Top 5 Courses You Have Played

[Teetogreen86]

Bethpage Black

Bay Hill

Keene's Pointe

Fox Hopyard

Crescent Pointe

[Hairpie]

Not in any particular order.....

 

Hazeltine National

Olympic Club (Lake)

Spyglass Hill

Pebble Beach

Riviera CC

[ur1down]

In order:

 

1) Myopia Hunt Club, S. Hamilton, MA

 

2) Essex County Club, Manchester by-the-Sea, MA

 

3) Doral Blue Monster, Miami, FL

 

4) Old North State Club, Badin Lake, NC

 

5) Pinehurst #2, Pinehurst, NC

 

Honorable mention: The Country Club, Brookline, MA, Long Cove Club, Hilton Head, SC

[dmboak]

Bethpage Black

Whistling Straits (Straits)

Blackwolf Run (River)

Pebble Beach

Spyglass Hill

[Grimace45]

Bethpage Black

 

Merion CC East Course (site of 2013 US Open)

 

TPC at the Canyons

 

Kiawah Island Ocean Course

 

Bulle Rock

[GC7]

Grimace

 

Merion WEST is their second course which is a fantastic quirky 6000 yard gem about 1 mile away from

 

Merion East which will hold the US Open once again in 13. Merion East might just be the best parkland golf course in the world.

[shook23]

If this is a repeat topic I apologize in advance, still new here. But I want to hear what everyones top five public and private courses are that they have played. I will start it off, list isn't going to win any awards but I can't really complain.

 

Connecticut

 

Public

 

1. Lake of Isles

2. Wintonberry Hills

3. Ricter Park

4. Fox Hopyard

5. Oxford Greens

 

Private

 

1. Shorehaven GC

2. Brooklawn GC

3. CC of Fairfield

4. Yale

5. TPC River Highlands

 

How about Great River?

 

 

You know what, I honestly feel Fazio blew it with Great River. I think the practice facility and clubhouse are second to none but I can't put it above any of the 5 public I listed. The reason I think he messed up is he has a parcel of land seperated by train tracks. However, instead of using the upper section where there was adequate land he opted to use the land along the Housatonic River. This caused the course to be squeezed into a piece of land too small for what they were trying to accomplish causing many holes to run parallel with one another. Just my opinion take it for what its worth.

 

No prob. I'm from CT and moving back in the Spring next year, never got the change to play at any of those expect Richter and Oxford. I thought Oxford was a bit overated... When I played it the rough hadn't grown completely in, and I noticed quite a few rocks when I was taking divots...

[Ritchie]

My top 5 would be:

 

 

1. Muirfield

2. Woodhall Spa

3. North Berwich (West)

4. Carnoustie

5. Walton Heath (Old)

 

Ian

[Ascan]

My Top 5:

 

St. Andrews - Old

Merion East

Muirfield

Turnberry - Ailsa

Prestwick/Royal Dornoch (tied)

[Tiger8]

No specific order.

 

Public

The old course

Turnberry - Ailsa

Longenberger - OH

Avon Lakes - OH

Troon North - AZ

 

 

Private

Loch Lomand

Double Eagle - OH

The Golf Club - OH

Muirfield Village - OH

Querencia - Cabo

 

Can everybody guess the pics?

[Grimace45]

Grimace

 

Merion WEST is their second course which is a fantastic quirky 6000 yard gem about 1 mile away from

 

Merion East which will hold the US Open once again in 13. Merion East might just be the best parkland golf course in the world.

 

 

Sorry I put the wrong course in my post. I am very familiar with Merion as I have lived with within 20 minutes of the course most of my life and my uncle has been a member there since I was a kid. I grew up playing both the east and the west.

[BrisVegas]

The Old Course, St Andrews

Pebble Beach

Pinehurst #2

Barnbougle Dunes

The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island

 

Also thoroughly enjoyed:

Harbour Town

TPC Scottsdale

TPC Los Colinas

TPC Scottsdale

Bay Hill

[shaggy24]

Public and Private

 

1. Seminal

2. Pinehurst #2

3. Mirasaw (Honda Classic)

4. Old Works (Jack Nicklaus Montana)

5. Tobacco Road, Tot Hill Farm (Both George Strantz)

[torrejuan]

Most of what I have seen of these "Top 5" are courses that I will not probably play. So my list will mostly be for the everyday man.

 

In no particular order:

 

Hermitage Golf Course - Presidents Reserve Old Hickory, TN

Old Hickory Country Club Old Hickory, TN

Ted Rhodes Golf Course Nashville, TN

Huntington Park Golf Course Shreveport, LA

Bear Trace at Ross Creek BFE, west TN

 

Honorable mention:

Twin Bridges Arab, AL

The Links at Novadell Hopkinsville, TN

Windance Country Club Harrison County, MS

Great Southern Golf Club Biloxi, MS

Saddle Creek Golf Club Lewisberg, TN (I pu5 this in 'cause I shot my best round ever on this course (73, +1).

