Lots of courses (five or more) at one facility

[Darren_Kilfara]

Pinehurst (resort) has eight courses. Desert Mountain (private) has six courses. The St. Andrews Links Trust (public) has five-and-a-half courses. What other facilities out there which are run by a single entity have this much golf to offer? And do such large facilities work, both from the financial and the golfing perspective? (One might think that these sorts of facilities would be unwieldy, needing multiple clubhouses/changing rooms and possibly practice facilities to work, and yet I can also see how a facility like Pinehurst - where the quality of golf is drastically uneven - thrives on its ability to get golfers to play every course and "complete the set" even if there's only one marquee attraction.)

Cheers,
Darren

[Michael Moore]

Bethpage State Park, New York.

I have never been there, but I will make it one of these days.

[John_Cullum]

The Landings in Savannah GA has 6 courses. It is one private club in a gated community. They have at least 4 clubhouses, each with a practice facility. They had to come up with their own handicap software because GHIN was not compatible with 6 courses at one club (that may have been corrected by now). Tee times are handled by a central clearing house which has to be staffed full time. There is very little outside play other than residents' house guests. Most of the members seem pretty happy with it; although some have moved elsewhere because of its complexities.

[Micah Woods]

Mission Hills Golf Club in China has 10 courses. I cannot speak to how well it works from a financial or golfing perspective, but it should be included on the list of facilities.

[Mike Vegis @ Kiawah]

Kiawah Island has 5 courses open to the public (and two private courses).

[Ben Voelker]

The La Quinta Resort has 5 courses on the property.  However, I'm not sure if it counts because I believe at least 2 are private, so they might have simply separated the public golf from the private courses.

[Craig Van Egmond]

Disney World has 5.5 courses also. All public.

[Phil_the_Author]

Though Bethpage has already been mentioned, it is the ONLY facility that has THREE courses which have held USGA championships.

2002 U.S. Open on the Black
1936 U.S. Publinx on the Red and Blue Courses

As far as the financial aspect of the facility, the revenues from golf paid for most of the entire New York State Parks system throughout the years. That was the reason that the courses fell into such disrepair. Their money was used elsewhere.

The powers-that-be promise for that never to happen again.

[Brad Klein]

Garland Resort in Northern Michigan has five 18-hole courses, each one identical to the others, as far as I can recall. I didn't see the point of it, frankly, but I guess people from Detroit and Chicago who go up there debate the merits of this or that course.