Best golf resorts for nongolfers
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(MONEY Magazine) – Perhaps you aren't a golfer but you share your vacation with someone who is. Then these five resorts in different regions may suit you both. All are among our top 25 golf resorts but have much to offer the nongolfer beyond the standard tennis courts and swimming pool. Here's a look at their special features: THE EAST. At the Williamsburg Inn you are only steps away from the shops, restaurants, houses and museums of painstakingly restored 18th-century Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. Activities include bicycling and the elegant old colonial-era game of lawn bowling. A Busch Gardens theme park is 10 minutes away by car. THE SOUTH. Set along five miles of beach on Sea Island, Ga., The Cloister is one of only three resorts among MONEY's top 25 to offer all seven of the activities we considered important in rating recreation amenities. (The others are in Florida, at Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, and Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island.) Among the Cloister's offerings are horseback riding, bicycling, scuba diving and sailing. THE MIDWEST. At the rustic Eagle Ridge Inn & Resort in Galena, Ill., you can boat on 220-acre Lake Galena, fish for bass and bluegill, and ride horses on 40 miles of trails. The inn also has hayrides for kids and adults. THE MOUNTAIN STATES. Horseback riding, croquet and bicycling are among the activities available at The Broadmoor, tucked into the Rocky Mountains. There are also rifle ranges. THE FAR WEST. Hawaii's Mauna Lani Bay has a real treat for tennis players: two grass courts -- there are fewer than 100 in the entire U.S. You can ride horses in the Kohala Mountains, or you can kayak, surf, snorkel and go deep- sea fishing.