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MULTIGENERATIONAL TRAVEL: WHERE TO GO, HOW TO PLAN

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Why Glasgow now wows Must-see Tokyo art museum Secret getaway in Indonesia

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President’s Letter

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ear Members and Guests, One of our greatest strengths as a company — and what sets us apart — is the Member experience we provide. I take great pride in knowing that every day our clubs give you opportunities to elevate your life in every area, from golf and tennis to networking and social events to great food and fitness facilities. With this in mind, we are introducing a new tagline — “Life Lived Well” — to encourage you to use your club to celebrate a happy and healthy lifestyle and live life to the fullest every day.

As an industry leader, we also take pride in our innovation.

We now have expanded and dedicated resources working to envision what the club of the future will look like and to create new products and services that will enhance the value of membership.

Right now, we are creating a new state-of-the-art mobile platform that we will begin piloting later this year. It will include the ability to book dining and tee-time reservations, not only at your club but across the country, too. This technology also will bring improved communications, special offers, and ease of billing.

We also are expanding our programming to create new value-added events and programs that enhance the member experience, such as the Silver Oak wine and food events we’ve had at some of our clubs. Our first few were huge successes, and we are now planning dozens more.

We are bringing golf indoors with Golf Lounges, featuring golf simulators and social hubs, opening at several clubs around the country, and we are introducing our first Drive Zone, a green-grass golf entertainment range that features ball-flight tracking technology, gaming, music, and more. Drive Zone opens at Brookhaven Country Club near Dallas in April.

As you can see, we are focused on imagining the next chapter of club life. While we look to the future, I hope you will enjoy the present and take advantage of all your benefits and the exciting things going on at the clubs — and, keep in mind, there is always more coming down the pike.

As always, if you have any suggestions or comments, please email me at the address below.

With a fond farewell,

R. J. HINKLE

Mark Burnett President and Chief Operating Officer mark.burnett@clubcorp.com

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On a Mission

Billionaire Johnny Morris has enlisted the help of some of the game’s best course designers in his quest to put Missouri on the golf map with his Big Cedar Lodge.

BY J O S H S E N S

42 The New Look of Gin

Meet several up-and-coming distillers both domestic and abroad who reach beyond traditional juniper to craft unconventional must-try spirits.

BY L E S L EY JAC O B S S O L M O N S O N

46 Family Affairs

it all on a private island in Indonesia, and explore Singapore on your way; bed down at an iconic newly renovated Montreal hotel where John Lennon once stayed; catch, cook, and have a cocktail or two at a Cabo resort; acclaimed chef Erik Anderson talks about his latest gig at San Francisco restaurant.

22 Rides Find out what goes into the meticulous refurbishment of classic cars at Jaguar-Land Rover’s just-launched U.K. restoration facility.

24 Culture Delve into the quirky works of a colorful Japanese contemporary artist at a new Tokyo museum; big-name stars and familiar titles illuminate Broadway stages this season.

29 Profiles Noteworthy club members with fascinating stories.

33 The Game This year’s near-foolproof, gotta-haveit golf equipment — from cup-seeking putters to performance-redefining balls — uses futuristic technology to help you resolve your game’s most nagging hiccups.

BY S C OT T K R A M E R

80 Impossible Golf Book Discover what former Golf Magazine editor George Peper considers the planet’s “most important” courses in this limited-edition volume.

BY J O S H S E N S

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Two travel insiders tell you where you’ll want to go on your next multigenerational getaway. Plus, 10 tips you should read before planning your trip.

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52 River Cruising

It’s changing at a rapid pace, amping up its allure to a broader market with hip ships, active excursions, compelling itineraries, and other temptations.

BY JA N I C E WA L D H E N D E R S O N

56 Glasgow, Reinvented

The Scottish city sidesteps its gritty reputation with a slew of game-changing new developments — attractions, distilleries, and more.

BY A DA M H. G R A H A M

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62 ClubCorp News and Events. Houston’s Downtown Club at the Met reinvention hits all the sweet spots — athletics, business, and social. Take a look at the improvements.

BY KATE WAHNSCHAFFE

68 Where to play.

Where to dine. Where to meet. To help you book everything from tee times to dinners and relaxing getaways, use this handy directory of our associate clubs, resorts, and affiliates.

On the Cover: Gin cocktail. Photography by Amber Fouts.

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From the Editor The Masters Champ Will Be ...

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ast issue, I told you all about our push into social media.

Since then, my team and I have continued to grow the magazine’s presence on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter and have been brainstorming ways to improve our efforts and increase our followers. Even though I’m no techie, I’m embracing social media and have even started posting Instagram stories. OK, I’ve posted only two, but I promise more will be coming. I see social media as a key way for the magazine staff to deliver relevant information to all of our readers between our quarterly issues, and to carry on a two-way conversation with you via cyberspace.

Here’s how I’d like to get that conversation going, and maybe even get it heated up. In our Winter issue, some of the country’s top golf journalists made a slew of predictions about the 2018 golf year. Three chimed in on who they thought would win the Masters in April, and why. Not surprisingly, these golf fanatics didn’t agree with one another, picking three different pros to slide on that green jacket: Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, and Jordan Spieth. Surely, you have your own pick, and we want you to share it with us. Tag us @privateclubsmag and tell us why your guy will be the one seeing green (last year’s champ, Sergio Garcia, walked away with $1.98 million) and wearing green after the final round at Augusta.

My pick? Jordan Spieth. He won it before, and I say he’ll do it again this year!

— D ON NICHOLS don.nichols@clubcorp.com

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Editor-in-Chief DON NICHOLS

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Associate Design Director RON THOMAS

Assistant Editor KATE WAHNSCHAFFE

Drum Roll Private Clubs recently nabbed the Bronze Medal for Best Travel Magazine in the North American Travel Journalists Association Travel Media Awards. “Philly’s Rising Again,” a feature in our Spring 2017 issue, won the Gold Medal for Best Destination Travel story.

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CONTRIBUTORS

Larry Bleiberg, Paula Felps, Bill Fink, Michael Frank, Elaine Glusac, Adam H. Graham, Janice Wald Henderson, Scott Kramer, Jen Murphy, Josh Sens, Andrew Sessa, Lesley Jacobs Solmonson W R I T E R S:

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Writer Adam H. Graham Home base: Zürich, Switzerland Assignment: “Glasgow, Reinvented” (page 56) Quote: “For me, it’s always reassuring to see an old city like Glasgow totally reinvent itself with edgy new developments but still stay true to its unique and gritty past.”

Has written for: BBC, Condé Nast Traveler, and New York Times

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Writer Lesley Jacobs Solmonson Home base: Valencia, Calif.

Assignment: “The Surprising New Look of Gin” (page 42) Quote: “Call me a gin evangelist, but I love introducing naysayers to the modern iterations of the juniper spirit.”

Has written for: Los Angeles Times and Wine Enthusiast, and is author of Gin: A Global History

Writer Scott Kramer Home base: Carlsbad, Calif.

Assignment: “Future World” (page 33), about new golf equipment Quote: “The newest equipment is as advanced as ever, with respect to technology and innovation, helping golfers of any ability hit better shots and enjoy the game even more.”

Has written for: Golf Magazine and Sporting News

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Writer Andrew Sessa Home base: Boston Assignment: “Family Affairs” (page 46), about multigenerational travel Quote: “A top trend for more than a decade, multigenerational travel’s not slowing down. I was impressed by the level of new offerings, especially since I’m an expecting father myself.”

Has written for: Food & Wine and the New York Post

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Recipes The New Gin Innovative distillers are putting a fresh spin on this classic, often using unexpected botanicals in their creations.

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Bawah Island

Latitude 2.5° N / Longitude 106° E

Rates From $1,780 nightly for two Things to do Go hiking, kayaking, snorkeling, and paddleboarding; book a wellness treatment.

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y cab driver shuttles me to Singapore’s ferry docks, one hand on the wheel and the other on his iPhone, using Google Maps to search for Bawah Island, where I’m now headed. When he locates an isolated dot in the Natuna Sea between Malaysia and Borneo about 160 miles from Singapore as the terns fly, he’s puzzled.

“Why you want to go there?” he asks. “There’s nothing there.”

Precisely, if a six-island mini-archipelago in Indonesia’s largely undeveloped Anambas Islands can be considered nothing. In fact, its nowhere location is vital to its definition of luxury: an unplugged private island eco-retreat poised to use nature to nurture just 70 guests maximum in a pristine marine reserve.

“It’s an affair of the heart rather than the head,” admits Tim Hartnoll, the Singapore-based principal investor in Bawah who came across the islands originally by boat. An avid scuba S P R I N G 2018

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ESCAPE PLAN: From top, soak in your overwater bungalow tub or swim in the property’s infinity pool.

Below, snorkel among clownfish and other marine life.

clock switch perfects leisure scheduling such that sunrise at 7:30 a.m. means few are at breakfast before 9, and sunset falls at the ideal 7:30 p.m. cocktail hour.

The natural rhythms of the day make the timekeeping largely unnecessary but for being punctual to spa appointments, beginning by the beachfront infinity pool on Day One with a foot massage suggested by Adeline Blachere, director of Aura, Bawah’s wellness center. It’s a gentle introduction to a wellness program that exceeds remoteisland expectations. Radiating calm, Adeline herself leads yoga classes in the spa’s expansive open-air pavilion where, in camel’s pose one day, I spot geckos scurrying overhead. Massages and facials, included in the rates, join activities such as forest trekking and paddleboarding on a wellness menu designed to use the environment as well as human hands in sensoryrestoration therapy.

A symphony of toy squeaks, referee whistles, and bassnote belches composed by Bawah’s 60-some bird species resounds each morning over breakfast in the open-air dining room, Tree Tops. Its location, a little more than 100 feet uphill, puts guests close to the canopy where delicate butterflies weave loopy circuits.

Water is Bawah’s prime attraction, but its main-island trails offer an introduction to its terrestrial magic.

Crickets provide a bellringing soundtrack in the tangled forest, and rock ledges offer panoramic perches for meditation or taking selfies, depending on your inclination.

Though the things to do on Bawah seem obvious to me — hike the interior, kayak around the main island, snorkel the reef, swim to an out island, and burn enough calories to justify the excellent four-course dinners — nothing is scripted about a stay here. I

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diver, he says, “I came for a day and stayed for three.” Fortuitously, three weeks later, the property went up for sale and “the opportunity came for me.”

In contrast, the development of Bawah, the largest of the six islands, was six years gradual with the aim of removing as little of the vegetation as possible, framing bungalows in sustainable bamboo, and building pathways using locally quarried rock, all accomplished by hand. Though Bawah began welcoming guests in small numbers in August, construction only finished early this year when seaplanes began regular service to the island, which makes a dramatic introduction to the “middle of nowhere” — a puzzle for my cabbie, a plus for me.

After my cab-to-ferry-to-plane journey, a hero’s welcome by dozens of hand-shaking staff greets me at the end of the 690-foot-long jetty upon my arrival. Bungalows for two, some on stilts above the water, others tucked just behind the trees, flank the white sand beach that rises gently from the unruffled lagoon. Mine lies just to the left of the Grouper Bar, named for the whale-size fish sculpture made entirely of driftwood suspended from the thatch ceiling.

Four bamboo-log steps up to the porch bring me to my oceanfront bungalow, where powercontrolled curtains within rise to expose the elegantly appointed bedroom to the elements (when closed, air conditioning cuts the humidity comfortably). A full bathroom includes a freestanding copper tub. In addition to their castaway appeal, guest rooms come stocked with virtually everything necessary for the beach short of sunscreen: dual poncho cover-ups, his-and-her sun hats, linen pareos, and a straw beach bag.

After I’d made the effort to reach nowhere, wilderness couldn’t be more convenient. In just a few fin kicks from shore — snorkeling gear also comes with the quarters — I swim above a vibrant marine forest with thickets of blue staghorn coral, pink bushy varieties, and other fungilike species growing in ledges.

Colonies of giant clams with quivering lips in iridescent turquoise and velvety fuchsia embed in wheel-shaped pieces of reef. Fish in Technicolor schools grow larger with depth. Spritely clownfish duck in and out of pliant anemones and bright blue starfish with ropy arms casually drape their prey.

If the natural environment doesn’t manage to dissolve ties to the civilized world, Bawah’s own time zone — 30 minutes ahead of Singapore, which is an hour behind Western Indonesia — helps advance the effort. Ostensibly the

Exploring Singapore

GEOFF LUNG (ANDAZ), GIFT OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGETTE CHEN LIYING, COLLECTION OF NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE (PAINTING: GEORGETTE CHEN, PORTRAIT OF EUGENE CHEN)

Trips to Bawah Island begin with resort-arranged transfers from Singapore, virtually mandating spending a night or two in the city-state. Take the opportunity to explore one of Asia’s most dynamic cities with this hit list of new attractions.

CRYSTAL rarely see my fellow travelers, a couple from CLEAR: Kayak on Singapore, and when I Bawah’s do they extol completely turquoise water. different diversions, including a beach drop with a picnic on one of the deserted islands.

Despite its contained dimensions, Bawah’s attractions — adventurous, romantic, or relaxing — proliferate in guestspecific iterations.

No place is off-limits, including the employee village, where some 120 staffers, most from the region, reside. Here, I tour the agricultural operation — an ambitious permaculture plan to supply 80 percent of the kitchen needs — and accept a pingpong challenge. In just four days, I’ve joined a community that’s as compelling as the scenery, a surprising dimension to Bawah clearly crafted from the top.

“Hospitality is about love,” says Tom Blachere, Bawah’s general manager and husband to Adeline, “and it’s about giving without counting.”

DETAILS: From $1,780 nightly for two, including round-trip transfers from Singapore, meals, wellness services, and laundry. bawahisland.com

SLEEP: Opened in November, Andaz Singapore fills a new honeycomb-patterned high-rise with 342 spacious rooms. If you don’t get one with the iconframing waterfront view, head to the rooftop Mr. Stork bar to bask in the panorama.

The 25th-floor lobby level hosts a swimming pool and five different dining concepts arrayed like a restaurantlined lane. From $280. andazsingapore.com 1 A boutique alternative, the Vagabond Club hotel offers 41 rooms in former art-deco-era shophouses in the trendy Kampong Glam district. Credit French designer Jacques Garcia with the art-filled, jewel-toned interiors. From $199. hotelvagabondsingapore.com SEE: Since 2015, when the stately former Supreme Court Building and City Hall were unified as the National Gallery Singapore (nationalgallery.sg), the city has emerged as a center for Southeast Asian art (left). For an in-depth look at its growing contemporary art trade, visit the Gillman Barracks. On a green campus with low-slung buildings that once served the military, 12 galleries showcase top talents such as Zai Kuning, who represented Singapore at the Venice Biennale last year. Guided tours take place most Saturdays. gillmanbarracks.com EAT: The Singaporean love affair with food ranges low to high — there are even two streetfood stalls here with a Michelin star — and across ethnicities. Sydney-based chef Clayton Wells so fell for Singapore that he opened his first Asian restaurant, Blackwattle, in October. Reserve a table at the 60-seat Chinatown gem for Wells’ five-course prix fixe of Instagrammable dishes. blackwattle.com.sg 1 In the year-old Warehouse Hotel, Po does Singaporean classics with creativity, including sharable “popiah platters” of stewed pork and shrimp that diners wrap into wheat skins. po.com.sg 1 For a true immersion into Singapore’s unique Peranakan traditions — foods created after the intermarriages of Chinese and Malaysians — dine at Folklore. Soulful chef Damian D’Silva faithfully replicates complex dishes from his grandparents’ era, all served family style. folklore.sg DRINK: Only London and New York have more entries on the liquor industry’s World’s 50 Best Bars list than Singapore, which has six. Newcomers include Atlas (atlasbar.sg), an art-deco cathedral to gin with more than 1,000 varieties on display in a towering back bar; and its opposite, Native (tribenative.com), a tiny Chinatown spot where everything from the booze to the furniture and recorded jazz is made in Asia.

Fly There in Comfort Singapore Airlines aims to make the long flights from the U.S. to Singapore much easier on travelers with the launch of its A350-900 aircraft, set to begin flying the world’s longest-distance route between New York and Singapore this year. Higher ceilings and bigger windows provide a sense of spaciousness.

Innovations including appreciable humidity in the cabins and automated lighting that serves as circadian cues to sleep and to wake are designed to prevent jet lag after the 18-1/2-hour flight. Look for the same aircraft later this year in LA; a similar plane already makes the San Francisco-Singapore commute comfortable.

Also rolling out this year: the airline’s five new A380s, now with 50-square-foot suites, each with a separate seat and bed. Look for them on hub-connecting routes, including New York to Singapore via Frankfurt.

In Business Class, the two center seats can be combined for couples to create a double bed.

Both Suites and Business classes will be sequestered on the upper deck of the bilevel aircraft. 800-7423333; singaporeair.com — E.G.

IN THE WORKS: Already an attraction with a butterfly garden and swimming pool, Singapore’s Changi Airport will expand in early 2019 when Jewel Changi Airport opens. With 1.4 million square feet spread over 10 floors (five below ground), the glass dome next to the terminals will feature indoor gardens with designated walks, play spaces with slides at the canopy level, and more shopping and dining. jewelchangiairport.com — E.G. S P R I N G 2018

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he world was on the cusp of change when Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth hotel opened 60 years ago. As Canada’s largest hotel east of Toronto, it helped usher in the swinging ’60s, welcoming everyone from Fidel Castro to Queen Elizabeth herself. As the era came to an end, the hotel found itself in the middle of the cultural conversation. In Room 1742, John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their “bed-in” protest and recorded the song “Give Peace a Chance,” enshrining the site in music history.

But through subsequent decades, the high-rise began to feel dated, leading the owners to close it in 2016 for a yearlong, top-to-bottom makeover costing more than $112 million. Since its grand reopening in November, the Fairmont property has dazzled the city by going back to the future.

Using pod-shaped lobby chairs, pop-art-inspired carpets, and life-size projected video images of waving hostesses from the city’s 1967 World’s Fair, Sid Lee Architecture has embraced the building’s midcentury modern roots.

Boldly colored murals animate the 950 guest rooms, and even vacationers should sneak a look at the meeting rooms — in one, two playground swings hang from the ceiling; in another, a conference table converts for pingpong play. One workspace even resembles the war room from Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film, Dr. Strangelove.

What about Room 1742? It has been converted into the John and Yoko Suite, decorated with artifacts from the famous couple’s weeklong visit, including archival photos and a reel-to-reel tape deck that plays interviews from the event.

But the renovation also looks forward. The lobby floor features a bustling urban market with gourmet dining stations selling everything from Prince Edward Island mussels to Quebec rotisserie quail to maple ice cream. An

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open-air design adds to the high-energy scene because diners watch busy chefs at work. Since everything’s available for take out, the market also buzzes with Montrealers stopping by for lunch or picking up dinner.

Its downtown location makes the hotel convenient for guests, but its link to the business district runs even deeper. Built atop the main train station, it’s connected to Montreal’s underground city, a 20-mile network of corridors and shopping passageways that make it possible to cross the urban center without braving winter weather.

Once inside the hotel, though, the city seems far away. The Queen Elizabeth’s Moment Spa offers a full range of treatments, from warm pebble massages to men’s pedicures.

Elsewhere, guests can relax in a play room with clear acrylic foosball tables and a big-screen video-gaming area.

Others unwind at the Nacarat Bar, which has already become a favored watering hole for celebrities after performances at nearby Bell Centre arena. Recent stars enjoying a nightcap have included Canadian crooner k.d. lang and — perhaps fitting for the storied hotel — musician and rock photographer Julian Lennon, whose father once urged us all to give peace a chance. From $160. 866-540-4483; fairmont.com/queen-elizabeth-montreal

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Gone Fishing in Cabo

For this day trip, your resort puts you to work — but you’ll have fun BILL FINK CASTING CALL: Above, try your luck at catching a marlin.

Left, Chef Dahrouch’s sea bass tacos. Below, a paloma cocktail.

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he day begins at sunrise with a ride to the colorful Cabo San Lucas harbor at the southern tip of Baja California in Mexico. There, we climb aboard a 42-foot private resort yacht, where the crew greets us with mimosas and snacks. The captain has stopped at the bait shop to grab fishing licenses and some sardines along with rainbow-colored rubber lures.

We’re all pumped to take part in a new program at the One&Only Palmilla resort called the “Catch, Cook, Cocktail” package. It’s designed especially for guests interested in not only consuming, but in helping to create a uniquely Cabo food and drink experience.

Out at sea, the boat passes the iconic rock arch from the harbor and sails through some nearby fishing spots, many occupied by both sport fishers and local commercial vessels, all angling for a chance at a big one, maybe like the trophy 900-pound marlin caught in the area the week before, or the more common tuna, dorado, and snapper.

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the hooks, and we cast them to sea, hoping for the best. With the lines simply trolling about 50 feet behind the boat, it’s just a waiting game to see if any fish take a lure. As the boat casually circles for about 45 minutes, we keep half an eye on the lines as we sip margaritas and dine on a fish lunch the crew has packed for us.

I ask the captain for fishing tips, and he shrugs, “a lot of luck involved … just pray.”

Alas, my angling prayers aren’t answered, and we reel in the lines after about an hour. Had we gotten any bites, the staff would have helped us land our catches and then done the dirty work of cleaning them for the kitchen. But it’s not all bad news: As a consolation prize, the captain steers the boat closer to shore and anchors for a half-hour snorkeling stop. Diving into the water, we see schools of brightly colored smaller fish that somehow sense we’re no longer on the hunt and swim around us like close friends.

Back on land, we’re off to the hotel kitchen, where executive chef Larbi Dahrouch has preordered fresh Pacific sea bass, just in case we came back empty-handed. We work with the Moroccan-born, Paris-trained chef to dice the fish. We mix the smaller chunks in a spicy ceviche with pimento peppers, corn, and cucumber. The bigger pieces we marinade, toss on a sizzling grill, and combine with a fresh garnish in a soft tortilla. For good measure, we concoct some guacamole and salsa, which we scoop up with tortilla chips and some delicious plantain chips. The combination is tasty and light enough to enjoy on this hot Mexican afternoon.

After lazing at the hotel beach, we gather again for the evening at the stylish Agua by Larbi bar with resident mixologist Philippe Zaigue, who shares his recipes and supervises a competition for our group to mix spicy margaritas and palomas with fresh juices and spices. We toast to our fishing efforts and our culinary success, and then retire to our lavish suites for dreams of hooking a trophy marlin next time.

Details: The “Catch, Cook, Cocktail” program, a three-night package, includes the all-day fishing and cooking excursion and accommodations in an Ocean View Suite. From $5,805 for two people.

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Chef Q+A

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t’s not often a chef hands over his creative control, but Daniel Patterson, owner of the small, boundary-pushing Coi restaurant in San Francisco, isn’t your typical chef. Patterson has helped pave the road for chefs to take risks in the kitchen, and under his leadership Coi has become an incubator for some of the country’s top talents. In 2015, Matthew Kirkley took the culinary reins of Patterson’s flagship and last year his cooking earned Coi its first three Michelin-star rating, making it one of just seven San Francisco restaurants with that honor. Last November, the baton was passed to Erik Anderson, who made his name at the Catbird Seat in Nashville and is an alumnus of Noma in Copenhagen and the French Laundry in California’s Napa Valley. Writer Jen Murphy recently talked to Anderson about Michelin pressure, his love of fowl, and the importance of being challenged in the kitchen.

Most chefs dream of owning their own restaurant. Last spring you opened the well-received Grand Café in Minneapolis. Why leave?

At the Grand, the focus was on updated French classics. That is the kind of food I personally love to eat but it’s not where my heart is as a chef. I wanted to be cooking at a more technical and intellectual level, even if it meant cooking for someone else.

How do you respect the soul of Coi while still putting your imprint on the menu?

The food at Coi has always been rooted in technique, and I want to stay true to that.

Daniel’s cooking style was very vegetablecentric and local, whereas Matt’s was seafood-centric and more French. I have a thing for birds, so expect dishes like pressed pigeon.

Patterson has a reputation as a more cerebral chef. What has been your biggest takeaway since starting at Coi? Daniel has an incredible palette. I love watching how he tastes food and hearing his philosophy on seasoning.

You debuted your new tasting menu in January. Is there a dish that sums up your cooking style?

