The Best Golf Courses for Beginners

By Steve Silverman

Once a golfer starts to fall in love with the game, the feeling usually comes with a desire to play as many good and interesting courses as he can travel to. Now, beginners should not necessarily head to challenging courses like Bethpage Black, the home of the 2009 U.S. Open or legendary Pebble Beach. Both course have far too many hazards and are just too difficult for beginners.

Kearney Hill Links, Kentucky

The Kearney Hill Links Course is one of the finest in Kentucky and is outstanding for new golfers. It is not necessarily an easy course, but the links style is fair set up on this 7,018-yard beauty..
Kentucky Hill Links
3403 Kearney Road
Lexington, Ken. 40511
(859) 253-1981

Fossil Trace Golf Club, Colorado

Fossil Trace is a beautiful golf course in Golden, Colorado that offers everything from a 100-yard par 3 to a 659-yard monster par 5. This is not the easiest of courses but the 6,831-yard course is fair and visually pleasing.
Fossil Trace Golf Club
3050 Illinois Street
Golden, Colo. 80401
(303) 277-8750

Grayhawk Golf Club, Arizona

The Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale is a fair test of golf that rewards golfers who can keep it in the fairway or at least play close to the short grass. It also has fair greens that are in great shape, factors that should work in favor of the beginner.
Grayhawk Golf Club
8620 East Thompson Peak Parkway
Scottsdale, Ariz. 85255
(480) 502-1800

About The Author

Steve Silverman is an award-winning writer, covering sports since 1980. Silverman authored The Minnesota Vikings: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Who's Better, Who's Best in Football -- The Top 60 Players of All-Time, among others, and placed in the Pro Football Writers of America awards three times. Silverman holds a Master of Science in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism.

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