| Call them the best of the best, the
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| | year -- if you travel there in the
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| elite, or the Green Berets of U.S. golf
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| | summer, you can expect temperatures over
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| cities.The ten cities on this list all
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| | 100. For more information, visit Maui,
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| have one thing common. They occur on more
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| | HawaiiAside from the lush beauty one
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| top-ten golf destination lists than all
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| | normally associates with Maui, the
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| other cities in the U.S. How do I know
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| | Hawaiian island also offers the state's
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| this? By way of research ... lots of
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| | only 54-hole courses, Wailea and Kapalua.
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| tedious, time-consuming but totally
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| | According to VisitMaui.com, there's
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| thorough research.Building the Ultimate
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| | plenty of availability to go around:
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| ListI began the process by gathering all
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| | "Although Maui hosts several well-known
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| the lists of popular U.S. golf
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| | professional tournaments tee times are
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| destinations I could find. This journey
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| | rarely hard to come by." Learn more at
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| led me from to Golf Digest, from travel
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| | Myrtle Beach, South CarolinaI went on
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| websites to sports websites and
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| | family trips to Myrtle Beach each year
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| everything in between. I read lists by
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| | for over a decade. I recall how eager my
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| golfers, journalists, travelers and even
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| | siblings and I would be to play a round
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| historians.The Envelope PleaseWhen the
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| | of Jungle Golf, miniature golf with all
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| dust settled, I had 15 lists of popular
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| | the animal props you could shake a club
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| golf destinations in the country. Then I
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| | at. But Myrtle Beach has plenty of golf
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| began cross-referencing to determine
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| | for "big kids," too. Popular courses
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| which cities occurred on the most lists.
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| | include The Legends, Grand Dunes, Wild
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| So here you have the best of the best ...
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| | Wing and Tidewater. Learn at Orlando,
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| the elite ... the ten most popular golf
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| | FloridaOrlando conjures images of Disney
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| cities in the United States.(I've listed
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| | World, Universal Studios and similar
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| these cities alphabetically, because
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| | attractions. But it also attracts plenty
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| anything else would have required way too
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| | of golfers to its more than 20 courses.
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| much math.)1. Hilton Head, South
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| | Popular stops include Orange County
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| CarolinaThe readers of Golf Digest put
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| | National, Bay Hill and Disney. Where else
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| South Carolina's Hilton Head Island at
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| | can you golf with Mickey Mouse? Learn
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| number 10 on a list of the world's best
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| | more at Palm Springs, CaliforniaIf you
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| resorts. Do I really need to say any more
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| | like the idea of golfing on lush green
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| than that? Okay, here's more. You can
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| | courses with plenty of palm trees and a
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| choose from more than 20 golf courses
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| | backdrop of rugged mountains, Palm
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| that wind around marshes, lakes and
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| | Springs is the place for you. Within the
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| lagoons. For more information, visit Las
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| | Coachella Valley, there are more than 100
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| Vegas, Nevada Say "Las Vegas" to most
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| | courses. According to GolfDigest.com,
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| people, and gambling usually comes to
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| | "PGA West, La Quinta and Mission Hills
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| mind. But Las Vegas is also a premier
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| | North are the three big resorts in town."
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| golf destination with more than two-dozen
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| | Learn more at Phoenix / Scottsdale,
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| courses. Popular choices include
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| | ArizonaI'm aware that Phoenix and
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| Reflection Bay, Royal Links and The
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| | Scottsdale, Arizona are two different
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| Canyons. Just be mindful of the time of
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| | cities.
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