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Pebble Beach Golf Links®
Pebble Beach is
widely regarded as one of the most beautiful courses in the world. It
hugs the rugged coastline and has wide open views of the ocean. In
2001 it became the first public course (i.e. open to the general
public for play) to be selected as the No.1 Golf Course in America by Golf
Digest.1
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Pinehurst® No. 2
Designed by
Donald Ross in 1907, it's strategic layout tests both the long and
short game. It is golf the way it was meant to be played, "the
fairest test of championship golf" ever designed by Ross, in his
own words.2
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Bayhill®
At Bay Hill,
you play the venue of the Bay Hill Invitational, one of the longest
standing stops on the PGA Tour. It is also Arnold Palmer's winter
home. Were his army to hold a reunion, it would certainly be held
here.3
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Harbour Town®
The Harbour
Town Golf Links hosts the Verizon Heritage golf
tournament on the PGA Tour, usually held in April. The course is
located in the Sea Pines Plantation of Hilton Head Island, in Beaufort
County of South Carolina. GOLF Magazine has rated the course #1 in the
state of South Carolina.1
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Spyglass Hill®
Designed
by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and opened on March 11, 1966, after six
years of planning, design, and construction. Golf Digest, in its
2003-2004 listing of "America's 100 Greatest Public
Courses", ranked Spyglass Hill (known as "the Glass")
fifth best.1
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Kiawah Island®
The 18-hole
"Ocean Course" at the Kiawah Island
Resort facility in Kiawah Island, South Carolina
features 7,937 yards of golf
from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 79.6 and
it has a slope rating of 155 on Bermuda grass. Designed by Pete
Dye, ASGCA, the Ocean Course opened in 1991.3
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Troon North®
Troon North
Golf Club, North Scottsdale’s crown jewel features the Monument and
Pinnacle courses that gracefully wrap around the northern slopes of
landmark Pinnacle Peak. Giant granite boulders lie strewn across the
rugged landscape of the High Sonoran Desert in Scottsdale, Arizona,
where Troon North Golf Club combines the visual sensation of desert
landscape with challenging golf play and a special ambiance to provide
a standard that is unmatched in all of Arizona.4
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Banff Springs®
Renowned for
its panoramic beauty, The Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course is a
captivating and challenging layout set in the heart of Canada's Rocky
Mountains. Amateurs and professionals alike are constantly
amazed by its panoramic challenge. From the actual hole design to the
optical illusions created by the surrounding mountains, this course
will delight and tempt you.5
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Wooden Sticks®
In
designing Wooden Sticks, architect Mr. Ron Garl and his team worked
diligently to ensure that every aspect of your golf experience
reflects the spirit found in some of today's most famous golf holes.
In fact, 12 of the 18 holes at Wooden Sticks were each inspired by a
different famous golf hole from the PGA. Together with the balance of
the course, they present a challenging and unforgettable golf
experience.6
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Torrey Pines®
Torrey Pines,
long recognized as one of the nation's foremost municipal golf
facilities, is truly a "golfer's paradise". Bounded by
mountains to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the west, the seaside
courses are often swept by sunshine or by rain, fog and chilling
winds.7
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Blue Monster®
Originally
designed by Dick Wilson, golfers won't find a more challenging or
spectacular golf course. At 7,125 yards from the tournament tees, and
with a series of strategically placed bunkers, both length and finesse
are needed to score well on this historic course. The Blue Monster
features long fairways, undulating green, a deep Bermuda rough and a
unique assortment of water hazards.8
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Casa de Campo® - Teeth of the Dog
Ranked the
number one course in the Caribbean and 34th in the top 100 courses in
the world by Golf Magazine, play Teeth’s seven holes directly on the
Caribbean Sea. The “Teeth” course attracts the best professional
and amateur golfers in the world.9
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Nicklaus North®
With Nicklaus'
blend of blue and bent grass fairways and bent grass greens, Nicklaus
North's five sets of tees will present unique challenges to all
caliber golfers. With a yardage of 6,925 from the championship
Nicklaus tees, the par 71 course will present a most daunting
challenge for even the most experienced plays.10
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wikipedia.com |
| 2.
pinehurst.com |
| 3.
golflink.com |
| 4.
troongolfvacations.com |
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fairmont.com |
| 6.
woodensticks.com |
| 7.
torreypinesgolfcourse.com |
| 8.
doralresort.com |
| 9.
casadecampo.com.do |
| 10.
nicklaus.com |
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