Thursday, December 25, 2008

Golf Around America

How many holes can one play a day and still enjoy the course? After a round at the club do you ever sit at the 19th green and wonder what else is out there, what challenge could another course have for you? The United States has some if not the best golfing destinations in the world -- there are warm courses in the southeast and southwest and lush fairways and beautiful coastal views in the northeast and pacific coast. Golf is a game for everyone and for everyone that plays golf there is a course to match their style.
The southeast is a year-round golf destination that offers both great weather and challenging courses. Probably the greatest course in the southeast is in the city of Charleston Kiawah Island Resort and its five award winning golf courses. Many of these courses have had design influences by names such as Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicholas, and Gary Player just to name a few. Not to be shown up Florida has become the state with the most courses in the southeast. Daytona Beach alone has more than 20 courses and Orlando has some of the biggest-name courses in the country. There are courses in Florida that some of the PGA and LPGA pros have designed and currently live on. How could anyone forget the name Augusta? Georgia’s crown jewel of the golf and the home of some of golf are greatest moments for the PGA tour.
The Northeast, even with its short season and cooler weather has the most popular courses in the United States. Voted the best in the United States for 2005 and 2007, Pine Valley New Jersey is the best 18 that the northeast has. National Golf Links or America in South Hampton New York is also in that top 10. It’s amazing when you think of how short the season is compared with the southeast but how much golfers seem to enjoy the challenges that the northeast gives them. The views from some of the holes in the northeast are as awesome as the courses themselves.
Now the West and Southwest are like a combination of the Northeast and Southeast with a twist all its own. Words like Pebble Beach are as much a part of golf as the ball. Palm Springs is another huge name in that California region. What about someplace that you may or may not have thought about. How about Vegas? Have you ever thought what people do there during the day or when the casinos just are not enough? Well, golf is tops in the City of Sin. Famous or not they all come to Vegas for fun and that is what they can have at the courses that line the desert.
Plan your golf vacation as soon as possible and remember that no matter where in the United States you are there is always someplace to bring your clubs and enjoy a quick 18.