Course library

Northern Michigan

Michigan / Midwest

The strategic Arcadia counterweight. Less postcard, more architecture.

Northern Michigan

Michigan / Midwest

The scenic headliner and the course most groups remember first.

Atlantic City / New Jersey

New Jersey / Northeast

A scrappy Northeast buddies trip: good public golf, casino energy, beach-town convenience, and enough rough edges to keep it honest.

Turning Stone / New York

New York / Northeast

The Northeast resort that actually has depth: three credible courses, casino infrastructure, and easy group logistics.

San Diego / California

California / West Coast

A polished resort counterpoint to Torrey.

Atlantic City / New Jersey

New Jersey / Northeast

A scrappy Northeast buddies trip: good public golf, casino energy, beach-town convenience, and enough rough edges to keep it honest.

NYC Metro Area / New York

New York / Mid-Atlantic

Ferry Point is a very New York golf product: dramatic, expensive, slightly overhyped, and still worth playing once if the skyline matters to the group. Do it for the setting. Do not do it because you think it is Bethpage with better views.

2026 posted 18-hole range: roughly $193-$283 by residency/day, with twilight and sunset rates below that.

Bandon Dunes / Oregon

Oregon / Northwest

Bandon Dunes is the original and still one of the most complete courses on property. It is slightly less architectural than Pacific Dunes, but it may be the easiest course to love on first play.

Bandon Dunes / Oregon

Oregon / Northwest

Bandon Trails is the change-of-pace round that many serious architecture people end up loving most. It leaves the ocean behind and asks for more shot-making, patience, and control.

Myrtle Beach / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

America's maximum-volume golf machine: huge choice, real value, some terrific courses, and enough mediocre filler to punish lazy planning.

Myrtle Beach / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

America's maximum-volume golf machine: huge choice, real value, some terrific courses, and enough mediocre filler to punish lazy planning.

Myrtle Beach / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

America's maximum-volume golf machine: huge choice, real value, some terrific courses, and enough mediocre filler to punish lazy planning.

Myrtle Beach / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

America's maximum-volume golf machine: huge choice, real value, some terrific courses, and enough mediocre filler to punish lazy planning.

Kohler / Wisconsin

Wisconsin / Midwest

Big-stage Wisconsin golf: dramatic, expensive, Pete Dye-heavy, resort-polished, and absolutely not subtle.

Northern Michigan

Michigan / Midwest

The scenic resort flex for the Petoskey side of the trip.

Orlando / Florida

Florida / Southeast

The closest thing Orlando has to a true anchor.

Pebble Beach & Monterey / California

California / West Coast

Bayonet and Black Horse are not luxury-resort rounds. That is the point. They are tougher, more affordable, and more golf-forward than glamorous. If your group has strong players who want a real test and does not need every round to feel like a postcard, this is where you can improve the itinerary without lighting more money on fire.

NYC Metro Area / New York

New York / Mid-Atlantic

Bethpage Black is the headline and the filter. If your group cannot handle the walk, the rough, the pace, and the possibility of shooting 92 with dignity, do not force it. If your group can handle it, this is one of the great public-golf days in America.

2026 posted public range: roughly $70-$160 by residency/day, before applicable reservation or cart-related fees.

NYC Metro Area / New York

New York / Mid-Atlantic

Blue is the practical third Bethpage course. It has enough bite to matter, especially early, but this is where you stop building the dream itinerary and start managing the tee sheet.

2026 posted public range: roughly $38-$43 for 18 holes, plus applicable fees.

NYC Metro Area / New York

New York / Mid-Atlantic

Green is useful, not essential. It is a good arrival-day round if you want the Bethpage campus without immediately making everyone question their life choices.

2026 posted public range: roughly $38-$43 for 18 holes, plus applicable fees.

NYC Metro Area / New York

New York / Mid-Atlantic

Red is not the consolation prize. It is the course that makes the trip work when Black consumes all the oxygen. Play it before Black if the group needs a warm-up; play it after Black if the group wants a proper comparison.

2026 posted public range: roughly $43-$100 by residency/day, with twilight and reservation fees varying by status.

NYC Metro Area / New York

New York / Mid-Atlantic

Yellow is the safety valve. There is no shame in using it for a casual day, but there is shame in flying a serious group to New York and pretending Yellow is part of the core rotation.

2026 posted public range: roughly $38-$43 for 18 holes, plus applicable fees.

British Columbia CN

British Columbia CN / Western Canada

A Canadian mountain-and-valley route: Greywolf for drama, Predator Ridge for structure, and Tobiano/Whistler for the ambitious version.

St. George / Utah & Nevada

Utah & Nevada / Mountain

The red-rock desert golf trip with real teeth: Black Desert is the new headline, but Sand Hollow and Wolf Creek make the itinerary.

New Mexico

New Mexico / Mountain

High-desert golf with real architecture: Paa-Ko and Black Mesa are the anchors, Santa Fe supplies the texture.

Kohler / Wisconsin

Wisconsin / Midwest

Big-stage Wisconsin golf: dramatic, expensive, Pete Dye-heavy, resort-polished, and absolutely not subtle.

Kohler / Wisconsin

Wisconsin / Midwest

Big-stage Wisconsin golf: dramatic, expensive, Pete Dye-heavy, resort-polished, and absolutely not subtle.

Colorado Springs / Colorado

Colorado / Mountain

A classic mountain-resort golf trip: polished, scenic, altitude-affected, and best when the group values the hotel as much as the scorecard.

Colorado Springs / Colorado

Colorado / Mountain

A classic mountain-resort golf trip: polished, scenic, altitude-affected, and best when the group values the hotel as much as the scorecard.

Colorado Springs / Colorado

Colorado / Mountain

A classic mountain-resort golf trip: polished, scenic, altitude-affected, and best when the group values the hotel as much as the scorecard.

Big Cedar / Missouri

Missouri / Midwest

A strong supporting round that keeps the trip varied.

Cape Breton / Nova Scotia CN

Nova Scotia CN / Eastern Canada

The reason most groups make the trip. Huge views, bold land, and enough strategy to back up the scenery.

