Golf Digest Unveils List Of Americas 75 Best Golf Resorts Offering Much-Needed Discounts

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For Immediate Release
September 8, 2009

PEBBLE BEACH TOPS GOLF DIGEST’S 2009 LIST OF THE 75 BEST GOLF RESORTS IN NORTH AMERICA

NEW YORK, NY— Pebble Beach Resort has been ranked No. 1 in the 2009 edition of Golf Digest’s 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America. The resort, which will host the 2010 U.S. Open, regains the top spot after having dropped to third place in the previous ranking in 2006. Pebble Beach was also ranked No. 1 in 2004 and in 2002.

To determine The 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America, Golf Digest called upon its 900-plus course rating panelists, who also produce the list of America’s 100 Greatest Courses. The panelists rated hundreds of resort courses in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean on a scale of 1 (“awful”) to 10 (“perfect”). The ratings were then averaged and multiplied by 10 to establish a final score. The complete rankings can be viewed at www.golfdigest.com and in the October issue of Golf Digest, on newsstands beginning today.

Rounding out the top ten in the 2009 ranking are: No. 2 Sea Island Resorts, St. Simons Island, GA (No. 1 in ’06); No. 3 Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, OR (2); No. 4 Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, The Big Island, HI (4); No. 5 Fairmont Banff Springs, Alberta, Canada (12); No. 6 The American Club, Kohler, WI (5); No. 7 Kiawah Island Golf Resort, SC (14); No. 8 The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV (10); No. 9 The Homestead, Hot Springs, VA (18); and No. 10 Pinehurst Resort, NC (8).

“For the big-game hunters of golf looking to knock off some of the best courses and resorts in the country, now is a good time to do it,” says Matt Ginella, Golf Digest Travel Editor. “Almost every one of the 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America are offering unprecedented stay-and-play packages.”