The Tourte ‘L’Ambroisie,’ featuring duck, sweetbreads, foie gras, Armagnac prune, and black truffle. It’s an homage to the eponymous three-Michelinstarred restaurant in France.

Kirkley stepped down just after Michelin awarded Coi its third Michelin star. Is there pressure to keep that star?

I try not to focus on it, but I’d be lying if I said it’s not in the back of my mind. Stars are truly for the chef. Matt has three. I have zero. Coi will be reviewed again by October. Michelin traditionally knocks a star off when there is a chef change, but if I open with two stars that’s a good thing.

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More Need-to-Know Tidbits EXPLORE Butterfield & Robinson now offers intimate trips in Canada for family and friends who want to travel together privately. Choose from itineraries in British Columbia, Newfoundland, and Quebec.

866-551-9090; butterfield.com EAT In New York, Michelin-starred chef Tasuku Murakami heads up the kitchen at the Lobster Club, a new Japanese restaurant in the Seagram Building in Manhattan. The chef serves sushi and dishes such as lobster avocado salad. thelobsterclub.com 1 Jose Mendin, a five-time James Beardnominated chef, has opened his newest Miami restaurant — Habitat, at the 1 Hotel South Beach. Dine on Spanish fare with Latin and Asian influences. 305-604-6700 DRINK Mix wine, fine bourbons, and other spirits with smokes at the newest Blend Bar With Davidoff Cigars, in the Woodlands, Texas. blendbarcigar.com HIKE After being shut down for 10 years, the Skyline Trail in Chimney Rock State Park outside Asheville, N.C., has reopened.

The 1.1-mile clifftop trail leads to the top of Hickory Nut Falls, where the final fight scene in The Last of the Mohicans was filmed.

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Rare Beauties Be the talk of the neighborhood behind the wheel of a meticulously refurbished Jaguar E-Type BY

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intage jaguar e-types, in production from 1961 to 1975, are rolling works of art, every bit as collectible as vintage Ferraris or Fabergé eggs. You can find them for roughly $300,000 in great shape — and now they’re going up in value even more because collectors who might have had to baby other vintage cars have embraced these tougher E-Types. You can drive them hard, like a modern sports car, and they’ll reward you with lively, sharp handling and a top speed of 150 mph.

This past summer, Jaguar-Land Rover invested roughly $10 million in a new, 150,000-square-foot restoration facility it calls the Classic Works Division in Coventry, England, for the express purpose of buying up old Land

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Rovers, Range Rovers, and Jaguars, refurbishing them 100 percent, and reselling them. What’s that got to do with the E-Type?

Well, this year, this new operation starts issuing small-batch runs of ultraexclusive cars, dubbed Legends Reborn. The 2018 Legends Reborn car? A $380,000 E-Type called the E-Type Project Zero, so named because Classic Works will convert it from gasoline to electric drive, and thus it will produce zero emissions.

The group will restore fewer than 50 of these cars.

Naturally, before you lay your money down, you want to know all the devilish details of how Classic Works’ 120 staff members go about their curative process. Us, too.

So we paid them a visit to highlight how these classic autos benefit from the exhaustive program.

Jaguar-Land Rover’s new restoration facility

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GOOD AS NEW: The E-Type Project Zero upgrades a classic with a powerful engine, refined interior, and electric conversion.

They’re faster: An electrically powered E-Type sounds like heresy — similar to painting a Mark Rothko over a da Vinci.

But never fear: Classic Works’ ingenious conversion to electric power can be reversed; buyers can return their car to gasoline power, nesting the car’s original 3.8- or 4.2-liter in-line six right back into place beneath the hood. Meanwhile, the car will handle just like the original, since the electric conversion retains the original car’s exact weight balance. Also note: The Project Zero weighs 101 pounds less than the original, so its 5.3-second zero-to-60-mph time means the newborn E-Type accelerates more quickly than the 1968 original.

They’re painstakingly assembled: Tim Hannig, Classic Works’ director, explains that as part of the 10,000-man-hour restoration process, technicians completely take apart each vehicle. Every part, from the chrome door handles to the carpeting, will be either overhauled or replaced. Then, truly taking matters to the nth degree, Hannig’s team will reassemble the car “dry,” meaning without paint, and let the body settle for weeks. At this point, all panels will be readjusted so every shut line of the door and hood fits perfectly. Once engineers are satisfied that everything works to precision, they disassemble the car again, send its respective parts to Jaguar’s paint shop, and only then are the parts returned for final assembly.

They’re reconditioned responsibly: Hannig says that whether it’s acid bathing body parts or sanding metal until it’s bare, “all of the stripping is done as the car is apart.”

The reason? If you leave the car assembled, residual dust and harmful chemicals would remain in the chassis, so even though it looks clean it would be constantly leaching these toxins, exposing the car’s owner.

They’re true to their heritage: Two of Classic Works’ master leather crafters have been with the company for more than 40 years, and they’re now overseeing the restoration of leather seats in cars they originally built. “We have hundreds of years of expertise here,” Hannig says, and when it comes to leather, “we want the original leather patina, the vintage look, but we have to entirely rebuild what’s underneath.” Do that, he says, “and the result is this gorgeous product, because you have vintage hides that look like the best club chair you could imagine, yet beneath that is this light, ultrasupportive, modern structure.”

UP NEXT The Project Zero not for you? Stay tuned. Classic Works plans to release an exceedingly limited run of Jaguar D-Types late this year. Jaguar produced fewer than 100 of the Le Manswinning race cars between 1954 and 1957. The expected price: more than $1 million.

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Hot Ticket Headed to Tokyo?

Put this new museum on your must-see list.

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The building features white minimalist interiors filled with Kusama’s trademark sculptural pumpkins, some illuminated inside a mirrored infinity box, and dozens of her oversize polka-dotted canvases, which appear Details: Due to the childlike at first glance but slowly popularity of Kusama’s reveal adult themes of love and work, the museum staff sexuality. More blingy touches include limits the number of visitors to 70 at a given mirrored elevators and a nearly 6-foottime. They’re admitted tall sparkling gold-and-pink-tile mosaic for 90-minute time pumpkin on the rooftop that absorbs slots, four times a day. and reflects the rare unfiltered Tokyo Nonrefundable tickets must be purchased sunshine, a touching metaphor for the online two months in artist’s homage to the vulnerability and advance and go on sale at curiosity of girlhood, a recurring theme 10 a.m. (Japan Standard in her work.

Time) on the first day of each month. “Here, Kusama, originally from the city of Now, I Have Reached Matsumoto in the Japanese Alps, lived the Grandest Start of in New York City from 1957 to 1973 My Life,” a new exhibit featuring 40 of Kusama’s where she befriended contemporary rare early drawings and artists such as Donald Judd, Frank watercolors, runs April 1Stella, and pop icon Andy Warhol, a Aug. 31. 107 Bentencho, good friend whom she later accused Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; of stealing her ideas. She has had yayoikusamamuseum.jp retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Tate Modern in London, but is arguably best known for her beloved pumpkins on Naoshima, an art-filled island in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea.

SEEING SPOTS: From top, artist Yayoi Kusama, a gallery installation, the five-story museum, and a gold-and-pink-tile mosaic pumpkin.

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Lighting Up the Stage What (and who) to see on Broadway this spring BY

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rying to figure out how to fill your theatergoing dance card now that you’ve seen Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, and Dolly? Here’s a peek at some of the buzziest shows hitting New York stages this season — with a decided bent toward familiar titles and big names.

Star-Driven Dramas: London’s National Theatre brings its lauded production of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America to the U.S. with much of its cast intact. Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield headline the epic 7-1/2-hour, two-part play about politics, religion, AIDS, and chosen families in 1980s New York City. Opens March 25 at the Neil Simon Theatre (angelsbroadway.com). … Denzel Washington tackles one of theater’s most iconic roles when he takes the stage as Hickey in a limited-run revival of Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh. Opens April 26 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (icemanonbroadway.com). … Two-time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson returns to the U.S. Denzel Washington stage for the first time since a nearly threedecade foray into U.K. politics in the Broadway premiere of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women. Laurie Metcalf, who

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won a Tony last year for A Doll’s House, Part 2, and Alison Pill round out the titular trio. Opens March 29 at the Golden Theatre (threetallwomenbroadway.com).

Broadway Debuts: Captain America’s Chris Evans hits the Great White Way for the first time in the Broadway premiere of Lobby Hero. The play by Kenneth Lonergan, the Oscar-winning writer of Manchester by the Sea, focuses on four New Yorkers Chris Evans involved in a murder investigation. Opens March 26 at the Helen Hayes Theater (2st.com). …

Also making their debuts: Joshua Jackson, best known for TV’s Dawson’s Creek and The Affair, and former Miss Deaf America Lauren Ridloff star in a new production of Children of a Lesser God, about the fiery romance between a hearing speech teacher and a deaf custodian at a school for the deaf. Opens April 11 at Studio 54 (childrenofalessergodbroadway.com).

Screen to Stage Reinventions: Could “fetch” finally be happening?

The cult-favorite high-school revenge comedy Mean Girls gets a Broadway musical makeover with a book by the film’s writer Tina Fey and music by Fey’s husband, Emmy winner Jeff Richmond. Opens April 8 at the August Wilson Theatre (meangirlsonbroadway.com). …

Disney expands on its family megahit Frozen, about letting it

go and the bonds of sisterhood, with elaborate staging, creative costume changes, and new songs from Oscar winners Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez.

Opens March 22 at the St. James Theatre (frozenthemusical.com). … While not a direct film-to-stage transfer, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child brings the beloved wizard from books and movies to the boards in a new story by creator J.K. Rowling. Already a hit in the U.K., the play, which catches up with Harry as a young father struggling with his past, won a record-breaking nine Olivier Awards last year. Opens April 22 at the Lyric Theatre (harrypottertheplay.com).

Classic Musical Revivals: Sit back and hum along with some of the theater’s most indelible show tunes in fresh stagings of two timeless favorites. Tonywinner Jessie Mueller follows her backto-back stage hits Beautiful and Waitress with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. Opens April 12 at the Imperial Theatre (carouselbroadway.com). …

Six Feet Under’s Lauren Ambrose and Downton Abbey’s Harry HaddenPaton put their own loverly spin on Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins in Lincoln Center’s production of Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady. Opens April 19 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (myfairladybway.com).

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Member since: 1999 Who he is: Billboard named this global entertainment attorney 2017 Lawyer of the Year and ranked him No. 32 on its Power 100 list.

Client list: He signed James Brown as his first A-list client in the 1970s, and others have followed, including Jimmy Buffett, Willie Nelson, Justin Timberlake, and the Michael Jackson estate.

Best advice: “Learn to listen instead of doing all the talking. If you hear what’s on the client’s mind, you can come up with solutions.”

Giving back: Katz chairs the T.J. Martell Foundation, which raises money for cancer research. He also helps create scholarships for students at multiple universities. “I was a scholarship kid and had a lot of people help me out. If you get that much help and it helps you build a career, you should give back.”

What’s next: Helping the Gabonese government in collaboration with the Berklee College of Music open the African Music Institute in Gabon, Africa. “There is so much talent in the world, and so many different cultures to explore. Music is about more than just the U.S.” — PAULA FELPS

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Pyramid Club, Philadelphia Member since: 2016 Who she is: As president of the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia, she oversees a team experienced in international trade, marketing, finance, and more. To date, the organization has helped companies generate $1.6 billion in incremental global sales.

Action plan: “Our mission is to accelerate the global business growth of companies in the Greater Philadelphia region.

We do this by offering one-on-one trade counseling and market research, developing global trade missions, organizing business networking events, and providing connections to more than 300 World Trade Centers in nearly 90 countries.”

Hard at work: The organization helps 400 to 500 companies a year grow their businesses internationally, generating a better economy for the area and striving to “advance peace and prosperity through trade.”

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Recognizing the risks: “I have an enormous respect for small-business owners. They are the risk takers who account for the majority of jobs and job growth in our country.”

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Haile Plantation Golf & Country Club, Gainesville, Fla. Member since: 2013 Who he is: As a professional tennis player in the 1990s, he competed on the big stages of Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Today, he’s head tennis coach of the University of Florida men’s team.

Coach dreams: Before joining the Gators in 2012, he coached the Georgia Tech women’s tennis team for 13 seasons, leading it to a 2007 national title. “I’d like to win an NCAA title on the men’s side, too. Winning on both the women’s and men’s side would be a pretty special accomplishment.”

How his pro background helps him coach: Shelton recalls losing 10 matches in a row as a pro before turning things around and defeating No. 2 seed Michael Stitch at Wimbledon in 1994. “I talk about some of the things I didn’t do well and how it affected me. Those things tend to resonate more with the guys than a coach just telling them how many great things he did.”

Formula for winning: “You have to have the right culture, the right talent, and you have to have some luck.”

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Future World Look into golf’s crystal ball and you may well picture an autopilot universe where all your shots travel long and straight and you sink every putt. But, really, what’s the fun in that? The latest gear, while getting near foolproof, takes us to the edge of tomorrowland without losing the challenge of the sport. Here, some of the year’s best new equipment using futuristic technology to help you overcome your game’s imperfections.

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Putters That Help You Find the Cup With More Frequency Sure, you still need a delicate touch, the savvy to read a green, acute eyesight to take advantage of a putter’s alignment aid, and the ability to take a decent stroke.

But with these putters you’ll get the ball on track with more ease.

Cleveland Huntington Beach Collection No. 2 Designers made the face’s coarse, diamondshaped milling pattern deliberately deep to help soften the impact feel and generate a consistent roll. $100; clevelandgolf.com

Odyssey EXO 2-Ball Limited-Edition Improve your confidence on the green with this putter constructed with a microhinge face insert that yields more accuracy. Add in jewellike details and luxurious finishes, too. $499; odysseygolf.com

TaylorMade TP Red Chaska The large, face-balanced, semirounded mallet bears interchangeable sole weights, a 355-gram head weight, and a proprietary face insert to optimize forward roll. $219; taylormadegolf.com

/The Game/ Balls That Redefine Performance No magical golf ball will straighten out its own flight, but ball manufacturers have created products that feel soft, travel long off the tee, and generate backspin around the green — for every player type.

Callaway Chrome Soft Graphene has been called the strongest material ever tested, even warranting a Nobel Prize. It’s infused into this ball’s core, to gain both speed and launch angle with low spin off the tee — for behemoth distance.

Approaching greens, it bites quickly, and it feels soft the entire way. $45; callawaygolf.com

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Manufacturers have found ways to sculpt clubfaces to exact thickness and curve specifications, so the faces flex in at impact and then rebound fast enough to catapult the ball forward at a high velocity.

Cobra King F8 If the milled silver-titanium clubface bearing a top-to-bottom sweet spot doesn’t already depict futuristic equipment, the driver’s distance performance certainly does. Sleek, streamlined edges with polymer protrusions atop the crown reduce airflow drag, enhancing clubhead speed and thus tee-shot length.

A smart grip measures driving distance. $479; cobragolf.com Honma BERES S-06 A low CG and expanded hitting area together help effortlessly generate high trajectory with low spin. For added measure, the specifically built shaft boosts launch angle and clubhead speed for extra carry distance. $899; honmagolf.com Mizuno ST 180 Its proprietary “wave” sole plate helps the clubhead contract and expand on impact, reducing clubface stress and boosting energy imparted to the ball. Even mishits travel with some oomph. $400; mizunousa.com 34

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Ping G400 Max The 460cc clubhead comes with such a high moment of inertia — a function of extreme tungsten weighting and high-density backweight — that the company calls this its most-forgiving driver ever. Hello monster drives that soar tightly down the fairway.

Internal ribs tune impact to sound and feel deep yet muted. $435; ping.com XXIO X Its lightweight motif helps average swing speeds generate velocity, so golfers can strike tee shots as if they’re much more skilled. The featherweight shaft helps reduce forces on your body during the swing, so you stay balanced. Manufacturers designed an expansive area of the clubface to yield distance — no matter how off you might be. $650; xxiousa.com

Wilson DUO Soft Optix Golfers long for soft golf balls that go far off the tee. This model accomplishes its industry-lowest 29 compression rating through advanced core and cover formulations, but it doesn’t skimp on distance or durability. $20; wilson.com

And Check Out This Cool Training Gadget The Gen i1, a Bluetoothconnected smart ball, weighs and feels like other golf balls. But it houses an embedded, nine-axis sensor that measures initial direction, speed, impact force, and ball rotation — relaying that data to a mobile device.

It’s suggested for putting practice. $129; geni1.com

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Drivers That Help You Find the Fairway

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/The Game/ Fairway Woods and Hybrids That Perform More Like Drivers These newfangled fairway woods and hybrids incorporate viscera previously only available in large clubheads. That results in shots that are easier to get airborne and that gain discernible distance.

Titleist 818 H2

Placing its distance-enhancing driver technologies into smaller clubheads, the company created what it calls its most-powerful fairway wood yet.

The Rogue maxes out ball speed, regardless of how far you miss the center of the face, and the lowand-forward center of gravity (CG) gets shots up quickly with low spin — yielding long shots. $299; callawaygolf.com

Shaped much like an easy-tohit offset iron, this compact hybrid is loaded with driver technology that aims to increase ball speed and launch while maintaining spin. It also sports advanced adjustability so you can fine-tune your desired performance. $279; titleist.com

Bags That Ease Your Burden No, hovering golf bags you don’t have to carry haven’t been invented — yet. But thanks to these bags’ minimalist designs and featherweight parts, lugging your clubs around the course has just gotten exponentially easier.

Nevr Looz One of the most openlooking, 15-pocket stand bags available, its barebones nature makes perfect sense. Clubs clip into place and easily unsnap when you need them — no clanging against one another. It makes retrieving your clubs simple. $250; nevrlooz.com

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The future of wedges? Custom-making them to precisely fit your swing. Think sole grinds that match your unique stroke, properly gapped lofts, and a look that breeds confidence.

These three are built to individualize.

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Tour Edge Exotics CBX Iron-Wood Its high-tensile steel L-cup face maximizes distance and forgiveness with very little ball spin.

The face flexes at impact, while a thin leading edge lends a dramatic spring effect throughout the face — a recipe for distance and directional forgiveness on mishits. $200; touredge.com

The sole’s heel and toe relief adds versatility from all lies and the forged mass behind the impact zone yields solid feel. Plus, the face’s intricate milling pattern enhances ball spin and shot control. $140; bridgestonegolf.com

Mizuno S18 As lofts increase, more mass in the upper blade raises the CG for more spin and optimal flight. Stronger lofts sport narrow, deep grooves to help full shots soar, while weaker lofts have wider, shallow grooves to enhance partial-swing playability. $150; mizunousa.com

Titleist Vokey Design SM7 Offered in six sole grinds that cover anyone’s specific needs, these wedges ease turf interaction to the utmost. High lofts have a higher CG; low lofts a lower CG — to keep shots at optimal trajectory. Milled grooves maximize backspin. $149; titleist.com

Sun Mountain 2.5+ You won’t schlep extra weight around a hilly course with this 2-pound, 11-ounce model. Weightsaving components include carbon-fiber legs, high strength-to-weight plastics, and ultralight fabric. $220; sunmountain.com

GREG MILANO (TITLEIST 818 H2, BRIDGESTONE, SUN MOUNTAIN)

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Johnny Morris

One determined billionaire’s quest to build the country’s next great golf destination at his Missouri resort — ­­­ with help from the biggest names in course design

JEFF DENNIS/LOWCOUNTRY OUTDOORS (MORRIS), SAM GREENWOOD (WOODS), JIM MANDEVILLE/NICKLAUS DESIGN (NICKLAUS)

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rom springfield, mo., drive about 50 miles south on U.S. Highway 65, through a green pastiche of cornfields and pasture, and the land around you begins to rumple. Pinecapped ridges rise into view. Roadside billboards point the way toward Branson, famous for its theaters and live music.

But you’re headed for a different kind of entertainment, in the craggy folds of the Ozarks about 10 miles south of Branson, at a destination whose owner is bent on developing the country’s next must-see golf retreat. That Big Cedar Lodge, an outdoorsy resort in an unassuming swath of the Show-Me State, could earn such an honor might seem unlikely. But so is the story of the man behind the plan. Johnny Morris, an up-from-nothing billionaire, grew up in this region, loving its wildness and never feeling an urge to leave it. At 69, he still resides here and remains true to his humble roots, which means he isn’t big on talking about himself. But a good deal about him is well-known.

In 1972, in his early 20s and earning a modest keep in the emerging sport of pro bass fishing, Morris had a bootstrapping business idea. Struck by the fact that average anglers couldn’t easily buy the equipment used on the tournament BY

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circuit, he started selling lures and bait from a counter in his father’s Springfield liquor store. He called his operation Bass Pro Shops, and though the space it filled was barely larger than a closet, it had enormous appeal. Like the fabled fish-thatgot-away, the shop got bigger every year.

As Bass Pro Shops expanded — now more than 100 retail locations in the U.S. and Canada — Morris branched out into other business interests. Among his acquisitions: Big Cedar Lodge, which had gone through other owners and iterations but held a place in Morris’ heart because he had hunted and fished in the surrounding wilderness as a kid.

When Morris bought the property in 1987, he looked at it as he looks at everything: through the lens of his love for the outdoors. The resort would be committed to conservation, its grounds a wonderland of unspoiled places where visitors could reconnect with nature. All manner of activities would be encouraged, so long as they involved getting out in the fresh air. At this juncture of the story, golf comes in.

Morris discovered the allure of golf the first time he walked a course as a young man. Golf transported people to stunning places, and left them there for hours in good companionship. In that way, it resembled fishing. Golf could be

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a celebration of the natural world — and Big Cedar could be a showcase for it.

“Everything Johnny has done out here is driven by his love of the Ozarks and his eagerness to share it with the world,” says Steve Friedlander, Big Cedar’s vice president of golf. “How do you get people outside, experiencing and appreciating the beauty of this area? One way is by creating the world’s next great golf destination.

That’s what Johnny is out to do.”

To bring his vision into being, Morris has done a lot of his own heavy lifting. But he has also enlisted help from several of the game’s most prominent figures. Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, and Gary Player have all designed courses at Big Cedar, and Arnold Palmer built a world-class practice facility. Every spring the resort also hosts the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf, a popular team event on the PGA Tour Champions circuit. That’s a lot, but there’s more to come.

Tom Watson has crafted a putting course set to open by fall. (In 2015, a sinkhole claimed the first one he designed for Big Cedar.) An 18-hole layout by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw is slated to open in September. Then, another blockbuster will follow a year or so later: the first fully public course designed by Tiger Woods. No wonder the buzz. Turn the page for a closer look at the courses.

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While in the area, visit the new immersive wildlife museum that Morris has opened in Springfield.

Read about it at privateclubsmag.com/ wonders-of-wildlife.

Mountain Top’s No. 13 hole

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The Mountain Top Course In a game working hard to become more inclusive, design trends point toward familyfriendly fun. This 13-hole, par-3 course by Gary Player, which opened last August, fits that bill with expansive tees but no tee markers, which means you can peg each hole from anywhere you please. Played from the front of the boxes, the course is wonderfully forgiving (you’ll need little more than a wedge and a putter); but stretched to its full distance, it’s an engaging challenge for anyone, all the more so because you’re free to attack the greens from various angles. The views of the Ozarks astound. But so do the sights on the course itself, a walking-only layout with good reason. You’ll want to stroll the metal bridge that winds through ancient limestone outcrops, bringing you around and up to the elevated 10th tee. Another uphill walk awaits on the closing 13th hole, and it’s a good one, taking you to a multitiered green in a natural amphitheater just below the clubhouse. Depending on the quality of your shot, expect applause — or friendly heckling — from those watching from above.

Fun fact: A natural history buff with an eye for detail, Morris helped conceive the winding metal footbridge that takes a snaking route between the third green and fourth tee. The rock formations on either side of you date back more than 300 million years.

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In the modern era, no golf architecture duo has earned more accolades than Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, whose portfolio includes such heralded layouts as Sand Valley (Wisconsin), Bandon Trails (Oregon), and Old Sandwich (Massachusetts), as well as a widely praised restoration of Pinehurst No. 2 (North Carolina).

