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Deer Creek Golf Club

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Located in Deerfield Beach, north of Fort Lauderdale, Deer Creek Golf Club is a prodigiously designed golf vacation destination with an expansion that offers a total of four-hours round of golf. Known as the “Best Course in Broward County” by the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel’s City Link Magazine, this golf location is also rated with 4-Stars by Golf Magazine and labeled as the “Best Places to Play” in South Florida.

Golf architect Arthur Hills painted Deer Creek Golf Club with a carpet of TifEagle bermuda greens on the sizeable rippling greens. The variations of elevated tees on the 7,050 yards from the back tees provide eye catching and heart jumping drama to anyone’s golf vacation. Low handicapper and players with a range of skills will definitely find the challenge in Deer Creek memorable. The club also showcases other amenities like practice areas, golf shop, grille area and the highly reputed Key West-style clubhouse.

The clubhouse at Deer Creek Golf Club is a 30,000 square foot centerpiece catching golfers’ attention since February 1991. At the entrance, golfers can visit the 2,500 square feet golf pro shop that exhibits a complete line of golf equipment. Maintaining its honor as the “Merchandiser of the Year” by the PGA of America, the Deer Creek golf shop is staffed with PGA Professionals to insure quality of golf trip service. Also inside the clubhouse are dining, banquet, retail and locker room facilities along with “Old Florida” photographs and collectables as adornment to add intricacy and style to the place. A patio at the clubhouse’ Grille also give golfers a chance to take a glimpse of the vast golf course scenery.

Heron Bay Golf Club

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As the former host of the PGA TOUR Honda Classic, Heron Bay Golf Club is identified as “Top Ten Places To Play” by Golf Magazine. World champions Stuart Appleby, Mark Calcavecchia, Vijay Singh, Dudley Hart, Jesper Parnevik and Matt Kuchar called Heron their home for six exciting years since 1997. The three 18-holes golf vacation destination that is proud of its championship course is open for daily operations. With approximately 100 bunkers, middling sized greens and five tees of different lengths, this golf club extends about 7,268 to 4,950 yards.

Standing at the final Royal Palm of the avenue at Heron Bay Golf Club is an Addison-Mizner style clubhouse that welcomes guests in a sophisticated lobby with a coral stone fireplace as centerpiece. A gallery of trophies and other facilities like locker rooms separate for men and women are present together with a service grille. Before diving into the thrill of a golf trip, golfers can also prepare at the multi-tiered practice location with complete practice balls, target greens that replicate the actual ground and an area for a short game.

Ten-time PGA Tour winner and acclaimed golf architect, Mark McCumber, used his experienced and structural standards to build the topical and natural atmosphere of this course. Instead of tiers and mounding which other golf courses have, subtle configurations are what Heron Bay Golf Club showcases. Forced carries are not present on the layout, making it friendly to all golfers especially those who have less experienced on the field. Adjacent to Heron is the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs Hotel and Convention Center making the location more inviting for stay-and-play golf vacation packages.

Parkland Golf & Country Club

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As the second collaboration between the Toll Brothers and Greg Norman, the Parkland Golf & Country Club is designed to delicately preserve the golf trip tradition and aggressively advocate the protection for the environment. This course is the only Greg Norman designed course in Broward County that meets the standards of the Audubon International Gold Signature Sanctuary criteria. Embracing the philosophy of Mother Nature, this famous golf course in Fort Lauderdale, Florida adapts the simplistic nature of golf with the fun-filled and competitive air of every professional golf tournament.

Having a 7,100 yard layout and a sought after 19th hole bonus, the Parkland Golf & Country Club is nostalgic of Australia’s sandbelt links. Three distinct zones provides a pattern throughout the rolling greens of this golf vacation destination. A low hammock, pine flatland, wall-to-wall SeaDwark Paspalum grass on all tees, fairways and practice areas sprawl on the gentle terrain with grass marshes and a line of ponds.

The centerpiece of this community is a 43,000 square-foot Sports Club that is known for its pursuit to elicit excitement as it provides an enjoying space for recreational activities that meet the preference of customers from different ages. Also part of this facility in Parkland Golf & Country Club is a 7,000 square-foot Fitness Center with a golf vacation package that offers a la mode equipment like steams, weight training and separate men’s and ladies’ locker rooms. Keeping to its family-oriented environment, the sports club also includes Children’s Activity Center indoors as well as a play terrace outdoors. 

