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Scotland
Golf Week St. Andrews
The unbelievable annual Golf Week St. Andrews will take place this year, April 19-25, based at the Old Course Hotel and at six other local hostelries. Included are rounds on each of the following: Old Course, New Course, Jubilee Course, Eden Course and Kingsbairns Golf Links. Plus, 6 nights accommodations, daily breakfast, welcome party, daily dinners and a gala awards dinner, and golf practice with the pros at the St. Andrews Links Golf Academy. Competitions throughout the week include scramble, stableford, greensome, am-am, medal play, nearest the hole and longest drive.
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St. Kitts
Fazio in the Indies
On green hills 500 feet above the Caribbean, a new Tom Fazio golf course is under construction on St. Kitts. The golf club is part of the upscale, $500 million Christophe Harbour development being built by Kiawah Development Partners on the island's picturesque southeast peninsula.
In the plans also are two 5-star hotels including a Mandarin Oriental, a mega-yacht marina and village with shops and restaurants, and oceanfront home sites and villas. Home sites range from $500,000 to $3 million; hotel residences at the Mandarin will be offered from $1 million to $5 million.
St. Kitts is hardly more than a long iron from the island of Nevis, home of some fabulous golf at the Four Seasons Resort Nevis.
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Ireland
Nicklaus & Pelz at Killeen
On a magical 350 acres of ancient woods on the Killeen Castle Estate, a half-hour from Dublin airport, a brand new 7,600-yard-long Jack Nicklaus Signature Course is a reason to come to Ireland. Installed to top USGA standards, the greens and tees were seeded with a unique blend of grasses, the same as those on Jack's own course in Muirfield, Ohio.
The foremost authority on the short game and putting, Dave Pelz launched his new scoring game school at the castle, the first Pelz academy in Europe.
In time for the 2011 Solheim Cup to be held here, a new, 179 room, 5-star Starwood Luxury Collection hotel will open on the magnificent 600-acre estate, incorporating the restored remains of a 19th century castle. Located in Dunsany, County Meath, the estate has been occupied by a castle since 1180; an ancient abbey, a walled garden and expansive grounds complete the scene in the idyllic Irish countryside.
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Canadian Rockies
Six golf resorts and courses in the Canadian Rockies have launched a convenient web site for golf travelers: http://www.CanadianRockiesGolf.ca.
When you plan a trip to Western Canada, 135 holes of spectacular golf await you, at the Fairmont Banff Springs, Silvertip Resort, Canmore Golf and Curling Club, Kananaskis Country Golf Course, the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club and Stewart Creek Golf and Country Club.
From the vintage Canmore, established in1926 on the banks of the Bow River, to the famous Jasper Park Lodge in a stunning UNESCO World Heritage Site of lakes, forest and snow-capped peaks, and the Mount Lorette and Mount Kidd courses on the Kananaskis River, the scenery is heart-stopping. 4-, 5- and 7-night special stay-and-play packages are described on the web site.
Watch out for elk and bear crossings, and enjoy summer golf as late as 11 p.m.!
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