Golf travel calendar
The best golf trips in September
Prime season in September
New York
Bethpage & Long Island
The people's major-championship course, a train ride from Manhattan.
Oregon
Bandon Dunes
Walking-only links golf on the Pacific — the purest pilgrimage in America.
California
Monterey Peninsula & Pebble Beach
The bucket-list round of all bucket-list rounds.
Nevada / California
Lake Tahoe & Reno
Alpine air, lake views and big drives at altitude.
Oregon
Bend & Central Oregon
High-desert golf, Cascade peaks and a world-class brewery town.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin: Kohler & Sand Valley
Major-championship links on Lake Michigan and Coore & Crenshaw sand in the heartland.
Missouri
Big Cedar Lodge & the Ozarks
Tiger Woods design, Ozark ridges and a resort built for groups.
Indiana
French Lick
A Pete Dye ridge-top beast and a restored Donald Ross classic.
Virginia
Williamsburg
Colonial history, Pete Dye on the James River and Robert Trent Jones classics.
West Virginia / Virginia
The Greenbrier & Omni Homestead
Two grand historic resorts in the Allegheny Mountains, about an hour apart.
Maryland
Ocean City & Berlin
Value-packed beach golf on the Delmarva coast with a Pete Dye bayside links.
North Carolina
Outer Banks
Wind-swept dune golf, huge beach houses and fresh seafood.
Tennessee
Nashville & Tennessee
Honky-tonk nights, Nicklaus state-park golf and a cult-favorite nine.
Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Classic New England seaside golf, lobster rolls and long summer evenings.
Missouri
Lake of the Ozarks
Lake-house golf trips with Nicklaus, Palmer and Weiskopf designs.
Washington
Chambers Bay & Puget Sound
U.S. Open links on Puget Sound and Pacific Northwest summer golf.
Washington
Gamble Sands
Wide, fun, firm sand-dune golf above the Columbia River.
Good value in September (shoulder season)
- Pinehurst & the SandhillsNorth Carolina
- Myrtle Beach & the Grand StrandSouth Carolina
- Kiawah Island & CharlestonSouth Carolina
- Hilton Head IslandSouth Carolina
- Sea Island & the Golden IslesGeorgia
- Robert Trent Jones Golf TrailAlabama
- St. George & MesquiteUtah
- Maui & the Big IslandHawaii
- Northern MichiganMichigan
- Brainerd LakesMinnesota
- Gulf Shores & Orange BeachAlabama
- Coeur d'Alene & North IdahoIdaho
- Sun ValleyIdaho
- Destin & 30AFlorida
- Whitefish & Montana's Flathead ValleyMontana
- Reynolds Lake OconeeGeorgia
Skip these in September
Too hot, too wet or closed for the season: Central Florida, Palm Springs.
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