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Lets remove Augusta, Pine Valley and Pebble Beach from the list... in YOUR opinion what is the most recognizable golf course logo in the USA?

 

Please only pick 1 logo as I am attempting to do some research for a work project. I will get us started with what I would consider to be a dozen very recognizable:

 

Winged Foot

Whistling Straits

Seminole

Kittansett

Bethpage

Whispering Pines

Oakmont CC (PA)

Shinnecock Hills

Baltusrol

Los Angeles CC

Bel-air

Crystal Downs

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Of the ones you listed, probably Winged Foot, by far, IMO. I think part of what makes it so recognizable or memorable is that it is sort of an unmistakable image of a fictional object.

 

Of the remaining ones on your list, I recall what all of them look like except Whispering Pines and Crystal Downs, plus I've never even heard of Kittansett.

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You left off Pinehurst ...

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good additions so far

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Lets remove Augusta, Pine Valley and Pebble Beach from the list... in YOUR opinion what is the most recognizable golf course logo in the USA?

 

Please only pick 1 logo as I am attempting to do some research for a work project. I will get us started with what I would consider to be a dozen very recognizable:

 

Winged Foot

Whistling Straits

Seminole

Kittansett

Bethpage

Whispering Pines

Oakmont CC (PA)

Shinnecock Hills

Baltusrol

Los Angeles CC

Bel-air

Crystal Downs

 

I think when you talk recognizability there are a couple of factors at play:

 

(1) is it unique? IMHO this eliminates Shinnecock, Seminole, and the 10,000 other clubs with a Native American profile image as its logo.

(2) does it have national recognition? This eliminates the Kittansetts et. al. of the world.

 

I'd nominate:

Merion - the wicker basket will be instantly recognizable as long as a major has been played there in the last 10 years;

Whistling Straits

Winged Foot

Olympic Club

Baltusrol

Bay Hill

NGLA

Maidstone

Fishers Island

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I agree with Raynor's logic and for this reason I think it has to be Oakmont. It is has the distinct Squirrel that looks different from every other logo and it hosts a US Open once a decade so it is in front of the public pretty regularly. I'm a pretty dedicated golfer and I can't think of what the logo is for many of the courses listed in this thread, but Oakmont stands out to me.

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I agree with Raynor's logic and for this reason I think it has to be Oakmont. It is has the distinct Squirrel that looks different from every other logo and it hosts a US Open once a decade so it is in front of the public pretty regularly. I'm a pretty dedicated golfer and I can't think of what the logo is for many of the courses listed in this thread, but Oakmont stands out to me.

 

Interestingly enough the squirrel isn't even Oakmonts main logo.

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I agree with Raynor's logic and for this reason I think it has to be Oakmont. It is has the distinct Squirrel that looks different from every other logo and it hosts a US Open once a decade so it is in front of the public pretty regularly. I'm a pretty dedicated golfer and I can't think of what the logo is for many of the courses listed in this thread, but Oakmont stands out to me.

 

Interestingly enough the squirrel isn't even Oakmonts main logo.

 

It’s also basically identical to the country club’s squirrel logo.

 

Which is also not their main logo...

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Oakmont for me, but that's only because my first impressions of golf tournaments were there for the US Am in 2003 and the US Open in 08. I think a lot of it has to deal with what courses are close to you. I mean the Congressional Logo is super recognizable to me but that's because its the most brand name club around the DC area.

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Torrey Pines could/should be in the conversation, considering the logo includes and is built off of the club's name.

 

The trump course logos collectively are pretty unmistakable although maybe not super distinguishable between them.

 

Congressional is another easy one to identify when you see it.

 

Lastly, TPC Sawgrass - although I get the counterpoint that the whole TPC network shares the key graphic

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The Cypress Point logo is very Torrey Pinesish .. I don't think CP was listed above

 

Agree on the TPC logo being linked to Sawgrass. That's how I see it as well.

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Saw the topic and immediately thought Winged Foot.

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There's another question of what's recognizable because the viewer actually knows it and what's recognizable because the logo itself is so descriptive.

 

Winged Foot, for example, is so descriptive that any idiot could guess what club it belongs to. Same with Congressional, Burning Tree, etc.

 

The Oakmont squirrel, or Merion wicker basket, on the other hand, are much harder to guess.

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I think the Pebble Beach logo is pretty recognizable.

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