Cape Breton / Nova Scotia CN

Nova Scotia CN / Eastern Canada

More understated than Cliffs, but it gives the trip its proper links foundation.

Myrtle Beach / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

America's maximum-volume golf machine: huge choice, real value, some terrific courses, and enough mediocre filler to punish lazy planning.

Chicago / Illinois

Illinois / Midwest

A city golf trip with real course depth: not resort-simple, but strong for groups that want golf by day and Chicago by night.

RTJ Trail / Alabama

Alabama / Southeast

The value-and-volume play: big courses, huge property scale, strong replay math, and very little patience for groups obsessed with boutique resort glamour.

RTJ Trail / Alabama

Alabama / Southeast

The value-and-volume play: big courses, huge property scale, strong replay math, and very little patience for groups obsessed with boutique resort glamour.

RTJ Trail / Alabama

Alabama / Southeast

The value-and-volume play: big courses, huge property scale, strong replay math, and very little patience for groups obsessed with boutique resort glamour.

Nebraska Sandhills

Nebraska / Midwest

The architecture sicko pilgrimage: remote, raw, brilliant golf in a landscape that does not care about your nightlife needs.

St. George / Utah & Nevada

Utah & Nevada / Mountain

The red-rock desert golf trip with real teeth: Black Desert is the new headline, but Sand Hollow and Wolf Creek make the itinerary.

Las Vegas / Nevada

Nevada / West Coast

A polished, scenic Vegas round that fits the destination's big-experience identity.

Kiawah Island / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

Oceanfront championship golf with resort-level luxury - anchored by one of the hardest courses in America.

Orlando / Florida

Florida / Southeast

A practical supporting option for family-plus-golf trips.

Kiawah Island / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

Oceanfront championship golf with resort-level luxury - anchored by one of the hardest courses in America.

British Columbia CN

British Columbia CN / Western Canada

A Canadian mountain-and-valley route: Greywolf for drama, Predator Ridge for structure, and Tobiano/Whistler for the ambitious version.

Colorado Springs / Colorado

Colorado / Mountain

A classic mountain-resort golf trip: polished, scenic, altitude-affected, and best when the group values the hotel as much as the scorecard.

Chicago / Illinois

Illinois / Midwest

A city golf trip with real course depth: not resort-simple, but strong for groups that want golf by day and Chicago by night.

Chicago / Illinois

Illinois / Midwest

A city golf trip with real course depth: not resort-simple, but strong for groups that want golf by day and Chicago by night.

St. George / Utah & Nevada

Utah & Nevada / Mountain

The red-rock desert golf trip with real teeth: Black Desert is the new headline, but Sand Hollow and Wolf Creek make the itinerary.

St. George / Utah & Nevada

Utah & Nevada / Mountain

The red-rock desert golf trip with real teeth: Black Desert is the new headline, but Sand Hollow and Wolf Creek make the itinerary.

St. George / Utah & Nevada

Utah & Nevada / Mountain

The red-rock desert golf trip with real teeth: Black Desert is the new headline, but Sand Hollow and Wolf Creek make the itinerary.

San Francisco Bay Area / California

California / West Coast

The premium resort anchor and the cleanest way to make this a real golf trip.

Premium resort access; verify current package rules.

Dallas / Texas

Texas / Southwest

A practical city-golf cluster: Cowboys branding, links replicas, tour-host names, and low-friction flights.

Lake Tahoe / Nevada & California

Nevada & California / Mountain

A summer mountain golf trip where Edgewood supplies the postcard and Truckee supplies the depth.

Lake Oconee / Georgia

Georgia / Southeast

A lake-house golf trip with real depth: convenient for the Southeast, polished enough for couples, and better on the course list than casual golfers realize.

Bend / Oregon

Oregon / West Coast

Central Oregon high-desert golf with real architecture: Juniper Preserve, Tetherow, and Crosswater give Bend/Sunriver more than vacation-town charm.

Mississippi Gulf Coast

Mississippi / Southeast

Casino access and serious architecture: Fallen Oak and Mossy Oak lead, but the routing only works if you respect the geography.

Mississippi Gulf Coast

Mississippi / Southeast

Casino access and serious architecture: Fallen Oak and Mossy Oak lead, but the routing only works if you respect the geography.

Pebble Beach & Monterey / California

California / West Coast

Del Monte is useful if you want a lower-pressure round in the Pebble ecosystem, but it is not a reason to plan the trip. It belongs in the itinerary only if you need an easier day, a value-ish resort add-on, or a historically interesting round without the premium pressure of Pebble and Spyglass.

Palm Springs / California

California / West Coast

Good golf, not great golf, but the value and ease make it work.

French Lick / Indiana

Indiana / Midwest

Two serious championship courses at one historic resort: Pete Dye brings the punishment, Donald Ross brings the soul.

Southern Pines & Sandhills / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

The private/stay-and-play flex. Excellent if access is real, irrelevant if access is fantasy.

Myrtle Beach / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

America's maximum-volume golf machine: huge choice, real value, some terrific courses, and enough mediocre filler to punish lazy planning.

Lake Tahoe / Nevada & California

Nevada & California / Mountain

A summer mountain golf trip where Edgewood supplies the postcard and Truckee supplies the depth.

St. George / Utah & Nevada

Utah & Nevada / Mountain

The red-rock desert golf trip with real teeth: Black Desert is the new headline, but Sand Hollow and Wolf Creek make the itinerary.

Banff & Jasper / Alberta CN

Alberta CN / Canada - West

The mountain-scenery trip: Banff and Jasper are not volume plays; they are postcard golf with enough travel friction to make the payoff feel earned.

Banff & Jasper / Alberta CN

Alberta CN / Canada - West

The mountain-scenery trip: Banff and Jasper are not volume plays; they are postcard golf with enough travel friction to make the payoff feel earned.

Mississippi Gulf Coast

Mississippi / Southeast

Casino access and serious architecture: Fallen Oak and Mossy Oak lead, but the routing only works if you respect the geography.