Known for their minimalist approach, Coore and Crenshaw make a point of working lightly with the land. Given the rocky and rugged land at Big Cedar, they have advised Morris to expect a rough-hewn look, with firm, wrinkled fairways, browned out in patches, furry-lipped bunkers, and large, buckled greens. For his part, Morris has said he wants a course that underscores the region’s distinctive landscape, with its “changing terrains, distant views, and wooded paths.” He hired the right pair for the job.

Fun fact: Between the fifth and 16th greens stands a century-plus-old stone house, overlooking a lake stocked with bass. When the course opens for play this fall, the refurbished house will serve as a lodging option for guests, replete with an indoor fireplace and an outdoor fire pit on a patio that peers out across the course.

Perennial Favorites

Buffalo Ridge Springs’ No. 12 hole

Top of the Rock

Ozarks National’s No. 7 hole Payne’s Valley’s No. 3 hole

EDWARD C. ROBISON III (TOP OF THE ROCK, BUFFALO RIDGE)

Payne’s Valley Though its ribbon-cutting is still more than a year away, this course is the source of fevered anticipation. Not only is it Tiger Woods’ first fully public design, it’s laid out through a distinctive setting, its fairways fringed by wild rock outcrops and furrowed mountain ridges. A few of the holes are already grassed in and their verdant outlines provide a sense of Tiger’s design philosophy. The fairways will be wide, but the wiggle room they grant you off the tee will diminish the closer you get to the greens, where an array of false fronts, bunkers, and deceptive contours will bring a finetuned strategy into play. Morris named the course in honor of the late Payne Stewart, a Missouri native and threetime major champion who left behind a legacy of charitable giving.

Designed by Jack Nicklaus, Big Cedar’s oldest course opened in 1996. It’s also the first-ever par-3 layout to be included in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event (a portion of the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf event plays out here).

True to its name, the course sits perched atop a rocky peak, with uninterrupted views of the Ozarks.

The enormous lake in the near distance is Table Rock Lake, and if you like bass fishing you’ll want to cast a line there. You’ll find plenty of water on these nine holes, too. It comes dramatically into play on the downhill sixth hole, which requires little more than a 9-iron or wedge but demands precision: It’s an island green. Other hazards take the form of alabaster sand traps — large, white paw-prints reminiscent of the bunkers you’ve seen on broadcasts from Augusta National — while other challenges present themselves through elevation changes, nowhere more so than on the nosebleed second tee, which plunges to a green more elusive than it appears. For a par-3 course, this one asks a lot of questions of your game. In your search for answers, try warming up at Top of the Rock’s Arnold Palmer-designed driving range, which has 16 target greens, multitiered tees, waterfalls, and recessed lighting, so you can keep practicing well into the night.

Fun fact: The giant sinkhole (80 feet wide and 35 feet deep) that opened here in spring 2015 has grown even larger now as exploratory crews continue digging it out, creating a sightseeing spectacle that doubles as a window into the region’s geologic past.

Buffalo Ridge Springs Course Formerly known as Branson Creek Golf Course, this property came into the Cedar Ridge fold in 2013, when Morris bought it and hired Tom Fazio to help him overhaul it. Where Fazio brought his golf design savvy to the project, Morris contributed his knowledge and appreciation of the surroundings.

The resulting layout features realigned approaches, repositioned bunkers, and striking water features (the waterfall cascading down the right side of the 17th hole ranks among the most scenic hazards anywhere), along with a routing that opens to more arresting vistas. It’s vintage Fazio, postcard-pretty but capable of baring its fierce teeth.

Though kept in prime condition, the course has a lovely, surly edge to it, dotted with limestone outcrops and flanked by knobby oaks, its fairways pinched by wind-whipped native grasses. The par-3s are a terrifically varied bunch, and the lengthy 615-yard, par-5 14th, with a creek guarding its right side and layered rock formations ringing the green, is as stout and memorable as any hole on property.

Fun fact: Left of the opening fairway, you’ll likely get your first glimpse of the bison herds that roam the grassy hills beside the course. Not to worry: A wire fence separates you from them.

Top of the Rock’s No. 4 hole

Fun fact: When you finish 18, you’re not quite finished. A bonus 19th hole, an eyecatching par-3 designed by Morris, will feature an island green ringed by streams with a waterfall as backdrop, weeping down exposed rock walls.

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THE SURPRISING NEW LOOK OF GIN

Juniper no longer rules the gin game. These days, intrepid distillers throw out tradition in favor of innovation by sourcing unconventional, often local botanicals. Inventive blending and distilling techniques enhance this terroir-driven philosophy, ensuring a gin now exists for everyone. We spotlight five intriguing distilleries reinventing the botanical wheel and producing new tipples you’ll want to try.

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GIN MATES: From left, Four Pillars’ partners Matt Jones, Cameron Mackenzie, and Stuart Gregor

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INTERNATIONAL The Aussie Wonder

FOUR PILLARS: ANSON SMART (PARTNERS), RICK LISTON (BOTTLE AND DRINK); SILENT POOL: PHILIP TRAILL (HUTCHINGS)

Four Pillars Healesville, Victoria, Australia Back story: Before starting Australian gin brand Four Pillars in late 2013, wine industry vets Stuart Gregor and Cameron Mackenzie shared a love of gin and cocktails.

Though they first thought to create a new tonic brand, they quickly realized that making gin would be far more exciting and enlisted the help of brand builder Matt Jones. “We are three partners who have been involved in booze and brands for many, many years,” says Gregor, “and we wanted to do something really great ourselves. We figured that Australia made many great drinks — great wine, great coffee, great beer — but with the exception of whisky [in Tasmania] and a few others, we weren’t really making any truly world-class spirits.”

It took 18 months of experimentation to hit upon the 10 core botanicals in Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin. Tasmanian pepperberry and lemon myrtle are native plants. Star anise and cassia supply Asian influences.

Lavender, coriander seeds, cardamom, and angelica root, as well as whole Australian oranges, round out the recipe with juniper serving as a gentle foundation.

In Gregor’s mind, “It’s the best of the New World with a hat tip to the old. Australian gin is like our food; it’s not deliberately wacky or obtuse. It just combines the best ingredients, know-how, and traditions to make something uniquely Australian.”

The distillery also produces a barrel-aged style and a Navy-strength version that won the “Master” medal at London’s Global Gin Masters the last three years.

Newest pour: Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin ($45), just launched in California this past October, uses the abundant shiraz grapes found in the Yarra Valley. The grapes are steeped in high-proof gin for eight weeks, producing a juicy, intense riff on sloe gin.

Philosophy: “We believe simplicity is key to all great drinks,” says Gregor, “and we make our gin based on four simple pillars: a great still, great botanicals, great local water, and great love, attention, and craft.”

More info: fourpillarsgin.com.au

BLOODY JASMINE 3/4 ounce Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin 3/4 ounce Campari 3/4 ounce dry curaçao 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice 1 dash orange bitters lemon twist for garnish Add ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled coupette glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Silent Pool distiller Tom Hutchings

The Folklorist

Silent Pool Albury, Surrey, U.K. Back story: In 2014, global spirits businessman Ian McCulloch and sales and marketing expert James Shelbourne discovered a shared vision of a local distillery in Surrey, England. Seduced by the way Scotch whisky weaves a narrative around each brand, McCulloch wanted to echo this sort of storytelling. “The conclusion,” explains distiller Tom Hutchings, “was that the site was key — somewhere with a genuine story and inspiration to influence the product and brand. Silent Pool, with its springfed waters and surrounding hills where juniper, chamomile, hawthorn, and other botanicals grow, presented itself as the base for production.”

This mystical pool inspired both the company’s name and bottle design, and contributes exactly the sort of legend McCulloch wanted (a 13th-century tale of a young woman who drowned in the pool after being chased by an evil knight).

The gin itself took its cues from the pool, too. “The process started with looking at the pool and its surroundings for inspiration,” says Hutchings. “The aim was to reflect the Silent Pool in its purity and depth, smooth enough to drink neat yet layered in depth and complexity.”

SILENT POOL G & T 1-1/2 to 2 ounces Silent Pool Gin 4 ounces tonic water orange twist for garnish

The distilling team started out with 60 individual distillates, narrowing these down to 28. The 24 botanicals in the recipe evolved from those 28 distillates. The gin’s flavor profile comes from the flowers found in the surrounding woods, including chamomile, elderflower, and linden flower, as well as summer lavender and rose.

Newest pour: Available in Europe since 2015, the brand launched its flagship Silent Pool Gin ($60) in California late last year. This year, it expands to various other U.S. markets. Floral and citrus notes complement the juniper character, while honey adds a velvety texture.

Philosophy: Says Hutchings, “Silent Pool Gin so perfectly expresses its environment that it wouldn’t quite be the same if it was made outside the small patch of gorgeous Surrey countryside we call home.” Thus, while technically a London Dry gin in style, this spirit is defined by a sense of place due to indigenous botanicals.

More info: silentpooldistillers.com

Add ingredients to a Copa de Balon glass filled with cubed ice. Garnish with an orange twist, expressed over the top.

DOMESTIC The Gin Loyalist

Greenhook Ginsmiths Brooklyn, N.Y.

Back story: At Greenhook Ginsmiths, the name proclaims the product. Many craft distilleries produce vodka and gin while they bide their time for their whiskey to age; Greenhook’s Steven DeAngelo only wanted to make the juniper spirit. Unfulfilled by his career on Wall Street, DeAngelo turned his love of gin into a business in 2012. “I came from outside of the drinks/hospitality industry,” he says, “and was just a big gin drinker, really drawn in by the idea of manufacturing gin, which at that time had really become a forgotten and neglected spirit.”

The small distillery, tucked between industrial buildings in Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Greenpoint neighborhood, produces three smallbatch gins — American Dry, Beach Plum Gin Liqueur, and Old Tom — that have won accolades from both industry and consumer publications.

Unlike other gin makers, Greenhook uses a vacuum process that DeAngelo came upon while reading historical distillation texts.

Used by 19th-century perfumers, the process includes the delicate extraction of herbal and floral aromas.

Vacuum distillation requires lower heat and lower heat means the botanicals, whether for perfume or gin, are handled more gently.

For DeAngelo, this translates into a particularly aromatic product that balances juniper with herbal, floral, and citrus notes.

Greenhook owner Steven DeAngelo

Philosophy: “Our mission was — and is — to become America’s premier gin distillery,” says DeAngelo, “and to do so we utilize a blend of tradition and innovation.”

Newest pour: Available for the last six years only in the tri-state area, the company aggressively expanded distribution last September. While the American Dry Gin ($35) provides a contemporary take on London Dry gin, the Beach Plum Gin Liqueur ($50) takes the concept of traditional sloe gin and puts an American spin on it by using local beach plums in place of sloes.

More info: greenhookgin.com

McCARREN JULEP loose mint 3/4 ounce Greenhook Beach Plum Gin Liqueur 1/2 ounce fresh grapefruit juice 3/4 ounce yellow Chartreuse 1/2 ounce cane sugar stemmed mint for garnish grapefruit twist for garnish Rub a handful of loose mint inside a julep tin and discard. Combine ingredients in the julep tin. Add ice, swizzle to combine, add more ice.

Garnish with stemmed mint and grapefruit twist.

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Oakland Spirits Company (OsCo) Oakland, Calif.

Back story: Before starting Oakland Spirits in 2014, Michael Pierce and his small team made only wine (Two Mile Wines) and cider (Crooked City Cider). Now OsCo also produces three gins and several brandies. “Most of our expressions change with the seasons and whimsy,” says Pierce.

“While most craft brands build focus on an old recipe, we make spirits of our time: interesting flavor profiles for interesting cocktails, without the confines of antiquity.”

Only four people, including founder Pierce and distiller Tim Lynn, work full time making the spirits, wines, and ciders. Regardless of the small operation, the company’s goals focus on innovation and community building. “We work hard to present flavors not currently offered in the spirits domain,” says Pierce, “and we always make our expressions affordable. We’re not afraid to be so far ahead of the progressive spirits curve that most drinkers won’t understand how to react to our inventions. They will catch up, but we won’t slow down.”

OsCo’s gins use brandy (from grapes) as the base, creating a rich mouthfeel and intense flavors.

The three styles consist of an Uptown (Oakland) dry gin, the citrus-forward No. 5, and the locally influenced Sea Gin.

Updating a Classic Think of gin and Beefeater naturally comes to mind. This touchstone in London Dry gin has been producing fine spirits since 1876 and still flourishes under the guidance of master distiller Desmond Payne, who ensures consistency in every batch at the Kennington, London, distillery. Not one to rest on past laurels, Payne stays open to progress while maintaining the company’s legacy. Beefeater launched its most recent innovation in the form of 2016’s Burrough’s Reserve Oak-Rested Gin ($70). The idea of an old-school, large-scale gin producer exploring superpremium barrel aging is a benchmark. Under Payne’s guidance, these oak-rested gins exhibit a synthesis of tradition and innovation, as well as a complexity that encourages imbibers to sip them neat like whiskey. beefeatergin.com

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The Locavore

SEA CHANGE green Chartreuse 2 ounces Automatic Sea Gin 1/4 ounce honey syrup (40 percent honey/ 60 percent water) 2 dashes grapefruit bitters 2 dashes celery bitters sea bean or celery leaf for garnish Swirl Chartreuse in a coupe and discard remaining liquid. Stir gin, syrup, and bitters until well chilled.

Strain into the coupe. Garnish with sea bean or celery leaf.

GREG MILANO (SEA CHANGE DRINK)

Philosophy: “We make spirits with personality, pluck, and heart that will inspire cocktail artisans — professionals and hobbyists alike,” Pierce says. “The distillery is an extended family, and a collective voice guides our invention.”

Newest pour: For the first 19 months of production, OsCo selfdistributed the Automatic Sea Gin ($30) solely in the greater Bay Area.

Now, with a distributor on board, the briny bottling can be purchased in California and Utah with plans for Illinois and Colorado later this year. The Sea Gin offers a whiff of fresh, ocean air at first sniff. Hand-foraged Mendocino nori lends brininess to earthy sage and bright lemongrass botanicals.

More info: oaklandspirits.com

Tamworth Distilling Tamworth, N.H.

Back story: As the founder of brand creation firm Quaker City Mercantile in Philadelphia, Steven Grasse creates, oversees, and develops distinctive niche brands. Interested in exploring the craft spirits realm, he designed and built Tamworth Distilling & Mercantile at the foot of the White Mountains in New Hampshire.

The distillery opened in 2015 with distillers Jamie Oakes and Matt Power on board. While Grasse is still active in the company, Oakes and Power, known for their keen interest in locally inspired and sourced spirits, have full creative license.

The terroir-driven Garden Gin line — Apiary, Flora, Spruce, White Mountain, and Wild Hops — changes subtly each year with the rhythms of the local flora.

According to Oakes, “When it came to the gins, we looked at what was out there and thought there was a hole in the market for subtle, alternative, botanical gins.

Matt and I would go outside at various times of year around our distillery, take a big sniff, and see how we could translate what we were smelling into a spirit.”

Further emphasizing the local terroir, the company sources all its grains from within a 150-mile radius and mills them at the distillery for freshness. The water is drawn from the Ossipee Stratified Aquifer, which sits atop granite bedrock, and the botanicals are locally sourced either from farms, the distillery’s garden, or from hand-foraging.

From top, Tamworth distillers Jamie Oakes and Matt Power

HIDDEN PARTS 2 ounces Spruce Garden Gin 3/4 ounce simple syrup 3/4 ounce lime juice 1/2 teaspoon unsweetened matcha powder fresh mint for garnish

Philosophy: The distillery’s local, handcrafted approach draws inspiration from the 19th-century Transcendentalist movement, which suggested that art was being compromised by the incursion of mechanization. “The seasonal gin series was really born out of the Art in the Age [a sister company] philosophy — all natural infusions, no fake chemicals, or flavors,” says Oakes.

Newest pour: Released every winter, the Spruce Gin ($55) offers a combination of bright citrus and evergreen from the spruce tips, as well as the warmth of baking spices and a woodsy quality from bay, tarragon, and gentian. Each year’s bottling varies according to the character of the core botanicals.

Add the ingredients to a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a mint leaf.

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Family Affairs

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How multigenerational travel got to be the top vacation trend of the 21st century — and why it’s not going anywhere anytime soon A look at the latest developments for extended-family holidays An insiders’ guide to planning your next big journey BY

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Whale watching

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How it got to the top not so long ago, “multigenerational travel” meant a vacation house that you and your extended family returned to from time to time, or perhaps a oncein-a-lifetime trip you took to celebrate a milestone such as a 50th anniversary or 75th birthday. These days, it’s something quite different. Large groups of relatives now travel together as often as once a year, if not twice, for lengthier periods, on more involved itineraries, and to different destinations each time. They seek out more immersive, authentic, and rich experiences, too, often in places as unexpected as they are exciting.

Today’s more active-minded and purpose-driven travelers now meet up with relatives in the most farflung corners of the globe to kick off multistop trips that have them getting under the skin of each place they visit. They might connect with local artists to explore Cuban paintings, then create works of their own. Or they’ll volunteer on Central American philanthropic projects, helping to build a playground; or spend a day at a Southeast Asian school, attending classes and playing soccer with students the same age as kids in their own family. They delve into wildlife conservation when on safari in Africa or while cruising the Galapagos, or even trace their lineage on trips back to ancestral homelands.

Multigenerational travel as we now know it got its start more than 15 years ago, but it has changed dramatically and expanded exponentially since then, especially for the most affluent of vacationers. In the last eight years, it has been the No. 1 trend in the annual “Luxe Report” produced by Virtuoso — a leading consortium of luxury travel advisers and agencies — all but once, and even then it only fell to the No. 2 slot. It certainly appeals to current key desires the wealthiest of travelers

have for trips that offer deep meaning, interpersonal connections, a strong sense of authenticity, and true individualization, among other elements. Today, travel and hospitality companies of all varieties have adapted and developed their offerings to meet these wishes, and meet them well.

“I think it all started to blossom after 9/11,” says Virtuoso travel adviser Jack Ezon, president of Ovation Vacations in New York, which books upward of 200 multigenerational trips a year. “There was a change in the tide, and people started to bring their kids everywhere. Time and family started to feel a lot more precious.”

Kimberly Wilson Wetty, co-owner and co-president of the eponymous New York-based Virtuoso travel agency founded by her mother, Valerie Wilson, agrees that 9/11 was a turning point, noting that it triggered a shift from valuing possessions to valuing something much weightier: “Travel became less about purchasing material goods,” says Wilson Wetty, whose firm also books hundreds of multigenerational journeys a year, “and more about accumulating experiences.”

The Great Recession caused the wealthy to put even greater emphasis on experiences, leading them to limit conspicuous consumption and increase expenditure on more meaningful interactions and adventures. All this has gone on while baby boomers enter their golden years as the largest and, importantly, most active generation to ever hit retirement. They’re 65 and 70 years young and looking ahead to decades’ more worth of quality time with their families. “They have disposable income and want to connect with their kids and grandchildren in a way previous generations didn’t,” says Wilson Wetty. “That’s created a real focus on multigen travel recently.”

With folks more spread out around the country — and around the world — than ever before, Sunday family dinners at grandma’s have become a thing of the past, and thanks to our obsession with the screens in our hands and at our desks, our digitally focused days leave each of us in our own little atomized worlds. These factors, too, have made multigenerational travel increasingly of the moment: People see these trips as unique and vital times to unplug from technology and reconnect with the most important people in their lives.

“It’s one of the few ways that families can really engage with and see each other these days,” concludes Wilson Wetty. “That’s why these holidays are becoming more frequent, longer, and more elaborate, as well as more meaningful” — and why multigenerational travel shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon.

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Jack Ezon and his team at Ovation Vacations book nearly 200 multigen trips a year.

At Valerie Wilson Travel, Kimberly Wilson Wetty and her team also book hundreds of these trips each year.

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What’s new in multigenerational travel? Ezon and Wilson Wetty tip you off to some of the latest developments in a quartet of core categories.

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Hotels and Resorts Hotels and resorts cater to family groups in two key ways right now: They build accommodations for them, and they create experiences on property and off to interest all ages. In Antigua, Jumby Bay Island recently unveiled its seven-bedroom Pure Turquoise beachfront estate, which Ezon likes for its tennis court, pool, and beach; Turks & Caicos’ Grace Bay Club, meanwhile, has new villas designed by Thom Filicia; and Four Seasons launched a private island in the Maldives called Voavah at Baa Atoll that sleeps 22 people.

Hotels have created special suites and blocks of rooms that connect, too, such as the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman’s 2-year-old penthouse that can be combined with other rooms to create a 20,000-square-foot space.

That Ritz also excels in designing experiences, Ezon says, thanks to its Ambassadors of the Environment program, in which kids of all ages can get up close and personal with Caribbean sea life. Wilson Wetty points to Dorchester Collection, which has developed beach picnics with food

by Wolfgang Puck at its Hotel Bel-Air in LA and truffle-hunting adventures at its Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan, among many other excursions beyond the hotel. Just last summer, Auberge Resorts Collection started a slate of family activities that range from stomping grapes into a personal wine blend at Napa Valley’s Calistoga Ranch to horseback riding with a local cowboy at Costa Rica’s Hacienda AltaGracia.

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Villas prove perennially popular when large groups gather, but Wilson Wetty says requests for them have “exploded over the last few years,” going on to note that, “in terms of that full-immersion experience, a house can make you feel like you’re more of a local, because you’re going to the bakery, the fish market, the vegetable stand.”

Ezon says people don’t just want private houses these days, but their own private islands. Consider Thailand’s just-opened 10-acre Koh Rang Noi, that’s now available through John B. Sutherland, which offers 19 bedrooms in three newly built villas.

Other travelers look to take over entire estates, such as the everexpanding number of Scottish castles and manors now available as holiday homes exclusively through the recently launched Edinburgh-based travel outfitter Ossian. Several years back, Eleven Experience premiered with this idea in mind, opening small, full-service properties — including 2016’s Bahama House on Harbour Island and Deplar Farm in northern Iceland — designed for exclusive use.

(They can now also be rented roomby-room but still suit multigenerational groups well.) Last fall, the travel company Red Savannah inaugurated its Private Estates concept, which consists of a collection of larger, fully staffed villas in prime locations, including a 10-bedroom Menorcan property, Binicalaf, which comes with its own sailboat.

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As for safari offerings for multigen travelers, it’s increasingly all about exclusive-use camps and lodges. Singita — which has long had a wide range of specialized, customizable family-friendly fare — debuted its Singita Private offerings at the end of 2016 to help guests easily link stays at the recently renovated private villas at several of its properties.

These included the four-suite Serengeti House at Singita Grumeti in Tanzania, which now features an eat-in kitchen, outdoor living room, and tented spa suite. Groups in these accommodations get their own driver-guides and vehicles for the length of their stay, giving them the freedom to fully tailor the gameviewing, wildlife-tracking experience.

The folks at Micato Safaris have seen a rapid rise in requests for lodgings like these. Beyond Singita, they favor the updated two-bedroom tent at Sala’s Camp in Kenya’s Maasai Mara and, from the same owners, a relatively recently added wing — with two new rooms added last June — 50

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Of late, cruise companies have put a focus on cabins for larger groups, including those on Holland America’s MS Koningsdam, which can sleep up to five. Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas will make its maiden voyage in April with a two-level Ultimate Family Suite, sleeping up to eight and featuring its own cinema, bumper pool table, and in-room slide.

Active, adventurous destinations such as Alaska, Antarctica, and the Galapagos can prove especially popular for these sorts of trips, and cruise lines have created family programming just for these areas. Lindblad launched its National Geographic Global Explorers offering in the Galapagos last June to help families get the most out of the wildlife-filled islands, and Seabourn’s 3-year-old expert-led Ventures put guests on coast-hugging zodiacs

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at Giraffe Manor, on the outskirts of Nairobi, that’s ideal for families to take over. Kenya’s 4-year-old Ol Jogi Wildlife Conservancy, where Micato managing director Dennis Pinto stayed with three generations of his own family last summer, might well be the ultimate exclusive-use safari property, comprising 58,000 acres you and your crew will have all to yourself.

and kayaks in Alaska and Antarctica.

Capitalizing on the current trend for tracing genealogy — something that many families are planning trips around — Cunard will offer a sailing in November in association with Ancestry.com with four genealogists onboard.

