The pilgrimages worth making are not always the obvious ones. Four destinations that require real commitment to reach, deliver something you can't get anywhere else, and carry the kind of weight that only comes from going somewhere most golfers haven't.
Bandon Dunes is the benchmark for American links golf. GTI ranks Oregon's best golf destinations with honest booking windows and all-in cost estimates.
Streamsong has three elite courses and two and a half days of tee times to fill. The order in which you play them is not arbitrary. Here is the correct sequence.
Most groups arriving at Pinehurst make the same mistake: they play No. 2 first. Here is the correct sequence for a five-day trip through the resort's best courses.
British heathland golf is defined by sandy soil, wind exposure, and strategic corridors that reward the ground game. A small number of American courses have genuinely approximated those conditions. Here is where to find them.
Donald Ross designed more than 400 courses, the majority of them in the American South. Here is a three-stop itinerary through the strongest cluster of his public work in the Southeast.
Tom Doak has designed more critically acclaimed golf courses than any active architect. Here is a coherent multi-destination itinerary built entirely around his best accessible public work.
