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Asia WHY GO NOW

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tantalizing time warp

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Abu Dhabi’s

emerging cultural allure

Cambodia’s rise on the style meter

PLUS: other destinations and new hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops

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President’s Letter

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ear Members and Guests, Time flies when we are helping you have fun! Our fall season was highlighted by many wonderful events, including the second annual Bush Center Warrior Open; the sixth annual ClubCorp Charity Classic, which crossed $10 million in cumulative funds raised; and the amazing success of the First Tee’s campaign to reach 10 million youngsters, which has raised a staggering $106 million-plus since July 2011. We are thrilled to have played a part in all three causes, as we are to help countless charities through events at our more than 150 clubs. As we enter this new year, I thank all of you for helping all of us serve others.

One of my favorite Gloria Estefan lyrics from her song “Always Tomorrow” says “the only one sure thing is change,” and changes are everywhere at ClubCorp. We recently celebrated the grand “reopening” of several Texas clubs — the Clubs of Kingwood near Houston, the Hills of Lakeway near Austin, and Timarron Country Club and Trophy Club Country Club, both near Dallas — plus many more across the country, including Center Club in Costa Mesa, Calif., and Columbia Tower Club in Seattle. Our emphasis on capital reinvestment and programming will continue in 2013 with several more clubs slated for makeovers. We look forward to serving you further in the year ahead.

SNAPSHOT FROM THE FIELD: From left, with Lynne and Augie Nieto and Colleen Affeldt at Coto de Caza’s Charity Classic event.

Inset, Augie expresses his sentiments on his Mimo monitor.

With a fond farewell,

COLLEEN DUFFLEY (PORTRAIT)

Eric Affeldt President and CEO eric.affeldt@clubcorp.com

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In Every Issue 2 President’s Letter 6 From the Editor/ Contributors 8 Mobile

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16 Rides Plug in to BMW’s speedy, sustainable electric car; Mercedes’ new luxury SUV makes safety cool; museum reveals vintage beauties.

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The Year Ahead in Golf

Can Rory make us forget about Tiger? Which women and young guns will charge into the pro spotlight? What’s the next bucket list golf destination? We put our heads together with a few fearless authorities to make some bold predictions for the coming season.

BY J O S H S E N S

38 40 Asia Rising

Odd Couples

These four new beertails blend robust and flavorful microbrews with finer spirits for stimulating results.

18 Culture Jazz it up at San Francisco’s soonto-open performing arts center; Baltimore art museum’s contemporary makeover; three new eye-catching books.

20 Calendar Cook out with Anthony Bourdain in Grand Cayman; see the stars at Berlin film fest; marvel at massive ice sculptures in Alaska.

23 Profiles Noteworthy club members with fascinating stories.

29 Tennis What can you learn from how Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, and Sharapova serve?

To help you improve your skills, tennis vet Patrick McEnroe analyzes how these superstars approach tennis’ toughest shot.

BY EVAN ROT H MAN

80 Jaguar Suite Head to London, where you’ll find a house-sized luxury suite revved up with elements from the elite carmaker’s arsenal.

BY D O N N I C H O L S

La Cima’s Charity Classic event

BY KAYLEIGH KULP

The largest continent still holds so many secrets yet to be discovered. Our jam-packed guide to the new Asia uncovers such travel treasures as the once-solitary Burma starting to roll out its tourism welcome mat, China’s Yunnan province revealing its cultural charms, Hanoi elevating its culinary profile, and much more.

BY E LAI N E G LU SAC, J O S E P H G U I N T O, M I C HAE L KAP LAN, AN D E L I ZAB ET H W O O D S O N

52 New in the Caribbean

For refreshingly warm getaways closer to home, check out these exciting developments throughout the islands that’ll have you itching to escape your winter doldrums.

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60 60 ClubCorp News and Events. This year’s ClubCorp Charity Classic was another great success; The Homestead teams up with luxe Canyon Ranch SpaClub.

BY CLAIRE JURKIEWICZ

66 Where to play.

Where to dine. Where to meet. To help you book everything from tee times to dinners and relaxing getaways, use this handy directory of our associate clubs, resorts, and affiliates.

GREG MILANO (BEER), CURTIS SMITH (BIMINI), DARREN CARROLL (RORY), AARON JOEL SANTOS (VIETNAM), THOMAS GARZA (LA CIMA)

10 Travel Sample the foodie delights of Brooklyn’s culinary artisans; whisk the family to Disney World for some just-opened adventures; plus, travel scoop across the globe.

On the Cover: Vietnam rice field. Photography by Alex Mares-Manton/Asia Images

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From the Editor The Motherland

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wo years ago, I met up with Alice Marshall for coffee while in New York on business. I wanted face time with Alice because she heads up her own eponymous PR firm in the Big Apple that specializes in travel. She often helps our writers get information they need and access to destinations around the world.

As it turns out, our 12-page “Asia Rising” package (page 40) has its roots in that chat. For some reason, I mentioned that my mother was born in Mandalay, Burma. That turned the topic to Burma’s sudden rise on the tourism scene, and Alice thought it would make a compelling story for me to take a cruise with one of her clients, Orient-Express, and see my mother’s homeland — a country cut off from the modern world for so long. I saw her point, but made no commitment that day.

In the ensuing months back home, I took note when other PR execs and writers also started pitching me stories about Far East travel developments: a remote province emerging as one of China’s most intriguing places to visit, a Cambodian city on the verge, and much more.

Eventually, I heard enough to give “Asia Rising” a green light. But, no, I didn’t cruise Burma; writer Elaine Glusac did. In a post-trip email, she wrote: “It was truly fascinating, Don. I hope you will visit sometime.”

I hope so, too.

EDITORIAL

Editor-in-Chief DON NICHOLS

Design Director

Managing Editor

LORI CUSICK

LOUIS MARROQUIN

Associate Design Director RON THOMAS

Assistant Editor

Drum Roll Congratulations!

All of you helped raise $2 million at ClubCorp Charity Classic events throughout the country this past year. Turn to page 60 for snapshots of the fun you had.

— DON NICHOLS don.nichols@clubcorp.com

CLAIRE JURKIEWICZ

Executive Assistant SANDRA LOVE CONTRIBUTORS

Kimberly Button, John Carroll, Elaine Glusac, Joseph Guinto, Michael Kaplan, Kayleigh Kulp, Chantal Martineau, Evan Rothman, Josh Sens, Clay Shivers, Elizabeth Woodson P H O T O G R A P H E R S: Peter Calvin, Darren Carroll, Marco Casiraghi, Colleen Duffley, Thomas Garza, Abby Greenawalt, Clay Hayner, Felix Hug, Tim Marek, Alex Mares-Manton, Greg Milano, Shannon O’Hara, Sergio Pucci, Taili Song Roth, Aaron Joel Santos, Andrei Severny, Dave Stamboulis, Erin Stefanik, David Terrazas, Ruben Olavo Vicente, Zeno Wai I L L U S T R A T O R S: John H. Howard, Mike Reagan W R I T E R S:

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Photographer Aaron Joel Santos. Calls home: Hanoi, Vietnam.

Assignment: “TableHopping, the Asian Way” (page 48), about Hanoi dining. Quote: “Eating is what you do in Hanoi, usually from a small perch along the sidewalk, watching the city pulse and move all around you.” Also shoots for: Financial Times and Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia.

Writer Elaine Glusac.

Calls home: Chicago.

Assignment: “Where Time Stood Still” (page 41), about cruising in Burma. Quote: “Burma looks timeless with its ancient treasures and temples, but real change is happening constantly, which makes traveling there seem so vital right now.” Also writes for: National Geographic Traveler and the New York Times.

Photographer Andrei Severny.

Calls home: New York City. Assignment: “Brooklyn’s Finest” (page 10), about the borough’s rising number of culinary artisans. Quote: “For me, the creativity, passion, style, and diversity of the artisans puts Brooklyn on the map next to Paris, Tokyo, and Milan.” Also shoots for: GQ and the Wall Street Journal.

Bill Besch, 631-665-0467, bill.besch@clubcorp.com

T. Lowry Co., Teresa Lowry, 972-732-7781, tlowry@swbell.net

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EDITORIAL AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

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Writer Joseph Guinto. Calls home: Washington, D.C. Assignment: “Sleeping Beauty” (page 45), about China’s Yunnan province. Quote: “A lovely Tibetan family, whose farmhouse sits in a remote valley between massive green mountains, served me yak butter tea. It tasted terrible, but I loved it.” Also writes for: American Way and Washingtonian.

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Bonus Content beginning on page 83 Skiing

Best-Kept Secrets

At these North American resorts, terrain trumps bling, snow falls deep, lift lines run short, and it’s often possible to score fresh tracks even days after a storm.

Gear Report

Après-Ski Goes Uptown

Typically take a seat at the bar to toast your buds after a day on the slopes? Many U.S. resorts now make it easy to take post-skiing up a few notches on the culture meter with lively concerts and more.

Recipes

Asian With a Twist

Members of ClubCorp clubs

Get out those chopsticks. No resisting these Asian recipes that our creative club chefs spiced up with American influences. Skirt steak, scallops, and pulled pork never tasted better.

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6 Must-Play China Courses

China’s coming on strong in the golf world with many stunning new courses now open and others under development. Here, six newcomers you’ll want to play before your pals do.

ALEX MARES-MANTON/ASIA IMAGES (COVER), DARREN CARROLL (RORY), JAMES BAIGRIE/GETTYIMAGES (FOOD)

Ease your load with these new lightweight products — skis, boots, apparel, you name it.

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Mast Brothers Chocolate

Neighborhood Williamsburg What you’ll find Chocolates enhanced with sea salt, serrano peppers, almonds, and more

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New York borough booms with culinary artisans. Nine shops worth the cab fare.

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without taking a food-centric swing through Brooklyn means missing out on some of New York City’s most exciting artisanal producers of deliciousness. Brooklyn’s food boom started with the 2008 recession and continues to explode. Smart, young people who found themselves out of work or facing dead-end careers began pursuing culinary passion projects. In many cases, they embarked as neophytes, studied time-tested techniques, and applied what they learned, resulting in a perfect scenario driven by affluent, food-savvy residents who passionately buy up the best of the borough’s locally produced goods. Among the rewards: small-batch chocolates with complex layers of flavor, beer-brined pickles, and the mayonnaise of your dreams. Hop in a car, cab, or on the subway for this multineighborhood tour of some of the best and newest that the food-obsessed borough has to offer.

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FOODIE FLEA MARKET: Take a broad view of the local food scene at Smorgasburg, a flea market for food fans. About 100 local purveyors set up stands in a lot alongside the East River.

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vendors: Baby Got Back Ribs makes its meat succulent and tender via the slow-roasting Kansas City barbecuing method; Takumi Taco’s spicy-tuna sashimi adds Japanese zing to the Mexican classic; and BiteMe’s mouth-sized servings

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Gourmet Guild Williamsburg, a modern, cleanly designed food market, carries high-quality, small-batch foods that larger outlets have yet to catch on to. My favorite discovery there comes from a new natural juice maker called deLIFEful. Fresh-pressed, containing nothing but fruit, shipped on the day it’s made, and loaded with nutrients, each juice tastes delicious. Apples and string beans with a quick hit of lime dominate Green Revival, and you can’t miss the billboarded ingredient in Kickin’ Ginger.

To balance things out, as you exit, grab one of the fat doughnuts baked at nearby Dough (ultrarich dolce de leche is a personal favorite). Proprietor Jee Song stands by to answer any questions. In Williamsburg. 110 Broadway, 718-388-7726, gourmetguildusa.com

LOCAL FAVES: Clockwise from top left, People’s Pops’ Brian Austin and Michael Sands shave ice at Smorgasburg; Bedford Cheese Shop; pizza at Roberta’s; Gourmet Guild Williamsburg’s owner Jee Song.

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AMAZING MAYO: Do you enjoy your condiments? Then you really must check out Empire Mayonnaise Co., where the namesake item is the only thing for sale. Owners Elizabeth Valleau and Sam Mason figured that nobody was doing mayo properly and created Empire’s version, which tastes eggy and fresh and is loaded with non-GMO oils. Varieties include black garlic, malt vinegar, and lime pickle. The young, rangy employee behind the counter in this broom-closet-sized shop tells me, “Today my girlfriend cooked me an egg tortilla with the miso mayo and it made my whole morning correct.” After tasting a few iterations on crackers — samples are happily provided upon request — I’m sold. I may never reach for the Hellman’s again. In Prospect Heights. 564 Vanderbilt Ave., empiremayo.com

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ADULT TAFFY: Beyond the obvious at retro-looking Bedford Cheese Shop — which also sells locally made delectables such as pickled organic vegetables, Dutch-style cookies, and olive oil — the key item here is the new Salty Road taffy, made in small batches by Marisa Wu, a former freelance Law & Order location scout. Using natural botanicals ranging from sea salt caramel to bergamot, she makes gooey, chewable taffy that seems to last forever. In Williamsburg. 229 Bedford Ave., 718-5997588, bedfordcheeseshop.com

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Slather her homemade butter on the breads.

In Bushwick. 261 Moore St., 718-417-1118, robertaspizza.com

of creamy cheesecake update the long-beloved dessert. Bartenders pour Brooklyn-made beer, wine, and spirits — including Breuckelen Distilling’s Glorious Gin, smooth and properly redolent of juniper. In Williamsburg. On the waterfront between North Sixth and North Seventh streets, 718-928-6603, smorgasburg.com GOURMET CHOCOLATE: The intoxicating smell hits you when you walk into Mast Brothers Chocolate: Air radiates with the brothers’ deep, dark chocolate. Self-taught chocolatiers, the Masts source the best beans and create their Brooklyn Blend as if they’re making wine. Enhancers include sea salt, serrano peppers, and almonds. Listen to cool music while you sample from the chocolate bar, and don’t overlook the chewy, gold-foilwrapped caramels near the register. In Williamsburg. 111 N. Third St., 718-388-2625, mastbrothers.com

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the 24 flavors of ice cream available at Ample Hills Creamery and you’ll wonder what kind of wonderfully demented mind comes up with offerings like Breakfast Trash (made with a cupboard’s worth of sugary cereal and tasting like the milk left behind in the bowl), Miss Piggy (ingredients include candied bacon), and Salted Crack Caramel (sweet, crunchy, and totally addictive).

Co-owner and resident Wonka Brian Smith used to write horror movies and says that devising ice cream flavors is equally stimulating. In Prospect Heights. 623 Vanderbilt Ave., 347-240-3926, amplehills.com

SNACKIN’ GOOD: From top, syrup and cookies at

By Brooklyn; Ample Hills Creamery; a Mile End Delicatessen sandwich sensation

LOCAL BUYS: Now in its second year, By Brooklyn has turned itself into the go-to place to purchase Brooklyn’s best — all of the store’s goods are made in the borough. Though the stock includes housewares, apparel, and jewelry, edible offerings stand as the primary focus.

Locals stop in for kicky jam (the Jam Stand’s liquor-infused spreads include Drunken Monkey and You’re My Boy Blue-Berry Bourbon), recently released pickles (Brooklyn Brine’s spicy bread-and-butter variety are aged in Dogfish Head IPA beer), and justintroduced cocktail garnishes from SalSol (try coating your margarita glass’ rim with the company’s flavorful powder made from sea salt, raw cane sugar, and citrus). In Carroll Gardens. 261 Smith St., 718-6430606, bybrooklyn.com

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DELICIOUS DELI: The couple behind Mile End Delicatessen smoke their beef at a new facility in Red Hook, bake their bread there as well, and just started making sweetand-crusty Montreal-style bagels. Sandwiches at this vest-pocket-sized restaurant/ take-out operation rank among the Big Apple’s best. Order the smoked meat sandwich and a home-brined pickle; with every mouthful, you’ll taste the flavors of handcrafted Brooklyn. In Boerum Hill.

97-A Hoyt St., 718-852-7510, mileenddeli.com

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Guests are known to contemplate life’s existential questions at the Alto Atacama Desert Lodge & Spa in northern Chile. Like, are we alone in the universe? Cloudless skies in Atacama, the Earth’s highest, driest desert, make for ideal stargazing. After a day of roaming a landscape so rocky and red that NASA used it to prepare for missions to Mars, head to the lodge’s observatory for an astronomy lesson. The conversation inevitably turns to life on other planets as everyone reclines on chaises beneath the stars. Through a man-sized telescope, Saturn and Mars shine brightly.

Want more stargazing? Indulge in the recently added moonlit massage and stay in one of 10 new deluxe rooms with outdoor showers and private terraces looking out onto a stark, lunar landscape of terra-cotta peaks.

What else you’re sure to like: The renovated restaurant uses native ingredients, as does the spa (think: quinoa facial). Plus, six intimate pools provide an oasis within an oasis. From $420.

011-56-2-957-0303; altoatacama.com Insider Tip

“Stay at the eclectic Hotel Brunelleschi in Florence, Italy. Created by cobbling together adjacent historical buildings, the hotel makes you feel like you’ve been transported centuries with each step.”

— Kelly Finnell, member, Crescent Club, Memphis, Tenn.

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French wines and beer (Kronenbourg 1664) now complement the cuisine at the Be Our Guest restaurant inside the new Beast’s Castle in the Beauty and the Beast themed area.

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Iconic rooms from the animated classic come to life at the 550-seat restaurant, which transforms from quick-service during the day to an elegant table-service facility at night. Think 20-foot ceilings, majestic chandeliers, a nearly 7-foot rotating music box, and 18-foot windows with views of falling “snow.� The Frenchinspired menu pays homage to a 1400s castle feast with dishes such as salmon with a leek fondue and saffron potatoes.

Fantasyland’s expansion also introduces two firsts for any Disney park. Enchanted Tales With Belle now offers an interactive experience with Beauty and the Beast characters — an experience made even more special with innovative technology that magically transforms a mirror on a seemingly solid wall into an open portal through which guests encounter the princess.

In Storybook Circus, the reimagined Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride has doubled in size, with two squadrons of pachyderms rotating side by side. Disney’s new wait-time technology helps the park better accommodate the crowds at this popular attraction. You’re given a pager and invited to relax with the family in a fanciful, airconditioned circus-themed tent with an indoor playground for the kiddos. When your family’s turn to ride rolls around, you get beeped.

Lots of changes, lots to toast with that French wine or beer.

407-934-7639; disneyworld.com

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More good-to-know news for you globe-trotters ‌ SLEEP After a $20 million face-lift, the 31-room Weekapaug Inn in Weekapaug, R.I., has reopened, with sweeping views of Quonochontaug Pond, and the Atlantic Ocean just beyond.

The sister property to the iconic Ocean House in Watch Hill, R.I., closed in 2007. From $147. 888-813-7862; weekapauginn.com 1 You can again overnight at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Hawaii’s Big Island. Its Namakanipaio Campground (with 10 rustic cabins) and Volcano House Hotel closed in 2009, but the refurbished campground recently reopened and the renovated 33-room hotel should be operating soon, perhaps by spring. Cabins from $55. 866-536-7972; hawaiivolcanohouse.com 1 Two hours north of São Paulo, escape into the mountains of Brazil at the Botanique Hotel & Spa near the resort town of Campos do Jordão. The hotel’s 17 villas and suites are surrounded by 700 acres of forests and botanical gardens.

From $1,200 (meals and gratuities included). botanique.com.br EAT In Where Chefs Eat, a new book from Phaidon, more than 400 of the world’s best chefs reveal their favorite dining spots, from cheap eats to gourmet. Talk about a must-read before your next sojourn. $19.95 SAIL Explore the Mediterranean or Panama Canal aboard Variety Cruises’ 223-foot Variety Voyager. The 36-cabin megayacht comes with ample deck space and unobstructed views of the ocean and ports. It’s the first ship accepted into the Preferred Hotels & Resorts’ Preferred Boutique Collection. From $2,990. 800-319-7776; varietycruises.com SAVE Through its Connections by Abercrombie & Kent, the luxury adventure travel company now offers 17 itineraries spanning six continents with average prices 30 percent lower than its Luxury Small Group journeys. Same expertise, same support. In Croatia, a local fisherman teaches how to harvest oysters and a Dubrovnik resident relates her experiences during the Balkan War. 800-554-7016; ak-connections.com

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EXPLORE The Venice Simplon-OrientExpress (right) ventures into Scandinavia’s heart this year on a six- or eight-day excursion to Stockholm, a first in its storied history on the tracks. Departs Venice on April 8. From $5,970. 800-524-2420; vsoe.com 1 On Butterfield & Robinson’s Morocco Family Biking trip, spend six days seeing all the sights with the kiddos: Marrakech, Berber villages, the High Atlas Mountains, and more. Departs Marrakech March 24.

From $3,995 per person. 866-551-9090; butterfield.com DRINK In the Mill Avenue District in Tempe, Ariz., beer takes top billing at Handlebar Tempe. Head to this new drinking hole for a wide selection of tempting European, local, and American craft beers. 680 Mill Ave.; 480-474-4888; handlebaraz.com — DON NICHOLS

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This one could be worth waiting just a bit longer.

BMW’s i3, scheduled to hit U.S. showrooms late this year, aspires to a whole new ethic in luxury driving. Reliable, sustainable, all-e, and tapping out at a zesty 93 mph, it’s so very urban chic. You also get a

perfectly respectable 80- to 100-mile driving range on a single charge. In keeping with its sustainability meme, BMW will construct the dashboard from real timber, and the leather seats are made from German cowhide. So it’s local, kind of, even though your dealership may be thousands of miles from where this car calls home.

Vintage Head Turners File this under “they don’t make ’em like that anymore.� In the 1920s and ’30s, French designer and aviation pioneer Gabriel Voisin created innovative vehicles that many of the era’s forward-thinkers, including H.G. Wells, Le Corbusier, and Josephine Baker, owned. Through April 12, you can see 16 of his eye-catching cars and motorcycles, and learn about his airplane achievements, at the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, Calif. It took the museum nearly 10 years to assemble “La Vision COOL CARS: de Voisin,� the largest collection yet of See Voisin classics the designer’s cars, which features a such as, from top, a 1934 Voisin C-25 Aerodyne, named 1922 C-3 Strasbourg “Best in Show� at the 2011 Pebble Beach Grand Prix, 1923 C-6 Laboratoire Concours d’Elegance; and a 1934 Voisin (re-creation), 1928 C-27 Grand Sport Cabriolet, considered C-11 Lumineuse one of the most expensive cars of the Torpedo, and 1934 Art Deco era. — LOUIS MARROQUIN C-27 Aerosport.

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This all-wheel-drive class leader — with a distinctive exterior that reflects its familiar German DNA — has a collisionalert system and an automatic assist with parallel parking; it even has a sensor that tells you when you’re getting drowsy.

Just a tad bigger inside than the original edition, with leather seating for seven, the new GL boasts enough aluminum in the body to remain relatively light and nimble.

The GL350 BlueTec corrals 240 horsepower, a solid V-6, but probably not the kind of powerhouse you’re looking for. For metal-knuckle punch, move up to the GL450, or better yet the GL550, a heavyweight V-8 contender at 429 hp. Prices start at $62,400 for the 350 and jump to $86,900 for the top of the line. — J.C.

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Singular Sensation

San Francisco’s new nod to jazz BY

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Dianne Reeves

DON’T MISS: In the secondfloor lobby, two tile murals depict the history of jazz.

The husbandand-wife team of Sandow Birk and Elyse Pignolet produced the eye-catching pieces.

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this year to catch some of the biggest names in jazz. Chick Corea, BÊla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Mariza, Jason Moran, and Dianne Reeves are among the many artists lined up in the coming months to help celebrate the Jan. 21 debut of the SFJAZZ Center, the country’s first freestanding building for jazz.

For 30 years, SFJAZZ has been hosting performances in various venues across the city. Now it will host them all in one $64 million, glass and concrete facility in the hip Hayes Valley neighborhood, a short walk from the city’s symphony hall and opera house. The main auditorium holds up to 700 for major shows; a multipurpose ensemble room, 80 for more intimate ones.

How’s this for a selling point? No seat in the larger auditorium is more than 45 feet from the performance, thanks to steep raking and a thrust stage-like design that puts seats in the front and back of the stage, as well as on the sides. “You’ll feel like you’re right on top of the musicians,� says Mark Cavagnero, the project’s architect.

Shows are scheduled weekly, Thursday through Sunday, but the lobby cafĂŠ will be open daily and should be a special treat in itself considering its celebrity-chef operator: Charles Phan, owner of the highly rated Slanted Door restaurant.

Few cafĂŠ details were available at press time, except that it would be casual and likely focus on small plates.

201 Franklin St.; 866-920-5299; sfjazz.org

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Facts, figures, and specially commissioned maps and illustrations showcase architects and buildings erected during the last century.

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Marc Newson: Works This comprehensive book catalogs the wide-reaching work of the Australian industrial designer, from mass-produced household objects to the interior of Qantas’ A380.

Taschen, $1,000

Taking Wing Get a closer look at works

by Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg, plus new acquisitions by emerging artists, at the Baltimore Museum of Art’s just-reopened contemporary wing.

Sixteen refreshed galleries feature cool enhancements like a black box gallery for light, sound, and moving image works (it debuts with Allora & Calzadilla’s 11-minute video set in postKatrina New Orleans), and a new exhibition series showcasing international and multidisciplinary artists.

That’s just for starters: The museum next plans to reinstall its American and African collections. — LOUIS MARROQUIN

Jonathan Becker: 30 Years at Vanity Fair Showcases the portraits of celebrities, royalty, and other dignitaries that the magazine’s resident photographer has shot since the publication’s relaunch in 1982.

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Winter Triumphs Lively

Along Seven Mile Beach, dive into marvelous meals prepared by nearly a dozen all-star chefs at the Cayman Cookout (Jan. 17-20), a four-day foodie dream at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. Don’t miss: José Andrés and Anthony Bourdain cooking at grill stations right in the Caribbean Sea; custom cocktails; stingray-spotting; and Eric Ripert’s delectable burgers. caymancookout.com

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Witness more than 400 pentathletes — including most of the sport’s 2012 Olympic medalists — compete in the U.S.’ only 2013 World Cup event: the USA Pentathlon World Cup (Feb. 19-24) at Sunrise Plaza Park in Palm Springs, Calif. Teams fence, swim, ride horses, run, and shoot laser guns. usapworldcup.org

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One of the biggest international flick events, the Berlinale (Feb. 7-17) film festival showcases approximately 400 movies of every genre and length at 19 venues all across Berlin. Attend screenings, participate in discussions with filmmakers and actors, and keep your eyes peeled for showbiz’s best.

Last year’s gathering drew more than 300,000 movie enthusiasts, and celebrities such as (from top) Angelina Jolie, Zac Efron, Meryl Streep, and Robert Pattinson. berlinale.de

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In Fairbanks, Alaska, more than 100 ice artists will chisel out massive masterpieces during the World Ice Art Championships (Feb. 26-March 31) at George Homer Ice Park. The main competitions wrap up by March 9, but illuminated works will be on display through March 31.

Bring the kids to the impressive ice playground full of slides, mazes, and life-size sculptures. icealaska.com

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At Philadelphia’s Navy Yard, about 100 craft breweries and thousands of beer-lovers from across the globe will convene for the Philly Craft Beer Festival, a one-day celebration of lip-smacking-good lagers and ales.

Sample new varieties and learn a thing or two, like how to homebrew or open your own brewery, at seminars. phillycraftbeerfest.com — CLAIRE JURKIEWICZ

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BMW Best Ball Challenge June 20 – 23, 2013 | Firestone Country Club, Akron, OH

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John Aggrey Tower Club Tysons Corner, Vienna, Va. Member since: 2010 Who he is: Co-founder and managing partner of BizGravity, a company that auctions off one-on-one conversations with high-ranking business professionals via its website, bizgravity.com, which launched last spring.

BizGravity’s a cool tool for businesspeople to donate their time or mentor someone.

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How it works: The highest bidder wins time to speak with the pro in person, on the phone, or over the Internet through services like Skype.

The expert can either keep the pledged money as payment or, what’s more commonly the case, donate it to charity.

Giving back: “The greatest reward has been the excitement coming from charitable organizations and the business community. With one tool, organizations can raise money year-round through these auctions. It’s a great way for business professionals to roll up their sleeves and help their community.”

ABBY GREENAWALT

Fast track: Participants wanting to bypass the auction process can use the website’s new Quick Meet feature to negotiate directly with the expert. — CLAIRE JURKIEWICZ

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Rhonda Saunders City Club on Bunker Hill, Los Angeles Member since: 2008 Who she is: In her 30-year law career, the LA County deputy DA has become an expert on stalking — prosecuting cases involving many high-profile stalking victims, rewriting California’s stalking law, and educating victims and law enforcement on what the law says.

Celebrity ties: She counts Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Steven Spielberg among those she has assisted.

Art imitates life: This spring, The Sopranos’ Drea de Matteo will star in a Lifetime movie based on Saunders’ 2009 book, Whisper of Fear, which details many of Saunders’ significant stalking cases. “The movie is a drama that is taking liberties. But it’s probably the best way to get the message out about stalking. People sometimes don’t read newspapers, but they watch TV.” — LOUIS MARROQUIN

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Stalking is a crime of mental terrorism.