Frisco / Texas

Texas / Southwest

A new-school golf campus built for groups: easy flights, two big courses, short-course energy, and enough Dallas-area support to keep non-golf friction low.

Frisco / Texas

Texas / Southwest

A new-school golf campus built for groups: easy flights, two big courses, short-course energy, and enough Dallas-area support to keep non-golf friction low.

Northern Michigan

Michigan / Midwest

The inland heavyweight and the self-contained architecture anchor.

Sea Island / Georgia

Georgia / Southeast

The polished Southern luxury golf trip: three resort courses, serious service, very good golf, and just enough restraint to avoid becoming a sales convention with better shoes.

Gamble Sands / Washington

Washington / Northwest

Wide, firm, generous, and built for repeat fun rather than punishment.

Colorado Springs / Colorado

Colorado / Mountain

A classic mountain-resort golf trip: polished, scenic, altitude-affected, and best when the group values the hotel as much as the scorecard.

Lake Tahoe / Nevada & California

Nevada & California / Mountain

A summer mountain golf trip where Edgewood supplies the postcard and Truckee supplies the depth.

Minnesota Northwoods

Minnesota / Midwest

A true summer sleeper: Giants Ridge, Fortune Bay, and Madden's turn northern Minnesota into a legitimate golf-and-lake trip.

Williamsburg / Virginia

Virginia / Mid-Atlantic

Historic Williamsburg plus real golf depth: Golden Horseshoe gives the trip credibility, Kingsmill gives it resort structure.

Williamsburg / Virginia

Virginia / Mid-Atlantic

Historic Williamsburg plus real golf depth: Golden Horseshoe gives the trip credibility, Kingsmill gives it resort structure.

RTJ Trail / Alabama

Alabama / Southeast

The value-and-volume play: big courses, huge property scale, strong replay math, and very little patience for groups obsessed with boutique resort glamour.

RTJ Trail / Alabama

Alabama / Southeast

The value-and-volume play: big courses, huge property scale, strong replay math, and very little patience for groups obsessed with boutique resort glamour.

RTJ Trail / Alabama

Alabama / Southeast

The value-and-volume play: big courses, huge property scale, strong replay math, and very little patience for groups obsessed with boutique resort glamour.

Scottsdale / Arizona

Arizona / Southwest

Reliable, social, and easy to fit into a Scottsdale itinerary.

Lake Oconee / Georgia

Georgia / Southeast

A lake-house golf trip with real depth: convenient for the Southeast, polished enough for couples, and better on the course list than casual golfers realize.

The Greenbrier & Virginia Highlands / West Virginia & Virginia

West Virginia & Virginia / Mid-Atlantic

Classic resort golf with mountain air: historic, scenic, occasionally awkward logistically, and best for groups that like heritage more than nightlife.

The Greenbrier & Virginia Highlands / West Virginia & Virginia

West Virginia & Virginia / Mid-Atlantic

Classic resort golf with mountain air: historic, scenic, occasionally awkward logistically, and best for groups that like heritage more than nightlife.

The Greenbrier & Virginia Highlands / West Virginia & Virginia

West Virginia & Virginia / Mid-Atlantic

Classic resort golf with mountain air: historic, scenic, occasionally awkward logistically, and best for groups that like heritage more than nightlife.

The Greenbrier & Virginia Highlands / West Virginia & Virginia

West Virginia & Virginia / Mid-Atlantic

Classic resort golf with mountain air: historic, scenic, occasionally awkward logistically, and best for groups that like heritage more than nightlife.

British Columbia CN

British Columbia CN / Western Canada

A Canadian mountain-and-valley route: Greywolf for drama, Predator Ridge for structure, and Tobiano/Whistler for the ambitious version.

San Francisco Bay Area / California

California / West Coast

The scenery-first Half Moon Bay option.

Resort/public daily-fee pricing; verify current rates.

San Francisco Bay Area / California

California / West Coast

The more traditional Half Moon Bay round with the famous Pacific finish.

Resort/public daily-fee pricing; verify current rates.

Big Island / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The strongest Hawaii golf cluster: Mauna Kea's iconic ocean carry, Hapuna, Mauna Lani, Hualalai, and resort variety that actually supports a golf trip.

Chicago / Illinois

Illinois / Midwest

A city golf trip with real course depth: not resort-simple, but strong for groups that want golf by day and Chicago by night.

Chicago / Illinois

Illinois / Midwest

A city golf trip with real course depth: not resort-simple, but strong for groups that want golf by day and Chicago by night.

Hilton Head / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

Iconic, strategic, not long but extremely precise.

Hilton Head / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

Useful supporting rounds that keep the trip easy and on-property.

Cape Breton / Nova Scotia CN

Nova Scotia CN / Eastern Canada

Highlands Links is the classic Cape Breton add-on. It is not on Cabot property, which is the point: it gives the trip architecture history, different scenery, and a reason to see more than one driveway.

Big Island / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The strongest Hawaii golf cluster: Mauna Kea's iconic ocean carry, Hapuna, Mauna Lani, Hualalai, and resort variety that actually supports a golf trip.

NYC Metro Area / New York

New York / Mid-Atlantic

Hudson Hills is the grown-up depth play. It is not trying to be Bethpage or Pound Ridge. It is a good public round when Westchester is part of the map and the budget needs one sane line item.

Westchester County Hudson Hills rates vary by season and park-pass status; posted non-pass spring rates reach roughly $71-$92 before cart/reservation extras.

Lake Tahoe / Nevada & California

Nevada & California / Mountain

A summer mountain golf trip where Edgewood supplies the postcard and Truckee supplies the depth.

Palm Springs / California

California / West Coast

Good golf, strong operation, and easy to fit into a practical itinerary.

Bend / Oregon

Oregon / West Coast

Central Oregon high-desert golf with real architecture: Juniper Preserve, Tetherow, and Crosswater give Bend/Sunriver more than vacation-town charm.

Bend / Oregon

Oregon / West Coast

Central Oregon high-desert golf with real architecture: Juniper Preserve, Tetherow, and Crosswater give Bend/Sunriver more than vacation-town charm.

