Mississippi
The Pines Region is located on the Alabama border and has a powerful golf pedigree. At Dancing Rabbit Golf Club at Pearl River Resort in Choctaw, two courses – the Azaleas and the Oaks – were built on the lands of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. These courses, designed by Tom Fazio and Jerry Pate, have received accolades from Golf Magazine, Golfweek and Golf Digest.
Dancing Rabbit Golf Club
The Coastal Region is an eclectic mix of award-winning golf, exciting musical entertainment, intriguing history, and stunning scenery. Along the beautiful Gulf of Mexico in the Biloxi/Gulfport area lies a chain of glitzy casino resorts, exciting music venues, beachfront condominiums, convenient hotels and, of course, championship golf. The region’s musical culture is closely tied to neighbouring New Orleans with jazz and blues influences. Blues greats Jelly Roll Morton and Bill Johnson lived here in the early 1900s. Yet its musical heritage is more modern than the other regions, with the casino’s world-class performing venues and the renowned Hard Rock Casino’s extensive collection of musical memorabilia. The Mississippi Gulf Coast hosts amateur golfers at the International Golf & Blues Experience, an annual festival of golf and music that spotlights everything the coast has to offer. Additionally, the coast hosts professional golfers on the Champions Tour. The Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic is played each spring at Fallen Oak – named the second-best new upscale course by Golf Digest in the top 10 new courses you can play by Golf Magazine, plus the best course you can play in the state and the second-best casino course in the country, according to Golfweek. Shell Landing Golf Club, in Gautier, designed by Davis Love III, was named the fifth-best new upscale course in America by Golf Digest and the third-best public access course in the state by Golfweek.
Shell Landing Golf Club
Golf and the blues make a logical, and most enjoyable, twosome in Mississippi. Combined with moderate annual temperatures, excellent amenities, and so much to see and do, Mississippi is unlike any other golf destination in the country. Come find your true south and a golfer’s paradise in Mississippi.
For more information about golf and blues in Mississippi, go to www.visitmississippi.org Copy supplied by Mississippi Tourism
Fallen Oak Golf Club
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