Legacy Golf Links,
near Pinehurst, N.C., is one of those golf
courses that mixes playability, conditioning
and aesthetics into a nearly perfect
cocktail. It beckons to the average golfer,
whispers in your ear, tells you it's okay if
you're a little erratic today. Don't worry
about it. Come on in. It's warm inside.
"This is one of the most popular courses
around here because it's the friendliest,"
said member Peter Munster.
Long Bay Club is
one of the best, most challenging rounds of
golf you can hope to have during a Myrtle
Beach golf vacation. That's a good thing.
The care put in here in the course's
conditioning and layout sets it apart from
the pack, and thus it should easily find a
place in even the most conservative
itinerary.
In Myrtle Beach,
multiple-course facilities offer duffers a
chance to play great, diverse golf courses.
Myrtle Beach National is one of the best on
the Grand Strand, boasting three Arnold
Palmer designs: King's North, South Creek
and the West Course.
Many LPGA and PGA
Tour-host golf courses are all hype. Not so
at Pete Dye's Bulle Rock in Havre de Grace.
The LPGA Championship host is a superb golf
course by any measure, maybe the finest in
all of Maryland.
With more than 100
golf courses, Myrtle Beach is an outstanding
golf destination. There are also several
multi-course facilities there, including
Barefoot Resort & Golf, boasting courses
crafted by Tom Fazio, Davis Love III, Pete
Dye and Greg Norman.
Just a two-hour
drive from Washington, D.C., Baltimore and
Pittsburgh, sits a golf retreat seemingly
another world away from the big city hubbub:
Rocky Gap Lodge & Resort in western
Maryland.
The drive to
Legend Oaks Golf Club takes quite a while
out of Charleston, down lonesome country
roads kept cool and shady by overhanging
oaks. The course benefits from the change in
contours, though it could hardly be called
hilly. Still, there's enough there to set it
apart from coastal courses.
One of the reasons
Shem Creek Inn is one of the more popular
places to stay in the Charleston area is its
location. The inn overlooks the creek of the
same name, but its street address ? on
Shrimpboat Lane ? tells the real story.
Guests can watch the shrimp boats heading
out to Charleston Harbor, while lounging
around with a cup of still-steaming coffee
on the pool deck.
The Links at Stono
Ferry isn't so much a day on the golf course
as it is a history lesson, though the golf
is pretty good. This is the sort of history
you expect to find when golfing in
Charleston, S.C. and you get it at Stono
Ferry.
