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Win-Win Situation: Great Golf Deals at Top 36-Holers

Good things often come in pairs, like burgers and fries, or Seinfeld and Friends.

For golfers, it’s tough to beat the twofer of Arizona and California. With abundant sunshine, amazing scenery, and great courses galore, these West Coast neighbors form one dynamic duo.

Better yet, many of these states’ finest golf facilities offer – you guessed it – two courses on the same property. Start early and sample both in a single day, or build a mini-vacation around a 48-hour golf excursion. It’s a win-win either way.

The following 36-hole clubs deliver unique golf experiences and terrific value – especially when you book through TeeTimes.net.

Play away!

Gold Canyon Resort (Gold Canyon, Ariz.)
From $59       

Depending on how you play, it’s possible to use a camera as much as your clubs on Gold Canyon’s Dinosaur Mountain and Sidewinder courses. Inventive architecture and Sonoran desert trappings – native cholla, prickly pear cacti, palo verde trees – blend beautifully with views of the Superstition Mountains. While neither course is overly long, they present enough twists and turns to make the golf as interesting as the scenery.

Wildfire GC (Phoenix, Ariz.)
From $99       

You don’t have to drive it as straight as Sir Nick to manage Wildfire’s Faldo Championship Course, nor attack every pin like Arnie to enjoy the Palmer Signature Course. Both tracks provide generously wide fairways and matching vistas of the surrounding desert and mountains. The Faldo 18 has been likened to Australia’s famed Sandbelt courses, while the Palmer is noted for expansive, undulating greens that average 7,000 square feet in size.

The GC at Terra Lago (Indio, Calif.)
From $35       

This former Skins Game host boasts two of the Coachella Valley’s finest in the North and South courses. The North is notable for impressive shifts in elevation and the island green on its par-3 15^th hole; from the seventh tee, you can see from one end of the valley to the other. South Course highlights include the difficult par-4 second, complete with a bridge made from an old box car. Both tracks tip out at more than 7,000 yards.

Lincoln Hills GC (Lincoln, Calif.)
From $35       

So well-received was Lincoln Hills’ original course, the Hills, that designers Greg Nash and Billy Casper were invited to draw up a second 18, the Orchard. Marked by a memorable set of par 3s, the Hills has hosted the LPGA’s Longs Drugs Challenge and other high-level events. On the Orchard Course, golfers find broad fairways alongside natural wetlands in an open, parkland setting.

(Prices listed are the lowest currently available on Sunday, December 4, and may have changed by the time you read this. Please check TeeTimes.net for rates on other days.)

As always, we have 1,500+ other golf courses to choose from across North America and around the world.

Great golf can be found everywhere, including…

• Phoenix (Trilogy Golf Club, Camelback, TPC Stadium, and more)
• Orlando (Celebration, Sarabande, Mystic Dunes, and more)
• British Columbia (Vancouver, Whistler, Okanagan, Columbia Valley, etc.)
• Hawaii (Makena, Kaanapali, Ko’olau, and so many others)
• Palm Springs (La Quinta, Tahquitz Creek, Desert Willow, etc.)
• Miami (Doral, Miami Shores, Plantation Preserve)

For more great Tee Time specials, visit www.TeeTimes.net today.

Happy Golfing!
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Thank Golf for These Great Courses

Thanksgiving is upon us, and we could fill a book with all the things about golf that make us grateful.

We’ll spare you the full list, though, and simply share a few items related to that most sacred of grounds, the golf course itself:

• A great layout cloaked in natural splendor.
• The joy of unearthing a hidden gem.
• Getting the royal treatment at an upscale club.
• A public-access course with deep-rooted tradition.

The courses featured below are among the hundreds across the U.S., Canada, Mexico and worldwide that offer deep discounts at TeeTimes.net.

Oh, before we forget: Thanks to all our loyal subscribers for reading every week. Happy Thanksgiving.

Natural Splendor: Las Sendas GC (Mesa, Ariz.)
From $42.12  

An unabashed lover of nature, Robert Trent Jones II let the landscape speak for itself in his first Arizona design. The layout accentuates the rugged beauty of the Usery Mountains some 1,800 feet above the desert floor, eschewing artificial embellishments in favor of classically styled strategy.

