My top 50 golf courses in the country – an ongoing list of the top 50 courses in the USA that I’ve played.
Category: Golf Course Rankings, Private Golf Courses, Public Golf Courses, Top 100 Golf Tags: Bandon Dunes, Bandon Trails, Best public and private golf courses in USA, Blackwolf Run Meadow Valleys course, Blackwolf Run River course, Chambers Bay, Chicago Highlands, Cog Hill No 4 Dubsdread, Dismal River Golf Club, Dismal River White Red, Erin Hills, Geneva National Palmer Player, Greywalls Golf, Hawks Landing Golf Club, Horseshoe Bay, Kiawah Island Ocean course, Kiva Dunes AL, Lawsonia Links, Medinah Country Club CC No 3, Milwaukee Country Club CC, North Hills Country Club, Old Macdonald, Ozaukee Country Club, Pacific Dunes, Pine Hills Country Club CC, Pumpkin Ridge Ghost Creek, Pumpkin Ridge Witch Hollow, Racine Country Club, Reynolds Lake Oconee Great Waters, Reynolds Lake Oconee The Oconee, Reynolds Plantation Jonesboro GA, RTJ Golf Trail Ross Bridge, Sand Valley Mammoth Dunes, SentryWorld, Shoreacres, Strawberry Creek, Streamsong Blue, Streamsong REd, SweetGrass, The Bull at Pinehurst Farms, The Classic at Madden's Resort on Gull Lake MN, The country's best 50 golf courses, The Harvester, The Legend at Bergamont, The Legend at Bristlecone, The Prairie Club Dunes Course, The Prairie Club Pines Course, The Preserve at Oak Meadows, The Wilderness at Fortune Bay Tower MN, ThunderHawk, TimberStone, Top 50 golf courses in America USA, TPC Deere Run, True Blue, University Ridge, West Bend Country Club CC, Whistling Straits, Whistling Straits Irish Course, Wild Rock, World Woods Pine Barrens
The idea for our U.P. golf trip started coming together last fall. A number of friends from work have made an annual excursion to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for several years, and as a golf enthusiast and writer I had heard about it often. When my friend, Nick, and I started putting together our …
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Sunday morning of our U.P. golf trip came early, and so did my departure to TimberStone at Iron Mountain. The area’s only five-star golf course, TimberStone is about a 50-minute drive from Harris and is on the way back to Wisconsin and what my friends considered to be the “Real world.” I parked in the …
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Saturday morning of our U.P. golf trip began with a delicious two dollar breakfast at the Firekeeper’s Lounge in The Island Resort and Casino. Our golf package included a plethora of coupons which could be used for one meal per day, a drink and five dollars in slot credits per day. After breakfast, Mitch and …
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You have probably seen Sweetgrass commercials on tv, and for good reason: A considerable portion of all of these courses’ clientele comes from Wisconsin, including the Milwaukee area. I met with Dave Douglas, the Director of Golf at Sweetgrass, and was impressed with his passion for the course and was excited to check out their …
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This coming Thursday, eleven friends and I will be embarking on one of my most anticipated golf trips of the season: The Upper Penninsula (U.P.) of Michigan. The U.P. is the geographically narrow, scenic penninsula that is bordered by Wisconsin, Michigan, southern Canada, and Lakes Michigan and Superior. This area is absolutely beautiful, and features …
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