Never mistake shortness for shortage. Length, or the lack of it, does
not fully define the excellence of a golf course. Sure, it does say something, but it does not bear everything. Nutter’s Crossing Golf Club, for example, is not necessarily long at just more than 6,100 yards, par 70. But golfers will attest that this golf vacation destination is not running short on fun, excitement, or the elements that make for a great and challenging day on the greens.
This golf course in Salisbury, MD is located 50 miles off of Ocean City. And Ocean City area being itself, water is an indispensable part of golf course layouts. Thus, what Nutter’s Crossing Golf Club lacks in length, it makes up for in water hazards. There are 8 water hazards here that play mostly on more than 12 of the 18 holes, especially playing from the longest tees. To compliment this feature, the design group behind this layout added at least 50 bunkers of various shapes and sizes. For a small course, it surely is packed. That says a lot about what to expect about golf trips here: packed.
To top it off, the Nutter’s Crossing Golf Club has impeccably maintained bermuda grass greens and lush, rolling fairways. And there’s no shortage on off-greens amenities too – it begins with a beautiful colonial brick clubhouse to delight players, post game. With a course that’s as interesting as it sounds, any golfer would go on a golf vacation here even on a short notice. And they won’t go home shortchanged. In short, it’s fun and worth the trip.
ones measuring 6,705 yards, par 72. The course poses a fair but firm challenge to golfers, especially that it has made good and optimum use of its natural terrain. It opens with a fairly open front nine, and a heavily wooded back nine, save for the more open 18th that leads to the clubhouse. Being close to the sea, many parts of the course lie on natural marshlands complimented by Player’s addition of well-shaped and strategically placed bunkers. There are some natural water features too that add more attitude to the course.
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British Columbia, considered by many to be BC’s most scenic golf course. And just as much as it is beautiful – thanks to the view of the Howe Sound and the views of the Coast Mountains, the course enjoys as much challenge. The elevation changes here are a good place to start – with a good 400 feet from start to finish. As to its being unconventional, ‘surprising’ can never suffice. It seems as if the balls here have a mind of their own, and for the careless or the instinctive, the ball tends to have a liking to the wooded areas. On a 
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part of Whistler, BC, Canada. It enjoys magnificent mountain vistas and features, to which Nicklaus weaved his signature course features all too perfectly. His trademark par 3s and bunkering are well placed around ancient firs, glacier fed streams, and the beautiful Green Lake. The course was designed to test out every golfers’ skill while optimizing the natural setting of the property – to make it work well with the layout and the play and go beyond the aesthetics. Views, layout playability – these are enough to call the course a true golfers’ haven. The on-course amenities only do so much as to cement this course into the 
Pro Shop, full service practice facilities and driving range, the pre- and post-game needs are surely covered. With close to 7000 yards of golf from the longest tees, par 71, and five sets of tees, 
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Wisconsin is perhaps the best image of how Mother Nature would have created a golf course herself. This is the most unfazed natural Wisconsin terrain that a golf course could have, and it so good at being good it comes naturally. And there should not be anything surprising about its being excellent; it is a Pete Dye creation. Can a 
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However, none of its superb features indicate it being short on fun and challenge, and scenery. As its name implies, a scenic glacial river basin runs through the entire course that works both on the aesthetics and provide natural hazards too. Pete Dye has a way of elevating the challenge on all his creations. On this one, the level of difficulty is on a staccato, ending with a bang on the signature 18th: a par 4 closer that would not be called The Dyehard for nothing. With a combination like that, this course is more than likely to leave an impression on anyone’s 
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