2018 - How Many Rounds & Where Did You Play?

Gents,

The 2018 season is over for me and I was lucky enough to get in 43 rounds of golf this year. I had a career year as I had 53 birdies and 3 eagles. With that being said I play forward tees more often than not and always have a mulligan or two so these statistics might be misleading but I sure do have alot of fun tracking my golf info.

The Courses I played this year are as follows

1. Arcadia Bluffs South Course

2. Forest Dunes

3. Forest Dunes - The Loop - Red

4. Bay Harbor (2 times) Links Quarry

5. Battle Creek Country Club

6. The Moors - Portage

7. Black Lake

8. Pilgrims Run

9. Harbor Shores

10. Eagle Eye

11. Stoatin Brae

12. Treetops Signature (2 times)

13. Treetops Premier

14. Boyne - Art Hills Course

15. Little Traverse Bay

16. Hawks Eye (2 times)

17. Angels Crossing (7 times)

18. Island Hills

19. The Medalist (2 times)

20. Gull Lake View East

21. Stonehenge North

22. Pineview (4 times)

23. States Golf Course

24. Indian Run (3 times)

24. Olde Mill

25. Grand Prairie

26. Hickory Ridge (2 Times)

2019 Courses that I am most excited to play early in the season

1. Sand Valley

2. Forest Dunes - The Loop - Black

3. Arcadia Bluffs

4. Birchwood Farms Country Club

Had an amazing golf year... clocked 58 18hole rounds

31 were at my home course Twin Lakes

Here is a semi thoughtful ranking of some of my non TL rounds

Barton Hills - id call it the best course ive ever played, Kingsley neck and neck with it. the layers to the place are too good

Indianwood Old - amazing layout and variety, just a bit more restoration could make it even cooler

Lochenheath - thx OW22, course has easily the best collection of 1 shotters ive ever played

Boyne Highlands Arthur Hills - best Boyne property track imo

Forest Dunes - thoroughly enjoy FD but after 8-10 plays its losing its luster a bit, still great

Eagle Eye - most pleasant surprise of the year, absolute joy to play, immense strategy and some really solid stretches of holes

The Loop Black - need to play it a couple more times to truly evaluate it but #4 and #8 were two of my favorite holes i played this year

Dearborn CC - desperate for some extensive tree management, but the green complexes were dope

OU Katke - lovely hike, course really reminded me of the lower tier Boyne tracks (Alpine, Moor, Monument)

Western GC - awesome routing all along the rouge river with some solid holes.

Detroit GC North - the South is such a better, more fun 18 at DGC

Lyon Oaks - best Art Hills public in Metro Detroit

Pheasant Run - pleasantly surprised by the enjoyment of these 3 9s, id play it a good amount if i was in the area. West 9 prob fav

Edgewood CC - played it a bunch as a kid, course is blah, but final stretch of 7 straight par 4s is bludgeoning

Moose Ridge - the more i play this course the more i hate it, impossible to get into any rhythm on those first 4 holes (its kinda the point i guess)

Oak Pointe Honors - awful, uninteresting target golf

Biggest takeaway for me was getting back into actual tournament golf. mental side is not there when i tried to qualify for the MI Am or the GAM Champ. Broke par for the first time in my life a couple times this year but think the true highlight was a 77 at Barton in the GAM 4Ball, literally used 16/18 scores from my round, partner didnt have it that day.

Looking ahead to 2019, tracks scheduled to play

Steamsong Black

Streamsong Blue

Lawsonia Links

Alwoodley (ENG)

Moortown (ENG)

Ganton (ENG)

I hit 60 rounds this year in looking at my handicap history - more than I thought.

Here is a list in order:

The Forest Country Club (Fort Myers)

Coral Oaks (Cape Coral)

TPC Coral Oaks (San Antonio)

Battle Creek Country Club (majority of rounds)

Michaywe Pines

Boyne - Ross

Bay Harbor

Boyne - Heather

Boyne - Hills

Boyne - Alpine

The Medalist

Dunes Club

Gull Lake CC

Cedar Creek

I played about 65 times, with a few more rounds scheduled.

Top few I played for the first time:

Pebble Beach

Arcadia Bluffs

The Ocean Course

Bethpage Black

Forest Dunes

Streamsong - Black

Got out 4 times this year. About as much as possible anymore with a 5 year old and 2 year old.

