Mississippi Golf Features
Luxury for less the Gulf Coast way: High-end hotels, golf courses with mid-range rates
With steals like Kiva Dunes and Shell Landing Golf Club, the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Alabama Gulf Shores are prime destinations for golfers looking to live large. These are the rare spots in today's high-thread-count-chasing world where you can get luxury for less.
... full article »Mississippi's best golf resorts mix high stakes gambling with superb courses
Mississippi was the home of riverboat gamblers in the Old West, floating casinos in the modern era and, in post-Hurricane Katrina, land-based casinos. As the state has developed, so have its golf courses and golf resorts. It's one of the few states where you can mix golf and gambling, though all the resorts mentioned here don't have casinos. Here is our list of the best golf resorts in Mississippi.
... full article »Creole, Thai, French, down-home and soul: Biloxi restaurants offer golfers diverse menus
Mississippi Gulf Coast has a string of good golf courses, big fancy casinos and, believe it or not, excellent restaurants. You don't have to go all the way to New Orleans for great eats. Here are a few suggestions to chew on as you consider your golf trip to the Biloxi area.
... full article »Biloxi, driven by casinos and golf, rebuilding pretty much on its own
Going on two years after Hurricane Katrina hit in August of 2005, the Gulf Coast, particularly Biloxi, has made tremendous strides to returning to pre-Katrina tourist levels. Two of the driving forces behind the economic recovery have been the casinos and the golf courses.
... full article »Give thanks to Biloxi: Its golf courses are back in business
Nature did its worst, but a year-plus later the biggest problem facing Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast is man-made: perception. "People don't know we're back to functioning normally," said Steve Richer, executive director of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau.
... full article »Try these parks for RV camping and golf on the Gulf Coast
So you have the urge to pack your clubs and hit the road with the open Gulf of Mexico out the window of your RV. There are golf courses stretched all along the Gulf Coast, many of them first-class, but do you really want to lumber into a ritzy country club course in your behemoth RV? Well, there are some RV resorts with courses right on the grounds. You'll never have to disconnect your 50 amp plug-in!
... full article »Women who don't want to gamble on overly long, macho courses should try these in Biloxi
The Biloxi, Miss., area is a good place for women golfers. There are some fairly difficult courses along the Mississippi coast, like Shell Landing and The Bridges, which women might want to consider before playing. On the other hand, there are some that women particularly seem to enjoy, writes National Golf Editor Tim McDonald. He takes a look at some of the best, including Great Southern Golf Club, Grand Bear and Sunkist Country Club.
... full article »Biloxi, where casinos and golf courses meet the wide, wide Gulf
Casinos began arriving in Biloxi, Miss., in the early '90s and turned a hard-working seaport town, which also doubled as a warm-weather retreat for wealthy Northerners, into what marketers like to call an "emerging destination." One fairly recent tourism thrust is geared to golf. There are now 300 holes in the area that are within easy driving distance of each other and the casinos and beaches.
... full article »Tunica County turning into legitimate destination
Tunica County has become one of the nation's most unlikely tourist destinations in a little over a decade. In 1991, at the time casinos became legal in Mississippi, it had just 20 hotel rooms. Nine casinos and 13 years later, the community is bustling with activity. With 14,200 slot machines, gambling will always be the top draw, but as Jason Scott reports, golf is gaining.
... full article »Governor Haley Barbour is in charge on the course
When the most powerful man in the state makes the rules on the first tee, you better listen. As Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour prepares to tee off at Annandale Golf Club, he turns around to the three foursomes in his golfing party and sets the record straight. Barbour might sound like that former Democratic President who uses mulligans like they're mandatory, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Barbour is as Republican as they come. He's a close friend of President George W. Bush and a former Republican National Party chair.
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