Turning Stone / New York

New York / Northeast

The Northeast resort that actually has depth: three credible courses, casino infrastructure, and easy group logistics.

Banff & Jasper / Alberta CN

Alberta CN / Canada - West

The mountain-scenery trip: Banff and Jasper are not volume plays; they are postcard golf with enough travel friction to make the payoff feel earned.

Maui / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The Maui golf headline: Plantation brings tournament theatre, Wailea adds polish, and the island does the rest.

Maui / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The Maui golf headline: Plantation brings tournament theatre, Wailea adds polish, and the island does the rest.

Cabot Citrus Farms / Florida

Florida / Southeast

Cabot's Florida play: sandy, modern, golf-first, and a smarter winter alternative than another Orlando resort treadmill.

Kauai / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The Garden Isle version: Princeville Makai is the showpiece, Poipu and Hokuala add depth, and the scenery does not play fair.

Williamsburg / Virginia

Virginia / Mid-Atlantic

Historic Williamsburg plus real golf depth: Golden Horseshoe gives the trip credibility, Kingsmill gives it resort structure.

Williamsburg / Virginia

Virginia / Mid-Atlantic

Historic Williamsburg plus real golf depth: Golden Horseshoe gives the trip credibility, Kingsmill gives it resort structure.

Williamsburg / Virginia

Virginia / Mid-Atlantic

Historic Williamsburg plus real golf depth: Golden Horseshoe gives the trip credibility, Kingsmill gives it resort structure.

Austin & San Antonio / Texas

Texas / Southwest

Texas Hill Country resort golf with real depth: TPC San Antonio, Barton Creek, La Cantera, and enough off-course life to keep everyone interested.

Austin & San Antonio / Texas

Texas / Southwest

Texas Hill Country resort golf with real depth: TPC San Antonio, Barton Creek, La Cantera, and enough off-course life to keep everyone interested.

San Diego / California

California / West Coast

Year-round golf with one iconic course and strong supporting options.

San Diego / California

California / West Coast

Year-round golf with one iconic course and strong supporting options.

Nebraska Sandhills

Nebraska / Midwest

The architecture sicko pilgrimage: remote, raw, brilliant golf in a landscape that does not care about your nightlife needs.

New Mexico

New Mexico / Mountain

High-desert golf with real architecture: Paa-Ko and Black Mesa are the anchors, Santa Fe supplies the texture.

Minnesota Northwoods

Minnesota / Midwest

A true summer sleeper: Giants Ridge, Fortune Bay, and Madden's turn northern Minnesota into a legitimate golf-and-lake trip.

San Diego / California

California / West Coast

A strong inland supporting option that gives the trip more variety.

Sand Valley / Wisconsin

Wisconsin / Midwest

The Midwest's modern golf laboratory: sandy, walkable, architecture-heavy, and quietly becoming one of America's essential golf trips.

Big Island / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The strongest Hawaii golf cluster: Mauna Kea's iconic ocean carry, Hapuna, Mauna Lani, Hualalai, and resort variety that actually supports a golf trip.

Big Island / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The strongest Hawaii golf cluster: Mauna Kea's iconic ocean carry, Hapuna, Mauna Lani, Hualalai, and resort variety that actually supports a golf trip.

Big Island / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The strongest Hawaii golf cluster: Mauna Kea's iconic ocean carry, Hapuna, Mauna Lani, Hualalai, and resort variety that actually supports a golf trip.

Hilton Head / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

Easy, reliable golf trip with one iconic course and strong supporting options.

Southern Pines & Sandhills / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

The charmer: walkable, rhythmic, sandy, and smarter than yardage-only players realize.

Southern Pines & Sandhills / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

Useful package golf and a good support round, not the reason to come.

NYC Metro Area / New York

New York / Mid-Atlantic

Montauk Downs is excellent in the right trip and annoying in the wrong one. If you are staying out east, it belongs. If you are sleeping near Bethpage and thinking about squeezing it in, go lie down until the thought passes.

2026 posted range: roughly $48-$106 by residency/day, plus applicable fees.

Mississippi Gulf Coast

Mississippi / Southeast

Casino access and serious architecture: Fallen Oak and Mossy Oak lead, but the routing only works if you respect the geography.

Lake Oconee / Georgia

Georgia / Southeast

A lake-house golf trip with real depth: convenient for the Southeast, polished enough for couples, and better on the course list than casual golfers realize.

British Columbia CN

British Columbia CN / Western Canada

A Canadian mountain-and-valley route: Greywolf for drama, Predator Ridge for structure, and Tobiano/Whistler for the ambitious version.

Kiawah Island / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

One of the most visually dramatic and physically demanding courses in the U.S. Wind defines everything.

Lake Oconee / Georgia

Georgia / Southeast

A lake-house golf trip with real depth: convenient for the Southeast, polished enough for couples, and better on the course list than casual golfers realize.

Dallas / Texas

Texas / Southwest

A practical city-golf cluster: Cowboys branding, links replicas, tour-host names, and low-friction flights.

Lake Tahoe / Nevada & California

Nevada & California / Mountain

A summer mountain golf trip where Edgewood supplies the postcard and Truckee supplies the depth.

Bandon Dunes / Oregon

Oregon / Northwest

Old Macdonald is big, bold, strange, and divisive. It is built around classic template holes, huge greens, wide corridors, and imaginative ground game. Some groups love it. Some think it feels too abstract.

Mississippi Gulf Coast

Mississippi / Southeast

Casino access and serious architecture: Fallen Oak and Mossy Oak lead, but the routing only works if you respect the geography.

Austin & San Antonio / Texas

Texas / Southwest

Texas Hill Country resort golf with real depth: TPC San Antonio, Barton Creek, La Cantera, and enough off-course life to keep everyone interested.

Austin & San Antonio / Texas

Texas / Southwest

Texas Hill Country resort golf with real depth: TPC San Antonio, Barton Creek, La Cantera, and enough off-course life to keep everyone interested.

