Twin Lakes Golf Club

Don’t miss out on your last opportunity to give the gift of golf this holiday season with today’s Feature: $39 for a two-round Gift Pack with cart and range balls at Twin Lakes Country Club in Rochester Hills, a $130 value that doesn't expire until June 30, 2011.

Twin Lakes Golf Club, designed by Jerry Matthews and located just 5 miles north of downtown Rochester Hills, is a 27-hole facility that offers golfers not only an exceptional golf course but amenities and service you just don’t find at your average club.

The wildlife, marshes and tree-lined fairways of the Woods course will give you that up-north feel and the chance to lose a couple balls in the forest. Alternatively, the Links and Estates courses will give you more open air to move the ball — but at the cost of plenty of bunker protection throughout.

One common trait that all three courses have in common is the presence of enormous putting surfaces, each of which can humble you quickly if you place your ball on the wrong side of the green. Keep that thought in your mind as you make sure to stop and perfect your lag on the 30,000 square-foot practice green before the first tee.

Speaking of the first tee, you will be happy to know that all three courses offer five sets of tees to choose from. With so many options for a beginner or a scratch player in such a pleasant scene, you will find Twin Lakes has everything you will need for a great experience.

The Twin Lakes Golf Club offers one of the finest practice facilities found anywhere. The practice range offers over one acre of three tiers of bentgrass teeing areas that allow you to play to five bentgrass target greens accompanied with sand bunkers. Other amenities include a practice fairway sand bunker to hit from, a small chipping green and finally, a green side sand bunker complex to practice your "blast shots."

The Clubhouse is home to the Stonebridge Grill, a perfect spot to tally up the score and to square away over a few beverages of choice or a bite to eat. New to Twin Lakes Golf Club is the Twin Lakes Golf Academy’s Indoor Training Center. The facility will feature hitting bays, simulators and instruction for golfers of all skill levels.