Sanford Country Club, Sanford

The fairways at Sanford Country Club split dense forest, creating clearings for groups of golfers and their flush drives, pin-seeking approaches, and delicate chips. Players must bend their shots around not only these leafy outstretched tree limbs but also boulders, elevation swells, and several doom-spelling ponds—just as famed old-timers Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and Sam Snead did early in the course's life, when its greens had just started to develop fringe. Golfers of any age, meanwhile, can head right from the 18th green to the counter at The Barn and order sandwiches, salads, and drinks to cap off the day.