Top Ten U.S. Golf Destinations Accessible By Private Jet

We took stock of the areas we have flown our customers, and these golf courses showed up on our flight plans frequently.

La Quinta: You’ll find over 130 golf courses in the valley, making this among the most desired locations for playing golf in the nation. With courses including PGA West (Nicklaus, Norman, Palmer, and Stadium courses), The Quarry, Tradition, Silver Rock, Bermuda Dunes, The Classic Club, La Quinta Resort, Hideaway, the Madison Club, Bighorn, how can you go wrong?

The Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal and the Bermuda Dunes Airport support this incredible variety of golf courses in California’s desert resorts region.

Pebble Beach: The location for the 2010 U.S. Open, and perhaps the foremost photographed golf course in the entire world, Pebble Beach is on every golfer’s bucket list. Close by popular courses feature Spyglass and Spanish Bay.  Bring ample golf balls as well as a sweater.

Pebble Beach, Spyglass and Spanish Bay are all supported by Monterey Peninsula Airport in Northern California.

Bandon Dunes: With 3 golf courses on pretty much everyone’s top ten list, Bandon Dunes, Pacific Dunes and Bandon Trails are situated right on the picturesque and rugged Oregon coastline. The Old MacDonald golf course opened up this year as the fourth and last golf course on the property. Links type golfing with tight lies, spectacular scenery and challenging designs have made this an incredibly preferred vacation destination for Desert Jet clients.

Bandon Dunes is supported with the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport found in North Bend, Oregon.

Sutton Bay: This unique private course has a flavor all its own. A links style course just off the banks of Lake Oahe, in the vicinity of the community of Agar, South Dakota, Sutton Bay is really a favorite amongst Desert Jet private jet flyers. Wonderful wildlife and a demanding but fair golf course.  You might wish you brought your digital camera. The par-3 seventeenth is just remarkable. By the way, the record is 105 holes played in a single day.

Sutton Bay is actually supported with Pierre Regional Airport as well as the Gettysburg Airport.

Rock Creek: A part of an 80,000 acre operating cattle ranch, Rock Creek Cattle Club is a private country club in central Montana that provides a stunning par 71, 6,300 to 7,400 yard Tom Doak golf course that makes use of 350 of those particular acres. It was identified as the very best new non-public golf course in 2006. The views of the mountains will take your breath away plus the golfing and accommodations will keep you coming back to this wonderful spot. You might have to putt around the Elk foot prints on the green occasionally.

Rock Creek is actually supported by Deer Lodge Airport located in Montana.

BallyNeal: Fashioned in the tradition of Scottish and Irish shoreline links golf, BallyNeal is as natural a golf course as you can find. There are not any tee markers; you hit from exactly where you hit. There are no carts, either. The elevation changes, layout and natural splendor of this private course will astound you. Play it right and you will score well.  Poor shots are usually penalized heavily.

BallyNeal is supported with Holyoke Airport located in Colorado.

Augusta: The home base of the Masters Tournament and one of the most exclusive non-public golf clubs in the entire world, Augusta National is the world stage for golfing every April.  Who would say no to an invitation to play here, just to say you made it through Amen Corner! If you’re going to “The Tournament”, schedule ahead of time as we have a great deal of demand throughout this period of time.

Augusta National is supported by Daniel Field and Augusta Regional Airport located in Georgia.

Pine Valley: A par 70 course at just over 6,500 yards, it includes a slope ranking of 153. Higher scores would be the usual here, but the natural beauty edges out the problems. Constantly listed quite high in top ten rankings in many key golfing magazines, it made the Desert Jet list also!

Pine Valley is serviced by Philadelphia International and Millville Municipal Airports.

Sand Hills: Finished in 1995 by Ben Crenshaw together with Bill Coore, This private golf club in Nebraska is just open for golfing from the 1st of June to the 1st of October. With a sand base that complies with the PGA requirements for greens spread out over the entire golf course, the grass is amazing. The development process was straightforward: superb courses are discovered, not created. Marginal intrusion to the natural landscape gives a golf course that a lot of people say could be the finest they’ve ever played.

Sand Hills is served by North Platte Regional and also Ainsworth Municipal Airports.

Bay Hill Resort: The location of Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Invitational Tournament, this golf course is quite popular, not only for the amazing golfing, but the excellent instruction available from the personnel trained by Mr. Palmer himself. Bay Hill is Desert Jet’s most favored golf course in Florida.

Bay Hill is serviced by Orlando Executive and Orlando International Airports.

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