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ch.articles = [ {article_id : 3721,head : 'Luxury for less the Gulf Coast way: High-end hotels, golf courses with mid-range rates',image_url : 'http://www.gulfcoastgolf.com/images/features/hard-rock-hotel-and-casino.jpg',teaser : 'With steals like Kiva Dunes and Shell Landing Golf Club, the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Alabama Gulf Shores are prime destinations for golfers looking to live large. These are the rare spots in today\'s high-thread-count-chasing world where you can get luxury for less.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Feature Story',article_url : 'http://www.gulfcoastgolf.com/feature-stories/mississippi/luxury-gulf-coast-golf-mississippi-alabama-kiva-dunes-shell-landing-vacation-6683.htm'},{article_id : 3722,head : 'Palm Springs\' 7 Springs Inn & Suites a hidden and affordable SoCal resort option',image_url : 'http://www.golfcalifornia.com/images/resortreviews/7-springs-inn-and-suites-pool.jpg',teaser : '7 Springs Inn & Suites is the rare hotel where a small entranceway and an unimpressive exterior does not reflect on the quality of the rooms. Indeed, by the end of your stay, you may be thankful that a trendy decorator would retch at the sight of the place, because that\'s surely what helps make 7 Springs one of Palm Springs\' rare reasonable hotel finds.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Resort Review/Feature',article_url : 'http://www.golfcalifornia.com/departments/resortreviews/7-springs-inn-suites-hotel-palm-springs-6682.htm'},{article_id : 3698,head : 'Kiva Dunes Golf Course is a seaside course you\'ll never forget in Gulf Shores, Alabama',image_url : 'http://www.gulfcoastgolf.com/images/golfcourses/kiva-dunes-gc-no18.jpg',teaser : 'Kiva Dunes Golf Course is the type of course you travel to play, the kind of showpiece that is a great impetus to come to the Alabama Gulf Shores and discover the other outstanding golf courses and 32 miles of beaches with white sand that looks like its special ordered from a postcard.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.gulfcoastgolf.com/coursereviews/alabama/kiva-dunes-golf-course-gulf-shores-alabama-6639.htm'},{article_id : 3700,head : 'Forget San Antonio\'s River Walk during Final Four weekend! Hit the golf course',image_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/images/travelfeatures/bandit-golf-club.jpg',teaser : 'During NCAA Final Four weekend in San Antonio, you\'ll have to find something to do in-between college basketball madness. Golf, anyone? With excellent courses like Westin La Cantera Golf Club and Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort & Spa, San Antonio has plenty of golf to keep you entertained during down time.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Travel Feature',article_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/travelfeatures/texas/san-antonio-final-four-weekend-golf-courses-6642.htm'},{article_id : 3697,head : 'From Mary Mahoney\'s hurricane guts to Alabama\'s Barbara Walters, people make a Gulf Coast golf vacation special',image_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/images/clubhouse/mississippi-gulf-coast-nature.jpg',teaser : 'The people are one of the reasons the area that stretches from Biloxi, Miss. all the way into an Alabama Gulf Shores carries such a powerful draw for golfers who have been here. It\'s hard to explain to guys who\'ve yet to stray from the Scottsdale, Pebble Beach, Myrtle Beach, Pinehurst circuit. The golf is good here, often crazily reasonably priced for its nature and water wonder. The people are even better. In fact, you\'ll probably come back for the characters.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'On The Spot',article_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/clubhouse/gulf-coast-golf-trips-people-6636.htm'},{article_id : 3687,head : 'At posh Scottsdale and Phoenix golf resorts, increasing business meeting space is the major mission',image_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/images/corporate-golfer/arizona-biltmore-meeting-space.jpg',teaser : 'The top resorts in Phoenix-Scottsdale are bringing in celeb chefs and pumping up meeting space as the region engages in something of a plush-pillows arms race. Of course, the real battle may be in finding more space for those large business groups that often drive a hotel\'s bottom line.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Feature Story',article_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/corporate-golfer/scottsdale-arizona-golf-resorts-business-meeting-space-6629.htm'},{article_id : 3679,head : 'From cart kid to running the show, Peninsula Golf Club\'s Todd Edwards an Alabama Gulf Shores success',image_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/images/clubhouse/todd-edwards.jpg',teaser : 'Todd Edwards knows what it\'s like to get his hands dirty. He got them grimy cleaning your clubs - or at least the clubs of golfers like you - as a cart attendant at Craft Farms Resort. Two decades later, Edwards is still happy to be working in golf. Only now he sits in the big office at Peninsula Golf and Racquet Club in Gulf Shores, Alabama.