Top Five Golf Courses in Coastal Mississippi By Brian Weis

Top Five Golf Courses in Coastal Mississippi

By Brian Weis

Recharge your batteries in Coastal Mississippi with world-renowned golf courses designed by the greats! Browse our list of the coast's top greens below. For a comprehensive list of Coastal Mississippi golf courses.

The Bridges Golf Club - Bay St. Louis, MS
Located at Hollywood Casino Gulf Coast - The Bridges Golf Club is Mississippi's only Arnold Palmer Signature golf course. Ranked among the Top 40 casino courses in the country and Top 10 courses in the state by Golf Digest and Golfweek magazines, the 18-hole masterpiece sits on the banks of Mississippi's beautiful Bay of St. Louis.

The 18-hole course features 6,841 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 74 and it has a slope rating of 132.

Fallen Oak - Saucier, MS
Designed by legendary course architect Tom Fazio, exclusively for guests of Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Fallen Oak raises the bar for luxury resort golf in this region. The 18 hole, par-72 championship layout unfolds in a majestic, almost cinematic, invitation to all who love the game.

* Earned #8 ranking in Conde Nast Traveler Magazine's Top 80 Golf Resorts 2010

* Awarded the No. 2 spot by Golfweek Magazine Best Casino Courses list for 2011 & the No. 13 spot on its list of Best Resort Courses for 2012

Grand Bear - Saucier, MS
Grand Bear Golf Course is a Jack Nicklaus-designed layout widely considered to be among the South's most spectacular courses. Beautiful and challenging, this 18 hole, par-72 course navigates through natural cypress wetlands and towering pines, with packed pine needle rough, championship greens and deep bunkers set over 650 acres of rolling land in the piney woods of the DeSoto National Forest.

Shell Landing Golf Club - Gautier, MS
Designed by Davis Love III, Shell Landing Golf Course features generous tree-lined fairways winding through the pine savannah, leading up to large undulating greens, and water comes into play on eight holes. These natural features combine with five sets of tees to afford a challenging course for all handicaps.

The 18-hole course features 7,024 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 73.2 and a slope rating of 128.

The Oaks - Pass Christian, MS
The Oaks Golf Club is nestled among majestic timberlands and native wetlands providing one of the most unforgettable golfing experiences in Coastal Mississippi. Highlighting the striking par-72 layout are strategic bunkers, dramatic green complexes, and a meandering routing, which creates a serene and tranquil golf experience. The 18-hole course has received numerous awards and accolades, and hosted several major tournaments.

* "Best Courses You Can Play" Golf Week Magazine

* 4.5 Stars "Best Places to Play" Golf Digest

* "Golf Course of the Year for the Mississippi Gulf Coast", The National Golf Course Owners Association

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the Publisher of GolfTrips.com, a network of golf travel and directory sites including GolfWisconsin.com, GolfMichigan.com, ArizonaGolfer.com, GolfAlabama.com, etc. Professionally, Brian is a member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA) and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG). In 2016, Brian won The Shaheen Cup, an award given to a golf travel writer by his peers.

All of his life, Brian has been around the game of golf. As a youngster, Brian competed at all levels in junior and high school golf. Brian had a zero chance for a college golf scholarship, so he worked on the grounds crew at West Bend Country Club to pay for his University of Wisconsin education. In his adult years, his passion for the game collided with his entrepreneurial spirit and in 2004 launched GolfWisconsin.com. In 2007, the idea for a network of local golf directory sites formed and GolfTrips.com was born. Today, the network consists of a site in all 50 states supported by national sites like GolfTrips.com, GolfGuide.com and GolfPackages.com. It is an understatement to say, Brian is passionate about promoting golf and golf travel on a local, regional, national and international level.

On the golf course, Brian is known as a fierce weekend warrior that fluctuates between a 5-9 handicap. With a soft fade, known as "The Weis Slice", and booming 300+ drives, he can blast it out of bounds with the best of them.