The Best Golf Resorts In The United States Tee Off Drive

Some of the top golf resorts in the U.S. are public and private courses. Plan your next golf getaway you will want to discover new lush greens each month. Depending on your game and the type of course you like to play, it will take some time to develop a list that you personally will enjoy.

After some careful research it became apparent that the top list of U.S. golf courses change and are constantly being updated. So you may find that you can add or take away from this list but it will be a start for those looking for a comparison.

It takes many factors and considerations to develop a list of the best golf resorts, so you will be able to find the right golf course for you by state from many golf magazines, such as golf digest, golf illustrated magazine, the golfer, golfweek, golf world, and links magazine,

The Best Golf Resorts include:

• The Bethpage State Park Golf Course in Farmingdale, NY
• The Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon, NJ
• The Jefferson Park Golf Course in Seattle, WA
• The Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, GA
• The Cypress Point Club in Pebble Beach, CA
• The Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, CA
• The Liberty National in Jersey City, NJ
• The Leo J. Martin Memorial Golf Course in Weston, MA
• The Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, NC
• The Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas, NV

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In our top spot the Bethpage State Park is a 1,476-acre New York state park on the border of Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island which contains tennis courts, picnic and recreational areas and a polo field, but is best known for its five golf courses, including the Bethpage Black Course, which hosted the 2002 and 2009 U.S. Open Golf Championships.

In the second slot the Pine Valley Golf Club is a golf course in Pine Valley, Camden County, in southern New Jersey was ranked the number one course in Golf Magazine's 100 Top Courses in the U.S. and the World in 2009.

Not far behind the Jefferson Park is a 52.4 acre public park and golf course on top of Beacon Hill in Seattle, Washington, bounded on the east by 24th Avenue S. and 24th Place S., on the west by 15th Avenue S., on the north by S. Spokane Street, and on the south by Cheasty Boulevard S.

When it comes to the Augusta National Golf Club, it is located in Augusta, Georgia, and is a famous golf club. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts and designed by Alister MacKenzie on the site of a former Indigo plantation, the club opened for play in January 1933. As you are probably aware since 1934, it has played host to the annual Masters Tournament, one of the four major championships in professional golf. Currently it is ranked the number one course in Golf Digest's list of America's 100 greatest courses.

Making the top five spot in our list the Cypress Point Club is a private golf club in California, ranked second on Golf Magazine's 2007 List of The Top 100 Golf Courses in the World. So this club has a single eighteen hole course, one of eight on the Monterey peninsula near Monterey, California. Also the course is well known around the world for its series of three holes that play along the Pacific Ocean, Interestingly the golf course itself was designed by noted golf course designer Alister MacKenzie in 1928, with the well known entertainer and golf enthusiast Bob Hope, as a member of the club for over 40 years.

It has been reported that Pebble Beach Golf Links is a golf course located in Pebble Beach, California, on the west coast of the United State, and is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful courses in the world in 2001 it became the first public course that is open to the general public and was selected as the No.1 Golf Course in America by Golf Digest. Some of the greens fees are among the highest in the world, at $495 plus $35 cart fee for non-resort guests per round. You will be happy to know that the course is included in many golf video games, such as the Links series and the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series.

As for the Liberty National Golf Club it is a country club in Jersey City, New Jersey with a 7,346 yard course designed by Robert E. Cupp and Tom Kite. Surprisingly the club cost over $250 million to build, making it one of the most expensive golf courses in history. How this happened is that the designers added an on-site heliport, yacht services, a spa and a restaurant. So the membership initiation fees are $500,000. Many say that Liberty National is a unique course because of its proximity to both the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan, as well as the fact it was built on a former landfill.

For those interested in the Leo J. Martin Memorial Golf Course it is an 18-hole regulation length golf course in Weston, Massachusetts and it offers 6,320 yards of golf for a par of 72. It has been reported that the course was designed by Donald J. Ross, ASGCA and opened in 1930. The municipal golf course has a Open To Public guest policy and is managed by Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Conservation and Recreation.

This next golf course is named the Quail Hollow Club and it is a country club and golf course located in the Quail Hollow neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. It is a private member club, founded by James J. Harris in 1959.Also the club hosted the Kemper Open from 1969 through 1979, the PaineWebber Invitational from 1983 through 1989, and has hosted the Wachovia Championship since it debuted in 2003.

Last on our list is the Wynn Las Vegas this super luxury resort and casino is located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, and has earned AAA five diamond, Mobil five-star, Forbes five-star, and Michelin five-star ratings. So as you can imagine it is considered to be one of the finest hotels in the world. Notably the site was assembled by buying the Desert Inn Hotel and golf course for most of the land. So the buyout included the redesigning of the historic golf course, which was renamed the Wynn Golf Club. To make it more grand the remainder of the property was acquired by purchasing private residences that were located along Paradise Avenue which lead to the site acquiring 215 acres.