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Counting Sheep: Bandon’s Sheep Ranch

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020

HARD BY THE SEA: Ocean seems to surround every hole at Sheep Ranch. Nos. 3 and 16 (above) share a tiered green

HARD BY THE SEA: Ocean seems to surround every hole at Sheep Ranch. Nos. 3 and 16 (above) share a tiered green — HARD BY THE SEA: Ocean seems to surround every hole at Sheep Ranch. Nos. 3 and 16 share a tiered green.

Sheep Ranch, another Coore-Crenshaw masterpiece, brings the number of 18-hole courses at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort to five.

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Wine and Wazzu in Walla Walla

April 30, 2020April 3, 2020

Wine Valley Golf Club in Walla Walla, Washington

Wine Valley Golf Club in Walla Walla, Washington — THE GRAPE NORTHWEST: At nearly 600 yards from the Cabernet flex tees, Wine Valley’s 10th boasts canyon-walled bunkers and enough wind to spin yon turbines. (Photograph courtesy of Wine Valley Golf Club)

Tasting notes from a golf trip to Eastern Washington.

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Year-Round Championship Golf Package at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

April 30, 2020January 24, 2020

The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess is a place where the sun is always shining.

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CasaBlanca Resort: The Ultimate Golf Getaway…Bet on It

April 30, 2020March 9, 2020

The Palms Golf Club near CasaBlanca Resort in Mesquite, Nevada

Stay at CasaBlanca Resort and play six courses within six minutes: The Palms, Falcon Ridge, Conestoga, Oasis Palmer, Oasis Canyons or the CasaBlanca Golf Club.

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Golf at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes & Spring Training Baseball

April 30, 2020February 18, 2020

A green complex at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes in Maricopa, Arizona

Lock in your Spring Training trip to Arizona with Top-100 golf and baseball tickets starting at $299 per person!

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End of the Robert Trent Jones Trail?

April 30, 2020February 6, 2020

A trio of waterfalls divides Ross Bridge’s ninth and 18th greens.

Having visited all 11 sites on Alabama’s groundbreaking Robert Trent Jones Trail, a golfer inventories the experience.

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Rio Grande Club: A Colorado of the Mind

April 30, 2020February 6, 2020

Alder Creek snakes stealthily through the 207-yard par-3 14th at Rio Grande Club.

Glorious golf, trophy trout and mountain highs make South Fork’s sequestered Rio Grande Club one of the state’s great escapes.

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Omni Tucson National Resort is Premier in Southern Arizona

April 30, 2020February 24, 2020

Catalina Course at the Omni Tucson National Resort

At Omni Tucson National Resort, you don’t have to choose between business and pleasure.

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Polishing the Pearl: Kapalua Plantation Course

April 30, 2020February 6, 2020

The par-3 11th at Kapalua Plantation Course

Revitalized by its creators, Kapalua’s celebrated Plantation Course shines once again.

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Coyote Springs Golf Club: A Jack Nicklaus Signature Experience

May 2, 2020January 23, 2020

Coyote Springs Golf Club in Nevada at sunrise

One of Jack’s finest desert creations, Coyote Springs Golf Club is an isolated golf sanctuary just minutes from glitzy Las Vegas.

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