[mbrogan]

Pine Valley - NJ

Merion GC - PA

Congressional CC - MD

Pebble Beach - CA

Aronomink - PA

[bkcary]

Shinnecock Hills

Cypress Point

Pine Valley

Augusta National

National Golf Links

The Golf Club (New Albany, OH)

Waterville Golf Links

Pacific Dunes

[Grum]

Bokskogen old course, Sweden, lovely course.

PGA Centinary at Gleneagles, Scotland.

Panmuir, Scotland, nextdoor to Carnoustie and well worth a look!

The Machrie out on Islay, Scotland - an awesome challenge!

[FairwayFred]

Public

1. Pacific Dunes

2. Pinehurst #2

3. Old Macdonald

4. Pasatiempo

5. Lawsonia Links

 

 

Private

1. Sand Hills (Overall #1 by a large margin)

2. Cypress Point

3. National Golf Links

4. Pine Valley

5. Prairie Dunes

 

 

Non USA

 

1. Muirfield

2. Royal County Down

3. Old Course

4. Lahinch

5. Royal Cinque Ports

[joe perry]

i haven't played any really great famous courses

 

but come next year i have preliminary plans

to play

 

pacific dunes

bandon dunes

royal county down

royal portrush

ardglass

portmarnock

 

AND IF SOMEONE WANTS TO INVITE ME AS A MEMBERS GUEST I WILL

DIP FURTHER INTO MY LINE OF CREDIT AND FLY OUT TO NEW YORK TO PLAY

SHINNECOCK HILLS

[SheriffBooth]

Pinehurst #2

Homestead Cascades

Kingsmill River

Barefoot Fazio

Golden Horseshoe Gold

[obobgolf]

Public

 

1) Pacific Dunes (Bandon Dunes) Waaay #1 by a long margin

2) Pebble Beach

3) Ghost Creek (Pumpkin Ridge, OR)

4) Bandon Dunes (great course...play this one before you play Pacific Dunes)

5) SilverRock (LaQuinta, CA) (to be the new host course for the Hope)

 

Private

 

1) Witch Hollow (Pumpkin Ridge, OR)

2) Bear Creek (Murrieta, CA)

3) PGA West (Nicklaus)

4) Redlands CC (Redlands, CC)

5) Olympic Club (Lake) SF, CA

[ba_priddy]

In no specific order.

 

Colonial CC - TX

Summit Course at Cordillera - CO

Carter Plantation - LA

Pine Dunes - TX

Wolfdancer - TX

[nickc445]

Pebble Beach

Whistling Straits

Pinehurst #2

Crooked Stick

Valhalla

[auggiewest]

Shadow Creek

Tullymoore

Arcadia Bluffs

Bulle Rock

Forest Dunes

[dalyspub]

Public and Private:

Royal Dornoch

St. Andrews Old

Nationa Golf Club of Canada

Carnoustie

Redtail

[justinq721]

Hmmm great thread. I'm too young to list out an impressive repertoire so these are about all the great courses I've played.

 

1.Broadmoor Resort Courses (East and West, CO)

Shoreacres C.C. (IL)

Vistoso G.C. (AZ)

Arizona National (formerly the Raven)

Makray Memorial (IL)

 

And my personal worst....

 

Chick Evans Golf Course !!! (IL)

[soxman16]

1. Salem CC Mass. US Senior Open course 2001

2. The Country Club Brookline

3. Troon Pinnacle Peak Scottsdale AZ

4. Bethpage Black -Long Island NY

5. Championsgate International Course -Orlando FL

[icemakr]

Public -

St. Andrews, Pebble Beach, TPC Sawgrass, Turnberry, Pacific/Bandon Dunes

 

Private - SF GC, Olympic Club, Muirfield, Prestwick, Medinah

[dpriester]

PUBLIC

1. Pacific Dunes - Bandon, Or

2. Pumpkin Ridge (Ghost Creek) - North Plains, Or

3. Mauna Kea - Hawaii

4. Bandon Dunes - Bandon, Or

5. Geneva National (Player course) - Geneva, Wi

[lefty909]

My top 5:

 

 

1: Royal Adelaide GC

2: Kingston Heath GC

3: National Ocean Course

4: Metropolitan GC

5: Kooyonga GC

 

I am going to play at Cape Kidnappers in New Zealand in a week so that may be my new no. 1.

Cheers.