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From TPC Louisiana (the home of the PGA Tour's Zurich Classic) to Jack Nicklaus' English Turn GCC to Lakewood GC, there are plenty of golf options as you take in all that New Orleans has to offer.

You are likely familiar with PGA West's Stadium Course, but when you actually step foot on the property, the golf will simply leave you awestruck, and it's just one of nine courses on property.

From Waialae Country Club to Turtle Bay's Palmer Course to Mauna Kea Golf Course to Royal Ka'anapali to Poipu Bay, each Hawaiian island has plenty to offer the avid golfer, not to mention some mesmerizing views.

With 14 courses in the area, the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri is a midwest golf mecca, including the 27-hole Osage National, Old Kinderhook, the Cove Course at the Lodge at the Four Seasons and the Oaks Course at the Margaritaville Resort.

The PGA Tour's Sentry Tournament of Champions is headed back to Hawaii in January, with Kapalua's Plantation Course getting its annual close-up, leaving golfers everywhere wondering how they can tee it up just like the pros. The Travel Caddie's advice? Find a way to make it happen.

Hot Springs Village is the largest gated community in the United States — with a population approaching 15,000 — and is home of nine challenging golf courses, including four of the top-rated public-access tracks in the “Natural State.”

Barton Creek offers the most bang for the buck and the best four-day overall experience in Texas, especially for those visitors to the Austin area – mainly because you will have a hard time finding a golf trip where you can play four great courses and still be so close to a city like Austin, one renowned for its nightlife, entertainment and quality of attractions. 

When one thinks about golf in Mississippi the focus is most often on the state's Gulf Coast region and the casinos and links offerings around Biloxi. But there is plenty of other great golf in Mississippi, and — from this view — a period spent at Dancing Rabbit and the Pearl River Resort rivals golf trips anywhere in the South.

From the well-known Pinehurst No. 2 and it's accompanying nine courses, to a plethora of options including Mid South, Talamore, Mid Pines, Pine Needles, Southern Pines and Tobacco Road, this area of North Carolina is truly the home of American golf.

This feature will outline five of those courses — San Lameer Estate GC in Margate, Zimbali Coastal Resort in Dolphin Coast, Durban Country Club in Durban, and the Links and Montagu courses at the Fancourt Resort in George, considered by many to be the “Pebble Beach of South Africa.”