From top-flight destination with a jaw-droppingly good golf course to a world-class golf destination with three outstanding courses – a metamorphosis has taken place in WaterSound.

Heading to the picturesque Monterey Peninsula for the golf vacation of a lifetime? No doubt Pebble Beach and Spyglass are part and parcel of any diehard duffer’s itinerary.

This scenario is very much in play on the fifth at Cabo del Sol's aptly named Ocean Course. One hundred feet of sand is all that separates the raised green from the surf.

Choose Hawaii Prince's solution to picking golf venues and you're soon singing to the old drinking song, "99 holes of golf on the Islands, 99 holes of golf . . ."

Locals like to joke that if you aren't addicted to horse racing before a trip to Saratoga Springs, you will be after a visit during the summer thoroughbred season. 

If you're coming to this oasis where winter doesn't exist and ultra-tanned blondes are plentiful, chances are you know all about the big golf fish.