A charming city of 3.2 million built on a coastal plain at the top of Port Phillip Bay in southeastern Australia, Melbourne has no peer on any continent as a golf mecca. Wherever you play, you'll marvel at the way that all of Melbourne's courses seem to flow from their environs as if designed by a higher power. In our final part of the series, we head to the Australian state of Queensland, an outdoorsman's paradise and a natural stomping ground for top athletes like Norman and Webb. Almost three times the size of Texas, Queensland is Australia's second-largest state. Think of this week as an appetizer. In the weeks and months ahead, we'll bring you course reviews and features from throughout the continent.

TravelGolf.com: The Taylor Made 300 Series

Senior writer Jeffrey A. Rendall begins his review of the Taylor Made 300 Series with the well-known golf axiom, "Drive for show, putt for dough." Fortunately, he's found just the driver to prove the axiom correct. "I tested the TM 320 Driver in three categories-distance, accuracy and workability. It passed each test with flying colors," Rendall writes. "For distance, the TM 320 rates the best I've ever hit." While the club head is a little larger than what he's used to, after hitting it a few times the increased size led to increased confidence-and hence, longer drives. Rendall also gives the TM Series high marks for accuracy, where he noticed the largest deviation from his previous driver. Suffice to say, the club helped keep him out of the woods for nearly the entire day.

GolfTexas.com: On the Road in Texas

Today, Texans and visitors from all over the world converge on the Hill Country and San Antonio in the spring to enjoy the world-class golf opportunities. In this week's spotlight feature story, join senior writer David R. Holland as he begins his spring pilgrimage through the Lone Star state. From Texas golf history to places to stay, Holland has the ultimate travel guide for your trip to the Alamo City. As Holland points out, San Antonio has quietly become a top golf destination. "What San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country has that attracted so many Texas golf greats is beautiful winter weather. March in San Antonio means 70-degree days," writes Holland, who adds that eight million annually visit the Alamo City. In the last 10 years new golf courses and resorts have been popping up around San Antonio like those wildflowers of spring, and after reading this week's feature, it's easy to understand why.

GolfFlorida.com: Plantation Inn and Golf Resort

If you're looking for a place to spend some quality time golfing, plus tennis, scuba diving and snorkeling, staff writer Joe Bruno says you can't do much better than traveling to the Plantation Inn and Golf Resort in Citrus County, Florida. The golf course has an 18-hole Championship Course and a 9-hole Executive Course called "The Lagoon", and there's plenty to do at the resort after your round. "If you like to play tennis between your rounds of golf," writes Bruno, "the Plantation Inn has an all-weather lighted tennis courts, where you can play in broad daylight or underneath the stars at night." And for diving fanatics, the sparkling clear waters of the Crystal River, adjacent to the back of the Plantation Inn, provides access to the very best dive sites in the area. As Bruno writes, the only bad thing about the Plantation Inn and Golf Resort is that eventually you have to leave.

GolfArizona.com: A Bit of Scotland in Tucson

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Think you need to go across the pond to play links-style golf? According to senior writer Scott Behmer, that's not the case. Just drive over to The Links at Continental Ranch, where you'll find Scottish golf in Arizona weather. Opened in December 1997, The Links at Continental Ranch is Southern Arizona's only links-style golf course. "With the requisite wide, rolling fairways, natural high grass, strategically placed pot bunkers, and undulating greens, you'd think you're in Scotland, except perhaps, for the weather," Behmer writes. "The Links is one of the Old Pueblo's most creative layouts, offering a variety of unique shot-making challenges while providing a fun test of golf." Be sure to catch Behmer's notes on the Links' signature hole, the straightaway, 422-yard par 4 No. 13.

From the Rough

	Mission Inn

In case you missed last week's report, be sure to catch OrlandoGolf.com staff writer Elaine Gallant 'review of the Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort, home to two 18-hole, championship golf courses and much more. The resort, nestled in an expansive, hilly countryside of pine, oak and cypress tree hammocks, actually captures the seclusion of a 625-acre, private estate. As Gallant writes, "Because of its surroundings and attention to detail, Mission Inn has received numerous awards including the Mobil Four-Star Resort award 17 years in a row." The resort has countless amenities, and the golf features the venerable El Campeon (built in 1926 by Charles E. Clarke of Troon, Scotland) and the more forgiving Las Colinas, added in 1992 by former PGA Tour player Gary Koch. Come prepared for a complete golf experience.

	Stoneybrook West

Also in Orlando, staff writer Derek Duncan looks at the two courses at the Stoneybrook Golf Club. Bracketing one of the strongest golf markets in the state, the two Stoneybrook courses offer very different styles of golf. In his review of the Stoneybrook West Golf Club in Winter Garden, staff writer Derek Duncan says the Arthur Hills-design is a desert-style course on the type of open, agricultural site common to the Midwest. While Stoneybrook West opened just last November, the Stoneybrook East course opened three years ago, and both courses offer a true challenge for Orlando-area golfers.

As always, if you disagree with our reviewers on a certain course or just want to sound off about the latest from the PGA Tour, be sure to visit the TravelGolf.com forum, a series of message boards where visitors can write about everything from the Myrtle Beach golf scene to new equipment. There's also a free classifieds section where golfers can advertise that old set of clubs they've been meaning to sell for years. And if you haven't checked it out already, be sure to visit the new TravelGolf.com Pro Shop, a joint venture with The Golf Warehouse. With all of this at TravelGolf.com, there's no need to go anywhere else on the Web.

Until next week….happy golfing!