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LIGHTNING Top 15 SE tr{ *€ FRl DOES Galifornia Golf Resorts A*f tJ g Llrl tt STRIKETWICE t_ w ffi -ii rit re Resort at Pelican Hill, Newport Coast $6.9 Securing the top spot in 100 926 97.7 95.4 93.1 96.6 97.7 97.O $$$ Lodge at Pebble Beach last year when it 95.4 9/.9 97,9 92.3 95.7 92.s 9a.9 96.8 93.s $$$$ debuted on the list, the lnn at Spanish Bay, pebble Beach *2.S 96.1 93.3 92.2 92.s 91.8 95.7 94.2 93.0 $$$ Resort at Pelican Hill wins Ritz-carlton, Half Moon Bay ss.7 91.4 85.7 92.4 92.4 87.5 90.8 89.',1 again in $$$ 2012.lt is the only St. Regis Resort, Monarch Beach, Dana point ss"4 11.4 75.0 95.2 89.4 BB.9 BB.9 90.9 California property to get a 47.7 $$$ Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Carlsbacl s?.4 perfect score-for its three 98.1 93.2 92.4 92.8 84.6 11.9 85.2 B6.s $$ Lodge at Torrey Pines. La lolla &$.€ 18-hole courses, one of 95.2 79.0 86.9 84.4 91.9 86.4 Bt.8 $$ Oiai Valley lnn which, the Ocean & Spa 84,4 91.7 South 92.9 85.5 B6.O 78.8 83.5 42.9 85.4 $$ Course. has a thirteenth JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa. palm Desert s3,A 90.3 90.9 83.7 80.'l J4.9 86.2 46.2 88.3 hole with greens. $ two Rancho Bernardo lnn Golf Resort & Spa. San D ego 8t.4 la.1 90.6 82.B 82.8 80.4 84.9 BO.6 81.6 $ Hyatt Grand Champions Resort, Villas & Spa, lndlan Wells ?9.3 93.9 79.O 78.1 65.4 85.8 79.5 84.0 $ Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa, Rancho Mjrage 7?.S 89.3 94.6 84.3 75.0 63.1 80.8 80.9 $ Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa, indian We ls ?s": CALLOFTHEWILD 92.3 82.9 16.1 68.s 78.6 78.1 80.1 $ Carmel Valley Ranch ?8,* Few golf resorts can claim 80.o 80.7 71.1 73.9 14.2 75.8 79.6 $$$ La Quinta Re6ort & Club ??.5 to be next to a state 93.3 88.s 76.6 73.9 68.S 15.1 79.1 $ preserve, but the Lodge at Torrey Pines neighbors ffi m the 2,O00-acre Torrey Pines Top2(l Florida Golf Resorts ffi r* flin tfit 3t * e*S tJ i,- t l,i-J € State Natural Reserve, [* ffi :i, b;5 LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort, Naples home to beaches, the 89.7 95.0 93.3 94.6 93,4 BB.9 95.7 92.1 90.4 6 The Breakers, Palm Beaoh : eponymous pines. and a 91.4 t1.1 86.7 a].o 91.5 88.9 96.7 95.2 92.4 $$$ seabird favored lagoon. Ritz-Carlton Golt Resort, Naples :g$,3 86.4 95.3 94.2 93.2 49.9 83.2 90.5 90.4 $$$ Marco lsland Marriott Beach Resort, Golf Club & Spa : 99.1 95.5 86.4 BB.9 BB.9 79.5 94.0 92.6 90.8 $$ Ritz-Carlton, Amelia lsland i Eg.$ 46.1 92.0 91.2 89.7 89.9 90.4 81.4 Ponte Vedra lnn & Club, ponte Vedra Beach : ee.l 79.3 79.3 88.2 90.2 89.1 91.9 88.3 85.2 $ GOLF NIRVANA Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Lake Buena Vista , s?.3 100 96.8 84.5 86.2 7 /.4 93.7 90.3 90.4 $$$ Orlando and its environs Ritz"Carlton. Sarasota 65,8 95.2 95.2 88.1 92.9 82.8 have two of the three 82.5 84.4 81.8 $$ Biltmore Hotel, Cora Gables : resorts in Florida that score 8S.1 65.2 86.4 84.3 84.8 86.7 44.1 897 42.4 $$$ Gasparilla lnn & Club, Boca Grande , S4-& perfectly for Course 85.7 85.7 BO.4 85.6 BO.2 89.7 9A.4 $ Design & Access-Disney's Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes I a4.5 91.3 91.3 89.3 89.3 82.2 11.6 81.4 B5,B $ Grand Floridian Resort & Hyatt Regency Gtand Cypress, Orlando r fi3.$ g7t roo 82.1 81.s 75.8 B4.s 86.5 BB,8 $ Spa and the Hyatt JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes : $*.a 42.4 B/.4 86.1 75.1 79.0 Regency Grand Cypress. 83.4 85.8 $ Boca Raton Resort & Club . sG.? 78.1 87.3 81.1 76.9 76.3 82.6 80.9 82.8 $ OmniAmelia tsland plantation Resort, Amella ls and : ?*.e 86.3 82.9 B0.l 76.3 12.1 875 7B.B 82.O $ Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa, Bonlta Springs : '/2.O ?S.S 81.3 74.1 87.1 81.2 73.2 81.5 82.6 $ Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa, Ho ywood ?9.? 71.4 78.6 86.7 11.2 69.8 78.1 86.0 $ South Seas lsland Resort, Captlva 7?.5 A FAMILYOF FANATICS? 64.1 11.8 BO.3 70.6 65.7 90.7 19.1 BO.5 $ PGA palm I NationalResort & Spa, Beach cardens ?5.4 90.5 90.5 76.3 colf addicrs can (try to) 75.3 64.8 13.4 14.5 81.3 $ Renaissance World Goll Village Resort, St. Augustine 73.* get their kids hooked 100 96.3 7B.B 70.7 587 66.7 BO.8 71.s $ by enrolling them in the Rates are for the easlexpensive doubte during peak season, and sotf $ = 9299 under; 9$ = s30o $3e9' $$$ = g4oo-9599; gggg - 9600 or more junior golf clinic-for ages ffi o** u*.s" 8B co!.se Desisr & Ac."", $ corr stur a s"*i""" S H""," eight and up-at the t*^ ,, Boca u u . fr " " s Raton Resort & Club. Bold'faced scores are the highesi= for their criterior.

