Destinations Golf Visits

Travel reports from the world of golf.

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Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

University Ridge – Wisconsin

Home to the University of Wisconsin golf teams, the University Ridge Golf Course get’s its name from the glacial ridges that covered the region. It’s as good a natural golf setting as you will find with excellent variety, conditioning, layout, and service.

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Grand Geneva Golf Resort – The Brute

Grand Geneva Resort includes two championship courses, the Highlands, and one of the toughest courses in Wisconsin, the Brute. No houses, marvelous views and perfect conditioning make this a grand experience.

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Arnold Palmer

Geneva National – Palmer Course

The Palmer Course is the longest of the three championship venues at Geneva National.  It’s the favorite of the three courses for most golfers. The varied course architecture at the Palmer course represents Arnold Palmer at his best.

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Gary Player

Geneva National – Player Course

Geneva National includes fifty-four holes designed by three legends of the game; Palmer, Player, and Trevino.  Carved out of the rolling countryside of Southeastern Wisconsin it’s an easy 1 to 1 1/2 hour drive for many golfers from Chicago or Milwaukee.  Although it’s four miles west of Lake Geneva,  it’s actually near the shores of

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Waldorf Astoria Golf Club

A tournament-caliber golf course with a challenging layout of memorable holes and excellent conditioning, it’s the first Rees Jones design in Orlando. Extensive water and woods make an exciting combination of openness and remoteness at the same time. 

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Arnold Palmer

Bay Hill Golf Club & Lodge

An iconic landmark in the world of golf, Bay Hill is one of the best experiences in golf. A tremendous twenty-seven hole layout comprises three nines. The course hosts the Arnold Palmer Invitational on the PGA Tour. 

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Jack Nicklaus

Grand Cypress Golf Club

Our first choice over the many years we’ve been coming to Orlando for a relaxing golf getaway is Grand Cypress Golf Club. The choice of staying at the roomy Villas of Grand Cypress at the golf course or the iconic 1500-acre Hyatt Regency Resort with a private lake nearby is a most difficult one.  But

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Arnold Palmer

Disney Magnolia Course

The highest rated and most challenging course of the four distinct courses near Disney World. A long but fair golf course with no forced carries other than a Par3. Named after it’s magnificent trees, the features include elevated, large greens, and good-sized fairways.

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Greg Norman

The National Course at Champions Gate Golf Resort

Champions Gate features two premier golf courses both designed by Greg Norman. Seldom are two sister courses side-by-side so different. The National Course is an American style course that winds through hundreds of acres of secluded woodlands, wetlands and former orange groves. 

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Greg Norman

The International Course at Champions Gate Golf Resort

A coastal links-style, the International Course consists of wetlands, dunes, pot bunkers and tall natural grasses with water is visible on virtually every hole. While the International is challenging, it’s not as picturesque as its sister course – The National.

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Watson Course at Reunion Resort

Only one resort can claim three signature courses from the worlds greatest legends:  Nicklaus, Watson, and Palmer.   If you only have time for one, play the Watson Course.

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Jack Nicklaus

The Dove Mountain Golf Club

Architect Jack Nicklaus blended natural noble saguaros in the High Sonoran Desert with vistas of the surrounding Tortolita Mountains to create 27 holes of challenging and scenic golf at Dove Mountain Golf Club. The Club hosted the Accenture World Match Play Championship for six years from 2009 to 2014. 

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Jack Nicklaus

La Paloma Golf Resort – Tucson

Twenty-seven immaculately conditioned holes and firm greens with challenging layouts and great views.  An immense practice range and the short game area is ideal for serious practice sessions.

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Tom Fazio

Ventana Canyon Golf Resort – Canyon Course

These golf views at the base of the Santa Catalina mountains are magnificent. A mix of demanding Par4s and short, intriguing Par4s coupled with the visual splendor, tranquility, and perfect conditioning make this a rewarding experience.

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Jack Nicklaus

Bears Best Las Vegas

Eighteen holes hand selected by Jack Nicklaus from his 270 designs worldwide. This high-end daily fee course includes manicured bent grass greens, challenging designs, and immaculate fairway/tee complexes.

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Pete Dye

Paiute Golf Resort – Sun Mountain

Three golf courses at the Paiute Golf Resort, all designed by renowned architect Pete Dye, lie more than 1000 feet above the Las Vegas strip providing cooler golf and a welcome escape from urban bustle.

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Bali Hai Golf Club

The only championship golf course located directly on the Las Vegas strip, Bali Hai is a tropical golfing paradise. The club recreates the beauty and drama of the South Pacific with 2,500 soaring palm trees, more than 100,000 tropical plants and seven acres of water.

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Jack Nicklaus

PGA National Champion Course

A Nicklaus layout, the Champions Course is known for the The Bear Trap – Holes 15,16 and 17 – perhaps the most diabolical three consecutive holes in golf. The resort is large, luxurious and legendary.

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Raven Golf Club – Carolina Golf in the Desert

Not your classic desert golf course.  Thousands of pine trees provide a Midwest or Eastern course feel. This tranquil golf track has great views of the Phoenix skyline and broad views of the rugged South Mountains.

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