TAILI SONG ROTH

Biggest misconception: “When most people hear the word stalker, they immediately think about celebrities, but stalking most impacts everyday people,” she says, recounting numerous domestic violence cases she has prosecuted. The most recent Department of Justice study, she adds, says 3.4 million people a year are stalked in the U.S.

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Our goal is to be America’s choice for healthy, convenient food.

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Hearthstone Country Club, Houston Member since: 2010 Who he is: CEO and CFO of My Fit Foods, a company that creates nutritious, fresh meals for people on the go. With more than 40 stores in Arizona, California, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Texas, the chain strives to make healthy eating accessible and affordable.

Backstory: In lieu of college, Milton jumped right into the restaurant business. After working for several dining establishments, he met Mario Mendias, a personal trainer who cooked well-rounded meals for his clients to expedite their results. In 2007, at age 25, Milton opened the first My Fit Foods location in Houston with Mendias.

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How it works: Milton advises customers to pick up three to five days’ worth of My Fit Foods meals at a time. If customers take the 21-Day Challenge, they receive free meal-planning and fitness advice from an on-staff nutrition coach. “During the Challenge, we talk to you nearly every day. When it’s over, we send customers education kits so they can keep it up.” — C.J.

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Charles Brewer Commerce Club, Atlanta Member since: 1999 Who he is: He founded the Internet service provider MindSpring, which he sold in 2000.

He has now turned his entrepreneurial spirit to Costa Rica, where he has built an entire town, Las Catalinas, on Costa Rica’s north Pacific coast.

The inspiration: “Las Catalinas started with a frustration. The tropical, walkable beach town I was looking for didn’t exist — not in this hemisphere anyway.”

The goal: With 1,000 of its 1,200 acres set aside as a nature preserve and cars kept to a minimum, it’s not the typical resort town. “I hope Las Catalinas will be influential in establishing a more sustainable and socially positive type of development.”

Redefining the good life: Las Catalinas attracts a mix of locals, tourists, and families who embrace Costa Rica’s enticing outdoors. Fully staffed houses are available to rent and a hotel is slated to open in early 2014. “Resorts have typically been sprawling and rough on the land and the landscape, gated and walled off. Here it’s much more about being connected to other people and being part of a community.” — CLAY SHIVERS

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I hope the town of Las Catalinas will provide a different vision of what the good life can be.

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Patrick McEnroe on what you can learn from tennis’ best about the game’s toughest shot BY

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’ ago that tennis purists feared supercharged serves would dominate the game forever. Pete Sampras, perhaps history’s greatest server, rained aces and reigned supreme. Overpowering bombers like Goran Ivanisevic, Richard Krajicek, and Mark Philippoussis stood in the wings. That doomsday scenario failed to materialize: The serve remains important, but for different reasons. “The best players now are the best movers, the best athletes, the best defenders,� says former U.S. Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe. “You have to have a good enough serve to deal with today’s aggressive returners.�

A strong serving game can put you on the front foot, or at least keep you off the back foot — yet the serve’s intricate blend of rhythm, timing, and technique makes it, in McEnroe’s estimation, the single toughest shot for pros and club players alike to master. We asked McEnroe, who heads the USTA’s player development program, for his expert thoughts on what weekend warriors can learn from the deliveries of the game’s biggest stars.

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/Tennis/ “Roger’s serve is very simple and easy with great rhythm and timing. His first-serve percentage over the years has been so good — it seldom goes off. The big thing is that he never tries to overserve, which really helps him on faster courts like grass or at the U.S. Open, because his direction is so good that he wins lots of cheap points. A good lesson from Federer is don’t get out of your comfort zone. The harder you try to hit the ball, the less pace you’ll actually create. Keep your arm as relaxed and loose as possible.

“Federer also can hit every serve with pretty much the same ball toss. That disguise is obviously very useful. While the pros can tinker with their toss and get it a bit behind them — especially for kick serves — you want that toss very much in the same vicinity on both serves. If the toss isn’t right, generally between 12 and 1 o’clock, you’ll have problems. I tell people at clinics all the time, practice simply tossing the ball in your office or at home to develop that placement and consistency.”

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More McEnroe He may be less famous than his brother John, but Patrick McEnroe has also made a big mark in tennis.

1 Current: General manager, USTA player development program; and TV announcer for CBS Sports and ESPN 1 Longest-tenured U.S. Davis Cup captain (10 years), leading the team to victory in the 2007 Cup 1 17 career pro titles (16 doubles, 1 singles) 1 Quarterfinalist, 1995 U.S. Open 1 Semifinalist, 1991 Australian Open 1 World No. 3-ranked doubles player, 1993 1 Champion, 1989 French Open men’s doubles (with Jim Grabb)

NOVAK DJOKOVIC “For a while, Novak brought his right arm back straight, almost locked, instead of relaxed with a little bend in the elbow. At the point of impact, his arm wasn’t loose. It almost hurt to watch.

That he could reach and stay at No. 3 in the world with a serve like that was one of the more remarkable things I’ve seen. He eventually worked the kinks out and got back to a more natural, flowing motion.

“Novak also learned to stop going for so much power.

His first serve isn’t a huge

weapon, but it’s a rock-solid serve that he can count on in big moments, with a second serve that’s hard to attack.

What club players should also take from his serve is that it’s a pretty simple motion.

Simple is better. You have to do what’s natural. The serving motion is like a throwing motion; how you throw a ball says a lot about how you should serve a ball.

Practice throwing a ball against a wall over and over, trying to ingrain a relaxed feel.”

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RAFAEL NADAL

“The serve is the shot Rafa has practiced more than any other to try improving.

He has adjusted his feet to try to find the right position with his back foot to get as much hip rotation as possible. He has tinkered with his take-back a lot, too.

Andre Agassi also tinkered with his serve.

The reality is, just like you can’t teach a pitcher how to pitch fast — the ability to throw a fastball is a talent you’re born with — developing a huge serve is impossible if you don’t have a live arm.

“The second serve is still probably the weakest part of Nadal’s game, though on clay he’s not as susceptible to being hurt because he gets a lot of kick on it. One thing you can learn from Nadal is to keep doing the same thing if you’re winning points.

He serves high to Federer’s backhand over and over because it works. He wouldn’t do it against, say, a tall guy with a great two-handed backhand like Juan Martin del Potro, because he’ll just start leaning into it and ripping it. It’s all about the matchup.”

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MARIA SHARAPOVA “She’s won a career Grand Slam, so it’s hard to knock Maria. Still, her serve is inconsistent because she has a tremendously high ball toss. Without perfect timing and perfect rhythm, a lot can go wrong. Ivan Lendl had a high toss, too, but he was able to handle it much better. Maria is very tall, and so were Ivanisevic and Krajicek, two of the best servers ever, but they had simple motions and made contact with the ball almost as soon as

it came out of their hand. Maria waits and waits before making contact. Ideally, you don’t want to toss the ball too high.

“She goes for too much on her first serve and doesn’t have a lot of racket speed on her second, especially when things get tight, so she doesn’t have great margin or kick on it. Club players need to put more effort into making their first and second serves closer in terms of speed, with the same motion.”

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2013 The Year Ahead in Golf

According to the Mayan calendar, the world should have ended in 2012.

But with the new year safely here, we continue our annual tradition and team up with a few game-loving pals to boldly state our golf predictions for the season ahead. The green jacket? It’ll go to an Aussie (if a Belgian doesn’t play spoiler). The new must-play course? It’s not where you ever dreamed it would be. In golf, as in life, no one knows the future. Except us. Mark these forecasts on your calendar, Mayan or not. If they come true, give us kudos. If they don’t, hey, it’s not the end of the world. by

Josh Sens

Darren Carroll

Who Could Steal Tiger’s Spotlight?

Listen to his pat replies at news conferences (“I’m close,” “I just need more reps”), and it’s fair to wonder if Tiger Woods is living in denial. It’s also reasonable to think that about those who insist that the world’s former No. 1 will someday dominate again. Get real, people.

Too many young alpha males now prowl

the Tour for Tiger to ever rule as he once did. Question is, which of them is ready to replace Tiger? “Let’s get this straight,” says Golf Channel’s Damon Hack. “No one will ever dominate the way Tiger used to.”

Even Rory McIlroy? “Rory’s an interesting case,” Hack says. “He’s not the next Tiger.

But he has a fifth gear that is Tiger-like.”

Prediction: Though Rory won’t win majors at Tiger’s former clip (that’s something else that won’t ever happen again) or move the TV-ratings needle as Tiger once did, he’ll use 2013 to firm up his No. 1 ranking and further distance himself from the pack.

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Best Bets at the Majors, Literally The Masters

U.S. Open

British Open

PGA Championship

When:

April 11-14

June 13-16

July 17-21

Aug. 8-11

Pick:

Adam Scott

Jim Furyk

Ernie Els

Dustin Johnson

Odds:

33 to 1

50 to 1

33 to 1

25 to 1

Reason:

Sure, no Aussie has ever won the Masters, but Palmer says: “Adam Scott has performed like Usain Bolt at Augusta the last two years, starting sluggishly before finishing like an express train. If he can get out of the blocks a little quicker this time, he will take all the beating. Expect Scott to be focused, eager to avenge his collapse at [the British Open] last year, and look for him to overpower the Cathedral in the Pines.”

“Jim Furyk had the U.S. Open title at his mercy at Olympic Club last June — his accuracy and grinding ability standing him in excellent stead on a fiddly little layout — and the old warhorse can deliver another bold bid for major glory at a similar venue. A Pennsylvania native, Furyk will enjoy plenty of support at Merion and can carefully plot his way to a winning total.”

“Ernie Els will be a double defending champion at Muirfield in July — he won the title last year with a majestic late flourish and was also holding the Claret Jug aloft the last time Muirfield staged the Open in 2002. The Big Easy is not getting any younger and has a lovehate relationship with his putter, but the Open is the tournament when the South African legend always comes alive and fancies his chances.”

“Dustin Johnson is young and talented enough to challenge Rory McIlroy for the world No. 1 spot. What’s more, the American slugger has been threatening to become a major champion for three years. With recently improved putting to go along with his powerhouse game, expect Johnson to break through in front of a passionate New York crowd.”

Nicolas Colsaerts

John Huh

Branden Grace

Rickie Fowler

“The Belgian Bomber has won twice on the European Tour and tied for seventh at the 2012 British Open before playing in his first Ryder Cup, at Medinah. His most potent asset, as his nickname suggests, is his eye-popping power, which will serve him well at Augusta. The last Masters first-timer to go home wearing green was Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979; look for Colsaerts to join Fuzzy in select company.”

“I know what you’re saying: ‘Huh?’ But hear me out. The guy is a precocious talent who finished 6th in just his second start on the PGA Tour, and picked up his first win three events later. He’s a mature 22, he can handle pressure, and he can putt, which you need at the Open. Plus, Merion is an old course with some interesting quirks, and Huh is just the kind of quirky winner the course could send our way.”

“Yes, another South African will win in 2013, but it won’t be Ernie or Louis [Oosthuizen]. This time around, the name will be Branden, as in Branden Grace, as in the guy who won four times on the European Tour in 2012 and is now in the world’s top 40. Casual observers will scratch their heads when he raises the jug, but fans-in-the-know would have seen this moment coming.”

“Rickie got a huge monkey off his back in 2012 when he won his first event on the PGA Tour. And he did it at Quail Hollow [in Charlotte, N.C.], a big, brawny tree-lined course, not unlike Oak Hill. I think the course sets up well for him, but so does the timing. He’s only 24, but he’s done so much already. Winning in college, starring in the Ryder Cup. He’s ready to take that winning to the next stage.”

Where:

Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Ga.

Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pa.

Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland

Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, N.Y.

Spoiler Alert Sure, Palmer has his stat-based reasons Pick: for picking the aforementioned stars Reason: to win this year’s majors. But some of the Tour’s less-heralded or other young guns could well sneak up and play the role of spoiler. Alan Bastable, a senior editor at Golf Magazine, thinks these four dynamos have a good shot at doing just that. We do, too — so don’t be surprised if the unexpected happens.

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Any golf pundit can pontificate. Only a rare few put their money where their mouth is. Among the boldest is Steve Palmer, a golf tipster for the Racing Post in England, where sports gambling is legal and betting is the butter on a guy like Palmer’s bread.

Look to the right for his tips. Don’t worry, there’s still time to fly to London to get your money down.

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Bye-fur-KAY-shun

Golf’s Latest Lingo

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To your golf lexicon, already larded with insider language (gimme, three-jack, big dog, shank), add this $10 word: bifurcation. It refers to the prospect of the game adopting two sets of rules: one for the pros and one for everyone else. Sounds simple enough. But the idea has sparked heated debates over a range of topics, from the debate over the legality of long putters on Tour to the growing calls for the use of limited-flight golf balls, the better to rein in big-hitting pros. Bye-fur-KAY-shun. You might as well master the pronunciation. You’ll be hearing it a lot this year.

Prediction: For all the momentum behind bifurcation, golf is a game bound by tradition, and tradition will ultimately hold sway, says Hack: “As mysterious as the rules of golf are, the last thing the game needs are two sets of rules. The beauty of golf is that one set of rules governs all. A hazard for Tiger is the same as a hazard for you and me.” Expect the griping to swell this year over rules and equipment, but don’t expect the old guard to give way.

The New Guru?

He’s the golf world’s Yoda, a soft-spoken sage with a famous student, preaching his teachings from a quiet locale. For most of his career, Michael Bannon, Rory McIlroy’s longtime swing coach, has worked at sleepy Bangor Golf Club in Northern Ireland, far removed from the media spotlight. This year, though, Bannon emerges from seclusion to hit the road as McIlroy’s full-time traveling instructor. Sure, his first allegiance is to Rory, but now he’ll be out in the public eye. Given the results Bannon has shown, he’s bound to be a sought-after commodity on a Tour where everyone is always looking for an edge.

Prediction: “At the outset, I’m sure Bannon will do his best to remain under the radar, and the McIlroy camp will want to keep him close,” Bastable says. “But that’s going to be hard once he’s out there day to day. Guys are going to see him on the road and on the range, and they’re going to want to know his secrets. Don’t be surprised if Bannon starts working his magic on some other big names, too.”

The Next Course You’ll Want to Play Golf in Nicaragua? “Right,” we hear you saying. “More people play golf on the moon.”

That’s about to change with the emergence of Mukul Luxury Resort & Spa, set to open in February with an attention-grabbing 18-hole course. Its designer, David McLay Kidd, is a kilt-wearing Scotsman, best known for Bandon Dunes, his wind-buffeted links in southwest Oregon. At Mukul, he’ll show his skills in more balmy conditions, with a layout that spills through tropical forests and along ocean bluffs before finishing on a white-sand beach. Mukul is the Mayan word for “secret.”

It won’t remain that way for long.

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America’s Cup?

Prediction: The Cup will remain in American hands in 2013, Bastable says. “After a disheartening loss at Medinah, the U.S. side won’t allow another beat-down at home. Look for the Americans to win this one going-away.”

Shake-Up in the Ladies’ Game

She was the queen of women’s golf, a smiling assassin, a young Tiger Woods with two X chromosomes. American fans were beginning to embrace her. Then Yani Tseng had a bad week, which became a monthlong slump, which dragged on through the end of the 2012 season.

As Tseng struggled, a few young contenders shined.

Stacy Lewis won three times. Jiyai Shin claimed her second career major. The women’s tour now seemed like anybody’s game. An optimist might tell you that’s a good thing. But a skeptic would insist that the LPGA Tour needs a star to captivate the public. Are there any contenders? Kay Cockerill, a two-time U.S. Women’s Amateur Champion turned Golf Channel commentator and on-course NBC Sports reporter, has a few ideas.

Lydia Ko, Age 15 “This past year, she became the youngest winner ever on the LPGA Tour … as an amateur! You watch her, and you forget she’s only 15. She has a great sense of calm and maturity and whatever that secret ingredient is that allows you to play your best golf under pressure. Her win [at the CN Canadian Women’s Open] was no fluke. Don’t look for her to turn pro next year. She says she wants to go to college, maybe Stanford. She’ll play many of the big events, and don’t be surprised if she’s right near the top.”

Jessica Korda, Age 19 “She’s relatively new to the pro game, but she’s an enormous natural talent. Her father is [former Australian Open tennis champ] Petr Korda, and she has his athletic makeup, along with the maturity that comes from being around competitive sports.

It also helps that she won for the first time this past year, which takes some weight off her shoulders. There should be more of that in 2013.”

Cheyenne Woods, Age 22 “She’s Tiger Woods’ niece, so she has been dealing with elevated expectations from day one. And the way she has dealt with all of it is really impressive. She has a great attitude, charming personality, and a solid game to go along with it. You put all of that together, along with that last name, and crowds are going to follow her wherever she goes.”

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Bedeviled as they are by the Europeans at the Ryder Cup — think Medinah last year — America’s best golfers seem to have a handle on the rest of the world. Or so it seems from the biennial Presidents Cup, which the U.S. team hasn’t lost since 1998. In October, the competition returns to American soil, at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.

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Will Monty Have His Senior Moment?

For many of us, turning 50 marks the onset of an existential crisis. For Tour pros, it’s the start of a new career. A number of big names will have hit the midcentury mark before the start of the 2013-14 season, including Vijay Singh, Brandel Chamblee, and Rocco Mediate. But the most intriguing is Colin Montgomerie, the Scottish stalwart and favorite pincushion of American golf fans, who needled him relentlessly whenever he set foot on these shores. Monty has a glowing résumé, with one giant asterisk: He never won a major. He has said he’d like to try for one on the Champions Tour.

Prediction: Second careers allow for second chances, and Monty will make good on his. A famously straight driver, he finished an agonizing second in three U.S. Opens.

He’ll get over the hump, at last, at the 2013 U.S. Senior Open at Omaha Country Club in Nebraska (July 11-14).

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How We Did Last Year

Which Cub Will Spring From the Pack?

Follow pro golf closely and you start to see the Tour as the sports world’s Lion King, an entertaining illustration of the circle of life. Every year, the veterans get a little older — and every year, feisty cubs mature, eager to claim their rightful place. Though the line of ascension is rarely set in stone, there’s no denying some emerging talents. So we asked Sean Martin, who covers the amateur and pro ranks for Golfweek magazine, to pick out a youngster with the game and gumption to scrape out his first win on Tour.

Prediction: “University of Washington senior Chris Williams, the world’s No. 1 amateur [who claimed the prestigious Western Amateur Championship last year], will turn pro in 2013. He’s a name people should get to know,” Martin says. “He plays with a 10-fingered grip, which makes him somewhat unconventional. But that’s also partly why he’s such a great player. He’s a guy who has worked hard and figured a lot of things out on his own. If anyone can step up his game to win on Tour, I’d go with him.”

Every preview deserves a review, so let’s look at how we did in 2012. In these pages, Golf Magazine’s Cameron Morfit predicted that Tiger Woods would return to his winning ways, maybe even in the majors.

(Not bad: Woods won three events, though none of the four biggies.) Morfit also said Luke Donald would solidify his top spot in the world rankings. (Not quite; he dropped to No. 3 behind Rory McIlroy and Woods.)

Gazing through his crystal ball, Golf Channel’s Charlie Rymer foresaw a green jacket for Rickie Fowler.

Sorry, Charlie. Fowler finished tied for 27th at the Masters. Still, Rymer was onto something; Fowler did nab his first win as a pro. And how ’bout that Ryder Cup? We predicted Europe would win in a “nail-biter,” which is exactly what happened, though some might say the U.S. wound up choking on its nails. While we didn’t raise the specter of a subpar year for the LPGA’s Suzann Pettersen (she went winless, and fell from 2 to 7 in the world rankings), we did foresee ascendance for Stacy Lewis, who won three times, carding 14 top-10 finishes along the way (ka-ching for her, and another win for us!). And give us props for predicting that an amateur would win in the pro ranks in 2012, as Lydia Ko did. (OK, so we said it would happen on the PGA Tour, not the LPGA Tour; gender aside, though, that’s a pretty good call.) Bottom line: some hits, some misses.

But this is golf. Not even the greatest make them all.

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Odd Couples With craft beer all the rage now, it’s time you discovered beertails, effervescent microbrews mixed with finer spirits. Mixologists swear these four thirst-quenchers will have you bellying up to the bar.

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K AY L E I G H K U L P GREG MILANO

P H OT O G R A P H Y BY

“This beertail’s dynamic flavors hit the spot — even when it’s too cold outside to barbecue — by blending summer’s mesquite and fruity flavors with winter’s warming mix of whiskey and maple syrup.”

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“Smoky and bitter with a hint of heat and slight tartness, this cocktail is both warming and refreshing.”

— Ashley Routson, founder of beermixology.com and mixologist at Bison Brewing in Berkeley, Calif.

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— Francesco Lafranconi, executive director of mixology and spirits education for Southern Wine & Spirits of Nevada in Las Vegas

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“A twist on the classic Bee’s Knees cocktail

by Frank Meier of the Ritz Bar in Paris.

The white ale complements the acidity of the lemon juice and dense sweetness of the honey syrup. The drink is refreshing, clean, and not too boozy.”

— Timothy Faulkner, H&F Bottle Shop archivist and former bartender at Atlanta’s Restaurant Eugene and Sauced

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“Based on the Dark and Stormy cocktail, which is amazingly complex, rich, and delicious, this drink takes it to another level. It’s great with bold-flavored foods.”

— Adam Seger, Chicagobased consulting mixologist, advanced sommelier, certified culinary professional, and creator of Hum, a botanical liqueur

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3 Dark & Stoutly

1-1/2 ounces rye whiskey 3/4 ounce maple syrup 3/4 ounce lemon juice 1 ounce egg whites 5 ounces peach lambic beer mesquite salt or dry rub barbecue bitters

1-1/2 ounces 15-year rum 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice 1-1/2 ounces ginger habanero syrup (recipe follows) 5 ounces chilled stout beer lime wedge

Vigorously shake the whiskey, syrup, lemon juice, and egg whites. Strain into a double old-fashioned glass half full of ice. Top with the beer and a pinch of the mesquite salt or dry rub.

Finish with five drops of bitters.

Stir all ingredients except beer and lime wedge with ice. Strain into a goblet half full of ice. Top with beer and garnish with a lime wedge.

2 Smokin’ Hops 1 ounce Joven or blanco mezcal 1/2 ounce lemon juice 1/2 ounce agave nectar 2 dashes Tapatío or other hot sauce 4-1/2 ounces American IPA lemon peel Shake all ingredients except for the beer and lemon peel with ice. Strain into a pint glass filled with ice, top with the beer, and garnish with lemon peel.

Ginger Habanero Syrup 1 quart turbinado or raw sugar 1 fresh habanero pepper, seeded and chopped 1 pound fresh ginger, sliced with skin on 3 cups water Combine all ingredients and simmer on a stove for about 3 minutes to dissolve sugar.

Cool, strain, and refrigerate up to three weeks.

4 Bee’s Nest 1 ounce London Dry gin 3/4 ounce lemon juice 3/4 ounce honey syrup (recipe follows) 4 ounces white ale Shake all ingredients except the beer and strain into an ice-filled Collins glass. Top with white ale.

Honey Syrup 2 parts honey 1 part hot water Mix ingredients until dissolved.

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Asia Rising Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan, China

Guangzhou, China Bagan, Burma

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Mandalay, Burma Hanoi, Vietnam

Danang, Vietnam Bangkok, Thailand Phnom Penh, Cambodia Kerala, India

Borneo

Republic of Singapore Bintan, Indonesia

Bali, Indonesia

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Okinawa, Japan

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Venture east to this rapidly changing continent and you’ll be captivated by countries formerly off-limits, cities modernizing at a fast pace, remote islands now luring the luxury market, and more. Here, we put you in the middle of all the intriguing action.

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BURMA

WHERE TIME STOOD STILL Cruising through this land of Buddhas unveils a mystical place that’s no longer cut off from the modern world

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, barefoot and shorn bald, wades to the front of the kneeling crowd facing a 12-foot gold Buddha at Mandalay’s Mahamuni Temple. Hiking up the rough fabric of his burgundy robe, he collapses his lanky frame to the ground, touching his forehead to the carpet in meditation.

On the altar, supplicants apply fresh gold leaf to the radiant statue. Just as I lift my camera to capture the scene, the monk, prayers complete, reaches into his satchel, retrieves an iPad, and trains the tablet’s digital eye on the idol to snap a similar shot.

Even the country’s 400,000 or so monks seem excited by the treasures of Burma, also called Myanmar, these days. And eager to embrace what 50-some years of military rule long denied the country’s people — access to

technology and contact with the outside world.

Deeply Buddhist and largely rural, Burma has emerged post-pariahstate as the new focus of the Asian circuit, a uniquely time-arrested destination of rice paddies, horse carts, and golden pagodas. Only a few years ago Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi warned travelers away to protest the regime that held her under periodic house arrest for nearly 15 years. The country was choked by top-down control since the military coup of 1962 but began to open up in 2010. That year, the Lady (alias for the democracy advocate when speaking her real name drew suspicion) was released, and just last spring she won election to Parliament.

Since her high-profile 2011 meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hundreds of political prisoners have

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Orient-Express’ Road to Mandalay

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our operators are now racing into Burma, but few have the expertise of luxury leader Orient-Express, which has been guiding here since 1995. In October, I boarded its refurbished river ship, the 43-cabin Road to Mandalay, making it my plush base from which to explore the developing country wedged among China, India, and Thailand.

A welcome haven from the hot, dusty roads of Mandalay, where I fly in, the 82-passenger, 333-foot-long Road to Mandalay was rebuilt after 2008 Cyclone Nargis nearly destroyed it. The ship now houses enlarged, woodtrimmed staterooms that resemble tasteful hotel rooms rather than typically crammed cruise cabins. A top-deck swimming pool and sofa-filled lounge offer outdoor exposure from blushing daybreak to starry night. The dining room, one deck down, lays out Burmese salads and curries at lunch, while multicourse dinner menus offer both Asian and Western options. A piano bar, library, gym, and spa boost the ship’s role as a floating resort.

A mix of Americans, Brits, and assorted worldly expats, my fellow passengers relish the opportunity to see Burma before it changes. “We were in Angkor Wat 20 years ago, which is now overrun,” a New Zealand consultant living in Singapore tells me as we watch more than 2,000 candlelit lanterns float downstream in a romantic post-dinner spectacle the crew organized one night. “We want to see this before it gets crowded.”

For nearly nine months each year the cruiser plies the Irrawaddy River between the central towns of Mandalay, where my trip begins, and Bagan, 128 navigable miles southwest by boat. “We believe the Irrawaddy River belongs to us because it originates here,” says my guide, San Phyo Aye. “The history of the country is along the river.”

Beginning in Mandalay, the story unfolds in reverse, from its present military stronghold to Bagan’s ancient monastic culture — the two periods linked by the broad, milky river and a lush floodplain where draft animals plow high land peppered with gleaming temples that spire above the trees.

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andalay— seat of the last Burmese dynasty, toppled in 1885 by British colonists keen for teak wood, oil, and rubies — buzzes with energy. The government recently began allowing foreigners to own land, and locals say the Chinese have flooded into the city, flipping investment properties, opening shopping malls, and building roads. But there’s a shadowy frisson at odds with the tranquillity of Buddhist monasteries and temples. At the 19th-century Mandalay Palace, I see a billboard that reads, “The Tatmadaw shall never betray the national cause,” a reminder of the military regime headquartered within that still largely controls power in the country.

Moored in Mandalay the first night, the ship offers sweeping

panoramas of teak barges and bamboo rafts on their way downriver from the forests in the north. Behind them, on the opposite shore, hundreds of Buddhist temples and golden stupas seed the Sagaing hills, the sacred center of Burma, home to more than 500 monasteries.

Just as Christianity is central to Rome’s attractions, the Buddhism practiced by about 90 percent of the people is key to understanding Burma. Just before 7 the next morning, I join San in a walk from the dock through the neighboring village of Shwe Kyet Yet on the outskirts of Mandalay to see the practice in action. Monks ranging from schoolboys to septuagenarians solemnly wander from one wood house to the next with their alms bowls, quietly collecting rice and other food from the residents. “You see people giving steamed rice even if they don’t have enough for themselves,” says San, noting most Burmese donate 25 to 30 percent of their income to their religion through food, gold, or money. Later we will visit gold-leaf workshops and marble statuary studios

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been released and the U.S. has eased its economic sanctions. Suu Kyi now publicly encourages responsible tourism to the region rhapsodized by writers like Rudyard Kipling, whose nostalgic 1892 poem “Mandalay” extols “the sunshine an[d] the palm trees an[d] the tinkly temple-bells.”

Sail between Mandalay and Bagan in three-, four- and sevennight itineraries October through April, with a few additional dates in July. Three-night fares start at $2,520 and include all shore excursions and domestic flights.

In July, the Orient-Express launches a smaller, second ship, the 200-foot Orcaella. The 25-cabin vessel will make 11-night trips up the more remote Chindwin River to the dramatic gorges near Bhamo from the commercial center of Yangon, as well as seven-night trips between Yangon and Bagan on the Irrawaddy. From $5,040 for seven nights.

800-524-2420, orient-express.com — E.G.

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producing countless Buddhas — work that, like the offerings, bestows merit. “They believe in reincarnation and want to invest in the future,” he adds. Buddhist practice, which stresses focus on the present rather than the past, reportedly helped Suu Kyi endure captivity. “We Burmese,” laughs San, “are easy to forget and easy to forgive.”

