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After looking at all of these lists, please no laughing at my top 5! Keep in mind this is only my 4th year golfing!! haha

 

1. World Tour Golf Links (Myrtle Beach, SC)

2. Angels Crossing (Vicksburg, MI)

3. MBN South Creek (Myrtle Beach, SC)

4. Bella Vista (Coldwater, MI)

5. Man O War (Myrtle Beach, SC)

 

Alright, alright...laugh away!

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Shifted my list a bit over the past year--more travel in retirement...in order

 

Top 5

Pine Valley

Royal Melbourne West

Royal Dornoch

Sand Hills

St Andrews

 

Next 5

Muirfield

Pebble Beach

Ballybunion Old

Barnbougle Dunes

Cape Kidnappers

 

those seemed like the "best", but favorites not on list: Pasatiempo, Cabot Cliffs, Pinehurst #2, Camargo, Shoreacres. Would play those 5 every day if I had the chance. Unfortunately...not to be

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In order

 

Sand Hills (Mullen, NE)

Wild Horse (Gothenburg, NE)

Oak Tree (Edmond, OK)

Troon North Pinnacle (Scottsdale, AZ)

Harbour Town (Hilton Head, SC)

Driver: Ping G410 LST (Diamana ZF)
5w:  Titleist TS2 (Ventus Blue)
3H: Titleist 818 H2 (Ventus Blue HB)
or 3i: Cobra King Utility 21* (Tour AD DI)
4-P: PXG 0311T (KBS $-Taper)
Wedges: 51* Edel TRP, 55* Edel DVR, 60* Cally MD5
Putter: PXG Mini Gunboat H

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1. Pebble Beach

2. Sutton Bay

3. Castle Pines

4. Spyglass

5. Kapalua Plantation

Callaway Epic SZ 9* GD Tour AD TP 6X
Titleist 915 Fd 15* Aldila Rogue Black 80 S
Titleist 909h 19* Aldila Voodoo S
Mizuno MP 18 4-6 SC 7-P MB KBS Tour 120 S
Titleist Vokey SM7 50*, 54*, 58*
Scotty Cameron California Monterey 1.5, Toulon Las Vegas H7

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Pine Valley

Cypress Point

Augusta National

Pebble Beach

Whisper Rock

Whistling Straits

Crystal Downs

 

How in the world did you get on Cypress?? Congrats my friend.

My set-up:
Bag - Flex Tech Crossover
Driver - Ping G430 MAX with HZRDUS Black Smoke

3 Wood - Ping G430

Hybrid - Rocketballz 3 Hybrid
Irons - Cobra King Tour irons

Wedges - Ping Glide 4  50* / 54* / 58*
Putter - Bettinardi Queen Bee #6
Shoes - Ecco Hybrid
Ball - Maxfli Tour X

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My Top 5? In no particular order...

  1. Pebble Beach
  2. Flint Hills National (Wichita, KS)
  3. Southern Hills CC (Tulsa, OK)
  4. Wolf Creek (Mesquite, NV)
  5. FarmLinks GC (Sylacauga, AL)

Then again, I still have to add Whistling Straits, Erin Hills and The Patriot GC (Owasso, OK) in my Top 5. Sorry, Top 8

My set-up:
Bag - Flex Tech Crossover
Driver - Ping G430 MAX with HZRDUS Black Smoke

3 Wood - Ping G430

Hybrid - Rocketballz 3 Hybrid
Irons - Cobra King Tour irons

Wedges - Ping Glide 4  50* / 54* / 58*
Putter - Bettinardi Queen Bee #6
Shoes - Ecco Hybrid
Ball - Maxfli Tour X

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My Top 5

 

1. East Lake

2. Butler National

3. Olympia Fields North/South Both are great

4. Crystal Downs

5. Thornblade Club

 

So many more to keep it to only 5 is hard I am not sure if those are even my top 5 East Lake for sure was the best golf course (Played it right before the Tour Championship the conditioning was stand alone) other than that I am not sure

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Pebble Beach

Interlachen CC (MN)

Victoria National

McArthur

Ocean Course

Callaway Paradym 💎💎💎 8.0 HZRDUS 6.5
Ping G425 LST 14.5 Ping Tour 75X
Cobra King Tec 19.0 Tour AD DI-105 X
Miura AS-1 4-P Dynamic Golf Tour Issue X100
Mizuno T20 50,55,60 Dynamic Gold 120 Tour Issue
Scotty Cameron X5

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National

  • Sand Hills
  • Ocean Course - Kiawah
  • Wildhorse (Gothenburg, NE)

Local (Kansas and Kansas City area)

  • Wolf Creek
  • Colbert Hills

 

I've expanded my horizons a little since 2014.