When it comes to river cruising, Wilson Wetty says that AmaWaterways’ partnerships with Adventures by Disney and the biking, hiking, and walking outfit Backroads on certain sailings have done much to make river cruising more appealing to passengers younger than those often found on journeys down the Danube. Ezon notes that smaller river ships, such as the Aqua Mekong and the Belmond Road to Mandalay, both in Southeast Asia, are great for multigen trips because you can take over the whole vessel with relative ease.

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Get a (big) head start. “Things get complicated when you multiply family members’ schedules,” cautions Wilson Wetty. “In many cases, when setting up a trip, we have to pick dates 18 months in advance to find a time that works for everyone.”

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Assign a point person. If you have 24 different but equal opinions, you’ll never get anywhere, says Wilson Wetty, who always tells clients to designate one or two primary people as the coordinators and decision-makers. If you have more than 20 travelers, Ezon suggests hiring an on-site coordinator for the entirety of the trip itself.

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Give everyone a voice, too. Wilson Wetty likes to offer each family member a day or part of a day to plan, focusing on something of interest to him or her. “It’s a great way for people to get to know their relatives better and to find out what they enjoy doing,” she says.

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Pick destinations with meaning. Ezon advises selecting locations with significance, be it cultural or historic (such as Vietnam) or environmental (such as the Galapagos). He also likes helping clients organize trips to accentuate a family’s own values and passions, such as music and theater, art, military service, philanthropy, or sportsmanship. In a similar vein, Wilson Wetty offers the idea of going to an ancestral homeland to explore your family’s heritage and genealogy.

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Consider cutting yourself off. “Big cities often supply too many distractions for individuals to all go off their own separate ways,” warns Ezon. “More confined, remote options create better opportunities for togetherness.”

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Go all in. “Plan immersive experiences that appeal to the whole family,” says Ezon, who has set up art classes at museums such as the Louvre in Paris and scavenger hunts through cities such as Buenos Aires. “The goal is less about education exactly and more about connection.” Wilson Wetty suggests “getting to know a culture in a different way,” finding that authentic, local interactions such as volunteer opportunities and school visits help turn people, especially young ones, into better global citizens.

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Make and capture lasting memories. Ezon has brought in photo and film crews during multigenerational trips to create family documentaries, or just to record the goings-on. By journey’s end, video and images from the professionals and from travelers’ own cameras and smartphones can be edited together into a final movie or montage to screen on the last night — and then to keep forever as a perfect souvenir.

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Adding Glam to U.S. Waters Move over paddlewheel riverboats draped in last-century nostalgia.

New-school ships cruising home waters look stylish enough to sail the Seine. Shout-out to the 184-passenger American Song, American Cruise Lines’ first in a fleet of five modern river cruisers, touting a four-story glass atrium, top-deck putting green, and all outward-facing cabins with private balconies. Doubles begin at a generous 304 square feet. Yea to complimentary amenities, including daily cocktail hours, Wi-Fi, and some shore excursions. The Song debuts this fall on the Mississippi, then moves to the Columbia and Snake rivers in 2019. 800-814-6880; americancruiselines.com

Wooing a Younger Crowd Imagine a hipster hotel, taxi, bar, restaurant, nightclub, and yoga studio rolled into one sleek, black riverboat.

No surprise then that U by Uniworld, an offshoot cruise line of Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection, books only 21-to-45-year-olds.

On U’s two ships, the A and the B, sip craft cocktails at the rooftop lounge, where DJs spin. Other allures?

Mixology classes and silent discos where you don headphones to dance. U even partners with the VizEat app for supping in host homes along the ships’ routes.

U also embraces the heart-pumping pursuits of active-minded travelers, such as paragliding in France’s Vexin Nature Park. Seven-night cruises promise longer stays in buzzy cities such as Paris and port overnights for wee-hour club crawls. Go ahead, party hearty; morning excursions start late for needed sleep-ins.

The A plies the Danube, Main, and Rhine rivers; the inaugural cruise sails between Amsterdam and Frankfurt, departing April 14. The B sticks to the Seine; inaugural cruise sails round trip from Paris, departing April 21. 800-883-8785; ubyuniworld.com

1 Pick the brain of world-class explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of legendary ocean adventurer Jacques Cousteau, now partnering with Aqua Expeditions.

Introduced briefly last year, the program rolls out in force this year, with multiple-night cruises on the 32-passenger Aria Amazon. Join Cousteau for jungle excursions and interactive Q&A sessions; he’ll even finetune your travel-video techniques. 866-603-3687; aquaexpeditions.com 1 AmaWaterways launches “Sip and Sail,” a complimentary pre-dinner cocktail hour on board its European fleet when the season restarts late March.

Martinis + no bill = new friends fast. 800-626-0126; amawaterways.com

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Pairing Cruises With More Experiential Land Tours or Ocean Sails 1 Abercrombie & Kent ups the luxury quotient on its 12-night “Paris, the Loire & a Seine River Cruise,” combining a seven-night sail on the 146-passenger Amadeus Diamond with private shore excursions and pre-and-post boutique hotel stays including exclusive private tours. Explore Paris in a vintage Citroën (below), sip Vouvray at a primo vineyard, get goosebumps at a private organ recital in a Rouen monastery. The A&K group, limited to 24 guests, also gets perks such as a cocktail party, lunch at a Provençal farmhouse, a dedicated A&K resident tour director, reserved dining tables, and premium cabins and suites on board. Journey round trip from Paris, departing Sept. 9.

800-554-7094; abercrombiekent.com 1 For Tauck’s “Rhine Enchantment” trip, bunk three nights at Milan’s splendid Hotel Principe di Savoia, ogle da Vinci’s The Last Supper, and feast on a six-course lunch at a family-owned trattoria in Lake Como before boarding a seven-night Rhine cruise on the Grace or Inspire (each with 130 passengers). Journey between Milan and Amsterdam, departing April 9, with additional departures through October. 800-788-7885; tauck.com

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1 Viking’s all-new Ocean & River Voyages link two water worlds for one seamless cruise. For instance, on “Rhine & Viking Shores & Fjords,” join a seven-night Viking longship river cruise sailing between Basel, Switzerland, and Amsterdam. Then transfer to the Viking Sun for a seven-night cruise sailing between Amsterdam and Bergen, Norway. The 14-night combined cruise departs June 30. 888-255Longship river cruise 9308; vikingcruises.com S P R I N G 2018

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A first for Amadeus River Cruises, the 162-passenger Amadeus Queen triumphantly reveals a swimming pool with a retractable roof. Come nightfall, the pool deck lures guests for movies, lectures, and parties. Amadeus’ familiar pleasantries, such as drop-down panoramic windows in premium cabins, walk-out balconies in suites, and fitness and massage rooms, abound. The seven-night inaugural cruise sails round trip from Amsterdam, departing April 27. 844-462-6727; amadeus-rivercruises.com

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The 196-passenger AmaMagna goes double-wide, promising bigger cabins and public areas than AmaWaterways’ current ships.

The new fitness room’s larger design ensures space for small group classes, and the sports platform — a first for river cruisers — permits exploration via zodiacs and canoes. Inaugural splash set for May 2019. 800-626-0126; amawaterways.com

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The AmaLea mirrors AmaWaterways’ successful triplets AmaKristina, AmaStella, and AmaViola. Expect a pool with swim-up bar, complimentary fine wines and beers, imaginative cuisine, free Wi-Fi, and cabins with twin balconies, meaning one French and the other a walkout. Seven-night inaugural cruise sails round trip from Amsterdam, departing March 25. 800-626-0126; amawaterways.com

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The African Dream from CroisiEurope Cruises, a French family-run river cruise company, set sail for the first time in January on Lake Kariba on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. This intimate 16-passenger new-build espouses an African design, showcasing native wood, vibrant print pillows and rugs, and woven bowls. Camera-armed cruisers pack the observation deck, eyes peeled for hippos and crocs lazing in the sun.

During the three-day African Dream cruise, encounter wildlife on small-boat and jeep-safari excursions. Next, go native-ish at a company-owned Namibian village lodge for three nights. Among the adventures: tucking into native foods under the stars while local storytellers mesmerize. Last stop? Instagramming gasp-worthy Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe before heading home. Multiple cruise-and-land packages each month throughout 2018. 800-768-7232; croisieuroperivercruises.com

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This spring, Crystal River Cruises introduces Debussy and Ravel, two 106-passenger all-suite river yachts nearly identical to its 2017 newcomers Bach and Mahler. King-size beds, dual vanity baths, balconies, Nespresso machines, Etro robes, walk-in closets, and pampering butlers make suite lounging übereasy. Debussy’s seven-night inaugural cruise sails round trip from Amsterdam, departing April 9. Ravel’s 14-night inaugural sails among Basel, Switzerland, and Vienna, departing May 10. 888-272-8226; crystalcruises.com/river

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The charms of Avalon Waterways’ 36-passenger Saigon befit its Southeast Asian itinerary: inspired regional cuisine, endearing Vietnamese art, and a 14-foot wall-to-wall panoramic cabin window opening into a balcony. Plus, thrill-a-minute excursions such as sightseeing by private cyclo in exotic Phnom Penh, Cambodia, navigating the UNESCO World Heritage Site Angkor Wat, and crawling through the Cu Chi Tunnels of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The inaugural 12-night cruise sails between Siem Reap, Cambodia, and Ho Chi Minh City, departing Sept. 24, with additional departures through December. 877-797-8791; avalonwaterways.com

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Fast-growing U.K.-based Riviera River Cruises, now actively wooing American travelers, launches the 167-guest Robert Burns, its 10th ship, this spring. All-suite accommodations — designed with hardwoods, marble, polished brass, and copper — begin at 183 square feet.

Inaugural seven-night cruise sails round trip from Budapest, departing April 6.

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Unveiling Radical Renovations 1 CroisiEurope Cruises’ Renoir and Van Gogh unveil complete rebuilds this year. Expect more spacious staterooms and fresh contemporary designs with everything new from bow to stern. Experience glammed-up Van Gogh first on a four-night cruise, sailing round trip from Lyon, France, and departing April 2. Renoir struts its new stuff on a five-night cruise, sailing round trip from Paris and departing April 23.

Renoir 800-768-7232; croisieuroperivercruises.com 1 Tauck’s revamps of its Esprit and Treasures decrease capacity from 118 passengers to 98 and replace 30 150-square-foot cabins with 20 225-squarefooters. The ships’ former Bistro, renamed Arthur’s, now employs a dedicated chef and features an open kitchen, ensuring deliciously casual alternative eats to Compass Rose’s fancier fare. The made-over Esprit sets out on its first cruise for seven nights between Amsterdam and Brussels, April 7. Treasures re-greets guests on a 14-night cruise, sailing between Amsterdam and Budapest and departing May 19. 800-788-7885; tauck.com

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1 Sail like an Egyptian on Ra, Viking’s recently acquired and radically rebuilt 48-passenger all-suite riverboat. Book the boat’s “Pharaohs & Pyramids” itinerary to bed at a Cairo haute hotel; gawk at Luxor, Egypt; cruise seven nights exploring less-crowded sites such as the Temple of Hathor in Qena and the Temple of Khnum in Esna; and relish a last-night Cairo fling. The 11-night cruise-tour sails round trip from Cairo, with departures March-June and AugustDecember. 855-884-5464; vikingcruises.com

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Targeting Specific Markets 1 Amadeus unveils seven-night golf cruises this year.

Packages include playing historic 18-hole courses such as Le Golf National Golf Club outside of Paris and Le Kempferhof Golf Club near Strasbourg, France. You get green fees, shared golf carts, and an onboard PGA teaching pro providing insider tips and advice. Amadeus Silver sails between Budapest and Passau, Germany, departing May 24; Amadeus Diamond sails round trip from Paris, departing Oct. 25. 844-462-6727; amadeus-rivercruises.com 1 One’s no longer the loneliest number when you sail solo on some boats. New single cabins shout comfortable, not claustrophobic. Check out these singles options: American Cruise Lines designed new solo staterooms at a generous 250 square feet for its modern riverboat fleet debuting this fall. You also get a spacious bathroom, private furnished Uniworld balcony, and floor-tobuffet ceiling sliding glass doors. 800-814-6880; americancruiselines.com Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection touts numerous sails with waived or reduced single supplements. The River Royale’s “Bordeaux, Vineyards & Châteaux” itinerary that sails round trip from Bordeaux, France, offers deals for solo travelers on 33 departures, beginning March 18. 866-883-3684; uniworld.com

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Raising the Bar With More Excursions and Cultural Experiences 1 Avalon Waterways debuts “Active Discovery” Danube cruises featuring fitness-focused and culturally immersive excursions. Hike to retrace WWII smugglers’ routes, jog through Vienna, and canoe down the Danube on the 138-passenger Avalon Luminary. Sails eight nights between Linz, Austria, and Budapest, with June, July, and September departures.

On the 138-passenger Avalon Felicity, join a running tour in Amsterdam or a guided hike around Duisburg, Germany, on seven-night Rhine sails between Frankfurt and Amsterdam, with June through September departures.

Additional Felicity seven-night high-energy cruises include biking along the Rhine and hiking on the Rheinsteig trail; sails between Amsterdam and Wiesbaden, Germany, with May, July, August, and September departures.

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1 Emerald Waterways unfurls 17 new complimentary “EmeraldACTIVE” excursions on its nine most popular itineraries, including the Douro and Danube rivers this year. Test your endurance on urban bike rides, or canoe on the Douro River in Pocinho, Portugal. Onboard yoga classes on some journeys encourage well-being stretches between rigorous outings. Among the energetic excursion itineraries: “Enchantment of Eastern Europe” and “Secrets of the Douro.”

844-428-8389; emeraldwaterways.com

1 Set Twitter ablaze during a gala dinner at iconic 12th-century temple complex Angkor Wat, as Apsara dancers performing Khmer classical dance dazzle in an otherworldly candlelit setting. Find this inspiring new escapade on Scenic Luxury Cruises and Tours’ “Luxury Mekong and Temple Discovery” journey aboard the 68-guest Scenic Spirit, custom-built for the Mekong.

The 10-night trip travels between Siem Reap, Cambodia, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with departures from July through December.

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REINVENTED ATTITUDE SHIFT: Clockwise from top left, explore the Riverside Museum, have a drink at the Beer Kitchen, catch a concert at the SSE Hydro, stay at the Dakota Deluxe Glasgow hotel, sample the street food at Big Feed, take in the sights from an Anchor Line Hotel balcony, and relax at the Blythswood Square Hotel spa. Above right, dine on seasonal fare at Ox and Finch.

long considered scotland’s skippable tourist city, gritty and tenacious Glasgow has historically played bridesmaid to Edinburgh as well as the bonnie islands and highlands of northern Scotland. Not anymore. The former industrial “port of vices” that once dominated the cotton, sugar, and tobacco trade now embraces its leisure side with glittering starchitect museums, an eye-catching arena that glows, a vibrant resurgence in its distillery industry, increased culinary credibility, and an upgraded hotel scene.

Welcome to Glasgow 2.0. — a far cry from medieval “Glas Cau” (Gaelic for “green hollow”) founded by sixth-century St. Mungo — where more than 300 development projects will continue reshaping the city through 2025. Here, a look at several projects already changing the local landscape and boosting Glasgow’s appeal to travelers.

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Lively New Places to Wet Your Whistle (With a Little Booze) While developers leading the next generation of Glasgow’s builds mostly remain forward thinking, some also look to Glasgow’s past for inspiration. In an effort to preserve the city’s unique rough-and-tumble characteristics, many new developments aim to restore the city’s industrial heritage instead of demolishing it.

Opened last November, Clydeside Distillery (theclydeside.com) helps return a bit of whisky heritage to a city that once had 40-plus distilleries, most of which closed by the mid-1970s. The distillery, a $14.5 million renovation project on the River Clyde at Queen’s Dock, is located in a 19th-century blond sandstone Pump House.

Executives of Morrison Glasgow Distillers Ltd., the distillery’s owner, expect it to draw 65,000 visitors annually with its tours, tastings, interactive historical whisky experience, and retail shop with whiskies from all over Scotland.

Look for Douglas Laing & Co. (douglaslaing.com), another distillery, to open in 2019 directly across from Clydeside on the opposite side of the river in Govan. It will feature a visitor center, archive, bistro, and bar (serving whiskies such as Old Particular and Timorous Beastie, as well as its own single malt made with water from Loch Katrine and Scottish barley).

In 2014, Glasgow Distillery Co. (glasgowdistillery.com) opened in a former warehouse in Hillington on the

south side of the River Clyde. The company makes several vodkas and gins, including a signature Makar gin, a juniper-forward expression with rosemary and black peppercorns among its botanicals. It has also bottled a peaty Speyside-style whisky aged for 27 years that retails for $700 a bottle.

The city is also seeing a massive resurgence of microbreweries, gastropubs, and taphouses, with the following crowd-pleasers either debuting last year or touting new developments.

Tennent’s Wellpark Brewery (tennents.com),

the city’s biggest and oldest continually operating brewery (it started brewing beer on this site in 1556), will enhance its visitors’ experience with a major expansion debuting in July. Expect a new tasting room, museum, and bar where visitors can finish with a pint of premium Caledonia ale or Black T Scottish lager. In its classrooms and kitchens, the brewery regularly hosts culinary and spirits workshops, tastings, and training sessions.

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ou’ll find the most significant changes at Queen’s Dock, once home to hundreds of bustling shipyards that opened in response to Scotland’s brisk international trade before the city became a 19th-century power port that earned it the title Second City of the Empire.

The shipyards started CULTURAL closing in the 1960s as HOT SPOTS: shipbuilding ebbed and Above, the “Armadillo” and new docks opened in the the SSE Hydro. Firth of Clyde, leaving the Below, a train city’s waterfront to fall into display at neglect. The ’80s and the Riverside Museum. ’90s saw some growth sputters, but it wasn’t until 1997 that the new Norman Foster and Partners-designed Clyde Auditorium (sec.co.uk), nicknamed the “Armadillo” for its scalelike exterior, kick-started legitimate redevelopment.

In 2011, Zaha Hadid’s iconic Riverside Museum (glasgowmuseums.com) opened, a massive hangar filled with more than 3,000 vintage cars, trolleys, trains, scooters, and skateboards. But the architecture itself is the real draw, with a white zigzag facade that’s a contrast from the late architect’s usual curves.

Foster and Partners returned in 2013 with the SSE Hydro (thessehydro.com), a coliseumshaped arena encased in colorful translucent skin with an interior that’s Wi-Fi-enabled and features more than 200 digital screens across the campus.

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Glasgow locale called the Beer BREW HUB: Clockwise Kitche n (innisandgunn.com) from top, on Ashton Lane in the Tennent’s West End. The three-level Wellpark facility features a groundBrewery, floor microbrewery and Shilling Brewing Co., a casual dining level with and Clydeside exposed brick walls and Distillery caramel leather banquettes where diners can indulge in barrel-smoked beef and house bread with aromatic hop-infused oil.

In the hipster-dense neighborhood of Finnieston, Glasgow’s version of London’s Shoreditch and home to its best new restaurants, look for the buzzy Taphouse Bar & Kitchen (taphousefinnieston.com).

Besides an endless list of beers and ciders, sample heaping burgers, salads, and pizzas.

The stylish gastropub Mallard (themallardbar.co.uk) opened in Kelvinbridge and specializes in homemade cocktails such as rhubarb Old Fashioneds and fresh, local British fare such as braised ox cheeks and glazed pork belly.

In 2016, Shilling Brewing Co. (shillingbrewingcompany.co.uk) opened in the City Centre, making excellent craft brews such as its coconuty Black Star Teleporter, an ideal pairing to its crispy haggis pizza made using its own beer.

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Read about four new distilleries in other parts of Scotland at privateclubsmag.com/distilleries.

lasgow’s dining scene is having a major renaissance with a nod to traditional Caledonian flavors and a punch of international flair. This culinary uptick is challenging Edinburgh’s starred chefs to up their game and giving Londoners reason to be jealous (and journey north for dinner).

Foodies consider the city one of Europe’s most vegan-friendly cities, so it’s no surprise that In Bloom, a “cruelty-free cafe” that takes its name and inspiration from the classic Nirvana song, opened last fall in St. George’s Cross.

Menu standouts include vegan haggis and cheese toasties, smoked tomato soup, and chocolate fudge cake. The press-themed Citizen (thecitizenglasgow.co.uk) also fired up its kitchen last fall on St. Vincent Place in the City Centre in the cozy and elegant former offices of the old Evening Citizen newspaper. An instant favorite, it serves up locally sourced fish and meat dishes such as potted oak-smoked salmon

and prawns, Shetland mussels, creamy fish pies, and harissacured Scotch lamb shanks, slow-cooked for 12 hours.

Although the city may lack Michelin stars, Michelin has recognized 19 Glasgow restaurants and honored two with the Bib Gourmand award, which recognizes restaurants offering exceptional value. You’ll find those two — Gannet and Ox and Finch — in the dining hot spot of Finnieston, between the West End and the City Centre.

At Gannet (thegannetgla.com), opened in 2013, the dining rooms offer a pared-back loft ambience.

But its satisfying and elegant dishes are anything but minimalist: The duck breast in Hertfordshire cherry and elderflower sauce has hints of pastilla and is served aside salt-baked turnip. Pickled herring comes with apples and horseradish-infused creme fraiche.

Smoked Perthshire pigeon coddles a cured yolk, atop a nest of roast hazelnut, bramble, and radicchio.

For dessert, try GRAZING salted caramel TIME: Left, stop for fondant with tonka tea and vegan- bean and malted friendly treats barley ice cream. at In Bloom.

Chef Jonathan Below left, Pull up a chair MacDonald, former at Citizen’s head chef of the dining room McLaren Formula and bar.

One team, heads up the neighboring airy and sun-flooded Ox and Finch (oxandfinch.com), opened in 2014. His menu features seasonal sharing plates such as smoked mackerel pate with radicchio and pink grapefruit and chicken liver with orange blossom. Options on an extensive flavor-forward vegetarian menu include grilled haloumi with black-eyed peas and roast garlic tahini.

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(porterandrye.com) features a menu emphasizing wild and foraged food, locally sourced dry-aged beef, cured meats, and sausages. The tile-andcast-iron interiors recall a Jazz Age speakeasy, but the dishes are modern European comfort masterpieces: bone marrow macaroni and cheese, chestnut mushroom Wellington, venison haunch with sweet potato and pickled cherries, and slowcooked Gaindykehead ox broth.

If you can’t decide on one eatery, embark on the Finnieston Food Crawl (theglasgowfood.co), designed by local food blogger Briony Cullin, who structures the crawls so that diners can try one course at each place before grazing on to the next.

Cullin is currently organizing a beer and whisky pairing food crawl for this year.

For a lot of variety in one locale, head to Govan on the city’s south side and pop into the Big Feed (bigfeedstreetfood.com), Scotland’s largest streetfood market, which opened last spring. A dozenplus vendors serve up wood-fired pizzas, Mexican fare, vegetarian options, and more amid guest brewers, DJs, kids’ games, and themed events.

Not new, but definitely a must-try: Glaswegian go-to the Ubiquitous Chip (ubiquitouschip.co.uk), which has been satisfying locals for nearly 50 years with dishes such as Scotch Aberdeen Angus beef, Shetland cod fillet, and Laggan red deer haunch, not to mention a hundred-plus selection of whiskies to help whet your appetite or digest your meal. Check out the colorful Alasdair Gray’s murals on the way to the loo.

Cozy New Places for a Good Night’s Sleep Glasgow’s hospitality scene has also seen major changes with new and upgraded facilities offering a modern, markedly less tweed style. In St. Vincent Place in the City Centre, look for the Anchor Line Hotel to start welcoming guests this summer. Housed in the 1906 art deco Anchor Line Building, it’s undergoing a $7.5 million refurb to become a luxurious 64-room aparthotel featuring glazed tiles, terrazzo flooring, timber paneling, and fireplaces. Also coming this summer: the 180-room Moxy (moxy-hotels.marriott.com), Marriott’s youthful tech-forward brand, opening in May in the city’s Collegelands neighborhood. It will feature an “industrial chic” lounge, video wall, and games area.

Less new, but still fresh and inviting options include the Dakota Deluxe Glasgow (glasgow.dakotahotels.co.uk), which opened in spring 2016 with 83 rooms in subtle gray tones, a cigar lounge, and a discreet champagne room. It’s a one-minute walk from Blythswood Square and is walkable to the City Centre.

