Plan Your Golf Trip Around Local Events

The challenging and scenic golf courses, moderate temperatures, and unique local cuisine are great reasons to visit one of the LetsGolf.com destinations. But to create an even more memorable experience, why not plan your Spring Golf Getaway around a local festival or event that you can only find in our Southern locales? Here's a list of some great options:

Taste of Calabash, Apr 16-17, 2016, Calabash, NC

Play a few rounds in Brunswick County and then join the festivities in the Seafood Capital of the World to celebrate the uniqueness of Calabash-style seafood. Enjoy live music, arts and crafts vendors, and lots of great eats.  Click for Golf Package information

Contraband Days Louisiana Pirate Festival, April 26 - May 8, 2016, Lake Charles, LA

Celebrate the legend of pirate Jean Lafitte. The story goes that pirate Jean Lafitte docked his boat right on the sandy shore of Lake Charles and buried his treasure somewhere along its banks. And although you are unlikely to find the hidden booty, you’ll be able to discover the golf vacation secret that is Southwest Louisiana, with two award-winning casino golf courses and two other world-class tracts. More Information.

 

Bardstown Bourbon Sampler, April 30, 2016, Bardstown, KY

Although, the full-fledged Kentucky Bourbon Festival is not until mid-September, you can sample Kentucky’s fine bourbon while collecting branded specialty glasses in late April just 45 minutes south of Louisville.  For golf, check out the newly renovated 18 hole course at My Old Kentucky Home State Park and then continue south to Dale Hollow State Park to take advantage of Getaway to Golf packages, which include overnight lodging and 18 holes of golf with cart. 

Orange Beach Wine Festival, May 14, 2016, Orange Beach, AL

The Orange Beach Wine Fest is one of the most cherished tickets on the island. Over 120 wines, three live music acts, food from distinguished local restaurants, boat tours of the bay, custom wine glass, custom wine bag, and even craft beer for the un-winies. Gulf Shores-Orange Beach Golf packages are available at one of eight signature courses and accommodations, ranging from beachfront homes and condos to fairway villas and convenient hotels. 

 

Bloomin BBQ & Bluegrass Festival, May 20 - 21, 2016, Sevierville, TN

The biggest names in bluegrass and the nation's best BBQ cook teams come together for this show-stopping event. Enjoy the Bush's Best Tennessee State Championship BBQ Cook Off, a People's Choice Contest, two days of toe-tapping entertainment, the Mountain Soul Vocal Competition (honoring the songwriting of Dolly Parton), a late night Bluegrass Jam sponsored by Dixie Stampede and more. And take time to play on or both courses at the SeviervilleGolf Club.

 

NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, May 21, 2016, Concord, NC

The very best of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will battle on stock car racing’s all-star night in the 32nd blockbuster running of the NASCARSprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Sparks will fly in this checkers or wreckers non-points event with $1 million for the winner. The schedule also includes high-speed pit stop qualifying where the over-the-wall crews strut their stuff. And plan to stay and play at the nearby Rocky River Golf Club at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Check out the Cabarrus County Golf Brochure here.

14th Annual Bluegrass & Country Music Hoedown, May 28-30, 2016, Santee, SC

Three days of live music & entertainment over Memorial Day Weekend at Lone Star BBQ & Merchantile. And with over 20 courses around the area and the golf packaging experts at Golf Santee ready to book your golf package, you'll have a real downhome good time.

 

36^th Annual B.B. King Museum's 2016 Homecoming Festival, May 28, 2016, Indianola, MS

The B. B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center is located in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, not far from the famous Crossroads at Clarksdale. It was built to honor the life and music of one of the most accomplished musicians of our time. This festival will take place just down the road from glitz and glamour of Tunica's casinos and challenging golf courses. This is a great time to plan your Golf and Blues Getaway to Mississippi.

Buddy Golf Trips vs Girlfriend Golf Getaways

 

Men and women are different. Stating the obvious, but I'd like to make the case that from a golf vacation perspective, they aren't so very different. The most important aspect of any golf trip is the camaraderie, even if in surveys golfers always state that it's the quality of golf or the weather. Pshaw, I say! With whom you choose to travel to play that long-desired course or visit that much-anticipated golfing hotspot is the key to a successful trip, even more than the hotel amenities, speed of the greens, cost of the trip, and overall hospitality. Your traveling partners (buddies or girlfriends) can make or break your experience.

But even beyond the need to make sure you can actually travel with the people on your trip, men and women still want the same five things when they play golf away from home:

1. Unique golf experiences with multiple choices
2. Convenient and clean accommodations with preferred amenities (which vary, of course, no matter the gender)
3. Friendly service everywhere they visit
4. Great dining and nightlife options (even if the choice made ranges from playing poker in the hotel lobby with pizza to finding a great sushi restaurant to a 4 course steak dinner with after dinner drinks and cigars)
5. And of course they want the things mostly no one can control to be perfect... weather, travel, and breaking their own best score on the course.

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