Hillcrest Golf & Country Club

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Redesigned by architect Joe “Gentleman” Lee in 2001, the Hillcrest Golf & Country Club has been installed with heaping new sand traps, better tee boxes, new water features and new complexes and challenges on the rolling Tif-Eagle greens while maintaining its classically sophisticated look. Apart from the improved lay-out, this golf vacation destination has also built a brilliant drainage system making it one of the few courses in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that can continue operation even during angry rainy weather.

Receiving positive reviews with its discerning greens and developed pattern, the Hillcrest Golf & Country Club championship golf vacation course has a par 72 layout that measures 7076 from the Championship tees and 6677 from the blue tees. The 18th hole provides for a dramatic stopping point to every player’s round of golf with a bulkhead surrounding the Island Green. This well reputed golf course also markets family golf package and golf pro shop offers to suit the preference of every golf enthusiasts.

The Hillcrest Golf & Country Club Family Golf Program golf vacation package is known to be the foremost approach toward developing and transforming junior golfers into world class athletes. It offers affordable rates of which Juniors can enjoy complimentary Callaway Rental Clubs on, all year round, as well as avail of the daily free play with paying adults. Golfers can also purchase the latest apparel with Hillcrest logo at the Golf Pro Shop. Men and women can get the gifts from top names like Ashwort, EP Pro and Greg Norman. The course its really a one stop shop for a worthwhile game and momentous experience.

Plantation Preserve Golf Club

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Recognized by the City of Plantation for its Environmental Excellence, the Plantation Preserve Golf Club has also accomplished the brand as a”Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary” from the Audubon International program. More than just famous for golf vacations, this golf course also sparked a new level of excitement in the heart of Broward County. 

Now, the City of Plantation has developed from its reputation as simply filled with warm hospitality and premier residential spots to a golf vacation destination with first-class facilities. Plantation Preserve Golf Club hosts a 211-acre nature portions with 7,000 yards playing for a par 72 championship golf course. The 29 acres everglades-inspired wetlands receive the wind from the 6,600 square foot club house and 55-acre line-like park terrain. The design is made to challenge both professional and amateurs alike with every hole featuring 5 teeing grounds granting players to put a strategy base on their own level of difficulty.

Created by famous golf trip architect Von Hagge, Smelek & Baril, Plantation Preserve Golf Club is designed with various runs for any golf enthusiasts to relish. A celebrated 9th hole island green is the signature play as well as the daring 14th hole split fairway and huge 15th and 17th greens. Golf carts are installed with a GPS system for a state of the art journey around the impressive putting greens and fairway bunkers during practices before perfecting that ambitious shot. And to add more uniqueness, this place also prides for being the only golf club in the area that showcases a Sea Dwarf Paspalum grass playing field sculpted throughout the course.

Halifax Plantation Golf Club

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There is quality about old trees that seem to lock a place in time. These old trees magically transform the landscape surrounding it – transferring a lot of its old world charm into the rest of its surroundings. This is exactly the case of the Halifax Plantation Golf Club in Daytona, Florida. The golf vacation destination transports its guests into an entirely different world even when the major thoroughfares are but minutes away.

The Halifax Plantation Golf Club is a Bill Amick creation, measuring more than 7,100 yards from the longest tees, par 72. The old oaks and towering pines surround the property, dotting the layout here and there. It is as if they stand sentinel, guarding the guests and their games from anything bad that could ruin the good life here. And good life it is. The other neighboring courses could boast of highfalutin difficulties, but this golf course just will not. Reason why this is a favorite for golf vacations is because they get every inch of a vacation they want. No qualms. No worries. No pretenses. The place is too relaxing, charming, and undoubtedly beautiful that difficulties would seem awkward.

And since every inch of the Halifax Plantation Golf Club is all about giving the best golf trips, the goodness of this course does not stop with the layout alone. The whole golf club boasts of world-class amenities to complete the package for an unforgettable golf escapade hereabouts – from the chipping greens to the clubhouse to the Pro-shop. In its entirety, the whole course has the ability to lock anyone in a time and space where nothing else matters but good golfing.

Cypress Head Golf Club

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A great artist is never happier than having the finest materials to give birth to the works of his creation. This must have been how Arthur Hills exactly felt when he was given a magnificent piece of land in Port Orange, Florida, just a little outside Daytona. The ‘piece of land’ was transformed into one of today’s most celebrated Floridan golf vacation destination, and is in fact considered the best in its locality: the Cypress Head Golf Club.

The twist in the story comes when Hills was asked to work with another architect, Mike Dasher, to complete the Cypress Head Golf Club. Now, in situations such as this, more often than not, the differences of the two course designers are the most prevalent picture. But not on this one. The collaboration proved to be anything but divided. Their collaboration worked well enough to create a most fascinating golf course that makes use of whatever nature has given Florida best. The golf vacation favorite stuns with natural wetlands, thick forests and exciting topography. It is further enhanced by its impeccably manicured, medium sized greens and rather generous fairways that keep the challenge fair but firm.

