North Carolina | _ | | _ | | | The mountains around Asheville with their scenic beauty and pleasant climate year-round provide a magnificent setting for a game of golf at one of the area's many public and private golf courses and country clubs. But the primary attractions to mountain golf are lush fairways, sprawling bent grass greens, cool breezes and a gently undulating terrain.
The Asheville region boasts over twenty championship golf courses that offer challenging mountain golf packaged with lodging and dining. In addition, there are over forty resort, municipal and daily-play courses offering the same challenge of the mountain terrain.
Four distinct seasons of play are a highlight of mountain golf. Spring play is popular from late March through May with cool temperatures and the bright colors of spring flowers. Summer offers cooler mountain temperatures than the rest of the humid southern summer, while autumn provides a spectacular display of leaves on the mountain slopes amid warm, sunny days. Winters are the greatest surprise since snows rarely cover the courses for more than a few days and the winter sun often brings daytime temperatures into the 40s and 50s.
The lure of the mountains offered a unique design challenge to the dean of American golf course designers, Donald Ross. He designed several courses in Western North Carolina, including the newly renovated course at The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa course. Continuing the tradition, Great Smokies Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort also maintains its own 18-hole championship course.
Rumbling Bald Resort Stay and Play For $109.95 per person! | | | _ | | _ | | | If you're looking for great year-round golf, come to the exciting city of Charlotte, NC. Charlotte offers beautiful natural settings and a mild climate that allows year-round play. When you're not on the course, you can enjoy entertainment spots, restaurants, and other recreation opportunities. You'll find virtually any type of food and drink you crave, as well as venues featuring live music and entertainment. Depending on the season, you can check out professional baseball, basketball, football and hockey. As a hotbed of NASCAR, there are plenty tours of the racing facilities and shops. The city's situated at the crossroads of I-77 and I-85 (with I-40 nearby), and Charlotte/Douglas International Airport handles over 500 flights daily. The city's location also makes it an ideal spot in which to stop over and play golf while enroute to other areas.
Ballantyne Resort Stay and Play for only $226.95 per person! | | | _ | | _ | | | Centrally located halfway between New York and Florida on I-95, Fayetteville is North Carolina's largest city located on this bustling interstate. Thanks to nearby Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base, the region offers a wonderful diversity that is every aspect of the community - from festivals and museums, to dining, shopping and entertainment.
The area also offers diversity in golf - in the region, you'll find a great variety of courses for every taste and budget. Courses boast the well-known names of famous course architects like Davis Love III, Ellis Maples, Gene Hamm and Willard Byrd. The same beautiful courses were the training grounds for golfing legends Chip Beck, Raymond Floyd and Marlene Floyd.
Only minutes from Pinehurst, Fayetteville courses offer the same rolling fairways and soft white native sand that made golfing in the Sandhills so popular. Best of all, Fayetteville area courses are relaxed and uncrowded for enjoyable play.
In a recent survey, Golf Digest ranked the Fayetteville area at 95 out of 312 golfing destinations. The same survey put Fayetteville at 52 out of 312 destinations for its value for golfers. Of courses nationwide, that puts Fayetteville in the top 17% in value!
Fayetteville Stay and Play for $99.95 per person! | | | _ | | _ | | | More than any other resort in America, eight courses grace Pinehurst's 2,000-acre landscape. Ross, Fazio, Maples and Jones have left their mark to make each of them a unique test of golf. Try the classic courses, like No. 1 and No. 3, both perfect for an unspoiled afternoon. The championship set presents more of a challenge - but all have stood the test of time.
We suggest you combine a mix of old and new, short and long courses into your next stay, and find the fine nuances in all of them. More importantly, you'll walk where legends have for centuries, and make your own mark as well. And the region's four distinct, yet mild, seasons permit year-round play.
Pinehurst Resort Stay and Play + Breakfast & Dinner for $359.95! | | | _ | | _ | | | Centrally located in a state known for its outstanding golf, Raleigh has more than enough courses to meet your tee-time needs with more than 20 likeable layouts. Come experience all the amenities of city life, served Carolina style.