On a tree-lined street in Kelvinbridge sits the Hotel du Vin Glasgow (hotelduvin.com), which Frasers Hospitality bought in 2015. This stately luxury hotel has 49 rooms in a row of elegant townhouses furnished with Edwardian and Victorian touches such as velvet sofas, clawfoot tubs, flocked wallpaper, and spacious beds dressed in soft Egyptian linen. Don’t miss the full Scottish breakfast, with Cumberland sausage, potato scones, haggis, and black pudding.

In another 2015 acquisition, Starwood purchased the Blythswood Square Hotel (blythswoodsquare.com), which opened in 2009 and is considered Glasgow’s first luxury property. The contemporary facility features handsome Harris Tweed furnishings and its spa offers Hebridean seaweed treatments and a hydrotherapy pool, sauna, and steamroom.

A Golf Must Just a Short Drive Away No doubt, all you golfers know of the Gleneagles Hotel, a true golf mecca with its three 18-hole championship courses, one of which hosted the 2014 Ryder Cup. But did you know it’s just 45 miles northeast of Glasgow in Perthshire? The storied resort, originally built in 1924, looks especially good these days because new owners purchased it in 2015 and launched an ongoing multimillion-dollar project to spruce up the historic 850-acre estate.

That, combined with a previous $8.25 million refurb four years ago, has breathed new life into the 232-room property. Its seven restaurants and bars include the two-Michelin-starred Andrew Fairlie, serving haute Caledonian cuisine such as Perthshire Roe deer. A new ultramodern spa features ESPA products, violet LED-lit vitality baths, and warm Kährs Vermont walnut wood throughout. Other activities include archery, cycling, fishing, off-roading, shooting, and tennis. From $383. gleneagles.com

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The King’s course at Gleneagles Hotel

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THREE KEYS

TO ‘BUYING’ A BETTER GAME

By Leonard Finkel

If new clubs meant you would drive the ball 20 yards longer and drop several strokes, would you reach for your credit card? According to a Golf Magazine and Club Champion study, “Fitting Matters!” Based on the data and player interviews, it’s clear that correctly fit clubs help golfers of all levels – “you can actually buy a better game with properly fit clubs.” The study found golfers gained 22 yards off the tee, up to 15 yards with their irons and lowered their scores by an average of 3 strokes per round.

Club Champion is the #1 premium club fitter and a highly regarded expert in the field. Ranked by Golf Digest among the 100 best club fitters year after year, they offer more than 35,000 hittable head and shaft combinations, the best-trained master fitters, nearly every brand in golf, plus unrivaled, in-house club building. I spoke with Club Champion founder, Nick Sherburne, who gave me three key tips on what you should look for when buying new equipment.

1) CHOOSE THE PROPER SHAFT The industry has taught us that the head is the most important component of a golf club. However, the proper shaft is actually more important. The shaft powers the clubhead and is critical to how well the club performs. If your shaft doesn’t optimize your swing, then you’re not maximizing your clubhead. Buying the ideal club off the rack is almost impossible because there is no industry standard that defines an R, S, or X flex shaft. The way to determine your best shaft/head combination is to use a skilled fitter working with a launch monitor.

Club Champion begins all fittings by evaluating the shaft, not only to determine the appropriate flex, but also the proper shaft weight. They utilize a unique coupling system that allows you to combine any shaft and head together. Most fitters use fitting carts provided by club manufacturers that limit their ability to mix-and-match components across carts. Club Champion, on the other hand, offers hundreds of shaft options, many not available from most other fitters and retailers.

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2) CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE CLUBHEAD All driver models have distinctive characteristics that affect launch angle, spin rate and ball speed. Look for a clubhead that provides maximum distance, control and feel for your swing. Launch monitors identify which head and shaft combinations deliver the highest Smash Factor, ball speed and controlled spin.

Irons are even more complex because golfers need to choose between design features like offset, leading edge, lie angle, weighting and varying degrees of cavity back, which all impact playability. These design elements can counter a fade, a hook or promote better and more consistent contact.

That’s why it is so important for a fitter to blend your swing characteristics with the correct components.

3) CHOOSE THE RIGHT SWINGWEIGHT Often overlooked is swingweight, which is a measurement of weight distribution of the club. This impacts how your club feels when you swing it.

With today’s widely variable shaft, clubhead and grip weights, getting the right swingweight is more important than ever. A heavier swingweight will make a shaft play looser; lighter makes it play stiffer. The key application of swingweight is matching clubs within a set. If your clubs aren’t properly matched, they will likely feel different as you swing them. Club Champion is one of the few fitters that emphasizes and checks for swingweight.

It is clear that buying clubs off the rack or at a demo day is not the best idea.

In fact, world-renowned instructor David Leadbetter says, “It never ceases to amaze me that golfers buy clubs off-the-shelf and assume they are right for them. Whether you are an accomplished golfer or a casual one, getting a Club Champion club fitting is one of the quickest ways to improve your game.”

Club Champion’s approach is unbiased; no specific vendor is promoted.

The goal – find the best combination of components to lower your scores.

Club Champion will soon have 36 studios across the country. Don’t just buy clubs, buy guaranteed improvement. For more information, visit clubchampiongolf.com or call 877-265-7327.

Club Champion is the #1 club fitter, builder, and retailer of the best brands in golf.

With over 35,000 head and shaft combinations, they will find the perfect clubs for you.

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ClubCorp News and Events

New Look

Modernized Met

With a two-part reinvention now complete, Houston’s Downtown Club at the Met unveils 23,000 square feet of upgrades.

You’ll like what you see.

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FRESH HANGOUT: Unwind with a table tennis match and grab a bite at the club’s new Benchmark Kitchen + Tap.

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TRAINING TECH: Practice your swing indoors on one of 89 courses with the club’s just-added Full Swing golf simulator.

PERSONAL WORKSPACE: Get some work done in one of Benchmark Kitchen + Tap’s private cabanas, complete with modern furniture and a wall-mounted TV.

Santa Rosa’s Appellation Bar and Grill

On the Radar

Two More Reinventions Dine and play at these spiffed-up clubs 1 Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club Santa Rosa, Calif.

QUIET TIME: In the new ladies’ locker room lounge, kick back with a glass of wine or relax in the sauna.

GATHERING PLACE: Head down to the tennis courts via the updated main stairwell, or park yourself on the built-in benches to watch a few matches.

This 101-year-old club’s face-lift includes fresh Fitness paint on every wall and center new carpet and furniture throughout. Take a seat in the remodeled Appellation Bar and Grill and check out the table decorated in honor of Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz, who was a longtime club member.

Post-lunch, work off calories at the expanded fitness center or at the updated golf course, which sports all-new bunkers.

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Catch some rays at this club’s enhanced pool complex, featuring both a newly constructed family pool with a slide and splash pad, and a revamped resort-style pool (now for adults only) with a poolside bar. Another upgrade: the Sports Club at Braelinn, a 12,000-square-foot fitness center in a new free-standing building.

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ClubCorp News and Events By Kate Wahnschaffe In the News Buzz From the Clubs

Members and employee partners receive accolades

Hot Deals

Ready, Set, Go

Hotel specials to help you plan your next warm-weather getaway

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Start off your spring with a relaxing Florida escape at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples. Book the Golden Golf Package, available through May 31, and get upgraded to a golf-course-view room, two rounds of golf at Tiburón Golf Club or other Ritz-Carlton-preferred course per each night of your stay, and breakfast for two at the resort’s Lemonía restaurant. Based on availability.

Resort fees apply.

The LPGA Tournament Owners Association selected the ANA Inspiration, played annually at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., for the 2017 Tournament of the Year award, which recognizes a standout tournament each year. This year, the tournament takes place at the ClubCorp club March 29-April 1.

In other awards news, the North Texas chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America recognized Scott Miller, director of agronomy at Gleneagles Country Club in Plano, Texas, as 2017 Superintendent of the Year

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Through May 31, when you book Deluxe accommodations at Hotel Zoe in San Francisco, you’ll get discounted rates and a room upgrade based on availability, as well as complimentary valet parking or breakfast for two at the hotel’s restaurant, Pescatore.

From this boutique hotel in the heart of Fisherman’s Wharf, you’re within walking distance of such attractions as Ghirardelli Square, Pier 39, and the San Francisco Maritme National Historical Park.

Chef Benjamin Knack competes in the Hell’s Kitchen All-Stars finale.

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Get 20 percent off, a room upgrade, and free Wi-Fi when you stay at the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown between June 1 and Sept. 1. The hotel’s central location Omni Austin’s rooftop pool provides easy access to the Texas State Capitol and the city’s renowned 6th Street entertainment district. While there, stop in at ClubCorp’s University of Texas Club, just 1.5 miles away.

Restrictions may apply. For details on the above deals and to book, call the ClubLine or email clubline@clubcorp.com

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Kitchen Wars Congratulations to executive

chef Benjamin Knack of Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club in Fair Oaks, Texas, who battled it out on Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen All-Stars and ended the competition as runner-up in February’s season finale. During the series, Chef Knack competed against 15 other chefs, including Giovanni Filippone, executive chef at affiliate club Santa Rosa Golf & Beach Club in Santa Rosa, Fla., who finished in 12th place. Gordon Ramsay chose both chefs to return for the all-star season after Chef Knack’s third-place ranking in season seven and Chef Filippone’s sixth-place finish in season five.

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Tiburón Golf Club

Just Added: Autobahn Country Club, Joliet, Ill. Cedar Creek Country Club, Kemp, Texas Dellwood Country Club, Dellwood, Minn.

Musgrove Country Club, Jasper, Ala. Topgolf, multiple locations White Eagle Golf Club, Naperville, Ill.

More than 250 members of Hunter’s Green Country Club in Tampa, Fla., gathered at the club in Dave December Andreychuk to honor their fellow member Dave Andreychuk, who celebrated his induction into the National Hockey League Hall of Fame in November. Also in attendance: the Stanley Cup, brought to the event at Andreychuk’s request. During his 24-season career, the hockey star played for six NHL teams, winning the Stanley Cup as team captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004.

The Cradle at Pinehurst

Just for You UNC women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell leads her team.

That Winning Spirit Sylvia Hatchell, the University of

North Carolina Tar Heels women’s basketball coach since 1986 and a member at the Carolina Club in Chapel Hill, N.C., won her 1,000th game this past winter, just the third NCAA Division 1 women’s basketball coach to achieve that many victories. During Hatchell’s career, she has received the National Coach of the Year title twice and taken home five Olympic gold medals as head or assistant coach for USA Basketball.

She also led the Tar Heels to a 1994 NCAA championship win.

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after members nominated him.

Elsewhere, Stephen Vorhees, director of tennis at Canyon Crest Country Club in Riverside, Calif., won the 2017 Head Penn Racquet Sports Pro of the Year Award for Southern California.

Spotted at Aliso Viejo Country Club in Aliso Viejo, Calif.: Pat Gillick, National Baseball Hall of Famer; Tommy Lasorda, legendary former L.A. Dodgers Tommy Lasorda manager; A.J. Preller, San Diego Padres general manager; Dave Roberts, Dodgers manager; and Don Welke, Padres vice president of scouting operations. All were on hand in January for a panel discussion about baseball during a private event.

Also in January, the Veterans Committee of the City Club of Washington in Washington, D.C., invited three documented Tuskegee Airmen from the aviation organization’s East Coast chapter to an intimate event at the club. Members in attendance watched a screening of the movie Red Tails, then talked and posed for photos with the Tuskegee Airmen guests.

2018 ClubCorp Tournaments April 8-12 ClubCorp Couples Tournament Presented by Oceania at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C. May 2-6 ClubCorp Women’s Tennis Challenge Cup at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C. June 7-10 ClubCorp Two-Person Best Ball at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio July 14-16 ClubCorp Parent Child Better Ball at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio Sept. 5-9 Ross Division Sept. 9-13 Fazio Division Acura ClubCorp Champions Classic at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C. Sept. 20-23 Pink Ball Challenge at Morgan Run Club & Resort in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Pro Tournaments

coming to ClubCorp clubs March 29-April 1 ANA Inspiration at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

May 3-6 Insperity Invitational at the Woodlands Country Club in the Woodlands, Texas Aug. 2-5 KC Golf Classic at Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate in Overland Park, Kan. Aug. 2-5 World Golf ChampionshipsBridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio

Teaming Up Get to know more about our key strategic alliances, and the deals available to you

Pinehurst Scoop: Longtime members of ClubCorp clubs hold a special affection for this fabled North Carolina golf mecca that was a cornerstone of the company’s resort roster for decades. The site over the years for the U.S. Open, PGA Championship, Ryder Cup, and other high-profile pro and amateur events, this 2,000-acre property boasts nine golf courses — most notably the famed Pinehurst No. 2. It will once again host the U.S. Open in 2024. The resort also features three hotels, villas and private condos, a full-service spa, a 24-hour fitness center, and multiple dining venues — from casual to fine dining.

What’s new: This summer, the resort unveils a craft brewery and restaurant in a restored 1895-era steam power plant just walking distance away in the adjacent Village of Pinehurst. In the fall, Pinehurst reveals golf course architect Gil Hanse’s Pinehurst No. 4 redesign, complete with sandscape rough and native grasses reminiscent of Donald Ross’ original 1919 design. Late last year, the resort opened a new nine-hole, 789-yard, Hansedesigned short course named the Cradle, with holes ranging from 56 yards to 127 yards. Hanse also redesigned the recently reopened 18-hole Thistle Dhu putting course, expanding it by nearly four times.

Information: pinehurst.com Deal: Receive discounted rates on standard resort packages, based on availability. Members with Signature Gold Unlimited and O.N.E. benefits receive two cart-fee rounds of golf per month on Pinehurst No. 9 and discounts on select spa services. For details, call the ClubLine or email clubline@clubcorp.com.

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Seabrook Island South Carolina   Sublimely located on South Carolina’s breathtaking coast, Seabrook Island has established a singular destination that virtually defies comparison among the Eastern Seaboard’s numerous communities.

The private, welcoming oceanfront paradise just miles from historic Charleston offers a diverse and vibrant lifestyle, attracting residents from across the globe who have made Seabrook home for its array of superior amenities, commitment to healthy, meaningful living, and responsible planning designed to protect the barrier island’s wondrous natural assets.

Serenely unspoiled beaches and breezeswept dunes featuring numerous access points highlight the island’s unique natural gifts. Seamlessly blended into these majestic surroundings, the Seabrook Island Clubhouse’s perch overlooks the picturesque Atlantic Ocean and North Edisto River.

Seabrook’s two championship courses — Crooked Oaks and Ocean Winds — wind through maritime forest and tranquil marsh surroundings, delivering challenging, uncrowded playing conditions.

Seabrook’s seemingly endless selection of amenities and activities are available at the welcoming community center with fitness and indoor/outdoor pools, full-service marina,

Beach Club and pool complex, Racquet Club featuring 15 clay courts and two pickleball courts, the 22-acre equestrian center that delivers one of the East Coast’s only beach rides, and on-island dining. The stunning Atlantic Ballroom, along with the Carolina, Deveaux, and Cooper Rooms, offer ideal settings for corporate retreats, wedding ceremonies, or other special events. Members and guests can also enjoy a selection of fabulous shopping, dining, and entertainment options at nearby Freshfields Village.

Complementing the island’s outdoor splendor and assortment of amenities, Seabrook’s founders have cultivated a deliberate community feel notable for its tranquil atmosphere, welcoming environment, and careful, harmonious design within its natural gifts — ultimately creating the feeling that you’re exactly where you should be.

Biking through tranquil forest

Ocean Winds Course

5 Things to Know About Seabrook Island  A private oceanfront community, Seabrook Island has no commercial Fishing on the Intracoastal Waterway

entities and is located about 25 miles southwest of Charleston.

 The golf courses of Seabrook Island were the first to be honored with

the designation as Fully Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary in South Carolina.

 The Equestrian Center caters to riders of all skill levels with guided trail rides, beach rides, pony rides, and riding lessons.

 The American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) named Seabrook a “Best Restored Beach” for 2016.

 Villas and homesites range from the high $100s, with luxury homes from the $600s to $3M+.

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Timbers Kaua‘i Hawaii   On the relatively untouched southeast coast of Kauai, the new private residence club of Timbers Kaua‘i offers 47 boutique luxury residences that come with a world of benefits to enjoy, all closer-than-close to the spectacular cliffs that greet the Pacific.

The sunny Garden Isle’s extensive tropical rainforests, tranquil beaches, magnificent mountains, and oceanside cliffs provide the perfect surroundings for the last-of-its-kind, oceanfront residences located on secluded high ground overlooking Kalapaki Beach — a setting like no other on the island.

Both whole and fractional ownership opportunities are available at Timbers Kaua‘i.

Spacious two-, three-, and four-bedroom residences are designed with inviting indooroutdoor living spaces. All offer spectacular, unobstructed views that include the Pacific, the Hau’pu mountain range, the Ninini Point Lighthouse, and the Jack Nicklaus Signature Ocean Course at Hokuala.

As an owner, you will receive priority status at the Ocean Course, home to Hawaii’s longest continuous stretch of oceanfront holes. Owners also benefit from a thoughtfully curated collection of amenities and services, including access to an elegant casual

restaurant with farm-fresh food, an oceanfront infinity-edge swimming pool, and an islandinspired spa and fitness center, complete with outdoor yoga lanai.

With personal concierge and Adventure Guides, owners have the scoop on the island’s best-kept secrets. Beaches. Fishing holes.

Reef breaks and dive spots. Dining. Local art.

Direct access to the real Kauai through oneon-one instruction with top surfers, sailing and stand-up paddleboard lessons, and guided outrigger canoe rides.

Both secluded and convenient, the new oceanfront homes at Timbers Kaua‘i are just five minutes from the airport, ensuring that your first and last days on the island will be just as fun and fulfilling as all the days in between. And if you can break away from this stunning location, experience other destinations in a 16-location portfolio stretching from Aspen to Tuscany.

Ninini Point Lighthouse

Kaiholo oceanfront residence

5 Things to Know About Timbers Kaua‘i  Homes feature a fresh, contemporary interpretation of traditional Hawaiian Hole No. 14 on the Ocean Course

architecture, created by the renowned firms of Poss Architects, Girvin Associates and Wilson Associates.

 With the Beach Club, owners headed down to Kalapaki Beach have everything they need — chairs, umbrellas, paddleboards, and more — waiting for them.

 The Ocean Course at Hokuala was awarded North America’s Best Golf Course in 2017 by the World Golf Awards, beating out other esteemed courses such as Bandon Dunes, Augusta National, and Pebble Beach.

 An ideal basecamp for the whole island, Timbers Kaua‘i is located less than an hour from Hanalei and a half hour from Poipu.

 For owners who wish to rent their homes, the Rental Program carefully screens prospects and handles the entire rental transaction.

Two-tiered infinity pool

TimbersKauai.com/club 808-647-2811

Where to play. Where to dine. Where to meet.

In Scottsdale.

Gainey Ranch Golf Club, 480-951-0022 gaineyranchcc.com In Scottsdale, 20 miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. 27 holes of golf designed by Benz & Poellot, clubhouse, pro shop, restaurant, bar and grill, banquet facility.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Hyatt Regency Scottsdale at Gainey Ranch In Scottsdale.

Oakcreek Country Club In Sedona. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf

Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia Red Door Spa In Litchfield Park and Phoenix.

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You also qualify for preferred rates, privileges, and accommodations at select hotels, and have access to ticket, shopping, and transportation services.

New listing since previous issue.

Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa In Sedona.

Seville Golf & Country Club, 480-722-8100 sevillegcc.com In Gilbert, 34 miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. 18-hole Gary Panks-designed golf course, 3 tennis courts, health club, water park.

Signature Gold Golf.

SunRidge Canyon Golf Club In Fountain Hills.

Citrus Club, Orlando, Fla.

United States Alabama Auburn Saugahatchee Country Club In Opelika. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Birmingham Anniston Country Club In Anniston. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

City Club Birmingham, 205-252-0088 summit-birmingham.com Atop the Regions-Habert Plaza in downtown Birmingham. Meeting and conference rooms, member workstations. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Grand National Golf Club

Ross Bridge Golf Club In Hoover. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Selwood Farm Sporting Clays and Quail Hunting Preserve In Alpine.

Silver Lakes Golf Club In Gadsden. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Huntsville Burningtree Country Club In Decatur. Signature Gold Golf.

Hampton Cove Golf Club Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

The Shoals Golf Club In Florence. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Mobile Magnolia Grove Golf Club

Capitol Hill Golf Club In Prattville. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

City Grill Highland Oaks Golf Club In Dothan. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Next Door Restaurant Shenandoah Plantation Hunting and Fishing In Union Springs.

Wynlakes Golf & Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

University Club

Tucson Omni Tucson National Resort Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Oro Valley Country Club, 520-297-1121

Arkansas Bentonville Fayetteville Country Club In Fayetteville. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

In Lake Powell. Part of Forever Resorts.

Greystone Golf & Country Club

Montgomery

Anthem Golf & Country Club, 623-742-6200

In Rogers. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Signature Gold Golf.

In Greenville. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

anthemclubaz.com In Anthem, about 40 miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. 36 holes of Greg Nashdesigned golf, two resort-style pools, and two fitness centers. Signature Gold Golf.

Fort Smith

Musgrove Country Club

Oxmoor Valley Golf Club

C apital City Club, 334-834-8920

Red Mountain Theatre Company

capitalmontgomery.com Top two floors of RSA Tower downtown. Formal and informal dining, private party facilities. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

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The Capital Grille In Phoenix and Scottsdale.

Business club is equipped with athletic facilities.

Entries in “The List” are under nearest metropolitan area with commercial airline service.

To make reservations, call the ClubLine or e-mail at clubline@ clubcorp.com.

Pine Bluff Country Club In Pine Bluff. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

California Bakersfield Bakersfield Country Club

My Los Angeles Community, 800-433-5079

Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

In Jasper. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

Red Door Spa Tucson National Golf Club

In Auburn. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Cambrian Ridge Golf Club

Network Alliance clubs that accept your MemberCard.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Phoenix

Antelope Point Marina

orovalleycountryclub.com In Oro Valley, 15 miles north of downtown Tucson. 18-hole golf course, fitness center, casual dining, and private events space. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

myarizonacommunity.com

You must be an overnight guest of the resort in order to use the facilities.

Signature Gold Dining.

Arizona My Arizona Community, 800-433-5079

Shadow Valley Country Club

Fianna Hills Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Little Rock Diamante, A Private Membership Golf Club In Hot Springs Village. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Lake Tahoe See Reno, Nev.

Los Angeles mylosangelescommunity.com

Braemar Country Club, 818-345-6520 braemarclub.com.

In Tarzana, 20 miles from Los Angeles International Airport. 2 golf courses, 20 tennis courts, and 2 pools. Closed Mon.

Chinois In Santa Monica. Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

City Club Los Angeles, 213-620-9662 cityclubla.com In the heart of downtown, 17 miles from LAX. Fine dining, private event facilities, seven meeting rooms, movie screening room. Signature Gold Dining.

Cut In Beverly Hills. Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

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Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Los Angeles, Beverly Hills.

House of Blues Foundation Room Lounge In Anaheim.

Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza Porter Valley Country Club, 818-360-1071 portervalley.com In Northridge. 18-hole Ted Robinsondesigned golf course, 5 tennis courts, swimming pool, fitness center.

Closed Mon.

Red/Seven In West Hollywood. Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Sand Canyon Country Club In Santa Clarita.

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Six Flags Magic Mountain Spago In Beverly Hills. Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

WP24 Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Monterey Carmel Valley Ranch Resort 6 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea. Signature Gold Golf.

Hyatt Regency Monterey

Napa Kitchen Collective Access to member’s lounge and interactive kitchen experience.

Reservations required.

Ontario Canyon Crest Country Club, 951-274-7900 canyoncrestcc.com In Riverside, 20 miles from Ontario International Airport. Golf course, 6 tennis courts, swimming pool.

Closed Mon.

Orange County Aliso Viejo Country Club, 949-598-9200 alisogolf.com In Aliso Viejo, 13 miles from John Wayne Airport. 18 holes of Jack Nicklaus/Jack Nicklaus II-designed golf, practice facilities, pro shop, private event facilities. Closed Monday.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold. the clubline

800-433-5079 international callers

972-888-7357

e - mail clubline @ clubcorp . com fax

972-888-7527 for a complete list of your benefits clubline . com private event desk

877-684-3919 privateevents @ clubcorp . com

AL.KA.LI Salon Bayside Restaurant In Newport Beach.

