Winged Foot Golf Club-Mamaroneck, New York

Winged Foot has been ranked as one of the top courses in the U.S. and the World by Golf Magazine's panel of experts.           In 1921, a group within the New York Athletic Club wanted the club to build a golf course. When the vernable club decided not to make the investment, the members struck out on their own and in May of 1922, they acquired 280 acres of land in Mamaronack, New York. They then gave A.W. Tillinghast a mandate: Give us a man-sized golf course. After removing over 7,800 trees from the site, and moving an estimated 7,200 tons of rock, Tillinghast delivered the founders of Winged Foot Golf Club just that in June, 1923. Each course is a masterpiece, and together they are regarded...

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The Ridge at Backbrook

       The natural setting at “The Ridge” provides a world-class golf course that was beautifully designed with a purpose. The Ridge at Backbrook has received praise and awards since its opening in 2003, gaining the course a spot on several Top golf course lists over the years.        Perhaps the most dramatic hole on the front nine, this par 5 features a 100-foot elevation drop from tee to green and a unique split fairway. This offers golfers the visual and strategic option of hitting their second shot along the upper fairway, or playing to the lower fairway guarded by a stream some 30 feet below. The natural red rock wall separates the upper and lower fairways....

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High Lighting, Liberty National

Within perfect proximity of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan’s skyline, Liberty National golf course offers both challenging holes along with beautiful, breathtaking views. Bob Cupp has a BA and a Masters in Fine Arts. He was a golf professional in the South Florida Section of the PGA in the 60’s and found that golf course design provided a natural way to combine his interests. Inside five years he was a Senior Designer for Jack Nicklaus, where he remained for fifteen years. Bob had the good fortune to be involved in many of Jack’s courses that have achieved distinction and recognition in the world of golf. In 1984, and with Jack’s blessing, Cupp Design was born. From that point forward, his name, as Bob says, became...

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Galloway National Golf Club

Galloway National Golf Club overlooks the casino skyline of Atlantic City, NJ. Known for “tees with breathtaking views, inviting fairways, challenging hazards, and beautifully situated greens”, it’s one South Jersey’s best kept secrets. Galloway National Golf Club is a private, world-class, 18-hole championship golf course designed for the serious golfer. World renowned architect Tom Fazio, meticulously crafted Galloway National’s 7000 yards out of a 200 acre tract of heavily wooded, gently sloping bayside property. “Galloway is one of my best ever,” said Fazio. It is a dramatic and fair golf course designed to bring joy to the serious golfer. Natural contour changes, pine forest, sand and water are the “tools.” Tees with...

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Grand Golf Resort Florida

Salamander Hotels & Resorts presents the Grand Golf Resorts of Florida, creating an  unparalleled golf and family destination. From the Gulf to the Atlantic, Grand Golf Resorts of Florida features 1250 spacious villas and homes, numerous family oriented activities and 162 holes of golf designed by Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Larry Packard. Featuring some of the highest-rated courses in Florida, the collection has also hosted PGA TOUR, Champions TOUR, LPGA Tour and Legends Tour championships. In addition to its stellar collection of courses, Grand Golf Resorts of Florida also includes 200,000 square feet of meeting and function space, 25swimming pools featuring slides and lazy rivers, 17 tennis courts,...

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Travel Golf

Twenty-six municipalities make up Arizona's Valley of the Sun, anchored by the state capital of Phoenix, but no others do top-shelf golf quite like Scottsdale. East of Phoenix and Paradise Valley, Scottsdale is one of the largest cities in the Valley with nearly 250,000 residents. Golf has played a large part in its rapid expansion since the 1980s. The city has developed into a popular home for touring pros, thanks to its warm winter climate, phenomenal golf vacation options and close proximity to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Annually, visitors and residents play 12 million rounds on Scottsdale's golf courses. Beyond the city borders, the options turn limitless, with more than 200 golf courses from which to choose. Scottsdale...

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Get Schooled by Pete Dye at the ASU Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Arizona

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Phoenix-Scottsdale golfers can take on Pete Dye at the ASU Karsten Golf Course, located on the Sun Devils' campus just minutes from the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The golf course debuted in 1989 with financial assistance from local entrepreneur and PING founder Karsten Solheim. Today it still hosts top golf events like the men's and women's Pac-10 and NCAA championships, the Thunderbird Collegiate Invitational, PING Invitational and U.S. Open Qualifying.Originally a par 72, the course was reduced to a par 70 in recent years and plays 7,002 yards from the championship tees. Those playing up a tee box get a good break at 6,288 yards. The women's tees play 4,765 yards.Featuring a classic parkland...

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Public Golf -- in all its Forms -- The Real Star of Diverse Virginia Beach, Virginia

The diverse population adds up to a large demand for public golf in an array of forms. From spectacular and pricey Bay Creek Resort on the pristine Eastern Shore; to affordable muni Lake Wright Golf Course, nestled in an urban setting in Norfolk; to meticulously landscaped housing development gem the Signature at West Neck; to private, neighborhood course-turned-upscale-muni Cypress Point Country Club, Hampton Roads has -- as the saying goes -- many different courses for different horses.An example of facilities with vastly different clientele despite their proximity and matching greens fees are Stumpy Lake Golf Course and Honey Bee Golf Club, two of the seven municipal courses under the umbrella of Hampton Roads Golf Clubs.At Stumpy...

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