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Peter Ferlicca

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Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« on: August 11, 2010, 02:07:43 PM »
I am an avid hiker, and enjoy the morning or afternoon hike with my dog exploring nature’s beauty.  Sometimes I prefer to go on a hike for a couple of hours than playing golf, (and I am obsessed with golfing).  I have been very fortunate that the two clubs I have worked at recently have had an abundance of hiking trails surrounding the golf course.  IMO, looking down on a golf course or walking beside it offers many views that you do not see while playing, shows more subtle undulations and angles.

So my question is what are some good golf courses that have hiking trails to provide awesome views of the course and of nature?

I will start with a couple

-Stone Eagle (there are probably 10 hiking trails that go around the course, giving unbelievable views)
-Tumble Creek (A hike leads up to a fire watch point that looks down on the whole back nine and a view of Lake Cle Elum)
-The Quarry at La Quinta (A trail goes right beside the 4 holes that go up the canyon)
-The Preserve (A ton of trails that go all around the huge property of the Preserve)


Also another question for the architects, when routing in a densely forested area how do you see all the undulations to build golf holes when it is so thick with trees.  I know you have a topo map, but I am sure you still walk through the forest visualizing golf holes.





Dale Jackson

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Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2010, 02:27:07 PM »
The Old Course
Chambers Bay

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Ronald Montesano

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Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2010, 02:29:57 PM »
Byrncliff in Varysburg, NY, near Buffalo.
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Will Spivey

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Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2010, 02:37:37 PM »
The Lower Cascades course at The Homestead has a beautiful one hour hike, the last part of which is above and along the course.

Sean Remington (SBR)

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Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2010, 02:40:52 PM »
   Chevy Chase Club, Md. has a "nature trail" - Approx. 1.5 - 2 miles.  Nice place for a walk or run.

Bill_Yates

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Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2010, 02:44:38 PM »
Pebble Beach, Spyglass, Spanish Bay, Cypress Point, MPCC and Poppy Hills.  The Del Monte Forest is full of hiking trails.
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Dan Herrmann

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Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2010, 03:16:03 PM »
Chambers Bay's trail is fantastic. 

Jeffrey Conners

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Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2010, 03:47:45 PM »
Trump National in Los Angeles has hiking trails.  The setting is pretty spectacular.

Scott Coan

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Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2010, 03:51:44 PM »
A friend of mine just had a visit to Martis Camp in Truckee, CA and came back absolutely raving about the place.  More specific to your post - they have 20 miles of hiking trails:

http://www.martiscamp.com/documents/Martis_Camp_Community_Trails_Map.pdf

There is also a full 18 hole putting park that is amazing.

Ian Andrew

Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2010, 04:19:33 PM »
Highland Links has a great one that places you on the mountain behind the 9th green.

Wade Whitehead

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Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2010, 04:32:38 PM »
The Lower Cascades course at The Homestead has a beautiful one hour hike, the last part of which is above and along the course.

There are a couple of trails around the Upper as well, including a well-known one that ends at the waterfalls themselves.

Aren't there trails around Redlands Mesa?  I think I noticed folks on a ridge or two when I played there last August.

WW

Tom Jefferson

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Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2010, 04:56:36 PM »
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort has 7 miles of trails.........to the beach, through the dunes, on the forested ridge of Bandon Trails, and above both Bandon and Pac.

Tom
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Jason Connor

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Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2010, 05:21:28 PM »
Not around it, but there are hiking trails on the north border or Torrey Pines that go down to the water.

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Cliff Hamm

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Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2010, 05:26:56 PM »
Newport National where horses are also allowed on the trail around the course...

Kevin Pallier

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Re: Golf Courses with Hiking Trails Around
« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2010, 11:31:12 PM »
Whistler has one that I enjoyed