But what brings the best challenges in the Cypress Head Golf Club are the water features. Since this course is a natural wetland, water is pretty much a staple. And by staple, it means water plays on all of its holes save four. All these attributes contributed to the success of this course’s being named as among Golf Digest’s Places to Play and a favorite for locals and guests alike. Now, with a course like this, no one could be any happier on a golf trip here than an enthused golfer.

LPGA International – Legends Course

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Made by the legend of golf vacation architecture, Arthur Hills, the LPGA International – Legends Course is a classically designed golf course at Daytona, Florida that attracts both sophisticated and enthusiast golfers. With challenges distributed about, this par 72 layout stretches up to 6,984 yards of competitive golfing like a pavement made in the original style.

Adorning the golf vacation destination are a variety of natural vegetation to bring out the adventure in the play. Narrow pine corridors open passageway to the sight of wetlands and small greens that surround to emboss the water hazards meant to stamp inventiveness from players. Every hole caters for the unique types of delivery from different kind of players may it be seniors, women, junior golfers and handicappers. Evident in the pattern is LPGA International – Legends Course‘ call for players to address a game scientifically before using the muscle. This clearly manifests how the maker of Legends knows the psychological foundation of the sport.

LPGA International – Legends Course aims to transform any player into legends as it offers golf vacation packages in the form of clinics and on the spot golf instructions at its Golf Academy. The course of instruction is personalized to fit the different preferences and learning styles of golf enthusiast. The instructors are experienced to identify weaknesses from old timers, develop emerging skills from learners and teach the basics to first time players. With this, playing golf will never be the same again. Visitors are given the chance to return to their homes with extra bragging rights carrying the certificate of an academy graduate from Legends.


The Classic Club

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Capturing the essence of Palm Springs, California’s label as the best and most established golf vacation destination, the Arnold Palmer-designed golf course, the Classic Club, “stiffs”to a layout suitable for all types of games and caters the desires of every golf enthusiast. The sophisticated feel of the 7, 306 yard unfolding a breathtaking stretch is established with 18-holes playing a par-72. The golf course is a habitat for professional golfers during PGA tours as well as novice players who simply want a feel for their ambition.

The Classic Club shows a golf trip location that is generous in space with sculpted fairways that breathes around the witty placements of 30 acres of water features and a reverberating terrain of trees that are highlighted around the native vegetation of pine and pepperwood. Colorful bushes, shrubs and pine straws back dropped by the mountains and vistas of the Coachella Valley paint the green carpet a sought-after picture.

The club prides a primo setting for group tournaments and even family and friends’ outing. Its golf vacation package is complete with a wide range of games paired with other amenities like food and beverage to feed every customer’s need. It also welcomes golf inspired weddings with its elegant ceremony and reception areas. The spirit of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic PGA Tour on January 2007 held in this location may have stayed as it continues to preserve its one of a kind fusion of incredible scenery, reassuring comfort and competitive golf attitude. In fact, to this day, the Desert Gold Magazine continues to brand the Classic Club with an unequaled title as the number 1 public golf course in Palm Springs since 2009.

Desert Springs – Valley Course

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The “King of Waterscapes”prides a breathtaking kingdom of golf vacation destination in Palm Springs, California. Braced against a majestic view of the Santa RoseMountains, the Desert Springs – Valley Course, designed by renowned golf course architect Ted Robinson, offers a tee-shot kind of experience with its 18-holes championship course that extends a professional tournament environment even to amateurs. The area is carpeted with a fresh rolling green stretch and embossed with palm trees and other native vegetation.

A journey round about the course means hopping on one of its innovative golf carts. With the creative industrial design installed on each high tech computing system golf carts, golf enthusiasts can drive through the 18-hole course with ease just like a proud modern day royalty. The carts in Desert Springs – Valley Course are all installed with a user-friendly interface that shows a graphic layout of the entire golf trip specially on each of the holes. The system set up computes the precise yards to the pin and assists the player in monitoring the area of the play. To add up to the feature, the computer offers strategic tips on addressing a play on a hole taking the advice from the professionals.

By the end of the game, a player is assured with the satisfaction of finishing up quickly each playtime, learning how to get the right scores and having a momentous time riding the cart while playing around the course. And if those features aren’t enough, Desert Springs – Valley Course‘s golf vacation package also includes lunch and snacks at Sand Trap & Wedge all awaiting after the 18th hole.