Aaron,

Outside of UK I've only played in the US where golf is a bit different but a great experience.

If you go stateside Myrtle Beach is great with so many courses of various standards and Hilton Head and Kiawah Island reachable to the south and Pinehurst to the north. Just choose the right time of year as it can get wet and windy in the storm season.

Arizona is great as the weather is mainly dry and there are some good tracks around Scotsdale.

Palm Springs/Desert is the Myrtle of the west with an abundance of courses within 1 hour drive including many tour courses. Issue here is cost as in summer it's too hot to play mid-day, I've even played in September in 100 degrees.

Where ever you go enjoy it and play well..

Ant

If you are coming to Switzerland, a must play is Crans sur Sierre, where there is the Omega European Masters

was thinking maybe just a short break over in spain , read some good things about pga catalunya, anybody else got some suggestions :) ?

you can't go wrong with Portugal ,Turkey is also very good