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Sarasota: Where golf and culture combine for the ideal couples vacation

Encompassing places like Longboat Key, Lido Key and Siesta Key, the Sarasota area is an engaging blend of excellent golf courses, white sand beaches and some of Florida's most significant cultural attractions. Following a round of golf, there are numerous options to visit museums, attend live theater, dance and musical performances and browse art galleries, Ed Schmidt writes. Read More

Choice golf: Double down at these Las Vegas venues

Many golf facilities in Las Vegas offer at least two 18-hole courses. Some, like Revere Golf Club, complement one another. Others, like Angel Park Golf Club, offer great variety. Mike Bailey takes a closer look at the best multi-course facilities in Las Vegas, including Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort, Primm Valley, Sun City Summerlin and Badlands.

Beyond the Old: Ballybunion one of Ireland's most complete facilities

Attracting more Americans than any other Irish golf club, Ballybunion has mastered the art of making overseas visitors feel welcome and providing them with first-class facilities. And the club has accomplished this without sacrificing any of the charm, warmth and friendliness that makes golfing in Ireland such a treat. But what puts Ballybunion right on the top of most discerning golfer's wish list are the two spectacular courses, the Old and the Cashen.

Seven things to know about golf in San Diego

With an ideal climate and ocean-drowned sunsets that rival any in California, the San Diego area is, well, about as perfect an area as there ever was. The food, the people and the diversity of landscape across not just the region, but its golf courses, keep visitors coming back and the locals staying put. Here are seven reasons why San Diego continues to attract golfers from near and far.

Ten scenic golf courses around Washington D.C.

Ask 10 local players the most scenic golf courses in the Washington, D.C., area, and you're likely to get 10 different answers. In a diverse city, the public golf options are appropriately varied. There are majestic mountain courses and others set on the banks of rivers or the Chesapeake Bay. Here are 10 to consider, with an emphasis on selecting courses from a variety of locales, natural settings and price ranges.

Palmetto Golf Club in Miami: A place for golfers to call home

Nobody will confuse Palmetto Golf Club with the Blue Monster or even Crandon Park. But what you do get at Palmetto is a sense of welcome and belonging. It continues throughout the course and into the grill, where they make a heck of a burger or Mahi-Mahi sandwich and freely discuss the coaching moves, trades and happenings in the world of sports. In between, there's 18 holes of golf; the majority of which are good tests with water features, forced carries and a number of large, white-sand bunkers.

West side story: A tale of great value just outside Phoenix-Scottsdale

When sizing up golfing locales in the Phoenix metropolitan area, west will never be considered best. That doesn't mean there's no reason to find out what's on the other side of I-17. The West Valley can't compete in terms of quantity, but courses such as Golf Club of Estrella, Quintero, Raven at Verrado and Trilogy at Vistancia stack up with what's being offered across town. If you're building a golf trip on a budget, your buck will go a lot further "way out west."

Naturally, you must play golf on Florida's Nature Coast

Do you want to incorporate some hiking, boating, fishing and wildlife viewing in your next Florida golf experience? Head to the Nature Coast, the aptly named, less-traveled region on the upper western coast of the state brimming with almost 400 freshwater springs, dense hardwood forests, marshlands, rolling hills and pristine Gulf of Mexico waters. For golfers, the menu includes layouts designed by top architects in a variety of resort, daily-fee and residential community settings.

Roll the dice: A Las Vegas vacation is not complete without golf

The Rat Pack and Elvis are but distant memories. But you won't forget a visit to the city that is forever changing. Las Vegas' desert heat bakes today's irrigated golf courses in summer, when fees take a dip lower, but the game can be played all year. Here are some Las Vegas golf courses you might consider.

Four golf courses in the Palm Springs area that you might have missed

The Palm Springs region and entire Coachella Valley offers one of the country's best pockets of prime golf courses. But by digging beneath the topsoil, one will uncover a host of fun and engaging desert challenges that are certain to elude most travel guides. Judd Spicer has more on four of them: the Norman Course at PGA West, Heritage Palms G.C., Rancho Las Palmas and Woodhaven Country Club.