Last Minute Golf Travel Gift Guide

Hilton Head Golf Island
With average temperatures in the 60s and 70s during its coldest months, Hilton Head offers a welcome respite from the freezing weather found in most of the country. The perfect destination for golf enthusiasts seeking year-round play, the winter months welcome incredible value and plentiful tee times on over 20 courses. From the seven Heritage Collection courses including Palmetto Hall, to Palmetto Dunes, Old South Golf Links and iconic Sea Pines Resort, value-laden, offseason packages abound.

Visit Hilton Head golf for more information on specific deals and packages.

Myrtle Beach Seaside Resorts
Myrtle Beach Seaside Resorts is offering the "Bucket List Golf Package" featuring four nights of oceanfront accommodations and four rounds of championship golf at GOLF Magazine's "Top 100 You Can Play" courses.

Starting at $501 per golfer (quad occupancy, taxes and resort fee included), it includes 72 holes with one round each at Caledonia Golf and Fish Club, Dunes Golf and Beach Club, True Blue Plantation, and Barefoot Resort's Love Course. Guests also enjoy five days and four nights in a two or three-bedroom condo with beach access at Avista Resort, Seaside or Grande Shores. Available through January 14, 2015, the offer also features daily breakfast and one prime rib dinner (per golfer) at the resorts' onsite restaurants.

To book or for more information, visit myrtlebeachseasideresorts.com or call (888) 571.4104.

Traditions Club and Community
What if you could go back to college for the weekend, stay in luxury accommodations and play a top-rated Nicklaus track? Traditions Club and Community, the private golf club and residential development located in College Station, Texas (home of Texas A&M University) offers stay-and-play packages for the first two months of 2015 starting at $249 based on double occupancy.

Rates include a round of golf on Traditions Club's Jack Nicklaus/Jack Nicklaus II Signature Design (home of the Aggie men's and women's golf teams), lodging in the Southern Living-inspired cottages and casitas located onsite, and access to the club's resort-style amenities.

For more information, visit www.traditionsclub.com or call (979) 779.1007.

Cobble Beach
Cobble Beach - two hours northwest of Toronto on Georgian Bay - is offering an exclusive series of "Discovery Weekend" packages available late January through March, 2015.

Designed to showcase one of Canada's most sought-after residential enclaves, rates start at $390 per person (tax and gratuity not included) based on double occupancy and feature an incredible array of amenities and activities including accommodations, wine tasting, golf simulator, cross-country skiing, spa treatments and more.

For more information about Cobble Beach real estate, visit www.livecobblebeach.com. To inquire about or book the Discovery Weekend Package, call 877.781.0149. Offer not valid with other packages, promotions or specials and is subject to availability.

Old American
Old American Golf Club - recently ranked by Golfweek and Golf Magazine as the best golf course in the Metroplex - and NYLO Plano at Legacy and NYLO Dallas South Side are offering stay-and-play packages starting at $213 per player throughout the fall.

This unique tandem of a classically designed course and ultra-modern boutique hotels includes one round per player at Old American and one night at either hotel (based on double occupancy). A complimentary yardage book, water, snacks and Old American leather valuables pouch complete the offering, which can be booked for multiple nights - perfect for football weekend getaways and the business traveler who collects top-ranked golf courses on the road.

NYLO rooms are reserved online at http://www.nylohotels.com/plano/nylo-plano-stay-and-play-golf-package-packages-1.aspx (NYLO Plano) and http://www.nylohotels.com/dallas/stay-and-play-goft-package-dallas-texas-nylo-packages-8.aspx (NYLO Dallas); tee times are booked by calling 972.370.4653. Mention the "NYLO Stay and Play" when booking tee times for additional offerings. Subject to availability, taxes not included in rate above, and tee times are not available before 10 a.m. on weekends.