Golf, Golf, and More Golf. Your guide to Resorts, Courses, Reviews and Golfing Links.

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 Looking for a great club to Join? Check out Lindsey Management Courses.  Want to play around.  Contact Hurricane Golf and Country Club.  Tell them The Masked Merchant #1217 sent you in for tee times and info. Play in 9 states with the Gold Card. Over 459 holes of great golf.

  Visit The Arkansas Golf Trail - The Trail is a fun way to see Arkansas. Visit a course today. 

Big Creek Golf& Country Club

Eagle Mountain

This fair but challenging course boarders the world-famous White River, Zoysia fairways, bent grass greens and five sets of tees.

Eagle Crest

Designed by Tournament Players Champ Mark Hayes, Eagle Crest offers Zoysia tees and fairways, bent grass greens and a tee shot over a double waterfall on hole 4.

Glenwood Country Club

 One of the top ten courses in the state, this masterpiece offers 18 holes of superb par 72 play, four sets of tees, four water hazards, two lakes and a mature, graceful layout.

Harbor Oaks Golf Club

 Harbor Oaks offers 5,249 to 7,010 yards of Tifton 419 Bermuda fairways with bent grass greens, plus water features on seven holes

Red Apple Inn & Country Club

 This fun but challenging 18-hole championship golf course lies on a peninsula surrounded by Greers Ferry Lake in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains

Stonebridge Meadows

 Northwest Arkansas's "Best Place to Play," featuring five sets of tees, Bermuda fairways and bent grass greens, delights golfers of all abilities

Greystone Country Club

 Two courses featuring long, challenging layouts. Mountain Springs has tree-lined fairways, and Cypress Creek has played host to several pro events

Hot Springs Country Club

Nested in the heart of America's First Resort, you'll find 36 undulating holes set amid natural hot springs and fresh cool lakes.

Mountain Ranch

 The Ozarks links that launched PGA pro John Daly, this beautiful Edmond Ault-designed course requires precision and strategy.

Stonebridge Meadows

 Northwest Arkansas' "Best Place to Play," featuring five sets of tees, Bermuda fairways and bent grass greens, delights golfers of all abilities.

Tannenbaum Golf Club

 Every hole is tree-lined and elevation from tee to green changes drastically, especially hole 12, where the drop is 130 feet straight downhill to a semi-island green.

Sage Meadows

 A link-style course with zoysia fairways and bent grass greens, Sage Meadows features water on nine of the 18 holes and 37 sand bunkers

Thunder Bayou Golf Links

 Ranked by Golf Digest as one of the top public courses in the state, this 18-hole championship course features water on seven holes

  The 2007 Arkansas Golf Top 11 Courses as determined by THV Channel 11.

Course No. 1: We put seven outstanding golf courses into our No. 1 slot. They're all challenging, beautiful and they can all be found at Hot Springs Village. For the record they are Isabella, Granada, Pone de Leon, Diamante', Magellan, Balboa and Cortez.

Course No. 2: The two golf courses at Chenal Country Club as the second best in the state, the original course, Founders, and the Bear Den Mountain course, both designed by the award winning Robert Trent Jones.

Course No. 3: Pleasant Valley Country Club

Course No. 4: Hot Springs Country Club

Course No. 5: Alotian Club

Course No. 6: Country Club of Little Rock.

Course No. 7: Encompasses two golf courses in Cabot at the Greystone Country Club.

Course No. 8: Mountain Ranch at Fairfield Bay.

Course No. 9: Harbor Oaks Golf Club, in Pine Bluff

Course No. 10:  Glenwood Golf Club. It's on the National Golf Trail.

Course No. 11: Big Creek Golf and Country Club in Mountain Home, in our top 11 and a part of the Arkansas Golf Trail.

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  Golf Vacation Packages in Alabama

Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail - 468 Holes at 11 lovcations. Some of the best golf in the south is in Alabama. Play three days and Tuesday for free. * See website, restrictions apply.