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urmese kindness and fervor are on abundant display in the ancient city of Bagan, a day’s sail downriver from Mandalay, where the country’s 11th-century conversion to Buddhism led to the building of more than 5,000 temples and stupas across a riverside plain here in the ensuing 200 years. More than 2,000 of them remain, their steeples stretching to the horizon amid fields harrowed and sown with sesame and millet.

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Other Ways to See Burma

1 Abercrombie & Kent. Its 11-day small-group tour includes three nights aboard the Road to Mandalay along with two nights at Inle Lake, featuring floating markets and craft workshops; a hot-air balloon ride over Bagan; a day at Mount Popa, home to the mischievous spirits known as nats; and two nights in Yangon.

Four departures February through November, from $6,495. 800-554-7016, abercrombiekent.com

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1 Backroads. The active travel company introduces eight-day bikingfocused trips that visit sacred Mount Popa and Inle Lake and make stops in Bagan and Yangon. Fourteen departures in 2013 (plus two additional departures next December that follow the same route but focus on hiking), from $4,398.

800-462-2848, backroads.com 1 Pacific Delight Tours. This Asia specialist’s 11-day “Myanmar Discovery” trip includes a night in Bangkok, three in Bagan, a riverboat excursion from Mandalay, two nights at Inle Lake, and a night in Yangon. Twelve departures in 2013, from $3,859. 800-221-7179, pacificdelighttours.com — E.G.

anachronistic way to tour, trundle past temples that look like palaces. Vendors, the tourism boom’s sure sign, work the entries of larger temples, selling postcards, decorated lacquer boxes, and elephant marionettes.

But no one begs, and a tip still surprises drivers and guides.

Despite the numbers, each temple appears unique. Some 1,482 niches and windows riddle Ananda Temple, filled with 12th-century reliefs relating Buddha’s life. Lit only by perforated window screens, and a lamp our guide carries, the muraled walls of dim Gubyaukgyi Temple depict hundreds of the leader’s reincarnations from animal to human forms. Even modest unnamed temples hold Buddha sculptures freshly adorned with ginger blossoms or the faded palette of 800-year-old figure paintings.

In addition to excavating the past, Road to Mandalay excursions thoughtfully explore contemporary Burmese life.

In Bagan’s teeming Nyaung Oo market, we inch past stalls heaped with eggplant, betel-nut leaves, the pounded-tree paste called thanaka that women dab on their cheeks as beauty marks and sunscreen, and men’s plaid longyis, saronglike cotton wraps.

In a rural farming community nearby, I bounce a red rubber ball with a toddler while her grandmother washes cabbage at a pump and a team of plowharnessed oxen jangle past, heading to the fields.

Just before sunset, I climb four stories up one pagoda for a parting panorama of the terra-cotta plains sprouting stupas as far as the eye can see. A busload of Thai tourists pulls up. Several Italians arrive in a horse carriage. A few American backpackers come by bike. Amid the steeples silhouetted against a softening sky, Bagan still feels remote. But the world is, clearly, on its way.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Next Great Style Center PLACE: Contrasts fundamentally define Cambodia’s capital and largest city, dramatically

set at the confluence of the Bassac, Mekong, and Tonle Sap rivers. The city is undeniably Southeast Asian with its frenetic energy and sensory assault, yet its French Colonial past lends it a certain gentility. Its overarching Buddhist spirit stands in defiance to its decades of political chaos and civil war, and ramshackle houses and winding street markets sit in the shadow of grand palaces. Drivers even pedal rickshaw tricycles about the streets alongside the latest luxury cars.

WHY NOW: It’s a city on the verge, with skyscrapers popping up, glitzy shopping malls opening, and enterprising expats and Cambodians opening stylish shops, restaurants, galleries, and lounges, turning it into one of Southeast Asia’s hippest metropolises.

1 DRINK: Le Moon Terrace Bar, atop the riverfront Amanjaya Pancam Hotel, offers 180-degree views of the Tonle Sap River and the Royal Palace, just a short walk away. Order a Khmer Happiness, a blend of locally made rice wine, melon syrup, and fresh lemon juice. amanjaya-pancam-hotel.com 1 EAT: Frizz, near the Royal Palace, dishes out conventional Khmer cuisine like fish amok, a coconut fish curry cooked and served in a banana leaf bowl. frizz-restaurant.com 1 SHOP: Artisans Angkor provides instruction for young Cambodians in ancient Khmer arts and crafts, including lacquer work, stone carving, and silk painting. The boutique, in front of the Phnom Penh Post Office, sells beautiful table runners, throw pillows, lacquer boxes, and the like. artisansdangkor.com Madagascar-born designer Eric Raisina collaborates with local artisans to revive silk weaving, which nearly died out during the Khmer Rouge regime. Stock up on his finely wrought frocks at his eponymous boutique, a quick stroll from the Independence Monument. ericraisina.com — ELIZABETH WOODSON W I N T E R 2013

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

and the cultural shows at the

Next Great Cultural Capital

UAE Pavilion, an exhibition

PLACE: An oceanfront oasis,

a marble-clad visual marvel.

Abu Dhabi is very much a modern construct. The desert sands of the U.A.E. capital have birthed countless skyscrapers, ritzy hotels, a Ferrari-themed

and events space. Back on the mainland, don’t miss the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, the emirate’s main place of worship, Look for even more culture to come ashore, with the destination investing heavily to

THE SIAM

art and architectural hot spots.

BACKSTORY This high-rise in busy downtown Thai rock star Krissada Sukosol represents the Thai debut of Clapp and his wealthy BangkokSofitel’s hip So brand. based family opened this 39-suite retreat in the gentile Dusit neighborhood last June.

1 An outpost of Paris’

— and an army of cranes signal

Louvre is scheduled to open

more is on the way. But it’s not

in 2015.

all modern and man-made

1 The Zayed National Museum, which chronicles

Islamic and Bedouin heritage

the late Sheikh Zayed’s

at its traditional souk and

accomplishments and was

government-run women’s

imagined by Norman Foster, is

handicraft center, museums

set for a 2016 debut.

focused on U.A.E. ethnography, and Old World shipyard where you can learn about Arabic boat-building practices.

1 In 2017, look for a Frank Gehry-designed outpost of New York’s Guggenheim, and, soon thereafter, a performing

WHY NOW: Abu Dhabi’s

Two Stylish New Hotels

rank as one of the world’s top

park, and luxury shopping malls

here. The emirate showcases its

Bangkok, Thailand

arts center dreamed up by Zaha

thriving gallery scene

Hadid and a maritime museum

showcases some of the Middle

created by Tadao Ando. — E.W.

East’s most engaging and

SOFITEL SO

LOOK Rooms evoke the Siamese glamour The 238 rooms (all with floor-toof yesteryear with their exquisite ceiling windows) and public spaces art and antiques (historic maps, come in different-themed motifs Old World curios, abstract figure modeled after the five elements — drawings), and one 100-plus-year-old water, earth, wood, fire, and metal. traditional teak home now serves as a sprawling pool villa.

FOOD Creative, Thai-inspired dishes at Chon Thai, the hotel’s signature restaurant and cooking school in a cluster of teakwood houses

Dining is all about the scene — sip on sundowners followed by a dinner of Thai fusion fare at the buzzy rooftop Park Society & Hi So restaurant and bar.

STANDOUT AMENITIES Two Evian-designed facials at An authentic Muay Thai boxing the spa, and artisanal handmade ring. Book a class with the on-site chocolates at the Chocolab café trainer to learn the ancient art.

411 From $530. thesiamhotel.com

provocative talents. On Saadiyat

From $155. 800-221-4542; sofitel.com

Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou

Island, check out the exhibits at visitor’s center-slash-art

CUTTING EDGE: The Zayed National Museum is slated to open in 2016.

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Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou (China) Expect spectacular city views at this chic, 344-room hotel on the top floors of one of Asia’s tallest towers. From $330.

800-819-5053; fourseasons.com/ guangzhou

InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort (Vietnam) This 197-room retreat on the Son Tra Peninsula wows with its pristine beachfront. From $200. 888-424-6835; intercontinental.com/ danang

The Regent Bali Primly perched on Bali’s Sanur beach, this 95room hideaway brings a dose of sophistication to the island’s southern coast. From $850.

866-630-5890; regenthotels.com/ en/Bali

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gallery Manarat Al Saadiyat,

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BIG SHOW: Impression Lijiang uses the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain for its backdrop.

YUNNAN, CHINA

SLEEPING BEAUTY

Remote province now luring curious Westerners. What you’ll want to see and do there.

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CARLA TRACY

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JOSEPH GUINTO

OLD STATUES ABOVE the Songzanlin Monastery’s main temple glitter in the day’s first light. A thousand yards below, down a ridge and into a valley of the Gyalthang, fog floats over brown farmland, making the monastery appear to be hovering above the clouds. In Shangri-La County, in south-central China’s Yunnan province, at one of the region’s holiest sites for the Khampa Tibetan people, ethereal daybreaks are not uncommon.

The undulating topography of the mountains and valleys, and a humid, but cold climate, ensure that.

But few Westerners see this vaporous sight. Yunnan, about 1,700 miles southwest of Beijing and Shanghai, has long seemed too far away — too foreign, perhaps — and too difficult for outsiders to explore. No more. As one of China’s most physically alluring and ethnically diverse provinces, Yunnan has begun attracting more visitors from around the world. Tour companies like Abercrombie & Kent have seen a growing interest in the province as China’s provincial government and private developers invest heavily in Yunnan’s infrastructure, helping the region to emerge as one of the most intriguing places to see in China’s vast interior.

If Yunnan intrigues you, here are six things you must see and do when you visit.

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Applaud the Arts, Outside

Even Broadway’s best set designer couldn’t compete with this kind of backdrop — the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. In the foothills of this 18,360-foot Himalaya peak, director Zhang Yimou has built a dramatic red amphitheater and crafted Impression Lijiang, a show big enough to stand out against the mountains behind it.

Zhang knows from big shows.

He directed the glittering opening ceremonies for Beijing’s 2008 Summer Olympics. Like those ceremonies, Impression Lijiang celebrates China’s unique culture — in this case, its ethnic minorities. The show, which features about 400 performers from the area around the Yunnan city of Lijiang and 100 horses, uses local folk songs, dances, and the traditions of nearly a

dozen Chinese ethnic minorities to tell stories of love, loss, the tea trade, and even drunkenness.

Set, alternatively, to massive pounding drums and soft wooden flutes, these stories are mostly those of the Naxi, the largest ethnic minority in the Lijiang area.

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Cure What Ails You: Visit Baisha Village

After watching a dramatic interpretation of Naxi life, you will next want to see where the real thing plays out. The village of Baisha, capital of the Naxi Kingdom until the 13th century, remains occupied today. Women sell vegetables in tiny markets and men crowd tiny tables to play Chinese chess. Village structures house murals dating to the Ming Dynasty that depict the Naxi culture’s willingness to adopt W I N T E R 2013

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MEDICINE MAN: In Baisha, Dr. Ho practices holistic healing methods.

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outside influences. Also here, wedged between blocks of local shops, is Dr. Ho, a 90-year-old medicine man who still works and speaks to visitors about the Naxi’s traditional holistic healing methods. His cures come from wild herbs foraged from the nearby Jade Dragon mountain.

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Follow the Chinese

In the 13th century, the Naxi’s ruling class moved from Baisha to what is now Old Town Lijiang, a UNESCO World Heritage site revered for its freshwater canals, tiny bridges, and traditional Naxistyle architecture dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties. It’s also home to Jade Spring Park, where temples and pavilions sit along Black Dragon Pool, traversed by a white marble bridge.

Old Town draws plenty of Chinese tourists, many who rent costumes from vendors so they can dress as the local ethnic minorities in snapshots.

Most Chinese are Han, but there are more than 50 ethnic minorities in the country, and some 25 different groups live in Yunnan, which has made the region popular with the newly prosperous Chinese.

Most of Old Town’s centuriesold buildings have been converted into trinket shops or food stalls offering everything from noodles to barbecued piglets. It’s also home to dozens of tea shops, with the larger ones offering tastings and lessons on proper Chinese tea service.

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Find Mao

Symbolic images of Mao Zedong are declining in modern China, but see one reminder of Mao’s influence and the Han culture’s dominance just outside Lijiang’s Old Town. A statue of a saluting Mao stands on a busy roadside near shops selling Nike shoes and LA Lakers jerseys.

Abercrombie & Kent’s China

specialist, Gerald Hatherly, says the statue is one of the few still remaining in China’s frontier.

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Gorge Yourself

Between Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Haba Snow Mountain (snow tops both peaks year-round), the Yangtze River has carved Hu Tiao Xia (“Tiger Leaping Gorge”), which runs for nine miles and drops as much as 700 feet. The adventurous can trek the entire length of the gorge on foot, passing numerous waterfalls along the way. The less ambitious can walk along winding paths that have been carved into either mountainside.

Signs warn, “Is careful falls the stone. Please depend on the dike to pass rapidly.” Translation: Rockslides are a constant danger, so keep it moving.

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See Tibet, Sort Of

Lhasa is the literal and spiritual heart of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, which lies just northwest of Yunnan.

But given the ongoing tensions between China’s central government and the local population, Lhasa has also long been home to a very visible military presence, and entry there requires special permission from the Chinese government.

Not so for Shangri-La, a town of about 130,000 in the foothills of Yunnan’s Hengduan Mountains, elevation 12,000 feet. Most residents are Tibetan, and it’s home to several historic temples, including Songzanlin Monastery, a village unto itself. Surrounded by farms and herds of yaks, the monastery consists of about 200 ramshackle buildings, most of them residences for 700 monks.

BOOKING DETAILS: Abercrombie & Kent offers three ways to see Yunnan: private travel and individualized itineraries; five-day tours of Yunnan that can be added on to its other China tour packages; and its 15-day “China: Yangtze Passage” tour that focuses mostly on Yunnan, with Shanghai and Beijing also included. 800-554-7016; abercrombiekent.com

Okinawa, Japan

Next Great Island Escape PLACE: Most Americans know this group of 160-plus Japanese islands for their World War II history. But for the Japanese, their distinction is more positive, given their talcum sand beaches, jungledraped interiors, reef-filled waters, subtropical climate, and funky, laid-back vibe. Their distance from the motherland (they’re closer to Taipei) means they’re home to a fiercely local culture — Okinawans have their own language and strong music and art traditions.

Even their food, influenced by Southeast Asia and China as much as it is by Japan, is unique.

WHY NOW: Okinawa has flown under the jet set’s radar, but that’s changing with the debut of two new luxury hotels.

1 At the Kise Country Club on the main island of Okinawa, the just-opened 97-room Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa has a golf course, spa, and amenities galore. Its main-island location makes it easy for visitors to tap into Okinawa’s unique attractions, including WWII museums and memorials and UNESCO World Heritage Site castles and shrines dating back to the 14th century. From $606. 800-5428680; ritzcarlton.com/okinawa 1 At the Hoshinoya Okinawa, on the tiny coral isle of Taketomi, 48 villas resemble the local village’s homes (though more upscale), with red-clay shingled roofs, stone walls, tatami mat rooms, and private gardens. Spend your days touring the picturesque town in a cart pulled by water buffaloes, enjoying workshops in traditional crafts, snorkeling the pristine waters, and dining on food that puts a creative spin on the customary eats, like ceviche made with prawns and big-fin reef squid. From $685. global.hoshinoresort.com/ hoshinoya_okinawa — E.W. W I N T E R 2013

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Kerala, India

Next Great Wellness Destination PLACE: The Indian medicine of Ayurveda — the Sanskrit word meaning the science of life — was purportedly born in this southwestern coastal Indian state many years ago. Today, physicians at hospitals and spas evaluate patients and prescribe a course of exercise (yoga and meditation), diet plans, herbal therapies, and body treatments to bring their doshas back into balance. But Kerala is more than Ayurveda: Beautiful beaches line the coast; canals, lakes, and villages, religious sites, and artistic havens captivate.

WHY NOW: Luxury resorts with expansive wellness facilities now cater to travelers who want to down dog their days away while still enjoying their 500-threadcount sheets and bottles of Dom. 1 One of the latest entries: the beachfront Vivanta

by Taj-Bekal, a 26-acre retreat near the 17th-century Fort of Bekal. A slew of Ayurvedic physicians staff its Jiva Spa, which features its own juice bar and Ayurvedic dining room. Check into one of its 71 rooms (many with private pools) to embark on a multiweek wellness program in a cosseting environment. From $270. 866-969-1825; vivantabytaj.com/bekal-kerala/ overview.html 1 The Singapore-based Banyan Tree hotel company plans to open the Banyan Tree Kerala, a 59-villa property on the private island of Nediyathuruthu, early this year. The resort’s Asian-themed spa boasts a dedicated Ayurveda center. Expect one of the region’s more elaborate arrival experiences: You’re conveyed through Kerala’s backwaters to the lobby in a traditional wooden boat. From $650. 800-591-0439; banyantree.com/en/kerala — E.W.

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HANOI, VIETNAM

TABLE-HOPPING, THE ASIAN WAY

City’s hot culinary scene ranges from gourmet cuisine courtesy of celebrity chefs to street food that’s too good to pass up, if you dare brave sometimes gritty conditions BY

MICHAEL KAPLAN

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, I landed in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. Now, after a few rejuvenating glasses of fresh-squeezed watermelon juice and a cup of green tea, I am already strategizing for upcoming meals. Or, more precisely, they are being strategized for me, courtesy of Bobby Chinn, lauded as Hanoi’s most famous chef. But this makes perfect sense, as I am here to sample North Vietnamese food as recommended by the city’s new crop of food obsessives: bloggers, chefs, proud locals, and ex-pats turned on by the region’s fresh, not-too-spicy-but-not-too-sweet, noodle-intensive, and often fried cuisine.

I place a call to chatty Chinn, who happens to be in media-intensive Saigon, south of Hanoi. “On the street, beyond the restaurants, you can get a really good meal, with incredible flavors,� he quickly advises. “A lot of the restaurant chefs do good food, but they do too many dishes. On the street, you see a lady in her pajamas expertly cooking just the one dish that her family has made for generations.�

He seems to prefer street eating to fine dining. Coming from a restaurateur, the sentiment surprises.

Still, I cab it from the hotel to Chinn’s eponymous joint, inside the French colonial mansion where he once resided. Downstairs, in the stylish cocktail lounge, well-dressed Vietnamese sip sangria. Upstairs, it feels like where the colonels and their paramours might have dined in Apocalypse Now. Wooden detailing, red silk curtains, and scattered rose petals dominate the space. Not purely Vietnamese, the food comes off as an Asian/Euro fusion. The meal’s highlight: perfectly blackened barramundi atop a bed of braised banana blossoms,

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the flowers that form on the bottoms of banana bunches. They proliferate in North Vietnam and accent many a menu.

On my taxi ride back to my hotel, I wonder why Chinn would be so rough on his trade. Then, looking out the backseat window, I notice street corners packed with makeshift restaurants.

Locals sit on low stools and eat heartily. Under harsh fluorescent lighting, they look very happy.

I wonder whether I ate in the wrong restaurant tonight.

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friend who visited Hanoi with Eric Ripert, chef of New York’s Le Bernardin, told me that I must check out the Hanoi Cooking Centre. So, on my first full day in Hanoi, her introduction has me joining chef Duyen Phan and an American family on a morning tour of Chau Long Market, famous as a place where merchants display oozingly ripe fruit and shoppers whiz around the aisles on motorcycles.

Loaded up with goods, Phan returns to the Centre’s kitchen and leads a cooking lesson. I watch and taste and am blown away by her scrumptious seafood spring rolls and tomato-based sand-crab soup. Just a couple of hours later, those dishes serve as a bridge to my first experience with Hanoi street food. That

happens at lunchtime, in the company of Monica “Nonna” Chong, a foodie who organizes weekly forays in which friends and acquaintances get together to hit a few places. She’s also in the process of creating a map of her favorite spots, with sale proceeds going to a local charity.

Monica, born in Singapore, raised in Australia, takes me to a long alley of food merchants — Hanoi’s equivalent of a food court, with shoulder-to-shoulder chefs whipping up their singular delicacies. Gritty and crowded, Ngo Dong Xuan resonates with energy as hungry locals pack the place, absorbing scents of charcoal-smoking pork, frying fish, grilling duck, and more spices than you can shake a ladle at. The cumulative result:

intoxicating. Monica pilots me to a small Formica-topped table, surrounded by low, plastic chairs.

We sit in what had once been a family’s living room but is now a commercial dining space. Rose petals do not litter the floor here.

Fans keep the air circulating and a soccer game plays on a bulky TV. Monica brings trays bearing snails with noodles, deep-fried eel with glass noodles, more noodles with tofu — all wonderful, especially when punched up with tasty dipping sauces. “I brought the stinky sauce,” she says, pointing out a murky pool. “Just so you can taste it.”

Taking in the crowds gathered in front of various concessions, she adds: “For me, this food is guaranteed fresh. Find a stall with loads of turnover. That promises

THE LONGEST HAUL There are no direct flights between the U.S. and Hanoi, so a stop at an Asian hub is necessary. Connecting on the way home, I check out Singapore Airlines’ nonstop service. Flight time from Singapore to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey clocks in at a hefty 18 hours and 55 minutes, making it the longest haul in commercial aviation. On some airlines, being cooped up high in the sky for so many hours would be unbearable.

But this Singapore Airlines flight comes with an alluring upside: Every seat is business class, which diminishes the likelihood of crying babies, hundreds of passengers piling in, and, well, it makes the whole experience feel more like a private club and less like a Greyhound bus.

But how do you handle nearly 19 hours in isolation?

For me it’s easy and welcome. No ringing phones, no

questions, no worries. You get plenty of food and drink — my flight begins with seared beef fillet and ends with Chilean sea bass — enough good movies to satisfy any cineaste, and TV shows from around the world. Plus, Singapore ranks as one of the few airlines to provide Wi-Fi on international flights. What am I doing? Eating, drinking, napping on a seat that turns into a comfy bed, reading, working, and watching movies.

Heck, I’m writing a draft of this while munching dim sum between viewing The Artist and a couple of episodes of Steve Coogan’s BBC travelogue/putdown-fest The Trip. And with the flight landing at 5:50 p.m., I will wind up having a nice dinner with the family, going to bed at a normal hour, and, miraculously, waking up with only a whiff of jet lag. — M.K.

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EATING OUT: In Hanoi, from left, snail soup at Spices Garden; Bobby Chinn embraces street food; buying and selling at downtown’s Dong Xuan Alley; stirring things up at Pots ’n Pans.

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quality. These people put their all into the dishes. They have a lot of pride.”

After lunch, in need of dessert, Monica and I taxi to Café Pho Co — nicknamed Hidden Cafe for its off-street location, behind an art gallery and a silk shop — to enjoy egg coffee, a local specialty. It’s strong iced coffee topped with a sugary, swirly layer of whipped egg whites sweetened with condensed milk.

Drink in hand, Monica points to a series of steep staircases and says, “It’s worth the hike.” We ascend to a cluster of rooftop tables that afford beautiful views of Hoan Kiem Lake, situated in the city’s center.

NOW SERVING: Clockwise from top, the bustling Vit Co Van Dinh; Cha Ca La Vong at Spices Garden; egg coffee, a local favorite

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Not to be outdone by Hanoi, Singapore dishes out some of Asia’s best meals, as well. Foodies worldwide hail the Chinese, Eurasian, Indian, and Malay influences of the city’s signature cuisine.

Plus, strict health standards translate into some of the region’s safest street food.

Here, from the low-brow to the high, hot new eateries you must include on your Lion City itinerary. — E.W.

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a fish-sauce-based dressing, but the high volume reminds me of Manhattan supping in the 1980s.

“Ambience in Hanoi is about the level of noise,” says my dining companion Mark Lowerson, who does the local food blog stickyrice.typepad.com. “If it’s quiet, nobody’s having fun.”

Conversely, a refined vibe permeates the air at Spices Garden. Silver-haired Nguyen Thi Kim Hai, the restaurant’s decades-long chef, knows all about high-end Vietnamese cuisine. But even as she wins me over via snail soup with glass noodles, crispy rolls with pork and crab, and her take on a classic of fried fish known as Cha Ca La Vong (named for the block

LO Get a one-stop introduction to the city’s varied street food at the Singapore Food Trail in the Singapore Flyer complex. Nearly a score of hawkers serve up traditional eats, like chicken rice and fishball noodles, from food stalls in a covered space modeled after a 1960s Singaporean street. singaporefoodtrail.com.sg

in Hanoi where a cook created it), she extols the people’s fare.

“Everybody eats street food,” she declares. “Street food is Hanoi!”

Next morning, that sentiment inspires me to hit the sidewalks at 6 a.m., standing behind a crush of hungry Vietnamese who press in to buy fresh sticky-rice inside lotus leaves. From there, I wander until I discover a crowd

MED Head to Chinatown and feast on a cosmopolitan range of small plates, including gambas (prawns) served with chili garlic and orzo pasta and oysters topped with a Vietnamese-style dressing, at Esquina.

You’ll want to thank Brit chef (and Gordon Ramsay alum) Jason Atherton for this buzzy, 19-seat tapas bar. esquina.com.sg

HIGH Hometown celeb chef Sam Leong deals in mod Chinese food with strong Southeast Asian accents (think smoked duck breast topped with pan-seared foie gras on crispy bean curd skin) at Forest, which just landed at the new Equarius Hotel on Sentosa Island. rwsentosa.com

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treet food is so ingrained among Hanoi’s citizenry that one highconcept restaurant, Quan An Ngon, offers a street food experience within the more comfortable confines of a traditional dining room. The food tastes terrific and middle-class Vietnamese flock to the place.

Must-haves here include bahn cuon rolls (rice paper with beef and herbs), day-old squid (squid that dries in the sun before being grilled), and sugary shrimp-sausage.

Other good restaurants, where you can generally expect to spend no more than $60 or $70 for two people, include newly opened Pots ’n Pans, a stylish place that serves Western entrees with Vietnamese accents (try the Australian steak dusted with tamarind); and Green Tangerine, where the French-inflected lunch special is a steal. At Wild Lotus, Art Deco design hearkens back to when the French colonized Vietnam and the food stands as a modern version of the national cuisine. I dig a salad of shredded duck with young bamboo shoots, basil, and

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ESSENTIALS GETTING THERE 1 Singapore Airlines has daily flights from Los Angeles; Newark, N.J.; New York City; and San Francisco. All flights to Hanoi require a connection in Singapore. Flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport are nonstop to Singapore and all business class. 800-742-3333; singaporeair.com

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BUNKING DOWN 1 Built by French investors in 1901, the elegant Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel, in Central Hanoi’s upscale Hoan Kiem neighborhood, is the city’s oldest hotel. A 2009 renovation modernized the 364-room Metropole while also bringing it back to its original splendor.

From $225. 800-515-5679; sofitel.com 1 At the edge of Hanoi’s West Lake, the 359-room InterContinental Hanoi Westlake, decorated in a slightly rustic style, provides a tranquil setting about two-and-a-half miles outside of central Hanoi. A nice touch: its 4 p.m. late-checkout time. From $138. 888-4246835; intercontinental.com/hanoi 1 The newest luxury digs in town: The Hotel de l’Opera, near the Opera House in Hoan Kiem, features 107 rooms decorated in a modern style with silk drapes and brightly colored furniture. For something even more special, arrange for private dining on the hotel roof. From $160. 800-221-4542; hoteldelopera.com — M.K.

occupying half a block and eating the classic Hanoi breakfast of pho — rice noodles in a broth, which can be spiked with chili paste and topped with meat. I pull up a squat chair. Communicating with smiles and hand gestures, I happily finish a hearty breakfast.

Over the ensuing days I roam for sustenance. Guided by Nguyen Manh Hung — an enthusiastic eater with great stories — I enjoy steamed flour pancakes stuffed with mushrooms and minced pork at Banh Cuon Gia Truyen.

Bun cha, the famous grilled pork

balls invented in Hanoi, become downright addictive at a little storefront called Dong Xuan Market.

For a sweet, we check out Café Duy Tri’s black sticky rice in yogurt.

It doesn’t take much for Nguyen to bring me around to his way of thinking: “I’d rather not eat anywhere that makes more than one dish.”

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couple of nights later, I reconvene with Monica at Bia Hoi Hanoi, a beer bar where a light-tasting, low-alcohol beer gets copiously consumed. In this instance, the drink accompanies platters of grilled pork and squid, broiled frog, and dandelion salad with oil, garlic, and chilies. The bar resembles a big warehouse, loaded with tables and bereft of doors.

Outside, dozens of motorcycles lean against one another. As the crowd swells toward 20, Monica makes an announcement/warning: “There’s duck to come,” she shouts. “These are appetizers.”

The duck will go down at a place Monica discovered via her usual M.O.: “Riding my bicycle and keeping my eyes open.”

I hop on the back of a motorcycle and join a jolly convoy to Vit Co Van Dinh, a ramshackle restaurant where duck serves as the single entree. Bones get tossed on the floor as we contend with a table full of grilled and fried duck. The latter is simply cooked in a mix of oil and spices. Shots of cheap Vietnamese vodka flow, and the wiry owner, Van Tuang Nguyen, looks over the proceedings with a proud smile.

