We ve all emptied our wallets to tee it up at a trophy course only to spend the day hacking up the place like an Irish turf cutter And there s nothing like a daylong pass on the bogey train to focus your mind on the expensive greens fee Sea Island Resort in Georgia long one of the Southeast s premier golf destinations offers a perfect compromise eye opening instruction from the game s top teachers and three quality courses to gradually test your new swing Seaside Course Harry Colt and Charles Alison originally designed Sea Island s best course in 1929 This blustery layout is superbly bunkered with greens tougher to read than a Jackie Collins novel and is the ultimate test of your new swing Plantation Course If Seaside is a test of determination Jones renovation of this Walter Travis original places a premium on accuracy There are wide fairways but the tidal creeks lakes and trees can make a solid round unravel faster than a cheap suit Retreat Course This Love field should be your first stop after swing rehab it s Sea Island s most forgiving layout with overly generous fairways and trick free greens