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PRIDE OF THE ToplONorthernU.S.Golf Resorts $ LOWER PENINSULA ffi W ffi ffi ffi ffi ffi ffi e The 81 holes of golf at Stowe Mountain Lodge, Vt. S3.4 98.0 : 1OO 93.7 : 90.9 : 89.0 95.5 : 94.1 95.O S Treetops Resort, 23O miles west Baden springs Hotel, nd. E&.C: BZO ' 91.3 9'l.B , 89.6 : 82.9 78.6 : 95.7 BB-B north of Detroit, score a American club, l(ohler, W s. $T.8r926:95.7 BB.5 I 93.O | 89.6 14.2 : a1.1 89.4 ss i perfect 1 OO. lts five Orand view Lodge, Nisswa, N4lnn. 86.6r95.O:90.0 90.5 : BB.1 : 69.0 90.5 : 83.3 BB.1 S courses were designed by samoset Resort, Rockport, Me. c3.2 9o.O : 84.3 8T.7, 80.8 : 79.5 : 88.6 : 81.3 84.6 SS Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Tom Fazio, and Rick The Equinox, Manchester Village, Vt. S?.? BO.O : BO.O 80.1 84.4 : 77.4 i 88.6 ! 84.0 82.6 s Smith. The resort aiso has a Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay. Cambridge, Md ?*"7 90.0 : 9O.O 85.2 I 80.5 : 73.0 i 70.7 ! 80.5 78.5 s spa and skiing, tubing, and l Grand Geneva Resort & spa, Lake Geneva, Wis. i6"? 93.8 : 91.7 73.0 7s.2 ;g.z i rs.o ! oe.g Ba.2 $ snowboarding in winter. Shanty Creek Resorts, Bellalre, Mlch- ?4"S 89.3 ! 89.3 68.9 r 73.6 : 62.5' 83.8 : 75.3 13.2 L Treetops Resort, Gaylord. N4lch. ?3.Tr1OO:92.9 61.0 75.O : 52.6 ! 75.6 : 65.0 B0.s s gK TRUMPCARD TopsWesternU.S.GolfResorts ffi ffi m ffi ffi m ffi re $ TheWynn LasVegas and westin Riverlront Resort & spa, Avon. colo 56.: i IOO too i 97.7 i 94.4 i 94.O i 96.5 97-2 96.4 $ its neighbor, sister resort The Broadmoor, Colorado Sprlngs 9'!,S : 91.5 90.6 : 93.4 i 92.8 89.0 : 91.1 92.a 90.7 $$s Encore, share the Wynn Las Vegas *1"2 : 19.2 91.7 : 96.7 i 89.1 91.2 : 87.1 93.9 89.7 distinction of being the only $ gO.S gO.S properties on the Strip to Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch, Avon, Co o. ss"$ : 92.9 85.1 ', 92.A BB.5 84.1 : 91.6 $ have their own golf course. Coeur d'Alene Resort, ldaho &3.S | 92.9 95.2 : 83.4 , BO.2 . 16.4 ) 92.A B2.O 83.6 $

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SHARING THE SPOILS sanctuary at Kiawah lsland Golf Resort. S.C. 95.$ : 95.7 95.7 94.1 !95.8i92.8r96.6 96.2 e5.8 ! $$$ Four states dominate the Barnsley Gardens Resort, Adalrsv lle, Ga. g*.s , 96.6 96.6 93.8 : 93.3 86.7 : 84.9 92.1 sg.o : $ list in the region , lnn at Palmetto Bluff. Bluffton, S.C. 90.'i ! 9Z2 1OO 95.3 1 90.0 81.4 , 86.8 93.1 89.1 :$$$$ South Carolina, Texas, The Greenbriel White Su phur Springs, W.Va. sg.& : 97.o 93.9 89.5 i 92.7 BB.T : 83.6 91.3 92.O : $$ and Virginia-with five Ritz.Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro, Ga. ag.f:98.o,1()() 91.8 : 91.9 83.8 : 80.0 90.6 9].o: $ resorts apiece. The most lnn at Harboui Town, Hi ton Head lsland, S.C. aa.g i 95.5 90.9 93.O i B9.B BO.4 r B9.B 88.1 BB,7 : $ storied resort in the South, though, is in West The cloister, Sea lsland, Ga. es.