Nashville, TN

Nashville pairs Gaylord Springs, a links-style course on the Cumberland River, with the two Hermitage courses, where the LPGA played for a dozen years, and a deep bench of cheap city munis. Tee off early to beat the summer heat, then spend the night on Lower Broadway.

• — Gaylord Springs Golf Links — next to Opryland
• — Hermitage Golf Course — President’s Reserve
• — Hermitage Golf Course — General’s Retreat
• — Harpeth Hills Golf Course — city course in Percy Warner Park
• — Old Fort Golf Club (Murfreesboro)
• — Greystone Golf Club (Dickson)

• — Gaylord Opryland Resort — minutes from Gaylord Springs
• — Hermitage Golf Course cottages — stay on the course
• — The Hermitage Hotel — downtown landmark
• — Omni Nashville Hotel — next to the Country Music Hall of Fame

• — Hattie B’s Hot Chicken
• — Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack — the original
• — Husk Nashville
• — Arnold’s Country Kitchen — meat-and-three
• — Biscuit Love — brunch
• — Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse

• — Honky-tonks on Lower Broadway
• — Grand Ole Opry
• — Ryman Auditorium
• — Country Music Hall of Fame
• — Predators hockey at Bridgestone Arena
• — Whiskey tasting at Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery

• — Downtown / Lower Broadway — walk to the honky-tonks
• — The Gulch — restaurants and rooftop bars
• — Opryland — 10 min from Gaylord Springs
• — Franklin — historic downtown, 30 min south

• — Lower Broadway
• — The Gulch
• — 12 South
• — East Nashville
• — Germantown
• — Franklin’s Main Street