The recipe for any great golf destination must, of course, include the main ingredient -- quality golf courses. Over the past 15 years, the Capital City area has witnessed an explosion in quality golf courses that are must-plays for any visitor to the area. But like all recipes, it's the extra spices and special seasonings that really boost the flavor. For golf destinations that means the abundance and availability of things to do while the clubs are in the trunk. And they must be combined in such a way as to all be easily accessible. It is the combination of all these ingredients that makes Raleigh a tasty place to play.
The area's central location on the East Coast of the United States makes it easy to get here from almost any direction. Raleigh-Durham International Airport offers more than 400 flights daily. And Interstate 40 runs through Raleigh while I-95 and I-85 pass within 25 miles.
Clarion Hotel State Capital + 2 great Raleigh tracks for $119.95! | | | | | |
South Carolina | _ | | _ | | | Home to a number of old churches, cathedrals and synagogues, Charleston earned its fame as the "Holy City". The fastest growing central city in South Carolina, that became a major tourist destination. Located at the confluence of Ashley and Cooper rivers, this history-rich city is also well-known for its unique culture derived from South American, West African and a little from French. It is the home of America's oldest golf course thus, dominating a high profile in the golfing field. For a golf vacation where you can blend play and relaxation, Charleston is the best destination with courses that will make you forget the stress of the urban life. For a woodland setting, surrounded by majestic oaks and overwhelming pines, with exciting challenges you can go to Coosaw Creek Country Club- a 30 minute drive from downtown Charleston. A natural golf setting is the promise of Crowfield Golf & Country Club that extraordinarily features dense hardwoods that surround every hole.
To know more on other activities in the Charleston, South Carolina area, visit our Area Activities page.
Golf Zoo proudly offers 5 of the best golf courses available as well as your choice in accomodations. Create a custom online trip quote 24/7 by selecting your dates and number of adults on the trip quote box on the right side of this page. Creating your own custom golf package to Charleston has never been easier. Please use our Interactive Area Map to better assist in choosing your golf courses and accomodations, it's really easy to use and gives you lot's of information - including directions, overhead satellite views, complete listing of golf and lodging properties, images & descriptions!
Wild Dunes Resort Stay And Play For $184.95 per person! | | | _ | | _ | | | For thousands of years, Eagles, Egrets and other natural residents of Kiawah have enjoyed its lush, semi-tropical environment, while remaining sheltered from the world. Today, Kiawah Island remains a haven for those who stay. However, the reasons for visiting have become more varied. A magnificent collection of five golf courses and a full-service golfing academy make Kiawah Island one of the nation's top destinations for golf-obsessed travelers. Happily, their non-golfing travel companions also will find plenty to love about this low-key resort community just outside of Charleston, S.C. The island's wide Atlantic beaches extend some 10 miles along the southern coastline, inviting long seaside walks and lazy days lounging on the sand. You'll also find top-rated tennis facilities, 30 miles of paved cycling trails, nature programs, organized activities for children of all ages and a luxurious spa offering an enticing menu of massage and beauty treatments. Meanwhile the golfer in the family can have a go at Kiawah's famous Ocean Course, a scenic and exceptionally challenging Pete Dye design-host of the 1991 Ryder Cup Matches and the 1997 & 2003 World Cup of Golf. The course, also will host the Senior PGA Championship in 2007. Four additional courses with layouts by Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Gary Player and Clyde Johnston round out Kiawah's golf program with engaging options for all levels of play.
This is Kiawah Island, where nearby Charleston's influences abound. The choices are plentiful and the people are polite to a fault. Kiawah's friendly character is derived from the gracious Charleston lifestyle, in which Southern Hospitality is never the exception and every meal is a celebration of tastes. The island's proximity to such a charming and desired destination is not only convenient, it's also unique. The transportation is seamless; the resort experience unlike any other. Kiawah is a popular destination for family vacations. From luxurious hotel accommodations to vacation rental homes, and beautiful villas, there is no beach resort quite like ours.
Kiawah Island Stay And Play For $215.00 per person! | | | | | |
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