Readers' Top 36 Buddies Destinations

Readers' Top 36 Buddies Destinations The most important ingredient in any buddies trip is the mix of players. But after that, it's the destination. We recently surveyed Golf Digest subscribers to find out their favorite destinations for buddies-golf getaways. Here are the top-36 places they're hoping to visit again this year. RELATED: THE GOLF DIGEST GUIDE TO BUDDIES TRIPS → Play: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Machrihanish Dunes (pictured above), Trump International Golf Links, and Carnoustie. Play: Pacific Dunes (pictured), Bandon Dunes, Bandon Trails, and Old Macdonald. __VIEW MORE COURSES IN OREGON Play: Pebble Beach (pictured above), Spyglass Hill and Pasatiempo. __ VIEW MORE COURSES IN CARMEL/MONTEREY →__ Play: Whistling Straits; Straits , Blackwolf Run; River and Erin Hills (pictured above). __VIEW MORE COURSES IN KOHLER →__ Play: Old Head (pictured above), Ballybunion's Old Course, Waterville, Doonbeg, and Lahinch G.C. __ BUDDIES TRIP ESSAY: FIVE DAYS IN IRELAND →__ Play: Pinehurst; 2 (pictured above), 4 , 8 , Pine Needles and Dormie Club. __VIEW MORE COURSES IN PINEHURST →__ Play: Sea Island; Seaside (pictured above), Plantation , King and Prince. Play: Wailea; Gold , Kapalua; Plantation (pictured) and Ka'anapali; Royal Ka'anapali. __VIEW MORE COURSES IN MAUI →__ Play: Princeville at Hanalei; Prince (pictured above), Makai and Wailua. __VIEW MORE COURSES IN KAUAI →__ Play: Reynolds Plantation; Great Waters , Cuscowilla (pictured above) and Harbor Club. __VIEW MORE COURSES IN GEORGIA →__ Play: Arcadia Bluffs (pictured above), Grand Traverse; The Bear and Bay Harbor. __VIEW MORE COURSES IN MICHIGAN →__ Play: Kiawah; Ocean (pictured above), Turtle Point , Osprey Point and Wild Dunes; Links. __ VIEW MORE COURSES IN CHARLESTON/KIAWAH →__ Play: TPC Scottsdale; Stadium , We-Ko-Pa; Saguaro (pictured above), and Talking Stick; North. __VIEW MORE COURSES IN SCOTTSDALE →__ Play: Barefoot Resort (pictured above), Caledonia, The Dunes and [Waterway Hills GC. ](http://courses.golfdigest.com/l/27445/Waterway-Hills-Golf-Club-Lakes) __ VIEW MORE COURSES IN MYRTLE BEACH →__ Play: Mauna Lani; North , Hualalai; Nicklaus and Waikoloa; Kings' (pictured above). __VIEW MORE COURSES IN HAWAII →__ Play (pictured from top): RTJ Golf At Capitol Hill/Legislator (Prattville), RTJ Golf Trail At Grand National, The Lakes, and RTJ Golf Trail At Grand National, The Short (Opelika). Play (pictured from top): Oxmoor Valley, Dixie Red Hills Golf Course and Silver Lake. Play: PGA National; Champion (pictured), The Breakers (Jones) and W. Palm Beach Golf Course. __VIEW MORE COURSES IN PALM SPRINGS →__ Play: Shadow Creek GC , Wolf Creek (pictured), Desert Pines Golf Club and The Wynn Golf Club. __VIEW MORE COURSES IN LAS VEGAS →__ Play (pictured from top): Southgate Golf Course, Dixie Red Hills Golf Course and Sunbrook Golf Club, Woodbridge. __VIEW MORE COURSES IN UTAH → __ Nashville San Francisco/Half Moon Bay San Diego/Carlsbad Jacksonville/Palm Coast/ St. Augustine Oahu, Hawaii Robert Trent Jones Trail/South (Mobile/Point Clear/Dothan) Orlando Palm Beach/Port St. Lucie Williamsburg, Va. San Antonio Greater Chicago Maryland's Eastern Shore/Delaware Lake Geneva, Wis. Robert Trent Jones Trail/North (Muscle Shoals/Hampton Cove) Central Oregon Hilton Head Island/ Savannah __VIEW MORE TOP BUDDIES DESTINATIONS (NO. 20-1) __ →