Austin & San Antonio / Texas

Texas / Southwest

Texas Hill Country resort golf with real depth: TPC San Antonio, Barton Creek, La Cantera, and enough off-course life to keep everyone interested.

Austin & San Antonio / Texas

Texas / Southwest

Texas Hill Country resort golf with real depth: TPC San Antonio, Barton Creek, La Cantera, and enough off-course life to keep everyone interested.

The Greenbrier & Virginia Highlands / West Virginia & Virginia

West Virginia & Virginia / Mid-Atlantic

Classic resort golf with mountain air: historic, scenic, occasionally awkward logistically, and best for groups that like heritage more than nightlife.

The Greenbrier & Virginia Highlands / West Virginia & Virginia

West Virginia & Virginia / Mid-Atlantic

Classic resort golf with mountain air: historic, scenic, occasionally awkward logistically, and best for groups that like heritage more than nightlife.

Orlando / Florida

Florida / Southeast

A strong, functional golf facility that works well for groups.

Kiawah Island / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

Good, not the reason you came.

RTJ Trail / Alabama

Alabama / Southeast

The value-and-volume play: big courses, huge property scale, strong replay math, and very little patience for groups obsessed with boutique resort glamour.

RTJ Trail / Alabama

Alabama / Southeast

The value-and-volume play: big courses, huge property scale, strong replay math, and very little patience for groups obsessed with boutique resort glamour.

Big Cedar / Missouri

Missouri / Midwest

The strongest pure-golf counterweight to the resort's more theatrical options.

New Mexico

New Mexico / Mountain

High-desert golf with real architecture: Paa-Ko and Black Mesa are the anchors, Santa Fe supplies the texture.

Bandon Dunes / Oregon

Oregon / Northwest

Pacific Dunes is the best course at Bandon for most players. It has the strongest combination of strategy, scenery, routing, and replay value. If you only had time for one round on property, this is the pick.

Hilton Head / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

Easy, reliable golf trip with one iconic course and strong supporting options.

Pebble Beach & Monterey / California

California / West Coast

Pasatiempo is the course that separates a tourist Pebble itinerary from a golfer’s Pebble itinerary. It is an Alister MacKenzie design, semi-private with public tee times, and expensive enough that no one should call it a bargain. But if your group cares about architecture, this is one of the most important rounds in the broader Monterey/Pebble ecosystem. Do not dismiss it because it is in Santa Cruz. If your group is serious, make the drive.

Myrtle Beach / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

America's maximum-volume golf machine: huge choice, real value, some terrific courses, and enough mediocre filler to punish lazy planning.

Big Cedar / Missouri

Missouri / Midwest

Visually spectacular, designed for experience.

Pebble Beach & Monterey / California

California / West Coast

Pebble Beach is the reason you came. The opening stretch is good. The coastline holes are unforgettable. The walk around Stillwater Cove is one of the great public-golf experiences in the world. The 18th is a rare case where the cliché actually earns itself. But Pebble is not the strongest pure golf course in the area. Away from the ocean, parts of it are merely good. That does not ruin the experience. It just means you should understand what you are buying. You are buying the memory.

French Lick / Indiana

Indiana / Midwest

Two serious championship courses at one historic resort: Pete Dye brings the punishment, Donald Ross brings the soul.

South Florida

Florida / Southeast

The Bear Trap gets the marketing, but the whole course can punish loose golf.

PGA National resort/package pricing; Champion surcharges can apply.

South Florida

Florida / Southeast

Useful PGA National depth, but verify current access before building around it.

PGA National access and availability can vary; verify directly.

South Florida

Florida / Southeast

A smart supporting round that solves the mixed-skill group problem.

PGA National resort/package pricing; verify current availability.

Palm Springs / California

California / West Coast

The Stadium Course is the experience slot; the broader PGA West roster gives the trip structure.

Palm Springs / California

California / West Coast

The best mix of weather, value, and course density for an easy golf trip.

Southern Pines & Sandhills / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

The championship Ross anchor of the Sandhills side.

Pinehurst / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

No. 1 is the historical warm-up, not a protected round. It works on arrival day, departure day, or for groups that want to see where the resort story began.

Pinehurst / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

No. 10 is the reason Pinehurst suddenly feels current. Built on the old Sandmines property south of the village, it adds scale, elevation, and modern Doak/Moser texture to a resort people used to visit mostly for the past.

Pinehurst / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

This is the altar. No. 2 is not always the most fun round at Pinehurst, but it is the one that explains the place: sandy waste, crowned greens, caddie math, and recovery shots that make grown men rethink their relationship with wedges.

Pinehurst / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

Short, clever, and more interesting than yardage-only thinkers will admit. It is a pacing tool, not a trophy.

Pinehurst / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

No. 4 is often the round the group likes best. It has more visual movement than No. 2, more forgiveness, and enough strategic bite to avoid feeling like the friendly younger sibling.

Pinehurst / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

No. 5 has its loyalists and the Cathedral Hole, but in the modern Pinehurst hierarchy it is mostly a schedule release valve.

Pinehurst / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

No. 8 is the best polished depth course: its own clubhouse, a big Fazio canvas, wetlands, and enough separation from the village to feel like a full resort round rather than filler.

Pinehurst / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

No. 9 is the odd one in the family: a former private club with more Nicklaus real-estate flavor than Sandhills soul. That does not make it bad. It just makes it different.

Sea Island / Georgia

Georgia / Southeast

The polished Southern luxury golf trip: three resort courses, serious service, very good golf, and just enough restraint to avoid becoming a sales convention with better shoes.

Kauai / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The Garden Isle version: Princeville Makai is the showpiece, Poipu and Hokuala add depth, and the scenery does not play fair.

Pebble Beach & Monterey / California

California / West Coast

Poppy Hills is the practical course in the rotation. It is convenient, well-conditioned, less expensive than the prestige rounds, and good enough to belong without pretending to be Pebble or Spyglass. For groups trying to balance cost and quality, Poppy matters.

NYC Metro Area / New York

New York / Mid-Atlantic

Pound Ridge is the right Westchester splurge if the group cares about architecture. It is not close to Bethpage in any useful way, so make it a deliberate day, not a casual add-on.

