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This new course in Ocala, Florida provides a test for players of all skill levels. Be aware of the 15th hole. This short, tricky hole requires a precise tee shot to allow for an approach shot to the green. Although it provides a challenge from the tips, beginner players will find it to be very friendly.

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Atlantis is the ultimate fantasy course for lovers of seaside golf. Designed by aboutGolf’s imaginative course developers to take full advantage of the aboutGolf Simulator technology, Atlantis is a collection of fantasy holes stretching across a series of islands in the middle of the ocean. This course is a delight to view and fun to play.

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When it comes to great lakeside golf, it doesn’t get any better than The Links at Bay Harbor Golf Club. This nine-hole Arthur Hills masterpiece is reminiscent of great Irish seaside courses, sprawling along the shores of Lake Michigan offering a setting and scenery found only a handful of places around the world. Miles of shoreline form a backdrop of incomparable beauty, accented with towering bluffs and dunes. The Links is a stunning achievement in the sport of golf, and offers an experience that you’ll never forget. The Quarry is already on the short list of the world’s most unique. This unique Arthur Hills nine-hole design winds its way around and through an immense shale quarry, complete with 40-foot gorges surrounded by stone cliffs, natural ponds and a gentle waterfall. It finishes with dramatic flair down to and along the shores of Lake Michigan with some of the most picturesque finishing holes that you’ll find anywhere.

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When it comes to great lakeside golf, it doesn’t get any better than The Links at Bay Harbor Golf Club. This 9-hole Arthur Hills masterpiece is reminiscent of great Irish seaside courses, sprawling along the shores of Lake Michigan offering a setting and scenery found only a handful of places around the world. Miles of shoreline form a backdrop of incomparable beauty, accented with towering bluffs and dunes. The Preserve is made up of hardwoods, thriving grasses, blooming wildflowers and wetlands – all within walking distance of Lake Michigan.

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The Donald Ross Memorial is, in essence, a “greatest hits” compilation – selecting from some of the designer’s best-known holes from the most renowned courses in his portfolio to create an unforgettable golf course. In an effort to ensure authenticity, yardage for most of the replica holes – and elevation changes from tees to greens – is identical to the original. And while fairway roll and contours may differ slightly, the course looks, plays and feels like a pure Donald Ross design, providing a demanding test that rewards fine play. The results made the effort worthwhile. In a single round of golf on the Donald Ross Memorial, players can experience the history and heritage of 3 Ryder Cups, 8 U.S. Amateurs, 11 PGA Championships, and 14 U.S. Opens.

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Located in the city of Huzhou, about 3 hours from Shanghai, Huzhou Hot Spring is the #1 rated golf course in China. It is also the most exclusive golf course in China, with a membership fee of $200,000. Huzhou Hot Spring is a beautiful course graced by mountain terrain, a reservoir, old growth trees, and beautiful clear blue sky untouched by smog.

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Nestled in the foothills of Slavkovsky les, Kynzvart Golf Club is part of the historic chateau and park that belonged to Chancellor Metternich from 1821 to 1831. The golf course has a classic parkland layout that was designed to blend seamlessly with the beautiful surroundings. Mature trees frame many of the holes and water hazards come into play often. Beautiful views can be enjoyed throughout the golf course but the 9th hole has arguably the best scenery. From this hole, golfers get a view of the beautiful Renaissance castle that was built for Prince Metternich. The green is situated in front of the garden of the castle.

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Located in the Nine Dragons Hill National Park, Nine Dragons Hill Admirals Golf Club is a Ron Carl design featuring 3 distinct nines. The Seaview Nine sits 150 meters above the Ocean and provides a stunning view over the entire Nine Dragons Hill Resort.

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Nine dragons, named for the nine hills shaped like the backs of nine dragons, is located 1 hour outside of Shanghai. The course’s layout makes it the most dramatic championship course in all of China. This course features the Manor View Nine, which rolls thru the scenery of lakes and forest with some trees being over 300 years old, and The Canyon View Nine, which is carved out of an old quarry where you will play thru lakes, canyons and waterfalls. The feature hole is the island green 4th sitting in the center of the large man-made lake created by the quarry.

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Raymond Floyd has created something positively unique. Superb tee and water hazard placement make the beautiful Old Palm golf course perfect for all levels of play. The experience is one that draws repeat visits from touring pros yet offers a superlatively satisfying and enjoyable round to players with a double-digit handicap. By this measure, Old Palm Golf Club’s signature Palm Beach golf course is one-of-a-kind. The most unique part of the Old Palm course is Hole 19 (yes, 19…). This “extra” hole is a challenging post-round hole and is perfect for settling wagers!

