocity that casts demands to offset the initial easygoing appearance. For this reason, this golf vacation location has continually became the spot for renowned events like golf outings and tournaments.

The success of Riddell’s Bay Golf Club can be afforded to the dedicated collaboration of the ideas of architects and partners. As this golf trip location maintains with providing quality golf, guests has given it the label “quintessentially private and Bermudian” golf experience. The unrelenting improvements has definitely raised the bar on this course, and it is only a matter of time before it stands as the top of all golf courses in the world.

Barcelo Golf Club

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Statistically speaking, a legendary person’s son can’t overtake or even match the excellence of his father. But that grown stereotype unfits for the maker of Barcelo Golf Club, P.B. Dye, whose architectural skill contends with his father, the renowned Pete Dye. The golf vacation destination, manifesting pure inherited talent, opened in December 2010 with an attitude eager for public guests. The championship golf course travels to an exuberant mangrove forest with 25 inland lakes and 122 bunkers.

Benefiting from the natural beauty of Bavaro area, the Barcelo Golf Club exhibits an innovative incorporation of indigenous plants surrounding the punctiliously sculpted greens on the 6,655 yards. The professional tees comprise of 18-holes playing for par 72 on this newest and most visited course in the Punta Cana Area, according to the ratings. The community even credits this golf vacation course for primarily assisting to the growth of tourism in the location.

Staying at Barcelo Golf Club means getting significant discounts on considerable bonuses like having easy access to the best beaches of Punta Cana. Part of the usual golf vacation package includes an enjoyable snorkelling where guests can find an astounding sight of rare coral reef attractions. Scuba divers treat this area as one of the best places to seek astonishment from under the sea. Both land and water quality features skirt in this course where a picturesque lake adorns the landscape of 3 different set of tees. And if view and play seem inadequate, there are free golf lessons available, a pro shop and club rentals at the resort, for everyone to take advantage of.

Half Moon Golf Club

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Embodying “fertility” which is the symbolic meaning of a crescent moon, Half Moon Golf Club provides impressive undulating greens into the challenging holes and drives where luscious vistas serve as main attraction of this award-winning golf vacation location. Playing for par 72 on this championship course allows golfers to experience the wonderful architecture of Robert Trent Jones, Sr. The luxury embedded in this course makes it most sought after in all of Caribbean and in the world. The world-class amenities exhibit an architectural standard that shows how the makers went the extra mile to design this best course in Jamaica.

In 2005, Roger Rulewich’s renovation of the Half Moon Golf Club improved the attractions of the golf vacation destination course as he realigned the features, repositioned the fairways and greenside bunkers, and added complexes on the tee. Mindful not to diminish the integrity of this consistently unfailing 7,000 yards course, Rulewich maintained the natural direction of the land as he installed contemporary designs to improve the golf equipment, in order to meet modern golfers’ growing demands, while showcasing the magnificent beauty of Montego Bay.

Running for over 40 years, the Half Moon Golf Club has gathered numerous awards including the name “Best Caribbean Golf Resort” by Caribbean World Magazine and “2009 Golf Resort of the Year (Rest of World)” by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators. The fresh Bermuda grass and tropical breezes add to the reason why many consider it the best. Golfers love this course also because of its expert caddies made to help enhance a game with well-practised tips and new short-game techniques handed over by the golf trip instructor at the on-site golf academy.