World’s Greatest Golf Vacations TRAVEL


Highlands Links


Why fantasize about the legendary courses when you can play them? ::


BY JACK CALDER E


very golfer dreams of teeing off above the Pacifi c at Pebble Beach, or walking the hallowed steps of the


ancestral home of golf, St Andrews in Scotland.


And guess what? It doesn’t


have to be only a fantasy. Some of the world’s most famous links are now accessible to ordinary duff ers. The waiting lists can


be long, but you can often make reservations online to


coincide with a planned vacation. And the greens fees for these great courses can be surprisingly reasonable.


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PEBBLE BEACH, CALIFORNIA PebbleBeach.com “If I had only one more round to play,


I would choose to play at Pebble Beach,” Jack Nicklaus famously said. “I loved this course from the first time I saw it.” Who would argue with the Golden Bear? The legendary course sits astride a breathtaking stretch of the California coastline and is more than 90 years old. The 17th is the site of one of the most famous shots in golf. Battling with Jack Nicklaus for the 1982 U.S. Open title, Tom Watson needed a birdie to win but completely missed the 17th green. Instead, he sank a legendary chip shot, birdied 18, and


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defeated Nicklaus by two strokes. The cost is $495, plus cart fee, for a


round. Rooms at the Lodge of Pebble Beach start at $715 a night. Summer packages from $1,995 will buy you two nights at the Inn on Spanish Bay, one round of golf on Pebble Beach, plus one round on neighboring Spyglass Hill or the Links at Spanish Bay.


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