Hidden Gem: Juliette Falls GC (Dunnellon, Fla.)
From $25       

Wherefore art thou, Juliette Falls? About halfway between Ocala and Florida’s west coast, a good two hours northwest of Orlando. Don’t let the distance discourage you from visiting this charming John Sanford design, which opened to universal praise in 2007.

Royal Treatment: Aviara GC (Carlsbad, Calif.)    
From $145     

Steeped in luxury, this Arnold Palmer signature course revolves around gorgeous Batiquitos Lagoon. Aviara is noted for its blazing flora and the fawning treatment given to golfers, from the 32,000-square-foot clubhouse to Kip Puterbaugh’s renowned golf school. This is what treating yourself is all about.

Deep-rooted Tradition: Brookside GC — 36 holes (Pasadena, Calif.)    From $25       

With 36 holes of Billy Bell-designed golf, Brookside can match the fabled history of its next-door neighbor, the Rose Bowl. The C.W. Koiner #1 and E.O. Nay #2 courses have hosted a bevy of big events over the past 75 years, including the L.A. Open and U.S. Public Links Championship.

(Prices listed are the lowest currently available for Saturday, November 26, unless otherwise noted, and may have changed by the time you read this. Please check TeeTimes.net for current rates or different days.)

As always, we have 1,500+ other golf courses to choose from across North America and around the world.

Great golf can be found everywhere, including…

• Phoenix (Trilogy Golf Club, Camelback, TPC Stadium, and more)
• Orlando (Celebration, Sarabande, Mystic Dunes, and more)
• British Columbia (Vancouver, Whistler, Okanagan, Columbia Valley, etc.)
• Hawaii (Makena, Kaanapali, Ko’olau, and so many others)
• Palm Springs (La Quinta, Tahquitz Creek, Desert Willow, etc.)
• Miami (Doral, Miami Shores, Plantation Preserve)

For more great Tee Time specials, visit www.TeeTimes.net today.

Happy Golfing!
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Grand Designs: Inspiring Golf
at Discount Prices
The Tiger Woods-Steve Williams subplot is kind of fun, and the competition is terrific. But what we really love about the 2011 Presidents Cup, currently underway in Australia, is the chance to study one of the game’s great courses: Royal Melbourne.

A composite 18 culled from the iconic club’s East and West halves is hosting the event for the first time since 1998. Royal Melbourne’s ultra-firm, blazing-fast conditions had us from the get-go, when Ernie Els and Webb Simpson took turns bouncing wedge shots down the length of the first green.

Alister MacKenzie is credited with Royal Melbourne’s layout (though he had some help). The man behind Augusta National, Cypress Point and Crystal Downs is widely acknowledged as the greatest course architect of them all, and watching the pros grapple with his masterpiece has stoked our appetite for grand design.

This week’s highlighted courses – all offering deep discounts at TeeTimes.net — run the architectural gamut from Golden Age glory to modern sorcery. And where better to start than one of MacKenzie’s own creations?

Pasatiempo GC (Santa Cruz, Calif.)          
From $118.80

MacKenzie didn’t just draw up the plans for Pasatiempo, make a few site visits and call it good. He made his American home on the sixth fairway and went so far as to call this his favorite creation. A recent restoration by Mackenzie acolyte Tom Doak did wonders for the spectacular bunkers; Pasatiempo now ranks No. 30 on Golf Digest’s ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses.

The Biltmore GC of Coral Gables (Coral Gables, Fla.)   
From $100.47

When it comes to design legends, Donald Ross takes a backseat to no one. Like Pasatiempo, the Biltmore underwent a painstaking renovation by one of today’s most respected architects, Brian Silva, whose primary task was refurbishing what he called “some of the most spectacular fairway bunkering Donald Ross ever created.” The reworked greens, while less severe than Ross’ fabled Pinehurst table-tops, are devilishly small. Babe Ruth, Gene Sarazen, Walter Hagen and Tiger Woods all teed it up here at one time or another.

The Boulders Resort, South Course (Carefree, Ariz.)    
From $146.88

Jay Morrish is best known for his collaborations with Tom Weiskopf, but his solo stuff is uniformly excellent. To wit: The South Course at the Boulders. What it lacks in length (6,726 yards from the tips) the course makes up for in scenic and strategic delights. Morrish continually challenges golfers to select the best of several tee-to-green routes amidst dramatic rock outcropping and rugged desert vistas. The resort itself holds a permanent spot near the top of national best-of lists.

