Travel -- Maryland -- Golf
Courses -- Great Fairways and Legendary
Greens to Test Your Skills
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Ugur_Akinci]Ugur
Akinci
If you're a golf fan, Maryland has
many options and surprises for you. The
rich selection of fairways in
practically every county makes Maryland
an ideal destination for golf
enthusiasts at every level of the game.
That must be why a number of
distinguished golf tournaments have been
held in Maryland including LPGA
McDonald's Championship (at Hartford
County's Bulle Rock), U.S. Senior Open
(Caves Valley Golf Club in Baltimore
County), the famous Booz Allen Classic
(at the classy and exclusive
Congressional Country Club in Bethesda,
Montgomery County). The same Bethesda
club will also hold the U.S. Amateur
Golf Championship in 2009 and the U.S.
Open two years after that.
A casual count will reveal that there
are over 250 (at least 9-hole) golf
clubs and centers in the Bay State.
The most historic among them is
probably the one in Elkton designed at a
spot where it is alleged that George
Washington has monitored the British
troops as they landed on shore back in
1777.
Did you know that the course right
next to Annapolis on the banks of the
Chester River has three holes that are
almost a replica of their counterparts
at the British Open?
Jack Nicklaus has designed another
important course in Western Maryland,
near Lake Habeeb.
Next time you're in Maryland, make
sure bring your clubs with you and take
a good swing on some of the best greens
between Augusta and Scotland.
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