Top 5 Courses you played in 2018

[kircord]

Sleepy Hollow #16 par 3

 

Cabot Cliffs #16 b par 3 from tips

 

Rock Creek Cattle Co #17 par 3

 

Circling Raven #8

 

Winged Foot East #15 short par 4 approach over hazard

 

Edited to add an Honorable mentions:

 

Greenbrier Old White #18 par 3

 

Winged Foot West #18 pitch to green

 

Cabot Links #3 from tee

 

Ak Chin Southern Dunes #4 a par 3 165 yards

 

Highlands Links #3 par 3 Cape Breton

wow great pictures ...how was sleepy hollow relative to the other great tracks you played ?

[sabram]

wow great pictures ...how was sleepy hollow relative to the other great tracks you played ?

 

Sleepy is a great course. They are continually making changes to the course, enlarging greens. removing trees. In the past year they re-did the first hole. Of the ten courses above, I think the only one I like more than Sleepy is Cabot Cliffs.

[kircord]

wow great pictures ...how was sleepy hollow relative to the other great tracks you played ?

 

Sleepy is a great course. They are continually making changes to the course, enlarging greens. removing trees. In the past year they re-did the first hole. Of the ten courses above, I think the only one I like more than Sleepy is Cabot Cliffs.

national membership at Sleepy would be sweet ....having CB MacDonald and Tillinghast combo pretty unique

[FairwayFred]

wow great pictures ...how was sleepy hollow relative to the other great tracks you played ?

 

Sleepy is a great course. They are continually making changes to the course, enlarging greens. removing trees. In the past year they re-did the first hole. Of the ten courses above, I think the only one I like more than Sleepy is Cabot Cliffs.

national membership at Sleepy would be sweet ....having CB MacDonald and Tillinghast combo pretty unique

 

I'm pretty sure all the recent and planned work out there is designed to remove all the Tillinghast

[Chanceman]

My best this year have been:

Cape Wickham

Royal County Down

Ballyliffin

Waterville

Tralee

[doglegs]

Kingsbarn

North Berwick

Carnoustie

Old Course

Jubilee

[jvincent]

In order of most recent to least recent:

 

Pebble Beach

Pasatiempo

Poppy Hills

Copperhead

RTJ Grand National Lake Course

[RichieHunt]

Smugglers Glen in Gananoque, Canada. Surprised this doesn't get more praise as it's an excellent club. I don't think there's a bad hole on the course.

 

Pine Needles Resort - I forgot the joy of Carolina golf in the pines. Great facility and a fine golf course.

 

Shadowridge Golf Club (Vista, CA). I really dug this course a lot. No bad holes, some old school design features. Just a blast to play.

 

Hillcrest CC (Los Angeles). Old school course. The members hated #3, #10 and #17 and they are all going to be re-designed. I actually liked 17. Course was in phenomenal condition.

 

La Gorce CC (Miami Beach) Jack Nicklaus design. Just a fun course to play. Too bad the wind was blowing 30 mph that day. I don't think I've ever been on a course that rolls out the red carpet for you like La Gorce does.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RH

[outofboundz]

1. Fishers Island

2. George Wright

3. Belmont CC

4. Salem CC

5. Quechee Club (Highland)

[ebrasmus21]

In no particular order:

• The Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in it's entirety
  
• Pasatiempo (Santa Cruz CA)
  
• Coral de Tierra (Salinas CA)
  
• Olympic, Ocean Course (Daly City)
  
• Toiyabe Golf Club (Washoe Valley NV)
  

[swgolf12]

2018 Has been a pretty good year for me, not as nice as it has been to some of you (Fairway Fred) but a solid year.

 

1. Tribute Golf Links (Colony, TX)

2. Dallas Athletic Club 36 Holes (Dallas, TX)

3. Centennial Golf Club (Carmel, NY)

4. World Woods 36 Holes (Brooksville, FL)

5. Meadowbrook Golf Club (Richmond, RI)

 

 

Biggest let down of a course was TPC Tampa, found it to be over priced (Duh) the layout is kinda boring, it's in a community so all you're looking at are other peoples back yards, if you're in FL spend an extra day at World Woods opposed to going over to TPC.

