Hot Springs Courses

Hot Springs might be the birthplace of the American spa resort. With over a dozen golf courses in the area, you'll find plenty of golf between luxurious soaks and relaxing rubs. Visitors will want to check out the Garvan Woodland gardens and the Oaklawn Park derby, too. Hot Springs National Park is in the Ouachita Mountains and was the first federally-protected area in the national park system. Victorian-period architecture still lines the streets around Fordyce Bathhouse. Hot Springs is also the boyhood home of former President (and soon-to-be First Gent?) Bill Clinton. This must be where he learned to handle pressure: a hot bath cures a case of the yips. A cold shower, on the other hand …