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NOVEMBER 8, 2001

GOLF & THE EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE

Top 75 Places to Entertain Clients
Here are the top public courses for combining business and golf


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You want to impress an important client. But you don't belong to a swanky club, and the unkempt muni down the street isn't going to impress anyone. Fear not. America is now bursting with top-quality public-access courses where anyone can get in a round or two, take in a great meal, discuss a little business, and generally enjoy a wonderful mixture of work and play.

One of these "country-club-for-a-day" places is bound to be near you (or your client). But to make your search a little easier, we've compiled a list of 75 of the best. Numbers 1 to 18 are all the public-access courses that appear on Golf Digest's ranking of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses. The rest of the list was generated by combining Golf Digest's Places to Play reader-rating scores for "overall experience" and "service."

Some of these courses require overnight accommodation at their affiliated resort to be able to play, so call ahead for details, availability, fees, and reservations. Where facilities have more than one course, the ranked course is listed in parentheses:


1 Pebble Beach
Golf Links		 Pebble Beach California 831-624-3811;
800-654-9300
 www.pebblebeach.
com
2 Pinehurst Resort &
Country Club (No. 2)		 Pinehurst North Carolina 910-295-8141;
800-795-4653		 www.pinehurst.
com
3 Shadow Creek North Las Vegas Nevada 866-260-0072 www.shadowcreek.
com
4 Spyglass Hill
Golf Course		 Pebble Beach California 831-625-8563;
800-654-9300		 www.pebblebeach.
com
5 Bandon Dunes Bandon Oregon 541-347-4380;
888-345-6008		 www.bandondunes
golf.com
6 Bethpage State Park
Golf Course (Black)		 Farmingdale New York 516-249-0700 www.nysparks.
state.ny. us/golf
7 The Homestead
Resort (Cascades)		 Hot Springs Virginia 540-839-1766;
800-838-1766		 www.thehomestead
.com
8 Princeville Resort
(Prince)		 Kauai, Hawaii 808-826-5070;
800-826-1105		 www.princeville.
com
9 Whistling Straits
Golf Club (Straits)		 Haven Wisconsin 920-457-5653; 800-618-5535 www.destination
kohler.com
10 TPC at Sawgrass
(Stadium)		 Ponte Vedra Beach Florida 904-273-3235; 800-457-4653 www.tpc.com
11 Cog Hill Golf and
Country Club (No. 4)		 Lemont Illinois 630-257-5872 www.coghillgolf.
com
12 Harbour Town Golf Links Hilton Head Island South Carolina 843-363-4485; 800-955-8337 www.seapines.
com
13 Kiawah Island Resort
(Ocean)		 Kiawah Island South Carolina 843-768-2121;
800-576-1570		 www.kiawahgolf.
com
14 Blackwolf Run Golf
Club (River)		 Kohler Wisconsin 920-457-4446;
800-618-5535		 www.destination
kohler.com
15 Mauna Kea Golf Course Kamuela, Hawaii 808-882-7222;
800-882-6060		 www.maunakeabeach
hotel. com
16 Pasatiempo Golf Club Santa Cruz California 831-459-9155 www.pasatiempo.
com
17 Sunriver Lodge & Resort (Crosswater) Sunriver Oregon 541-593-6196; 800-547-3922 www.sunriver-
resort.com
18 World Woods
Golf Club (Pine Barrens)		 Brooksville Florida 352-796-5500 www.worldwoods.
com
19 Bulle Rock (South) Havre de Grace Maryland 410-939-8887; 888-285-5375 www.bullerock.com
20 Raven Golf Club at South Mountain Phoenix Arizona 602-243-3636 www.ravengolf.com
21 Primm Valley Golf Club
(Lakes)		 Nipton California 702-679-5510; 800-386-7867 www.primadonna.
com
22 Coeur d'Alene Resort
Golf Course		 Coeur d'Alene Idaho 208-667-4653; 800-688-5253 www.cdaresort.
com
23 Giants Ridge Golf &
Ski Resort		 Biwabik Minnesota 218-865-4143; 800-688-7669 www.giantsridge.
com
24 Grayhawk Golf Club
(Talon)		 Scottsdale Arizona 602-502-1800; 800-472-9429 www.grayhawk.
com
25 Turnberry Isle Resort & Club (South) Longwood Florida 305-933-6929; 800-327-7208 www.turnberryisle.
com
26 Blackwolf Run Golf Club (Meadow Valleys) Kohler Wisconsin 920-457-4446; 800-618-5535 www.destination
kohler.com
27 Troon North Golf Club
(Pinnacle)		 Scottsdale, Arizona 602-585-5300 www.troonnorth
golf.com
28 PGA Golf Club (South) Port St. Lucie Florida 800-800-4653 www.pgavillage.
com
29 Grand Cypress Golf Club (North/South/East) Orlando Florida 407-239-1904; 800-835-7377 www.grandcypress.
com
30 The Neuse Golf Club Clayton North Carolina 919-550-0550 www.neusegolf.
com
31 Ford's Colony Country Club (Marsh Hawk) Williamsburg Virginia 757-258-4130 www.fordscolony.
