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Dec 1515 min read

The Golf Crusade's Best of 2024

Recap the best courses, new stops on the road to 1000 and our favorite holes of the year as The Golf Crusade looks back at its Best of 2024.

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ONE-NIGHT ONLY! 24 Hours to Golf in Upstate South Carolina

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Sep 97 min read

ONE-NIGHT ONLY! 24 Hours to Golf in Upstate South Carolina

Got Golf? Got one night to get away? How many courses can you play in 24 hours? Get down with us for ONE NIGHT ONLY in Upstate SC!

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Haig Point | Hilton Head's True Island Golf Experience

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May 97 min read

Haig Point | Hilton Head's True Island Golf Experience

Hilton Head is a Top 10 U.S. golf destination, yet so many people ask 'where should I play'? Meet HHI's True Island Experience: HAIG POINT!

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Dec 5, 202310 min read

The Golf Crusade's Best of 2023

Relive the best courses, photos, stories, holes & moments with The Golf Crusade's Best of 2023 Fake Awards!

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Tot Hill Farm ROCKS Iron Maverick III! Reverse Routing Debuts at 2-Day Strantz Celebration

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Nov 2, 202314 min read

Tot Hill Farm ROCKS Iron Maverick III! Reverse Routing Debuts at 2-Day Strantz Celebration

When a Mike Strantz design gets a $2M makeover, The Golf Crusade (& 170+ Strantz Fans) came calling for Iron Maverick III at Tot Hill Farm!

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Welcome (Back) To The Waynesville Inn & Golf Club - A Smoky Mountain Miracle

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Sep 28, 20237 min read

Welcome (Back) To The Waynesville Inn & Golf Club - A Smoky Mountain Miracle

"Please allow Me to reintroduce Myself..." The Carolinas are an embarrassment of riches when it comes to both the sheer quantity of golf...

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Jul 16, 20238 min read

The Iron Maverick III - Tot Hill Farm

Tot Hill Farm's unlucky streak has finally run out! New owners, vision & $2M+ restoration of its Mike Strantz course have us celebrating.

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The Boston Tee Party at George Wright Golf Course

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Jun 23, 20234 min read

The Boston Tee Party at George Wright Golf Course

Boston's venerable muni - George Wright Golf Course - is pound for pound one of the best Donald Ross experiences available to the public.

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Capon Springs & Farms Resort | West Virginia's Golden Age Gem

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Mar 15, 20236 min read

Capon Springs & Farms Resort | West Virginia's Golden Age Gem

At some point on your way to play a new course, the anticipation of seeing the course itself often makes the drive - no matter how long -...

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Dec 27, 20229 min read

The Golf Crusade's Best of 2022

It's that most wonderful time of year again! It's a time for memories to be made - just likely not on golf course unless you're really,...

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Lynch Country Club: The Course Time Never Found

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Oct 31, 202215 min read

Lynch Country Club: The Course Time Never Found

In the digital age, how could a golf course go unnoticed by so many & for so long? You're about to find out... Get off-the-grid at Lynch CC!

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TENNESSEE TILLY in Johnson City -- The Little Club That (Finally) Could

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Oct 6, 202217 min read

TENNESSEE TILLY in Johnson City -- The Little Club That (Finally) Could

Johnson City Country Club is the only original A.W. Tillinghast design that still exists in Tennessee. See how they reinvigorated their club

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THE PATCH - A Gamechanger for Growing Golf

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Jun 27, 20228 min read

THE PATCH - A Gamechanger for Growing Golf

Take a deep dive with The Golf Crusade into The Patch, a 12-hole alternative golf course designed by Bill Bergin in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

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Springdale Resort | Tragedy to Triumph in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains

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May 5, 20226 min read

Springdale Resort | Tragedy to Triumph in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains

Along the nine miles of Cruso, NC, Springdale Resort is metaphorically and geographically its heart. Read how it broke, healed and beats on!

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Best Golf Course You've Never Heard Of? Bright's Creek | Mill Spring, NC

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Jun 8, 20215 min read

Best Golf Course You've Never Heard Of? Bright's Creek | Mill Spring, NC

Bright's Creek, once a highly-ranked Tom Fazio retreat at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, is back from the dead!

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Jan 27, 20216 min read

The Iron Maverick II

3 COURSES | 2 DAYS | 1 HELL OF A TIME! Play Bulls Bay, Caledonia & True Blue on Sept 27-28, 2021 with The Golf Crusade!

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Dec 28, 20209 min read

Golf Crusade's Best of Lists for 2020

Right out of the gate, we acknowledge that 2020 sucked, right? No need to dive deeper on that! While it was a draining year on any number...

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Ten Hidden Gems in the Heart of Appalachia

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Nov 25, 20208 min read

Ten Hidden Gems in the Heart of Appalachia

Golf in Appalachia is as diverse as the landscape and as unique as the culture itself. Take a quick spin around the Heart of Appalachia

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Aug 17, 20207 min read

Graysburg Hills - Chuckey, Tennessee

Rees Jones designed 27 hole public golf course in the Appalachian Highlands region of East Tennessee.

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EVERY HOLE at Royal New Kent Golf Club | A #GolfCrusade Photo Gallery

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Jul 28, 20202 min read

EVERY HOLE at Royal New Kent Golf Club | A #GolfCrusade Photo Gallery

Who wouldn't want to play a course that won Golf Digest's Best New Upscale Course in America back in 1997 and was just honored by Golf Inc.,

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