 

National

  1. Sand Hills
  2. Pacific Dunes
  3. Bandon Dunes
  4. Old Mac
  5. Bandon Trails
  6. Wild Horse (Gothenburg, NE)
  7. We Ko Pa - Saguaro
  8. Kiawah Ocean Course
  9. Torrey Pines
  10. Oak Tree National

Local (Kansas and Kansas City area)

  1. Prairie Dunes
  2. Topeka CC
  3. Wichita CC
  4. Milburn CC

TI Taylormade SIM (9.0°) Tensei CK Pro Orange 70TX
TI Taylormade SIM Ti (15.4°) Tensei CK Pro Blue 80X
Callaway XR Pro (20°) Diamana White 90X
PING i210 (4i-UW) DG X100
Ping Glide 2.0 (54°) DG S400 TI
Artisan MT Grind (58°) DG S400
Taylormade Spider X Chalk SS

Taylormade TP5

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Revised Top 5 in no particular order

 

Pasatiempo

North Berwick

St Andrews Old

Wekopa Saguaro

Kingsbarns

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10.5 Aeroburner TP Fujikura Speeder Pro XLR8
14.5 X2 Hot 3 Deep Tour Green
18* X2 Hot Pro Hybrid
RSI TP 4-PW KBS Tour 120
Byron Morgan DH89 Rincon Neck deep mill or Circa 62 No 2
Vokey 52/56/60 SM5/TVDK/TVDVgrind DG S300
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Augusta National

Bethpage Black

TPC Sawgrass

Kiawah Island

Dunes Golf and Beach Club

 

Need to make a revision to my 2014 post

1. Augusta National.

2. Peachtree GC

3. Bethpage Black

4. Old Course St Andrews

5. Honors Course

 

will likely change again in 2 weeks when i play Muirfield Village (Ohio)

G430 LST 9°  RDX Blue 70 TX
SIM 15° RDX Blue 70TX

Cobra King Tec 19° hybrid RDX Black 9-6.5
4-W Z-585 -Tour V 130x
Vokey SM6 50,55,60
DF 2.1 

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Firestone South, Akron Ohio

Arcadia Bluffs, Michigan

Aviara, SanDiego

TPC of Myrtle Beach

Sunridge Canyon, Phoenix

TE C722 9* House of Forged custom shaft XX
TE C722 15* Tensei AV-RAW White 7x

TE C722 18* Tensei AV-RAW White 8x

Ping I525 4-GW Project X IO stiff
Vokey SM8 54*
Vokey SM8 58*
Putter = flavor of the day. (EvnRoll ER11vx, 3 different Seemores,  TM TM2 Truss CS, Machine CS M2A Converter, 2 different Yes putters)
Maxfli Tour X or Vice Pro

 

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Who doesn't love this thread.

 

The highest rated courses I have played are:

 

1. Pebble Beach-history, views, 6 easy holes to stroke your ego!

2. Winged Foot West - old money and a beast, need to bring your air game to hit the greens

3. Chicago Golf Club (birdied opening par 5 into the wind!) :D

4. The Country Club at Brookline-very laid back and maybe my best caddie ever there

5. Pacific Dunes-love this location and views of the ocean, 4 club wind

 

My favorite courses to play were:

1. Carnoustie - played with 2 guys from the US who were sub 5 handicaps and both were over 100!

2. Baltursol - first class experience all the way

3. PGA West Stadium - just plain hard

4. Pasatiempo - love the layout, quirky but fair

5. Butler National - no women around!

6. Turnberry Ailsa - history here big time and wonderful layout IMO, recreated Tom Watson's approach and chip

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Jupiter Hills (Hills. Village is ok, just another Florida golf course imo immaculate conditioning but bland to me).

 

Bear's Club

 

Seminole

 

Palm Beach Par 3 the Most fun I have had on the golf course ever (mainly because it was with my dad and brother, but still a great track!)

 

The number one course for me in Florida.....

Jupiter Island Club. It's the most gorgeous property I have ever seen. Great conditioning, use every Club in the bag, but always a challenge with the sea breezes and firm, firm, firm fast greens!

