![\"Scotland\"](\"https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/01/Day-1-3-Castle-Stuart.jpg\")
Cabot Highlands, formerly known as Castle Stuart, in Scotland (Jason Lusk/Golfweek)
Where to begin?\u00a0
\nThat is not a rhetorical question. When laying out a bucket-list golf trip to Scotland, it\u2019s a very serious query, part of a series of such questions that will follow you around the country. Where to begin? Which course next? Toughest of all: Which courses can I bear to skip?\u00a0
\nHeaded to St. Andrews? There\u2019s a lot more on tap than the famed Old Course, 30 times the site of the British Open \u2013 ahem, Open Championship, thank you very much. Will you play the New Course, which seems a misnomer, seeing how it was built by Old Tom Morris in 1895? How about the Jubilee? The Castle, which having opened outside town in 2008 is the newest of the seven courses managed by the St. Andrews Links Trust? Maybe sample a handful of the other layouts not far from the Home of Golf?
\nHeaded into the Highlands for a dream round at Royal Dornoch? Everyone on other courses, on the way and on social media will tell you that you can\u2019t skip nearby Brora (I didn\u2019t) or Tain or Golspie (I missed both, but I already am planning to return). Scouting a classic links trip to Aberdeen? You can\u2019t miss classic links such as Royal Aberdeen, or Murcar Links or Cruden Bay or a handful of others. The options are lined up along the coast. All the coasts of Scotland, actually.
\nCabot Highlands, formerly known as Castle Stuart, in Scotland (Jason Lusk/Golfweek)
Headed east? You\u2019ll be told not to miss the courses to the west. Looking north? Don\u2019t miss those gems to the south. Whichever point of the compass you choose and whatever address you plug into Google Maps, there will be dozens of opportunity costs \u2013 all those suggestions are correct, even if they create a totally unmanageable itinerary for a traveling golfer on a weeklong holiday.\u00a0
\nWeeks after my recent trip, when playing with a group of Golfweek\u2019s Best course raters in California, I barely could finish a sentence about where I played before the questions poured in: Did you play this one, and what about that one? We all process the world through the lenses of our own experiences, and that\u2019s especially true when judging the courses somebody else is, or is not, playing.
\n![\"Scotland\"](\"https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/01/St.-Andrews-Old-18th-lusk.jpg\")
The 18th green of the Old Course at St. Andrews sits close enough to the street and town that the afternoon shadows of old buildings stretch across the putting surface. (Jason Lusk/Golfweek)
Such was the quandary when I started planning this trip to Scotland. I was lucky, because I knew where I would begin. American course designer Tom Doak is building a new course at Castle Stuart near Inverness, which is being rebranded as Cabot Highlands after its recent acquisition by Canadian company Cabot. I would begin there to hear Doak discuss his plans as well as to sample the original course at the resort.\u00a0
\nBut from there? I had options. Too many options. The names of famous Scottish links courses roll on and on, and it would take months to see even half of what I had in mind. I had only 12 days on the ground, so I enlisted the help of course booking provider Golfbreaks and the local experts at VisitScotland.com to help set up a trip that would venture high into the Highlands before swinging back down the coast, east to Aberdeen and eventually into St. Andrews.\u00a0
\nScotland, of course, is where the game as we know it was invented, and the best of it is all about links golf in particular. Firm, fast and sometimes almost entirely natural \u2013 I coveted the links experience. Of the 550 or so total golf courses in Scotland, fewer than 90 might be classified as true links, depending on one\u2019s given definition \u2013 there is great debate among academics and clubhouse drunks about what constitutes a proper links. On this trip I was lucky enough to experience 11 examples. Each was distinctive, and don\u2019t dare think of links golf as some uniform game, because it is the definitive opposite of that. The conditions might be similar, but each layout shines on its own, each bouncy shot promising something unexpected.
