STAFF PICKS* Rick Timm, Timm Golf Academy Trent Wearner, Trent Wearner Golf Academy Doug Wherry, Jake’s Academy
Best Golf Fitness Instructor Reader’s Choice 1. Dillon Johnson, RallySport, Boulder 2. Dee Tidwell, Colorado Golf Fitness Club, Greenwood Village 3. Stacy Montgomery, New Directions Personal Training, Denver
STAFF PICKS* JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge/Wildfire Golf Club Fairmont Scottsdale Princess/TPC Scottsdale Westin Kierland Resort & Spa
Best Golf Experience – Tucson Reader’s Choice 1. The Gallery Golf Club 2. The Lodge at Ventana Canyon T-3. Ritz-Carlton-Dove Mountain T-3. Westin La Paloma STAFF PICKS* Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain Sewailo Golf Club at Casino Del Sol Tubac Golf Resort
Best Golf Experience– New Mexico STAFF PICKS* Dillon Johnson Dee Tidwell Neil Wolkodolff, Denver Center for Health & Sport Science
Best Mental Game Coach
Reader’s Choice 1. Paa-Ko Ridge, Sandia Park 2. Sandia Golf Resort, Albuquerque 3. Piñon Hills Golf Course, Farmington STAFF PICKS* Black Mesa Golf Club, Santa Fe Paa-Ko Ridge Sandia
Reader’s Choice 1. Trent Wearner 2. Denise McGuire, In The Zone, Denver 3. Scott Ough, GolfTEC, Boulder
Best Colorado Stay & Play
Best Golf Experience– Mexico Reader’s Choice 1. Cabo del Sol, Los Cabos T-2. Diamante, Cabo San Lucas T-2. One & Only Palmilla, Los Cabos 3. Estrella del Mar, Mazatlán STAFF PICKS* CostaBaja, La Paz Diamante Punta Mita, Puerto Vallarta
STAFF PICKS* Elena King Denise McGuire Geoff Grieg, Green Valley Ranch
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STAFF PICKS* Cascata, Boulder City Coyote Springs Golf Club, Coyote Sgs. Shadow Creek
Best Overall U.S. Golf Experience
Best Golf Experience – Mesquite/St. George
Reader’s Choice 1. The Broadmoor 2. Keystone 3. Red Sky
Reader’s Choice 1. Wolf Creek Golf Club, Mesquite, Nev. 2. Coral Canyon Golf Course, Washington, Utah T-3. Conestoga Golf Club, Mesquite T-3. Sand Hollow Resort, Hurricane, Utah
STAFF PICKS* Broadmoor Red Sky Rollingstone Ranch
STAFF PICKS* Conestoga Entrada at Snow Canyon, St. George Falcon Ridge Golf Course, Mesquite
Best Phoenix/Scottsdale Stay & Play
Best Golf ExperienceLas Vegas
Reader’s Choice 1. Four Seasons Scottsdale at Troon North 2. We-Ko-Pa Resort, Ft. McDowell 3. The Boulders, Carefree
Reader’s Choice 1. Shadow Creek Golf Club 2. The Wynn Golf Club 3. Paiute Golf Resort
Reader’s Choice 1. Pebble Beach, California 2. Bandon Dunes, Oregon 3. Pinehurst, North Carolina STAFF PICKS* Bandon Dunes Kapalua, Hawai’i Kohler, Wisconsin
Best Overall U.S. Value Reader’s Choice 1. RTJ Golf Trail, Alabama 2. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 3. Branson, Missouri
Best Overall U.S. Golf Value (READER’S CHOICE)
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Alabama
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roving Colorado golfers do travel east of the Mississippi, you voted Alabama’s 22-year-old, 468-hole golf gauntlet the best bang for your buck. The trail’s 26 courses run from Muscle Shoals in the north to Mobile in the south, and there isn’t a dog track in the bunch. You want value? A round at Grand National in Opelika, which hosts a PGA TOUR event this July, starts at $65 during high season. Factor in perpetual specials, many including luxurious lodging and multiple rounds, and you can’t beat it. Flights into nearby Atlanta rather than Birmingham also keep down the price. 800-949-4444 rtjgolf.com
STAFF PICKS* Alabama Coast/Florida Panhandle Mesquite/St. George Tucson More than 3,000 voters selected this year’s CAGGY winners. CAG
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*Staff selections throughout are arranged alphabetically.
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