Premium daily-fee dynamic pricing; verify direct before booking.

Nebraska Sandhills

Nebraska / Midwest

The architecture sicko pilgrimage: remote, raw, brilliant golf in a landscape that does not care about your nightlife needs.

Nebraska Sandhills

Nebraska / Midwest

The architecture sicko pilgrimage: remote, raw, brilliant golf in a landscape that does not care about your nightlife needs.

British Columbia CN

British Columbia CN / Western Canada

A Canadian mountain-and-valley route: Greywolf for drama, Predator Ridge for structure, and Tobiano/Whistler for the ambitious version.

British Columbia CN

British Columbia CN / Western Canada

A Canadian mountain-and-valley route: Greywolf for drama, Predator Ridge for structure, and Tobiano/Whistler for the ambitious version.

San Francisco Bay Area / California

California / West Coast

Historic, public, playable, and deeply San Francisco.

Public daily-fee pricing; verify current rates.

The Greenbrier & Virginia Highlands / West Virginia & Virginia

West Virginia & Virginia / Mid-Atlantic

Classic resort golf with mountain air: historic, scenic, occasionally awkward logistically, and best for groups that like heritage more than nightlife.

Kauai / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The Garden Isle version: Princeville Makai is the showpiece, Poipu and Hokuala add depth, and the scenery does not play fair.

Kauai / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The Garden Isle version: Princeville Makai is the showpiece, Poipu and Hokuala add depth, and the scenery does not play fair.

Vail Valley / Colorado

Colorado / Mountain

Colorado resort golf at its most polished: two premium Red Sky courses, mountain air, and pricing that assumes you knew what you were doing.

Vail Valley / Colorado

Colorado / Mountain

Colorado resort golf at its most polished: two premium Red Sky courses, mountain air, and pricing that assumes you knew what you were doing.

Las Vegas / Nevada

Nevada / West Coast

Golf plus entertainment - not a pure golf trip, but highly functional.

Sea Island / Georgia

Georgia / Southeast

The polished Southern luxury golf trip: three resort courses, serious service, very good golf, and just enough restraint to avoid becoming a sales convention with better shoes.

Cabot Citrus Farms / Florida

Florida / Southeast

Cabot's Florida play: sandy, modern, golf-first, and a smarter winter alternative than another Orlando resort treadmill.

RTJ Trail / Alabama

Alabama / Southeast

The value-and-volume play: big courses, huge property scale, strong replay math, and very little patience for groups obsessed with boutique resort glamour.

Nebraska Sandhills

Nebraska / Midwest

The architecture sicko pilgrimage: remote, raw, brilliant golf in a landscape that does not care about your nightlife needs.

St. George / Utah & Nevada

Utah & Nevada / Mountain

The red-rock desert golf trip with real teeth: Black Desert is the new headline, but Sand Hollow and Wolf Creek make the itinerary.

St. George / Utah & Nevada

Utah & Nevada / Mountain

The red-rock desert golf trip with real teeth: Black Desert is the new headline, but Sand Hollow and Wolf Creek make the itinerary.

Sand Valley / Wisconsin

Wisconsin / Midwest

The Midwest's modern golf laboratory: sandy, walkable, architecture-heavy, and quietly becoming one of America's essential golf trips.

TPC Sawgrass Ponte Vedra / Florida

Florida / Southeast

The Stadium Course is the headline, but the right trip uses Ponte Vedra as a tight, premium Florida golf weekend instead of a one-photo pilgrimage.

Gamble Sands / Washington

Washington / Northwest

The new course gives Gamble Sands enough depth to become a more serious destination.

Lake Tahoe / Nevada & California

Nevada & California / Mountain

A summer mountain golf trip where Edgewood supplies the postcard and Truckee supplies the depth.

Sea Island / Georgia

Georgia / Southeast

The polished Southern luxury golf trip: three resort courses, serious service, very good golf, and just enough restraint to avoid becoming a sales convention with better shoes.

Atlantic City / New Jersey

New Jersey / Northeast

A scrappy Northeast buddies trip: good public golf, casino energy, beach-town convenience, and enough rough edges to keep it honest.

Atlantic City / New Jersey

New Jersey / Northeast

A scrappy Northeast buddies trip: good public golf, casino energy, beach-town convenience, and enough rough edges to keep it honest.

Sand Valley / Wisconsin

Wisconsin / Midwest

The Midwest's modern golf laboratory: sandy, walkable, architecture-heavy, and quietly becoming one of America's essential golf trips.

Las Vegas / Nevada

Nevada / West Coast

Over-the-top, artificial, unforgettable.

Bandon Dunes / Oregon

Oregon / Northwest

Sheep Ranch is the most visually spectacular course at Bandon. It has ocean exposure everywhere and fewer trees than your group has excuses. Strategically, it is not as strong as Pacific or Trails, but as an experience it is hard to beat.

Turning Stone / New York

New York / Northeast

The Northeast resort that actually has depth: three credible courses, casino infrastructure, and easy group logistics.

Palm Springs / California

California / West Coast

The best mix of weather, value, and course density for an easy golf trip.

Banff & Jasper / Alberta CN

Alberta CN / Canada - West

The mountain-scenery trip: Banff and Jasper are not volume plays; they are postcard golf with enough travel friction to make the payoff feel earned.

St. George / Utah & Nevada

Utah & Nevada / Mountain

The red-rock desert golf trip with real teeth: Black Desert is the new headline, but Sand Hollow and Wolf Creek make the itinerary.

TPC Sawgrass Ponte Vedra / Florida

Florida / Southeast

The Stadium Course is the headline, but the right trip uses Ponte Vedra as a tight, premium Florida golf weekend instead of a one-photo pilgrimage.

Southern Pines & Sandhills / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

The restoration brought back sandy texture, width, and character. Better than its fame level.