Bistango Restaurant In Irvine.

Center Club Orange County, 714-662-3414 center-club.com In the Center Tower building in downtown Costa Mesa, near John Wayne Airport. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Coto de Caza Golf & Racquet Club, 949-858-4100 coto-de-caza.com In Coto de Caza, 20 miles southeast of John Wayne Airport.

36 holes designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr.; 10 lighted tennis courts, 3 pools. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Monarch Beach Resort In Dana Point.

Old Ranch Country Club In Seal Beach. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Palm Springs

Sacramento Charlie Palmer Group Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer’s Dry Creek Kitchen, located in Healdsburg. Access for Members with Signature Gold benefits only.

Empire Ranch Golf Club, 916-817-8100 empireranchgolfclub.com In the foothills of Folsom. 6,669yard, par-71, daily fee golf course overlooking Folsom Lake. Full-service pro shop, clubhouse, dining, driving range, and practice areas. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Granite Bay Golf Club, 916-791-7578 granitebayclub.com In Granite Bay, 20 miles east of Sacramento. 18-hole championship course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., practice facilities, pro shop, clubhouse, fitness facility, meeting space. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Lake Oroville Marina

Copley’s Restaurant Desert Falls Country Club, 760-340-5646

In Lake Oroville. Part of Forever Resorts.

desert-falls.com In Palm Desert, 15 miles southeast of Palm Springs. Par-72 course spans 7,017 yards with views of the San Jacinto Mountain Range. Tee-time cancellation policy applies. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

In Don Pedro Lake. Part of Forever Resorts.

Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort & Spa In Indian Wells.

Indian Wells Country Club, 760-345-2561 indianwellsclub.com In Indian Wells, 20 miles southeast of Palm Springs Airport. 2 clubhouses, ballroom, fitness center, private dining rooms, patio dining, and pro shop. 2 championship courses wind through the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains. Tee-time cancellation policy applies. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Mission Hills Country Club, 760-324-9400 missionhills.com In Rancho Mirage; 10 miles southeast of Palm Springs. 1,760-acre club with 3 championship 18-hole golf courses.

Large clubhouse, pool, fitness center, 29 tennis courts (5 grass). Tee-time cancellation policy applies. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Roy’s restaurant In Rancho Mirage.

Moccasin Point Marina

Member Benefits and Levels As a benefit of club membership, you have access to certain clubs and resorts listed in “The List” that are outside the nonresident radius of your home club. These restrictions apply from the place(s) of residence and business for you and your family members. Privileges are based upon your benefit level as described below. The Associate Club benefits do not apply to groups or private events, and cart fees are additional. Call the ClubLine to make reservations and for questions about your benefits. For information on legacy and relocation benefits, contact your home club.

O.N.E. (Optimal Network Experiences): Members receive 50 percent discount on a la carte dining at their home club, benefits in their local community, and complimentary golf and dining privileges when traveling. Complimentary traveling benefits are noted as Signature Gold Golf and Signature Gold Dining in The List.

Signature Gold: is the flagship level of private club benefits, featuring complimentary golf and dining at participating clubs (two rounds and two meals per club per month). Additional benefits include 30-day advance tee times for members with Signature Gold Unlimited and privileges in the market of the members’ second home or business. Signature Gold Golf offers complimentary golf at Associate Clubs and signature courses (two rounds per club per month; tee times booked 14 days prior to play). Signature Gold Dining offers complimentary dining at business and business sports clubs (two meals per club per month).

Associate Bronze: Members receive social privileges at Associate Club properties.

Associate Gold: Members receive golf, social, and athletic privileges at Associate Clubs, excluding some select golf courses. Members do not pay green fees at specified country clubs. (Play restricted to two rounds per month at each location.)

Associate Plus: Members receive golf privileges at certain properties and are limited to two rounds per month per club. Members are charged 50 percent of accompanied-guest green fees.

Associate Silver: Members receive social and athletic privileges at Associate Club properties and golf privileges at certain Associate Club properties. Golf availability varies and green fees apply in certain resort areas and during designated seasons.

Saddle Creek Golf Club In Copperopolis. Signature Gold Golf.

Teal Bend Golf Club, 916-922-5209 tealbendgolf.com 18-hole, 72-par course designed by Brad Bell, practice range, grill, home of Teal Bend Golf Schools. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Trinity Lake Resorts & Marinas In Trinity Lake. Part of Forever Resorts.

Turkey Creek Golf Club, 916-434-9100 turkeycreekgc.com In Lincoln. 18-hole Brad Bell-designed golf course, grill. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

San Diego My San Diego Community, 800-433-5079 mysandiegocommunity.com

Bay Club Carmel Valley One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

Morgan Run Club & Resort, 858-756-2471 morganrun.com In Rancho Santa Fe. 27-hole championship golf course, practice facilities, 11 tennis courts, pool, overnight accommodations, informal and formal dining, conference/banquet facilities. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Bay Club Courtside In Los Gatos. One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

Bay Club Financial District One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

Omni La Costa Resort & Spa Rancho Bernardo Inn Golf Resort Shadowridge Golf Club, 760-727-7700

In Marin. One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

shadowridgecc.com In Vista, in north San Diego County.

18-hole golf course, practice facilities, clubhouse. Closed Mon. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

In Redwood City. One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

Temecula Creek Golf Resort In Temecula.

University Club Atop Symphony Towers, 619-234-5200

Bay Club Marin

Bay Club Redwood Shores

Bay Club Ross Valley In Kentfield. One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

Bay Club San Francisco

uc-sandiego.com Atop Symphony Towers downtown. Two main dining rooms and six meeting rooms. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

bernardoheightscc.com 18-hole Ted Robinson-designed golf course, informal and formal dining, private events space. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

San Francisco

In Santa Clara. One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Hotel Solamar Legoland

One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

Bernardo Heights Country Club, 858-487-4022

My Bay Area Community, 800-433-5079 mybayareacommunity.com

Bay Club at the Gateway

Bay Club Santa Clara

Bay Club SF Tennis One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

In Carlsbad.

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The Club at Wingtip Club Quarters Crow Canyon Country Club, 925-735-5700 crow-canyon.com In Danville, 30 miles east of San Francisco at the foot of Mount Diablo.

18-hole Ted Robinson-designed golf course, 13 tennis courts, pool, fitness facility.

Closed Mon.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Hotel Zoe Napa Valley Lodge

Victorville Spring Valley Lake Country Club, 760-245-5356 spring-valley-lake.com Spring Valley Lake area. Golf course, 4 tennis courts, swimming pool, and fitness center. Closed Mon.

Colorado Aspen Aspen Glen Club, 970-704-1905 aspen-glen.com In Carbondale, 30 miles northwest of Aspen. Jack Nicklaus/Jack Nicklaus II co-designed 18-hole course. Athletic facility, 4 tennis courts (3 clay courts, 1 hard court), outdoor pool, spa, and pro shop. 2 dining rooms with seasonal dining hours. Resort rates apply. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Sky Hotel

Colorado Springs The El Paso Club Signature Gold Dining.

Denver Black Bear Golf Club, 303-840-3100

In Lake Berryessa. Part of Forever Resorts.

blackbearclub.com In Parker. 32 miles south of Denver International Airport. 18-hole Jeff Brauer-designed golf course, driving range, practice facilities, dining room.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club, 707-546-3485

Blackstone Country Club, 303-680-0245

In Napa Valley.

One Market Restaurant Part of Lark Creek Restaurant Group.

Pleasure Cove Marina

santarosagolf.com In Santa Rosa, 55 miles north of San Francisco in Sonoma County.

18-hole parkland golf course, upscale dining, ballroom. Tennis, swimming, and fitness facilities. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Servcorp See Other Affiliates section.

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

San Jose My Bay Area Community, 800-433-5079 mybayareacommunity.com

Bay Club Cupertino One of the Bay Club Company’s 11 facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

Coyote Creek Golf Club

blackstone-club.com In Aurora. 25 miles south of Denver International Airport. 18-hole Jay Morrish-designed golf course, dining room, pool, 2 tennis courts, fitness facilities. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

The Capital Grille Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Hotel Monaco Omni Interlocken Resort In Broomfield. Signature Gold Golf.

Fort Collins

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Newark See Philadelphia.

Wilmington University and Whist Club Signature Gold Dining.

Florida Clearwater Countryside Country Club, 727-796-2153 countrysideclub.com In Countryside; 17 miles from Tampa International Airport. 27 holes of championship golf, practice greens, driving range, pro shop, 14 tennis courts, fitness center, 2 pools, grill, lounge, and dining. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

East Lake Woodlands Country Club, 727-784-8576 eastlakewoodlandscc.com In Oldsmar between Clearwater and Tampa. 36 holes of Von HaggeDevlin-designed golf, practice and banquet facilities, clubhouse, fitness center, 17 tennis courts, 3 pools.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

StarLite Dining Cruises

Destin Hotel DeFuniak In DeFuniak Springs.

The Palms of Destin Resort & Conference Center Regatta Bay Golf & Yacht Club Santa Rosa Golf & Beach Club In Santa Rosa Beach. Signature Gold Golf.

Silver Beach Towers Silver Shells Beach Resort & Spa Vue on 30a In Santa Rosa Beach.

Fort Lauderdale My South Coast Community, 800-433-5079 The Capital Grille The Club at Boca Pointe

In Edwards. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

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Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Lake Don Pedro Marina

sanjoseclub.com In Knight Ridder Building in heart of downtown. Main dining room, 4 private dining rooms, meeting rooms, conference rooms. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

In Springfield, Mass.

mysouthcoastcommunity.com

Vail

Silicon Valley Capital Club, 408-971-9300

Six Flags New England

Fort Collins Country Club

Signature Gold Golf.

In Don Pedro Lake. Part of Forever Resorts.

Windsor Locks

Sonnenalp Club

Sonnenalp Hotel

Connecticut Hartford Hartford Club Signature Gold Dining.

Stamford See New York City.

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In Boca Raton. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Eagle Trace Golf Club In Coral Springs.

Hamilton Douglass Clothiers Heron Bay Golf Club In Coral Springs.

Lago Mar Country Club In Plantation. Signature Gold Golf.

Red Door Spa Tower Club, 954-764-8550 tower-florida.com On the 28th floor of One Financial Plaza in the downtown business dis-

trict, with views of the Atlantic Ocean.

Library/lounge, dining room, and private rooms for business and social events. Signature Gold Dining.

Fort Myers The Capital Grille In Naples.

The Club at Pelican Preserve Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Raptor Bay Golf Club In Bonita Springs.

Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples In Naples

Gainesville Haile Plantation Golf & Country Club, 352-335-0055 haileplantationgolf.com 10 miles from the University of Florida and the Florida Medical Center. 18-hole Gary Player-designed golf course. Tennis, swimming, and fitness facilities, pro shop. Dining room, bar, and grill. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Miami My South Coast Community, 800-433-5079 mysouthcoastcommunity.com

The Biltmore In Coral Gables.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Servcorp See Other Affiliates section.

Orlando Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge Buena Vista Palace Resort & Spa In Walt Disney World.

The Capital Grille Celebration Golf Club In Celebration.

Citrus Club, 407-843-1080

Jacksonville

citrus-club.com On the 18th floor of Citrus Center.

Formal and casual dining, cocktail lounge, six private rooms. Citrus Club Spa and Fitness Center, Meeting and conference rooms.Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

My Jacksonville Community, 800-433-5079

DeBary Golf & Country Club, 386-668-1705

myjacksonvillecommunity.com

Amelia National Golf Club In Fernandina Beach.

The Capital Grille Deercreek Country Club, 904-363-1604 deercreekclub.com 20 miles south of downtown. 18-hole Robert Miller-designed golf course, practice facilities, pro shop, fitness center, 8 outdoor Har-Tru tennis courts, informal dining. Closed Mon. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Marsh Creek Country Club, 904-461-1101

debarycc.com In DeBary, 25 miles northeast of Orlando. 18-hole Lloyd Clifton golf course, formal dining, 6 tennis courts, pool, fitness center. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Emeril’s Receive VIP access and service at Emeril’s Orlando and Emeril’s Tchoup Chop restaurants.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Golden Bear Club at Keene’s Pointe In Windermere. Signature Gold Golf.

Grand Bohemian Hotel House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch

marshcreek.com In St. Augustine. 18-hole golf course, informal and formal dining, 10 tennis courts, fitness rooms, pool, private events space. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Signature Gold Dining.

Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort

Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate

Legoland In Winter Haven.

In Amelia Island.

In ChampionsGate.

Omni Jacksonville Hotel Queen’s Harbour Yacht and Country Club, 904-221-1012

Part of Levy Restaurants. Access for Members with Signature Gold benefits only.

queensharbourcc.com On the Intracoastal Waterway in Queen’s Harbour; 24 miles from Jacksonville International Airport.

18-hole Mark McCumber designed golf course. 2 tennis courts, pool.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Melbourne Suntree Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Portobello

Todd English’s Blue Zoo Part of the Todd English Restaurant Group.

Panama City Firefly Restaurant

Pensacola Lost Key Golf Club Signature Gold Golf.

Sarasota The Venetian Golf and River Club In North Venice. Signature Gold Golf.

Tallahassee

Georgia

Kinderlou Forest Golf Club

Atlanta

In Valdosta, Ga. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

St. James Bay In Carrabelle.

University Center Club, 850-644-8528 universitycenterclub.com On the campus of Florida State University overlooking the stadium.

Formal and informal dining, private meeting room, ballroom. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Tampa My Tampa Bay Community, 800-433-5079 mytampabaycommunity.com

The Capital Grille Centre Club, 813-286-4040 centretampa.com Atop the Urban Center in Westshore.

Dining room, lounge, private dining and meeting rooms, conference room. Closed Sat and Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Hunter’s Green Country Club, 813-973-1000 huntersgreencc.com 35 miles from Tampa International Airport. 18-hole Fazio-designed championship course with driving, chipping, and putting ranges, 17 lighted tennis courts, basketball, racquetball, volleyball, fitness, formal dining, grill, banquet room. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

StarLite Dining Cruises In St. Petersburg.

Tampa Club Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club, 813-972-1991 tampa-palmscc.com 22 miles from Tampa International Airport. 18-hole Arthur Hills-designed championship golf course, 9 Har-Tru tennis courts, fitness center, junior Olympic-size pool. Overnight resort accommodations. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

My Atlanta Community, 800-433-5079 myatlantacommunity.com

Atlanta National Golf Club, 707-442-8801 atlantanationalgolfclub.com In Alpharetta. Golf retreat surrounded by rolling hills. 18-hole Pete and P.B. Dye-designed golf course, practice facilities, formal and casual dining, men’s grill, meeting facilities.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Bear’s Best Atlanta, 678-714-2582 bearsbest.com Features 18 of Jack Nicklaus’ favorite holes from his own designs around the world. Clubhouse includes Nicklaus memorabilia, dining facilities, outdoor pavilion, pro shop.

Signature Gold Golf.

Bentwater Golf Club, 770-529-9554 bentwatergc.com In Acworth. Near Marietta and Kennesaw. 18-hole golf course, dining, banquet room, pro shop.

Braelinn Golf Club, 770-631-3100 braelinngc.com In Peachtree City. 25 miles south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole golf course, practice facility, casual dining, pool, 4 tennis courts. Closed Wed.

Brookfield Country Club, 770-993-1990 brookfieldcountryclub.com In Roswell, 35 miles north of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole course, casual dining, private events space, pool, fitness and tennis centers, golf performance center with FlightScope technology. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Buckhead Club, 404-262-2262

Commerce Club, 404-222-0191 commerceclubatlanta.com On the 49th floor of 191 Peachtree Tower in downtown Atlanta. Two main dining rooms, seven private meeting rooms, bar and lounge.

Closed Sat and Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Country Club of Gwinnett, 770-978-7755 countryclubofgwinnett.com 30 miles east of Atlanta. 18-hole Steve Melnyk-designed golf course with driving range and practice facilities.

Grill, pro shop, banquet facilities.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Country Club of the South, 770-475-1803 thecountryclubofthesouth.com In Johns Creek, 36 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed championship golf course. Four-bedroom villa, 12 tennis courts, fitness center, pro shop, junior Olympic-size pool. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

Currahee Club In Toccoa. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Eagle’s Landing Country Club, 770-389-2000 eagleslandingcc.com In Stockbridge, 20 miles south of downtown Atlanta. 27-hole Tom Fazio-designed golf course. Pro shop, 8 tennis courts, 2 pools, informal dining. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Eagle Watch Golf Club, 770-591-1000 eaglewatchgc.com In Woodstock. Set in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 18-hole Arnold Palmer-designed golf course, dining room, garden room, lounge.

The Ellis Hotel Flat Creek Country Club, 770-487-8140

In Palm Beach Gardens.

buckhead-club.com On the 26th floor of the Sovereign Building. Dining room, lounge, meeting and conference rooms, fitness center. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

flatcreekcc.com In Peachtree City. 23 miles south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 27 holes of golf, practice facilities, main and private dining rooms, pool, private events facilities. Closed Mon.

Monarch Country Club, 772-286-8447

Canongate I Golf Club, 770-463-3342

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse

monarchclub.com In Palm City, 40 miles north of West Palm Beach. 18-hole championship Arnold Palmer golf course, 6 lighted Har-Tru tennis courts, pool, Jacuzzi.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

canongate1gc.com In Sharpsburg. 20 miles southwest of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 36 holes of golf, main and private dining rooms, pool, 2 tennis courts.

In Atlanta, Dunwoody.

West Palm Beach The Capital Grille

PGA National Resort & Spa In Palm Beach Gardens. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Capital Grille Chapel Hills Golf Club, 770-949-0030 chapelhillsgc.com In Douglasville. 25 miles northwest of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole golf course, main and private dining rooms, pool, 4 tennis courts.

Glen Ella Springs Inn In Clarkesville.

Hamilton Mill Golf Club, 770-945-4653 hamiltonmillgc.com In Dacula. 50 miles northeast of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole Fred Couples/Gene Bates-designed golf course, practice facilities, meeting and conference space.

Jonpaul’s Tonsorial and Spa Services In Johns Creek.

Laurel Springs Golf Club, 770-884-0065

Sun City Peachtree Golf Club, 678-242-1933

laurelspringsclub.com In Suwanee, 27 miles north of Atlanta.

18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, driving range, and practice facilities. Informal dining, bar and lounge, Nicklaus library, pro shop, locker rooms. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

suncitypeachtreegolf.com In Griffin. 18-hole golf course, practice facilities, dining room, bar, private events facilities.

Mandarin Oriental The Manor Golf & Country Club, 678-366-3886 manorgcc.com In Milton. 18-hole golf course — Georgia’s only Tom Watson-designed championship course, formal and casual dining, aquatic center featuring junior Olympic-size pool, tennis center with 16 courts. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Traditions of Braselton, 706-363-9963 traditionsofbraseltongc.com In Jefferson. 18-hole golf course, casual dining, private events space.

Closed Tue.

White Columns Country Club, 770-343-9025 whitecolumnscountryclub.com In Milton. 18-hole Tom Fazio-designed golf course, dining, tennis complex with 10 courts, outdoor swim center, fitness facilities. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Mirror Lake Golf Club, 770-459-5599

White Oak Golf Club, 770-251-6700

mirrorlakegc.com In Villa Rica. 36 holes of golf, dining room, patio with views of Mirror Lake, pool, 4 tennis courts.

whiteoakgc.com In Newnan. 27 miles south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 36-hole golf course, dining room, private dining room, 4 tennis courts, pool.

Northwood Country Club, 770-923-2909 northwoodcc.com In Lawrenceville, 35 miles northeast of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole championship golf course, driving range, fitness center.

Olde Atlanta Golf Club, 770-497-0097 oldeatlantagc.com In Suwanee. 18-hole Arthur Hillsdesigned golf course, practice facilities, casual dining, private events facilities.

The Peachtree Club In Midtown.

Planterra Ridge Golf Club, 770-487-8141 planterraridgegc.com In Peachtree City. 27 miles south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole golf course, practice facilities, dining room, pool. Closed Tue.

Whitewater Creek Country Club, 770-460-0877 whitewatercreekcc.com In Fayetteville. 20 miles south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole Arnold Palmer-designed golf course, main and private dining rooms, private events facilities. Closed Thur.

The Whitley Windermere Golf Club, 678-513-1000 windermeregc.com In Cumming. 18-hole Davis Love IIIdesigned golf course, dining room, private events facilities.

Augusta The Carriage House Inn In Aiken, South Carolina.

The Pinnacle Club The Willcox In Aiken, South Carolina.

Polo Golf & Country Club, 770-887-7656

Woodside Plantation Country Club, 803-649-3383

pologolfandcountryclub.com In Cumming. 18-hole Joe Leedesigned golf course, practice facilities, dining, swim center with pools and waterslide, tennis center with 10 courts. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Columbus

Quest Women’s Spa & Fitness Center

woodside-plantation.com In Aiken, South Carolina. 30 miles from Augusta Regional Airport in Woodside Plantation. 3 golf courses, 10 tennis courts, 2 pools. Closed Mon. Green fees apply to all members during Masters week.

Country Club of Columbus Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

In Alpharetta.

Reynolds Lake Oconee In Greensboro. Exclusive pricing on overnight packages.

The Ritz-Carlton Atlanta The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee In Greensboro.

Six Flags Over Georgia Six Flags White Water

Macon Healy Point Country Club, 478-743-1495 healypointcc.com 18-hole Gary Player-designed golf course, formal and casual dining, tennis complex with 10 courts, pool, fitness facilities. Closed Tue.

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And after the round, each resort offers the chance to relax and unwind with exceptional cuisine, luxurious accommodations, and superior service.

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River Forest Golf Club, 478-974-0974 riverforestgc.com In Forsyth. 25 miles northwest of Macon. 18-hole golf course, dining room, access to pool, tennis, and fitness facilities. Closed Mon.

Savannah Mansion on Forsyth Park

Valdosta See Tallahassee, Fla.

Hawaii Kauai St. Regis Princeville Resort

Maui Dunes at Maui Lani Golf Course Spago Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Oahu Hawaii Prince Golf Club Prince Waikiki Plaza Club Signature Gold Dining.

Royal Hawaiian Golf Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Illinois Champaign Urbana Country Club In Urbana. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Chicago My Chicago Community, 800-433-5079 mychicagocommunity.com

Autobahn Country Club In Joliet. Premier motorsports club.

Bar Toma Part of Levy Restaurants.

Cafe Spiaggia Part of Levy Restaurants.

Calumet Country Club In Homewood.

The Capital Grille Locations in Chicago, Lombard, and Rosemont.

The Carlton Club at RitzCarlton, Chicago Spa access only.

Chicago Elite Yacht Club Quarters Hotel The Drake Hotel Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Chicago, Naperville, Rosemont.

House of Blues - Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

The Metropolitan, 312-876-3200 metclubchicago.com On the 66th and 67th floors of the Willis Tower in the financial district.

Dining room, 16 private rooms, grill, wine bar, meeting and conference rooms, fitness center. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Mid-America Club, 312-861-1100 midamclub.com Atop the 80th floor of the Aon Center. Dining room, grill, lounge, 8,500-square-foot ballroom, private dining and conference rooms.

Signature Gold Dining.

Mystic Blue Odyssey Cruises Ravinia Green Country Club, 847-945-6200 raviniagreen.com In Riverwoods, about 15 miles north of O’Hare International Airport.

18-hole golf course with caddy services, tennis courts, pools, casual and formal dining.Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Ravisloe Golf Club In Homewood.

Red Door Spa Ritz-Carlton, Chicago Rolling Green Country Club, 847-945-6200 rollinggreencc.com In Arlington Heights, about 12 miles north of O’Hare International Airport.

18-hole golf course with caddy services, pool, fitness center, casual and formal dining. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Seadog Cruises Six Flags Great America Spiaggia Part of Levy Restaurants.

Spirit of Chicago White Eagle Golf Club In Naperville.

Peoria Country Club of Peoria Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Rockford Rockford Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Indiana Evansville Rolling Hills Country Club In Newburgh. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Fort Wayne Orchard Ridge Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Indianapolis Broadmoor Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Capital Grille

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Hawthorns Golf & Country Club In Fishers. Signature Gold Golf.

