Saturday, September 5, 2009

Best Golf Courses - My Recommendations

By Terry Powell

One of the biggest fun with playing golf is that you get to experience different grounds with different landscaping and slopes. The best golf courses vary for different players, as each one holds their own standard. For me, a great golf course should be characterized by rich historical background, world class facilities, breath-taking scenery and rising popularity.

Below, I am going to share with you the top 2 golf courses in my favorite list. I highly recommend these two because they offer lots of extra features which will make your golfing experience more exciting.

1. The Eagle Point Golf Club

This low-profile par-72 club is located in the eastern part of North Carolina. Its green scenery is amazingly impressive, and you can choose to walk as you go through different holes. The club offers a very nice caddie service, and its tennis and swimming facilities will easily spice up your sporting fun.

The club has more than 7,000 yards of golfing grounds, with a 74.5 rating and replete with 137 slopes for golf players to test their mettle. Besides, the challenge for player is enhanced by the prevailing wind from the Atlantic Ocean. The club looks traditional at the first glance, but it is filled with top rated facilities. For those who would like to further their golfing skills, the high-tech learning center was built just for that purpose. In addition to all these attractions, the golfers also get to enjoy the unbeatable nice weather year round and the great private retreat. It is no surprise that this low-profile club has always had very good business since its opening.

2. The Concession In Florida

This club was created by two legendary golfers - Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin. Since its opening in 2006, the club keeps being featured in the best golf course list by a number of well-known publications such as the Golfweek.

The name was derived from what transpired in 1969 when Nicklaus yielded a three-foot putt. That act of sportsmanship was all the British team (led by Jacklin) needed to tie with the Americans. While the Americans eventually won in the tournament, the act was forever etched in the annals of the sporting world. Decades after, the golf legends have worked on a 1,200-acre property that is free from housing developments. The par-72 Concession (7,470 yards, with 155 slopes and 77.6 rating) may be hard to conquer for its landscape angles and fairway bunkers. But this makes it one of the best golf courses-it's challenging, yet enjoyable. And if you need some tips, just ask pro Jimmy Wright at the practice range.

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