We’re soon heading for dessert in a city where patches of sidewalks resemble serving stations at this ultimate, endless, delicious, and exotic buffet.

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Borneo

WHERE A Southeast Asian island An Indonesian isle that’s a north of Java whose land quick 45-minute ferry hop is divided among Brunei, from Singapore Indonesia, and Malaysia WHAT YOU’LL FIND An eco-paradise with the Beautiful beaches, world’s oldest rain forest, mangrove forests, tropical an expansive cave system, rain forests, and Gunung empty beaches, and Bintan mountain, the otherworldly flora and fauna, setting for a plethora of including wild orangutans adventurous pursuits WHY IT’S EMERGING Borneo is the perfect Fueled by the growth playground for outdoorof the Indonesian loving tony travelers, economy and the spillover so tour operators more Singapore wealth, Bintan focused on unique is experiencing a luxury experiences have taken to development push. the isle with enthusiasm.

ON THE HORIZON While major lodging brands Hip hotel operator Alila, aren’t yet operating here, known for its two highseveral luxury developments design, green-leaning are being discussed. properties on Bali, is building another all-villa hideaway on Lagoi Bay. DO IT NOW You arrive by boat at the Banyan Tree Bintan 120-villa Gaya Island Resort, completes a renovation this just off the coast of the summer. Settle into one of Malaysian state of Sabah its 64 stilted villas inspired on the largest island in the by homes in Bintan’s Tunku Abdul Rahman traditional fishing villages, Marine Park. Stay busy but these more luxurious with eco- and adventureand some with pools. oriented activities, like Naturalists and wildlife kayaking trips and hikes rangers staff the marine and along rain-forest trails. From nature education center. $200. gayaislandresort.

From $470. 800-591-0439; com — E.W. banyantree.com/bintan Banyan Tree Bintan

Gaya Island Resort

Go Online We tell you more about Asia at privateclubs.com.

1 Riding on a Slow Boat in China: the Sanctuary Yangzi Explorer 1 China: Two other destinations you’ll want to go next 1 Hanoi Dining: Where to find the restaurants mentioned in our story 1 Vietnam, Beyond Food: Three drinking spots that rank among our favorites 1 Closer to Home: Can’t make it to Vietnam? We asked a few top food experts for their stateside Vietnamese restaurant recommendations.

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Pull out your swimsuit and flip-flops and dust off your golf clubs.

More than two dozen destinations across this sunny region provide ready excuses for a tropical change of pace this season with noteworthy new resorts, amenities, and attractions.

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New Resorts How can you possibly resist? We tempt you with this season’s most promising openings.

Chateaubriand for two at M&P

St. Barth Eats Inside a casita at RitzCarlton’s Dorado Beach PUERTO RICO

Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve

Formerly the private estate of Laurance Rockefeller, this 1,400-acre, 115-room property debuted on the north coast in December under the Ritz flag, highlighting the natural surroundings, as well as service by personal room assistants.

Attractions include an 18-hole golf course, two pools, a nature trail, and a mile of beach. From $1,600. 800-8363124; doradobeachreserve.com

With bakeries that turn out crispy croissants and restaurants that skew to haute cuisine, St. Barth ranks as one of the Caribbean’s best dining choices. We asked Ashley Lacour and Kristina Popova, who run Sibarth villa rentals and know the island inside out, to clue us into its top new dining options. Their two picks: 1 L’Isoletta, in Gustavia, the island’s capital.

The owners of the haute Italian restaurant L’Isola spun off this casual neighbor, where you get the same suave vibe on a shaded terrace and casual fare (salads, pizzas, and the like) that makes this a perfect spot for lunch.

1 M&P, on the road to Saline Beach. The moniker stands for Meat & Potatoes, the restaurant’s chief items, including chateaubriand and crispy ribs. Think steakhouse, but in an open-air, island setting.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

This 34-room newcomer offers the intimacy of a boutique hotel with the full-scale amenities of the adjoining 30,000acre Cap Cana development, including a spa, multiple restaurants, beach and kids clubs, and access to a Jack Nicklaus golf course. Each suite features its own swimming pool, outdoor shower, and golf cart. From $660.

809-469-7469; edenroccapcana.com AMBERGRIS CAYE, BELIZE

El Secreto

You’ll travel 25 minutes by boat to reach this hideaway. Its 13 thatch-roofed villas come with indoor and outdoor hot tubs, hammock-strung decks, and air-conditioning systems controllable by iPhone app. Get massaged in a two-story “spa tower,” dine on organic fare from the garden, or dive the nearby reef. From $550. 800-479-5037; elsecretobelize.com ROATAN, HONDURAS

Las Verandas Hotel and Villas

First came the Pete Dye golf course, opened in 2011. Next up: 36 rooms and 11 villas coming soon to this oceanfront northshore resort. Villas feature private plunge pools, but all guests have access to two infinity pools, a 1,000-foot beach, two restaurants, and the Mesoamerican Reef just offshore.

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With its new Indigo Bar, the Montpelier Plantation & Beach on Nevis raises the bar in the islands for handcrafted cocktails. House-infused liquors feature local organics in combinations such as cucumber gin and watermelon vodka. Order them as bottle service for two in size-appropriate servings. Or try the Jellytini (above), featuring the coconut “jelly” fruit straight from the shell mixed with two kinds of rum.

869-469-3462; montpeliernevis.com

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Out to Sea The world’s No. 1 cruise destination — the Caribbean — gets a new launch this season: the 3,030-passenger Celebrity Reflection, offering seven-night sailings out of Miami to San Juan, St. Kitts, and St. Maarten. Shipboard innovations include an expanded AquaSpa with an infrared sauna, aromatic steam room, and a DIY salt and herb exfoliation bar; plus mattresses in the suites that can be adjusted for pitch and elevation by using iPads provided in each cabin.

From $1,099 per person, double occupancy.

800-647-2251; celebritycruises.com

Jamaica’s Jewel Runaway Bay Beach & Golf Resort

Before and After

Whether under new ownership, rebranded, or remodeled, these five resorts are updated iterations of existing properties you want to know about.

Other lines have expanded shore excursions, including these enticing picks:

NOW Beach House Turks and Caicos

The Cove (Bahamas) Opening this spring

Hard Rock Riviera Maya (Mexico)

Jewel Runaway Bay Beach & Golf Resort (Jamaica)

Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort (St. Lucia)

Breezes Runaway Bay

The Jalousie Plantation, Sugar Beach

Near Ocho Rios, this all-inclusive underwent a management change and family-friendly update including a new kids club, child’s buffet, and cooking classes.

Still to come: a water park. From $350. 800-758-2252; jewelresorts.com/ runawaybay

This resort at the foot of Petit Piton mountain saved its name change for last, having now completed a $100 million redo since Roger Myers, former accountant to the Rolling Stones, bought it in 2005. The property-wide project included adding eight additional beachfront bungalows, two restaurants, and a treehouse-themed spa. From $375.

800-235-4300; sugarbeachaviceroy resort.com

THEN The Turks & Caicos Club

The Cove

New management at the 21-suite Providenciales property promises laid-back sophistication and a foodie emphasis, including “laboratory dinners” in which guests pick ingredients from the garden, choose a region of the world, and commission bespoke menus. From $532. 855-946-5800; beachhousetci.com

Knocked out by 2011’s Hurricane Irene, the Bahamas’ Cove was picked up by a New Orleans developer who boosted the room count from 24 to more than 50, installed a 110-foot infinity pool, and added residences on the island of Eleuthera, 50 miles east of Nassau. From $189. 888-776-3901; thecoveeleuthera.com

Aventura Cove Palace and Aventura Spa Palace

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WHAT CHANGED Two adjoining resorts south of Playa del Carmen will merge under the Hard Rock umbrella early this year, but each will play to separate audiences — families in the one with a zip line and video games in beach cabanas; adults-only in the one with a swim-up bar in the ocean. From $171 per person, all-inclusive.

888-762-5002; hrhallinclusive.com

1 Design your own emerald adornment alongside experts at the Caribbean School of Jewelry in Cartagena, Colombia, with MSC Cruises. 877-665-4655; msccruisesusa.com 1 Feed, watch, and hold stingrays at the Stingray Encounter on Norwegian Cruise Line’s private island Great Stirrup Cay. 866-234-7350; ncl.com 1 Ride around St. Maarten on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with Oceania Cruises. 800531-5619; oceaniacruises.com 1 Tee off on up to eight new golf excursions from Antigua to St. Croix with Silversea Cruises. 877-276-6816; silversea.com

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Q&A Talking Beach Tennis in Aruba Played on a beach volleyball court with paddle-tennis rackets, depressurized balls, and a 5-foot, 7-inch-high net, beach tennis is quickly gaining new converts across the islands. Its Caribbean hub is Aruba, home to an international tournament each November.

Here, Jochem Ros, the island’s No. 1-ranked player and co-founder of Beach Tennis Aruba, talks about the sport’s roots, learning curve, and Olympic ambitions.

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years ago. It came to Aruba 10 years ago and we played it with tennis rackets.

When invited to Ravenna in 2008, I was there for two minutes and saw the big picture: They used paddle rackets. We switched, and it became a sport instead of a tennis sidekick.

tennis and the beach version?

of volleyball, badminton, and tennis. The good thing about this sport is it’s very accessible. It’s not as technical as tennis, where you need training to get decent.

Inside 10 minutes, everybody can play an official match.

Q: Who plays on Aruba?

A: Our guys are cool dudes! We have everyone from judges to beach bums playing it.

Q: Can visitors play?

A: Yes, we have a beach tennis club

at MooMba Beach Bar with four permanent, lighted courts. At the beach tennis shop, it’s $5 for a paddle and a court. It’s cheaper than the beer.

Q: Singles or doubles?

A: Doubles. Singles is getting more popular, but doubles is more fun.

There’s more action. It’s faster.

Q: What’s ahead for beach tennis?

A: To be a demonstration sport in WHO’S GAME? A beach tennis enthusiast serves the ball.

Brazil during the 2016 Olympics. Our goal is to become an Olympic sport. If you see our rallies, it’s more spectacular than beach volleyball.

More info: beachtennisaruba.com

Digital Detox

Put down the iPad. Ditch the BlackBerry. The nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is making a pitch for unplugged vacations to resorts like Petit St. Vincent, where 22 guest cottages deliberately lack telephones, Internet, and TVs. discoversvg.com TIP: Use the time to develop new habits such as exercising or meditating. But to make them permanent requires 21 days of practice, says U.K.-based life coach Louise Gillespie-Smith. “You will have to make yourself do it to begin with, but after 21 days it will get easier as the habit forms.”

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Spearfishing in the Bahamas

High-Octane Adventures For many travelers, a beach chair plus buckets of sunshine and a no-brainer novel equal paradise.

But for those of you who can’t sit still, new attractions and activities aim to get the adrenaline flowing.

Two especially spine-tingling ones: BONAIRE Harbour Village Beach Club now offers fluorescence diving and snorkeling. Night divers carry blue lights and wear filtered masks that make marine life appear to glow in the dark.

800-424-0004; harbourvillage.com BAHAMAS Guests of Kamalame Cay resort can now take lessons in spearfishing, free-diving up to 50 feet to target snapper and grouper.

It’s satisfying, says Kamalame Cay director David Hew, but not easy.

“You have to be able to stay down at a distance from the fish — but not too far — and not spook it. You need to strike it from the side where there’s more area for the spear.

Once you hit the fish, you need to then retrieve it and the spear.”

800-790-7971; kamalame.com

BEACH TENNIS ARUBA (TENNIS), WOLFGANG POLZER/ALAMY (SPEARFISHING)

of beach tennis?

Fluorescence diving and snorkeling in Bonaire

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MAGIC TOUCH: The Secret Village on Musha Cay will soon unveil a squirrel monkey habitat.

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The latest cocktail venue at Cap Maison on St. Lucia: a natural pool created by surf surging over the rocks in which a bench has been submerged and ice buckets carved.

758-457-8670; capmaison.com

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Squirrel monkeys you can feed, coming to the Secret Village on magician David Copperfield’s private Bahaman island of Musha Cay. You’ll enter the mysterious jungle habitat via obscured tunnels and winding staircases. 208-3091106; mushacay.com

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Water taxis shuttling between Fairmont, Rosewood, and Banyan Tree resorts at the Mayakoba development on Mexico’s Riviera Maya. mayakoba.com

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A just-opened agritourism center featuring master classes in chocolate tempering, coffee roasting, and jam making at Belcampo in Belize.

011-501-722-0050; belcampoinc.com/bz

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Complimentary bikes now mounted with removable wooden picnic baskets at Jumby Bay in Antigua.

268-462-6000; jumbybayresort.com

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Island Herbalism

Cuba travel permits

Bimini Bay Resort & Marina

We Bet You’ll Like This About 50 miles from Miami, the Bahamas’ Bimini chain is poised to emerge as the next quick getaway destination: A new 10,000-square-foot casino is scheduled to open this spring at Bimini Bay Resort & Marina. The gaming outpost brings glitz to Bimini, where locals get around in golf carts, divers jump off boats to explore wrecks, and anglers cast for bonefish in the flats. From $149. 877-666-2574; biminibayresort.com 58

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have notably slowed in the past several months, prompting many reputable tour operators to cancel or delay 2013 trips. But Alabamabased International Expeditions managed to secure licenses for 15 departures from Jan. 10 through March 19. The 10-day trips focus on the arts and island heritage.

Meet with ballet dancers, visit an art school and Ernest Hemingway’s former home, and dine in paladares, home-based restaurants. From $4,198 per person. 800-2349620; ietravel.com

YUROK ALEKSANDROVICH/DREAMSTIME (ALOE), RACHWAL/DREAMSTIME (POKER), CURTIS SMITH (BIMINI), JASON DECAIRES TAYLOR (MUSEO)

Curaçao native Dinah Veeris grows more than 300 species of indigenous medicinal plants in her island garden, Den Paradera, attracting those interested in buying her healing tonics or having her cleanse their auras. Now the herbalist’s unique treatments are being exported to Aruba at the new ZoiA Spa at the Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort & Casino. A series of herb-based baths channel spiritual aims such as “Help me to see and understand my emotions without criticism” and “I need to regenerate my strength.” New to the spa: A “spirit garden” where guests can see and smell the herbs used in Veeris’ treatments. 888-591-1234; aruba.hyatt.com

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Seen Enough Fish?

Two underwater parks colonizing the depths have added new artworks in a visual arms race for snorkelers’ attention.

Grenada Underwater Sculpture Park

Museo Subacuático de Arte (Cancun)

Scope 491 pieces from 9 to 30 feet down in two locations or “galleries”

65 sculptures sunk up to 82 feet

New works Bayhouse on Virgin Gorda

JASON DECAIRES TAYLOR (SILENT EVOLUTION)

Really Posh Digs Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands Villa: Bayhouse Selling points: Three-bedroom south coast home spread across two buildings connected by outdoor terraces. Pool and outdoor shower, plus perched just above an isolated beach.

From $6,300 per week. bayhousevilla.com

Two including Christ of the Deep commemorating the 1961 sinking of the Bianca C cruise ship and the efforts of islanders to save passengers and crew onboard

66 from artist Jason deCaires Taylor, including Silent Evolution, an artificial reef created from 400 life-size human sculptures installed 30 feet below sea level

How to see it Beach entry from Dragon Bay

Christ of the Deep

Scuba and snorkel tour operators, including Aquaworld Silent Evolution

Jamaica Villa: Stella by the Sea (available soon) Selling points: Seven-bedroom hilltop villa near Montego Bay with a pool and oceanfront “tide pool” that fills at high tide, private beach, and access to golf and tennis club. From $16,000 per week. 800-238-5290; tryallclub.com

Cruising Splurge

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Crowd-sick? Charter the ship. Upscale travel company Brown + Hudson debuts a swashbuckling sailing trip this season aboard a triple-masted, 180-foot schooner.

Channeling the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, the 10-day Treasure Island Adventure ($225,000 for up to eight passengers) departs Great Exuma in the Bahamas for waterfall treks on the Dominican Republic, cave exploration in the British Virgin Islands, snorkeling in the Turks and Caicos, and forest treks on Dominica.

011-44-203-358-0110; brownandhudson.com

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At the Clubs

2012 Charity Classic

WORLD CHAMP: Olympic swimming gold medalist Kaitlin Sandeno gave an inspiring speech at Coto de Caza Golf & Racquet Club in Coto de Caza, Calif.

You’ve done it again! Your participation in ClubCorp Charity Classic sporting events, cocktail parties, auctions, and more helped raise $2 million for MDA’s Augie’s Quest, the Employee Partners Care Foundation, and a charity of your club’s choosing. See flashes of the fun and festivities here.

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CLAIRE JURKIEWICZ

GOOD TIMES: In Chicago, Metropolitan Club members and guests wined, dined, and danced the night away.

GOLF BUDDIES: In Scottsdale, Ariz., from left, Gainey Ranch Golf Club members Dan Marce, Larry Wright, Phoenix Suns’ coach Alvin Gentry, Gary Drummond, and Max Morin posed for a group shot at an 18-hole tournament.

BIG HIT: Throughout a day of golf and tennis tournaments at Braemar Country Club in Tarzana, Calif., members and guests fueled up on-site with breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

ERIN STEFANIK (CHICAGO)

SAY CHEESE: In Los Angeles, members Luyi Khasi and Shawn Chou stopped by City Club on Bunker Hill’s photo booth, hence the festive props.

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FAMILY OCCASION: Kids got in on the carnival fun — bounce houses, dunk tanks, and more — at Brookhaven Country Club near Dallas.

ROARING ’20S: At Greenspoint Club in Houston, members relished a four-course meal and grooved to live ’20s music played by a six-piece band.

ARTISTIC FLAIR: In Southfield, Mich., guest Khalia Brown (left) and Skyline Club member Aubin Williams paused at the Art & Soul event, which included caricature drawings and a silent auction.

Amenity

Just Relax

Canyon Ranch Saddles Up With The Homestead AMPLE FANFARE: The Mavs Maniaacs — a male dance group that cheers on the NBA Dallas Mavericks — and Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne appeared at Hackberry Creek Country Club’s athletic events, including a 5K fun run, in Irving, Texas.

MIX AND MINGLE: In Chesapeake, Va., Greenbrier Country Club members (from left) Leah Swatts, Darcy Durbin, Elizabeth Glassman, and Brandi Bartok gathered at the evening party.

Steep yourself in serenity in Hot Springs, Va., this winter at The Homestead’s Jefferson Springs Spa Garden, which was nearing completion at press time. The 11,000-square-foot, adultsonly refuge will pamper you with its natural hot springs, therapeutic geothermal mineral bath, river reflexology bed, co-ed Finnish saunas, spring-fed whirlpool, and private poolside cabanas. It’s the lead-off feature of the new Canyon Ranch SpaClub at The Homestead, with much more coming this spring.

The first Canyon Ranch venture in the midAtlantic region and the first SpaClub to introduce family spa services (Pink Bubbles Pedicures, anyone?), the facility will offer healing and restorative treatments, three fitness studios, a movement therapy and Pilates room, a beauty salon, relaxation lounges, and a full-service restaurant serving up nutritious eats.

Taking advantage of the Allegheny Mountains’ indigenous mineral springs, this SpaClub’s signature features will include a Mineral Springs Mud Wrap and Aquavana, a European-inspired thermal oasis with rain showers, chill room, and crystal steam sanctuary.

Seeking guided repose? On-site experts such as an exercise physiologist and nutritionist can assess your needs and help you unwind. — C.J. W I N T E R 2013

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ClubCorp News and Events Compiled by Claire Jurkiewicz Hot Deals

In the News

Winter Jaunts

Club News

Members back First Tee … Finland ambassador speaks in Washington … Midwest Classic at Nicklaus Golf Club

Omni, Ritz-Carlton, and InterContinental resort steals for you and the family

More than 100 members from the Dallas-Fort Worth area gathered at Gleneagles Country Club near Dallas to support the First Tee Fall Classic in October.

By participating in a golf tournament, a golf clinic led by 1971 Masters champion Charles Coody, a poolside party, and a silent auction, members raised more than $50,000 for the First Tee of Greater Dallas.

Omni Tucson National Resort, Tucson, Ariz.

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Are you still searching for that perfect winter escape?

Stay two consecutive nights or more and receive a 20 percent discount on accommodations, spa services, and golf at the following Omni properties: Omni Bedford Springs Resort in Bedford, Pa.; Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort on Hilton Head Island, S.C.; Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate in ChampionsGate, Fla.; and Omni Tucson National Resort in Tucson, Ariz.

To book, call the ClubLine.

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Tee up and bed down at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, Calif. For a starting rate of $555 per night, the Unlimited Golf Getaway Package gets you accommodations in a garden/pool-view or oceanview room and unlimited golf for one person at the nearby Monarch Beach Golf Links. During your downtime at the resort, relax poolside, take a yoga class, or unwind in the 12-treatmentroom spa. To reserve this package, call Monarch Beach Golf Links the ClubLine.

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Surrounded by rain forests and native mangroves, play Cozumel Country Club’s 18 holes and stay at Presidente InterContinental Cozumel Resort & Spa in Cozumel, Mexico. With the Golf in Heaven Package, you’ll get a free upgrade to an ocean-view room, a welcome drink, private check-in, a 10 percent discount on spa treatments, and a daily round of golf for a starting rate of $377. Itching to get in that Caribbean water?

From the resort’s exclusive pier, embark on a dive trip led by certified staff to Marine Park’s reefs. Call the ClubLine to book.

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Musician Darius Rucker stopped by Greenbrier Country Club in Chesapeake, Va., to play a quick 18 holes with his business manager in September. Rucker, who was in the area to perform a concert, posed for photos with a foursome that allowed him to play through.

Ritva Koukku-Ronde

The first female ambassador of Finland to the U.S., Ritva Koukku-Ronde, came to the City Club of Washington in Washington, D.C., in October to discuss issues regarding the rapid melting of Arctic ice. About 30 members and guests noshed on a Finnishinspired salmon dish before a Q-and-A session with Koukku-Ronde, followed by a meet and greet and photos.

In a new book (left), John Borling shares poems from his POW years.

Enduring Words Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. John Borling, a member of Mid-America Club in Chicago, will release his new book, Taps on the Walls: Poems From the Hanoi Hilton (Master Wings Publishing, $19.95), on Feb. 12, the 40th anniversary of his release from the infamous Hoa Lo Prison. While incarcerated for nearly seven years, Borling mentally composed poems and, using code, tapped them through thick walls to fellow POWs. The book, with a foreword by Sen. John McCain, shares these poems that Borling says helped sustain him in the Hanoi Hilton, as well as after his release.

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Chilling on the driving ran

Shawn Stefani

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In August, 31-year-old Shawn Stefani won the Midwest Classic, a Web.com Tour event, at Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate in Overland Park, Kan. Besting Russell Henley and Luke List by two strokes, Stefani earned $99,000, skyrocketing him from 67th to 12th on the Web.com Tour money list.

Five-time world heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield visited the Commerce Club in Atlanta in Evander September. After Holyfield his private meeting and lunch, he stopped for photos with a few staff members.

2013 Calendar May 1-5 Women’s Tennis Challenge Cup at Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas

May 29-June 2 ClubCorp Couples’ Golf Tournament at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Va.

June 19-23 BMW Best Ball Challenge at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio

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Acura ClubCorp Team Championship More than 260 members of ClubCorp clubs teed up at Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas, for the Acura ClubCorp Team Championship Sept. 5-9.

For the first time — and for double the fun — the business and country clubs’ championship events merged. Tied at a final-round 173, Canyon Crest Country Club in Riverside, Calif., and Canyon Creek Country Club near Dallas entered a threehole playoff. A birdie on the last hole catapulted Canyon Crest to the top spot for the first time in the tournament’s 26-year history and also marked the first time a female pro won with her team. Through golf contests, guessing games, and drawings, assorted members from all over the country won apparel, trips, and, in one case, the use of an Acura for one year.

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Bush Center Warrior Open Twenty-two U.S. servicemen severely injured in the global war on terror played 36 holes at Las Colinas Country Club near Dallas, Sept. 24-25, during the second annual Bush Center Warrior Open, a twoday golf tournament.

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Kathy Whitworth announced the players as they teed off. About 2,000 U.S. soldiers were on hand to watch the competition. On the course, pro golfer Tom Watson provided personalized golf instruction. In addition to hosting a dinner for the wounded warriors at his home, former President George W. Bush played a practice

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round with the men, mingled with them throughout the tourney, and witnessed winner Cpl. Chad E. Pfeifer shoot a hole-in-one on hole No. 4. As the overall victor, Pfeifer, also the winner of last year’s inaugural event, scored the Warrior Open trophy.

This fall, the Open will return to Las Colinas Country Club for the third consecutive year.

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Action on the tee

On the Radar

Renovations

Check out two new club makeovers 1 Timarron Country Club Southlake, Texas

Under geometric lighting, take a seat at the new bar or casual grill, both decked out in red and khaki tones. Watch the big game in the media room, complete with three large flat-screen TVs. Want a golf course view? Look out on two holes and one tee from the extended patio, featuring fire tables and flat-screen TVs.

1 Trophy Club Country Club At a rustic table or tall booth in the new casual grill area, look up at the new exposed ceiling with wooden beams. Amber-lit panels around the new bar create a calming ambience. When you’re not glued to the three flat-screen TVs or the iPad-topped communal table in the media room, get a group of friends together for some fun at the new shuffleboard table.

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ClubCorp News and Events Just for You

Teaming Up

Get to know more about our strategic alliances, and take advantage of the deals you can get

Dublin’s Temple Bar district

In the News and More Deals ...

TRAVEL: Luxury travel company Ker & Downey has added two new 11-day excursions to its experiential journeys for 2013. Classic China features Beijing, Xi’an, the Yangtze, and Shanghai. Emerald Isle (Ireland) features Connemara, Galway, Limerick, Cork, Kilarney, Dingle Peninsula, Ring of Kerry, and Dublin. kerdowney.com The deal for you: 5 percent off the best available rate and one free spa treatment or similar benefit to be used during your tour.

1 For the first time, Andrew Harper’s offering his Harper Collection as a stand-alone product to the public.

In more than 700 pages, the travel editor profiles more than 1,000 luxury hideaways and resorts worldwide that he recommends. Buy the Collection for yourself and as a gift for your friends. andrewharper.com The deal: 25 percent off the $200 book price.

Spotlight On Jet Linx

Servcorp

THE SCOOP

Boasting an Argus Platinum safety rating, Jet Linx offers personalized private jet service from terminal locations in Dallas; Denver; Indianapolis; Omaha, Neb.; San Antonio, Texas; Scottsdale, Ariz.; and St. Louis. The company has access to a wide range of light, midsize, and heavy jets to meet the needs of business and pleasure travelers, and uses locally based facilities, pilots, and planes.

Since 1978, Servcorp has provided multitenant office space for new and expanding businesses seeking a corporate presence but without the risk of long-term leases and capital investment. In such key locales as China, France, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States, Executive Suites include Internet connections, dedicated receptionists, meeting space, and flexible leases. The company also offers Virtual Offices for businesses on the go.

PATRICIA HOFMEESTER/DREAMSTIME (DUBLIN)

WHAT’S NEW

In the first quarter of 2013, Jet Linx will add a new private terminal location at Atlanta’s DeKalb Peachtree Airport. In January, the company will introduce a Longitude Membership program, which provides unlimited access to a private jet on a guaranteed basis without a prepaid deposit for hours of utilization.

Celebrating its third year in the United States this year, Servcorp will open a third New York location in February, at 17 State St. near Wall Street in the financial district. The company also plans to open an additional 11 floors of office space across the globe this year.

THE DEAL

One trial membership flight without purchasing a membership, and 50 percent off the Longitude Membership fee. To book: Call the ClubLine or email clubline@clubcorp.com.

20 percent off on Executive Suite and Virtual Office packages, plus $100 Welcome Aboard voucher. To sign up: Call the ClubLine or email clubline@ clubcorp.com.

GENERAL COMPANY INFO

jetlinx.com

servcorp.com

DINING: In Las Vegas, the Light Group opens the Citizens Kitchen & Bar at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in January. It will serve up a contemporary take on American comfort food, with dishes such as BaconWrapped Meatloaf. In December at the Mandalay, the company debuted a refreshed Red Square restaurant, where contemporary American favorites get infused with Russian influences. lightgroup.com The deal: 20 percent off at Light’s Brand restaurant and one complimentary appetizer or dessert per member with each entree purchased at the company’s other Vegas locations.

TECH: Dell has introduced several new computing products, including the XPS 12.

Use it as a fully featured, full-powered laptop or as a fully featured touch-powered tablet, depending on your needs at any particular time. For tablet use, simply flip a hinge and the touchscreen display covers the keyboard, protecting it from dirt and spills. dell.com The deal: Up to 30 percent off Dell products.

FAMILY FUN: For the winter season, Vail Resorts has introduced a Keystone’s Kids Ski Free program at Colorado’s Keystone Resort. When families stay two or more nights at one of Keystone’s numerous lodging options, children 12 and under can ski and snowboard free. Also, Vail Resorts has added a Lindsey Vonn Race Series to its popular EpicMix app so skiers can compare their race times against the Olympic star, and see how they stack up against other skiers using the app. snow.com The deal: 15 percent off the advance purchase rate for lift tickets at Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, and Vail in Colorado; and Heavenly and Northstar in California and Nevada.

TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DEALS: Call the ClubLine or email clubline@clubcorp.com.

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The List Where to play. Where to dine. Where to meet.

Spa at Montgomery at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center Wynlakes Golf & Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

Arizona Phoenix Arizona Society of Clubs, 800-433-5079 arizona-society.com

Antelope Point Marina In Lake Powell. Part of Forever Resorts.

Anthem Golf & Country Club, 623-742-6200 anthemclubaz.com In Anthem, about 40 miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. 36 holes of Greg Nashdesigned golf, two resort-style pools, and two fitness centers.

Signature Gold Golf.

Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa The Capital Grille In Phoenix and Scottsdale.

Club at Seven Canyons In Sedona. Signature Gold Golf.

Fogo de Chao In Scottsdale.

Deercreek Country Club, Jacksonville, Fla.

United States Alabama Birmingham Auburn Marriott Opelika Hotel at Grand National In Auburn.

Grand National Golf Club

Huntsville Burningtree Country Club In Decatur. Signature Gold Golf.

Hampton Cove Golf Club Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Capital City Club, 334-834-8920 capitalmontgomery.com Top two floors of RSA Tower downtown. Formal and informal dining, private party facilities.

Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Thur-Sat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Capitol Hill Golf Club

gaineyranchcc.com In Scottsdale, with picturesque views of the mountains and lakes. 20 miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. 27 holes of golf designed by Benz & Poellot, clubhouse, pro shop, restaurant, bar and grill, banquet facility. Breakfast and lunch daily.

Dinner Wed-Sun. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

In Prattville. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

In Florence.

The Chophouse Vintage Year City Grill Highland Oaks Golf Club

In Scottsdale.

In Dothan. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

In Scottsdale. See KSL Resorts.

In Litchfield Park and Phoenix.

Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa

Hillcrest Manor Bed & Breakfast Montgomery Marriott Prattville Hotel at Capitol Hill

In Hoover. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

In Point Clear.

In Prattville.

Selwood Farm Sporting Clays and Quail Hunting Preserve

In Point Clear. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. Signature Gold Golf.

Greystone Golf & Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

Oxmoor Valley Golf Club Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Red Mountain Theatre Company Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa Ross Bridge Golf Club

Silver Lakes Golf Club In Gadsden. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

The Summit Club, 205-252-0088 summit-birmingham.com Atop the Regions-Habert Plaza in downtown Birmingham. Meeting and conference rooms, member P R I VAT EC LU B S.C O M

The Shoals Golf Club In Florence. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Mobile The Battle House, a Renaissance Hotel & Spa Bienville Club Signature Gold Dining.

Lakewood Golf Club

Magnolia Grove Golf Club

In Alpine.

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workstations. Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Wed-Sat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

The Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa

In Auburn. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

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Gainey Ranch Golf Club, 480-951-0022

Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Renaissance Riverview Plaza

Montgomery Cambrian Ridge Golf Club In Greenville. Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Montgomery Performing Arts Centre at The Renaissance Montgomery Montgomery Renaissance Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center Next Door Restaurant The Shakespeare Festival Theater Shenandoah Plantation Hunting and Fishing In Union Springs.

Hyatt Regency Scottsdale at Gainey Ranch Montelucia Resort & Spa, 888-627-3010; 480-627-3200 Red Door Spa Ritz-Carlton Phoenix Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine In Chandler; Desert Ridge; Scottsdale.

Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa

Key to symbols

How to use this list Business Clubs Country Clubs Golf Clubs Sports Clubs KSL Resorts: Resort properties owned and/or operated by a Network Affiliate of ClubCorp. As a member, you enjoy various special rates and services.

The Owners Club: Use of The Owners Clubs is available to Owners Club members only.

Societies: As a Society member, you receive access to clubs in your local area.

Network Affiliate Clubs/Hotels/Services: You enjoy privileges at a group of clubs not owned, operated, or managed by ClubCorp. Green fees may apply. You also qualify for preferred rates, privileges, and accommodations at select hotels, and have access to ticket, shopping, and transportation services.

New listing since previous issue.

You must be an overnight guest of the resort in order to use the facilities.

Network Affiliate clubs that accept your MemberCard.

Business club is equipped with athletic facilities.

Entries in “The List” are under nearest metropolitan area with commercial airline service.

To make reservations, call the ClubLine or e-mail at clubline@clubcorp.com.

SunRidge Canyon Golf Club In Fountain Hills.

University Club Signature Gold Dining.

Wigwam Golf Resort & Spa In Litchfield Park.

Tucson Omni Tucson National Resort Pueblo Del Sol Country Club In Sierra Vista. Signature Gold Golf.

Red Door Spa

Arkansas

In Sedona.

Hot Springs

Seville Golf & Country Club, 480-722-8100

Diamante, A Private Membership Golf Club, 501-922-1114

sevillegcc.com In Gilbert, 34 miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

18-hole Gary Panks-designed golf course, 3 tennis courts, health club, water park. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Wed-Sat. Signature Gold Golf.

diamanteclub.com In Hot Springs Village; 50 miles from Little Rock International Airport. 18-hole golf course designed by Ault, Clark & Associates, 4 lighted clay tennis courts, pool, shower/changing building. Lunch and dinner TueSun. Closed Mon.

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Little Rock Peabody Hotel Pleasant Valley Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

California

Six Flags Magic Mountain Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

Spago In Beverly Hills. Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

WP24

Burbank

Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine

Monterey

In Woodland Hills.

Lake Tahoe See Reno, Nev.

Los Angeles Compass Society of Southern California, 800-433-5079 Braemar Country Club, 818-345-6520 braemarclub.com.

In Tarzana, 20 miles from Los Angeles International Airport. 2 golf courses, 20 tennis courts, and 2 pools. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Tue-Sun. Sunday brunch.

Closed Mon.

The Capital Grille Chinois In Santa Monica. Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

City Club on Bunker Hill, 213-620-9662 icityclub.com Atop the 54th floor of the Wells Fargo Center downtown.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Mon-Fri. 10 private and business dining rooms, lounge, and business and videoconference center.

Signature Gold Dining.

Cut In Beverly Hills. Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Fogo de Chao In Beverly Hills.

House of Blues Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza Porter Valley Country Club, 818-360-1071 portervalley.com In Northridge. 18-hole Ted Robinson-designed golf course, 5 tennis courts, swimming pool, fitness center. Breakfast and lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Wed. Closed Mon.

Red/Seven In West Hollywood. Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Robinson Ranch Golf Club

Carmel Valley Ranch Resort 6 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea. Signature Gold Golf.

Hyatt Regency Monterey

Ontario Canyon Crest Country Club, 951-274-7900 canyoncrestcc.com In Riverside, 20 miles from Ontario International Airport. Golf course, 6 tennis courts, swimming pool. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Fri. Closed Mon.

Orange County Aliso Viejo Country Club, 949-598-9200 alisogolf.com In Aliso Viejo, 13 miles from John Wayne Airport. 18 holes of Jack Nicklaus/Jack Nicklaus II-designed golf, practice facilities, pro shop, private event facilities. Open daily.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Bayside Restaurant In Newport Beach.

Bistango Restaurant In Irvine.

Center Club, 714-662-3414 center-club.com In the Center Tower building in downtown Costa Mesa. Fewer than 5 miles from John Wayne Airport. Breakfast and lunch MonFri. Dinner Tue-Sat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Charlie Palmer Group Receive VIP service at Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdale’s, South Coast Plaza, located in Costa Mesa.

Costa Mesa Marriott In Costa Mesa.

Coto de Caza Golf & Racquet Club, 949-858-4100 coto-de-caza.com In Coto de Caza, 20 miles southeast of John Wayne Airport.

36 holes designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr.; 10 lighted tennis courts, 3 pools. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch and dinner Wed-Sun.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

Kimera Restaurant

In Santa Clarita.

In Irvine.

Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine Six Flags Hurricane Harbor

Newport Beach Marriott Bayview

Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

In Newport Beach.

Renaissance ClubSport In Aliso Viejo.

Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine In Newport Beach.

Palm Springs Copley’s Restaurant Desert Falls Country Club, 760-340-5646 desert-falls.com In Palm Desert, 15 miles southeast of Palm Springs. This par-72 course spans 7,017 yards with spectacular views of the San Jacinto Mountain Range.

Breakfast and lunch daily. Dinner in season. Tee-time cancellation policy applies. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Elite Land Tours The Falls Prime Restaurant Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort & Spa In Indian Wells.

Indian Wells Country Club, 760-345-2561 indianwellsclub.com In Indian Wells, 20 miles southeast of Palm Springs Airport. 2 clubhouses, ballroom, fitness center, private dining rooms, patio dining, and pro shop. 2 championship courses wind through the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains. Breakfast and lunch daily. Dinner Thur-Sun and select Wed. Tee-time cancellation policy applies. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Miramonte Resort & Spa Mission Hills Country Club, 760-324-9400 missionhills.com In Rancho Mirage; 10 miles southeast of Palm Springs. Spectacular vistas at this 1,760-acre club.

3 championship 18-hole golf courses. Large clubhouse, pool, fitness center, 29 tennis courts (5 grass). Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch daily. Dinner Wed-Sun. Tee-time cancellation policy applies. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa, 866-423-1195; 760-568-2727 In Rancho Mirage. See KSL Resorts section. Signature Gold Unlimited Golf.

Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine In Rancho Mirage.

Sacramento Compass Society of Northern California, 800-433-5079 compass-society.com

Charlie Palmer Group Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer’s Dry Creek

Kitchen, located in Healdsburg.

Access for Members with Signature Gold benefits only.

Empire Ranch Golf Club, 916-817-8100 empireranchgolfclub.com In the foothills of Folsom. 6,669yard, par-71, daily fee golf course overlooking Folsom Lake. Fullservice pro shop, clubhouse, dining, driving range, and practice areas. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Granite Bay Golf Club, 916-791-7578 granitebayclub.com In Granite Bay, 20 miles east of Sacramento. 18-hole championship course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., practice facilities, pro shop, clubhouse, fitness facility, meeting space. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Thur-Sun.

Lake Oroville Marina In Lake Oroville. Part of Forever Resorts.

Moccasin Point Marina In Don Pedro Lake. Part of Forever Resorts.

Saddle Creek Golf Club In Copperopolis. Signature Gold Golf.

Teal Bend Golf Club, 916-922-5209 tealbendgolf.com 18-hole, 72-par course designed

by Brad Bell, practice range, grill, home of Teal Bend Golf Schools.

Open daily. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Trinity Lake Resorts & Marinas In Trinity Lake. Part of Forever Resorts.

Turkey Creek Golf Club, 916-434-9100 turkeycreekgc.com In Lincoln. Outstanding 18-hole Brad Bell-designed golf course, grill. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily. Open daily. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

San Diego Hotel del Coronado 800-468-3533; 619-435-6611 In Coronado. See KSL Resorts.

Hotel Solamar Jai In La Jolla. Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

La Costa Resort and Spa 800-854-5000; 760-438-9111 In Carlsbad. See KSL Resorts.

Morgan Run Club & Resort, 858-756-2471 morganrun.com In Rancho Santa Fe. 27-hole championship golf course, practice facilities, 11 tennis courts, pool, overnight accommodations, informal and formal dining, conference/banquet facilities. Open daily. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Member Benefits and Levels As a benefit of club membership, you have access to certain clubs and resorts listed in “The List” that are outside the nonresident radius of your home club. These restrictions apply from the place(s) of residence and business for you and your family members.

Privileges are based upon your benefit level as described below. The Associate Club benefits do not apply to groups or private events, and cart fees are additional. Call the ClubLine to make reservations and for questions about your benefits. For information on legacy and relocation benefits, contact your home club.

Signature Gold: Signature Gold Unlimited is the flagship level of private club benefits, featuring complimentary golf and dining at participating clubs (two rounds and two meals per club per 30-day period). Additional benefits include a private-jet program, 30-day advance tee times, and privileges in the market of the members’ second home or business. Signature Gold Golf offers complimentary golf at Associate Clubs and signature courses (two rounds per club per 30-day period). Signature Gold Dining offers complimentary dining at business and business sports clubs (two meals per club per 30-day period).

O.N.E. (Optimal Network Experiences): Members receive 50 percent discount on a la carte dining at their home club, benefits in their local community, and complimentary golf and dining privileges when traveling.

Associate Bronze: Members receive social privileges at Associate Club properties.

Associate Gold: Members receive golf, social, and athletic privileges at Associate Clubs, excluding some select golf courses. Members do not pay green fees at specified country clubs. (Play restricted to two rounds per 30 days at each location.)

Associate Plus: Members receive golf privileges at certain properties and are limited to two rounds per 30 days per club. Members are charged 50 percent of accompanied-guest green fees.

Associate Silver: Members receive social and athletic privileges at Associate Club properties and golf privileges at certain Associate Club properties. Golf availability varies and green fees apply in certain resort areas and during designated seasons.

Pacific Athletic Club One of Western Athletic Clubs’ nine facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine Locations in La Jolla and downtown San Diego.

Shadowridge Golf Club, 760-727-7700 shadowridgecc.com In Vista, in north San Diego County. 18-hole golf course, practice facilities, clubhouse. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch Tue-Sun. Extended lunch on Sun. Dinner Wed, Fri, Sun. Closed Mon.

University Club Atop Symphony Towers, 619-234-5200 uc-sandiego.com Atop Symphony Towers downtown. Two main dining rooms and six meeting rooms. Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner WedSat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

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Austin, Texas

Barton Creek Resort & Spa 800-336-6158, 512-3294000; bartoncreek.com

Appeal: 294 rooms and 18 suites; four golf courses; Callaway Performance Center; fitness and tennis facilities; two restaurants What’s new: The Moroccan-inspired spa ritual, Hammam in the Hill Country, includes a dry-brush exfoliation, hot stone massage, and hydrating mask.

Deal: The New Year, New You Package includes accommodations and one hour of personal training or unlimited group fitness classes.

From $140.

Why go now: In downtown Austin March 14-16, soak up three nights of free concerts by wellknown acts — past performers include Counting Crows and the Shins — on the Auditorium Shores stage during the acclaimed South by Southwest festival.

Asheville, N.C.

Hot Springs, Va.

Grove Park Inn

The Homestead

800-438-5800, 828-2522711; groveparkinn.com

800-838-1766, 540-8391766; thehomestead.com

Appeal: 501 rooms and 13 suites; 18-hole golf course; six tennis courts; spa with 37 treatment rooms; four restaurants; two pools; sports complex; meeting space

Appeal: 483 rooms; three golf courses; indoor pool; four tennis courts; equestrian center; six restaurants

What’s new: A nod to the resort’s 100th anniversary, the Centennial Concert Series serves up big names like jazz guitarist Pat Metheny and Celtic musicians Gaelic Storm.

Deal: The Fall in Love Package includes accommodations, room-service breakfast, four-course Chef’s Tasting Menu, spa passes, and wine and chocolatecovered strawberries. From $567.

Why go now: Listen to live music, sip specialty brews, and nibble on chef-selected food pairings during the Winter Warmer Beer Festival Jan. 26 at the Asheville Civic Center.

What’s new: Take advantage of seasonal offerings at Allegheny Springs’ Winter Wonderland, including a heated outdoor pool and an ice skating rink.

Deal: The Family Learn to Ski Package includes accommodations, daily ski lift tickets, equipment rentals, and group lessons.

From $305.

Why go now: In addition to snowboarding, snowmobiling, and snowtubing, participate in ski races and family snow games Jan. 25-27 during the resort’s Winterfest Weekend.

Coronado, Calif.

Carlsbad, Calif.

Scottsdale, Ariz.

Hotel del Coronado

La Costa Resort and Spa

Montelucia Resort & Spa

800-468-3533, 619-4356611; hoteldel.com

800-854-5000, 760-4389111; lacosta.com

888-627-3010, 480-6273200; montelucia.com

Appeal: 679 rooms and 25 suites; spa with 21 treatment rooms; salon; fitness center; two pools; seven restaurants; meeting space

Appeal: 397 rooms, 77 suites, and 137 villas; two PGA championship golf courses; spa with 42 treatment rooms; water play area; eight pools; 17 tennis courts; six restaurants; meeting space

Appeal: 250 rooms and 42 suites; bilevel spa; fitness center; four pools; five restaurants; meeting space

Chef Robert Hohmann

What’s new: Taste the Mediterranean-meetsCalifornia creations of Robert Hohmann, 1500 Ocean’s chef de cuisine.

Deal: Celebrating the resort’s 125th year, the Anniversary Package includes accommodations, free parking, and a copy of the new book Hotel del Coronado History.

From $365.

Why go now: Head to San Diego’s historic Gaslamp Quarter Feb. 12 for the largest Fat Tuesday celebration on the West Coast.

What’s new: Sign up for private golf lessons, a specialty clinic, or a golf school led by a seasoned golf expert via the PGA Tour’s on-site TOURAcademy program.

Deal: Gold Medal Golf Package includes accommodations, daily breakfast for two, unlimited use of the golf practice facility and range balls, overnight club storage, and 15 percent off pro shop merchandise.

From $459.

Why go now: Golf pros tee up Jan. 21-27 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, Calif., to compete in the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open.

What’s new: Unwind with naturopathic spa services, like acupuncture or cupping, performed

by Dr. Lauren Beardsley, a local physician specializing in stress rehabilitation.

Deal: Fourth Night Free Package includes accommodations, a complimentary fourth night, and a $100 dining credit at Centro Lounge. From $189.

Why go now: To kick off the Cactus League spring training season, attend the Spring Training Festival at Scottsdale Civic Center Park and the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.

See historic baseball mementos, witness special appearances by former MLB players, and listen to live music Feb. 23-24.

Did you know? The Travel Channel has named La Costa a top-10 family vacation spot.

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HENEBRY PHOTOGRAPHY (RANCHO), CAL SPORT MEDIA/AP IMAGES (AZARENKA), LES CUNLIFFE/DREAMSTIME (WEIGHT)

CLAIRE JURKIEWICZ

BARBARA KRAFT (BARTON CREEK), STEVEN MCBRIDE (GROVE PARK), WERNER GATTINGER (HOMESTEAD), JEFF ZARUBA (MONTELUCIA), DREAMSTIME: LIV FRIIS-LARSEN (STRAWBERRY), ADAM EDWARDS (FLAG)

BY

San Francisco Compass Society of Northern California, 800-433-5079 compass-society.com

Bay Club/Bank of America Center One of Western Athletic Clubs’ nine facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

Bay Club Marin In Marin. One of Western Athletic Clubs’ nine facilities on the West Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

In Napa Valley.

Club Quarters Courtside Club In Los Gatos. One of Western Athletic Clubs’ nine facilities on the West Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Vail, Colo.

Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa

Vail Mountain Lodge & Spa

866-423-1195, 760-568-2727; rancholaspalmas.com

866-476-0700, 970-476-0700; vailmountainlodge.com

Appeal: 444 rooms and 22 suites; 27-hole golf course; 25 tennis courts; spa with 26 treatment rooms; water playground; fitness center; four restaurants; meeting space

Appeal: 20 rooms; seven condos; fitness facility offering classes and programs; spa with 12 treatment rooms at the Vitality Center; restaurant

What’s new: Relax on daybeds around the adults-only pool.

HENEBRY PHOTOGRAPHY (RANCHO), CAL SPORT MEDIA/AP IMAGES (AZARENKA), LES CUNLIFFE/DREAMSTIME (WEIGHT)

BARBARA KRAFT (BARTON CREEK), STEVEN MCBRIDE (GROVE PARK), WERNER GATTINGER (HOMESTEAD), JEFF ZARUBA (MONTELUCIA), DREAMSTIME: LIV FRIIS-LARSEN (STRAWBERRY), ADAM EDWARDS (FLAG)

Carneros Inn

Deal: The Stay Longer, Save, and Dine on Us Package includes 50 percent off your third night, a complimentary fourth night, and a $100 dining credit. From $249.

Why go now: Watch tennis’ heavy-hitters go head-to-head in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, Calif., March 4-17.

What’s new: Learn how to better your workouts and optimize your health at the Vitality Center’s Movement Science and Performance Testing Lab.

crow-canyon.com In Danville, 30 miles east of San Francisco at the foot of Mount Diablo. 18-hole Ted Robinsondesigned golf course, 13 tennis courts, pool, fitness facility.

Breakfast and lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Wed-Sun. Sunday brunch.

Closed Mon.

Decathlon Club In Santa Clara. One of Western Athletic Clubs’ nine facilities on the West Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

Golden Gateway Tennis & Swim Club One of Western Athletic Clubs’ nine facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

Lark Creek Inn Restaurant In Larkspur. Part of the Lark Creek Restaurant Group.

Deal: Winter Wellness Package includes a 50 percent discount on your fourth night, two welcome massages, a $50 gift card to Terra Bistro, free body analysis, and access to the Vitality Center. From $409.

Why go now: Pro and amateur athletes hit Vail Mountain Feb. 8-10 for the Winter Teva Mountain Games’ events, such as mixed climbing and snow biking.

Victoria Azarenka, last year’s women’s singles winner of the BNP Paribas Open

Crow Canyon Country Club, 925-735-5700

Lark Creek Walnut Creek Restaurant In Walnut Creek. Part of the Lark Creek Restaurant Group.

Napa Valley Lodge In Napa Valley.

One Market Restaurant

Yankee Pier

Part of Lark Creek Restaurant Group.

Part of the Lark Creek Restaurant Group.

Pacific Athletic Club

Victorville

In Redwood City. One of Western Athletic Clubs’ nine facilities on the West Coast. Complimentary access for traveling members.

Spring Valley Lake Country Club, 760-245-5356 spring-valley-lake.com Spring Valley Lake area. Golf course, 4 tennis courts, swimming pool, and fitness center. Breakfast Thur-Sun. Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Wed-Sat. Closed Mon.

Pleasure Cove Marina In Lake Berryessa. Part of Forever Resorts.

Postrio Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Colorado

Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine San Francisco Bay Club

Aspen Aspen Glen Club, 970-704-1905 aspen-glen.com In Carbondale, 30 miles northwest of Aspen. Jack Nicklaus/Jack Nicklaus II co-designed 18-hole course. State-of-the-art athletic facility, 4 tennis courts (3 clay courts, 1 hard court), outdoor swimming pool and spa, and pro shop. 2 dining rooms with veranda dining. Lunch and dinner with seasonal dining hours. Resort rates apply. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

One of Western Athletic Clubs’ nine facilities on the West Coast.

Complimentary access for traveling members.

San Francisco Tennis Club, 415-777-9000 sftennis.com In the San Francisco Tennis Club Building, south of the Financial District. 12 indoor and 12 outdoor tennis courts, athletic facilities, Jacuzzi, pro shop, bar and café, lounge. Open daily. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat. Grill open Mon-Sat.

Hotel Jerome Sky Hotel

Denver

Servcorp

The Capital Grille Del Frisco’s

See Other Affiliates section.

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

Tuscan Inn Wine Spectator Greystone Restaurant In Napa Valley. One of the Culinary Institute of America’s six restaurants. VIP access for members with Signature Gold benefits.

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In Boulder.

Durango

In Larkspur. Part of the Lark Creek Restaurant Group.

Glacier Club Signature Gold Golf.

San Jose

Vail

Compass Society of Northern California, 800-433-5079

Arrabelle at Vail Square The Lodge at Vail The Pines Lodge

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In Beaver Creek.

Coyote Creek Golf Club

Spago

Signature Gold Golf.

In Beaver Creek. Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Hotel Valencia Santana Row Lake Don Pedro Marina In Don Pedro Lake. Part of Forever Resorts.

In Pebble Beach.

Silicon Valley Capital Club, 408-971-9300 sanjoseclub.com In Fairmont Plaza downtown.

Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Wed-Sat. Bar area open Mon-Sat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Omni Interlocken Resort St. Julien Boulders Hotel & Spa

Yankee Pier

Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine

In Keystone.

In Broomfield. Signature Gold Golf.

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Fogo de Chao Hotel Monaco Keystone Lodge

Vail Mountain Lodge & Spa, 866-476-0700; 970-476-0700 vailmountainlodge.com

Connecticut Hartford Hartford Club Signature Gold Dining.

Stamford See New York City.

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Windsor Locks Six Flags New England In Springfield, Mass. Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

Delaware Newark See Philadelphia.

Business Clubs Country Clubs Golf Clubs Sports Clubs KSL Resorts The Owners Club Societies Network Affiliate Clubs/Hotels/ Services New listing Must be an overnight guest MemberCard accepted Athletic facilities

In Bonita Springs; Naples.

Tiburon Golf Club

Clearwater

Gainesville

countrysideclub.com In Countryside; 17 miles from Tampa International Airport.

27 holes of championship golf, practice greens, driving range, pro shop, 14 tennis courts, fitness center, 2 pools, grill, lounge, and dining. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Sunday brunch. Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Wed-Sat. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

East Lake Woodlands Country Club, 727-784-8576 eastlakewoodlandscc.com In Oldsmar between Clearwater and Tampa. 36 holes of Von Hagge-Devlin-designed golf, practice and banquet facilities, clubhouse, fitness center, 17 tennis courts, 3 pools. Dinner Wed-Sat. Open daily. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Daytona Beach LPGA International, 386-274-5742 lpgainternational.com 5 miles from Daytona Beach International Airport. 39 holes of golf, pool. Lunch Mon-Sat. Dinner Thur-Sat. Signature Gold Golf.

Fort Lauderdale South Coast Society, 800-433-5079 southcoastsociety.com

The Capital Grille Heron Bay Golf Club In Coral Springs.

Lago Mar Country Club In Plantation. tower-florida.com On the 28th floor of One Financial Plaza in the downtown business district, with views of the Atlantic Ocean. Library/lounge, dining room, and private rooms for business and social events. Breakfast and lunch Tue-Fri. Dinner Wed-Sat. Signature Gold Dining.

Fort Myers The Capital Grille In Naples.

The Colony Golf and Bay Club In Bonita Springs.

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Haile Plantation Golf & Country Club, 352-335-0055 haileplantationgolf.com 10 miles from the University of Florida and the Florida Medical Center. The Gary Player-designed par-71 golf course has a unique layout with 6 par-3s, 7 par-4s, and 5 par-5s. Tennis, swimming, and fitness facilities. The clubhouse features locker rooms for men and women, and full pro shop.

Bar and grill open Tue-Sun. Dining room (reservations required) open Wed-Fri. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Stone Creek Golf Club In Ocala.

Jacksonville Jacksonville Society, 800-433-5079 jacksonvillesociety.com

Amelia National Golf Club In Fernandina Beach.

Cabin Bluff In Woodbine, Ga.

The Capital Grille Deercreek Country Club, 904-363-1604 deercreekclub.com 20 miles south of downtown.

18-hole Robert Miller-designed golf course, practice facilities, pro shop, fitness center, 8 outdoor Har-Tru tennis courts, informal dining. Lunch Tue-Sat. Sunday brunch. Closed Mon. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort In Amelia Island.

Omni Jacksonville Hotel The Palencia Club In St. Augustine.

Tower Club, 954-764-8550

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In Naples. Signature Gold Golf.

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Florida Countryside Country Club, 727-796-2153

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Pelican Preserve Golf Club Raptor Bay Golf Club

Queen’s Harbour Yacht and Country Club, 904-221-1012 queensharbourcc.com On the Intracoastal Waterway in Queen’s Harbour; 24 miles from Jacksonville International Airport.

PGA Tour professional Mark McCumber designed the 18-hole, 7,012-yard, par-72 course. 2 tennis courts, pool. Snack bar open daily.

Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Wed and Fri. Open daily. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine

La Cita Country Club

In Jacksonville Beach.

In Titusville. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

University Club, 904-396-1687

Mission Inn Resort & Club, 352-324-3101

uc-jacksonville.com In the Riverplace Tower south of downtown. Business center and athletic club with fitness classes, training, and massage. Cocktail lounge and formal and informal dining. Breakfast and lunch MonFri. Dinner Wed-Sat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

In Howey-in-the-Hills.

Miami South Coast Society, 800-433-5079 southcoastsociety.com

The Capital Grille Fogo de Chao In Miami Beach.

Ritz-Carlton, Biscayne Bay Ritz-Carlton, Coconut Grove Ritz-Carlton, South Beach Servcorp See Other Affiliates section.

Orlando

Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate In ChampionsGate.

Portobello Part of Levy Restaurants. Access for Members with Signature Gold benefits only.

The Capital Grille Centre Club, 813-286-4040

Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe Part of Levy Restaurants.

Panama City Emerald Isle Condominiums In Panama City Beach.

Firefly Restaurant Grandview East and West Condominiums

Santa Rosa Golf & Beach Club

Citrus Club, 407-843-1080

DeBary Golf & Country Club, 386-668-1705 debarycc.com In DeBary, 25 miles northeast of Orlando. 18-hole, par-72 course designed by Lloyd Clifton, formal dining, 6 tennis courts, pool, fitness center. Course open daily.

Lunch Tue-Sat. Call for dinner schedule. Sunday brunch. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

Emeril’s Receive VIP access and service at Emeril’s Orlando and Emeril’s Tchoup Chop restaurants.

Fulton’s Crab House Part of Levy Restaurants.

Golden Bear Club at Keene’s Pointe In Windermere. Signature Gold Golf.