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Not just the greatest meeting of land and sea in American golf, but the most extensive as well, with nine holes perched immediately above the crashing Pacific surf (4-10, 17 and 18). Pebble’s 6th through 8th are golf’s real Amen Corner, with a few Hail Mary’s thrown in over the ocean cove on 8 from atop a 75-foot-high bluff. Pebble was voted the Most Fun Public Course in September 2014, and it’s become one of the most popular major championship venues of all time. It will host another U.S. Amateur in 2018, and the very next year it will host its sixth U.S. Open.

Shady Dunes

Location: Custom Course
Architect: aboutGolf

A fairly flat course, lined with towering bald cypress and live oaks. There are expansive, forgiving fairways, but little room for error outside of that—you will find yourself hitting out of the many large sand traps more times than you would like.

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“The Home of Golf” at St. Andrews is the only venue in Britain that can lay claim to having seven courses in its portfolio and the Jubilee, the third oldest course at St Andrews, is perhaps the most underrated of them all. The Jubilee plays on a narrow strip of links land, wedged between the New Course and St. Andrews Bay. Some of the holes thread their way through low sand dunes. It’s a much more “normal” layout than the Old and the New. The Jubilee has no double greens or shared fairways, but it does play in the same out­and­back fashion. The Jubilee’s raised tees provide unparalleled views across St. Andrews Bay to the east and the fluttering flags on the other St. Andrews courses to the west.

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Opened in April 1895, the course was built in response to increasing demand for golf at St. Andrews, both from locals and from the visitors who were flocking to the town in increasing numbers on the recently constructed railway. The result is a classic links course, which uses the natural features of the land to create a first class golfing challenge. The course has the traditional out­and­back layout, with the 18th green just to the right of the 1st tee. It also has, in the great St. Andrews tradition, shared fairways and even a double green at the 3rd and 15th holes. It has frequently been said that if the New Course were not situated next to the Old, then its star would have shone with a far greater degree of brilliance.

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The Old Course St. Andrews is surely the Mecca of the golfing world. Golf has been played here for over six centuries on a course that wasn’t architect-designed, but rather has evolved over time out of the natural terrain. Starting and finishing in the town, it is renowned for its huge double greens meaning that a golfer may face a 100-yard putt, compact shared fairways, and massive bunkers (of which there are 112). The 17th hole is often voted the toughest par 4 in golf, with the tee shot having to cut over part of the famous hotel, whilst the Road Hole bunker and the road itself await any loose shot into the green. A definite on any visiting golfer’s itinerary, this famous course has hosted the Open Championship on 28 occasions, with the most recent being in 2010; the next is set to be in 2015.

Location: Custom Course

Architect:  aboutGolf

Sun Ridge is an interesting desert course that definitely offers a challenge. Unique for a desert course, Sun Ridge is moderately hilly. The mountain background offers striking vistas and coyotes howling makes you feel like you are really in the desert.

Location: La Romana, Dominican Republic

Architect:  Pete Dye

Ranked as the number one course in the Caribbean and 43rd in the top 100 courses worldwide by Golf Magazine, the classic course attracts the best professional and amateur golfers in the world.  The course features 7 holes on the ocean’s edge with outcropped peninsula tees and greens.  The course gets its name from the signature #5 par 3 which resembles a dog’s mouth from above.  Tricky shots such as a devilish dogleg and signature Dye obstacles captivate the world ́s best.

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Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. in 1966, The Heather was the first BOYNE golf course and its challenge is absolutely timeless. The course is widely considered to be one of the finest championship courses in the nation. Today, The Heather spans 7,118 yards of temptation, drama and mystique. A championship caliber player will find a sound test for every facet of their game; yet the course is consistently recognized as one of the friendliest for women and senior golfers. The Heather continues to receive praise and recognition year after year, and has been ranked as one of the “Top 100 Courses You Can Play” by Golf Magazine, and “50 Best Courses for Women” by Golf for Women. Wildlife abounds as you traverse over rolling fairways, natural wetlands, tour white sand bunkers, and blueberry bogs.

Location: Custom Course

Architect:  aboutGolf

The Hollow Grounds is an enjoyable course for any level golfer, with large fairways and lots of room to make mistakes. A rolling links-style course, its wide open appearance can still prove difficult. Tall grasses line the fairways (sometimes splitting it) and surround the greens and deep sand traps are in “all the wrong places.” Large marsh/water hazards will also tempt you to go for it, when it may be wiser to play it safe.

Location: La Romana, Dominican Republic

Architect:  Pete Dye

The Links course has a moderately hilly track with tall Bahia and Guinea grass roughs as well as plenty of sand traps to keep you on your toes. Thought by some to be reminiscent of traditional British and Scottish courses, there are several lagoons and even lakes with wading birds. There are five holes where water comes into play on this course making it a challenge unto itself.

