For golf nuts (and who playing the game isn’t?), a dreamlike time at golf vacation resorts is more and more a possibility these days. The notion of playing eighteen holes of golf on a world-class course, combined with a stay at an equally world-class hotel is an idea that can’t be topped. And as far as finding any fault with that notion, there just doesn’t seem to be any.

What’s really attractive about the idea of a golf vacation resort is that these places are beginning to appear all over the world, and even in Scotland. The birthplace of the game features a few spots that include courses on which the game was played in the mid-1800s. For the best experience, though, the resorts in North America are the leaders of the pack, at present.

Golfers who want to golf on courses that play host to some of the top tournaments in the U.S., including the Open, can head to the Monterey Peninsula and the Pebble Beach Links courses. They’re rated the number one public courses in the country, at present. And the quality of accommodations is as good as the quality of the courses.

Lodgings at any of these golf vacation resorts can be first-rate, also. For example, the golf resort at Pinehurst, in North Carolina, was the winner of the 2008 Best Golf Resort award from Travel and Leisure magazine. A resort like this will combine a magnificent course with one or several on-site luxury hotels that cater to every need. Truly, some of these resort hotels are four-star in every respect.

Golf vacation resorts as a real getaway is a vacation idea that’s really hard to top. They combine the best of golf and golfing activities with the best of hotel and resort living into one beautiful package. Most avid golf enthusiasts pine for a chance to play on some of the major-league, PGA-certified courses at many of these resorts, and now they finally have an opportunity to do so.