Favorite Non-Major, Non-WGC Tour Event?

What is your favorite Tour event that is not a major championship, or a WGC, or maybe even playoff event?

I know a lot of people who are not tried and true golf fans that only watch majors or other big events, so my question revolves around why you watch golf outside of those events. For me it comes down to courses I have had the privilege of playing and so for the tour that becomes the TOC at Kapalua Plantation Course. Every year I watch that tournament and wonder how the pros score so low. I shot 76 the day I played it and thought I had just broke the course record.

Other PGA Tour Courses I have played:

TPC Scottsdale

TPC River Highlands

La Cantera Resort Course (Former Valero Texas Open Site)

Major Venues I have played:

Bethpage Black

Pinehurst #2

Chambers Bay

Kiawah Island Ocean Course

Prestwick (A stretch, but it did host the first Open Championship)

Turnberry Ailsa

Waste Management Phoenix Open or The Player's.

Kapalua

The Players

Memorial

players, scottish/irish open, dunhill links

Wentworth European pga, stunning course....would love a ryder cup there. It's a brilliant course and hard as nails but the last 2 holes would bring brilliant drama in a ryder cup

http://youtu.be/8u2xARoI7nQ

Honorable Mentions to

TPC

Western Open

Memorial

The International

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Honorable Mentions to

 

TPC

Western Open

Memorial

The International

Yes the International, Castle Pines needs to be brought back. Stableford doesn't get me excited in Reno!

Harbour Town.

Farmer's Insurance Open

Palm Springs. I love the area and the view of the mountains. Plus that time of year the weather sucks in MD.

I like riviera. Cool looking course. Seem really tough! Also love watching pebble beach for the obvious reasons. Being from South Texas I am also partiality the Valero and the Shell.

The Memorial

Harbour Town.

actually like that one a lot, also ... mainly because i'm jelly of the people with the houses on the fairway or the boats in the harbor ...

This is a Euro Tour event but provides some spectacular views from the Austrian Alps.

Makes most parkland PGA tour courses look well designed but mundane in comparison.

Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club

2016 Omega European Masters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oZMjZPzDpY

Harbour Town

Colonial

The Players

Torrey (only cause i've played it)

the WMO always seems to have a fun finish

Barracuda. Like the aggressive scoring opportunities.

I like the John Deere. Birdies all over the place and TPC Deere Run is a cool track (a little biased being from the Midwest).

Outside of the Midwest I'll go with The Players and Riviera.

Memorial or Riviera

Riviera. End of story

Players first and then Riviera.

The players is even more remarkable to visit in person, simply due to the amount of mounding around each hole. it doesn't matter how crowded it gets, if you want to follow a group you can do so- and see every single shot- at Sawgrass. It's almost hard to go to other tournaments now having seen how well constructed Sawgrass is for tournament golf.

Been a while since I've seen a good passive brag.. all joking aside I would have to say Riviera or Colonial. I just love the history and old school feel of those two golf courses and they usually produce good winners

Arnold palmer inv.

The Scottish Open and The Dunhill Links are the two for me. Links golf on television is always good and I don't think I could ever tire of watching golf at St Andrews. It just has that X-Factor.

On the PGA Tour, I always enjoy Kapalua because it is the first event of the year and having had no PGA Tour golf for a couple months and being stuck in the middle of a Scottish winter, the views on TV just look incredible even if the course isn't one that I think looks all that good.

The Northern Trust. I got a thing for golf courses in the Northeast and partly because I've played Bethpage and Glen Oaks

Pebble Beach.. I hate the Saturday TV coverage, but it's the weekend after the Super Bowl, it's February and most likely freezing here in NJ, so it's something to look forward to. Plus.. that course. I just wish they would show SpyGlass Hill.

Honda, and TPC, especially now that it's going to be back in March.

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Honorable Mentions to

 

TPC

Western Open

Memorial

The International

Gotta love the late great Pat Summerall.

Farmers Ins Inv.... (Homer)!

Memorial

Omega European Masters - Crans-sur-Sierre is breathtaking

Dunhill links - Who doesn't like watching links golf?

Nedbank Golf Challenge - Incredible course with a great field

Alfred Dunhill Championship - Leopard Creek is amazing

The Aussie Tournaments - Always like the look of the Aussie courses