com
32 The Balsams Grand
Resort Hotel (Panorama)		 Dixville Notch New Hampshire 603-255-3400;
800-255-0600		 www.thebalsams.
com
33 Pinehurst Resort & Country
Club (No. 8)		 Pinehurst North Carolina 910-295-8141; 800-795-4653 www.pinehurst.
com
33 Raven Golf Club at Sabino Springs Tucson Arizona 520-749-3636 www.ravengolf
.com
35 The Reserve Vineyards
and Golf Club (Fought)		 Aloha Oregon 503-649-8191 www.reservegolf.
com
36 The Challenge at Manele Lanai Hawaii 808-565-2222 www.manele
bayhotel.com
37 Grayhawk Golf Club
(Raptor)		 Scottsdale Arizona 602-502-1800; 800-472-9429 www.grayhawk.
com
38 Draper Valley Golf Club Draper Virginia 540-980-4653 www.drapervalley
golf.com
39 TimberStone Golf Course Iron Mountain Michigan 906-776-0111 www.timberstone
golf.com
40 Grand View Lodge Resort (Preserve) Pequot Lakes Minnesota 218-963-2234; 800-432-3788 www.grandviewlodge.
com
41 Troon North Golf Club (Monument) Scottsdale Arizona 602-585-5300 www.troonnorthgolf.
com
42 Primm Valley Golf Club
(Desert)		 Nipton California 702-679-5510; 800-386-7867 www.primadonna.
com
43 Cambrian Ridge Golf Club (Loblolly/Sherling/Canyon) Greenville, Alabama 334-382-9787;
800-949-4444		 www.rtjgolf.com
44 Highland Oaks Golf Course (Highlands/Marshwood
/Magnolia)		 Dothan Alabama 334-712-2820; 800-949-4444 www.rtjgolf.com
45 Bay Harbor Golf Club Bay Harbor Michigan 231-439-4028; 800-462-6963 www.bayharbor.
com
46 PGA Golf Club (North) Port St. Lucie Florida 800-800-4653 www.pgavillage.
com
47 La Cantera Golf Club San Antonio Texas 210-558-4653; 800-446-5387 www.lacanteragolf.
com
48 The Experience at Koele Lanai Hawaii 808-565-4653 www.lodgeatkoele.
com
49 Painted Dunes Desert Golf Course El Paso Texas 915-821-2122 www.painteddunes.
com
50 The Boulders Club (South) Carefree Arizona 480-488-9028 www.wyndham.com
/boulders
51 Pinon Hills Golf Course Farmington New Mexico 505-326-6066 www.farmington.nm.
us /depts/parks/golf/
phills.html
52 Golf Club at Whitehawk Ranch Clio California 530-836-0394; 800-332-4295 www.graeagle.
com/whitehawk
53 Las Vegas Paiute Resort
(Tav-ai Kaiv Cse/
Sun Mountain)		 Las Vegas Nevada 702-658-1400; 800-711-2833 www.lvpaiutegolf.
com
54 The Moors Golf Club Milton Florida 50-995-4653; 800-727-1010 www.moors.com
55 Walt Disney World Resort
(Eagle Pines)		 Lake Buena Vista Florida 407-939-4653 www.disney.go.
com/disneyworld
56 Walt Disney World Resort (Osprey Ridge) Lake Buena Vista, Florida 407-939-4653 www.disney.go.
com/disneyworld
57 Mauna Lani Resort (North) Kohala Coast Hawaii 808-885-6655 www.maunalani.
com
58 The Peninsula Golf Resort Lancaster, Kentucky 859-548-5055; 877-249-4747 www.peninsulagolf.
com
59 Pumpkin Ridge Golf
Club (Ghost Creek)		 North Plains Oregon 503-647-9977; 888-594-4653 www.pumpkinridge.
com
60 WeaverRidge Golf Club Peoria Illinois 309-691-3344 www.weaverridge.
com
61 Wild Wing Plantation
(Wood Stork)		 Conway South Carolina 843-347-9464; 800-736-9464 www.wildwing.
com
62 The Boulders Club
(North)		 Carefree Arizona 602-488-9028 www.wyndham.
com
/boulders
63 Reynolds Plantation
(Great Waters)		 Eatonton Georgia 706-485-0235; 800-852-5885 www.reynolds
plantation.com
64 Old Works Golf Course Anaconda Montana 406-563-5989; 888-229-4833 www.oldworks.org
65 Magnolia Grove Golf
Club (Crossings)		 Semmes Alabama 334-645-0075; 800-949-4444 www.rtjgolf.com
66 Greystone Golf Club Walworth New York 315-524-0022; 800-810-2325 www.greystonegolf.
com
67 Reynolds Plantation
(Plantation)		 Greensboro, Georgia 706-467-3159; 800-852-5885 www.reynolds
plantation .com
68 Grand National Golf
Club (Lake)		 Opelika Alabama 334-749-9042; 800-949-4444 www.rtjgolf.
com
69 Chestnut Ridge Golf Club (Chestnut Ridge) Blairsville Pennsylvania 724-459-7188; 800-770-0000  
70 The Links at Spanish Bay Pebble Beach California 408-647-7495; 800-654-9300 www.pebblebeach.
com
71 Club at Hidden Creek Navarre Florida 850-939-4604 www.hiddencreek.
com.au
72 Hartefeld National
Golf Club		 Avondale Pennsylvania 610-268-8800; 800-240-7373 www.hartefeld.com
73 Grand View Lodge
Resort (Pines)		 Nisswa Minnesota 218-963-2234; 800-432-3788 www.grandviewlodge.
com
74 Orange County National
Golf Center & Lodge
(Crooked Cat)		 Winter Garden Florida 407-656-2626; 888-727-3672 www.ocngolf.com
75 Orange County National
Golf Center & Lodge
(Panther Lake)		 Winter Garden Florida 407-656-2626; 888-727-3672 www.ocngolf.com




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