Like the seedpod of the sacred lotus, golf courses are filled with holes and cause feelings of euphoria when chewed. Reach euphoric heights with today's Groupon: for $29, you get a round of golf at Tarandowah Golfers Club in Avon (up to a $59 value, including HST).

Named Best New Golf Course in Ontario in 2008 by Fairways Magazine, Tarandowah Golfers Club boasts an authentic links course designed by noted course architect Dr. Martin Hawtree. Mostly devoid of water hazards but abundant in wind, the golf club offers links denizens of both recent and longtime standing a chance to test their mettle on 18 challenging holes. Measuring 7,067 yards from the tips, the course's largely treeless, undulating fairways call to mind the sand dunes of coastal Scotland, where golf originated, and the greens, bordered with fescue grasses and pocked with deep, sod-faced bunkers, call to mind a giant pool table with dugouts for ball-hungry field gnomes. For an additional fee, club swingers can rent clubs ($17.70), hit a bucket of golf balls ($4.42–$8.85), or hop into a golf cart ($15.04) for a more efficient exeunt into the sunset.