Golfweek's best include Palmer courses
The Arnold Palmer Design Company is well-represented with its golf courses featured in the various lists of best courses compiled by the well-respected national magazine, Golfweek. Seventeen properties having golf courses by Palmer Design are on the list of Golfweek’s 2009 Best Courses You Can Play.
In addition, Palmer Design is featured with four courses each in Golfweek’s 2009 Best Resort Courses and 2009 Best Residential Courses, and with three courses in Golfweek’s 2008-09 Best Tour Courses You Can Play and one course in the 2008-09 Best Municipal Courses.
The following properties including Palmer Design courses are on the list of Golfweek’s 2009 Best Courses You Can Play.
Arbor Links Golf Course, Nebraska City, NE
Barton Creek Resort, Austin, TX
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, FL
The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO
Deacon’s Lodge, Brainerd, MN
The Golf Club at North Hampton, Fernandina Beach, FL
Innisbrook Golf and Boat Club, Tarpon Springs, FL
Kapalua Golf Club, Maui, HI
Legacy Golf Club, Norwalk, IA
Mauna Key Resort, Hawaii
PGA National Golf & Sports Club, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
PGA West, LaQuinta, CA
Ponte Vedra Golf & Country Club, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Reunion Resort & Club, Reunion, FL
Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club, Blaine, WA
Stonewall Jackson Lake Resort, Roanoke, WV
Wildfire at Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ
In the ranking of Golfweek’s 2009 Best Resort Courses, APDC’s design at Wolf Creek Golf Club in Mequite, NV is ranked No. 29, followed by No. 35 Stonewall Jackson Lake Resort in Roanoke, WV, No. 41 Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, FL, and No. 66 The Bluffs Country Club and Resort in St. Francisville, LA.
Among Golfweek’s 2009 Best Residential Courses, APDC’s design at Spring Island/Old Tabby Links in Okatie, SC, is ranked No 25, followed by No. 52 Isleworth Country Club in Orlando, FL, No. 61 The Tradition Golf Club in LaQuinta, CA, and No. 69 Tesoro Club in Port St. Lucie, FL.
Golfweek’s 2008-09 Best Tour Courses You Can Play features No. 14 Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, FL, No. 34 Reunion Resort & Club in Reunion, FL, and No. 14 SilverRock Resort in LaQuinta, CA.
SilverRock is also ranked No. 32 among Golfweek’s 2008-09 Best Municipal Courses.
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