SAN DIEGO VACATION RENTALS, CALIFORNIA

Golfing in San Diego, California has long been a popular past time for its residents as well as visitors. While most vacationers prefer lounging in the beaches and visiting the many attractions of the city, avid golfers will not want to miss the chance of enjoying swinging their tee at the many championship golf courses that dot San Diego’s landscape. Aptly named as “One of the Top 50 Golf Destinations in the World” by Golf Digest, San Diego offers golf courses for players of all abilities the chance to take on new challenges in picturesque settings. Some of the top golf courses that can be easily accessed from your San Diego vacation homes include:

The Mission Bay Golf Resort is a Ted Robinson golf course in San Diego, which offers a variety of facilities including night golf, club rentals, and golf lessons, besides a great golf course to play in. An 18-hole par-58 golf course, the Mission Bay Golf Course offers both beginners and experienced golfers a great golf experience and is the only golf course in San Diego to offer lighting for night golfing.

The Meadows Del Mar Golf Club or the Grand Del Mar Golf Club, as it is now known, offers golfers of all levels a challenging game, which they will cherish for years to come. No matter whether you are a beginner or an experienced golfer, you will find yourself loving every single moment of your play. Challenges abound and nothing is easy in this 18-hole par-72 golf course. Sand traps lie littered across the course which itself lies in a spectacular setting of canyons and ridges. Designed by Tom Fazio, the Meadows Del Mar Golf Club is open only to members of the club and guests of the Grand Del Mar Resort, which may lead you to acquire a club membership for all your future visits to San Diego.

Designed by renowned architect Ted Robinson, the Riverwalk Golf Club offers golfers with an unsurpassable classic golfing experience. The venue of PGA Tours in the 1950s and 60s, the Riverwalk Golf Club now once again seeks to provide golfers with the same level of excitement and challenges. The 27-hole par-72 championship golf course has been redesigned and offers undulating fairways and protected bent grass greens, with water coming into play in as many as 13 of the 27 wholes. Scenic waterfalls and the San Diego River further enhance the whole setting. The golf club’s setting in Mission Valley, just minutes away from attractions like the San Diego Zoo and SeaWorld, ensure that you can combine your family excursions to these San Diego attractions with a trip to the golf club.

Located just minutes from downtown San Diego, the Carlton Oaks Country Club offers the only Dye designed course in the entire San Diego County. A legendary course that has for long hosted tournaments and qualifying challenges for professional as well as amateur championships, the 7225-yard golf course of Carlton Oaks Country Club will now host the 2007 P.G.A. Tour First Stage Qualifier. With lakes, streams, and more than 400 trees dotting the landscape of this golf course, golfers will find each tee not only challenging, but also lots of fun and well-worth the drive from their San Diego condos.

The Oaks North Golf Club, designed by Ted Robinson, is where the whole family can get together and enjoy themselves playing golf. The Oaks North Golf Club caters to everyone no matter what his or her playing ability, with three distinctive 9-hole golf courses. Even if you are just a beginner with no experience in golfing, there is no doubt you will enjoy your game. Experienced professionals will find the game more challenging than ever as well. Named by Golf Range magazine as one of “America’s Top Short Courses,” and one of the finest executive golf facilities in California, the courses of the Oaks North Golf Club feature matured oak trees lining the fairways and water comes into play often, making golfing challenging and fun.