Pebble Beach & Monterey / California

California / West Coast

Spyglass is the serious golfer’s round at Pebble Beach Resorts. It does not have Pebble’s fame or the same postcard coastline, but it is the better test and often the better course. It asks more of you, especially off the tee and into the greens. It also does not feel like it is trading only on scenery. If you are building a real Pebble trip and skip Spyglass, you built the wrong trip.

San Francisco Bay Area / California

California / West Coast

Architecture credibility with access caveats.

Access and pricing depend on eligibility/guest rules.

Banff & Jasper / Alberta CN

Alberta CN / Canada - West

The mountain-scenery trip: Banff and Jasper are not volume plays; they are postcard golf with enough travel friction to make the payoff feel earned.

Streamsong / Florida

Florida / Southeast

Big, bold, dramatic. Slightly less refined but very memorable.

Streamsong / Florida

Florida / Southeast

More open, more abstract, more wind-affected.

Streamsong / Florida

Florida / Southeast

Most balanced course on property. Strategic, playable, and visually strong.

Bend / Oregon

Oregon / West Coast

Central Oregon high-desert golf with real architecture: Juniper Preserve, Tetherow, and Crosswater give Bend/Sunriver more than vacation-town charm.

Bend / Oregon

Oregon / West Coast

Central Oregon high-desert golf with real architecture: Juniper Preserve, Tetherow, and Crosswater give Bend/Sunriver more than vacation-town charm.

Southern Pines & Sandhills / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

The package-friendly stabilizer for groups that need lodging and golf in one cleaner system.

Bend / Oregon

Oregon / West Coast

Central Oregon high-desert golf with real architecture: Juniper Preserve, Tetherow, and Crosswater give Bend/Sunriver more than vacation-town charm.

Minnesota Northwoods

Minnesota / Midwest

A true summer sleeper: Giants Ridge, Fortune Bay, and Madden's turn northern Minnesota into a legitimate golf-and-lake trip.

Pinehurst / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

The Cradle is the social engine of the resort: nine short holes, music-adjacent energy, drinks, side bets, and enough contour to make a 70-yard wedge feel like a constitutional crisis.

Frisco / Texas

Texas / Southwest

A new-school golf campus built for groups: easy flights, two big courses, short-course energy, and enough Dallas-area support to keep non-golf friction low.

Chicago / Illinois

Illinois / Midwest

A city golf trip with real course depth: not resort-simple, but strong for groups that want golf by day and Chicago by night.

San Diego / California

California / West Coast

Year-round golf with one iconic course and strong supporting options.

Pebble Beach & Monterey / California

California / West Coast

The Hay is not filler. It is the correct way to add golf without turning every day into a marathon. It works for arrival day, drinks, families, junior golfers, and groups that want something relaxed around the Pebble experience. Treat it like a social layer, not a main course.

Northern Michigan

Michigan / Midwest

A fun tribute-course concept that works best as Boyne itinerary depth.

Northern Michigan

Michigan / Midwest

The historic Boyne round and still a useful Harbor Springs play.

Lake Oconee / Georgia

Georgia / Southeast

A lake-house golf trip with real depth: convenient for the Southeast, polished enough for couples, and better on the course list than casual golfers realize.

St. George / Utah & Nevada

Utah & Nevada / Mountain

The red-rock desert golf trip with real teeth: Black Desert is the new headline, but Sand Hollow and Wolf Creek make the itinerary.

Sand Valley / Wisconsin

Wisconsin / Midwest

The Midwest's modern golf laboratory: sandy, walkable, architecture-heavy, and quietly becoming one of America's essential golf trips.

Pebble Beach & Monterey / California

California / West Coast

Spanish Bay has historically been the third resort course in the standard Pebble rotation. Right now, it needs an asterisk. Pebble Beach has announced that Spanish Bay’s final day of play is March 17, 2026, after which it will close for a comprehensive Gil Hanse transformation scheduled to conclude in about 13 months. That means this is not a simple “include it” recommendation for current planning. Before the renovation, Spanish Bay was scenic and enjoyable, but rarely essential. After the renovation, it may become a much more important part of the trip. For now, verify availability and do not build the entire itinerary around it.

Northern Michigan

Michigan / Midwest

Half of the reversible argument at Forest Dunes and essential for architecture groups.

Northern Michigan

Michigan / Midwest

The other direction of The Loop and the reason the concept fully lands.

Cape Breton / Nova Scotia CN

Nova Scotia CN / Eastern Canada

The Nest gives Cabot a looser, social round after the big coastal walks. It is not the reason to cross the border, but it is exactly the kind of extra golf a remote resort needs.

South Florida

Florida / Southeast

The course that gives South Florida real modern public-golf credibility.

Public dynamic/seasonal pricing; resident and non-resident rates differ.

Lake Oconee / Georgia

Georgia / Southeast

A lake-house golf trip with real depth: convenient for the Southeast, polished enough for couples, and better on the course list than casual golfers realize.

Bandon Dunes / Oregon

Oregon / Northwest

The purest golf trip in America — remote, walking-first, weather-exposed, and absolutely worth the trouble.

Minnesota Northwoods

Minnesota / Midwest

A true summer sleeper: Giants Ridge, Fortune Bay, and Madden's turn northern Minnesota into a legitimate golf-and-lake trip.

Streamsong / Florida

Florida / Southeast

A remote, modern golf enclave in Florida - minimalist, strategic, and built purely for golf.

Sand Valley / Wisconsin

Wisconsin / Midwest

The Midwest's modern golf laboratory: sandy, walkable, architecture-heavy, and quietly becoming one of America's essential golf trips.

Cabot Citrus Farms / Florida

Florida / Southeast

Cabot's Florida play: sandy, modern, golf-first, and a smarter winter alternative than another Orlando resort treadmill.

Frisco / Texas

Texas / Southwest

A new-school golf campus built for groups: easy flights, two big courses, short-course energy, and enough Dallas-area support to keep non-golf friction low.

Dallas / Texas

Texas / Southwest

A practical city-golf cluster: Cowboys branding, links replicas, tour-host names, and low-friction flights.

