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28 destinations and counting—filter by region, state, trip type, budget and season.
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28 destinations
▦ Bandon Dunes
1
Oregon Coast
Bandon Dunes
7 courses
$$$ · May–Oct
Remote links resort on bluffs above the Pacific—five walking-only courses.
Buddies
Luxury
Couples
▦ Bethpage State Park
2
Long Island
Bethpage State Park
1 course
$$ · May–Oct
Five state-park courses topped by the Black—Tillinghast's walking-only brute that hosts majors and still charges muni rates.
Buddies
▦ Cabot Bordeaux
3
Médoc
Cabot Bordeaux
2 courses
$$ · Apr–Oct
Two championship courses amid the vineyards of the Médoc—Bill Coore's Châteaux and Rod Whitman's Vignes, with Bordeaux's wine route out the back gate.
▦ Cabot Cape Breton
4
Cape Breton Island
Cabot Cape Breton
3 courses
$$$ · Jun–Oct
True seaside links on the Gulf of St. Lawrence—Cabot Links and Cabot Cliffs put tiny Inverness, Nova Scotia on every golfer's map.
▦ Cabot Citrus Farms
5
Florida Nature Coast
Cabot Citrus Farms
4 courses
$$$ · Jan–Dec
Cabot's Florida outpost—rolling sand ridges an hour north of Tampa, with two full courses and two short courses built for winter escapes.
▦ Cabot Highlands
6
Moray Firth
Cabot Highlands
2 courses
$$$ · May–Sep
Castle Stuart's fabled firth-side links, now joined by Tom Doak's Old Petty—Highland golf minutes from Inverness.
Opening 2027
▦ Cabot Revelstoke
7
Columbia Mountains
Cabot Revelstoke
Coming soon
$$$ · Jun–Sep
Cabot Pacific—a Whitman, Axland & Cutten design on a mountain bench above Revelstoke, opening 2027.
▦ Cabot Saint Lucia
8
Cap Estate
Cabot Saint Lucia
1 course
$$$$ · Jan–Dec
Point Hardy Golf Club—Coore & Crenshaw's cliff-top stunner on Saint Lucia's northern tip, where half the holes touch the Atlantic.
▦ Carolina Sandhills
9
North Carolina Sandhills
Carolina Sandhills
2 courses
$$ · Mar–Nov
Strantz country beyond Pinehurst—Tobacco Road's blind dunes and Tot Hill Farm's rock-and-creek fever dream.
Buddies
▦ Central Oregon (Bend)
10
Central Oregon
Central Oregon (Bend)
1 course
$$ · Jun–Sep
High-desert golf hub near Bend—an easy Oregon add-on.
Buddies
▦ Chambers Bay
11
Puget Sound
Chambers Bay
1 course
$$$ · Jan–Dec
County-owned links and 2015 U.S. Open host on Puget Sound.
Luxury
▦ Destination Kohler
12
Sheboygan
Destination Kohler
5 courses
$$$$ · May–Oct
Pete Dye's Whistling Straits—two miles of man-made Lake Michigan links with three PGAs and a Ryder Cup on the wall.
Luxury
▦ Erin Hills
13
Kettle Moraine
Erin Hills
1 course
$$$ · May–Oct
The 2017 US Open host—heaving glacial fescue land northwest of Milwaukee, walking only, caddies worth every penny.
Buddies
Luxury
▦ Gamble Sands
14
North Central Washington
Gamble Sands
3 courses
$$$ · Apr–Oct
David McLay Kidd links above the Columbia River—wide, joyful golf.
Couples
Buddies
Luxury
▦ Kitsap Peninsula
15
Puget Sound
Kitsap Peninsula
2 courses
$ · Jan–Dec
Gold Mountain's Olympic Course—Washington's best muni, carved through Puget Sound firs a ferry ride from Seattle.
Buddies
▦ Las Vegas
16
Las Vegas Valley
Las Vegas
2 courses
$$$ · Mar–Nov
Big desert golf on the edge of Sin City—Cascata's canyon spectacle and Serket's Rees Jones test, both minutes from the Strip.
▦ Lofoten Links
17
Lofoten Islands
Lofoten Links
1 course
$$$ · Jun–Aug
Links golf above the Arctic Circle—oceanside holes among the rocks and, in high summer, tee times around the clock under the midnight sun.
▦ Mississippi Gulf Coast
18
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Mississippi Gulf Coast
1 course
$ · Mar–Nov
Jack Nicklaus's Grand Bear, carved through the pines of the De Soto National Forest—big-name golf at casino-trip prices.
▦ Pawleys Island
19
Hammock Coast
Pawleys Island
2 courses
$$ · Jan–Dec
Caledonia and True Blue—Mike Strantz's lowcountry pair across the road from each other at the quiet end of the Grand Strand.
Couples
Buddies
▦ Pebble Beach Resorts
20
Monterey Peninsula
Pebble Beach Resorts
4 courses
$$$$ · Apr–Oct
The pilgrimage—Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill and the 17-Mile Drive, where American resort golf was invented.
▦ Pinehurst Resort
21
North Carolina Sandhills
Pinehurst Resort
11 courses
$$$ · Mar–Nov
The cradle of American golf—eleven courses (and counting) in the Carolina sandhills, anchored by Donald Ross's No. 2.
▦ Rodeo Dunes
22
Colorado High Plains
Rodeo Dunes
1 course
$$$ · May–Oct
Dream Golf's next act—Coore & Crenshaw routing 90-foot dunes on Colorado's eastern plains, with public play from May 2027.
▦ San Diego
23
La Jolla
San Diego
1 course
$$$ · Jan–Dec
Torrey Pines—36 municipal holes on the bluffs above the Pacific, with US Open pedigree and hang gliders overhead.
Buddies
▦ Sand Valley
24
Central Wisconsin
Sand Valley
6 courses
$$$ · May–Oct
A sand-based dunes destination in central Wisconsin, with several distinct courses across one property.
▦ Southern Indiana
25
Ohio River Valley
Southern Indiana
1 course
$ · Apr–Oct
Chariot Run in Laconia—a polished, inclusive-priced parkland test tied to Caesars Southern Indiana, an easy add to a Louisville trip.
▦ Streamsong
26
Central Florida
Streamsong
4 courses
$$$ · Jan–Dec
Modern golf's boldest trio—soon five—rising out of old phosphate-mine dunes an hour and a half from Tampa.
Buddies
Luxury
▦ Wild Spring Dunes
27
East Texas Pineywoods
Wild Spring Dunes
1 course
$$ · Mar–Nov
Tom Doak's walk in the East Texas pines—Dream Golf's sandy, rumpled newcomer opens to the public September 2026.
▦ Williamsburg
28
Historic Triangle
Williamsburg
2 courses
$ · Apr–Oct
Strantz's Irish twins—Royal New Kent's transplanted links and Stonehouse's ravine ride—minutes from Colonial Williamsburg.
Buddies
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