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ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. - Legendary golf course designer Tom Fazio's first-ever solo course design turns 30 years old this year, and golf enthusiasts are invited to join the celebration.

In conjunction with the anniversary celebration, Wild Dunes Resort is giving golfers a chance to play the signature, oceanfront Links Course and help the organization give back to its home community.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – With 971 golf courses (only Florida and California have more) Michigan is one of America’s leading golf states. But Michigan golf was a pretty humdrum affair until June 17, 1985.

That was the day the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa opened The Bear, a brilliant tour de force by Jack Nicklaus that put Northern Michigan on the international golf map. Widely considered a revolutionary course at the time, it has maintained its reputation for difficulty and brilliance during the 25 years since it opened.

INDIANAPOLIS - Any legitimate conversation about elite public-access golf courses in the state of Indiana has to include mention of The Fort Golf Course, a Pete Dye track wrapped in a thick cocoon of woodlands where war, not golf, used to be the primary sport.

In the most recent batch of rankings, the nation’s most esteemed golf publications almost unanimously agreed that The Fort deserved to occupy a lofty perch among its peers.