Destinations
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Bucket-list golf, bookable alternatives, and value plays. Click in for the courses, booking reality, and what each destination actually costs.
Oregon Coast, USA · United States
Bandon Dunes
The bucket-list trip. Five world top-100 courses on the Oregon coast. Hardest to book, easiest to fall in love with.
The Home of Golf · Scotland
Scotland
The Old World, the real article. Royal Dornoch to Machrihanish, St Andrews to Brora — bookable this season, fraction of what an agency charges.
Bowling Green, Florida · United States
Streamsong Resort
Doak, Hanse, and Coore & Crenshaw on one property. Summer rates from $109/round. The best-value top-100 trip in the country.
Nekoosa, Wisconsin · United States
Sand Valley
The Wisconsin spiritual sibling to Bandon Dunes. Coore, Crenshaw, Doak, and David McLay Kidd. Easier to book, cheaper, just as good.
Both sides of the border · Ireland
Ireland
Royal County Down, Portrush, Lahinch, Ballybunion. The other home of links golf — closer to the US, smaller country, world-class throughout.
North Carolina Sandhills · United States
Pinehurst Resort
Ten 18-hole courses on one property. US Open at No. 2 in 2014 and 2024. The resort that defined American destination golf.
Inverness, Nova Scotia · Canada
Cabot Cape Breton
Two top-100 ocean links on Cape Breton. Cabot Links + Cabot Cliffs. The Canadian answer to Bandon, with one of the most photographed par-3s in golf.
Reykjavik and beyond · Iceland
Iceland
Volcanic-and-coastal scenery with 22 hours of summer daylight. Bookable on a week’s notice. The underrated golf destination.