\n![\"Scotland\"](\"https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/01/Day-10-St.-Andrews-Town.jpg\")
Street view in St. Andrews (Jason Lusk/Golfweek)
I played courses that are famed worldwide, and several that are less known outside Scotland. I played in sunshine and rain, wind and calm. I played well, and I played poorly. The only constants were the courses, the terrain and coastlines flashing through my exhausted head each night in whatever accommodations I had scheduled. The trip included planes, trains, buses, shuttles and a blue Skoda SUV \u2013 \u201cKeep left, keep left, keep left,\u201d I had to remind myself at the start of each drive on skinny, winding roads, because I couldn\u2019t bear the thought of missing my next round of golf due to something so mundane as a car crash.
\nThere were a lot of miles, a lot of different beds, a lot of nerves in the car. So many good courses, too many bad swings. And it was all perfect.\u00a0
\n\n\t\tBook your golf trip to Scotland today\n\t\t\n", "content_text": "Where to begin?\u00a0\nThat is not a rhetorical question. When laying out a bucket-list golf trip to Scotland, it\u2019s a very serious query, part of a series of such questions that will follow you around the country. Where to begin? Which course next? Toughest of all: Which courses can I bear to skip?\u00a0\nHeaded to St. Andrews? There\u2019s a lot more on tap than the famed Old Course, 30 times the site of the British Open \u2013 ahem, Open Championship, thank you very much. Will you play the New Course, which seems a misnomer, seeing how it was built by Old Tom Morris in 1895? How about the Jubilee? The Castle, which having opened outside town in 2008 is the newest of the seven courses managed by the St. Andrews Links Trust? Maybe sample a handful of the other layouts not far from the Home of Golf?\nHeaded into the Highlands for a dream round at Royal Dornoch? Everyone on other courses, on the way and on social media will tell you that you can\u2019t skip nearby Brora (I didn\u2019t) or Tain or Golspie (I missed both, but I already am planning to return). Scouting a classic links trip to Aberdeen? You can\u2019t miss classic links such as Royal Aberdeen, or Murcar Links or Cruden Bay or a handful of others. The options are lined up along the coast. All the coasts of Scotland, actually.\nCabot Highlands, formerly known as Castle Stuart, in Scotland (Jason Lusk/Golfweek)\nHeaded east? You\u2019ll be told not to miss the courses to the west. Looking north? Don\u2019t miss those gems to the south. Whichever point of the compass you choose and whatever address you plug into Google Maps, there will be dozens of opportunity costs \u2013 all those suggestions are correct, even if they create a totally unmanageable itinerary for a traveling golfer on a weeklong holiday.\u00a0\n\nTop 50 classic courses in Great Britain and Ireland\nTop 50 modern courses in Great Britain and Ireland\n\nWeeks after my recent trip, when playing with a group of Golfweek\u2019s Best course raters in California, I barely could finish a sentence about where I played before the questions poured in: Did you play this one, and what about that one? We all process the world through the lenses of our own experiences, and that\u2019s especially true when judging the courses somebody else is, or is not, playing.\nThe 18th green of the Old Course at St. Andrews sits close enough to the street and town that the afternoon shadows of old buildings stretch across the putting surface. (Jason Lusk/Golfweek)\nSuch was the quandary when I started planning this trip to Scotland. I was lucky, because I knew where I would begin. American course designer Tom Doak is building a new course at Castle Stuart near Inverness, which is being rebranded as Cabot Highlands after its recent acquisition by Canadian company Cabot. I would begin there to hear Doak discuss his plans as well as to sample the original course at the resort.\u00a0\nBut from there? I had options. Too many options. The names of famous Scottish links courses roll on and on, and it would take months to see even half of what I had in mind. I had only 12 days on the ground, so I enlisted the help of course booking provider Golfbreaks and the local experts at VisitScotland.com to help set up a trip that would venture high into the Highlands before swinging back down the coast, east to Aberdeen and eventually into St. Andrews.