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Golf Orlando - A great way to start or add to your Florida vacation.

  Golf Vacation Packages in Mississippi

Tunica National Golf and Tennis Center - See Matt or Charles when checking in tell them The Masked Merchant sent you.  We went for Spring Break and took part in the Spring series golf lesson. They have them each Tuesday night at 6 PM. Our class was putting and chipping learned some good things for our round the next day. Had a great time. It doesnt look as challenging as it actually is. Lots of Beaches and water. If wind is what you trying to master there was lots of that too. Gusts on Tuesday were said to of reached 40 MPH. It really makes you concentrate.  I found myself in the dirt about 70 percent of the day.  Good food and drink at Murphys lounge, too.  Call for tee times when in Tunica 1-866-TEE OFF1 (833-6331).

GOLF COAST.COM - Home to The Mississippi Gulf Coast Golf Association, the only organization on the Gulf Coast 100% dedicated to promoting golf. Nearly 90 percent of the Mississippi Gulf Coast's golf courses will be open by 2/1/06, and 12 are open now. Click here to see current info and book your golf Vacation in Mississippi.

 Mississippi's Magnolia Golf Trail offers you some of the premier resort courses in the South, and arguably, in the country. If you've never heard of the Magnolia Golf Trail, we're not surprised. We're new. Which means our courses aren't crowded. Tee times are easy to get. And our Green Fees aren't inflated. This is Mississippi's Golf at it's finest, and arguably some of the best golf in the South.

  Golf Vacation Packages in South Carolina

Check out our two newest packages offering you a FREE round on your 2009 golf vacation to give you the best value that you can find in Myrtle Beach! www.thecaravellegolf.com

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Start planning your next golf vacation to Myrtle Beach with the new 2007 Golf Holiday Vacation planner. The perfect tool for setting up the perfect golf vacation is brand new and hot off the press.

Trust the experts at Golf Holiday to provide you the most current and relevant information on the best courses and accommodations on the Grand Strand. It's Free and offers several new features to help you plan your next vacation to the Golf Capital of the World.
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Golf The Beach - Myrtle Beach Golfers prefer staying at Sands Resorts. We have over 30 years of success to prove it! Golfers enjoy Sands Golf Reception & Clinic featuring great food, great prizes and great golf tips from Classic Swing Golf School.

Blackmoor Golf Club - THE 15th is your LUCKY DAY On the 15th day of each month, Blackmoor is offering special green fee rates, free food, and fun. Call Blackmoor, your accommodation host, or go online to book your tee time. Visit the 18th hole web cam at http://www.blackmoor.com/   LISTEN and WIN Tune into the WJXY-FM 93.9 ESPN Radio show Inside Golf Studio every Saturday from 7am-9am sponsored by Blackmoor Golf Club, for golfing news and tips. Listen DAILY to find out how you can register to win 4 rounds of golf at Blackmoor to be awarded on the 15th of every month. Visit ESPN on the web for all your golfing news.

Endless fun Resorts - You don't want to miss our All inclusive, Complimentary Golf Receptions held at 2001 Nightclub every Thursday night. You can enjoy FREE music, hot food and cocktails, golf tips, a putting contest and lots of free giveaways including our weekly prize- a set of premium irons!

The Grande Shores Hotel and Condominium Resort is pleased to offer golf package specials. With more than 100 golf courses on the Grand Strand, GrandeShoresGolf.com makes special arrangements with many of them and passes the savings on to you, the golfer. These specials change often, so check this specials page regularly.

Barefoot Resort & Golf invites you - come to play, come to relax, live the South Carolina laid back lowcountry way. Championship golf by any standards, unbelievable golf by our guests - Barefoot Resort & Golf highlights real golfers' desires. Our venue was designed by the top golf course designers in the world. Golf's most inspired architects, Greg Norman, Davis Love III, Tom Fazio and Pete Dye fulfilled their goal in creating unique, visually striking, and fun to play courses.

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