*:94.9192.3 92.9:89.8:8't.T r86.7 89.1 so.2 , $$ Virglniar The Greenbrier williamsburg lnn, Va. B?.4 i lOO 94.1 86.5 : 84.2 : 82.3 93.7 87.3 , 88.1 $$$ has hosted more than Grove Park lnn Resort & Spa, Ashevllle, N.C. 95.6 : 79.1 83.3 80.1 : 86.0 r Ag.Z gO.A i gt.Z AO.S $ 25 presidents since The Homestead, Hot Springs, Va. s5,$r93.1 ,89.7 BO.2 ! 87.6 , Zg.A SS.S B7.O 89.5 $ opening in the late 17OOs. Williamsburg Lodge, Va. &5,51970r970 a21 : A4.4 | Ig.A 92.4 : gO.g gS.g $ LodgeatSealslandGolf Club,St. Slmons s and, Ga. S5.3 i 92.9 | 85.1 : BB.2 | 84.2 BB.2 84.2 85.5 $$ Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa, San Antonio a&.9 : 91.2 | 91.2 : a4.9 : a/.2 11.8 87.8 92.4 $ :79.5 : TIP OF THE ICEBERG Wild Dunes Resort, lsle of Pa ms, S.C. &4.er 95.2 i 95.2 r 87.9 75.8 88.8 85.6 88.1 $ The 18 holes at Beau Four Seasons Resort and club Dallas at Las Colinas, Tex. s4.& r 825 : eZ.S eg.O : eS.+ 42.9 76.7,84.8i86.0 $ Rivage's Fallen Oak course , Plnehurst, N.C. g4.g 9s.1 : ge.e og.s r eo.o 78.5 87.3,8T.6i95.0 $ are just one of the draws crand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf club & spa, Polnt cleaL Ala s4"6 87.0 : 52.6 A4.9 81.4 79.4 85.8,84.3:83.8 $ at this 1,740-room Tides lnn, lrv ngton, Va. 84"2 81.4 : 95.3 83.5 84.6 81.1 84.6:80.6:88.5 Mississippi resort. The Beau Rivage. Blloxi, Miss. s3.s 92.6 r Se.S 86.6 81.1 77.9 87.3,47.2:82.6 $ property also has a theater, : 70.5 a caslno, a spa with 14 Hilton Head Marriott Resort & spa, S.C. 8?.$ 86.8 ea.Z AS.O eO.e 90.6:82.3!82.3 $ treatment rooms and a Jekyll lsl€nd Club Hotel, Ga. 6t.B : 8O.8 , et.S , ZO.g 80.1 BO.9 BB.T!84.9!78,8 $ salon,11 restaurants, a pool Hyatt Reqency Lost Pines Resort and Spa, Tex. st.g i sz.o go.o r ga.B B4.o 14.O 75.0:80.6:86.2 $ deck over ooking the Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, Va. ax.s : 95.7 r 91.3 : 83.3 : 79.2 64.8 83.5,82.5,85.6 $ beach, and its own Westin La Cantera Resort. Sa an o o 81.n , 87.8 81.8 : 19.1 : 19J 72.8 725 86.8 , 85.7 $$$ nightclub-challenging you so.7 : r : : BO.4 740 152 AOA A5.? to squeeze in time for golf. Barton Creek Resoat & Spa, Austin 96.2 89.9 79.8 $

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Cond6 Nast fraveler's 2a12 Go I Poll resu ts were derived f rom our 2011 Readers' Choice su rvey, whose questionnaire was available th rough a M ET H O D O LO Gy ' secureWebsite.Tabulationofthe23,3T6responseswasdonebyGloball',4arl(etlnslte, nc.,ofBoston.GoLfresortswereratedexcellent,verygood, good, fair, or poor on eight crlteria: Course Deslgn & Access, Golf Statf & Services, Rooms, Service, Food/Dinlng, Locatlon, Overall Design, and Activities/Facilities. Criterion scores, whlch represent the percentage of respondents who rated a golf resort excellent or very good, wete averagedtodeterminetheoveralscore.Onyresortsthatreceivedarequiredminimumnumberofresponseswereincluded ntheseranl(ings.

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