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BUDGET TRAVELER
Golf getaways go beyond the greensFor the Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/11/08
Love to golf, but want a little more to do? Plan your getaway at one of these resorts.
• Colonial Williamsburg has a Swing Into Spring package through June 12. It includes unlimited golf and overnight accommodations at rates starting at $149 per person, depending on hotel choice. Packages include a round of golf on the championship Golden Horseshoe Gold Course and unlimited play on the Spotswood Executive Course. The Golden Horseshoe Gold Course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., offers panoramic views. The nine-hole Spotswood layout, also by Jones, is ideal for junior and beginning golfers. Off the course, visit Colonial Williamsburg, Va., to learn more about the men and women that shaped America. www.colonialwilliamsburg.com
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| The par-3 16th hole at the Golden Horseshoe Gold Course has an island green that slopes from back to front. | ||
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• A luxury boutique hotel in New Mexico, the Inn and Spa at Loretto, offers a night's lodging and two rounds of golf at the Black Mesa Golf Club. The course has been described as "gorgeous, tough and enigmatic," with the gorgeous part referring to the dramatic bluffs, distant mountains and Rio Grande Valley vistas. Packages are from $379 a night and include 18 holes of golf, breakfast for two and one massage per guest. A two-night minimum stay is required. In the heart of Santa Fe, the inn is decorated in the style of 13th-century pueblos. www.innatloretto.com
• The PGA National Resort & Spa of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., offers an Unlimited Fun Fore All starting at $99 per night per person. The package, valid on stays through Sept. 30, includes unlimited golf on the Haig, Squire or Estate golf courses, unlimited range balls, one golf clinic and breakfast. Children under 12 can golf free with an adult after 2 p.m. and they can dine at half-price. Also included is a 20 percent discount on the more than 100 treatments offered in the 40,000-square-foot European spa. There is free shuttle service to nearby beaches. www.pgaresort.com
• You won't wilt when playing one of the three championship nine-hole courses at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa of Scottsdale, Ariz. The resort features air-conditioned golf carts. There is also an air-conditioned and covered driving range. Enjoy the unlimited Golf for Two package starting at $289 a night from May 23 to Sept. 14. The resort also has four swimming pools and a waterpark. Families will love the evening campfires with s'mores, dive-in poolside movies, visitors from the Phoenix Zoo and the kids and teens clubs. www.kierlandresort.com
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