Grand Bohemian Hotel House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

universitycenterclub.com On the campus of Florida State University overlooking the stadium. Formal and informal dining, private meeting room, ballroom. Lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Tue-Sat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Part of the Todd English Restaurant Group.

In Walt Disney World.

citrus-club.com Atop BB&T building downtown.

Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Wed-Sat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

University Center Club, 850-644-8528

Tampa

In Panama City Beach.

In Celebration.

St. James Bay In Carrabelle.

Rio Pinar Country Club Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine Todd English’s Blue Zoo

Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge Buena Vista Palace Resort & Spa The Capital Grille Celebration Golf Club

Tallahassee

Ocean Ritz Condominiums In Panama City Beach.

In Santa Rosa Beach. Signature Gold Golf.

The Shores of Panama Condominiums In Panama City Beach.

Vue on 30a In Santa Rosa Beach.

Pensacola Lost Key Golf Club Signature Gold Golf.

Sarasota Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine The Venetian Golf and River Club In North Venice. Signature Gold Golf.

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Tampa Bay Society, 800-433-5079 tampabay-society.com

centretampa.com Atop the Urban Center in Westshore. Lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Wed-Fri. Closed Sat and Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Emerald Greens Golf Resort & Country Club Florida Aquarium Hunter’s Green Country Club, 813-973-1000 huntersgreencc.com 35 miles from Tampa International Airport. 18-hole Fazio-designed championship course with driving, chipping, and putting ranges, 17 lighted tennis courts, basketball, racquetball, volleyball, fitness, formal dining, grill, banquet room.

Breakfast Sun. Lunch Wed-Fri. Dinner Wed-Sat. Café open daily.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine StarLite Dining Cruises In St. Petersburg.

Tampa Club Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club, 813-972-1991 tampa-palmscc.com 22 miles from Tampa International Airport. 18-hole Arthur Hillsdesigned championship golf course, 9 Har-Tru tennis courts, fitness center, junior Olympicsize pool. Overnight resort accommodations. Breakfast and lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Tue-Sat. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Westshore Yacht Club

West Palm Beach The Capital Grille In Palm Beach Gardens.

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The Fountains Country Club

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In Lake Worth. Signature Gold Golf.

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Mayacoo Lakes Country Club Monarch Country Club, 772-286-8447 monarchclub.com In Palm City, 40 miles north

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of West Palm Beach. 18-hole championship Arnold Palmer golf course, 6 lighted Har-Tru tennis courts, pool, Jacuzzi. Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Thur and Sat. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

The Pillars at New River Sound Hotel Phillips Point Club by the Breakers Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach

Georgia Atlanta Atlanta Society, 800-433-5079 atlantasociety.com

Bear’s Best Atlanta, 678-714-2582 bearsbest.com Features 18 of Jack Nicklaus’ favorite holes from his own designs around the world.

Clubhouse includes Nicklaus memorabilia, dining facilities, outdoor pavilion, pro shop, and is designed to accommodate corporate entertainment. Signature Gold Golf.

Beechwood Inn In Clayton.

Buckhead Club, 404-262-2262 buckhead-club.com On the 26th floor of the Sovereign

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The Capital Grille Commerce Club, 404-222-0191 commerceclubatlanta.com On the 49th floor of 191 Peachtree Tower in downtown Atlanta.

Two main dining rooms, seven private meeting rooms, bar and lounge. Breakfast and lunch MonFri. Dinner Tue-Fri. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Country Club of Gwinnett, 770-978-7755 countryclubofgwinnett.com 30 miles east of Atlanta. 18-hole Steve Melnyk-designed golf course with driving range and practice facilities. Clubhouse with grill, full-service pro shop, and banquet facilities for up to 150 people. Open daily. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Country Club of the South, 770-475-1803 thecountryclubofthesouth.com In Johns Creek, 36 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed championship golf course. Four-bedroom villa, 12 tennis courts, fitness center, pro shop, junior Olympic-size pool. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Tue-Sun. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

Tue-Sun. Dinner available for special events.

Eagle’s Landing Country Club, 770-389-2000

The Peachtree Club

eagleslandingcc.com In Stockbridge, 20 miles south of downtown Atlanta. 27-hole Tom Fazio-designed golf course. Pro shop, 8 tennis courts, 2 pools, informal dining. Lunch Mon-Sat. Dinner daily. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Fogo de Chao Glen Ella Springs Inn In Clarkesville.

Laurel Springs Golf Club, 770-884-0065 laurelspringsclub.com In Suwanee, 27 miles north of Atlanta. 18-hole Jack Nicklausdesigned golf course, driving range, and practice facilities.

Informal dining, bar and lounge, Nicklaus library, pro shop, locker rooms. Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Thur-Fri. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Northwood Country Club, 770-923-2909 northwoodcc.com In Lawrenceville, 35 miles northeast of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 18-hole championship golf course, driving range, 3 tennis courts, swimming pool (open seasonally). Lunch

In Midtown.

The Ritz-Carlton Atlanta The Ritz-Carlton Buckhead Six Flags Over Georgia Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

Six Flags White Water Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

The Vinings Club Signature Gold Dining.

Augusta The Carriage House Inn In Aiken, South Carolina.

The Pinnacle Club The Willcox In Aiken, South Carolina.

Woodside Plantation Country Club, 803-649-3383 woodside-plantation.com In Aiken, South Carolina. 30 miles from Augusta Regional Airport in Woodside Plantation. 3 golf courses, 10 tennis courts, 2 pools.

Lunch Tue-Sat. Dinner Wed-Sat. Sunday brunch. Closed Mon. Green fees apply to all members during Masters week.

Savannah Mansion on Forsyth Park Hotel Planter’s Inn

Hawaii Hawaii The Mauna Lani Bay Hotels and Bungalows In Kona on the Kohala Coast.

Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine In Waikoloa.

Kauai Princeville Resort Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine In Koloa.

Maui Dunes at Maui Lani Golf Course Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua Spago Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Oahu Ewa Beach Golf Club Hawaii Prince Golf Club Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki Oahu Country Club Golf benefits for Signature Gold Unlimited.

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Plaza Club Signature Gold Dining.

Royal Hawaiian Golf Club Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine In Honolulu; Ko Olina.

Illinois Chicago

Signature Gold Golf.

Cafe Spiaggia Part of Levy Restaurants.

The Capital Grille Locations in Chicago, Lombard, and Rosemont.

The Owners Club

Club International at The Drake Hotel Club Quarters Hotel The Drake Hotel DuPage Club Eagle Brook Country Club In Geneva. Signature Gold Golf.

Fogo de Chao Fulton’s on the River Part of Levy Restaurants.

House of Blues Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

Metropolitan Club, 312-876-3200 metclubchicago.com Panoramic views from the Willis Tower in the financial district.

Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Mon-Sat. Closed Sun. Available for private functions daily. Fitness center with cardiovascular equipment, free weights, resistance equipment, and exercise classes. Signature Gold Dining.

Mid-America Club, 312-861-1100 midamclub.com Atop the 80th floor of the Aon Center. Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Mon-Sat. 8,500-square-foot ballroom, private dining and conference rooms. Signature Gold Dining.

Mission Hills Country Club In Northbrook.

Ravisloe Country Club In Homewood.

Ritz-Carlton, Chicago Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine Sax Chicago

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Indianapolis

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Lake Charles

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Kentucky

Trump International Hotel & Tower

Indiana

The Carlton Club at RitzCarlton, Chicago

Network Affiliate Clubs/Hotels/ Services

In Naperville.

chicago-society.com

Sports Clubs

Societies

Signature Gold Golf.

Louisiana

In Lockport.

Golf Clubs

Tamarack Golf Club

Willowbend Golf Club

See St. Louis.

Broken Arrow Golf Club

Country Clubs

Part of Levy Restaurants.

Crestview Country Club

Godfrey

Bar Toma

Business Clubs

Spiaggia

Wichita

Chicago Society of Clubs, 800-433-5079

Part of Levy Restaurants.

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Six Flags Great America Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

The Capital Grille Fogo de Chao Hawthorns Golf & Country Club In Fishers. Signature Gold Golf.

Omni Severin Hotel Puck’s Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Skyline Club, 317-263-5000 skyline-indy.com On the 36th floor of the One American Square building downtown. Main dining room, bar and grill, 4 private dining rooms. Breakfast and lunch MonFri. Dinner Tue-Sat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

South Bend Knollwood Country Club, 574-277-1541 knollwoodclub.com In Granger, north of Notre Dame.

2 golf courses, driving range, indoor and outdoor pools, 10 tennis courts. Golf shop and dining available Tue-Sun. Fitness center open daily.

Iowa Des Moines Des Moines Embassy Club Glen Oaks Country Club In West Des Moines. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Gray Plantation Golf Club

New Orleans Emeril’s Receive VIP access and service at Emeril’s New Orleans and NOLA restaurants.

Hotel Monteleone House of Blues Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans Windsor Court Hotel

Shreveport Southern Trace Country Club, 318-798-8300 southern-trace.com Arthur Hills-designed championship golf course, 6 lighted tennis courts, pool, spa and fitness facilities, whirlpool, steam room, and lounge. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sun.

Maryland Baltimore The Capital Grille Fogo de Chao Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine Six Flags America Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

Massachusetts

Kansas

Boston

Kansas City

New England Society, 800-433-5079 Boston College Club, 617-946-2828

Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate, 913-402-1000 nicklausgolflg.com In Overland Park, 10 miles southwest of Kansas City, Missouri.

18-hole, par-72 Jack Nicklausdesigned golf course, practice facilities, pool, 21,000-square-foot clubhouse, pro shop, conference room with Internet access, informal dining room, casual bar and grill, private dining room. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sat. Sunday brunch. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

bostoncollegeclub.com On the 36th floor of the Bank of America Financial Building in the financial district. Formal and informal dining, bar and lounge.

Available for private functions.

Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Cocktails with light fare Tue-Fri. Dinner Thur-Fri. Closed Sat and Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

The Capital Grille In Boston and Chestnut Hill.

Club Quarters Hotel

House of Blues Foundation Room

Skyline Club, 248-350-9898

Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

theskylineclub.com In Southfield, 15 miles north of Detroit, in the 2000 Town Center Building. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Mon-Fri. Closed Sat-Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

The International In Bolton.

Ipswich Country Club, 978-356-4822 ipswichclub.com In Ipswich, 30 miles northeast of Boston. 18-hole, par-72 championship golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones. 6 Har-Tru tennis courts, pro shop, fitness center, pool, sauna, steam room, whirlpool. Lunch Tue-Sat. Dinner Wed and Fri-Sat. Sunday brunch.

Closed Mon.

Kingfish Hall Part of the Todd English Restaurant Group.

Langham Hotel Boston Olives Part of the Todd English Restaurant Group.

Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common University of Massachusetts Club, 617-287-3030 umassclub.com In Boston’s financial district, with views of the harbor and downtown. Formal dining available for lunch only Mon-Fri. Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Tue-Fri. 6 private dining rooms, banquet facilities, audiovisual equipment.

Signature Gold Dining.

Cape Cod Ocean Edge Resort & Club In Brewster.

Michigan Detroit Detroit Society, 800-433-5079 detroitsociety.com

The Capital Grille Clubs at Polo Fields

University Club of Michigan State University In Lansing.

Wolfgang Puck Grille Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Minnesota Minneapolis 20.21 Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

The Capital Grille Fogo de Chao

Mississippi Gulfport Emeril’s Receive VIP access and service at Emeril’s Gulf Coast Fish House.

Missouri Columbia The Club at Porto Cima In Lake of the Ozarks. Signature Gold Golf.

Lake of the Ozarks Marina In Lake of the Ozarks. Part of Forever Resorts.

The Lodge of Four Seasons In Lake Ozark.

Kansas City The Capital Grille Fogo de Chao Kansas City Club Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate, 913-402-1000 In Overland Park, Kansas. See Kansas City, Kansas.

In Ann Arbor.

St. Louis

Coach Insignia Dearborn Racquet & Health Club

In Godfrey, Ill. ONE and Signature Gold Golf.

In Dearborn.

MGM Grand Detroit Northern Lakes Seafood Co. In Bloomfield Hills.

No. VI Chophouse In Novi.

Oak Pointe Country Club, 810-229-4554 oak-pointe.com In Brighton, 30 miles west of Detroit. Arthur Hills-designed 18-hole golf course and 18-hole private championship course.

Clubhouse, 4 lighted tennis courts, fitness center, and pool.

Lunch and dinner Tue-Sun. Closed Mon.

Lockhaven Country Club

Omni Majestic Hotel Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis Six Flags St. Louis Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

Nevada Las Vegas Bear’s Best Las Vegas, 702-804-8500 bearsbest.com 10 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip. Features 18 of Jack Nicklaus’ favorite holes from his own designs around the world.

Clubhouse includes Nicklaus memorabilia, dining facilities, and pro shop, and is designed to accommodate corporate entertainment. Signature Gold Golf.

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Brand Steakhouse Callville Bay Resort & Marina In Lake Mead. Part of Forever Resorts.

Canyon Gate Country Club, 702-363-0303 canyon-gate.com In Canyon Gate, 8 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip. 18-hole golf course, 4 tennis courts, 2 pools, Jacuzzi, fitness center. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch daily. Dinner WedFri. Sunday brunch. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

The Capital Grille Charlie Palmer Group Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer’s Aureole and Charlie Palmer Steak restaurants.

Cirque Du Soleil See Other Affiliates section.

Cottonwood Cove Resort & Marina In Lake Mojave. Part of Forever Resorts.

Cut Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

Diablo’s Cantina

Emeril’s

Trattoria del Lupo

New Jersey

Las Cruces

Atlantic City

Picacho Hills Country Club

Receive VIP access and service at Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House, Delmonico Steakhouse, and Table 10 restaurant.

Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grille

House of Blues Foundation Room

Fix Restaurant House of Blues Foundation Room

Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

Yellowtail Japanese Restaurant & Lounge

Wolfgang Puck American Grille

Reno

Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

Le Cirque Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino MGM Grand Hotel and Casino Osteria del Circo Postrio Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine The Signature at MGM Grand Spago Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group.

Stack Restaurant Temple Bar Marina In Lake Mead. Part of Forever Resorts.

Charlie Palmer Group Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer’s Fin Fish and Charlie Palmer Steak restaurants.

Eldorado Hotel Casino Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino

Signature Gold Golf.

Edgewater Newark In Bedminster Township.

White Trenton

Somersett Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

The Village at Squaw Valley

Six Flags Great Adventure In Jackson, N.J. Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor

In Lake Tahoe, Calif.

In Jackson, N.J. Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

New Hampshire Manchester Omni Mount Washington Resort

New Mexico

One Hundred Club In Portsmouth. Signature Gold Dining.

Four Hills Country Club

New York Albany In Hyde Park. One of the Culinary Institute of America’s six restaurants.

Escoffier Restaurant In Hyde Park. One of the Culinary Institute of America’s six restaurants.

The Great Escape Six Flags’ park In Lake George.

Members receive up to 60 percent off main ticket prices.

Ristorante Caterina De’ Medici In Hyde Park. One of the Culinary Institute of America’s six restaurants.

St. Andrew’s Café

Albuquerque

In Bretton Woods.

La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa

American Bounty Restaurant

See New York City.

Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club

In Incline Village.

Santa Fe

In Hyde Park. One of the Culinary Institute of America’s six restaurants.

Signature Gold Golf.

Seabrook Island, SC is a private paradise with ever y amenity and activity you could imagine. Members of ClubCorp c lubs are invited to enjoy discounted golf on two championship golf courses, play at our award winning tennis center, horseback ride at the equestrian facility, and indulge

You’ll be amazed by what you find when you don’t follow the crowd.

in fabulous shopping and dining.

Convenientl y located just 5 minutes from Kiawah Island, and 25 minutes from charming historic downtown Char leston.

Come for a visit, and stay for a lifetime on Seabrook Island.

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Long Island The Hamlet Golf & Country Club, 631-209-7448 hamletgolfandcountryclub.com In Commack, 14 miles northwest of Long Island MacArthur Airport.

18-hole golf course, 8 tennis courts, pool, pro shop, fitness center, informal dining. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sat. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

Willow Creek Golf & Country Club, 631-403-6108

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hamletwillowcreek.com In Mt. Sinai, 18 miles northwest of Long Island MacArthur Airport.

18-hole golf course, pro shop, informal dining. Breakfast Sat and Sun. Lunch and dinner every day. Open every day. Signature Gold Golf.

Wind Watch Golf & Country Club, 631-606-2252 hamletwindwatch.com In Hauppauge, 8 miles northwest of Long Island MacArthur Airport.

18-hole golf course, pro shop, informal dining. Breakfast Sat and Sun. Lunch and dinner every day. Open every day. Signature Gold Golf.

New York City ’21’ Club Signature Gold Dining.

The Athletic & Swim Club at Equitable Center, 212-265-3490 athleticswim.com Midtown location. Pool, complete fitness equipment. Lunch Mon-Fri. Open Mon-Thur 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Fri 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sat and Sun 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adults only — 16 and older.

The Beard House In Greenwich Village.

The Capital Grille In Stamford, Conn.

Charlie Palmer Group Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer’s Aureole restaurant.

Club Quarters Hotel, Midtown Club Quarters Hotel, Rockefeller Center Club Quarters Hotel, Wall Street Club Quarters Hotel, World Trade Center Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

Flatotel Le Cirque The Libertine Part of the Todd English Restaurant Group.

The Michelangelo Hotel Olives Part of the Todd English Restaurant Group.

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Servcorp See Other Affiliates section.

Terrace Club Signature Gold Dining.

North Carolina Asheville Grove Park Inn, 800-4385800; 828-252-2711 Highlands Falls Country Club In Highlands. Signature Gold Golf.

Hound Ears Club In Boone. Signature Gold Golf.

Inn on Biltmore Estate In the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Charlotte The Capital Grille Charlotte City Club Signature Gold Dining.

Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

Lowe’s Motor Speedway Omni Charlotte Hotel Pine Island Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

Outer Banks See Norfolk, Virginia.

Raleigh/Durham Triangle Society, 800-433-5079 trianglesociety.com

Carolina Club, 919-962-1101 carolina-club.com In Chapel Hill. On the campus of UNC at Chapel Hill, in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center.

20 miles from Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Dining room and grill, 7 private rooms. Lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Tue-Sat. Sunday brunch every month. Signature Gold Dining.

The Club at 12 Oaks

Fri. Sunday brunch. Grill area, 3 private dining rooms, and driving range. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Downtown Clubs of Raleigh, 919-500-5603 downtownclubsofraleigh.com

Capital City Club, 919-832-5526 capitalraleigh.com Atop the Center Plaza Building on Fayetteville Street Mall downtown. Overlooks the Capitol. Lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Tue-Sat. Signature Gold Dining.

Cardinal Club, 919-834-8829 cardinal-club.com On the 28th and 29th floors of the Wachovia Capitol Center.

Formal and informal dining, 7 private dining rooms. Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Signature Gold Dining.

Lochmere Golf Club, 919-851-0611 lochmere.com In Cary, southeast of Raleigh.

18-hole Gene Hamm-designed golf course, practice facilities, pro shop, grill, covered pavilion for special events. Breakfast and lunch daily. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Neuse Golf Club, 919-550-0550 neusegolf.com In Clayton, 30 miles southeast of Raleigh. 18-hole John LaFoydesigned course, clubhouse, 6 tennis courts, grill. Open daily.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Sheraton Capital Center Hotel Siena Hotel In Chapel Hill.

The State Club University Club

Village of Pinehurst Pinehurst In the Sandhills of North Carolina.

Fri. Dinner in the grill Thur-Sat, with buffet on Wed. A la carte dining in private rooms Tue-Sat. Sunday brunch once a month.

Signature Gold Dining.

Ohio Akron Firestone Country Club, 330-644-8441 firestonecountryclub.com Located on the outskirts of Akron, 15 miles from the Akron-Canton Airport. Home to the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, with 3 18-hole golf courses, pro shop, bar and grill, and private dining. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner served daily.

Open daily April-October. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold on West and North courses. Privileges for Associate Club members do not apply during the week of the Bridgestone Invitational.

Silver Lake Country Club, 330-688-6066 silverlakeclub.com In Silver Lake, minutes from downtown Akron. 18-hole championship golf course, driving range, putting green, and pro shop. 2 pools, formal dining, 2 private dining rooms, ballroom, and grill.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner TueSun. Closed Mon.

City Club at de Rosset River Landing Country Club In Wallace.

Winston-Salem City Club of Lexington In Lexington.

Oak Valley Golf Club

Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

Quail Hollow Country Club, 440-639-3800 quailhollowcc.com In Concord, 25 miles east of Cleveland. Weiskopf-Morrish golf course and Bruce Devlin golf course, fitness center. Open daily.

Quail Hollow Hotel In Painesville, adjacent to Quail Hollow Country Club.

Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland Rustic Hills Country Club In Medina.

Salmon Dave’s Pacific Rim Shoreby Club, 216-851-2587 shorebyclub.com In Bratenahl, 8 miles east of downtown Cleveland. Historic home on Lake Erie; Dining rooms, terrace, library, accommodations, outdoor pool. Marina available for Associate members. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Wed-Sat. Closed Tue. Signature Gold Dining.

Signature of Solon Country Club In Solon.

Weymouth Country Club In Medina.

Columbus Capital Club

Cincinnati

Signature Gold Dining.

River Society, 800-433-5079

In Hilliard. Signature Gold Golf.

riversociety.com

The Cincinnatian Hotel Cincinnati Athletic Club Traditions Country Club In Hebron, Ky. Signature Gold Golf.

Cleveland North Coast Society, 800-433-5079 northcoastsociety.com

Blue Point Grill The Cabin Club The Club at Hillbrook In Chagrin Falls.

Wilmington

House of Blues Foundation Room

The Club at Key Center, 216-241-1272 theclubatkeycenter.com Downtown on the 3rd and 4th floors of Key Center overlooking Memorial Plaza. Fountain-view dining room, 5 private dining rooms, and pub. Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Tue-Fri. Fitness center open Mon-Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

In Holly Springs.

In Advance. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Devils Ridge Golf Club, 919-557-6100

Piedmont Club, 336-724-7077

In Elyria.

devilsridgecc.com In Holly Springs, 20 miles southwest of Raleigh. 18-hole John LaFoy-designed golf course. Open daily. Lunch Tue-Sat. Dinner Wed-

piedmont-nc.com Atop BB&T Financial Center in downtown. 20 miles from Piedmont Triad International Airport. Breakfast and lunch Mon-

In Medina.

Delmonico’s Steakhouse Elyria Country Club Fox Meadow Country Club Hill ‘n Dale Club In Medina.

Heritage Golf Club

Dayton River Society, 800-433-5079 riversociety.com

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dayton Dayton Racquet Club, 937-224-4381 daytonracquet.com On the 28th and 29th floors of Kettering Tower downtown.

Fitness center, personal training, massage, and 2 group fitness rooms. Breakfast and lunch Mon- Fri. A la carte dinner WedSat. 29 Stories Lounge opens at 4:30 Wed-Fri. Signature Gold Dining.

Sugar Valley Country Club In Bellbrook.

Oklahoma Oklahoma City The Greens Country Club

Tulsa Indian Springs Country Club In Broken Arrow.

Oregon Portland Hotel Monaco

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Hotel Vintage Plaza University Club

Redmond The Loft of Bend In Bend.

Sunriver Resort In Sunriver.

Pennsylvania Philadelphia Blue Hen Bed & Breakfast In Newark, Del.

The Capital Grille Club Quarters Hotel Fogo de Chao Hartefeld National, 610-268-8800 hartefeld.com In Avondale, 40 miles from Philadelphia. 18-hole golf course.

Lunch and dinner served daily.

Signature Gold Golf.

Pyramid Club, 215-567-6510 pyramidclub.com Atop Mellon Bank Center in Center City. Views of the Delaware Valley from the main dining room.

Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Tue-Fri. Closed Sat-Sun except on holidays and for private parties. Signature Gold Dining.

Westin Philadelphia

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Society, 800-433-5079 pittsburghsociety.com

The Capital Grille The Carlton Restaurant Diamond Run Golf Club, 412-741-2020 diamond-run.com In Sewickley, 16 miles from Pittsburgh International Airport.

18-hole Gary Player-designed course, practice facilities, informal dining, grill. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sun. Sunday brunch. Closed Mon. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Green Oaks Country Club In Verona.

Montour Heights Country Club In Coraopolis.

Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Omni Bedford Springs Resort In Bedford. Signature Gold Golf.

Omni William Penn Hotel Rivers Club, 412-391-5227 riversclub.com In One Oxford Centre downtown.

Complete fitness, squash, yoga, Pilates, pool, sauna, steam room, whirlpool. Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner in the pub Tue-Fri. Private dining accommodates up to 400. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Salon Vivace In Gibsonia and Pittsburgh.

Seven Oaks Country Club In Beaver.

Treesdale Golf & Country Club, 724-625-2220 treesdalegolf.com In Gibsonia, 25 miles north of downtown Pittsburgh; 25 miles from Pittsburgh International Airport. 27 holes of golf designed

by Arnold Palmer. Driving range, practice area, pro shop, tavern, fitness center, private dining rooms. 4 lighted tennis courts, pool. Hours change seasonally.

Rhode Island Providence

Greenville Commerce Club, 864-232-5600 commerce-club.com Atop the One Liberty Square building downtown. Dining and meeting rooms, bar, and grill.

Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Tue-Sat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Musgrove Mills Golf Club Westin Poinsett Hotel

Hilton Head Island Country Club of Hilton Head, 843-681-2582 hiltonheadclub.com On the Intracoastal Waterway; 10 miles from Hilton Head Airport

and 30 miles from Savannah International Airport. 18-hole championship Rees Jones golf course, putting and chipping greens, 6 clay tennis courts, fitness center, 2 pools. Marina access. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sat. Sunday brunch.

Golden Bear Golf Club at Indigo Run, 843-689-2200 goldenbear-indigorun.com Beautiful 1,714-acre residential and golf community. Pro shop.

Grill Room open daily from 7 a.m. to dusk.

The Golf Club at Indigo Run, 843-689-3500 thegolfclub-indigorun.com Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus

II-designed golf course, clubhouse, pro shop. Lunch Tue-Sat. Dinner Thur and Fri. Signature Gold Golf.

Main Street Inn Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort The Owners Club at Hilton Head, 843-342-6539 Set in the prestigious private community of Indigo Run, a short drive to the island’s beaches and resort pleasures. The Owners Club at Hilton Head offers special privileges at the Jack Nicklausdesigned Golden Bear golf course, private lodge with swimming pool, member lounge, and business center plus spacious

The Capital Grille Ledgemont Country Club In Seekonk, Mass. Signature Gold Golf.

Vanderbilt Hall Club In Newport.

South Carolina Aiken See Augusta, Ga.

Charleston Aqua-Direct Blossom Part of Hospitality Management Group Inc.

Charleston National Golf Club Charleston Place Hotel Cypress Part of Hospitality Management Group Inc.

Harbour Club, 843-723-9680 harbour-charleston.com In historic Charleston, overlooking the harbor and Waterfront Park. Breakfast and lunch Tue-Fri. A la carte dinner Thur-Sat. Sunday brunch. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Dining.

Kiawah Island Golf Resort Magnolias Part of Hospitality Management Group Inc.

Mills House Hotel Seabrook Island Club Signature Gold Golf.

Snee Farm Country Club In Mt. Pleasant.

Columbia Capital City Club, 803-256-2000 capitalcolumbia.com On the 25th floor of the SouthTrust Tower downtown, across from the capitol. Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner TueSat. Signature Gold Dining.

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The Hills of Lakeway, 512-261-7200

Myrtle Beach

thehillscc.com Includes the Hills Country Club in the Village of the Hills and Lakeway Country Club in Lakeway.

Barefoot Resort & Golf Signature Gold Golf at Dye Club.

Preferred rates at Fazio, Love, and Norman courses.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

Wachesaw Plantation Club In Murrells Inlet. Signature Gold Golf.

Tennessee

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Chattanooga Black Creek Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

Knoxville Club LeConte, 865-523-0405 clubleconte.com Atop Plaza Tower downtown, with views of the Tennessee River and Smoky Mountains. Dining rooms, lounge, 7 private dining rooms.

Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Tue-Sat. Sunday brunch.

Signature Gold Dining.

Fox Den Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

Memphis Crescent Club, 901-684-1010 crescent-club.com Atop Crescent Center between downtown Memphis and Germantown. Meeting and conference rooms, member workstations, and state-of-theart audiovisual equipment. Main dining room, 5 private dining rooms. Breakfast and lunch MonFri. Dinner Tue-Sat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Peabody Hotel

Nashville Bluegrass Yacht & Country Club, 615-824-6528 bluegrasscountryclub.com In Hendersonville. 18-hole golf course, 4 tennis courts, swimming pool, dining facilities, and marina.

Signature Gold Golf.

Texas Amarillo Amarillo Club Signature Gold Dining.

Austin Society of Lone Star Clubs, 800-433-5079 austinsociety.com

Austin Club Barton Creek Resort & Spa 800-336-6158; 512-329-4000 See KSL Resorts section.