Lost Canyons GC – 36 holes (Simi Valley, Calif.)
From $45       

Pete Dye gets loads of attention for his visually intimidating elements, but there’s more to his courses than flashy exteriors. Dye’s real genius lies in the precise arrangement of angles between, over and around those terrifying hazards. At Lost Canyons, Dye weaved a pair of tracks – the Sky and Shadows – over a landscape he called “the best suited and the most naturally beautiful” encountered in his long career.

(Prices listed are the lowest currently available on Sunday, November 20, and may have changed by the time you read this. Please check TeeTimes.net for rates on other days.)

As always, we have 1,500+ other golf courses to choose from across North America and around the world.

Great golf can be found everywhere, including…

• Phoenix (Trilogy Golf Club, Camelback, TPC Stadium, and more)
• Orlando (Celebration, Sarabande, Mystic Dunes, and more)
• British Columbia (Vancouver, Whistler, Okanagan, Columbia Valley, etc.)
• Hawaii (Makena, Kaanapali, Ko’olau, and so many others)
• Palm Springs (La Quinta, Tahquitz Creek, Desert Willow, etc.)
• Miami (Doral, Miami Shores, Plantation Preserve)

For more great Tee Time specials, visit www.TeeTimes.net today.

Happy Golfing!
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More Courses, More Discounts from TeeTimes.net

There are precious few new golf courses being built in the U.S. these days. TeeTimes.net, on the other hand, is constantly adding new courses to an ever-growing database.

In recent months, we’ve brought new clubs online across the country, with welcome additions in golf hotbeds like Monterey, California, and Pinehurst, North Carolina. The best part, of course, is getting big discounts when you book through TeeTimes.net.

We’ve got too many newcomers to highlight them all in one newsletter, so be sure to visit the site to check out your area’s offerings. In the meantime, here’s a look at four of our new favorites:

Disney’s Osprey Ridge GC (Lake Buena Vista, Fla.)      
From $59       

This perennially popular Tom Fazio design is dramatic in every way, most notably its sprawling bunkers and the water hazards buffeting nine holes. Fazio puts it all in plain view from the elevated tees, which point the way down shape-shifting fairways toward prodigiously sloped greens. Players are often taken aback by the course’s secluded feel, given its proximity to a colossal theme park.

The Foothills GC (Phoenix, Ariz.) 
From $21.59  

Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish are rightfully lauded for their work at nearby Troon North and TPC Scottsdale; the Foothills GC offers a taste of the pair’s compelling style at a much smaller price. South Mountain’s buttes and ridges cradle rolling, links-like fairways and 65 bunkers; as with any Weiskopf-Morrish creation, Foothills requires – and rewards – a thoughtful approach.

Seascape GC (Aptos, Calif.)           
From $23.99  

Two words describe Seascape’s appeal: Monterey Peninsula. OK, it’s not the first course that comes to mind in this golf Mecca. (Hard to compete with Pebble Beach, Cypress Point et al.) Seascape, built in 1926 as Rio Del Mar Country Club, has plenty to offer, like pine-framed fairways and small, devilish greens that give away the course’s Golden Age birthdate. Historical note: During World War II Seascape was used as a “victory garden” to grow crops for the war effort.

The Carolina GC (Whispering Pines, N.C.)          
From $31.50  

Speaking of noteworthy addresses… Pinehurst has more to offer than its renowned, eponymous resort, including this Arnold Palmer gem. The Carolina GC fits right in with its famous siblings thanks to the longleaf pines, gentle hillocks and sandy underpinnings that give the layout its character. It provides a stern test, too; measuring 6,928 yards, the back tees boast an eye-popping 149 USGA Slope rating.

(Prices listed are the lowest currently available on Saturday, November 12, and may have changed by the time you read this. Please check TeeTimes.net for rates on other days.)

As always, we have 1,500+ other golf courses to choose from across North America and around the world.

