Golf Resorts In The US

Each and every year, golfers from all around the world travel to the United States to play golf. The United States is often considered the golfing Mecca of the world. The United States is filled with popular golf resorts and courses. Many of these resorts and courses are backed by mind boggling history. Many of these courses are the sites in which the legends made their names and built their legendary stories.

There are many old golf resorts in the United States. The Pinehurst Resort which was founded in 1895 is one of the oldest resorts in America. This North Carolinian golf resort has more golf courses than any other course in America. With eight golf courses, this golf resort is sometimes referred to as the home of golf in America. The resorts second course is probably its most famous and most difficult.

This eight course golf course is absolutely enormous spanning over two thousand acres. There is no other golf resort in the United States that has as many courses as the Pinehurst Resort. Those who are looking to play on a classic style golf course should try courses one and three. Founded in 1898, course one was designed by a few different architects. This seventy par course is only six thousand yards long.

Located near historic Charleston, South Carolina the Kiawah Island Golf Resorts provided golfers with many challenging golf courses as well as amazing hotel vacation packages. This golf resort consists of five different championship golf courses which were designed by all time greats and legends like Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Gary Player, Clyde Johnston and Pete Dye. This resort has hosted a number of tournaments including the 2007 PGA, the 1997 World Cups, 2003 World Cups, 2001 UBS Cup and the 2005 PGA Professional National Championship.

The Kiawah Island Golf Resort is home of the Ocean Golf Course which is set to host the 2012 PGA Championships. This course was also named the number one golf course in South Carolina by Golf Digest. The course was designed by Pete Dye. The easterly and westerly winds can make this course very challenging. This course was also ranked as the twenty fifth best golf courses in the United States.

There are many popular golf resorts in the United States and the Kapalua Resort happens to be most of them. There is a very classy Ritz-Carlton hotel on the resort which overlooks the Pacific Ocean. This resort is also home of the Plantation Course. This resort sets on a former Maui pineapple plantation in Lahaina, Hawaii. The two world class golf courses found at the Kapalua Resort spans an area of twenty three thousand acres.

The Bay Course which is a world famous golf course is part of the Kapalua Resort. The Bay Course is a seventy two par course which was designed by Arnold Palmer and Francis Duane. The course spans an area of six thousand six hundred yards. The PGA Tour SBS Championship is held at the Plantation Course which is also part of the Kapalua Resort. This seventy three par course covers an area of seven thousand four hundred and eleven yards.