\u00a0\nScotland, of course, is where the game as we know it was invented, and the best of it is all about links golf in particular. Firm, fast and sometimes almost entirely natural \u2013 I coveted the links experience. Of the 550 or so total golf courses in Scotland, fewer than 90 might be classified as true links, depending on one\u2019s given definition \u2013 there is great debate among academics and clubhouse drunks about what constitutes a proper links. On this trip I was lucky enough to experience 11 examples. Each was distinctive, and don\u2019t dare think of links golf as some uniform game, because it is the definitive opposite of that. The conditions might be similar, but each layout shines on its own, each bouncy shot promising something unexpected.\nStreet view in St. Andrews (Jason Lusk/Golfweek)\nI played courses that are famed worldwide, and several that are less known outside Scotland. I played in sunshine and rain, wind and calm. I played well, and I played poorly. The only constants were the courses, the terrain and coastlines flashing through my exhausted head each night in whatever accommodations I had scheduled. The trip included planes, trains, buses, shuttles and a blue Skoda SUV \u2013 \u201cKeep left, keep left, keep left,\u201d I had to remind myself at the start of each drive on skinny, winding roads, because I couldn\u2019t bear the thought of missing my next round of golf due to something so mundane as a car crash.\nThere were a lot of miles, a lot of different beds, a lot of nerves in the car. So many good courses, too many bad swings. And it was all perfect.\u00a0\n\n\t\tBook your golf trip to Scotland today", "date_published": "2023-01-12T06:01:49-05:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-07T18:34:52-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Jason Lusk", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/jllusk/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0ef9fa589fc62892cabe2c57919bc689?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Jason Lusk", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/jllusk/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0ef9fa589fc62892cabe2c57919bc689?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/01/Royal-Dornoch-Scotland.jpg", "tags": [ "2023 evergreen", "Castle Stuart", "Evergreen", "Golf Travel", "Golfweek Ultimate Guide", "New Course", "Old Course", "Old Course at St. Andrews", "Royal Dornoch", "Scotland", "St. Andrew's", "Tom Doak", "Travel", "Ultimate Guide 2023", "Architecture", "Courses", "Courses", "Golfweeks Best" ], "summary": "From the Scottish Highlands around to St. Andrews, a series of true links astonish with variety, playability and charm. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?post_type=listicle&p=778315852", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/lists/golfweeks-best-2023-top-50-modern-golf-courses-great-britain-ireland-england-scotland/", "title": "Golfweek's Best 2023: Top 50 modern courses in Great Britain and Ireland", "content_html": "Welcome to Golfweek\u2019s Best 2023 rankings of the Top 50 Modern Courses in Great Britain and Ireland \u2013 built in or after 1960 \u2013 as determined by Golfweek\u2019s Best Raters.
\nThe members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course.\u00a0Those overall ratings on each course are averaged to produce a final rating for each course. Then each course is ranked against other courses in Great Britain and Ireland to produce the final rankings.
\n\nListed with each course below is its average ranking, location, designers and year opened.
\n*New to or returning to list
\nOther popular Golfweek\u2019s Best lists include:
\nWelcome to Golfweek\u2019s Best 2023 rankings of the Top 50 classic courses in Great Britain and Ireland \u2013 built before 1960 \u2013 as determined by Golfweek\u2019s Best raters.
\nThe members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course.\u00a0Those overall ratings on each course are averaged to produce a final rating for each course. Then each layout is ranked against others in Great Britain and Ireland to produce the final rankings.
\n\nListed with each course below is its average ranking, location, designers and year opened.