Great golf can be found everywhere, including…

• Phoenix (Trilogy Golf Club, Camelback, TPC Stadium, and more)
• Orlando (Celebration, Sarabande, Mystic Dunes, and more)
• British Columbia (Vancouver, Whistler, Okanagan, Columbia Valley, etc.)
• Hawaii (Makena, Kaanapali, Ko’olau, and so many others)
• Palm Springs (La Quinta, Tahquitz Creek, Desert Willow, etc.)
• Miami (Doral, Miami Shores, Plantation Preserve)

For more great Tee Time specials, visit www.TeeTimes.net today.

Happy Golfing!
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P.S. You are receiving this weekly special after subscribing during your tee time booking process on the TeeTimes.net website, or via a signup form when you were searching for a golf course. However, we don’t want to bother you. If you don’t wish to receive this email, please use the unsubscribe link below and you will not hear about our tee time discounts ever again.

It’s often said that the rules don’t apply in Las Vegas. Luckily, nobody told Mother Nature.

Like clockwork, she’s whisked away summer’s stifling heat and ushered in milder fall temps. Daytime highs through this weekend are forecast in the upper-50s (Fahrenheit), making the area’s golf courses quite hospitable.

And what a collection of courses. Las Vegas and outlying towns like Henderson and Boulder City boast an amazing variety of layouts, with eye-catching designs and splendid scenery.

We did the eeny-meeny-miny-moe thing and came up with four Vegas-area tracks you’re sure to enjoy. Make sure to book through TeeTimes.net to receive major discounts on their regular rates.

Even though peak season approaches, good deals can still be had in Sin City and beyond. For this week’s top Nevada bargains, check out the sidebar to the right.

Painted Desert GC (Las Vegas)     
From $59       

True desert-style golf, with a smattering of trees and ponds sprinkled in, Painted Desert rewards accurate driving and a deft greenside touch. Architect Jay Morrish is noted for his inventive short par 4s, and he obliged here on No. 14 – a 313-yarder straight out of the heroic-design handbook. Morrish’s boldly subtle style proves a perfect match for the terrain throughout the Painted Desert’s well-manicured 18 holes.

Coyote Springs GC (Coyote Springs, Nev.)         
From $145     

Jack Nicklaus has done some of his finest design work in the desert, and the Chase Course at Coyote Springs ranks up there with his finest — literally. In its first year of eligibility, Coyote Springs busted into Golf Digest’s list of America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses at No. 95. It certainly passes the eye test, along with the conditioning test, strategy test, and any other criteria you care to create. Well worth the 50-minute drive from Vegas.

Badlands GC (Las Vegas)  
From $55       

Bruce Springsteen wanted to “spit in the face” of the Badlands, but he wasn’t singing about this place. Badlands GC’s lush green fairways contrast beautifully with the bordering canyons and arroyos, so it’s easy to distinguish safety from danger across its 27 holes. The layout reflects the personalities of its designers, Johnny Miller and Chi Chi Rodriguez, balancing demands for precision with more playful touches. Badlands is a perennial pick on Vegas-area “best-of” lists.
Black Mountain G&CC (Henderson, Nev.)           
From $65       

No-frills in the best sense of the term, Black Mountain is a player-friendly, 27-hole facility set 25 minutes from the Strip. Locals and visitors praise the course’s conditions and variety; each nine offers something a little different. Holes are framed by colorful Mojave Desert flora with the Black Mountains looming peacefully in the distance.

(Prices listed are the lowest currently available for Saturday, November 5, unless otherwise noted, and may have changed by the time you read this. Please check TeeTimes.net for current rates or different days.)

As always, we have 1,500+ other golf courses to choose from across North America and around the world.

Great golf can be found everywhere, including…

• Phoenix (Trilogy Golf Club, Camelback, TPC Stadium, and more)
• Orlando (Celebration, Sarabande, Mystic Dunes, and more)
• British Columbia (Vancouver, Whistler, Okanagan, Columbia Valley, etc.)
• Hawaii (Makena, Kaanapali, Ko’olau, and so many others)
• Palm Springs (La Quinta, Tahquitz Creek, Desert Willow, etc.)
• Miami (Doral, Miami Shores, Plantation Preserve)

For more great Tee Time specials, visit www.TeeTimes.net today.

Happy Golfing!
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Frightfully Good Halloween Golf Deals

Wanna know what scares us most?

A Halloween weekend without a tee time. Bwahahahaha!

