Centennial Golf Club in Carmel, N.Y, located where Westchester, Putnam and Fairfield Counties meet, features a 27-hole championship course designed by Larry Nelson, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and winner of the U.S. Open and two PGA Championships. While designing more than a dozen courses worldwide, Nelson has called the 340-acre layout at Centennial with its rolling hills, ponds, natural rock outcroppings and breathtaking views, “the most naturally suited to golf” he has ever seen. Between the three nine-hole courses, Meadows, Lakes and Fairways, golfers enjoy a totally distinct and memorable experience. Centennial’s large multiple tees are positioned so any combination of the three nines can be accommodating to the beginner or a test of more than 7,100 yards for the most accomplished player.
While some golf courses rely on feints, jabs and rabbit punches, Virtues Golf Club goes straight for the kisser with 18 holes of roundhouses and haymakers. The 7,243-yard parkland-style layout, located 40 miles from downtown Columbus, OH, was designed by Arthur Hills and ranks among the “Top 100 Public Courses in America” by Golf Digest. In fact, the course is considered by many publications to be