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Links is an old Scottish word for sandy wasteland, usually near the sea, with bristly grasses and ever prevailing wind. The Links at Spanish Bay are so authentic that even the Monterey coastline mirrors the rugged, natural beauty of Scotland. Here, the golf course provides you with the choice of using your regular shot or a low, running shot to play the firm turf while keeping the ball under the steady ocean breezes. Every evening, a bagpiper closes the course in Scottish tradition.

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Beautiful Myrtle Beach, SC is home to 118 well groomed golf courses. Our Myrtle Beach tour is a selection of 18 of the most memorable holes from the area, from courses such as Oyster Bay Links, Pine Lake Golf Club, and Myrtle Woods Golf Club.

This course is a selection of nine beautiful par-3 holes. Don’t let the name fool you though, distance might not be an issue, but accuracy surely will be.  This custom course offers players a chance to work on their short game; a skill golfers of all abilities can work on.

Location: Texas

Architect:  Various

The Texas Golf Tour presents a collection of 18 great holes in the great State of Texas. This course consists of signature holes that include the 7th at Jack Nicklaus’ Hills of Lakeway with its spectacular waterfall, as well as holes from Champions, site of the 1967 Ryder Cup, and Barton Hills designed by the great Tom Fazio.  The Texas Tour is another shot-maker’s course with very narrow fairways and small undulating greens. This is truly a Texas sized golf course.

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Named by Golf Digest the “No. 4 Best Upscale Public Golf Course” when it debuted in 2004, TPC Louisiana’s championship layout was crafted by world renowned golf course architect Pete Dye, with PGA TOUR players Steve Elkington and New Orleans native Kelly Gibson serving as player consultants. Situated on 250 acres across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, the course features gently rolling hills; numerous wetlands areas; stately stands of cypress and oak trees; and four sets of tees on each hole, providing golfers of all skill levels with a picturesque, enjoyable challenge.

TPC Louisiana Hole 14

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TPC’s stadium concept was that of then-PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman (although the old wooden bench seats have long since been removed from the spectator mounds to make room for exclusive air-conditioned skyboxes!!!). The architecture was pure Pete Dye, who set out to test the world’s best golfers by mixing demands of precision with target golf. On some holes, he requires a fade off the tee and a draw into the green. On others, it’s just the opposite. Most greens are ringed by random lumps, bumps and hollows, what Dye calls his “grenade attack architecture.” His ultimate target hole is the sink-or-swim island green 17th, which offers no bailout, perhaps unfairly in windy Atlantic coast conditions. It’s a heart-pounding shot, even for the very best. Dye’s 17th has spawned over a hundred imitations in the past 30 years. Thankfully, most of them offer a lot more grass to shoot at!

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Home of the largest-attended tournament in the world, the fan-favorite Waste Management Phoenix Open, TPC Scottsdale is a masterful blend of challenge and playability – compelling the sport’s top players and recreational golfers alike. Rivaling its famous sister course in both beauty and playability, the Randy Heckenkemper-designed Champions Course offers an ideal desert golf experience. Built on the former site of TPC Scottsdale’s Desert Course, the layout was completely revamped in 2007 to flow seamlessly within the naturally rugged terrain, meandering between natural ravines and through picturesque foothills.

Location: Naples, Florida

Architect:  aboutGolf

The championship course meanders across terraced hillsides with watercourses slowly spilling into narrow finger-lakes and channels.  The front nine resembles open and rolling parkland with widely scattered. The back nine is distinctly representative of Italy’s rural farmland, providing a strong contrast to the earlier parkland holes. A picturesque farm-like landscape of olive groves and flowering orchards helps create the look and feel of Tuscany.

Location: North Venice, FL

Architect:  Chip Powell

Designed by renowned golf course architect Chip Powell, Venetian’s design pays homage to the early masters of golf architecture by presenting players with an abundance of strategic options that test both the mental and physical sides of the wonderful game of golf.  This masterpiece features generous fairways framed with natural-looking mounds, strategically located bunkers and an abundance of grass hollows.  Hazards are configured in a manner to make forced carries optional.

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Located near Bradenton, Florida, Waterlefe’s unrivaled natural setting along the Manatee River is composed of a collection of signature golf holes designed by course architect Ted McAnlis. The competitive layout presents a challenge for golfers of all skill levels. There are five sets of tees ranging in length from 4,700 to 6,978 yards. Features include five unforgettable holes that touch and border the scenic Manatee River. If you like swimming, this golf course is for you. If you hit your golf ball all over the course, you are going to wish you packed your scuba gear. There is plenty of water on each hole, along with narrow fairways and rolling greens.