Omni Severin Hotel Puck’s

Persimmon Ridge Golf Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

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Polo Fields Golf & Country Club

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Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Owensboro

Skyline Club, 317-263-5000

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

skyline-indy.com On the 36th floor of the One American Square building downtown. Main dining room, bar and grill, 4 private dining rooms. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

South Bend Knollwood Country Club, 574-277-1541 knollwoodclub.com In Granger, north of Notre Dame. 2 golf courses, driving range, indoor and outdoor pools, 10 tennis courts.

Dining, golf shop, fitness center.

Iowa Davenport Davenport Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Des Moines

The Pearl Club

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Louisiana Lafayette Carriage House Hotel City Club at River Ranch Signature Gold Dining.

Lake Charles

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse The Golf Club at South River In Edgewater

Lake Charles Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Red Door Spa In Baltimore, Bethesda, and Gaithersburg.

Six Flags America Spirit of Baltimore

Many Cypress Bend Resort Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

New Orleans Beau Chene Country Club In Mandeville. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Emeril’s

Rockville See Washington, D.C.

Massachusetts Boston My New England Community, 800-433-5079

Receive VIP access and service at Emeril’s New Orleans and NOLA restaurants.

mynewenglandcommunity.com

In West Des Moines. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

English Turn Golf and Country Club

Kansas

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Kansas City

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Hotel Monteleone House of Blues - Foundation Room

bostoncollegeclub.com On the 36th floor of the Bank of America Financial Building in the financial district. Formal and informal dining, bar and lounge, meeting and conference rooms. Closed Sat and Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Des Moines Embassy Club Glen Oaks Country Club

Lawrence Country Club In Lawrence. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate, 913-402-1000 nicklausgolflg.com In Overland Park, 10 miles southwest of Kansas City, Mo. 18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, practice facilities, pool, 21,000-square-foot clubhouse, pro shop, conference room, informal dining room, casual bar and grill, private dining room.

Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

Wichita

Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans Windsor Court Hotel

Shreveport Southern Trace Country Club, 318-798-8300

Signature Gold Golf.

southern-trace.com 18-hole Arthur Hills-designed championship golf course, 6 lighted tennis courts, pool, spa and fitness facilities, whirlpool, steam room, and lounge.

Kentucky

Maryland

Bowling Green

Baltimore

Reflection Ridge Golf Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E.

Willowbend Golf Club

Indian Hills Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Hebron See Cincinnati.

Louisville GlenOaks Country Club In Prospect. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Capital Grille Eagle’s Nest Country Club In Phoenix, 21 miles north of Baltimore. 18-hole golf course, casual and upscale dining, eight Har-Tru outdoor tennis courts, Olympic-size pool, private event space. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

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Boston College Club, 617-946-2828

The Capital Grille In Boston and Chestnut Hill.

Club Quarters Hotel Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse House of Blues - Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

The International Golf Club and Lodge In Bolton.

Ipswich Country Club, 978-356-4822 ipswichclub.com In Ipswich, 30 miles northeast of Boston. 18-hole championship golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones. 6 Har-Tru tennis courts, pro shop, fitness center, pool, sauna, steam room, whirlpool. Closed Mon.

Langham Hotel Boston Odyssey Cruises Seaport Elite Yacht Cruises Spirit of Boston

Cape Cod Ocean Edge Resort & Club In Brewster.

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Michigan Detroit My Detroit Community, 800-433-5079 mydetroitcommunity.com

The Capital Grille Dearborn Racquet & Health Club In Dearborn.

No. VI Chophouse In Novi.

Oakhurst Golf & Country Club, 248-391-3300 oakhurstgolf.com In Clarkston. Arthur Hill-designed course. Three-story clubhouse includes dining options, meeting rooms, private event spaces, and pro shop. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

Oak Pointe Country Club, 810-229-4554 oak-pointe.com In Brighton, 30 miles west of Detroit.

18-hole Arthur Hills-designed golf course and 18-hole private championship course. 4 lighted tennis courts, fitness center, pool. Closed Mon.

Skyline Club, 248-350-9898 theskylineclub.com In Southfield, 15 miles north of Detroit, on the 28th floor of the Town Center Building. Dining, lounge, private workspaces, fitness center.

Closed Sat-Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

TPC Michigan, 313-436-3000

Sunnybrook Country Club In Grandville.

Thousand Oaks Golf Club Watermark Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Minnesota Minneapolis The Capital Grille Dellwood Country Club In Dellwood. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Medina Golf & Country Club, 763-478-6021 medinagolfcc.com In Medina, 20 miles west of downtown Minneapolis. Family pool, 18 holes of championship golf, 9-hole short course, 4 Har-Tru tennis courts, dining options. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Rochester Somerby Golf Club In Byron. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

Mississippi Hattiesburg Canebrake Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Jackson Lake Caroline Golf Club In Madison. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Patrick Farms Golf Club In Pearl.

Whisper Lake Country Club In Madison.

Missouri Columbia The Club at Old Hawthorne Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Lake of the Ozarks The Club at Porto Cima

tpcmichigangc.com In Dearborn. 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature course, casual dining, bar, lounge, locker rooms, private events space. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

In Lake of the Ozarks. Signature Gold Golf.

University Club of Michigan State University

In Lake Ozark.

In Lansing.

Wolfgang Puck Grille Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Grand Rapids Cork Wine & Grille FireRock Grille In Caledonia.

Rush Creek Bistro In Grandville.

StoneWater Country Club

Lake of the Ozarks Marina In Lake of the Ozarks. Part of Forever Resorts.

The Lodge of Four Seasons

Kansas City

New Mexico

In O’Fallon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino MGM Grand Hotel and Casino The Mirage New York New York Postrio

Nebraska

Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Signature Gold Golf.

Missouri Athletic Club Signature Gold Dining.

Six Flags St. Louis WingHaven Country Club

Omaha Champions Run Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Nevada Las Vegas Aria Resort & Casino Bear’s Best Las Vegas, 702-804-8500 bearsbest.com 10 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip.

Features 18 of Jack Nicklaus’ favorite holes from his own designs around the world. Clubhouse includes Nicklaus memorabilia, dining facilities, and pro shop. Signature Gold Golf.

Bellagio Callville Bay Resort & Marina In Lake Mead. Part of Forever Resorts.

Canyon Gate Country Club, 702-363-0303 canyon-gate.com In Canyon Gate, 8 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip. 18-hole golf course, 4 tennis courts, 2 pools, Jacuzzi, fitness center. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

The Capital Grille Charlie Palmer Group Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer’s Aureole and Charlie Palmer Steak restaurants.

Red Square Searsucker The Signature at MGM Grand Spago Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Stack Restaurant Temple Bar Marina In Lake Mead. Part of Forever Resorts.

Trattoria del Lupo Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Vdara Hotel & Spa Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grille Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Reno Charlie Palmer Group

In Incline Village.

Somersett Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

The Village at Squaw Valley In Lake Tahoe, Calif.

New Hampshire Manchester Omni Mount Washington Resort In Bretton Woods.

The One Hundred Club

Atlantic City

Del Frisco’s Emeril’s Receive VIP access and service at Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House, Delmonico Steakhouse, and Table 10 restaurant.

Fix Restaurant Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse

New Jersey Red Door Spa Wolfgang Puck American Grille Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Newark In Bedminster Township. Signature Gold/O.N.E. Golf.

Trenton Cherry Valley Country Club

In Overland Park, Kansas. See Kansas City, Kansas.

Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

Springfield

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch

In Jackson, N.J.

Signature Gold Dining.

In Jackson, N.J.

Millwood Golf & Racquet Club

In Caledonia.

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Santa Fe La Posada de Santa Fe, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa

New York Albany The Great Escape Six Flags’ park In Lake George.

Long Island The Hamlet Golf & Country Club, 631-209-7448 hamletgolfandcountryclub.com In Commack, 14 miles northwest of Long Island MacArthur Airport.

18-hole golf course, 8 tennis courts, pool, pro shop, fitness center, informal dining. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

Red Door Spa In Bellmore.

Wind Watch Golf & Country Club, 631-606-2252 hamletwindwatch.com In Hauppauge, 8 miles northwest of Long Island MacArthur Airport.

18-hole golf course, pro shop, informal dining. Signature Gold Golf.

New York City Anglebrook Golf Club In Lincolndale. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Athletic & Swim Club at Equitable Center, 212-265-3490 athleticswim.com Midtown location. World-class fitness area, 25-yard indoor pool, group exercise classes, personal training, massage, quick snack bistro. Adults only — 16 and older.

Bateaux New York

Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club

In Las Vegas, Summerlin.

House of Blues - Foundation Room

Picacho Hills Country Club

hamletwillowcreek.com In Mt. Sinai, 18 miles northwest of Long Island MacArthur Airport.

18-hole golf course, pro shop, informal dining. Signature Gold Golf.

In Lake Mojave. Part of Forever Resorts.

VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

Las Cruces

Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino

In Portsmouth.

Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Canyon Club Signature Gold Golf.

Willow Creek Golf & Country Club, 631-403-6108

Citizens Kitchen & Bar Cottonwood Cove Resort & Marina

Cut

Albuquerque

Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer Steak restaurants.

The Capital Grille Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate, 913-402-1000

In Ozark. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

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St. Louis

cherryvalleycc.com In Skillman. About 8 miles north of historic Princeton. 18-hole Rees Jones golf course set along Bedens Brook, 7 tennis courts, Olympic-size pool.

Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

Six Flags Great Adventure Six Flags Hurricane Harbor

the clubline

800-433-5079 international callers

972-888-7357

e - mail clubline @ clubcorp . com fax

972-888-7527 for a complete list of your benefits clubline . com private event desk

877-684-3919 privateevents @ clubcorp . com

The Beard House In Greenwich Village.

The Capital Grille In Manhattan; Stamford, Conn.

Charlie Palmer Group Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer’s Aureole restaurant.

Club Quarters Hotel, Midtown Club Quarters Hotel, Rockefeller Center Club Quarters Hotel, Wall Street Club Quarters Hotel, World Trade Center Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Manhattan.

Manhattan Elite Yachts The Michelangelo Hotel Omni Berkshire Place Red Door Spa In Darien, Conn.; and New York City.

Room Mate Grace hotel Servcorp See Other Affiliates section.

Spirit of New Jersey Spirit of New York Terrace Club

North Carolina Asheville Inn on Biltmore Estate In the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Omni Grove Park Inn

Charlotte The Capital Grille Charlotte City Club Signature Gold Dining.

Charlotte Motor Speedway Chetola Resort In Blowing Rock.

Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

Firethorne Country Club, 704-243-2433 firethornecountryclub.com In Marvin, about 20 miles south of Charlotte. 18-hole Tom Jacksondesigned golf course, casual and formal dining, private events space, 10 tennis courts, four pools.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Omni Charlotte Hotel River Run Country Club In Davidson. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Sequoyah National Golf Club In Whittier.

TPC Piper Glen, 704-846-1212

Raleigh/Durham My Triangle Community, 800-433-5079 trianglecommunityclubs.com

Angus Barn C arolina Club, 919-962-1101 carolina-club.com In Chapel Hill. On the campus of UNC at Chapel Hill, in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. 20 miles from Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

Dining room and grill, 7 private rooms. Signature Gold Dining.

City Club Raleigh, 919-834-8829 cityclubraleigh.com On the 28th and 29th floors of the Wells Fargo Capitol Center. Formal and informal dining, 6 private dining rooms. Signature Gold Dining.

Devils Ridge Golf Club, 919-557-6100 devilsridgecc.com In Holly Springs, 20 miles southwest of Raleigh. 18-hole John LaFoydesigned golf course. Grill area, 3 private dining rooms, and driving range. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Lochmere Golf Club, 919-851-0611 lochmere.com In Cary, southeast of Raleigh. 18-hole Gene Hamm-designed golf course, practice facilities, pro shop, grill, covered pavilion for special events.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Neuse Golf Club, 919-550-0550 neusegolf.com In Clayton, 30 miles southeast of Raleigh. 18-hole John LaFoy-designed course, clubhouse, 6 tennis courts, grill. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Sheraton Capital Center Hotel Siena Hotel In Chapel Hill.

The State Club University Club

Village of Pinehurst Pinehurst Resort In the Sandhills of North Carolina.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf on No. 9.

Wilmington Beaufort Club In Beaufort. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

City Club of Wilmington O2 Fitness River Landing Country Club

tpcpiperglengc.com 18-hole Arnold Palmer-designed golf course, dining, tennis courts, pool, fitness center. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

In Wallace.

Outer Banks

bermudaruncc.com In Bermuda Run, about 13 miles southwest of Winston-Salem. Two

See Norfolk, Virginia.

Winston-Salem Bermuda Run Country Club, 336-998-8155

18-hole courses, tennis courts, two pools, private events space, and two clubhouses, both with dining options.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Starmount Forest Country Club In Greensboro. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf

Ohio

Lakeside Yacht Club Pro Football Hall of Fame In Canton.

Quail Hollow Country Club, 440-639-3800

Tulsa

quailhollowcc.com In Concord, 25 miles east of Cleveland. Weiskopf-Morrish golf course and Bruce Devlin golf course, fitness center.

In Broken Arrow.

Rustic Hills Country Club

Akron

In Medina.

Firestone Country Club, 330-644-8441

Salmon Dave’s Pacific Rim Signature of Solon Country Club

firestonecountryclub.com 15 miles from the Akron-Canton Airport. Home to the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, with 3 18-hole golf courses, pro shop, bar and grill, and private dining. Open daily April-October. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold on West and North courses. Privileges for Associate Club members do not apply during the week of the Bridgestone Invitational.

Silver Lake Country Club, 330-688-6066 silverlakeclub.com In Silver Lake, minutes from downtown Akron. 18-hole championship golf course, driving range, putting green, and pro shop. 2 pools, formal dining, 2 private dining rooms, ballroom, and grill. Closed Mon.

Cincinnati My River Community, 800-433-5079 myrivercommunity.com

The Cincinnatian Hotel Oasis Golf Club & Conference Center In Loveland. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Stillmeadow Country Club Traditions Country Club In Hebron, Ky. Signature Gold Golf.

University Club of Cincinnati Signature Gold Dining

Cleveland My North Coast Community, 800-433-5079 mynorthcoastcommunity.com

Blue Point Grill The Cabin Club The Capital Grille In Lyndhurst.

Chagrin Valley Athletic Club In Chagrin Falls.

The Club at Hillbrook In Chagrin Falls.

Delmonico’s Steakhouse Elyria Country Club In Elyria.

Fox Meadow Country Club In Medina.

Hill ‘n Dale Club In Medina.

House of Blues - Foundation Room

The Trails Golf Club In Norman. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

In Solon.

Weymouth Country Club In Medina.

Columbus

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Hotel Monaco Hotel Vintage Plaza Riverside Golf & Country Club

University Club

Redmond The Loft of Bend

heritagegc.com In Hilliard, 13 miles northwest of Columbus. 18-hole P.B. Dye-designed course, formal and casual dining venues, and private events space.

Signature Gold Golf.

Dayton My River Community, 800-433-5079 myrivercommunity.com

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dayton Dayton Racquet Club, 937-224-4381 daytonracquet.com On the 28th and 29th floors of Kettering Tower downtown. Fitness center, personal training, massage, squash court, 2 group fitness rooms, dining room, lounge, meeting and conference rooms. Signature Gold Dining.

Sugar Valley Country Club In Bellbrook.

Pennsylvania Harrisburg Country Club of Harrisburg Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Lebanon Country Club In Lebanon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Philadelphia Applecross Country Club In Downingtown.

Blue Hen Bed & Breakfast In Newark, Del.

The Capital Grille Club Quarters Hotel Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Philadelphia, King of Prussia.

Freedom Elite Yacht French Creek Golf Club In Chester County.

Hartefeld National, 610-268-8800

Oklahoma Lawton The Territory Golf and Country Club In Duncan. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

hartefeld.com In Avondale, 40 miles from Philadelphia. 18-hole Tom Faziodesigned golf course, grill and pub, ballroom. Signature Gold Golf.

North Hills Country Club, 215-887-8030

McAlester McAlester Country Club

Oklahoma City Dornick Hills Country Club In Ardmore. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Greens Country Club Oak Tree Country Club oaktreecc.net In Edmond. About 15 miles north of Oklahoma City. 36 holes of Pete Dyedesigned golf, tennis, fitness center, pool, Closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Shawnee Country Club

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Portland

In Bend.

Heritage Golf Club, 614-777-1690

Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

Oregon

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Steele Mansion Inn In Painesville.

In Shawnee. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Club at Indian Springs

northhillscc.org In North Hills. 200-seat ballroom with bar, three pools, casual and upscale dining, and 18-hole golf course.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Pyramid Club, 215-567-6510 pyramidclub.com Atop Mellon Bank Center in Center City. Views of the Delaware Valley from the main dining room. Meeting and conference rooms. Closed Sat-Sun except on holidays and for private parties. Signature Gold Dining.

Spirit of Philadelphia Talamore Country Club In Ambler.

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Charleston National Golf Club Harbour Club, 843-723-9680 harbour-charleston.com In historic downtown Charleston, across from Waterfront Park and the harbor. Dining, meeting rooms, bar, and rooftop terrace.Closed Mon. Signature Gold Dining.

Kiawah Island Golf Resort RiverTowne Country Club In Mount Pleasant. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Seabrook Island Club Signature Gold Golf.

Snee Farm Country Club

My Pittsburgh Community, 800-433-5079

In Mt. Pleasant.

mypittsburghcommunity.com

C apital City Club, 803-256-2000

The Capital Grille The Carlton Restaurant Diamond Run Golf Club, 412-741-2020 diamond-run.com In Sewickley, 16 miles from Pittsburgh International Airport. 18-hole Gary Player-designed course, practice facilities, informal dining, grill. Closed Mon. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Green Oaks Country Club In Verona.

Omni Bedford Springs Resort In Bedford. Signature Gold Golf.

Columbia capitalcolumbia.com On the 25th floor of the SouthTrust Tower downtown, across from the capitol. Dining room, grill, private dining, lounge, meeting and conference rooms. Signature Gold Dining.

Inn at USC

Greenville Commerce Club, 864-232-5600 commerce-club.com Atop the One Liberty Square building downtown. Dining and meeting rooms, bar, and grill. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Omni William Penn Hotel Rivers Club, 412-391-5227

Hyatt Regency Greenville Musgrove Mills Golf Club

riversclub.com In One Oxford Centre downtown.

Complete fitness, squash, yoga, Pilates, pool, sauna, steam room, whirlpool. Dining room and pub.

Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Hilton Head Island

Salon Vivace In Gibsonia and Pittsburgh.

Seven Oaks Country Club In Beaver.

Treesdale Golf & Country Club, 724-625-2220 treesdalegolf.com In Gibsonia, 25 miles north of downtown Pittsburgh. 27 holes of golf designed by Arnold Palmer. Driving range, practice area, pro shop, tavern, fitness center, private dining rooms. 4 lighted tennis courts, pool.

Rhode Island Providence The Capital Grille Ledgemont Country Club In Seekonk, Mass. Signature Gold Golf.

South Carolina Aiken See Augusta, Ga.

Charleston Belmond Charleston Place Hotel

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Country Club of Hilton Head, 843-681-2582 hiltonheadclub.com On the Intracoastal Waterway; 10 miles from Hilton Head Airport and 30 miles from Savannah International Airport. 18-hole championship Rees Jones golf course, putting and chipping greens, 6 clay tennis courts, fitness center, 2 pools.

Marina access.

Golden Bear Golf Club at Indigo Run, 843-689-2200 goldenbear-indigorun.com 1,714-acre residential and golf community. 18-hole Jack Nicklaus golf course, pro shop, tennis.

Myrtle Beach Barefoot Resort & Golf Signature Gold Golf at Dye Club.

Preferred rates at Fazio, Love, and Norman courses.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

Wachesaw Plantation Club

Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort The Owners Club at Hilton Head, 843-342-2080 Set in the prestigious Indigo Run private community, a short drive to the island’s beaches. Special privileges at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Golden Bear golf course, private lodge with swimming pool, member lounge, and business center plus spacious 3-bedroom, 3-bath Club Homes.

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Abilene Abilene Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Amarillo Amarillo Country Club

In Murrells Inlet. Signature Gold Golf.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Tennessee

Signature Gold Dining.

Chattanooga

Austin

Black Creek Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

Knoxville Club LeConte, 865-523-0405 clubleconte.com Atop Plaza Tower downtown, with views of the Tennessee River and Smoky Mountains. Dining rooms, lounge, 7 private dining rooms, meeting and conference rooms.

Signature Gold Dining.

Fox Den Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

Memphis Crescent Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Nashville Bluegrass Yacht & Country Club, 615-824-6528 bluegrasscountryclub.com In Hendersonville. 18-hole golf course, 4 tennis courts, swimming pool, dining facilities, and marina.

Signature Gold Golf.

Clarksville Country Club In Clarksville. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Nashville City Club Signature Gold Dining.

Temple Hills Country Club, 615-646-4785 templehillsgolf.com In Franklin, about 20 miles south of Nashville. 27 holes of golf open year-round, casual and formal dining, private events space, two tennis courts, junior Olympic-size pool.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Amarillo Club

My Lone Star Community, 800-433-5079 mylonestarcommunity.com

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River Place Country Club Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

The University of Texas Club, 512-471-2000 utclub.com On the 6th and 7th floors in the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Bar with casual dining, banquette seating, media area, private rooms. Privileges are not extended during home football game weekends (Fri-Sun), however non-resident memberships are available. Signature Gold Dining.

Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Country Club

Driskill Hotel Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse The Hills of Lakeway, 512-261-7200

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

thehillscc.com Includes the Hills Country Club in the Village of the Hills and Lakeway Country Club in Lakeway.

mydfwcommunity.com

he Hills Country Club, T 512-261-7272 In the Village of the Hills, 20 miles from downtown Austin along Lake Travis. Two 18-hole courses: the Jack Nicklaus-designed Hills course and Flintrock Falls, co-designed by Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus II. Pro shop, 18 tennis courts, fitness center, pool, informal dining, grill. Closed Mon. Flintrock Falls is closed Wed. Golf benefits on Flintrock Falls for Signature Gold. Golf benefits on the Hills course for Signature and Associate Gold.

L akeway Country Club, 512-261-7272 The 18-hole, Leon Howarddesigned Live Oak Golf Course has driving range, pro shop, 18 tennis courts, grill. Closed Mon. The 18-hole Yaupon Course, designed by Leon Howard, features practice facilities, driving range, pro shop, grill. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Lost Creek Country Club, 512-892-1205 lostcreekclub.com 18-hole golf course, 16 tennis courts, 3 swimming pools, large fitness facility, and dining. Closed Mon.

The Golf Club at Indigo Run, 843-689-3500 thegolfclub-indigorun.com Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus II-designed golf course, clubhouse, pro shop. Signature Gold Golf.

Texas

Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa The Owners Club at Barton Creek, 512-329-4663 Offers members luxurious 3-bedroom, 3-1/2-bath Club Home accommodations with access to four golf courses by Tom Fazio, Ben Crenshaw/Bill Coore, and Arnold Palmer; tennis center, fitness center, full-service spa, and several restaurants.

Dallas/Fort Worth My Dallas Fort Worth Community, 800-433-5079 Brookhaven Country Club, 972-243-6151 brookhavenclub.com In Farmers Branch. Three 18-hole golf courses, practice facilities, pro shop, 39 tennis courts, 6 racquetball courts, 5 pools, fitness center, formal and informal dining, private dining rooms, banquet facilities.

Canyon Creek Country Club, 972-231-1466 canyoncreekclub.com In Richardson. 18-hole golf course, pro shop, 24 lighted tennis courts, 3 pools, indoor and outdoor dining.

Closed Tue.

The Capital Grille Cedar Creek Country Club In Kemp. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

City Club of Fort Worth In Fort Worth.

The Clubs of Prestonwood, 972-239-7111 prestonwoodcc.org Two North Texas clubs in one, just eight miles apart. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Creek Clubhouse In North Dallas. 18-hole course designed by Ralph Plummer; casual and formal dining, Laykhold-surface tennis courts, pool, and fitness center. Closed Mon.

The Hills Clubhouse In Plano. 18-hole course designed

by Dave Bennett. Pool. Closed Tue.

