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Fly-In Golf Destinations: 11 Sweet Spots To Keep You Swinging All Year Round
by Carrie Miner
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
Bandon, Oregon
Walking with your own private caddy on the links courses at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, you’ll soon discover golf as it was meant to be played. The Pacific Ocean meets the craggy shoreline where the resort’s signature sand dunes are reminiscent of the Scottish coastline. Bandon Dunes Course, designed by Scotsman David McLay Kidd, features ocean views and challenging play in a natural setting.
The Pacific Dunes Course plays under the shelter of shore pines and native vegetation, and the newest course at Bandon Trails
features exposed sand, beach grasses and ocean vistas.
All three courses are walking-only greens, where caddies are encouraged. And the Highland links grasses and the play of trade winds at these scenic greens are guaranteed to challenge even the most inventive and ingenious players at the top of their game.
Airport: Bandon State Airport [S05]
Golf: Two 18-hole golf courses, The Golf
Academy at Bandon Dunes and a 32-acre practice center.
Other Attractions: Fitness center and hiking.
Dining: Two restaurants, a pub, a sports bar and a lounge.
Accommodations: 142 rooms and 21 one
and two-bedroom suites.
Contact: 541.347.4380 or 888.345.6008;
bandondunesgolf.com.
The American Club
Kohler, Wisconsin
For the best of the Midwest, golfers head to The American Club for country charm, American heritage and some of the most famous Pete Dye championship golf courses in the world.
Ranked as the only “AAA Five Diamond” resort hotel in the Midwest and listed at the top of the game in Golf Magazine’s “Top 100 You Can Play,” The American Club’s four award-winning courses offer dynamic golf challenges for professional and amateurs alike.
With sweeping scenic views, the River Course at Blackwolf Run plays through deep ravines, meadow plains and rolling hills.
The Meadow Valleys Course at Blackwolf Run borders a river valley and is reminiscent of a Scottish links course.
Whistling Straits—host of the 2004 PGA Championship, 2007 U.S. Senior Open, 2010 PGA Championship, 2015 PGA Championship and 2020 Ryder Cup—also follows the style of Scottish links at the Straits Course, which runs along the rocky shoreline of Lake Michigan, and at the Irish Course, which meanders along streams and through rugged grasslands and windswept sand dunes.
At the end of the day, a treatment at the Kohler Waters Spa will rejuvenate you and get you ready for yet another day on the links at this top-notch American resort.
Airport: Sheboygan County Memorial Airport [KSBM]
Golf: Four 18-hole golf courses.
Other Attractions: Wildlife preserve, the recently expanded Kohler Waters Spa, The Sport Core Health and Racquet Facility, The Shops at Wood Lake, The Kohler Design Center, live entertainment and special events.
Dining: Ten restaurants, a winery bar, a pub and two lounges.
Accommodations: 216 rooms and
21 suites.
Contact: The American Club, 920.457.8000 or 800.344.2838; Blackwolf Run, 800.618.5535; Whistling Straits, 800.618.5535; Kohler Waters Spa, 866.928.3777; Dining Reservations, 920.457.8888; destinationkohler.com.
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