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The Hills Country Club, 512-261-7272 In the Village of the Hills, 20 miles from downtown Austin along Lake Travis. Two 18-hole courses: the Jack Nicklausdesigned Hills course and Flintrock Falls, co-designed

by Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus II. Pro shop, 18 tennis courts, fitness center, pool, informal dining, grill. Breakfast Sat and Sun. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sun. Closed Mon. Flintrock Falls is closed Wed. Golf benefits on Flintrock Falls for Signature Gold. Golf benefits on the Hills course for Signature and Associate Gold.

Lakeway Country Club, 512-261-7272 20 miles from downtown Austin in the Lake Travis area.

The 18-hole, Leon Howarddesigned Live Oak Golf Course has driving range, pro shop, 18 tennis courts, grill. Closed Mon. The 18-hole Yaupon Course, designed by Leon Howard, features practice facilities, driving range, pro shop, grill.

Closed Thur. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Lost Creek Country Club, 512-892-1205 lostcreekclub.com 18-hole golf course, 16 tennis courts, 3 swimming pools, and large fitness facility. Lunch TueSun. Dinner Fri. Sunday brunch.

Closed Mon.

Mansion at Judges’ Hill Omni Austin Hotel Downtown The Owners Club at Barton Creek, 512-329-4663 Set in the Texas Hill Country at one of America’s premier golf resorts, the Owners Club at Barton Creek offers members luxurious 3-bedroom, 3-1/2-bath Club Home accommodations with access to four golf courses

by Tom Fazio, Ben Crenshaw/Bill Coore, and Arnold Palmer; tennis center, fitness center, full-service spa, and several restaurants.

River Place Country Club Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

The University of Texas Club, 512-471-2000 utclub.com On the 6th and 7th floors in the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Danish/coffee station and lunch Mon-Fri. Casual menu Mon-Tue. Dinner Wed-Sat. Private

meeting rooms are available.

Privileges are not extended during home football game weekends (Fri-Sun), however non-resident memberships are available. Signature Gold Dining.

Corpus Christi Padre Isles Country Club 20 miles from downtown Corpus Christi.

Dallas/Fort Worth Dallas Fort Worth Society, 800-433-5079 dfwsociety.com

The Adolphus Hotel Brookhaven Country Club, 972-243-6151 brookhavenclub.com In Farmers Branch. Three 18-hole golf courses, practice facilities, pro shop, 39 tennis courts, 6 racquetball courts, 5 pools, fitness center, formal and informal dining, private dining rooms, banquet facilities. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Tue-Sun.

Canyon Creek Country Club, 972-231-1466 canyoncreekclub.com In Richardson. 18-hole golf course, pro shop, 24 lighted tennis courts, 3 pools. Breakfast Wed-Sun. Lunch and dinner Wed-Mon. Closed Tue.

The Capital Grille Charlie Palmer Group Receive VIP access and service at Charlie Palmer at the Joule.

City Club of Fort Worth In Fort Worth.

Cooper Hotel, Conference Center & Spa Corinthian Wellness Spa In Southlake.

Del Frisco’s Receive VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s in Dallas and Fort Worth.

Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck Fogo de Chao In Addison.

Gleneagles Country Club, 972-867-6666 gleneaglesclub.com In Plano, 25 miles northeast of

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DFW International Airport. Two 18-hole Bruce Devlin and Robert VonHagge-designed golf courses, 18 lighted tennis courts, fitness facility, and 3 dining areas and 6 private event rooms. Sunday brunch. Closed Mon. Access for Members with Signature Gold benefits only.

Hackberry Creek Country Club, 972-869-2631 hackberrycreekcc.com In Irving, 5 miles from DFW International Airport. 18-hole golf course. 12 tennis courts, 3 pools, and driving range. Full-service dining. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sun. Closed Mon. Private parties and banquet facilities available.

House of Blues Foundation Room Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

La Cima Club, 972-869-2266 lacimaclub.com Atop Williams Square Tower in Las Colinas. Main dining room, lounge, 6 private dining rooms.

Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Tue-Sat. Reservations required. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Las Colinas Country Club, 972-541-1141 lascolinascc.com In Irving, 8 miles from DFW International Airport. 18-hole golf course, tennis facilities, fitness center, and five dining areas.

Tennis and fitness facilities open daily. Golf and dining available Tue-Sun. Signature Gold Golf.

Oakmont Country Club, 940-321-5599 oakmontclub.com In Corinth, 20 miles northwest of Dallas; 25 miles from DFW International Airport. 18-hole course designed by Roger Packard and Don January; practice facility with doubleended driving range, clubhouse with swimming pool and tennis facilities. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch daily. Dinner Wed.-Sat.

Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel Omni Dallas Hotel at Park West Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine In Plano.

Shady Valley Golf Club, 817-275-3092 shadyvalley.com In Arlington, between Dallas and Fort Worth. Golf course, driving range, tennis court, pool, and sauna. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sat. Sunday brunch. Closed Mon.

Sheraton Stonebriar Hotel

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Located in Arlington. Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

Six Flags Over Texas Located in Arlington. Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

Stonebriar Country Club, 972-625-5050 stonebriar.com In Frisco, 30 miles north of Dallas. Two 18-hole golf courses, designed by Tom Fazio and Finger/Dye. Clubhouse, lighted tennis courts, pool, formal and informal dining. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch, dinner Tue-Sun. Finger/ Dye course for Signature and Associate Gold. Fazio course for Signature Gold. Restrictions apply.

Stonebridge Ranch Country Club stonebridgeranchcountryclub. com In McKinney. Overnight accommodations in golf course cottages. Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

The Ranch Clubhouse, 972-540-2000 27-hole Arthur Hills-designed golf course, practice facilities, pro shop, clubhouse, pool, informal dining, grill, fitness center. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch and dinner Wed-Mon. Closed Tue.

The Stonebridge Clubhouse, 972-540-1000 18-hole Pete Dye-designed golf course, practice facilities, pro shop, clubhouse, 7 tennis courts, pool, fitness center with whirlpool and sauna, informal dining, grill. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sun. Closed Mon.

Tanglewood Resort, Hotel, and Conference Center In Pottsboro.

Timarron Country Club, 817-481-7529 timarronclub.com In Southlake, 30 miles northwest of downtown Dallas; 15 miles west of DFW International Airport.

18-hole, 7,012-yard, par-72 Byron Nelson-designed golf course.

Practice facility with driving range, sand bunker, and chipping and putting greens. The 31,000-square-foot clubhouse includes men’s and women’s locker and card rooms, fitness center, meeting and conference rooms, and special-event facilities.

Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch daily.

Dinner Tue-Sun. Closed Mon.

Tower Club, 214-220-0403 tower-dallas.com In Thanksgiving Tower downtown; 15 miles from Dallas Love

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Field and 25 miles from DFW International Airport. Main dining room, e-lounge, bar, 13 private dining rooms with views of the city. Reservations required.

Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Tue-Sat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Trophy Club Country Club, 817-837-1900 trophyclub-dallas.com In Trophy Club, 15 miles from DFW International Airport. 36-hole Ben Hogan/Arthur Hill-designed course (the only course designed

by Hogan). Fitness center, pool, 8 outdoor tennis courts, informal dining. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Tue-Sun. Closed Monday.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Walnut Creek Country Club, 817-477-3192 walnutcreekcc.com In Mansfield, 15 miles southeast of Fort Worth. 36 holes of golf, putting green, 14 tennis courts, 2 pools. Private dining rooms.

Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sun. Sunday brunch.

Closed Mon.

The Westin Stonebriar Resort

El Paso

championship golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools, lighted driving range, multiple dining rooms, and banquet facilities.

The Clubs of Kingwood at Deerwood, 281-360-1060 In Kingwood. 18-hole championship golf course, driving range, pro shop, clubhouse, grill. Informal dining room available for private functions.

Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch TueSun and Sat-Sun. Closed Mon.

The Clubs of Kingwood at Kingwood, 281-358-2171 In Kingwood. Four 18-hole golf courses, 5 pools, 26 tennis courts, clubhouse, pro shop.

Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sun. Closed Mon.

Del Frisco’s VIP access and service at Del Frisco’s.

The Downtown Club thedowntownclubhouston.com An alliance of two private club traditions in downtown Houston that offers unique, expanded benefits for downtown business leaders and residents. Private dining rooms available at all clubs.

The Downtown Club at Houston Center, 713-654-0877

Houston

In First City parking garage downtown. Complete athletics, basketball, indoor track, 4 group exercise studios.

Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Signature Gold Dining.

Houston Society, 800-433-5079

The Downtown Club at Met, 713-652-0700

houstonsociety.com

In Allen Center downtown. 10 indoor tennis courts, squash, racquetball, basketball, 4 group exercise studios, KidZone, Bella Rinova Day Spa. Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Café service weekdays and weekends.

Signature Gold Dining.

Coronado Golf & Country Club

Fort Worth See Dallas/Fort Worth.

April Sound Country Club, 936-588-1101 aprilsoundcountryclub.com On Lake Conroe, 45 miles north of Houston. 27 holes of golf, 12 tennis courts, fitness center, aquatics complex. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Tue-Sun.

Bay Oaks Country Club, 281-488-7888 bayoakscountryclub.com Golf course, 9 tennis courts, pool.

Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sun. Sunday brunch.

Closed Mon.

The Capital Grille The Club at Falcon Point, 281-392-7888 falconpoint.com In Katy, 25 miles west of downtown Houston off Interstate 10 West; 18-hole championship golf course designed by Robert von Hagge and Bruce Devlin, 5 lighted tennis courts, 2 pools. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Fri. Closed Mon.

The Clubs of Kingwood theclubsofkingwood.com Hailed as one of the “World’s Largest Private Country Clubs,” the Clubs of Kingwood offer

Fogo de Chao Greenspoint Club, 281-875-0191 greenspointclub.com Minutes from the Bush Intercontinental Airport .Dining room, grill, and 4 private rooms.

Athletic facility with 3 racquetball courts, squash court, basketball court, indoor track, sauna, steam room, and whirlpool. Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

House of Blues - Sunday Gospel Brunch Signature Gold Dining.

Houston City Club, 713-840-9001 houstoncityclub.com In West Houston at Greenway Plaza. 10 indoor tennis courts, athletic facilities, racquetball.

Breakfast and lunch daily.

Signature Gold Dining.

The Houston Club, 713-225-3257 On the 49th floor in One Shell Plaza downtown. Dining with views of the city. Private dining rooms available. Lunch Mon-Fri. Limited reservations available through July. Signature Gold Dining.

The St. Regis Hotel Traditions Club In Bryan. Golf benefits for Signature Gold Golf.

Willow Creek Golf Club, 281-376-4061 willowcreekclub.com In Spring near the Woodlands, 30 miles north of downtown Houston. 18-hole von Hagge and Devlin-designed golf course.

Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Fri. Closed Mon.

Longview Summit Club Signature Gold Dining.

Lubbock The Texas Tech Club, 806-742-4496 texastechclub.com On the east side of Jones AT&T Stadium overlooking the football field and downtown. Private events spaces available. Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner TueSat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Fair Oaks Ranch. Hill Country setting with 36 holes of golf, tennis, swimming. Lunch and dinner TueSun. Sunday brunch. Closed Mon.

spa with natural mineral springs, plus the use of 3-bedroom, 3-bath Club Home.

Fogo de Chao Hotel Valencia Riverwalk Lake Amistad Resort & Marina

See Washington, D.C.

In Del Rio. Part of Forever Resorts.

Mokara Hotel & Spa Omni La Mansión del Rio Hotel Plaza Club, 210-227-4191 plazasanantonio.com Atop Frost Bank Tower downtown. Dining facilities with 8 private dining areas, bar, conference space, business center, private event facilities, and concierge services. Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Wed-Sat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

River Crossing Club In Spring Branch. Signature Gold Golf.

Six Flags Fiesta Texas Members receive up to 56 percent off main ticket prices.

Tyler Hollytree Country Club, 903-581-4952 hollytreeclub.com 12 miles from Tyler Pounds Regional Airport. Golf course, 12 tennis courts, fitness center, pool.

Breakfast Tue-Sun. Lunch TueSun. Dinner Tue-Sun. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

Waco Wildflower Country Club, 254-771-1177

McAllen

wildflowerclub.com In Temple, west of Interstate 35.

50 miles from Waco Municipal Airport. Golf course, 6 tennis courts, 2 pools. Lunch Tue-Fri. Dinner Thur-Sat. Sunday brunch.

The Club at Cimarron, 956-581-7401

Lansdowne Leesburg See Washington, D.C.

Norfolk The Currituck Club, 252-453-9400 thecurrituckgolfclub.com On the Outer Banks, North Carolina, between Duck and Corolla on U.S. Hwy. 12. 90 miles from Norfolk International Airport.

18-hole Rees Jones course, practice facilities. Rated one of the top 10 new places to play golf

by Golf Magazine. Open daily.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

Greenbrier Country Club, 757-547-7375 greenbrierclub.com In Chesapeake. 12 miles from Norfolk International Airport.

Championship Rees Jonesdesigned 18-hole golf course, putting and chipping greens, driving range, 8 lighted Har-Tru tennis courts, 2 racquetball courts, fitness center, outdoor junior Olympic-size pool. Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Tue-Sat. Closed Mon.

Nags Head Golf Links, 252-441-8073 nagsheadgolflinks.com On the Outer Banks, North Carolina. 90 miles from Norfolk International Airport. 18-hole golf course and grill. Open daily.

Golf benefits for Signature and Associate Gold.

The Sanderling Resort Town Point Club, 757-625-6606

Utah

clubatcimarron.com In Mission. 5 miles from McAllen Miller International Airport.

Championship golf course, pool, racquetball courts, lighted tennis courts. Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Wed-Sat. Sunday brunch. Closed Mon.

town-point.com Downtown in the World Trade Center. Breakfast and lunch MonFri. Dinner Tue-Sat. Closed Sun. Signature Gold Dining.

Salt Lake City

Richmond

Hyatt Escala Lodge at Park City

Signature Gold Dining.

Midland

See Washington, D.C.

Green Tree Country Club Signature Gold Golf.

In Park City.

Virginia Haymarket Hot Springs The Homestead, 800-838-1766; 540-839-1766

Hearthstone Country Club, 281.463.2201

San Angelo

hearthstoneclub.com In northwest Houston. 27-hole golf course designed by Jay Riviere, 6 tennis courts, 2 pools.

Breakfast Sat-Sun. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sun. Closed Mon.

Signature Gold Golf.

In Hot Springs. See KSL Resorts.

San Antonio

The Owners Club at The Homestead, 540-839-3700

Hotel Derek House of Blues Foundation Room

Canyon Springs Golf Club Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club, 210-582-6700

Access for Signature and Associate Gold only.

fairoaksclub.com 16 miles north of San Antonio in

San Angelo Country Club

Society of Lone Star Clubs, 800-433-5079 austinsociety.com

In Hot Springs. All the activities of one of America’s legendary resorts are at your doorstep at the Owners Club at The Homestead.

Members enjoy 3 top-ranked golf courses, tennis, swimming, horseback riding, hiking, fly-fishing, ice skating, skiing, fine dining, and

Bull & Bear Club The Jefferson Hotel Lake Chesdin Golf Club In Chesterfield.

Omni Richmond Hotel Stonehenge Golf & Country Club, 804-378-7841 stonehengeclub.com In Midlothian, 30 miles from Richmond International Airport.

Golf course, putting green, 6 lighted tennis courts, junior Olympic-size pool. Lunch Tue-Sun. Dinner Wed-Fri. Sunday brunch.

Closed Mon.

Tides Inn In Irvington.

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Roanoke Hidden Valley Country Club In Salem. Signature Gold Golf.

Vienna See Washington, D.C.

Washington Seattle Puget Sound Society, 800-433-5079 pugetsoundsociety.com

Alexis Hotel Canterwood Golf & Country Club, 253-666-8502

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canterwoodgcc.com In Gig Harbor, 34 miles from Sea-Tac Airport. 18-hole golf course, pro shop, 4 tennis courts, Olympic-size pool, formal and informal dining. Breakfast Sat and Sun. Lunch and dinner Tue-Sun. Closed Mon. Signature Gold Golf.

The Capital Grille Columbia Tower Club, 206-622-2010 columbia-tower.com On the 75th and 76th floors atop the Columbia Center downtown.

3 dining rooms, 6 private dining rooms, and the Stratus bar and lounge. Fully equipped business center with high-speed wireless Internet access and videoconferencing center. Open for catered events 7 days a week. Breakfast and lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner TueSat. Signature Gold Dining.

Doubletree Arctic Club Hotel Edgewater Hotel The Golf Club at Echo Falls In Snohomish.

The Golf Club at Hawks Prairie In Lacey.

The Golf Club at Newcastle In Newcastle.

Harbour Pointe Golf Club In Mukilteo.

Hotel Monaco Hotel Vintage Park Sorrento Hotel Trophy Lake Golf & Casting In Port Orchard.

Vida Spa Washington National Golf Club In Auburn.

Spokane Coeur d’Alene Golf & Spa Resort In Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Capital Society, 800-433-5079 capitalsociety.com

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Winter Fun

Best-Kept Secrets

North America’s glitziest alpine resorts get most of the attention — and the crowds. We slipped off the radar to find resorts where terrain trumps bling, snow falls deep, lift lines run short, and it’s often possible to score fresh tracks even days after a storm.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

POWDER SURGE: First-tracks skiing at Grand Targhee Resort in Alta, Wyo.

WYOMING

Fernie Alpine Resort

Grand Targhee Resort

In the Kootenay Rockies, close to the Montana border, this ski area features long, gladed runs and prodigious amounts of snow — 440 inches average per season.

Upper intermediates have loads of opportunities to advance to the next level on challenging, not intimidating, terrain. Experts can explore five high-alpine bowls while pint-sized skiers love the fast, twisty kids’ trails on the lower mountain. With the historic mining town of Fernie about five miles away, the resort oozes a friendly, community vibe — indeed, many local residents will happily show you their favorite ski lines among the mountain’s nooks and crannies.

Don’t expect posh lodging, gourmet meals, or glitzy nightlife in this resort’s postage-stamp base village.

Rather, come to this unpretentious Teton hideaway for powder. A predominantly intermediate playground, it’s located on the Tetons’ windward side, and each winter more than 500 inches of light, dry white-gold blankets its three mountains: Fred’s, Mary’s Nipple, and Peaked. Two high-speed quads make it easy to accumulate vertical miles on massive bowls, corduroy cruisers, ridge runs, gullies, tree chutes, and soft-landing drops into powder pillows. Still not convinced? Targhee’s cat-skiing operation on Peaked is the cat’s meow for powder aficionados.

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1 Ride: The Polar Peak lift debuted last January, giving Fernie the most vertical in the Canadian Rockies, plus 22 above-treeline runs and incredible views of the surrounding Lizard Range.

Take your own skiing to new heights during the ski school’s two-day Steep and Deep camps, which are offered three times a week.

1 Relish: Start your day with arguably the best cinnamon rolls ever at the Slopeside Deli. After your slope fun, line up for pitchers of Kokanee and gigantic nachos at the venerable Griz Bar, a local favorite since 1962.

Then hit Picnic Tapas + Social, in a historic building downtown, for delicious contemporary bistro fare from a seasonally updated menu.

You’ll find other cafés in town as well as galleries and a cool retro theater that showcases indie films.

1 Lodge: Rent a luxurious slope-side chalet like the Timbers, an outsized log haven including six bedrooms, pool table, and eight-person hot tub. From $757. skifernie.com 1 Inside edge: On a Friday or Saturday, snowcat into the famed cat-skiing venue Island Lake Lodge for lunch and a spa treatment.

1 Info: skifernie.com — CINDY HIRSCHFELD

1 Ride: Fred’s lack of trees and ego-massaging terrain is perfect for powder newbies. Take the gentle 2.7-mile Teton Vista Traverse skirting Fred’s periphery for grand views. Fred’s and Peaked converge at Middle Earth, a natural terrain park with elements determined by snow and wind.

1 Relish: Bundle up for a horse-drawn sleigh ride with cowboy Paul Martin to a high-altitude yurt for a colorful, home-style western dinner.

1 Lodge: Slopeside accommodations have few frills, but about 15 miles down the road in Victor, Idaho, you’ll find Teton Springs Lodge & Spa, a fullservice resort with hotel, three- to five-bedroom log homes, spa, restaurant, and wine café, all dressed in western garb. From $199. tetonspringslodge.com 1 Inside edge: On Peaked, 602 acres are reserved for intermediate or better skiers participating in Targhee’s guided snowcat operation, where skiers average 10-12 first-tracks runs a day. Mary’s Nipple is hike-to terrain.

1 Info: grandtarghee.com — HILARY NANGLE

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MONTANA

Big Sky Resort

Snowbasin’s John Paul Lodge

GLENNISS INDRELAND (BIG SKY), RYAN THOMPSON (LODGE)

True, this resort in southwestern Montana’s Gallatin Range features the state’s signature expansive views — you can see three states from the highest point — but a more apt name would be “Big Ski.” With 155 trails spilling off three mountains — the longest descent running a quad-burning six miles — and an efficient lift system, Big Sky offers perhaps the most diverse terrain of any U.S. ski area. Families track up miles of long, gentle cruisers, while intermediates can sample tree skiing in carefully thinned glades. Hard-core skiers beeline it to the genuinely challenging expert terrain — especially the double-blacks plummeting off 11,166-foot-high Lone Mountain, which dominates the landscape.

Relatively few residents nearby means no throngs of day skiers jostling at the lifts; you’ll feel like a member of the Yellowstone Club, the private ski area next door. For even more solitude, head 48 miles southeast to Yellowstone National Park for cross-country skiing and bison sightings.

1 Ride: Further glading in several areas — including the backcountrylike Dakota Territory and lower Shady Chute — adds more steep tree skiing this winter. Purchase the Biggest Skiing in America lift ticket (only $14 more per day) and gain access to adjacent Moonlight Basin ski area, too, for a whopping total of 5,532 acres of terrain.

1 Relish: Indulge après-ski at the renovated Solace Spa, then catch the kitschy, sing-along musical act of the Crazy Austrians at Chet’s Bar & Grill. The rebuilt Rainbow Ranch Lodge Restaurant, along the Gallatin River, emphasizes ranchto-table dishes, plus wild game and cocktails made with liquor barrel-aged in-house. Don’t miss the truffle tater tots in the pub at Buck’s T-4, housed in former hunting cabins.

1 Lodge: Studio to three-bedroom condos at the Village Center feature classic leather-and-wood western lodge decor and slope-side convenience. From $186. bigskyresort.com 1 Inside edge: New nonstop flights from Newark to Bozeman speed up access from the New York metro area.

1 Info: bigskyresort.com — C.H. Just some of Big Sky’s many runs

UTAH

Snowbasin Most Utah-bound skiers beeline to the Park City or Cottonwood Canyons resorts southwest of Salt Lake City, but about 40 miles north is Snowbasin, a less-traveled resort with 3,000 acres spread across six 9,000-plus-foot peaks. Snowbasin’s claims to fame include hosting the 2002 Olympic downhill, super G, and combined events and accolades from Cintas for having some of the country’s best ski-area restrooms.

That combo says plenty about this Sun Valley sibling, rising above the Wasatch wilderness just outside Ogden. Snowbasin feels more like an exclusive country club than a ski resort. There are no hotels, condos, or homes within walking distance of the lifts. On-mountain developments include the carpeted and chandeliered base and on-mountain day lodges, with marble and gold-plated fixtures, leather chairs, and massive wood-burning fireplaces. The pampering continues outside. Two express gondolas, two high-speed quads, four triples, and a tram whisk you to long velvety cruisers, pinball-moguled bowls, nail-biting steeps, and take-no-prisoners glades.

1 Ride: For watercooler bragging rights, fly down the men’s Olympic downhill, from its vertigo-producing double-black diamond start. The reward for relaxing on the pokey Porcupine triple is the underutilized Porky’s Face terrain, where stashes of pristine powder await. For a themed kick, ski each of the Beatles-influenced trails, including White Room, Strawberry Fields, and Let It Be. 1 Relish: Lunch fireside at the John Paul Lodge, where Italian specialties, including a seafoodrich cioppino, are paired with panoramic views.

1 Lodge: Deck-top hot tubs, in-room massages, the option to pre-stock rooms with groceries and alcohol, and free ski shuttles are a few of the perks at upscale Lakeside Resort Properties’ condos, just eight miles from the mountain. From $175. lakesideresortproperties.com 1 Inside edge: Although Snowbasin has one of the West’s best snowmaking systems and two new groomers this season, it tends to get snow later in the season than other Utah resorts, making it a better pick for late-January through late-March vacations.

1 Info: snowbasin.com — H.N.

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MAINE

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort About 165 miles west of Calgary, this 12-year-old secret has a laid-back vibe, ample terrain, and deep snow. Come with family or friends, ski hard all day, and bond over dinner in the evening. The ski area’s upper half consists of four large bowls strung along a spine of the Purcell Mountains, separated by four ridges with some 85 named expert chutes.

Intermediates have plenty of room to fan out, too, especially with stepped-up grooming in Crystal Bowl. The lower half has long, consistently pitched runs for skiers of all levels.

1 Ride: Kicking Horse also caters to beginners, with a new learning center that debuted last winter and continued tweaks to the terrain it serves. Meanwhile, experts should hire an onmountain guide the first day to find great hidden ski lines.

1 Relish: The top-of-thegondola Eagle’s Eye restaurant dishes up gourmet lunches, icewine martinis, and unbelievable views. It’s open in the evening on weekends, and for events with nearby wineries. Après-ski, refuel on different kinds of poutine (a Canadian specialty of fries, gravy, and cheese curds) at the sportsbar-style Peaks Grill.

1 Lodge: At the 10-room, logcabin-style Vagabond Lodge, convene in the second-floor great room to swap ski stories with fellow guests by the huge fireplace; breakfast and snacks include home-baked goodies.

From $300. vagabondlodge.ca 1 Inside edge: Boo, a grizzly bear rescued as an orphaned cub, lives year-round in an onmountain enclosure at the resort.

Hopefully, he’ll be hibernating as you ski by.

1 Info: kickinghorseresort.com

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A dormitory room at Le Massif’s Hôtel La Ferme

QUEBEC

Le Massif de Charlevoix Le Massif woos with the highest vertical east of the Canadian Rockies, seduces with exceptional cuisine, and slays with trails that plunge to the ice-choked and island-salted St. Lawrence River.

The 406 forested, snow-blessed acres are etched with meticulously groomed boulevards that ebb and flow with the mountain’s contours, expert drops that utilize the mountain’s consistent pitch, and challenging glades. This isn’t only a ski area, it’s an entertainment venue choreographed by owner Daniel Gauthier, co-founder and former president of Cirque du Soleil. Try rodelling on a 4.5-mile trail easing down the resort’s eastern edge.

1 Ride: Savor the vistas on La Petite Riviere, which appears to drop into the St. Lawrence. Escape any crowds on the expert trails west of the Mallard Express. The off-piste glades on Mont à Liguori are worth the short hike.

In northwestern Maine’s Rangeley Lakes region, sinewy white ribbons unfurl from Saddleback’s 4,210-foot crown, which rises above Rangeley, a blink of a town with a handful of homespun inns and restaurants.

Skiers come not for high-speed lifts, fine dining, or elegant digs, but for big-mountain skiing with littlemountain ’tude, staggering views over mountain-wrapped frozen waterways, and 440 acres of rugged terrain. Beginner runs meander through birches, while intermediate trails wind down the 2,000-foot vertical. The bump-choked Kennebago Steeps at massive Casablanca Glades and Chutes have earned Saddleback street cred among diamond hunters.

1 Ride: The 44-acre Casablanca Glades and Chutes provide an inbounds backcountry experience that doubles as a natural terrain park. Depending upon the chute entered and the route chosen, expect tight trees, natural rails and kickers, tree jibs, pillow drops, and glades within the glades you’ll want to play again and again.

1 Relish: Drink in the sunset views down the length of Rangeley Lake along with a hot toddy by the massive stone hearth before dinner at century-old Loon Lodge.

1 Lodge: The Magalloway Lodges trailside homes and the Rock Pond II condos are the resort’s newest and nicest, but on-mountain, after-hours options are limited. For a choice of restaurants and a wee bit of nightlife, bed down in Rangeley at the Pleasant Street Inn Bed & Breakfast. From $140. pleasantstreetinnbb.com 1 Inside edge: Avoid lines on the Rangeley double by concentrating on the Kennebec quad, which accesses the summit and all terrain.

1 Info: saddlebackmaine.com — H.N.

Saddleback’s Rock Pond condos

1 Relish: Stop for lunch at Mer & Monts. Chef Guy Bessone favors locally sourced ingredients in entrees such as veal tenderloin, Barbary duck, and coq au vin. Save room for a pear/dark chocolate/ grilled almonds/whipped cream crêpe at the Camp-Boule Crêperie.

1 Lodge: New this season is Hôtel La Ferme, an ultracontemporary hotel, restaurant, and entertainment complex in Baie-Saint-Paul with its own railroad station. Starting in early 2013, shuttle trains will transport you from the hotel’s station to the mountain’s base. From $49. lemassif.com/en/ferme 1 Inside edge: For a more indulgent experience, stay at the tony Auberge Saint-Antoine, a Relais & Château inn in Quebec City, and day-trip to the resort aboard Le Massif’s gourmet ski train.