Minnesota Northwoods

Minnesota / Midwest

A true summer sleeper: Giants Ridge, Fortune Bay, and Madden's turn northern Minnesota into a legitimate golf-and-lake trip.

Myrtle Beach / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

America's maximum-volume golf machine: huge choice, real value, some terrific courses, and enough mediocre filler to punish lazy planning.

Southern Pines & Sandhills / North Carolina

North Carolina / Southeast

Not polite, not subtle, and not forgettable. Tobacco Road is the group-fit test.

British Columbia CN

British Columbia CN / Western Canada

A Canadian mountain-and-valley route: Greywolf for drama, Predator Ridge for structure, and Tobiano/Whistler for the ambitious version.

San Diego / California

California / West Coast

Long, demanding, and iconic, but also crowded and expensive.

New Mexico

New Mexico / Mountain

High-desert golf with real architecture: Paa-Ko and Black Mesa are the anchors, Santa Fe supplies the texture.

Dallas / Texas

Texas / Southwest

A practical city-golf cluster: Cowboys branding, links replicas, tour-host names, and low-friction flights.

San Francisco Bay Area / California

California / West Coast

San Francisco's public championship anchor.

Public daily-fee pricing with resident/non-resident differences.

Dallas / Texas

Texas / Southwest

A practical city-golf cluster: Cowboys branding, links replicas, tour-host names, and low-friction flights.

Las Vegas / Nevada

Nevada / West Coast

Golf plus entertainment - not a pure golf trip, but highly functional.

Myrtle Beach / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

America's maximum-volume golf machine: huge choice, real value, some terrific courses, and enough mediocre filler to punish lazy planning.

Austin & San Antonio / Texas

Texas / Southwest

Texas Hill Country resort golf with real depth: TPC San Antonio, Barton Creek, La Cantera, and enough off-course life to keep everyone interested.

Austin & San Antonio / Texas

Texas / Southwest

Texas Hill Country resort golf with real depth: TPC San Antonio, Barton Creek, La Cantera, and enough off-course life to keep everyone interested.

TPC Sawgrass Ponte Vedra / Florida

Florida / Southeast

The Stadium Course is the headline, but the right trip uses Ponte Vedra as a tight, premium Florida golf weekend instead of a one-photo pilgrimage.

TPC Sawgrass Ponte Vedra / Florida

Florida / Southeast

The Stadium Course is the headline, but the right trip uses Ponte Vedra as a tight, premium Florida golf weekend instead of a one-photo pilgrimage.

Scottsdale / Arizona

Arizona / Southwest

More experience than pure golf, but worth doing.

Las Vegas / Nevada

Nevada / West Coast

A useful, recognizable golf option that keeps the itinerary functional.

Northern Michigan

Michigan / Midwest

The Gaylord extension that earns its spot when the route fits.

Scottsdale / Arizona

Arizona / Southwest

A strong, polished desert-golf option and a sensible anchor for higher-end Scottsdale trips.

Myrtle Beach / South Carolina

South Carolina / Southeast

America's maximum-volume golf machine: huge choice, real value, some terrific courses, and enough mediocre filler to punish lazy planning.

South Florida

Florida / Southeast

The Miami trophy round: long, wet, polished, and back in the tournament conversation.

Premium Doral resort/daily-fee pricing; verify current rates.

Atlantic City / New Jersey

New Jersey / Northeast

A scrappy Northeast buddies trip: good public golf, casino energy, beach-town convenience, and enough rough edges to keep it honest.

New Mexico

New Mexico / Mountain

High-desert golf with real architecture: Paa-Ko and Black Mesa are the anchors, Santa Fe supplies the texture.

French Lick / Indiana

Indiana / Midwest

Two serious championship courses at one historic resort: Pete Dye brings the punishment, Donald Ross brings the soul.

Big Island / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The strongest Hawaii golf cluster: Mauna Kea's iconic ocean carry, Hapuna, Mauna Lani, Hualalai, and resort variety that actually supports a golf trip.

Big Island / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The strongest Hawaii golf cluster: Mauna Kea's iconic ocean carry, Hapuna, Mauna Lani, Hualalai, and resort variety that actually supports a golf trip.

Maui / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The Maui golf headline: Plantation brings tournament theatre, Wailea adds polish, and the island does the rest.

Maui / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The Maui golf headline: Plantation brings tournament theatre, Wailea adds polish, and the island does the rest.

Maui / Hawaii

Hawaii / Hawaii

The Maui golf headline: Plantation brings tournament theatre, Wailea adds polish, and the island does the rest.

Scottsdale / Arizona

Arizona / Southwest

Best pure golf in Scottsdale.

Cabot Citrus Farms / Florida

Florida / Southeast

Cabot's Florida play: sandy, modern, golf-first, and a smarter winter alternative than another Orlando resort treadmill.

Frisco / Texas

Texas / Southwest

A new-school golf campus built for groups: easy flights, two big courses, short-course energy, and enough Dallas-area support to keep non-golf friction low.

Kohler / Wisconsin

Wisconsin / Midwest

Big-stage Wisconsin golf: dramatic, expensive, Pete Dye-heavy, resort-polished, and absolutely not subtle.

Kohler / Wisconsin

Wisconsin / Midwest

Big-stage Wisconsin golf: dramatic, expensive, Pete Dye-heavy, resort-polished, and absolutely not subtle.

Nebraska Sandhills

Nebraska / Midwest

The architecture sicko pilgrimage: remote, raw, brilliant golf in a landscape that does not care about your nightlife needs.

St. George / Utah & Nevada

Utah & Nevada / Mountain

The red-rock desert golf trip with real teeth: Black Desert is the new headline, but Sand Hollow and Wolf Creek make the itinerary.

Austin & San Antonio / Texas

Texas / Southwest

Texas Hill Country resort golf with real depth: TPC San Antonio, Barton Creek, La Cantera, and enough off-course life to keep everyone interested.

TPC Sawgrass Ponte Vedra / Florida

Florida / Southeast

The Stadium Course is the headline, but the right trip uses Ponte Vedra as a tight, premium Florida golf weekend instead of a one-photo pilgrimage.