Featured Courses

We've played them ourselves. Chances are good that we share your view of what makes a course great (or in some cases not that great) more than a major publication. We'll also review the local muni in the same fashion as the 5-Star resort down the road from it.

Let us know what course you'd like to see featured from our map and we'll move it to the top of the list.

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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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Knoxville, Tennessee - A Par 3 Course Paradise

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Jun 9, 20208 min read

Knoxville, Tennessee - A Par 3 Course Paradise

Abraham Lincoln famously stated in the Gettysburg Address that our great country was dedicated to the proposition that ALL men are...

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Dec 26, 20199 min read

#GolfCrusade's Best of 2019

Hello Friends. ...Man I hope we don't have to pay Jim Nantz for that. Oh the places we've been... For a couple of (nearly) forty year old...

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Oct 27, 20197 min read

What's in a Name? Linville Knows... Explore the Brand History in the True Birthplace of Golf in North Carolina

Welcome to Linville, North Carolina - an exclusive golf Mecca populated with some of the best mountain golf in the United States.

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McLemore Rises 'Above The Clouds' in Rising Fawn, GA

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Oct 12, 20196 min read

McLemore Rises 'Above The Clouds' in Rising Fawn, GA

Chattanooga, Tennessee is about as good a golf town as you'll find in a city it's size. From The Honors Course to Sweetens Cove, from...

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THE IRON MAVERICK
presented by GolfCrusade.com

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Jul 6, 20194 min read

THE IRON MAVERICK presented by GolfCrusade.com

Mike Strantz changed the game of golf course architecture forever and for the better. It is in his honor and in celebration of the...

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Jun 10, 20196 min read

The Palmer Course at Stonewall Resort

How do you write an introduction for a course whose name bears a legend at a resort built around a lake that bears the name of a local...

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Lake Toxaway CC & The Greystone Inn - A Marriage of Smoky Mountain Masterpieces

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May 18, 20196 min read

Lake Toxaway CC & The Greystone Inn - A Marriage of Smoky Mountain Masterpieces

One of the best course architects you've probably never heard of laid down an absolute gem amidst rocky peaks, waterfalls and calm...

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Feb 11, 20195 min read

Achasta - Dahlonega, GA

In one of the prettiest small towns in the southern string of the Appalachians, you'll find a quiet river valley adorned with a Jack...

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EVERY HOLE AT TOBACCO ROAD | Photo Gallery of the Mike Strantz Sandhills Masterpiece

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Jan 9, 20192 min read

EVERY HOLE AT TOBACCO ROAD | Photo Gallery of the Mike Strantz Sandhills Masterpiece

Stick your head deep in the sand with the #GolfCrusade as we show you angles of the Mike Strantz masterpiece you may have never seen before!

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Dec 18, 201813 min read

#GolfCrusade Best Of 2018

The courses have been played. The votes have been cast. We're pleased to announce our first annual Golf Crusade Best of 2018 Lists. We...

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Nov 22, 20183 min read

El Camino at Tobacco Road - Sanford, NC

Take a peek under the hood at El Camino - the once hidden Par 3 Course routing of the front nine at Mike Strantz' famed Tobacco Road GC.

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Sep 23, 20188 min read

Raven Rock - Jenkins, KY

Coal Country. If you've been there, driven through it, or call it home, you know there's not much out there except mines and vast...

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RECAP: The American Legends at The Olde Farm Golf Club - Bristol, VA

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Sep 23, 20181 min read

RECAP: The American Legends at The Olde Farm Golf Club - Bristol, VA

The American Legends at The Olde Farm Golf Club in Bristol, Virginia raised $56.6 million for the Mountain Mission School (Grundy, VA)....

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GALLERY: Tennessee National - Loudon, TN

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Aug 5, 20181 min read

GALLERY: Tennessee National - Loudon, TN

This Greg Norman Signature Design transverses an undulating peninsula surrounded by the Tennessee River. Managed by Troon Golf, this...

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Jul 1, 20187 min read

Liberty National - Jersey City, NJ

#GodBlessAmerica. What can you say about a modern American golf icon that virtually bows at the feet of THE original American icon that...

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The Links at Stono Ferry - Hollywood, SC

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Jun 21, 20183 min read

The Links at Stono Ferry - Hollywood, SC

What do you get when you combine a Revolutionary War Battlefield and a middling resort-style layout? The Links at Stono Ferry, that’s...

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Bristol Harbour Lodge & Golf Club - Canandaigua, NY

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Jun 16, 20186 min read

Bristol Harbour Lodge & Golf Club - Canandaigua, NY

UPDATE: As of 1/1/2022, Bristol Harbour's owners have closed the golf course for good. We chose not to delete this post, because that's...

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'Virginia Is For (Golf) Lovers' at Rock Harbor

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May 31, 20188 min read

'Virginia Is For (Golf) Lovers' at Rock Harbor

You remember those fantasy courses in the old Tiger Woods video games? Remember the one called ‘The Predator’? Ever wonder what it would...

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Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club North Course - Dade City, FL

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May 23, 20183 min read

Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club North Course - Dade City, FL

Dade City has been compared to the great golf meccas by no one but it just may be time for that conversation to start happening....

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May 20, 20188 min read

Wasioto Winds - Pineville, KY

What do you get when you cross an extremely rugged part of the country, a drainage basin and one of the best course architect's in the...

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The Shawnee Inn - Shawnee-on-Delaware, PA

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May 16, 20184 min read

The Shawnee Inn - Shawnee-on-Delaware, PA

Every course has a history. Not every course is history. The Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort has the distinction of being the course that...

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Caledonia Golf & Fish Club -
Pawleys Island, SC

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May 8, 20183 min read

Caledonia Golf & Fish Club - Pawleys Island, SC

Next time you're in Myrtle Beach and are bored playing the same courses, do yourself a favor and head to the southern end of the Grand...

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Apr 30, 20184 min read

Holston Hills CC - Knoxville, TN

You've probably never heard of it because it's in Knoxville. If HHCC were in a major market, you'd have it on your bucket list. Holston...

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Apr 25, 20183 min read

Preston CC - Kingwood, WV

Unless you live in Kingwood, WV, you're going to have a drive to get to Preston Country Club. However, once you get there, you'll find a...

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Apr 10, 20183 min read

Atlanta National - Milton, GA

If you get an invite past the front gate, expect to see a beautiful course but don’t be surprised if this beautiful course eats your...

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