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about light — light powder, the weightless feeling you get between turns, the sparkle of sunlight on fresh snow. Now many manufacturers have seen the light, too, and dropped the weight on several of their new products. This season’s most-wanted new gear includes skis, boots, bindings, and apparel that all weigh less (and are easier to pack) than previous incarnations, letting you just about fly down the slopes. Here, 12 musthaves for your winter fun.

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Looking for skimountaineering boots that combine downhill performance and uphill maneuverability for your next side-country adventure? As part of its new PowerLite series, Garmont now offers a light fourbuckle boot called the Cosmos (or women’s Celeste). With shells constructed of Grilamid, a techy, high-end plastic that’s stiffer and lighter than traditional shell materials, each boot weighs a scant 3 pounds. $699; 800-943-4453; garmontusa.com

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Legendary extreme skier Dean Cummings has designed one of the lightest fat powder skis on the market in his new H2O Outdoor Gear ATG line. The Karen‘cito’ skis measure 165 millimeters at the tip, 133 at the waist, and 149 at the tail, yet turn well enough that they feel half that size whether you’re skiing powder or hard snow.

Part of the secret: The skis have reverse camber and sidecut at tip and tail, and traditional camber and sidecut at the waist, so they float well and still carve. $899; 801-944-4264; h2ooutdoorgear.com

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Ibex’s new insulation, made of 90 percent wool and 10 percent cornstarch derivative, is the company’s lightest yet. Find it in the men’s Merino-wool Switch Shirt Jacket, which also features a waterresistant outer coating.

It transitions well from a midlayer on the slopes to a jacket for après-ski bar hopping — and that makes your suitcase lighter, too. $495; 800773-9647; ibex.com

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Even when your hands stay dry inside, snowsoaked gloves can become wet and weighed down. The Boldog Glove from Mountain Hardwear addresses the issue by double-waterproofing.

While a waterproof-breathable membrane keeps moisture from getting into the gloves, a new treatment repels water from the outer fabric and leather trim, too. Call it hands-on technology. $175; 877-927-5649; mountainhardwear.com

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Heavy bindings can significantly weigh down even the lightest of skis. Not the Look Xpress system binding — more than 1-1/2 pounds lighter than the company’s previous integrated alpine binding system.

That means not only do they make your skis less hefty to schlep around the resort but they require less muscle to turn on snow, a leg-saving benefit for those who get out only a week or two a year. The bindings are sold as part of several Dynastar recreational ski models — the unisex Outland 75 and the women’s Exclusive Active and Reveal. $550-$800 (includes skis); dynastar.com

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If you sweat and then get chilled while skiing, no amount of insulation will keep you warm.

That’s why wicking base layers are so important. Patagonia’s redesigned Capilene 4 Expedition Weight tops and bottoms are even lighter weight and more breathable thanks to a new

high-efficiency version of Polartec’s synthetic Power Dry fabric. Now knit in a weight-shaving grid pattern, the moisture-wicking interior side also channels airflow. The smooth outer side still spreads out the moisture, drying twice as quickly as cotton. $79-$119; 800-638-6464; patagonia.com

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It may seem a bit counterintuitive, but the best ski sock for boot fit and performance — and hence keeping warm — is thin and lightweight.

Already known for the durability, fit, and feel of its socks, Merino-wool specialist Point6 now uses a flat-knit process to jazz up its thinnest styles with patterns without affecting the precision fit. The Ski Blizzard Ultra Light sock sports a subtle flurry of flakes. $18.95; 877-949-9665; point6.com

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One of Salomon’s sleekest helmets, the Phantom, not only has an in-mold shell — the lightest kind of construction — but it includes two small air bladders inside the lining that you can pump up for proper fit, eliminating the

need for bulky padding. A new oval design enhances the fit by eliminating any pressure points at the back. Salomon’s patented placement of air channels and vents keeps you from getting too hotheaded in the lift line. $160; 888-2076249; salomon.com

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Soul Poles ski poles may look old school, but they’re thoroughly up to date in terms of technology and performance. The new company, founded by two ex-ski racers, handmakes its lightweight poles from bamboo and constructs them to be as strong as steel with the feel of carbon fiber. The straps, grips, and baskets include recycled materials, making the pole lighter on the environment, too. For added pizzazz, choose limited-edition poles painted by artist R. Nelson Parrish, who gets his inspiration from outdoor speed sports, or customize your pole by choosing from various grips, baskets, and design elements. $125-$350; 888-612-7685; soulpoles.com

The men’s Environ ski pant from Stio, a new company launched by Steve Sullivan, a co-founder of skiwear maker Cloudveil, offers dependable protection in a stylish and lightweight package. The pant uses innovative Schoeller C Change fabric, which actually adapts its level of breathability in response to the temperature. Details include internal gaiters, inner-thigh vents, and water-resistant zips. $350; 800-265-7846; stio.com

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Tecnica makes the shell of its highperformance Cochise 130 Pro ski boot with Triax, an exclusive plastic that’s 20 percent lighter than the polyurethane traditionally used in boot construction. The boot delivers spot-on downhill performance but also switches from ski to hike mode — a nice feature whether you’re actually hiking for turns or just walking around the lodge. Plus, the power strap actually buckles down for great shin support that won’t loosen up during your run. $850; 800-258-3897; tecnicausa.com

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Völkl’s premium V-Werks RTM 84 ski, one of the lightest all-terrain skis you’ll find, excels on both groomed trails and off-piste. Its svelteness comes from weight-shaving channels cut into the ski’s wood core and a combination of aramid fibers,

Titanal, and carbon fiber in the rest of the ski — all superlight yet strong materials.

The full rocker shape extends along the length of the ski, so you don’t lose edge-to-snow contact — in other words, smooth, fast turns. $1,525 (includes bindings); 800-264-4579; volkl.com

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Break with tradition. This winter, put a new spin on your after-slope entertainment with one of these four culture-based options.

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Live music at JAS Café

Instead of …

Listening to “Brown-Eyed Girl” for the hundredth time in the base-area lodge

Do this …

Chill to the smooth sounds of internationally known jazz musicians at the JAS Café, a series of intimate concerts through the end of March at the Little Nell hotel in Aspen, Colo. The candlelit lounge setting oozes urban cool, and at $35 a ticket, each show’s a smoking deal.

Standing four deep at a bar in a scene out of Animal House

Do this …

Gain a new appreciation for real animals at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyo., housed in a striking hillside building overlooking the National Elk Refuge. This winter’s new exhibitions include National Geographic photos of the West taken during the past 125 years, a video installation with footage shot from animalmounted cameras, a graphic novel illustrated by 57 artists, and prints and drawings from the museum’s archives.

THE BUZZ The new 3/4-mile outdoor Sculpture Trail (snow-packed in winter) debuts with four wildlife art installations, including Moose Flats (below), a large bronze sculpture by Sandy Scott.

Eventually, 30 such monuments celebrating American wildlife and the rugged landscape will border the landscaped path.

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Après-Ski Goes Uptown

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THE BUZZ This winter’s greatly expanded lineup includes two Aspen debuts: Brazilian pianist-vocalist Eliane Elias and her band playing classic bossa nova and samba; and virtuoso percussionist Pedrito Martinez and his group thumping out infectious Afro-Cuban beats.

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Cirque Mechanics’ Birdhouse Factory

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DARIN BASILE (BIRDHOUSE), SHAREN BRADFORD (DANCEBRAZIL)

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Ending the day with another mindless game of Hearts

Overpoaching yourself in a hot tub with eight strangers

Do this …

Stimulate your brain with a show at Park City, Utah’s 1,200-seat Eccles Center, which boasts eclectic performances such as Cirque Mechanics’ acrobatic Depression-era-themed production, Birdhouse Factory; high-energy choreography from DanceBrazil; a silentfilm version of Peter Pan accompanied by a live rock band; and a live-action performance of a graphic novel.

THE BUZZ Whether you’re an audiophile or not, the theater’s new state-of-the-art sound system, debuting in February, will make a discernible difference for upcoming concerts, such as hip string quartet Ethel appearing with rocker Todd Rundgren.

DanceBrazil

Do this …

Join like-minded culture connoisseurs at the new Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts in Chester, Vt., 15 miles from the Okemo ski area. Housed in a refurbished centuryold clapboard building, the large gallery and performance space refreshingly eschews the stark aesthetic associated with modern art for a warm, woodsy interior.

THE BUZZ Among this winter’s changing exhibits of cutting-edge sculpture and graphics from Vermont artists: a mixedmedia show and dreamscape images inspired by Carl Jung.

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, , , , and neighboring Asian regions have traditionally borrowed ingredients from one another, each keeping a distinctive style. We’re now doing a little blending of our own here in the West, as seen in the proliferation of restaurants serving sushi, pan-Asian street foods, and contemporary American dishes that mix American and Asian styles. Bring home a taste of the Far East with these creative fusion riffs from the club chefs: chilled noodles with sweet and tangy peanut sauce; grilled skirt steak with mango-ginger salsa and coconut rice; succulent baked Japanese scallops on the half shell bubbling with mozzarella; or tender Mongolian pulled pork chalupas. One bit of advice: Don’t forget the chopsticks ‌ and a generous appetite!

Here’s an easy peanut sauce that’s widely used in Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Thai cooking from executive chef Mark Sanders of the City Club of Washington in D.C. He prefers trendy mango vinegar for an exotic sweet-tart accent.

1/2 cup soy sauce 1/2 cup canola oil 1/2 cup mango vinegar, apple cider, or rice wine vinegar

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1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter 1 teaspoon crushed red chili flakes 1/2 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and chopped 3-4 garlic cloves Add all ingredients into a blender and blend until liquid forms and all is incorporated.

Yield: 3-1/4 cups To serve, toss the sauce with your favorite cooked noodles and stir-fried veggies such as slivered snow peas, scallions, chopped broccolini, and red bell pepper. Serve chilled.

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Sesame-Chili Grilled Skirt Steak

Executive chef Paul Agnelli of Country Club of the South in Johns Creek, Ga., serves this Southwestern-inspired steak recipe with Malaysian-inflected coconut-cashew rice, crunchy Asian salad, and zippy salsa.

1 ancho chili 1/4 cup orange juice 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger, fresh 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 shallot, finely minced 3 green onions, diced 2 teaspoons salt, kosher 1/2 teaspoon black ground pepper 1/4 cup sesame oil 1 tablespoon chili oil 1 pound skirt steak, trimmed Coconut Cashew Rice (recipe follows) Asian Salad (recipe follows) Mango Salsa (recipe follows) Toast the whole chili in the oven for 30-45 seconds to make it pliable. Slice lengthwise, remove the seeds, and chop finely. In a large mixing bowl, add the chopped chili to the orange juice.

Add ginger, cloves, shallot, onions, salt, and pepper. Stir until combined, then slowly whisk in oils. Dunk in meat, coat

Mongolian Pulled Pork Chalupas

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Executive chef Patrick Srock of Oak Pointe Country Club in Brighton, Mich., merges his Mongolian-style slow-roasted pulled pork with Latin American touches.

2 white onions, peeled and quartered 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 tablespoon paprika 2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 boneless pork butt or shoulder roast, 4 pounds 2/3 cup apple cider vinegar 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1-1/2 teaspoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt 4 tablespoons five-spice powder Crispy Won Ton Chalupas (recipe follows) Cabbage Cilantro Topping (recipe follows) Mandarin Pineapple Relish (recipe follows) Lime Crème (recipe follows) Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Place onions in a large, heavy baking dish.

In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, paprika, salt, and pepper. Rub

thoroughly, and marinate in refrigerator for 2 hours. Flip meat over after 1 hour.

Heat grill and cook steak to desired doneness, making sure not to overcook the meat. Let meat rest about 10 minutes.

Slice it thinly against the grain.

To serve, divide Coconut Cashew Rice among plates. Add the meat and top with the Asian Salad. Garnish each plate with Mango Salsa.

Yield: 4 servings COCONUT CASHEW RICE 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 cup jasmine rice 1/2 cup roasted cashews, roughly chopped 1-1/4 cups chicken stock 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar 1/4 cup coconut milk 1/8 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut, lightly toasted salt and pepper In a large, deep nonstick pot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add rice and stir until coated with oil. Add cashews and sauté for 1 minute. Stir in stock, vinegar, milk, and sugar. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover and cook 20 minutes. Uncover and add coconut flakes, gently tossing with a fork.

Season to taste with salt and pepper.

spices evenly over pork. Arrange pork over onions in the baking dish.

In a medium bowl, combine vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes, sugar, mustard, garlic salt, and fivespice. Drizzle vinegar mixture over pork.

Cover and cook for 6 hours or until the thickest part registers to 170 degrees.

Remove pork and onions, and drain.

Chop or shred pork and chop onions.

To serve chalupas, top each fried won ton shell with meat and onions, Cilantro Cabbage Topping, Mandarin Pineapple Relish, and a drizzle of Lime Crème.

Yield: 6 servings CRISPY WON TON CHALUPAS 1-2 cups canola oil 12-16 large Chinese won ton skins, fresh or frozen Heat 2 to 3 inches of oil in a wok or large skillet to 325 to 350 degrees. The oil is hot enough when you start to see smoke or squiggly lines form in the oil.

Separate the won ton skins and drop each slowly into the hot oil. Fry the won tons until they turn golden brown. Flip them occasionally to cook evenly on both sides; this should take about 30-50 seconds, depending on oil temperature.

Carefully remove the golden won tons and place on a paper towel to

ASIAN SALAD 1 Granny Smith apple 2 red radishes, tops trimmed 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped 1 tablespoon carrot, shredded 1 tablespoon scallion, green part only, diced 1 teaspoon sugar 2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar 2 teaspoons sesame oil Run the apple and the radishes through a mandoline to get shoestring pieces or julienne in thin strips with a large chef’s knife. Add to a medium bowl with the remaining ingredients and stir to combine. Season to taste. Chill until ready to serve.

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MANGO SALSA 1 ripe mango, diced into 1/2-inch cubes 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, grated 1 shallot, finely diced 1/4 cup red bell pepper, finely diced 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 tablespoon granulated sugar kosher salt

This recipe from Wildflower Country Club in Temple, Texas, adds an Italian touch to scallops on the half shell by gilding the Japanese delicacy with rich mozzarella cheese.

6 ounces mentaiko (fish eggs) 3 tablespoons Japanese mayonnaise 18 fresh, large half-shelled sea scallops 4 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese 18-36 whole hon-shimeji mushrooms, stems trimmed

In a medium size bowl, combine all ingredients and season to taste with salt. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

drain. Note: The won tons will cook a few moments even after removed from the oil.

Preheat oven to 200 degrees. To make the mentaiko sauce, in a small bowl gently fold the fish roe into the Japanese mayonnaise and set aside.

Remove scallop meat from each shell and rinse the meat thoroughly.

Soak the scallop shells in a bowl of hot water for a few minutes to disinfect, then discard water. Rinse and drain the shells. Line up shells on a large baking sheet and return the scallops to each shell.

Bake the scallops for 5 minutes. Drain and discard excess broth from scallops. Sprinkle the cheese over the scallops, and top with mentaiko sauce and a few mushrooms per scallop.

Return the tray of scallops to the oven and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and golden brown.

Yield: 6 servings

CILANTRO CABBAGE TOPPING 2-1/2 cups shredded green and purple cabbage (mixed) 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar 1/4 cup sugar salt and pepper In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and season with salt and pepper. Chill until ready to serve.

MANDARIN PINEAPPLE RELISH 1 can mandarin oranges, drained (16 ounces) 2 cups crushed pineapple 2 tablespoons diced red bell pepper salt and pepper In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients. Chill until ready to serve.

LIME CRÈME 16 ounces sour cream 1 lime, juice and zest salt and pepper In a medium bowl or squirt bottle, mix ingredients. Season with salt and pepper. Keep refrigerated.

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Must-Play China Golf Courses

Like so much else in China, golf is booming, a burst that has brought an explosion of new courses unmatched by any country in the world.

But with about 600 layouts to choose from, where do you start? Here, six of the newer, not-to-be-missed beauties at clubs and resorts around the country.

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C H I NA Stoneforest International Country Club

Lan Hai International Golf Resort

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Mission Hills Haikou The Dunes at Shenzhou Peninsula

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Hole No. 7 on Dongzhuang’s Links Course

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tees and greens set close together, the design is made for walking, a traditional touch on a layout whose gorselike native grasses bring the look and feel of Ireland to Shanghai’s outskirts.

Notable hole (you heard it from us): No. 7 (186 yards, par 3).

With long views into the distance, and long rough around its edges, the stunning par 3 shows off the layout’s linksy nature. So do the pot bunkers on either side of the wide but shallow green. You should avoid them at all costs.

The Dunes at Shenzhou Peninsula Where: Hainan Island, a tropical island off China’s southern coast Must play: East and West courses

Zhang Chenzhao (Dongzhuang), Tom Breazeale (Dunes-2)

Layout: West Course (7,484 yards, par 72); East Course: (7,258, par 72)

3 Hole No. 16 on the Dunes’ East Course

Hole No. 8 on the Dunes’ West Course

Wow factor: Once known on Tour for his classic swing, Tom Weiskopf is now hailed for his classic taste in architecture, an aesthetic that comes through at this 36-hole complex, set amid a dunescape by the South China Sea. On both the East and West courses, Weiskopf let the land dictate the flow of his designs, which curl through the sandy rises of a rugged setting, buffeted by ever-shifting coastal winds. An elegant clubhouse overlooks the 18th holes of each.

Notable hole (you heard it from us): No. 8, West Course (455 yards, par 4). Set hard on the edge of the South China Sea, this eye-catcher plays from elevated tees that provide some of the best views on the course. By challenging the dunes and fairway bunker on the left, you’ll leave yourself the best angle to the green.

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Lan Hai International Golf Resort

Where: Chongming, an island of Shanghai Must play: Woodland Course Layout: 7,208 yards, par 72

Wow factor: This artful Nicklaus Design layout, opened this past spring, spools around a constellation of lakes, tranquil ornaments that add an appropriate degree of terror. The shotmaking requirements (think a couple of carries over water and slight fades around doglegs) make the Woodland a sweet complement to its sister track, the Links, the second of two courses at this upscale facility.

Hole No. 13 on Mission Hills’ Shadow Dunes Course

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Mission Hills Haikou Where: Hainan Island

Must play: Shadow Dunes Course Layout: 6,428 yards, par 70 Wow factor: Precision, not power, is the premium at this rollicking course. Shadow Dunes is one of 10 new layouts at the Mission Hills complex. But it stands out from the crowd with the striking contours

on its greens and fairways — wild undulations that produce quirky bounces and enhance the charms of an already endearing course.

Notable hole (you heard it from us): No. 13 (153 yards, par 3). Brains take precedent over brawn on this strategic little tester, which plays to a giant triple-green that also holds the flags for the 5th and 7th holes. Pay attention to pin position. A three-putt awaits if you aim for the wrong tier.

For more info: missionhillschina.com

Tom Breazeale (2)

Hole No. 18 on Lan Hai’s Woodland Course

Notable hole (you heard it from us): No. 18 (437 yards, par 4). Among the perils on this stout finisher are an island green and a lake that runs up the fairway’s left side. Because there are no bunkers, it’s best to bomb it up the left side, which leaves a shorter shot on your delicate approach.

Hole No. 12 on Stoneforest’s Leaders’ Peak Course

Stoneforest International Country Club

Where: Kunming, in Yunnan province Must play: Leaders’ Peak Course

Ryan Farrow

Layout: 7,528 yards, par 72 Wow factor: The Stone Forest, a dramatic set of limestone outcrops in southwest China, is one of the country’s natural wonders, and this Schmidt-Curley design, one of three on the property, ain’t shabby either. Its tree-flanked fairways

run through the shadows of the craggy peaks — many of the holes are actually set amid the rock formations — with arresting views of an ancient setting that makes Leaders’ Peak one of the most unusual layouts you’ll ever see.

Notable hole (you heard it from us): No. 12 (196 yards, par 3). The green here is an island unto itself — an island ringed by rocks instead of water. The putting surface is huge, but the outcrops that surround it make the tee shot imposing. Not only do they obscure your view of the target, they swallow your ball, like water, if you miss.

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Anthem Country Club Anthem, AZ

Palm Springs Now is the time for Members with Signature Gold and O.N.E. benefits to escape to the warmth of the desert and enjoy complimentary1 golf benefits at Mission Hills, Indian Wells and Desert Falls country clubs and Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa. Mission Hills Country Club, home of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship, has Villas that offer

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accommodations starting at $320 per night for a twobedroom villa and $400 per night for a three-bedroom villa.1 Savor Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa with a stay and dine package. Package includes one-night accommodation, $25 Palms Cafe breakfast credit and $100 bluEmber Restaurant dining credit. $28 daily resort charge. Valid through May 23, 2013.1

Phoenix is a year-round vacation hot spot and 81 holes of golf offer a challenge for every level of golfer. With MLB Spring Training and complimentary1 golf benefits at Anthem, Gainey Ranch and Seville country clubs and complimentary1 dining benefits at University Club, there’s something for everyone.

Enjoy preferred rates at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort at Gainey Ranch and The Arizona Biltmore. At Montelucia Resort & Spa, Members who stay three nights will receive the fourth night free and a daily $25 CENTRO Lounge Credit. 2

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Tampa Visit Tampa and select from 99 holes of golf at four area clubs with complimentary1 golf benefits – Countryside, East Lake Woodlands, Hunter’s Green and Tampa Palms Golf and Country Club. Enjoy complimentary1 dining benefits at Centre Club Tampa after a challenging day on the course.

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas – unless you want to brag about the great shot you hit while enjoying your complimentary1 golf benefits at Canyon Gate Country Club and Bear’s Best Las Vegas! After a fun day on the course, relax during a fine dining experience at one of the newest Light Group affiliate restaurants.

Preferred rates are available on overnight accommodations at MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, The Signature at MGM Grand and Mandarin Oriental.

Overnight accommodations are available at Tampa Palms Golf and Country Club with rates starting at $154.1

ARIA Sky Suites Las Vegas, NV

Through your benefits with Inspirato, your next Las Vegas vacation will be an individualized experience. Your stay in the stunning ARIA Sky Suites in the ARIA Resort & Casino begins with an exclusive porte-cochère entry accessed only by limousine. Soar to your penthouse, where integrated technology will customize the room to your comfort levels – and remember your settings. Each penthouse features spectacular views of the city or mountains, and ARIA’s concierge staff will cater to your every need.1

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Now is the perfect time to experience skiing at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows and enjoy discounts of up to 16% on lift tickets.

Members also enjoy 10% off the best available rate on overnight accommodations at The Village at Squaw Valley.1

Vail Members receive a 15% discount off advance purchased rates for lift tickets at four premier year-round resorts: Vail®, Beaver Creek®, Breckenridge®, and Keystone®.1 In honor of Vail Mountain Lodge’s 50th anniversary, reserve three nights of lodging between January 6 and March 31, 2013 and receive the fourth night of lodging for $50; winter lodging rates start at $409 per night. Each reservation includes complimentary extended buffet breakfast at Terra Bistro and complimentary access to the Vitality Center, a fresh approach to health and wellness.1

Saint James Paris

Paris, France

Part Relais & Châteaux hotel and part private club, the Saint James Paris recently completed a full renovation. Treat yourself to Paris’ only chateau-hotel with the “Indulge!” offer starting at 370 Euro per night. Through this offer, secure your upgrade to a Junior Suite and a special welcome with pastries from the new Chef, Virginie Basselot. 4

Limerick, Ireland

The Homestead Ski Free Package

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European Excursions

Adare Manor

The Homestead Hot Springs, VA

Enjoy a winter getaway to The Homestead on the Ski Free Package, which includes lift tickets and accommodations for two people. New this season is the Allegheny Springs Winter Wonderland where guests can take a dip in the steamy waters

The Saint James Paris Paris, France

at the heated outdoor pool or whirlpool and relax on chaise lounges on the warmed deck surrounded by the mountain landscape. Enjoy the nearby Allegheny Springs Grille and try ice skating on the rink adjacent to the pool. Rates start at $209. 3

For reservations or more information, call ClubLine: 866.989.4653

Enjoy two nights’ accommodations in a Dunraven Stateroom where there will be a welcome bottle of Prosecco in your room on arrival, a traditional full Irish breakfast each morning and an eight-course tasting dinner for two in the fine dining Oakroom Restaurant.

Package price is €545.00 per person based on double occupancy (usually €700.00 per person). 5

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Some restrictions and exclusions apply. See back cover for important details and additional terms and conditions.

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Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas, NV

Take a relaxing vacation on the Vegas Strip in a luxury destination with modern style, gorgeous rooms, a tranquil spa and more. In addition to the benefits Members already receive – upgrade at check-in, VIP status and a welcome amenity – enjoy a $100 dining or spa services credit per stay for a stay of three nights or longer.1

Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas, NV

Pinehurst’s Best Offer of the Year The Grove Park Inn Asheville, NC

The Grove Park Inn Asheville, NC

Book the Carolina Comfort package and experience a weekend of culinary indulgence including the Friday night seafood buffet, Saturday night Angus prime rib buffet and Asheville’s favorite champagne brunch. A free6 upgrade is available for Members based on availability at time of check-in. Rates start at $539 per room, per night.6

Barton Creek Resort & Spa Austin, TX

Barton Creek Resort & Spa Austin, TX

Enjoy a special rate on the Fazio Unlimited package featuring resort accommodations, unlimited golf on either award-winning Fazio course, a custom club fitting and daily breakfast in the AAA Four Diamond-rated Hill Country Dining Room. Rates start at $199 per person, per night.7

Pinehurst, NC

Historic Pinehurst Resort is beautiful any time of the year.

The Golf or Spa Escape includes accommodations, breakfast, one round of golf or one spa treatment. Rates start at $143 per person, per night based on double occupancy. Valid through February 20, 2013 and subject to availability.

Upgrade to a round on No. 2 for $100.1

Find Hotels shows you savings on the places you stay in just a few simple clicks. Enjoy up to 40% off1 at hundreds of hotels worldwide.

Log into your club’s website and go to Find Hotels.

An Inspirato Vacation

Blue Sky Vail, CO

Inspirato has year-round vacation options for every family at some of the most sought-after beach, mountain and metropolitan destinations in the world, such as Blue Sky. An experienced team of experts helps plan your perfect getaway. Designed specifically for a new generation of luxury consumers, Inspirato offers the best of destination club consistency and service, together with unmatched value, flexibility and low-cost membership. Book one trip per year with May to early December travel dates (excluding Thanksgiving week), at up to 50% off market rates. In addition, enjoy access to Inspirato members-only benefits through a special joining offer.1

5 Some restrictions and exclusions apply. See back cover for important details and additional terms and conditions.

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Brand Steakhouse and Lounge Las Vegas, NV Fox Den Country Club Knoxville, TN

New Clubs with Free Golf Benefits1 Fox Den Country Club Knoxville, TN Perfectly positioned amid the backdrop of the stunning Smoky Mountains, the 18-hole course boasts rolling hills, beautiful wooded areas, ponds and long fairway stretches.

Four Hills Country Club Albuquerque, NM Set among 135 acres of mature trees and mountain terrain at the base of the Cibola National Forest, the 18-hole spiral course layout includes rolling fairways and narrow, elevated greens.

New Dining Benefits1 at The Light Group Restaurants Receive 20% off food and beverage at Brand Steakhouse and Lounge located in the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino.

For more variety, enjoy one complimentary dessert per entrée at: • Diablo’s Cantina (Monte Carlo) • Fix Restaurant and Bar (Bellagio) • Yellowtail Japanese Restaurant and Lounge (Bellagio) • Stack Restaurant and Bar (Mirage)

Red Door Spa Tucson and Phoenix, AZ

New Spa Benefits1 When you visit VIDA Spas in Seattle, Washington for any 60or 90-minute service, enjoy a complimentary $25 product of your choice.

Relax and rejuvenate with preferred rates on select spa services at Red Door Spas in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona.

ClubCorp’s 55th Anniversary Thank you to all who helped ClubCorp celebrate our 55th anniversary last year. We appreciate your participation in the 5&5 ClubCorp Network Challenge and extend our congratulations to Mr. Jim Bytnar from the Rivers Club who won the trip to the 2012 Ryder Cup.

1 Some restrictions and exclusions apply. Contact ClubLine for more details. 2Offer valid January 1 – April 30, 2013. No arrivals on Wednesdays. No additional ClubCorp discounts apply.

Centro Lounge credit is a daily credit that must be used on the date of issue. No unused credits may be carried over. Blackout dates and other restrictions may apply. Resort charge excluded. 3Based on double occupancy. Taxes and 15% resort charges are not included. Additional charges apply for extra guests, ages 6 and up. This package is valid until March 10, 2013, weather permitting. 4Rates include VAT and service. City tax extra (1.50 Euro per person, per night). For members, breakfast is complimentary. Offer valid until February 28, 2013, subject to availability. 5This package is based on double occupancy and is subject to availability from January 1 through March 31, 2013. 6Based on double occupancy, minimum twonight consecutive stay required, subject to availability. Not valid for groups. 7Based on double occupancy. Subject to availability and certain restrictions and exclusions may apply.

1-6 All offers are subject to availability and none are redeemable for cash. ©ClubCorpUSA, Inc. All rights reserved. 19375 0113 KP

For tickets, reservations or more information about these special offers, call or email ClubLine. 866.989.4653 | clubline@clubcorp.com

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