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GOLF GREATS

The Highland Course

The following are five of the top Best New Public Courses Over $75, according to Golf Digest, voted on by more than 800 golfers.

OLD CORKSCREW GOLF CLUBESTERO, fl
(20 MILES FROM FT. MYERS) www.oldcorkscrew.com
7,393 yards; par 72
DESIGNER: Jack Nicklaus

FALLEN OAK SAUCIER, MS
(26 MILES FROM BILOXI)
www.fallenoak.com
7,487 yards; par 72
DESIGNER: Tom Fazio

GINN HAMMOCK BEACH (THE CONSERVATORY) PALM COAST, fl
(35 MILES FROM DAYTONA BEACH) www.hammockbeach.com
7,776 yards; par 72
DESIGNER: Tom Watson

THE PRESERVE GOLF CLUB VANCLEAVE, MS
(27 MILES FROM BILOXI) www.preservegc.com
6,774 yards; par 72
DESIGNER: Jerry Pate

THE HIGHLAND COURSE AT PRIMLAND MEADOWS OF DAN, VA
(131 MILES FROM CHARLOTTE, NC) www.primland.com
7,034 yards; par 72
DESIGNERS: Donald Steel and Martin Ebert

ATL EATS

Chris “Ludacris” Bridges is making his mark on more than just the music scene. Last month, in partnership with Chef Chris Yeo, he opened the Singaporean eatery Straits Restaurant

(www.straitsrestaurant.com; 404-877-1283) in Midtown Atlanta. Named for the Straits of Malacca, a waterway that flows between Malaysia and Singapore, the chic eatery serves an authentic yet modernized interpretation of Singaporean fare (influenced by Thai, Indonesian, Chinese, Malay, Indian and

Nonya cooking styles). Believing that “food should be a communal experience,” Yeo created a menu that off ers small and large plates.

GARDEN PARTY

Completion of a $16 million endowment campaign to develop the Desert Botanical Garden (www.dbg.org) is on the horizon, and the first major milestone just opened: the Sybil  B. Harrington Cactus and Succulent Galleries. The new spaces utilize the first-ever open-air heating and cooling system. The botanical garden is the only one in the world to possess such a system, which enables it to showcase new plants.

REBIRTH of a BUILDING

Contemporary Jewish
MuseumOn June 8, the Contemporary Jewish Museum (www.jmsf.org) will unveil its new Daniel Libeskind-designed building. This Mission Street facility is an adaptive reuse of the 1907 Jessie Street Pacific Gas Electric Power Substation, which will be accessible to the public for the first time in its more than 100-year history. The architect also built an addition covered in 3,000 blue steel panels that change color based on the time, weather and viewer’s position. The first exhibit is “In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis,” which will examine the contemporary relevance of Jewish texts from a variety of perspectives.