\n*New to or returning to list
\nOther popular Golfweek\u2019s Best lists include:
\nTania Ritchie and her husband were sailing around the world when friends of the Canadian couple asked to make a detour to view property.\u00a0
\n\nBetween mountains and the endless Pacific on a crescent of pristine beach is Punta Mita, a former fishing village on a private peninsula at the southernmost point of the Riviera Nayarit, 30 miles northwest of the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. A funny thing happened on their way around the world: The Ritchies ended up being the property buyers, calling off the sailing trip and never looking back.\u00a0
\n\u201cWe were thinking we\u2019d settle in Paris, maybe,\u201d she says. \u201cWe had no intention of buying in Mexico, but we just knew and here we are 13 years later.\u201d
\nTania shared her origin story to this palm-shaded oasis of warm breezes, oceanfront holes and guaranteed good times between bites at a post-round feast last December at the 10th annual Golf & Gourmet, where I competed and hobnobbed along with golf greats Lorena Ochoa, Craig Stadler and Jean Van de Velde. It is the gated community\u2019s signature and most anticipated event of the year, a four-day extravaganza of dining, drinking, teeing off and tastings. It is a modern-day bacchanalia with celebrity chefs, mixologists and sommeliers flown in for a weekend of culinary excellence, and it\u2019s a bucket-list trip worth taking for golfers and non-golfers. (If anyone needs a partner, I\u2019m available.)
\n![\"Punta](\"https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/01/Punta-Mita-Bahia-Course-17th-sunset.jpg\")
Punta Mita’s Bahia Course, 17th hole, in Mexico (Courtesy of Punta Mita Golf Club)
I went solo because it was too soon for my wife and I both to be away from our then-10-month-old daughter. I promised my better half \u2013 not to mention the better golfer in the family \u2013 that one day I\u2019d make it up to her. Never did I expect I\u2019d deliver on the promise less than a year later, but that I did in October. The first time we were both away from our daughter \u2013 who we left in good hands with two of my sisters-in-law \u2013 felt like a belated babymoon.
\nA little more than 20 years ago, this southwest point on the Riviera Nayarit was nothing more than an off-the-grid spot for hardcore surfers. No one could have imagined that two championship golf courses, multimillion-dollar villas and two luxurious resorts, the Four Seasons and St. Regis, would be carved out of 1,500 acres of jungle on Banderas Bay.
\nOn my first trip here, it didn\u2019t take me long to discover why the Ritchies and tourists that enjoy activities such as snorkeling, scuba diving, sailing and fishing tend to fall hard for the intoxicating beauty of Punta Mita, especially at the Four Seasons Resort, where guests are welcomed at its thatched-roof \u2013 what the locals call a palapas \u2013 and open-air lounge and descend to a sparkling infinity pool at its center. Prepare to be blown away by views that register an 11 for \u201cWow\u201d factor.\u00a0
\n![\"Punta](\"https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/01/Mexico-Map.jpg\")
My accommodations were modern and elegant, and I opened the sliding glass door to draw in breezes off the electric-blue sea. But this is a place where you want to spend as little time in your room as possible.\u00a0
\nI could\u2019ve taken up permanent residence in the infinity pool, where the bartenders wade into the water to deliver drinks and snacks. I kept seeing sunbathers sipping straws out of coconuts, so I finally asked a middle-aged American tourist the name of this fanciful concoction. \u201cCoco Loco,\u201d he said of the mixture of gin, vodka, tequila and lime. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like a Long Island Iced Tea, but with tequila. You\u2019ve got to have one \u2026 but only one!\u201d
\nThe St. Regis is every bit the equal of the Four Seasons for living in the lap of luxury, including a personal butler at your beck and call and a champagne toast for guests every Friday at sunset to ring in the weekend. There are two more five-star resorts scheduled to be built as part of a next phase in the development.\u00a0
\nBut when I visited with my wife, we stayed in a gorgeous rental property at the Tau Residences, which included our own terrace pool and a view of Bahia\u2019s 17th green that could even be seen from the shower in the master bath. In effect the decision is to stay at one of the resorts and enjoy its amenities or choose from the many rental properties and receive access to the five beach clubs that dot the property and be treated as if you are the member-owner. It\u2019s a bit like choosing between filet mignon and lobster tail for dinner. As someone who has done them both \u2013 the equivalent of surf and turf \u2013 I promise you can\u2019t go wrong either way.