1) Highlands of Elgin - 2 (Elgin, IL)

2) Blackstone Golf Club (Marengo, IL)

3) Bowes Creek (Elgin, IL)

Not sure how many total rounds but I played the following courses:

Whistling Straits

The Irish

Sand Valley

Mammoth Dunes

The Sandbox (I'm counting this because it was so much fun)

The Bull at Pinehearst Farms

Both Lake Arrowhead courses (Nekoosa, Wi)

Glen Erin GC (Beloit, Wi)

Krueger/Haskle Muni (Beloit, Wi)

Nagawaukee War Memorial GC (Milwaukee, Wi)

Western Lakes GC (Milwaukee, Wi)

New Berlin GC (Milwaukee, Wi)

Dretzka GC (Milwaukee, Wi)

Aldeen GC (Rockford, Ill)

50 Rounds so far

Mostly local public around the house.

1. twin lakes

2. blackheath

3. the myth

4. cracklewood

5. timberwood

6. Richmond forest

7. Greystone

8. Hadley

9. devils ridge

10. Metamora

11. Pontiac country club

12. cat tails

13. hickory creek

14. plumbrook

15. fieldstone

16. heather hills

17. black river country club

18. sanctuary lakes

and some favorites up by our cabin

19. the quest

20. tamaracks

21. snowsnake

that was more than I realized I played this season

First year that I actually kept track of my rounds.

18 hole rounds: 41

Marengo Ridge (2) Marengo, IL

Oxmoor Valley Short Course

Farmlinks (2)

Oxmoor Valley Ridge

Oxmoor Valley Valley

Chapel Hill (2) Johnsburg, IL

Blackstone Marengo, IL

Hawk's View Lake Geneva, WI

Oak Grove (30) Alden, IL

9 hole rounds after work: 48

Oak Grove (28) Alden, IL

Pistakee (7) McHenry, IL

Chapel Hill (13) Johnsburg, IL

At least 35 rounds for me that were mostly local munis. I also got to play several great courses this year.

California:

Torrey Pines South

Balboa Park

Illinois:

Dubs Dred

Glen Club

Mistwood

Wisconsin:

Whistling Straights Straights course

Blackwolf Run River

Michigan:

Hawkshead Links

The Ravines

I don't keep track of my rounds at my home course. In season I will probably get 1 full round everything 2-3 weeks. But I did go on 2 golf trip this year and played the following..

Golf Club of Houston - Championship Course(2 weeks after Houston open)

Golf Club of Houston - Members Course

Carlton Woods - Fazio Course

Loadstone Golf Club

Nemacolin - Mystic Rock

Greenbrier - Old White TPC (twice)

20 rounds. Most in the last 5 years. I did also have about 6 rounds on 9 holes courses.

60 competition rounds, maybe about 20 social. Should get another 8-10 in as I don't think I will see much snow.

Highlight courses:

- Morfontaine, Chantilly (France)

- Fancourt (Sth Africa)

Got out 4 times this year. About as much as possible anymore with a 5 year old and 2 year old.

 

1) Highlands of Elgin - 2 (Elgin, IL)

2) Blackstone Golf Club (Marengo, IL)

3) Bowes Creek (Elgin, IL)

Definitely the quality award!

I had a great year not sure how many rounds I played. Highlights were 3 trips to Scotland (with another planned for December) and specifically my 8 year old son making a hole in one on the 5th hole at Machrahanish Dunes.

Courses played (* denoted multiple rounds)

CC of Charleston (SC)

Yeamans Hall (SC)

Kiawah Ocean (SC)

Streamsong Red (FL)

Streamsong Black* (FL)

Grand Cypress New (FL)

Rackham* (MI)

Polo Fields (MI)

Royal North Devon* (England)

Prestwick* (Scotland)

Machrahanish* (Scotland)

Machrahanish Dunes* (Scotland)

Dunaverty* (Scotland)

Cruden Bay* (Scotland)

Muirfield (Scotland)

Gullane #1 (Scotland)

Moraine* (OH)

Oakmont (PA)

Camargo Club (OH)

Sweetens Cove* (TN)

Sand Hills* (NE)

Meadowbrook* (MI)

Franklin Hills* (MI)

Oakland Hills* (MI)

Detroit Golf Club* (MI)

Grosse Ile (MI)

Pine View (MI)

Pine Valley (PA)

Trinity Forest* (TX)

University of Michigan (MI)

Tyrone Hills (MI)

My 2018 Rounds:

The Golf Club at Stonelick Hills-15

TPC River's Bend

The Lakes G&CC

Four Bridges CC

Miami Valley CC-4

Western Hills CC-2

Losantiville CC

Wedgewood CC

Terrace Park CC

Springfield CC

Walnut Grove CC

Dayton CC-2

New Albany CC

Hamilton Elks

Kinsale Golf & Fitness

Camargo Club

Total Rounds-35