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Personality Profile',article_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/clubhouse/profiles/todd-edwards-peninsula-golf-club-alabama-gulf-shores-6620.htm'},{article_id : 3664,head : 'Big budget revamp turning Omni Tucson National into a luxury golf vacation retreat',image_url : 'http://www.golfarizona.com/images/resortreviews/omni-tucson-national-resort.jpg',teaser : 'Boasting two first rate golf courses, the Catalina and Sonoran, the Omni Tucson National is set to become one of the finest golf resorts in Arizona after a nearly $100 million renovation - and that\'s saying something in a state known as a world class golf destination.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Resort Review/Feature',article_url : 'http://www.golfarizona.com/departments/resortreviews/omni-tucson-national-golf-resort-6603.htm'},{article_id : 3667,head : 'Lehman\'s new-school Sonoran Course gives Omni Tucson National more desert bite',image_url : 'http://www.worldgolf.com/images/courses/arizona/sonoran-course.jpg',teaser : 'The Omni Tucson National resort wanted a completely different type of golf course when it brought in Tom Lehman to design a track to compliment its PGA Tour-host Catalina Course. The 2006 Ryder Cup captain didn\'t disappoint, turning out the Sonoran Course, 18 holes of dramatic desert golf that couldn\'t look much more different from Catalina\'s parkland layout.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.worldgolf.com/course-reviews/arizona/omni-tucson-national-golf-resort-sonoran-course-lehman-6606.htm'},{article_id : 3663,head : 'Ocean golf that makes you think: Revamped Pelican Hill North delivers the oxymoron',image_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/images/coursereviews/pelican-hill-ocean-north-course.jpg',teaser : 'In rethinking Pelican Hill North as part of its owner Irvine Company\'s grand vision for a Mediterranean-style, crazy luxury resort scheduled to open in late 2008, Tom Fazio uses the second chance to make you think. He infused his original design with subtle points to go with the ocean blue.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/coursereviews/california/pelican-hill-golf-club-ocean-north-tom-fazio-newport-beach-6602.htm'},{article_id : 3656,head : 'Spring training\'s Arizona golf Surprise: Cheap convenience in Sun Village\'s immaculate par 3',image_url : 'http://www.worldgolf.com/images/courses/arizona/sun-village-golf-course.jpg',teaser : 'If you\'re in Surprise, Arizona to catch spring training game, check out Sun Village, a golf course less than five minutes from the stadium that\'s just too tempting to pass up. It may not be quite what you expect: Pass through the gate, and you\'ve entered an adult-living community where no residents under 55 are allowed. All golfers are welcome to play, however.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.worldgolf.com/course-reviews/arizona/sun-village-surprise-6593.htm'},{article_id : 3635,head : 'Wailea Golf Club\'s Gold Course: Historic rocks with ocean views on South Maui',image_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/images/golfcourses/hawaii/wailea-gold-course-no8.jpg',teaser : 'Wailea Golf Club\'s Gold Course is a big, near bionic Hawaii golf course that doesn\'t rely on a few ocean looks to carry the day. Instead, it challenges your guts, especially on the back nine. There are shots up to greens, down through skinny driving alleys and lakes to clear.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/coursereviews/hawaii/wailea-golf-club-maui-gold-robert-trent-jones-jr-6569.htm'},{article_id : 3645,head : 'Newport Beach a different kind of OC golf escape, from Kobe\'s hilltop mansion to Paris Hilton shopping',image_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/images/clubhouse/pelican-hill-gc-ocean-view.jpg',teaser : 'With top-end golf courses like Oak Creek, Pelican Hill and nearby Strawberry Farms golf clubs, excellent shopping and a beautiful beach, Newport Beach is the place for people who like to live large, on and off the course.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Feature Story',article_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/clubhouse/newport-beach-golf-escape-6578.htm'},{article_id : 3644,head : 'Spring training gone hip: Hotel Valley Ho and Scottsdale Stadium give Cactus League a different vibe',image_url : 'http://www.worldgolf.com/images/features/arizona-spring-training.jpg',teaser : 'Hotel Valley Ho offers Cactus League spring training pilgrims a more sophisticated scene, including fine dining and easy access to Scottsdale Stadium, not to mention tee times at Saguaro Course at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club Camelback Inn, Talking Stick, McCormick Ranch, Raven at South Mountain and ASU Karsten.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Feature Story',article_url : 'http://www.worldgolf.com/features/spring-training-scottsdale-stadium-cactus-league-hotel-valley-ho-golf-courses-6577.htm'},{article_id : 3618,head : 'Hawaii\'s Dunes at Maui Lani Golf Course: The rare airport course worth playing',image_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/images/golfcourses/hawaii/dunes-at-maui-lani-gc-bunker.jpg',teaser : 'Only on Maui can the golf course by the airport turn out to be a track you might go out of your way to play. It\'s The Dunes at Maui Lani Golf Course, and if you\'re driving to popular vacation spots Kaanapali or Kapalua after picking up a rental car, you\'ll pass it on the side of road. Think about stopping to get in a round. It\'s one of the better reasonably priced courses on the island.',author : 'Chris Baldwin',publish_date : '',type : 'Course Review',article_url : 'http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/coursereviews/hawaii/dunes-at-maui-lani-golf-course-6549.htm'}]