Maine
Place
Samoset Resort, Rockport
The Deal
Tee by the Sea: one night in a room with a balcony or terrace overlooking the Atlantic or the golf course; unlimited golf for two, with cart, on the resort’s recently reconditioned course; one lunch per person in the clubhouse grill
The Golf
The course, set on rocky coastline that includes the requisite lighthouse, typifies seaside New England golf. At the 227-yard par-three third, you must launch your tee shot over waves to a double green, and the beautiful 503-yard par-five fourth clings to the shore.
Price*
From $378 per night, available through October 31
Contact
samosetresort.com, 800-341-1650
South Carolina
Place
Palmetto Dunes Resort, Hilton Head Island
The Deal
Summer Golf & Spa: four nights in a two-bedroom resort villa; two rounds per person on the Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Course, George Fazio Course or Arthur Hills Course; one-hour private lesson and one massage per person
The Golf
The Hills course sits on steadily surging dunes and finishes superbly; the Fazio has long par fours and is perhaps the truest test here; and the Jones plays right to the Atlantic at the par-five tenth, one of only two oceanfront holes on Hilton Head Island.
Price*
From $169 per person per night for four people, through September 30
Contact
palmettodunes.com, 866-728-8735
Place
Wild Dunes Resort, Charleston
The Deal
Fazio Sampler: two nights in the inn, the hotel, or a villa or home, all on the Isle of Palms; one round per person on either of two early-career Tom Fazio courses, the Links (his first solo design) or the Harbor; daily breakfast
The Golf
Due to coastal erosion, the Links’ eighteenth has been temporarily shortened from a par five to a par three, but it’s still a challenging oceanfront closer. The Harbor has water or marsh on most holes, many of which hop from landform to landform.
Price*
From $450 per night, two-night minimum, available through August 31
Contact
wilddunes.com, 888-778-1876