| France and Portugal may be the most popular | | | | |
| destinations for UK golfers looking to play | | | | The Boulders |
| abroad but golf holidays in the USA have an | | | | |
| appeal all of their own...Great courses, | | | | The Boulders is a truly unforgettable place |
| great service and a very attractive exchange | | | | to visit on a golf holiday in America. There |
| rate are just three reasons why. | | | | are two courses, North and South. They aren't |
| | | | the most intricate or lengthy of courses, but |
| Most of the best courses are concentrated on | | | | both offer a good challenge (with South being |
| the East and West coasts but you are spoilt | | | | the superior course in my opinion) and it's |
| for choice when it comes to choosing where to | | | | all about the setting here. Located in the |
| go. The USA is so vast, it's like 50 | | | | Arizona desert, both courses offer amazing |
| different countries all rolled into one! And | | | | desert views and a liberal scattering of |
| every state has its attractions (and super | | | | boulders and cacti around the course. It |
| courses). Here's my list of the five finest | | | | isn't often that desert cacti are one of the |
| golf courses in America - each has its own | | | | hazards that you'll face while playing a |
| standout feature; whether it's the ocean or | | | | round of golf! |
| course condition or brilliant design or | | | | |
| service. | | | | CordeValle |
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| So, if you do go on a golf holiday in the | | | | Another great Californian golf course, |
| USA, make sure you play a round or two at one | | | | Cordevalle was designed by Robert Trent Jones |
| of the following courses... | | | | Junior and features many of his trademarks - |
| | | | protected, undulating greens and the perfect |
| Pebble Beach | | | | placement of trees and fairways. A nice twist |
| | | | on this course is the unusual hazard at the |
| Pebble Beach in California is perhaps the | | | | 7th hole - wine tasting! It makes for the |
| most iconic golf resort in America. The main | | | | perfect refresher (or much needed solace!). |
| course, Pebble Beach Links, overlooks the | | | | Trent Jones says this is his best piece of |
| ocean and is a "must play" for anyone on a | | | | work - and that is saying something. |
| golf holiday in America. With astonishing | | | | |
| views and a variety of challenges offered on | | | | The Seaside Course |
| every hole, it definitely shouldn't be | | | | |
| missed. | | | | On what is voted the Best Golf Resort in |
| | | | North America, The Seaside Course is Sea |
| A less well-known course in the resort is the | | | | Island's "piece de la resistance!" There are |
| superb Spyglass Hill, believed by those in | | | | plenty of highlights awaiting you on a golf |
| the know to be one of the best courses in the | | | | holiday to America's East Coast but this is |
| world. Each hole is named after a Treasure | | | | the one you must not miss. If ever a golf |
| Island character but don't be fooled into | | | | course deserved to be called a work of art, |
| thinking that this isn't a serious golf | | | | it would be this one. Immaculately laid out |
| course - this beautiful and brilliantly laid | | | | with a brilliant design and impeccable |
| out course can cause problems to even the | | | | condition. Simply breathtaking. |
| very best of players. | | | | |