Happy Trails, Golfers! Golf World Says Brunswick Isles Golf Trail Has More Outstanding Courses Than Any Other Golf Trail

For a lot of golfers, playing a golf “trail” is an essential part of the bucket list.

It's really only been a few years since enterprising golf course owners started stringing properties together and dubbing them “trails.” But they've caught on fast.

Alabama's trail is probably the most famous. But you can get a little saddle-sore driving hundreds of miles between the courses linked solely on the basis of a common architect.

In the last few years, as more and more trails have sprung up, it's gotten pretty hard to figure out which trail will give you the best ride for your hard-earned cash.

Until now.

Because Golf World has figured it out for you.

46,000 avid Golf World readers recently ranked the best courses in the nation on a 100 point scale. Now these folks are true, certified golf nuts. They love the game and they know a good course when they see it. When all the votes were tallied, the 2010 Golf World Readers Choice Awards ranked 14 Brunswick Isles Golf Trail courses among the best golf experiences in the nation.

This is on a golf trail that takes about an hour to drive from end to end. Not days. Not weeks. An hour.

But that's not why Golf World readers loved these courses. They voted on course quality, conditioning, practice facilities and overall value.

And of the 85 North Carolina and South Carolina golf course facilities that those readers named to their prestigious Golf World "State By State Recognition" list, 14 of them are on the Brunswick Isles Golf Trail.

The line up is impressive:

Rivers Edge, Thistle, Bald Head Island Club, Oyster Bay Golf Links, Tidewater, Glen Dornoch, Heather Glen, Sea Trail Golf Links (3 courses) and Ocean Ridge Plantation (4 courses). You can check the Awards out for yourself in the September 28 edition of the magazine.

So, pardner, the next time you get a hankering to ride a golf trail, choose the Brunswick Isles Golf Trail. Right now, they have some smokin' hot deals that will make the ride even better. Packages that include free lunches, a souvenir towel, free range balls and free replays with lodging in some pretty nice villas start at under $200. And when you book two nights, you get a third free.

Now that's a really sweet ride.