posted by Travel Cat on May 30
Here are some of the best golf-courses you can try in the mainland states - all in a perfect location for your vacations!
YellowStone Park:
This private Golf and Ski resort is one of a kind. At 7000ft up in the mountains and being members only - You get to stay in individual log cabins with all the mod cons and quality food and services in peace.
You and your family can enjoy this extensive resort without the worry of hoards of tourists wandering about - all 13,400 acres of the place! And if you are feeling flush and love the mountain location - you can buy one of the limited and beautiful properties in the grounds!
The Florida Keys:
At the US’s most southerly golf course - the Key West Golf Club - you can have sea views all day long! Be ready to navigate open water, mangrove swamps and pelicans! Designed by Rees Jones it is a course for any level of player - with a 70 par.
The family would just love to explore these Caribbean islands in the sunshine while you wander the 2000 acre course. Afterwards, there is plenty of time for fishing, dining or just relaxing by the ocean!
The Grand Canyon:
Although you can’t tee off inside the great canyon - you can share the same scenery when you play golf at the Sedona Golf Resort near Flagstaff - literally around the corner.
Winding around the same red rocks and with some jaw dropping vistas, this course is one of the most scenic in the region - and a 71 par is suitable for all level of players. It has a 4 Star GolfDigest rating for 2008/09 and you will see why when you get ready for the first hole! Amazing.
Niagara Falls:
Virtually next door to the amazing Niagara Falls is the Legends Niagara Parks Golf course and i’ts sister course the Whirlwind. Both have got something great for you - including great lakes and nasty sand traps!
All this is just meters from the great falls themselves, and the gorge and fast flowing water come right past the edge of the course - now if that isn’t an incentive to hit shot - I don’t know what is! Take a look at it on Google Earth!
Overlooking Chesapeake Bay:
Take a look at the views and surrounding landscapes here on the edge of this great bay and surrounded by open grassland, creeks and a deer park filled with amazing wildlife.
With 32 holes - there is something for everyone, and the Deer Run Course is championship designed - and so secluded you may well not see another golfer the whole route! The other is shorter and suited to all levels.
Obviously, this is just my pick of the places I’d like to visit - but what about you? Where are your best courses?
May 31st, 2009 at 1:25 am
To hell with golf….Go fishing!
May 31st, 2009 at 8:12 am
I would love to take a golfing trip in the US, have always watched the major golf tournaments on the TV and it looks really fantastic. Nice warm sunshine beating down on your back and some of the best golf courses, life doesnt get much better than that
September 28th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Great article and some fantastic vacation destinations. thanks for the info.