Cooper Hotel, Conference Center & Spa Corinthian Wellness Spa In Southlake.

Del Frisco’s Receive VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s in Dallas and Fort Worth.

Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Addison, Uptown.

Frisco Gun Club

Six Flags Over Texas

In Frisco.

In Arlington.

Gleneagles Country Club, 972-867-6666

Stonebriar Country Club, 972-625-5050

gleneaglesclub.com In Plano, 25 miles northeast of DFW International Airport. Two 18-hole Bruce Devlin and Robert VonHaggedesigned golf courses, 18 lighted tennis courts, fitness facility, 3 dining areas, 6 private event rooms. Closed Mon. Access for Members with Signature Gold benefits only.

stonebriar.com In Frisco, 30 miles north of Dallas.

Two 18-hole golf courses, designed

by Tom Fazio and Finger/Dye. Lighted tennis courts, pool, formal and informal dining. Finger/Dye course for Signature and Associate Gold. Fazio course for Signature Gold.

Hackberry Creek Country Club, 972-869-2631

Stonebridge Ranch Country Club

hackberrycreekcc.com In Irving, 5 miles from DFW International Airport. 18-hole golf course. 12 tennis courts, 3 pools, driving range, full-service dining, banquet facilities. Closed Mon.

stonebridgeranchcountryclub.com In McKinney. Overnight accommodations in golf course cottages.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

House of Blues - Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

La Cima Club, 972-869-2266 lacimaclub.com Atop Williams Square Tower in Las Colinas. Main dining room, lounge, 6 private dining rooms. Reservations required. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Las Colinas Country Club, 972-541-1141 lascolinascc.com In Irving, 8 miles from DFW International Airport. 18-hole golf course, tennis facilities, fitness center, 5 dining areas. Golf and dining available Tue-Sun. Signature Gold Golf.

Oakmont Country Club, 940-321-5599 oakmontclub.com In Corinth, 20 miles northwest of Dallas. 18-hole course designed by Roger Packard and Don January; practice facility with double-ended driving range, clubhouse with pool and tennis facilities.

Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel Omni Dallas Hotel at Park West Park City Club Red Door Spa In Dallas and Plano.

Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek Rough Creek Lodge & Resort In Glen Rose.

Roy’s restaurant In Plano.

Shady Valley Country Club, 817-275-3092 shadyvalley.com In Arlington, between Dallas and Fort Worth. Golf course, driving range, tennis court, pool, and sauna. Closed Mon.

Sheraton Stonebriar Hotel Six Flags Hurricane Harbor In Arlington.

The Ranch Clubhouse, 972-540-2000 27-hole Arthur Hills-designed golf course, practice facilities, pro shop, clubhouse, pool, informal dining, grill, fitness center. Closed Tue.

The Stonebridge Clubhouse, 972-540-1000 18-hole Pete Dye-designed golf course, practice facilities, pro shop, clubhouse, 7 tennis courts, pool, fitness center with whirlpool and sauna, informal dining, grill. Closed Mon.

Suntex Boat Club Timarron Country Club, 817-481-7529 timarronclub.com In Southlake, 15 miles west of DFW International Airport. 18-hole Byron Nelson-designed golf course.

Practice facility with driving range, sand bunker, and chipping and putting greens, 31,000-square-foot clubhouse, fitness center, meeting and conference rooms, and special-event facilities. Closed Mon.

Tower Club, 214-220-0403 tower-dallas.com In Thanksgiving Tower downtown; 15 miles from Dallas Love Field and 25 miles from DFW International Airport.

Main dining room, e-lounge, bar, 13 private dining rooms with views of the city. Reservations required.

Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Trophy Club Country Club, 817-837-1900 trophyclub-dallas.com In Trophy Club, 15 miles from DFW International Airport. 36-hole Ben Hogan/Arthur Hill-designed course (the only course designed by Hogan).

Fitness center, pool, 8 outdoor tennis courts, informal dining. Closed Mon. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Walnut Creek Country Club, 817-477-3192 walnutcreekcc.com In Mansfield, 15 miles southeast of Fort Worth. 36 holes of golf, putting green, 14 tennis courts, 2 pools.

Private dining rooms. Closed Mon.

The Westin Stonebriar Resort

Houston My Houston Community, 800-433-5079 myhoustoncommunity.com

April Sound Country Club, 936-588-1101 aprilsoundcountryclub.com On Lake Conroe, 45 miles north of Houston. 27 holes of golf, 12 tennis courts, fitness center, aquatics complex.

Bay Oaks Country Club, 281-488-7888 bayoakscountryclub.com 18-hole Arthur Hills golf course, 9 tennis courts, pool, fitness center, formal and casual dining. Closed Mon.

The Capital Grille The Club at Falcon Point, 281-392-7888 falconpoint.com In Katy, 25 miles west of downtown Houston; 18-hole championship golf course designed by Robert von Hagge and Bruce Devlin, 5 lighted tennis courts, 2 pools. Closed Mon.

The Clubs of Kingwood theclubsofkingwood.com In Kingwood. Hailed as one of the “World’s Largest Private Country Clubs”

The Clubs of Kingwood at Deerwood, 281-360-1060 18-hole championship golf course, driving range, pro shop, clubhouse, grill. Informal dining room available for private functions.

Closed Mon. Green fees apply after use of Signature Gold and O.N.E. complimentary rounds.

The Clubs of Kingwood at Kingwood, 281-358-2171 Four 18-hole golf courses, 5 pools, 26 tennis courts, clubhouse, pro shop. Closed Mon.

Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

The Downtown Club thedowntownclubhouston.com An alliance of two private club traditions in downtown Houston that offers expanded benefits for downtown business leaders and residents.

Private dining rooms available at both clubs.

The Downtown Club at Houston Center, 713-654-0877 In First City parking garage downtown. Complete athletics, basketball, indoor track, 4 group exercise studios. Lunch only.

Signature Gold Dining.

The Downtown Club at Met, 713-652-0700 In Allen Center downtown. 10 indoor tennis courts, squash, racquetball, basketball, 4 group exercise studios, KidZone, Bella Rinova Day Spa. Café lunch service. Signature Gold Dining.

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Houston, the Woodlands.

The Golf Trails of the Woodlands, 281-882-3000

Longview

thegolftrails.com In the Woodlands. 20 miles north of George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Two golf courses, the 18-hole Oaks and 18-hole Panther Trail, dining and snack options, access to pool and fitness facilities at adjacent Woodlands Resort & Conference Center.

Signature Gold Dining.

Hearthstone Country Club, 281-463-2201 hearthstoneclub.com In northwest Houston. 27-hole golf course designed by Jay Riviere, 6 tennis courts, 2 pools. Closed Mon.

House of Blues - Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

The Houston Club, 713-225-3257 On the 49th floor in One Shell Plaza downtown. Dining with views of the city. Private dining rooms, wine lockers, meeting and conference rooms.

Signature Gold Dining.

Lake Windcrest, 281-259-2279

Summit Club

Lubbock Hillcrest Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Texas Tech Club, 806-742-4496 texastechclub.com On the east side of Jones AT&T Stadium overlooking the football field and downtown. Dining, meeting and conference rooms. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

McAllen Cimarron Country Club, 956-581-7401 clubatcimarron.com In Mission. 5 miles from McAllen Miller International Airport.

Championship golf course, pool, racquetball courts, lighted tennis courts.

Closed Mon.

Midland Green Tree Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

San Angelo San Angelo Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

lakewindcrestgc.com In Magnolia. 35 miles north of George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

18-hole Thomas E. Walker-designed golf course, driving range.

San Antonio

Magnolia Creek, 281-557-0555

Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club, 210-582-6700

My Lone Star Community, 800-433-5079 mylonestarcommunity.com

magnoliacreekgc.com In League City. 20 miles southeast of William P. Hobby Airport. 27-hole links-style golf course, practice facilities, event space.

fairoaksclub.com 16 miles north of San Antonio in Fair Oaks Ranch. Hill Country setting with 36 holes of golf, tennis, swimming, dining. Closed Mon.

South Shore Harbour, 281-334-0525

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Lake Amistad Resort & Marina

southshoreharbourcc.com In League City. 20 miles southeast of William P. Hobby Airport. 27-hole golf course, private events facilities.

Closed Mon.

Traditions Club In Bryan. Golf benefits for Signature Gold Golf.

Willow Creek Golf Club, 281-376-4061 willowcreekclub.com In Spring near the Woodlands, 30 miles north of downtown Houston.

18-hole von Hagge and Devlindesigned golf course. Fine and casual dining. Closed Mon.

The Woodlands Country Club, 281-863-1400 thewoodlandscc.com In the Woodlands. 20 miles north of George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Three golf courses: the 27-hole Palmer course, 18-hole Player course, and 18-hole Tournament course. Tennis center with 21 courts, pool, fitness facilities, formal and casual dining, private events facilities.

Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

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In Del Rio. Part of Forever Resorts.

Mokara Hotel & Spa Omni La Mansión del Rio Hotel Plaza Club, 210-227-4191 plazasanantonio.com Atop Frost Bank Tower downtown.

Dining facilities with 8 private dining areas, bar, conference space, business center, private event facilities, and concierge services. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Six Flags Fiesta Texas

Temple Wildflower Country Club, 254-771-1177 wildflowerclub.com In Temple, west of Interstate 35. 50 miles from Waco Municipal Airport.

Golf course, 6 tennis courts, 2 pool, fitness facilities, main dining room, grill.

Tyler Eagle’s Bluff Country Club In Bullard. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

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Victoria Victoria Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Waco Baylor Club Situated on the home side of Baylor University’s McLane Stadium. Dining, private event spaces, meeting rooms with business amenities. Signature Gold Dining.

Greenbrier Country Club, 757-547-7375 greenbrierclub.com In Chesapeake. 12 miles from Norfolk International Airport. Championship Rees Jones-designed 18-hole golf course, putting and chipping greens, driving range, 8 lighted Har-Tru tennis courts, 2 racquetball courts, fitness center, outdoor junior Olympic-size pool. Closed Mon.

columbia-tower.com On the 75th and 76th floors atop the Columbia Center downtown. 3 dining rooms, 6 private dining rooms, and the Stratus bar and lounge. Fully equipped business center with highspeed wireless Internet access and videoconferencing center. Signature Gold Dining.

Nags Head Golf Links, 252-441-8073

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse

nagsheadgolflinks.com On the Outer Banks, North Carolina.

90 miles from Norfolk International Airport. 18-hole golf course and grill.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

The Sanderling Resort Spirit of Norfolk Town Point Club, 757-625-6606

Utah

town-point.com Downtown in the World Trade Center. Formal and casual dining, lounge, business center, meeting and conference rooms. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Park City

Richmond

Jeremy Ranch Golf & Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Virginia Arlington See Washington, D.C.

Centreville See Washington, D.C.

Charlottesville Greencroft Club Signature Gold Dining.

Haymarket See Washington, D.C.

Hot Springs Omni Homestead Resort The Owners Club at The Homestead, 540-839-3700 In Hot Springs. Members enjoy 3 top-ranked golf courses, tennis, swimming, horseback riding, hiking, fly-fishing, ice skating, skiing, fine dining, and spa with natural mineral springs, plus the use of 3-bedroom, 3-bath Club Home.

Lansdowne See Washington, D.C.

Leesburg See Washington, D.C.

Norfolk The Currituck Club, 252-453-9400 thecurrituckgolfclub.com On the Outer Banks, North Carolina, between Duck and Corolla. 90 miles from Norfolk International Airport.

18-hole Rees Jones course, practice facilities. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Columbia Tower Club, 206-622-2010

Ford’s Colony Country Club, 757-258-4100

In Bellevue.

The Golf Club at Echo Falls In Snohomish.

The Golf Club at Hawks Prairie In Lacey.

The Golf Club at Newcastle In Newcastle.

Harbour Pointe Golf Club In Mukilteo.

Hotel Monaco Hotel Vintage Park Sorrento Hotel Trophy Lake Golf & Casting In Port Orchard.

Washington National Golf Club

Members receive 50 percent off admission.

Mt. Vernon Excursion Norbeck Country Club, 301-774-7700 norbeckcc.com In Rockville. 18 miles north of Washington D.C. 18-hole golf course, 12 tennis courts, volleyball court, pool, fitness center. Course closed Mon. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Odyssey Cruises Piedmont Club, 703-753-5922 piedmontclub.com In Haymarket, Va. 25 miles from Washington Dulles International Airport. 18-hole Tom Fazio-designed golf course. Pro shop, men’s and women’s locker rooms, dining, and conference facilities. Course closed Tue. Signature Gold Golf.

Red Door Spa In Arlington, Va.; Vienna, Va.; and Washington, D.C.

Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner In Tysons, Va.

fordscolonycc.com In Williamsburg, about 50 miles east of Richmond International Airport.

Three 18-hole Dan Maples-designed courses, six indoor practice tees, casual and formal dining, private events space. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Tacoma

River Creek Club, 703-779-2022

Omni Richmond Hotel Red Door Spa Stonehenge Golf & Country Club, 804-378-7841

mycapitalcommunity.com

stonehengeclub.com In Midlothian, 30 miles from Richmond International Airport.

Golf course, putting green, 6 lighted tennis courts, junior Olympic-size pool. Closed Mon.

Roanoke Hidden Valley Country Club In Salem. Signature Gold Golf.

Tysons See Washington, D.C.

Washington Seattle My Puget Sound Community, 800-433-5079 mypugetsoundcommunity.com

Canterwood Golf & Country Club, 253-666-8502 canterwoodgcc.com In Gig Harbor, 34 miles from Sea-Tac Airport. 18-hole golf course, pro shop, 4 tennis courts, Olympic-size pool, formal and informal dining. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

The Capital Grille

Pacific Grill

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. My Capital Community, 800-433-5079 Capital & National Elite Yachts The Capital Grille In Washington, D.C.; and Tysons Corner, Va.

Chantilly National Golf and Country Club, 703-631-9560 chantilly-national.com In Centreville, Va., 10 miles south of Washington Dulles International Airport. 18-hole Ed Ault-designed golf course, practice range, 6 tennis courts, pool, dining areas, and private dining rooms. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

The Source Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Spirit of Washington Sportrock Climbing Center In Sterling, Va.

Toka Salon & Day Spa Tower Club Tysons Corner, 703-761-4250

Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer Steak restaurant.

City Club of Washington, 202-347-0818

West Virginia

Charlie Palmer Group

city-washington.com In the Columbia Square building in downtown. Main dining room, 5 private dining/meeting rooms, business center, member lounge, and bar.

Closed Sat and Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Club Quarters Hotel Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse In Washington D.C.; Tysons, Va.

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rivercreekclub.com In Leesburg, Va, along the Potomac River. Fewer than 20 miles from Washington Dulles International Airport. 18-hole Ault, Clark, and Associates-designed championship golf course, 4 lighted Har-Tru tennis courts, pool, pro shop, dining areas, private dining rooms, and fitness center.

tower-tysons.com In Tysons, Va., atop the Tyson Tower 1 building, in Tysons Corner; 15 miles from Washington Dulles International Airport. Dining room, member bar, and private dining rooms. Signature Gold Dining.

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Madame Tussaud’s Presidents Gallery

In Auburn.

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Lansdowne Resort In Lansdowne, Va.

Charleston Berry Hills Country Club

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Destination Kohler In Kohler.

Geneva National Golf Club In Lake Geneva.

University Club of Milwaukee — Downtown Signature Gold Dining.

University Club of Milwaukee — Golf Club Signature Gold Golf.

Wausau Greenwood Hills Country Club Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

International Canada Montréal, Québec Club de Golf Islesmere In Laval. Signature Gold Unlimited/ O.N.E. Golf.

Le Fontainebleau Golf Club In Blainville. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Le Maître De Mont-Tremblant In the Laurentian Mountains.

Val Des Lacs Golf Club In Ste-Sophie.

Ottawa, Ontario Arc Hotel Club de Golf Hautes Plaines In Gatineau, Quebec.

Eagle Creek Golf Club In Dunrobin.

GreyHawk Golf Club Signature Gold Golf.

Kanata Golf & Country Club In Kanata.

Toronto, Ontario Blue Springs Golf Club In Acton.

Caledon Woods Golf Club

Signature Gold Golf.

30 minutes northwest of Toronto.

Wisconsin

Cherry Downs Golf & Country Club

Madison Bishops Bay Country Club In Middleton. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

Milwaukee The Capital Grille

In Pickering.

The Club at Bond Head In Bond Head. Signature Gold Golf.

The Country Club In Woodbridge.

DiamondBack Golf Club In Richmond Hill.

Eagle Ridge Golf Club In Georgetown. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Emerald Hills Golf Club In Stouffville.

Glen Abbey Golf Club 30 minutes west of Toronto.

Glencairn Golf Club In Milton.

Glendale Golf and Country Club In Hamilton. Signature Gold Golf.

Grandview Golf Club 2 hours north of Toronto.

Greenhills Golf Club 2 hours west of Toronto. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Greystone Golf Club In Milton.

Heron Point Golf Links In Ancaster.

Hidden Lake Golf Club In Burlington. Signature Gold Unlimited/O.N.E. Golf.

King Valley Golf Club In King City.

King’s Riding Golf Club In King City.

The Lake Joseph Club 2 hours north of Toronto.

National Pines Golf Club In Innisfil.

Omni King Edward Hotel RattleSnake Point Golf Club In Milton.

Rocky Crest Golf Resort In Mactier.

Sherwood Inn In Port Carling.

Station Creek Golf Club In Gormley.

Wyndance Golf Club Signature Gold Golf.

Vancouver, British Columbia Vida Spa 4 locations.

China Beijing C apital Club, 011-8610-8486-2225 thecapitalclub.com On the 50th floor of Capital Mansion in the Chao Yang business district.

Bar area, grill room, Chinese dining room, 9 private rooms, business center with wireless Internet access and videoconferencing facilities.

Athletics area includes swimming pool, gymnasium, squash, and 6-lane bowling alley. Signature Gold Dining.

Hangzhou Meilu Legend Hotel West Lake Mansion Club Inside the Meilu Legend Hotel.

Private dining rooms, meeting rooms, wine and cigar bar.

Shenzhen Mission Hills China In Dongguan, Haikou, and Shenzhen.

England London Club Quarters Hotel, Gracechurch Club Quarters Hotel, St. Paul’s Club Quarters Hotel, Trafalgar Square St. James’s Hotel & Club

France Paris Paris International Golf Club Signature Gold Golf.

Saint James Paris Hotel

Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport Club Inside the Frankfurt Airport complex, near the Sheraton Hotel.

India New Delhi Le Cirque

Indonesia Jakarta American Club

Mexico Cancun Omni Cancun Hotel & Villas Omni Puerto Adventuras Hotel Beach Resort In Puerto Adventuras.

Cozumel Cozumel Country Club, 011-52-987-872-9570 cozumelcountryclub.com.mx On the northern side of the island, 5 miles from international cruise ship pier. 18-hole course designed by the Nicklaus Design Group, practice area, putting and chipping green, practice bunker and two-tiered practice tee. Native palapa-style clubhouse with casual dining and pro shop.

Signature Gold Golf.

Melia Cozumel All-Inclusive Golf & Beach Resort Playa Azul Golf, Scuba, Spa Hotel Presidente Intercontinental Cozumel Resort Spa

Puerto Vallarta Casa Velas Hotel Boutique Marina Vallarta Club de Golf, 011-52-322-221-00-73 vallartagolfclubs.com In Marina Vallarta, north of Puerto Vallarta and 5 miles from the airport.

18-hole championship course, driving range, practice green. Clubhouse, open terrace, bar. Golf benefits for

Signature and Associate Gold and Silver only.

Marriott Casa Magna Hotel The Owners Club at Puerto Vallarta, 011-52-322-221-2690 In the exclusive Marina Vallarta Club de Golf on Mexico’s Pacific Coast.

Championship golf, 3-bedroom, 3-bath or 2-bedroom, 2-1/2-bath furnished accommodations with private verandas and hot tubs. Members pay cart fees only at Vista Vallarta, the 18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed course. A second 18-hole course, designed by Tom Weiskopf, is also available for play.

Vista Vallarta Club de Golf, 011-52-322-29-000-30 vallartagolfclubs.com In the foothills overlooking Puerto Vallarta. Two 18-hole golf courses: one Jack Nicklaus-designed 18-hole championship course, and a course

by Tom Weiskopf. Practice facilities, pro shop, clubhouse. Signature Gold Golf.

Puerto Rico

Other Affiliates Business Servcorp Members receive 20 percent discount on all Virtual Office packages and complimentary access to a private workstation for 5 hours per week in any executive business lounge. Executive Suite Offices come with $1,000 services vouchers.

Entertainment Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse Complimentary dessert for each member of the dining party. (Limit 10 per table.)

Six Flags amusement parks Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

Tickets Purchase tickets for events such as concerts, Las Vegas shows, sporting events, and theater productions.

Ticket purchases are through a thirdparty provider.

Topgolf

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse

At participating locations, members receive a free lifetime membership card ($5 value), plus 50 percent off bay rates on Mondays.

Roc (Taiwan)

Hotel Program

San Juan

Taipei

Scotland St. Andrews

Preferred Rates For Members

Old Course Hotel St. Andrews Golf Resort & Spa

Singapore

The following hotels offer members preferred rates: Kimpton Hotel Group, Omni Hotels, and select Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company locations.

Singapore

Insurance

The American Club Tower Club

Geico

South Africa

Members may qualify for an additional discount on car insurance. For a free quote, go to geico.com/disc/ clubcorp or call 800-368-2734.

Johannesburg

Products

In Republic Plaza.

The Rand Club

Sweden Stockholm Vidbynas Golf Club

Switzerland Lipperswil Golf Club Lipperswil 30 miles east of Zurich-Kloten Airport. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Vietnam Hanoi Press Club

Medjet Members receive preferred rates on an annual MedjetAssist membership.

Medjet is a global air medical transport and travel protection program.

Reference ClubCorp when calling 800-527-7478 and receive $35 off.

Transportation Avis Car Rental Members receive discounted rates at participating locations and members with Signature Gold Unlimited or O.N.E. benefits receive complimentary enrollment into Avis First, a reward program that offers special deals and upgrades for members.

Savoya Members with Signature Gold or O.N.E. benefits receive 25 percent discount on ground transportation services in more than 55 countries.

All other associate members receive 20 percent discount.

Travel Diamond Resorts Members receive a 5 percent discount off best available rates.

Qualified members receive two years of complimentary membership and the opportunity to be credited with 1.5 times the number of earned Elite Credits for the first vacation deposit.

Oceania Cruises Members receive a $100 shipboard credit.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises Members receive a $100 shipboard credit per suite for new bookings on any Regent Seven Seas cruise, and best-available 2-for-1 inclusive fares.

Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours Members receive a 125-euro shipboard credit when booking a European river cruise.

Silversea

1-800-Flowers.com Members receive a 15 percent discount on delivered orders including flowers and merchandise. Order through the ClubLine.

Dell Members receive preferred rates on consumer products through Dell’s Member Purchase Program. Shop dell.com/mpp/clubcorp and receive up to 30 percent discount on select systems, plus up to 10 percent discount on all Dell branded mobility products.

Fiji Water Members who sign up for Fiji Water Delivery Service receive a 40 percent discount on a one-time order, or a 25 percent discount on an annual subscription order.

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Ship Sticks Members receive preferred rates for golf club shipping services. Coupon code: ClubCorp10

Elite Alliance

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by George Peper, the former longtime editor of Golf Magazine, the book is plump with photos and descriptions of 100 bucketlist layouts. But unlike so many compilations that populate the pages of golf publications, it’s not a ranking of the world’s “best” spots to play. It’s an exploration of what Peper depicts as the “most important” courses on the planet, ones that help “define an era or create a destination” or “cause us to stop and reconsider what golf architecture is about — or should be.” The result: a lushly documented journey that crisscrosses continents and generations, from the hallowed Old Course in St. Andrew to Hainan Island, China, home of a modern masterpiece called Shanqin Bay. Along with lovely words and images that illustrate each layout’s uniqueness, Peper enlivens his work with quotes and anecdotes from golf-world luminaries — assorted pearls of wisdom sure to draw a knowing smile from anyone familiar with the game’s bewitching beauty and allure. All this in a luxury case with white-gloss finish. assouline.com — JOSH SENS

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