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Highland Creek Golf Club

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Stretching over 7,000 yards from the back tees and features, the Highland Creek Golf Club offers both picturesque views and a challenging round of golf. It’s located in a master-planned community that’s smacked in the heart of the thriving University area in North Charlotte. This golf vacation destination is also popularly referred to as Charlotte’s “Crown Jewel”, and was designed by Clifton, Ezell and Clifton. The course was carefully planned to match with the existing natural beauty of the area, and seamlessly winds through the towering trees and twisting creeks.

The Highland Creek Golf Club is an 18-hole championship course that consistently ranks among the best and toughest public golf courses in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The course opened in 1993, and is currently managed by the IRI Golf Club. Its main features include 4 sets of tees and four individual tee boxes per hole, 72 bunkers, five lakes and water features on all 13 holes. The course layout also features Bermuda fairways and bent grass greens. It has a course rating of 72.1 and a slope rating of 133. This amazing golf vacation destination has a fully-stocked pro shop, practice facilities, and a full-service dining facility that offers splendid views of 18th hole and adjacent lake.

While visiting Charlotte, or when planning for your next golf vacation package, be sure to check out the Highland Creek Golf Course, located at 7100 Highland Creek Parkway. The golf club is open all-year round, and the peak seasons run from March through November. Highland Creek also hosts a wide array of tournaments, and serves as a preferred location for weddings, birthday parties, corporate meetings and other special occasions. The real estate options here include detached, single-family and patio homes, which offer marvelous views of the golf course and lake.

The Tradition Golf Club

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Set in a sprawling and rolling terrain north of North Mecklenburg County, The Tradition Golf Club is a very scenic golf course that was literally carved out of the dense hardwoods. This John Cassel golf gem was opened in 1999 and has then attracted all sorts of golfers across the globe.  This golf vacation destination also has the layout that surprisingly mixes a blend of natural splendor with the feel of championship golf. John Cassel successfully creates a grand, tree-lined layout which effectively delights the senses, and challenges every golfer’s skills.

The Tradition Golf Club is an 18-hole, 6,978–yard golf course with a par of 72. The golf course has as rating of 72.29 and a slope rating of 140. This golf vacation destination also has facilities for leisure and dining. Within the property is a 5,400 square foot clubhouse, a fully-stocked pro golf shop, driving range and practice facilities. The driving range is open from morning to afternoon, and can easily accommodate up to 35 golfers on the grass tees. It also has a chipping green, which offers five flag sticks to help improve a golfer’s game, along with rolling mounds that help simulate the design of an actual golf course.

Although some observers argue that The Tradition’s course does not offer a lot of surprises, the truth is that the holes can get quite tough. Golfers will come across a lot of rigorously-elevated and sloped greens, and there’s too much brush in the woods to make finding your lost ball a bit tricky. The Tradition Golf Club is located just a few minutes north of uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. For your next golf vacation package planning, do include the Tradition Golf Club in your range of options. Here, you’ll be sure to bask in the natural beauty of the place, as well as experience the thrill of playing championship-caliber golf.

Charlotte Golf Links

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Charlotte, North Carolina is popularly called the Queen City of The South and the City of Churches. This lovely metropolis serves as the county seat of Mecklenburg County. It offers a lot of attractions for tourists, and has a lovely collection of golf courses for both pro and amateur golfers. The golf course styles in the state range from parkland to Scottish-links styles, and are either public or private. Here’s a closer look at one of the lovely golf vacation destinations in Charlotte, the Charlotte Golf Links.

Charlotte Golf Links takes each golfer through fine rolling terrain, evergreen gardens, colorful flower fields and skirt ponds. The course has a clubhouse that’s surrounded by the 18th green, providing guests with splendid views of the area as they have their breakfast or lunch. The club has been voted Charlotte’s # 1 public course, and until today it continues to set the benchmark for public golf vacation destinations in the state. It has a grill room and driving range that’s lit all throughout the season, along with a golf shop that sells a wide array of premium men’s and women’s apparel. The pro shop also has gift certificates available for tournament and other gift-giving requirements.

Built in 1993, the Charlotte Golf Links was designed by Tom Doak, a renowned golf course architect. Tom Doak already has four courses ranked among the world’s top 100, according to Golf Magazine. These include Cape Kidnappers in New Zealand, Bambougle Dunes in Tasmania, Ballyneal in Colorado and more. The Charlotte Golf Links club is an 18-hole, par 71 course that’s 6,700 yards long, from the championship tees. Built on rolling terrain, it offers a number of water hazards and other unique obstacles throughout the course. The course’s main holes include the 201 yard-long par three16th, where golfers can enjoy fabulous scenic views, making it very suitable choice for your next golf vacation package.

The Divide Golf Club

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Located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the Divide Golf Club is a traditional 18-hole golf course designed by John Casell. The golf course was opened to the public in 1995, and offers golf enthusiasts and visitors the spacious fairways and well-maintained rolling grass greens, which are evenly sprinkled among all 18 holes.  The golf course makes for an exciting golf vacation destination, not only because it offers a suitable challenge for golfers of any skill level, but it also has splendid leisure and dining facilities.

The Divide Golf Club got its name from its unique location. The course is actually situated in both Mecklenburg and Union counties, hence the name Divide. It was voted in 1997 by Charlotte’s Best Magazine as the city’s Best Golf Course, which is enough reason for you to add it to your next golf vacation package plans. The course features over 6,973 yards of golf, especially from the longest tees, for a par of 72. The course rating stands at 74.4, and slope rating is at 137.  The course is a nice place to sharpen all facets of your game. It has a grass tee driving range, a chipping green with sand bunker, and a sizable putting green.

The Divide Golf Course provides a very god mix of easy and difficult holes. However, to score fairly well on this course, you need to make sure that you keep your tee shots in play. The Divide Golf Club is a residential course that’s located off I-485 in the Matthews-Mint Hill locale. From the highway, one can view several holes as they drive by. It’s basically a fun course to play, and makes for a magnificent weekend golf vacation destination. With tight fairways, bunkered greens, water and other challenging obstacles, the Divide Golf Club truly lives up to its name as one of Charlotte’s best golf courses.