[socal]

Baltusrol

Cypress point

LACC

Essex County

Seminole

[kircord]

Baltusrol

Cypress point

LACC

Essex County

Seminole

socal - how would u rank the overall experience from most to least enjoyable (guessing cypress most ....baltusrol least)....thanks

[Ralphyboy84]

1. Carnoustie

2. Royal St George’s

3. Turnberry

4. Cabot Cliffs

5. Royal Cinque Ports

[BrandonDunes]

1. Mount Prospect Golf Club (Chicago)

2. Strawberry Farms (SoCal)

3. Bali Hai (LV)

4. Anthem Country Club (LV)

5. Royal Links (LV)

[socal]

Baltusrol

Cypress point

LACC

Essex County

Seminole

socal - how would u rank the overall experience from most to least enjoyable (guessing cypress most ....baltusrol least)....thanks

 

Cypress is amazing as expected. Easy #1

Essex County #2 which probably is surprising but I really enjoyed the course and loved the overall layout and feel. Takes you through the entire bag

LACC #3, great mix of holes with a fair amount of risk reward holes

Seminole #4 and to be honest the most disappointing of the group simply due to the mystique I had built up in my head, pretty short and not very challenging. Appreciate the history and what not.

Baltusrol #5 but already knew it wasn’t going to compare to the first 3. It’s more challenging than Seminole but doesn’t have the setting that Seminole does. Upper course is better and more challenging than the lower in my opinion despite the lower having all the majors etc.

[1b!ggolfnut]

Burning Tree

Cabot links

Cabot Cliffs

Ohoopee Match Club

Hyannisport

[1b!ggolfnut]

Baltusrol

Cypress point

LACC

Essex County

Seminole

socal - how would u rank the overall experience from most to least enjoyable (guessing cypress most ....baltusrol least)....thanks

 

Cypress is amazing as expected. Easy #1

Essex County #2 which probably is surprising but I really enjoyed the course and loved the overall layout and feel. Takes you through the entire bag

LACC #3, great mix of holes with a fair amount of risk reward holes

Seminole #4 and to be honest the most disappointing of the group simply due to the mystique I had built up in my head, pretty short and not very challenging. Appreciate the history and what not.

Baltusrol #5 but already knew it wasn’t going to compare to the first 3. It’s more challenging than Seminole but doesn’t have the setting that Seminole does. Upper course is better and more challenging than the lower in my opinion despite the lower having all the majors etc.

 

I was thinking the same order before you posted this!

[Fairwindsgolfer]

Burning Tree

Cabot links

Cabot Cliffs

Ohoopee Match Club

Hyannisport

Burning tree in CT OR MD?

[Strickland Propane]

National Golf Links of America

Crystal Downs

The Old Course

Cherry Hills

Colonial

Also played Wykagyl, Trinity Forest, Century Club and the new Arcadia Bluffs South Course and Nairn

[Philly Golf Guy]

Somerset Hills

Old Mac

Bandon Trails

Bandon Dunes

Forsgate - Banks

 

Then:

 

Applebrook

Rolling Green

Manufacturer's

Maidstone

Pacific Dunes

Whitemarsh

 

The year isn't over and I have the following yet to play that may change the above:

 

Baltimore CC

Huntsville

Fox Chapel

Laurel Valley

Congaree

 

Honorable mention:

 

Llanerch

Union League Torresdale

[orion1123]

1. Punta Espada

2. Corales

3. Ocean Course @ Kiawah

4. Valley of the Eagles (Elyria, OH)

5. New Course @ Grand Cypress

[Matt J]

Biltmore Forest

Chambers Bay

Spyglass Hill

Pacific Dunes

Bandon Trails

[jerebear21]

I really like tpc River highlands and I played a lot of nice courses this year. That back 9 was just pure.

[PappyVanWinkle53]

Fishers Island Club

TPC Sawgrass (Stadium)

Bethpage (Black)

English Turn

Diamondhead G&CC

[scottishpedro]

1. Boston Golf Club

2. Myopia Hunt

3. Bandon Dunes

4. Pacific Dunes

5. Pasatiempo

 

Playing Eastward Ho! soon which I suspect will make it into the top 5

 

I thought Boston GC was incredible, hadn’t heard much about it beforehand but left wishing I could play it again some day

[Dr. Frankenputts]

Blackwolf Run - River

Blackwolf Run - Meadow Valleys

Kinloch

Secession

The Bull at Pinehurst Farms

 

 

In no particular order

[scottc25]

2018 for me:

 

1. Bluejack National

2. Torrey Pines South

3. Pinehurst #2

4. Streamsong Red

5. Streamsong Blue

[Andrew Bond of Glencoe]

1. Pine Valley

2. Oakmont

3. National Golf Links of America

4. Fishers Island

5. Sleepy Hollow

6.Newport CC

7. Maidstone

8. Sand Hills

9. Shoreacres

10. Ballyneal

 

It was a great golf year! I am not sure if I will ever Top it.

The ranking for “most fun” is a bit different.

[zonacats23]

Crystal Downs

Mammoth Dunes

Arcadia Bluffs South

Forest Dunes

Olympia Fields

 

Sand Box