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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Experience the Garden Isle of Golf

Princeville Makai in Kauai

Ocean Course at Hokuala in Kauai

Why Kauai Golf? Kauai offers some of the most visually stunning courses in the world, from golf holes that skirt cliffside oceanscapes to ones inland that are nestled within tropical landscapes which served as the set for Jurassic Park, Kauai Golf will create memories to last a lifetime. The courses are designed by the best (Jack Nicklaus, Robert Trent Jones Jr, Robin Nelson and more), and offer a varied strata of pricing options to fit the budgets of any golfer. Whether you are playing Makai (towards the ocean), or playing Mauka (towards the mountains)…Kauai will deliver amazing views, exceptional golf and warm Aloha that will keep you coming back for more.

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