 

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Top 5 public (in no particular order)

 

1. The Old Course

2. Bandon Dunes

3. Pacific Dunes

4. Pebble Beach

5. Pasatiempo

 

Top 5 Private (in no particular order)

 

1. Prestwick

2. Olympic

3. Los Angeles CC (North)

4. Riviera

5. Pumpkin Ridge (Witch)

Old stuff:
1962 Tommy Armour AT2W Driver   1953 Macgregor M65W EOM 3 wood   1978 H&B PowerBilt Citation 4 wood
1984 Ben Hogan Apex PC 2-E   1968 Wilson Dual Wedge
1964 Acushnet O-SET M6S Bullseye Putter


New stuff
Cobra ZL 10.5 driver (Matrix HD6 s-flex)  Titleist TSR2 18* fairway wood (Matrix Code-8 s-flex)   Adams A2P 20* hybrid (Rombax 8D07HB s-flex)
Titleist 716 MB irons 4-PW (Apex 4 soft-stepped)    Callaway Mack Daddy wedges 52, 56, 60 (DG S200)
Odyssey ProType 9 putter

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Jupiter Hills (Hills. Village is ok, just another Florida golf course imo immaculate conditioning but bland to me).

 

Bear's Club

 

Seminole

 

Palm Beach Par 3 the Most fun I have had on the golf course ever (mainly because it was with my dad and brother, but still a great track!)

 

The number one course for me in Florida.....

Jupiter Island Club. It's the most gorgeous property I have ever seen. Great conditioning, use every Club in the bag, but always a challenge with the sea breezes and firm, firm, firm fast greens!

 

Do tell about Seminole! My good friend.....)

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Jupiter Hills (Hills. Village is ok, just another Florida golf course imo immaculate conditioning but bland to me).

 

Bear's Club

 

Seminole

 

Palm Beach Par 3 the Most fun I have had on the golf course ever (mainly because it was with my dad and brother, but still a great track!)

 

The number one course for me in Florida.....

Jupiter Island Club. It's the most gorgeous property I have ever seen. Great conditioning, use every Club in the bag, but always a challenge with the sea breezes and firm, firm, firm fast greens!

 

Do tell about Seminole! My good friend.....)

 

It's a very cool place. I got to play it through work when it opened for season, pristine conditioning. I guess I just don't get it though, I don't see how it's number one in Florida imo. I imagine if I played it more I'd have more of an appreciation for it. The unique thing is there's some decent elevation changes (for Florida) the course turns in every direction which makes the ocean breeze challenging because it's always changing directions. It's a cool historic place for sure, it is a tough track too...I hit shots that I thought would be tight that ended up rolling 20 feet away or off the green entirely.

 

They do a sweet Pro-Member here, Justin Rose and CEO of Deutsche Bank? Won it last year, its a Fortune 500 and PGA Tour who's who.

It's going to get a lot of exposure in the next few years as the Walker Cup is scheduled to be contested at Seminole in 2021.

 

This whole area is a hotbed of superb golf courses, Trump Jupiter is literally right next door to Bears Club. McArthur and Medalist back up to each also.

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1. Diamante - Davis Love

2. Prairie Dunes

3. Pacific Dunes

4. Pebble Beach

5. Spyglass

6. Mayakoba

7. Red Sky - Norman

8. Quivira

9. Blackwolf Run

10. Bandon Trails

 

Most underrated:

Quarry at Giants Ridge; fairways are mowed down like greens.

Probably the best conditioning I've ever seen.

 

Most overrated:

Whistling Straits - poor conditioning frankly for an alleged top 5 public, particularly for $400-

Streamsong Blue and Red; great, but underserving of their very high ranking

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1. Diamante - Davis Love

2. Prairie Dunes

3. Pacific Dunes

4. Pebble Beach

5. Spyglass

6. Mayakoba

7. Red Sky - Norman

8. Quivira

9. Blackwolf Run

10. Bandon Trails

 

Most underrated:

Quarry at Giants Ridge; fairways are mowed down like greens.

Probably the best conditioning I've ever seen.

 

Most overrated:

Whistling Straits - poor conditioning frankly for an alleged top 5 public, particularly for $400-

Streamsong Blue and Red; great, but underserving of their very high ranking

 

You have Blackwolf Run OVER Whistling Straits? Did you look at the scenery at WS? It isn't just all about the course, and while I loved BR, WS blows it out of the water. WS is alittle shaggy sometimes, but the greens have always been good when I played and layout doesn't change because of the natural bunkering etc. To each their own, but please don't let a rare case of WS maybe not being in top condition to put BR over it.

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