Want to play a lot of golf in one spot? And we mean, a lot of golf? Check out this list of 10 bucket-list golf resorts in the U.S., each with at least three tracks that rank inside the top 200 on the 2021 Golfweek’s Best Resort Courses list.
Well-traveled golfers will recognize several of these – Bandon Dunes (pictured atop this story) and Pebble Beach are among the most desirable golf destinations on the planet, for example. And others are famous for one of their courses appearing as PGA Tour host sites each year. But there might be a few surprises as well.
And yes, there are plenty of top-rated layouts at resorts that have one or two courses. Places such as Sand Valley in Wisconsin, or maybe TPC Sawgrass in Florida. What makes the resorts on the following list stand out is the massive scale of the golf operations. The opportunity to play a new-to-you course, sleep, play another course, sleep, then play yet another highly ranked course – all at one spot – makes for a very easy golf vacation.
Pebble Beach Golf Links in California (Courtesy of Pebble Beach Resorts)
Listed with each course below is how that course ranks on the Golfweek’s Best Resort Courses list and the average rating for that layout, as decided by Golfweek’s national panel of 800-plus raters. Roughly speaking and purely for comparison, any course with a rating above 8 is considered an elite course, anything above 7 might be the best course many lifetime golfers ever play, and any course above a 6 is a likely contender as one of the top 10 or 20 courses in its state.
Editors note: There is one course listed below that was not part of the 2021 Resort Course list because it was too new to have received enough votes. Payne’s Valley, designed by Tiger Woods at Big Cedar Lodge, is practically a lock to make the list in 2022 and so was included on this list.