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Mississippi Gulf Coast golf shines on Golfweek 'courses you can play' list
Gulf Coast gems Fallen Oak Golf Club, The Preserve, Grand Bear and Shell Landing represent Mississippi golf on Golfweek's "America's Best Courses You Can Play" list. "It promotes the quality of the golf we offer here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, to golfers all across the country," said Stephen Miles, director of operations at The Preserve.
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Thanksgiving golf specials: Biloxi and Gulf Shores offer early gifts for holiday getaways
From the beginning of Thanksgiving week through Feb. 1, you'll find some of the golf/travel industry's craziest values and amazing packages along the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast, Tom Spousta writes.
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Lost amid the leafy pines: The Preserve is Gulf Coast golf au naturale
If you're hitting the tables in Biloxi or just sunning yourself on the Gulf, save time to play The Preserve Golf Club. Located in a gorgeous nature preserve, the scenery here is allowed to dictate the drama, Chris Baldwin writes. Designer Jerry Pate didn't obsessively try to put his imprint on the land as much as he allowed the surroundings to star.
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Thanksgiving golf specials: Biloxi and Gulf Shores offer early gifts for holiday getaways
From the beginning of Thanksgiving week through Feb. 1, you'll find some of the golf/travel industry's craziest values and amazing packages along the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast, Tom Spousta writes.
... full article »Lost amid the leafy pines: The Preserve is Gulf Coast golf au naturale
If you're hitting the tables in Biloxi or just sunning yourself on the Gulf, save time to play The Preserve Golf Club. Located in a gorgeous nature preserve, the scenery here is allowed to dictate the drama, Chris Baldwin writes. Designer Jerry Pate didn't obsessively try to put his imprint on the land as much as he allowed the surroundings to star.
... full article »Casino ownership, mini-tour championship helping transform Gulf Coast's Windance
In a Mississippi Gulf Coast region with 22 golf courses, 11 casino resorts and 60 miles of coastline, new-look Windance Country Club doesn't figure to blend in so much anymore. The course is "in the best shape it's ever been in," said Kevin Drum of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Gulf Association.
... full article »Mississippi Gulf Coast offers world-class action at the tables and on the golf courses
On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, no one gets too uptight, and the gambling's more than all right. In fact, readers of TripAdvisor.com rated Biloxi the seventh-best destination in the world for gamblers. Golfers who aren't big gamblers will have fun, too. The Mississippi Gulf Coast has 22 golf courses from celebrity architects like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Fazio, Davis Love III and Jerry Pate.
... full article »The Arnold Palmer that started Alabama Gulf Shores golf: Craft Farms still shows its love for golfers
Arnold Palmer single-handedly made the Alabama Gulf Shores a golf destination by designing two excellent courses at Craft Farms. You don't go on a golf vacation for a history lesson, though. Craft Farms succeeds today because it recognizes its history while concerning itself with the product golfers are experiencing now. It's a well-run operation that's never lost its passion for golf and the people who play the game for fun.
... full article »Banking on golf fun: Rock Creek is an Alabama Gulf Shores blast
If you play golf to enjoy yourself, you'll want to work Rock Creek Golf Club into an Alabama Gulf Shores trip. You make golf trips to have the kind of days you have at Rock Creek. This is the type of course that leaves a golf group with plenty of stories to tell - probably for years to come, Chris Baldwin writes.
... full article »Golf's shark hunters: On Mississippi Gulf Coast, shark fishing an off-course thrill
On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, you can get your shark stalking on in-between going for birdies. This area has more than a dozen golf courses and over 300 holes from designers like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Davis Love III and Tom Fazio. But it's hardly just your ordinary golf destination.
... full article »The Bridges Golf Club: Palmer's Mississippi marshland mauler is worthy of a King
The Bridges Golf Club delivers plenty of fun to go with that sure ball battering. This is one of the most entertaining golf courses you'll find anywhere, and it fits right into a Mississippi Gulf Coast region that really lets its courses play out over nature.
... full article »Beyond your old, tired golf vacation: Alabama Gulf Shores brings design thrills, beach parties
You'd find distinctive white sugar sand beaches in the Alabama Gulf Shores along with everything else you need in a golf destination. That's the thing about the Alabama Gulf Shores: it's not one of those haphazardly clobbered together want-to-be poser golf destinations, Chris Baldwin writes.
... full article »Shell Landing Golf Club shows that Davis Love III is a can't-miss designer
At Shell Landing Golf Club, Davis Love III gives recreational golfers wide, wide fairways, the better to keep those drives in play and the frustration level down. But that only makes Shell Landing's 7,024 yards look even more massive. There's so much room, it can be a little intimidating.
