The No. 4 course at Pinehurst Resort represents a mix of old and new, originally built in 1919 by Donald Ross and then redesigned by architect Tom Fazio in conjunction with the 1999 U.S. Open. It plays near the venerable No. 2 course at most points and the routing is still tight and very walkable with small distances from green to tee.
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TPC San Antonio's AT&T Oaks Course, designed by Greg Norman and player consultant Sergio Garcia, features narrow fairways and difficult green complexes, not to mention loads of large bunkers. The Oaks plays on gently rolling land, and there is less than 100 feet of difference between the high and low point of the course.
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The New Course at Grand Cypress Resort is Jack Nicklaus' tribute to the Old Course at St. Andrews, the birthplace of golf. While it's not a copy hole-for-hole, the feel of the golf course does indeed invoke the feel of the Old Course. Bring plenty of imagination and short-game skill, and you'll have a lot of fun.
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Thailand is southeast Asia's most popular golf destination for a variety of reasons. For starters, it's a country that has a rich history in golf and has over 300 courses, ranging from posh new resorts to government-built local clubs. Around 2 million Thais play golf themselves, so they know how to handle the game.
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Rock Hollow Golf Club is owned and operated by the Smith family, as in PGA Tour pro Chris Smith. This 6,944-yard Tim Liddy design is proof that a golf course doesn't need a fancy clubhouse or hoity-toity service to be one of the best in a golf-crazy state. This is the family business of a tight-knit family with deep roots in this tight-knit community.
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The Arthur Hills Course at Palmetto Dunes Resort, voted the best in South Carolina by course owners in 2009, is trademark Hills. There is very little sand on the course, making the hazards a little harder to pick out. Beware the swales, tight fairways and lots of water.
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The Robert Trent Jones course at Palmetto Dunes in Hilton Head makes great use of the resort's elaborate canal system to craft a watery course. Holes skip to and fro from No. 11 to 15. The golf course combines a lot of challenges - trees, bunkers, doglegs and ocean breezes - to create a round that is anything but boring.
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Considered one of master architect Stanley Thompson's finest works, the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Course has one of the best natural settings and hole-by-hole designs anywhere in the world.
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France's Rhone-Alps region is one of 33 regions in the country and the second most golf rich. Located in France's southeast, it's made up of the lowlands and river bed of the Rhone, as well as the French Alps, anchored by Grenoble, home to Robert Trent Jones Jr.'s Grenoble International Golf Club.
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Even Hilton Head National Golf Club can't stop progress, and that progress, a new road, is going to take three holes of its Gary Player-designed course, leaving it with a hybrid of Player and Bobby Weed-designed holes. It's a public golf course, pure and simple. No housing development, no memberships, just 18 holes of enjoyable golf.
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