Frugal Golfer: Orlando
There are roughly 80 daily-fee or resort courses of note within a 40-mile radius of Orlando International Airport, and competition for your dollar is fierce. Combine that with a vast array of equally competitive hotels and condos, attractive car rental rates, and 800 flights a day and you have all the ingredients for a wallet-friendly golf trip.
Where to Play Golf on Your Florida Vacation
Golf is a game of history. So every golfer should know that long before shepherds were knocking featheries around Scottish linksland, Ponce de Leon arrived in Florida with soldiers, pigs, a priest and new irons.
The Top 10 Most Underrated Courses in Florida
The Breakers (Rees Jones Course) Palm Beach Located 10 miles west of the famed Gilded Age seaside resort and light years beyond the antique 18-holer that encircles the hotel, this solid, straightforward layout, superimposed by Rees Jones onto a pre-existing 1968 venue, is beautifully framed by palms, oaks, and pines, with five acres of water […]
48 Hours in Palm Beach, Fla.
The PGA Tour starts its Florida Swing this week with the pros teeing it near this gilded enclave known for its mansions, beaches, and shopping
48 Hours In Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif.
The Golden State has few towns more magical that this beachside burg full of gingerbread houses and hidden gardens
The Top 10 Places to Fall in Love (Again) With Golf
By Brian McCallen Australia If Melbourne’s sublime collection of Sand Belt courses were located in the northern hemisphere, the competition would wither. What makes them great? Sand-based terrain, minimalist design, classic bunkering, and lightning-fast greens. Don’t miss Royal Melbourne (East and West courses), Kingston Heath, Metropolitan, Victoria, and Yarra Yarra. Consider a sidetrip to Tasmania, […]
An Epic California Golf Road Trip
It’s approaching high noon, and it’s clear that the upcoming duel will be severely one-sided. It’s me against U.S. Open host Torrey Pines South, and a couple of minutes before my 12:00 p.m. tee time, the starter says the rough is a healthy five inches and even locating balls is problematic.
“The Links in the Sky”: Pennard Golf Club
There may be no more atypical course than “The links in the sky,” which plays like an authentic seaside beauty–200 feet in the air
Where to Stay and Play Golf in Riviera Maya
For good golf at a very good price, the Mexican Riviera is hard to beat
One&Only Ocean Club, Bahamas
This intimate and luxurious Bahamian resort is the ultimate retreat. Right, Mr. Bond?
