Editors' Choice
Best Golf Resorts In The Rockies And Great Plains
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BIG CEDAR LODGE
Ridgedale, Mo.
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Tiger Woods' design team's new course, Payne's Valley, opened in 2020 and hosted an event with Woods, Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose on Golf Channel. Ozarks National, a Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw course that opened in 2019, and earned Golf Digest's Best New Public course honors. Big Cedar Lodge features a rustic lodge and lakeside cottages, the eye-opening nine-hole par-3 Top of the Rock by Jack Nicklaus, one of the more fascinating practice ranges in golf designed by Arnold Palmer, a 13-hole course designed by Gary Player and the 18-hole Buffalo Springs by Tom Fazio.
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THE BROADMOOR
Colorado Springs
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A grand hotel at the base of Cheyenne Mountain overlooks two 18s, both a combination of Donald Ross and Robert Trent Jones-designed holes. A third 18, by Arnold Palmer and revised by Nicklaus Design, is nearby.
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THE PRAIRIE CLUB
Valentine, Neb.
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There are courses designed by Tom Lehman and Graham Marsh and a fun 10-hole pitch & putt by Gil Hanse to offer the complete Sandhills experience. Lodging and one 18 edge the pine-lined Snake River gorge.
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THE RITZ CARLTON, BACHELOR GULCH
Avon, Colo.
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Jeff Andrew/Vail Resorts Signature Clubs
The mammoth ski lodge on a mountain slope offers preferred tee times to nearby Red Sky Golf Club, whose Fazio and Norman 18s are ranked among America's 100 Greatest Public Courses.
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