Bringing the Payne

Payne's Valley
Payne's Valley
HONOR GUARD: Tiger Woods designed Payne’s Valley, his first public course, to honor PGA TOUR great Payne Stewart. Woods wanted the 7,370-yard course to be mentally challenging but also player-friendly. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF BIG CEDAR LODGE

With Payne’s Valley, Tiger Woods’ first public course, Branson has truly arrived as a golf destination.

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Counting Sheep: Bandon’s Sheep Ranch

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

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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