Every place has something that makes it unique from every other place. Many of those places are simply beautiful. The distinctive beauty of Northern California has been put on display by the PGA Tour with fall events. The tour has provided the world with a potential new destination for luxury golf vacations.
CordeValle Golf Course
Golf
Have you ever seen a place and thought, "Wow, I'd like to be right there!" Not a general location, or even a more narrow area (like the back nine at some course, or the south of France) but a pinpoint spot on the map. When coverage of the PGA Tour's Frys.com Open cuts away to the leaderboard or as they go to commercial, a camera was set among the hills overlooking the golf course and valley. It seems to be right below a grove of trees and it's simply beautiful!. It's one of "those" places. Golf in California has never had a better ad as that one camera shot.
Unlike Blackhawk, CordeValle is a golf resort in San Martin, just south of San Jose. The lush natural beauty of the valley and surrounding hill is awe-inspiring, even as fall ushers in dormant grasses and begins to take the green away.
Robert Trent Jones, Jr. undoubtedly sees this course as one of his masterpieces. It would have been tough to build a bad course on the 260 acres where CordeValle is set, but Jones maximized the variety given to him; elevation changes, meadows, streams, hill peaks, and canyons. The result was a fantastic, 7,100-plus yard course that is sure to be a magnet for drawing golfers to the area, especially after its innaugural PGA Tour tournament.
Course and Resort Awards and Recognition
If you aren't convinced about what the course offers, here's a sampling:
#7 Best Course You Can Play in California (Golfweek)
Premier Resorts: Best in Your Area: California's Best Golf, no. 4; Best Lodging, no. 2 (Golf.com)
#21 on the 2009 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America list (Golf Digest)
That isn't all, but you can see that the course and resort are among the best, and appear to be getting even better.
The PGA Tour got it right by showcasing Northern California golf courses in the fall. There's no other place on Earth like it. Maybe Governor Schwarzeneger was right in saying if you visit, you'll be back. From what this tiny corner of the state has to offer, it looks like he was correct.
CordeValle Golf Course - Great Golf in Northern California
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