\n", "content_text": "Tania Ritchie and her husband were sailing around the world when friends of the Canadian couple asked to make a detour to view property.\u00a0\n\nBetween mountains and the endless Pacific on a crescent of pristine beach is Punta Mita, a former fishing village on a private peninsula at the southernmost point of the Riviera Nayarit, 30 miles northwest of the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. A funny thing happened on their way around the world: The Ritchies ended up being the property buyers, calling off the sailing trip and never looking back.\u00a0\n\u201cWe were thinking we\u2019d settle in Paris, maybe,\u201d she says. \u201cWe had no intention of buying in Mexico, but we just knew and here we are 13 years later.\u201d\nTania shared her origin story to this palm-shaded oasis of warm breezes, oceanfront holes and guaranteed good times between bites at a post-round feast last December at the 10th annual Golf & Gourmet, where I competed and hobnobbed along with golf greats Lorena Ochoa, Craig Stadler and Jean Van de Velde. It is the gated community\u2019s signature and most anticipated event of the year, a four-day extravaganza of dining, drinking, teeing off and tastings. It is a modern-day bacchanalia with celebrity chefs, mixologists and sommeliers flown in for a weekend of culinary excellence, and it\u2019s a bucket-list trip worth taking for golfers and non-golfers. (If anyone needs a partner, I\u2019m available.)\nPunta Mita’s Bahia Course, 17th hole, in Mexico (Courtesy of Punta Mita Golf Club)\nI went solo because it was too soon for my wife and I both to be away from our then-10-month-old daughter. I promised my better half \u2013 not to mention the better golfer in the family \u2013 that one day I\u2019d make it up to her. Never did I expect I\u2019d deliver on the promise less than a year later, but that I did in October. The first time we were both away from our daughter \u2013 who we left in good hands with two of my sisters-in-law \u2013 felt like a belated babymoon.\nA little more than 20 years ago, this southwest point on the Riviera Nayarit was nothing more than an off-the-grid spot for hardcore surfers. No one could have imagined that two championship golf courses, multimillion-dollar villas and two luxurious resorts, the Four Seasons and St. Regis, would be carved out of 1,500 acres of jungle on Banderas Bay.\nOn my first trip here, it didn\u2019t take me long to discover why the Ritchies and tourists that enjoy activities such as snorkeling, scuba diving, sailing and fishing tend to fall hard for the intoxicating beauty of Punta Mita, especially at the Four Seasons Resort, where guests are welcomed at its thatched-roof \u2013 what the locals call a palapas \u2013 and open-air lounge and descend to a sparkling infinity pool at its center. Prepare to be blown away by views that register an 11 for \u201cWow\u201d factor.\u00a0\n\nMy accommodations were modern and elegant, and I opened the sliding glass door to draw in breezes off the electric-blue sea. But this is a place where you want to spend as little time in your room as possible.\u00a0\nI could\u2019ve taken up permanent residence in the infinity pool, where the bartenders wade into the water to deliver drinks and snacks. I kept seeing sunbathers sipping straws out of coconuts, so I finally asked a middle-aged American tourist the name of this fanciful concoction. \u201cCoco Loco,\u201d he said of the mixture of gin, vodka, tequila and lime. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like a Long Island Iced Tea, but with tequila. You\u2019ve got to have one \u2026 but only one!\u201d\nThe St. Regis is every bit the equal of the Four Seasons for living in the lap of luxury, including a personal butler at your beck and call and a champagne toast for guests every Friday at sunset to ring in the weekend. There are two more five-star resorts scheduled to be built as part of a next phase in the development.\u00a0\nBut when I visited with my wife, we stayed in a gorgeous rental property at the Tau Residences, which included our own terrace pool and a view of Bahia\u2019s 17th green that could even be seen from the shower in the master bath. In effect the decision is to stay at one of the resorts and enjoy its amenities or choose from the many rental properties and receive access to the five beach clubs that dot the property and be treated as if you are the member-owner. It\u2019s a bit like choosing between filet mignon and lobster tail for dinner. As someone who has done them both \u2013 the equivalent of surf and turf \u2013 I promise you can\u2019t go wrong either way.", "date_published": "2023-01-11T06:01:41-05:00", "date_modified": "2023-04-28T10:47:55-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Adam Schupak", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/shoop007/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c770dcffbdb4a77bab2df2cc7e89690f?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Adam Schupak", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/shoop007/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c770dcffbdb4a77bab2df2cc7e89690f?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/01/Punta-Mita-Pacifico-Course-18th.jpg", "tags": [ "Golf Travel", "Mexico", "Travel", "Ultimate Guide 2023", "Courses", "Courses", "Golfweeks Best" ], "summary": "The food, the drinks, the scene \u2026 oh yeah, the golf stands out at Punta Mita's two courses, too. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?post_type=listicle&p=778314747", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/lists/golfweeks-best-golf-courses-2023-mexico-caribbean-atlantic-islands-central-america-bahamas-dominican-republic/", "title": "Golfweek's Best 2023: Top 50 courses in Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands and Central America", "content_html": "Welcome to the Golfweek\u2019s Best 2023 list of top golf courses in Mexico, the Caribbean, the Atlantic islands and Central America.
