Destinations

Nine holes of pure cult magic in a Tennessee valley — all-day replays, zero pretense.

Six courses, one family resort — the Midwest's best-kept stay-and-play bargain.

54 holes on Lake Saugahatchee — the Trail's crown jewel at buddy-trip prices.

Quarry golf on the Iron Range — Minnesota's northwoods stunner at honest prices.

Two Fazio-Pate courses in the Mississippi pines — the 'Little Augusta' with casino lights next door.

A hidden-gem 36 in the Michigan heartland — bold Engh architecture at friendly rates.

Golden Age architecture at blue-collar prices — Langford's boxcar greens above Green Lake.

Weiskopf and Palmer above Torch Lake — northern Michigan golf with Caribbean-blue water.

81 holes above the Pigeon River valley — home of America's most famous par-3 course.

Mike Strantz's fever dream in the Carolina Sandhills — golf's wildest ride at a public price.

Video-game golf through painted canyons — the desert's most outrageous fairways.

Gilded Age island golf — tee it up where the Rockefellers and Morgans wintered.

Salt-air dunes golf on the Fort Morgan peninsula — Alabama's beach-trip answer.

The golf capital's top shelf — 60 miles of courses, played at the classy end.

Golf inside a famous garden resort — azaleas, lakes and easy-going Pine Mountain classic.

The Flower Hole and championship parkland — Wisconsin's original destination course, polished to a shine.

Four courses and a village of lodges in Michigan's prettiest corner — the northern classic.

Palmer, Player and Trevino on one shoreline — legends' golf in a storied resort town.

Minnesota's classic golf-and-cabin country — great resorts, big lakes, dock sunsets.

Golf on red-rock cliff edges outside Zion — Utah's color-saturated stunner.

Mike Strantz's twin masterpieces under the live oaks — the Lowcountry's cult classic.

A tiny mountain town ringed by golf — the Sierra's best-kept buddy-trip secret.