Golf
American courses – although green fees often include them. Pamper yourself at a luxury resort
with golf right on your doorstep and facilities for non-golfing family members including spa and extensive leisure facilities. California and Florida each have more than 100 golf resorts while states including Hawaii, Arizona, Georgia and South Carolina have many others. Oregon’s Bandon Dunes Resort features four of America’s top-rated courses by the Pacific Ocean. Take your pick from Orlando resorts
such as the Hyatt Grand Cypress and Reunion Resort or ones on or near the beach, including Tampa’s Saddlebrook, Miami’s Doral, The Breakers and the PGA National in Palm Beach and the Sawgrass Marriott at Ponte Vedra Beach, where guests have access to the adjacent TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course, setting for The Players Championship, the so-called 'Fifth Major'.
Georgia is home to the Augusta
National course, where the Masters is the first of the year’s Majors. Although private, the state has many other opportunities for visiting golfers. Lake Oconee features nine golf courses at resorts including Cuscowilla and the Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation, while coastal golf gems include the upmarket Sea Island Golf Club on St Simon’s Island and Jekyll Island Golf Club, on state-owned Jekyll Island. South Carolina is a hugely popular
golf holiday destination, mostly centred on the Myrtle Beach area. The Grand Strand, as it is known, offers golfers a choice of over 65 good-value courses. Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course – site of the infamous 'War by the Shore' Ryder Cup in 1991 and part of the luxury Kiawah Island Resort – is back in the spotlight again as host course for the 2012 US PGA tournament, golf’s final Major. While in September 2012, Ryder Cup rivalries resume at the Medinah Country Club in Illinois. It may be private, but the state has over 700 other golf clubs.
Home of golf North Carolina’s Pinehurst Resort styles itself as America’s ‘Home of Golf’ and offers eight courses including its famed No. 2 course, a masterpiece by legendary Scots designer Donald Ross, it’s where the US Open returns in 2014. Take on almost 600 other North Carolina courses from the coast to the Blue Ridge Mountains. The veteran Old White Course at
West Virginia’s Greenbrier Resort features in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup
Above, the Island at TPC Sawgrass Stadium
series and its Greenbrier layout was redesigned by golf maestro Jack Nicklaus. Designs by other legends including Gary Player, Arnold Palmer and Robert Trent Jones Sr are also on offer in the state. You can even play trails created
around particular designers. Tennessee’s new Bear Trace Golf Trail features three courses by Jack Nicklaus, aka the Golden Bear, along the historic Natchez Trace. Also new is Mississippi’s Magnolia Golf Trail, a collection of 14 courses among more than 140 in Mississippi with designs by the likes of Arnold Palmer. Neighbouring Alabama offers the
most celebrated golf trail, the Robert Trent Jones Trail – a network of state- wide quality golf resorts created to boost local tourism while keeping golf affordable. It comprises 468 holes of golf on 26 courses at 11 sites, all by the late Robert Trent Jones Sr. Green fees at most of them range from just $45 to under $65 in high season (late March-early May).
Top-end tees At the other end of the scale, a round at Pebble Beach Links in Monterey, California, where Graham McDowell won the 2010 US Open, will set you back $495, and you can only play if you stay at a Pebble Beach Resorts hotel. But think of the bragging rights that will earn you back at your home golf club. And if that breaks the bank, try
California’s 170-plus municipal courses – a total which exceeds any other state. Tee it up with pizzazz right on the
Las Vegas Strip. There are two courses in the shadow of its iconic mega resorts, with many more in the surrounding area. A 90-minute drive away, the Red
Rock Golf Trail of Utah’s St George offers 243 holes of top golf amid some stunning desert scenery – and all in a town with fewer than 140,000 residents. Among the nearby attractions are Zion National Park. Uncrowded fairways are guaranteed.
Visit Sweet Home Alabama as we celebrate the 'Year of Food' in 2012. The home of fried green tomatoes, mouth-watering barbecue and delicious fresh seafood offers a whole range of fabulous dining experiences. Also enjoy Alabama's musical heritage by including one of the many Food and Music Festivals which take place throughout the year including the Whistle Stop and Rocket City Festival in Huntsville and the Stokin' The Fire BBQ and Music Festival in Birmingham. Order our travel guide and one of our favourite brochures 'Things to eat in Alabama before you die!' For further information telephone 020 8339 6122 or visit
www.alabama.travel or
www.deep-south-usa.com/alabama
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