... full article »- Relax in nature at Jack Nicklaus' Grand Bear Golf Course
- Luxury for less the Gulf Coast way: High-end hotels & golf courses with mid-range rates
- Kiva Dunes in Gulf Shores, Alabama: A seaside golf course you'll never forget
- Photo gallery: Kiva Dunes Golf Course in Gulf Shores
- Lost Key Golf Club on Florida's Gulf Coast is a saucy, salty, mischievous enchantress
- Don't gamble on your golf: Do both on an extended, Biloxi golf weekend
- Mississippi's best golf resorts mix high stakes gambling with great golf
- Tamahka Trails Golf Club gives visitors a different taste of Louisiana golf
- Creole, Thai, French, down-home and soul: Biloxi restaurants offer diverse menus in Mississippi
- Koasati Pines at Coushatta: Away from the tables, you'll find fun, challenging golf
- Sunkist Country Club in Gulfport: Golfers get lemons, make lemonade
- Grand Bear still one of Biloxi's star attractions for golfers in Mississippi
- The Oaks Golf Club: New super has new greens super
- Biloxi, driven by casinos and golf, rebuilding pretty much on its own
- Take it slow at Shell Landing and enjoy one of Biloxi's best golf courses in Mississippi
- Golfers at Windance Country Club in Gulfport, Miss. can see Katrina's aftermath
- Superb Fallen Oak elevates golf in Biloxi, Miss.
- Mississippi National Golf Club: Holding true to Earl Stone's legacy
- The Bridges Golf Club does its bit for revitalized Biloxi area
- The Preserve Golf Club near Biloxi, Miss. preserves the pure golfing experience
- Diamondhead Country Club, Mississippi
- Biloxi, Miss. golf bounces back from Katrina
- Lakewood G.C. in Point Clear, Alabama: Golf among ghosts of the Confederacy
- TimberCreek Golf Club in Mobile, Alabama, a course to soothe your golfing nightmares
- Go mano a mano with Robert Trent Jones at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Ala.
- Golf Podcast: There's life after Hurricane Katrina in Mobile, Ala.
- Post-Katrina Mobile, Alabama golf: Storm? What storm?
- Elevate your game (and lower your score) at Alabama's hilly Rock Creek
- Azalea City Golf Course in Mobile: A great Alabama bargain
- Photo gallery: RTJ Trail's Magnolia Grove, Crossings course, in Mobile, Alabama
- Coach T's favorite golf course requires your ‘A game' at Auburn Links
- Mis-named Links golf course at Grand National can be a hellcat
- Moore's Mill gives good grist for grateful golfers in Alabama
- Grand National's Lake course bedevils RTJ Trail golfers
- Gulf Coast Golf reader has memories of Elvis during a trip to Gulf Hills
- Mississippi is home to great golf, so forget the controversy, reader says
- Follow the pros from Alabama to Texas on Gulf Coast golf courses the PGA Tour visits
- Scenic and strategic: Gray Plantation in La. offers top golf course at a bargain price
- Carter Plantation Golf Club, David Toms' first design, mimics his playing style
- Try these parks for RV camping and golf on the Gulf Coast
- Top options for women looking to golf on the Gulf
- Biloxi, where casinos and golf courses meet the wide, wide Gulf
- Gulf Hills has Elvis, Chicago mobsters and some very different elevation changes
- The greats played at Great Southern Golf Club - you can, too but beware the greens
- Grand Bear a grand walk in the woods, away from casino hustle
- Take The Bridges over troubled water at Bay St. Louis' Casino Magic
- Twin Bridges has grass-roots values in RTJ Trail area
- Goose Pond is affordably priceless
- Kiva Dunes is pure coastal golf
- Love team took obstinate Georgia land and built Windermere
- Waterfall Country Club introduces The Member Club Villas at Lake Burton
- Rock Creek has something for everyone
- Few know about Alabama course that doubles as research center
- Arkansas adds itself to list of southern state golf trails
- TPC of Louisiana: Dye delivers amid great expectations
- Golfing and gaming on the Audubon Golf Trail
- Governor Haley Barbour is in charge on the course
- OakWing Golf Club gives Alexandria new life
- Mississippi's Dancing Rabbit a lucky charm for golfers
- Tunica County turning into legitimate destination
- Gulf Shores, Alabama goes from 'emerging' to 'emerged'
- Oxmoor Valley fully revealed
- Grand National may be RTJ Trail's No. 1 stop
- TimberCreek is perfect for the average golfer
- Alabama's RTJ Golf Trail churning along at age 15
- Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort continues to grow and amaze
- Attraction of RTJ Trail's Magnolia Grove Golf Course comes from its difficulty
- Lost Key Golf Club is a little bit Pensacola and little bit Melbourne
- Louisiana: Let the good putts roll!
- A recipe for grand golf: the Mississippi Gulf Coast
- Random thoughts from a Mississippi golf gorge
- How to enter (and almost win) your first pro-am
- Mobile's prowess as a golf getaway is growing daily
- Things you thought you knew, need to know and wish you never found out
- Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail: Silver Lakes is a tough test
- Gulf Coast offers a perfect setting for golf and football
- Old Waverly Golf Club awarded 2006 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur
- Reading the greens, and more, in Mississippi
- Word is starting to spread on Tennessee golf scene
- On the road in Louisiana: Audubon Trail blends nature, culture, golf in Bayou State
- Mississippi: Golf lives in the delta, pines, hills
- Gulf Shores is nice, very nice, so don't be fooled by the location -- Alabama
- Getting on track with the golf trails of the Southeast
- Florida's best new courses of 2002
- On the Road in Mississippi: Y'all will love the golf, history, southern hospitality and vittles
- Regatta Bay Golf and Country Club: Straighten Up and Fly Right
- Golf on the Emerald Coast A Destin Golf Primer
- TPC of Louisiana, Tunica National near completion
- Edgewater Beach Resort and The Hombre Golf Club