Where to take the crew —
and what it'll actually cost.

The birthplace of the golf package: dozens of quality courses inside an hour, built end-to-end around cheap multi-round stay-and-play buddies trips. The dollar-for-dollar default for a big group.

The ultimate golf-buddies playground: designer desert courses minutes from a Strip that never sleeps, so a marquee morning round chases into pools, dining, and nightlife the same day.

One of golf's most diverse destinations: run a Palmer/Nicklaus/Norman circuit out of big villa resorts, add a bucket-list Streamsong day, and it's the family trip too — the theme-park capital of the world.

The great budget-spread destination: splurge on lakeside Big Cedar Lodge's designer-royalty courses, or play the exact same golf out of chain/timeshare hotels off the 76 Strip — same tracks, wildly different price. A family town, so it doubles as a couples/family trip.

The desert-golf capital: a dense stack of championship target-golf courses paired with Old Town nightlife, spring-training baseball, and resort spas — a buddies-and-couples machine built for a long weekend.

'The Home of American Golf': a walkable village wrapped around Donald Ross history and a resort of ten-plus courses. The pilgrimage buddies trip that still fits a couples add-on.

The links purist's pilgrimage: five world-top walking-only courses on Pacific bluffs, caddies and push-carts only, phones-down camaraderie. A pure-buddies bucket-list trip — the remoteness is the whole point.

An iconic-golf island that's genuinely family-friendly: play Harbour Town under the lighthouse, then the spouse and kids get beaches, bike trails, and dolphin tours steps away.

Winter desert-golf paradise with a pool-and-patio social scene: PGA West and a valley full of championship courses, mid-century-modern style, and spas — a buddies-plus-couples escape when the rest of the country is frozen.

A short-season bucket-list pilgrimage: two Pete Dye complexes (Whistling Straits + Blackwolf Run) that have hosted Ryder Cups, PGA Championships, and US Women's Opens, anchored by a five-star inn. A serious-golf buddies-and-couples trip.

Resort golf on the edge of the Hill Country with a big-city family engine attached: TPC courses at the JW Marriott, plus the River Walk, the Alamo, and theme parks that keep everyone happy.

Early-American history collides with Robert Trent Jones golf: play the Gold Course RTJ Sr. called his 'finest design' and Pete Dye's Kingsmill River, while the family does Colonial Williamsburg and Busch Gardens.