Luckily, the TeeTimes.net database is loaded with sweet deals, so there’s no excuse for depriving yourself of golf as October 31 approaches. Just pick your location in the U.S., Canada, Mexico or elsewhere, then bounce from course to course to see what goodies each has to offer.

No costume required (just a collared shirt).

We’ve selected a fearsome foursome of appropriately named tracks to fit this week’s holiday theme. We promise no tricks, only treats, when you book through TeeTimes.net.

The discounts will make you think it’s already Christmas.

Doral Golf Resort – TPC Blue Monster (Miami, Fla.)      
From $115     

Numerous renovations haven’t dulled the Blue Monster’s teeth. If anything, it’s tougher than ever. Pick the right tees, though, and the course is a blast to play, especially if you’ve watched Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Tiger Woods and other legends duke it out here over the years. The vaunted 18^th hole is as daunting in person as it is on TV. Par it and you’ll have something to brag about for a long, long time.

Raven GC (Phoenix, Ariz.) 
From $55       

Specifically designed as an antidote to Phoenix’s dime-a-dozen, desert-style courses, the Raven is blessed with more than 6,000 pine trees and a verdant mountain backdrop. Gary Panks, with an assist from former U.S. Open champ David Graham, moved some 700,000 cubic yards of soil to create a layout whose fairways and greens move a bit more than others in the area. The Raven serves as the official home course of baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks, who can play anywhere they want.

Wicked Stick GL (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)       
From $60       

No telling how much John Daly was actually involved in designing this course, which bears his signature, but it’s fun regardless. Befitting Daly’s “grip it and rip it” mentality, Wicked Stick is generallygenerous off the tee, though it presents the usual assortment of indigenous Myrtle Beach hazards. The “Daly Tees” tip out at 7,001 yards, which would make Wicked Stick a pushover for Big John himself. For everyone else, it’s plenty challenging.

Purgatory GC (Indianapolis, Ind.)  
From $55       

Golf Digest calls Purgatory GC “more heaven than hell,”praising architect Rom Kern’s homage to Alister MacKenzie, George Thomas and Seth Raynor for its shot values and visual splendor. In fact, the layout is friendlier than its 125 bunkers may indicate. Golf Magazine ranks it among the country’s top 50 courses for women. That said, you might be dragged off in a body bag if you tackle it from the Purgatory tees – all of 7,754 yards, giving the course claim to being the longest non-mountain track on earth.

More of our favorite Halloween-themed courses:

• Superstition Mountain G&CC (Superstition Mountain, Ariz.)   
• Shadow Lakes GC (Brentwood, Calif.)
• Shadow Hills GC (Indio, Calif.)
• The Claw at USF(Tampa, Fla.)
• Priest Lake (Priest Lake, Idaho)
• Wolves Crossing (Jerseyville, Ill.)
• Black Forest GC (Gaylord, Mich.)
• Black Lake GC (Onaway, Mich.)
• Blacklake GC(Nipomo, Calif.)
• Cutters Ridge(Manistee, Mich.)
• Stalker Lake GC (Dalton, Minn.)
• Devils Lake Town & CC (Devils Lake, N.D.)
• Sleepy Hollow GC (Brecksville, Ohio)
• River Spirit GC (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

(Note: Prices listed are the lowest currently available on Saturday, October 29, and may have changed by the time you read this. Please check TeeTimes.net for rates on other days.)

As always, we have 1,500+ other golf courses to choose from across North America and around the world.

Great golf can be found everywhere, including…

• Phoenix (Trilogy Golf Club, Camelback, TPC Stadium, and more)
• Orlando (Celebration, Sarabande, Mystic Dunes, and more)
• British Columbia (Vancouver, Whistler, Okanagan, Columbia Valley, etc.)
• Hawaii (Makena, Kaanapali, Ko’olau, and so many others)
• Palm Springs (La Quinta, Tahquitz Creek, Desert Willow, etc.)
• Miami (Doral, Miami Shores, Plantation Preserve)

For more great Tee Time specials, visit www.TeeTimes.net today.

Happy Golfing!
TeeTimes.net Support

P.S. You are receiving this weekly special after subscribing during your tee time booking process on the TeeTimes.net website, or via a signup form when you were searching for a golf course. However, we don’t want to bother you. If you don’t wish to receive this email, please use the unsubscribe link below and you will not hear about our tee time discounts ever again.