| are looking for not just golf but golfing experience, | | | | ice-slick surfaces is up to you. For new golfers, or |
| New England is just right for you. The New England | | | | those who just want to warm up a bit, there's a |
| golf resorts are an eclectic mix of the old and the new, | | | | nine-hole short course nearer the hotel. Another old |
| the rustic and the ultra modern. It does not matter | | | | world New England golf resort is the Mount |
| what you are looking, New England has it all and even | | | | Washington Hotel and Resort in New Hampshire. Set |
| more. If one talks about the old golf resorts which | | | | against the highest peak in New England, Mount |
| have a quaint and mythical charm about them, then the | | | | Washington, the main hotel first opened in the summer |
| Balsams needs to be right on top of the list. Tucked | | | | of 1902. |
| away in the far northwestern corner of New | | | | The course here was designed by Ross in 1915. |
| Hampshire, the Balsams offers a fantastic view of | | | | Though the course seems easy to look at, the typically |
| Vermont to the west and Canada to the north. With its | | | | small greens which are a trademark of Ross’ |
| distinctive, rambling, red-roof architecture, and some | | | | make life difficult even for the most experienced. This |
| great services on offer, the Balsams remains one of | | | | New England golf resort also offers the nine-hole |
| the unique resorts in the country. And one of the | | | | Mount Pleasant course which was built in 1895. Among |
| appeals of this New England golf resort is the | | | | the more sprawling and luxurious New England golf |
| Panorama golf course. | | | | resorts is the Bethel Inn and Country Club in Maine. The |
| A great mountain course, Ross' deceptively wide | | | | main dining room offers sumptuous cuisine, while |
| fairways wind down to small greens, which are among | | | | informal dinners in the tavern room are homestyle |
| the most difficult in all of golf. On the first tee, locate | | | | comforting while the 18 hole golf course designed by |
| Mount Keyser, which stand majestically, just to the | | | | Cornish is a treat to play on. Another brilliant golf resort |
| east of the course. Finding the right speed on the | | | | in Maine is the Equinox Resort. |