Destination: Boston

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Camilo Villegas tees off at TPC Boston during the 2009 PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.

Aug. 30, 2010
By LINKS Magazine

WHERE TO PLAY
TPC Boston: This course, located 25 miles south of Boston, hosts the Deutsche Bank Championship every Labor Day weekend.

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George Wright Golf Course: Named after the Boston Red Stockings Hall of Famer who donated the land in the city's Hyde Park section (and later started a sporting goods company where Ouimet worked), this Donald Ross design is one of the best munis in the country.

Granite Links Golf Club: Just seven miles south of the city, this semi-private 27-hole facility is set on a former quarry and features open holes with sculpted bunkering, dramatic rock outcroppings and views of the Boston skyline.

Red Tail Golf Club: New Hampshire-based Brian Silva crafted this wooded gem, which is the first Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Signature Course in New England and features contoured greens, waste bunkers and strategic challenges.

WHERE TO STAY
Boston Harbor Hotel: Splurge for a room overlooking the waterfront, which was the scene of the Boston Tea Party and now has been revitalized into a major attraction.

Fairmont Copley Plaza: Nearly a century old, this historic property is as much a part of the Boston landscape as nearby attractions like the Freedom Trail and the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.

Hotel Veritas Taking its name from Harvard's motto, this upscale 30-room hotel, which opened this year, is located in Cambridge's Harvard Square, just across the Charles River from Boston. The main entrance to the four-story hotel is a rebuilt carriage house.

WHERE TO EAT
Abe and Louie's: Boston Magazine voted this upscale steakhouse as the best in town last year for aged cuts of beef like bone-in fillet mignon, served to diners sitting in oversize leather courtroom chairs and Hollywood-style booths.

Locke-Ober: This Boston Brahmin institution was in need of a fresh infusion a few years ago, which is exactly what Lydia Shire provided by adding some contemporary energy while preserving the legacy and old-world charms of the eatery, which dates to the mid-19th century.

Union Oyster House: Located near Faneuil Hall, America's oldest continually operating restaurant dates to 1826 and was a favorite of Boston icons Daniel Webster and John F. Kennedy. Ask for the Kennedy booth and order a pint of the custom-brewed Sam Adams Red Brick Ale.