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golf holidayHere we have a little help for those who are planning a golf holiday and they are searching for golf packages.

If there’s anything avid golfers love more than playing new courses, it’s traveling to play new courses. Preferably lots of them.

Golfers in the United States are blessed with dozens of hot spots – some hotter than others – offering scores of courses and resorts within an hours’ drive of each other. What’s more, these destinations cater to golfers with special package pricing, fairway-side lodging and other enticements.

The following locations lure traveling golfers by the thousands each year.

  • Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (about 100 golf courses)
  • Palm Springs, California (about 110 golf courses)
  • Phoenix-Scottsdale, Arizona (185 in the metro area)
  • Orlando, Florida (more than 75)
  • San Diego, California (more than 90)
  • Palm Beach, Florida (about 150)
  • Las Vegas, Nevada (about 55)
  • Northern Michigan (more than 100)

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