\nThe hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings on each course are averaged to produce a final, cumulative rating. Then each course is ranked against other courses in the region.
\nThis list focuses on the golf courses themselves, not the resorts as a whole or other amenities.\u00a0Each golf course included is listed with its average rating from 1 to 10, its location, architect(s) and the year it opened.
\n*New or returning to list
\nOther popular Golfweek’s Best lists include:
\nWelcome to\u00a0Golfweek\u2019s Best 2023 list of top residential golf courses in the United States.
\nThe hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings on each course are averaged to produce a final, cumulative rating. Then each course is ranked against other courses in the region.
\nThis list focuses on the golf courses themselves, not the communities as a whole or other amenities.\u00a0Each golf course included is listed with its average rating from 1 to 10, its location, architect(s) and the year it opened.
\n* New to or returning to the list
\nOther popular Golfweek’s Best lists include:
\nWelcome to\u00a0Golfweek\u2019s Best 2023 list of top resort golf courses in the United States.
\nThe hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings on each course are averaged to produce a final, cumulative rating. Then each course is ranked against other courses in the region.
\nThis list focuses on the golf courses themselves, not the resorts as a whole or other amenities.\u00a0Each golf course included is listed with its average rating from 1 to 10, its location, architect(s) and the year it opened.
\n* New to or returning to the list
\nOther popular Golfweek’s Best lists include:
\n\n", "content_text": "Welcome to\u00a0Golfweek\u2019s Best 2023 list of top resort golf courses in the United States.\nThe hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings on each course are averaged to produce a final, cumulative rating. Then each course is ranked against other courses in the region.\nThis list focuses on the golf courses themselves, not the resorts as a whole or other amenities.\u00a0Each golf course included is listed with its average rating from 1 to 10, its location, architect(s) and the year it opened.\n* New to or returning to the list\nOther popular Golfweek’s Best lists include:\n\nBest public-access courses in each state\nBest private courses in each state\nTop 200 modern courses in the U.S.\nTop 200 classic courses in the U.S.\nTop 100 public-access courses in the U.S.", "date_published": "2023-01-09T06:00:06-05:00", "date_modified": "2023-07-05T18:15:36-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Jason Lusk", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/jllusk/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0ef9fa589fc62892cabe2c57919bc689?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Jason Lusk", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/jllusk/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0ef9fa589fc62892cabe2c57919bc689?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2016/11/bandon-pacific-dunes.jpg", "tags": [ "Arcadia Bluffs", "Arizona", "Bandon Dunes", "Course Rankings", "Evergreen", "Florida", "Gamble Sands", "Golfweek's Best Resort Courses", "Kiawah Island", "North Carolina", "Oregon", "Pebble Beach", "Pinehurst", "premium evergreen", "Resort Courses", "Sand Valley", "Sea Island", "South Carolina", "Streamsong", "TPC Sawgrass", "Ultimate Guide 2023", "Whistling Straits", "Courses", "Courses", "Golfweeks Best" ], "summary": "From Oregon to South Carolina, we offer the Golfweek's Best ranking of top resort courses in the U.S. " } ] }