What's the best course you've played

[birdieboy52]

The original nine holes at Harrison Hills in Attica, Indiana

 

Green Bay CC which never hosts anything

 

For it's green complexes only, Maplecrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin-very similar to playing Westchester CC

 

The California Club in Daly City, California, just a few tee shots from Joe Kwok

[mwmilk]

bethpage red, it should have a pga event!

[rodto3rd]

Kinloch Golf Club, private course in Goochland, VA. Ranked no. 1 of VA courses. No. 33 in Top 100 courses!! Very nice!!

[TourPro21]

TIMBERSTONE GC in the UP (upper peninsula michigan) it's in Iron Mountain, Michigan... probably the most challenging and well-maintained golf course i have ever played... my family has a place in the UP (60 acres in Hermansville-population of 550) and it's absolutely gorgeous country up there... mostly known for fishing (caught a 45 inch northern this past fall) and hunting/skiing and other outdoors, but a couple of the golf courses are immaculate... too bad the golf season goes from like late april until like early august!!! i'll bet good money that out of the 9,000 + members we have on this forum i'm one of the ten that have played/heard of this course!!!!

 

www.timberstonegolf.com Check it Out!!! (don't think the link will work, but copy and paste the url)

[slicer365]

1. * Houston National GC (Cy Fair, TX)

2. # Walden on Lake Conroe (Montgomery, TX)

3. ** The Links (Conroe, TX)

4. Wildcat (Houston, TX)

5. $ The Conroe County Club (Conroe, TX)

 

All are within 30 minutes of me.

 

* Former home course. Lived there a year.

** Present home course, has just been bought out by new management I hope it stays open.

# My folks had a condo there for 20 years. They sold last year before I got into golf

$ Childhood course

[br61]

Porto Cima at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, one of the best course that not many golfers knows about. It has one of the tougher finishing holes that I've played on.

 

I played there in USGA Mid-Am qualifier for 2 spots to advance which was in heavy rains, the two qualifying scores was two 75's. I shot 77 and was in playoff for an alternate spot that I didn't bother playing for it because those 2 guys was going anyway. But I loved that course better than some of the other famous courses such as Oak Tree GC or Pinehurst #2.

[gslabbert]

Black Mesa Golf course in La Mesilla New Mexico.

[BEND OF THE RIVER GC]

The University Club in South Carolina. unfortunately, it will soon be ruined one the Ginn Co. tosses in all those houses!

 

Go here:

 

http://www.hetzelfamily.org/Univ Club

[italianstallion]

Kingdswood Golf Course in Glens Falls, NY. Great place with plush fairways, fast greens and a good variety of holes that go left and right, with good bunkering. Tore me up the first time I played it, but it's still one of my favorites.

 

http://www.kingswoodgolf.com/

 

#2 would have to be Sea Trail Rees Jones course. The designer name says it all!

[mpicci7399]

Bull Valley GC in Woodstock, IL

 

Bull Valley on Golfdigest.com

 

Easily one of the top 5 clubs in the entire state of IL

 

Mike

[TReed]

Oak Quarry

[NickC19]

The Club at Carlton Woods (The Woodlands, TX a nicklaus singnature design UNFREAKINBELEIVEABLE i worked there for over a year) top class and top notch, To host USGA State Team next year.

Yeah, this is #1 on my list too. My uncle's a member there - I've only gotten to play there once with him though. I believe it hosted some US Open qualifying rounds recently also. Fazio designed the other course there which opened a couple months ago....apparently its the only club in the world that has both Nicklaus and Fazio designed courses on it.

[illinikyle]

Bull Valley GC in Woodstock, IL

 

Bull Valley on Golfdigest.com

 

Easily one of the top 5 clubs in the entire state of IL

 

Mike

 

 

Bull Valley is a great course...don't know about top 5 club in illinois though (definitely not easily if it is).

[slicefixer]

Off the top of my head.........Texarkana Country Club......Texarkana, AR.......

[animalistic]

cashen course in ballybunnion, kerry ireland[not the old course!!]is very quirky and tough

[illinikyle]

cashen course in ballybunnion, kerry ireland[not the old course!!]is very quirky and tough

 

 

The second course at Portrush is also a great track.

[ziploc99]

The Bridge (the old bridgehampton raceway, bridgehampton, NY) . You will know about this one soon though.

[birdieboy52]

Bull Valley GC in Woodstock, IL

 

Bull Valley on Golfdigest.com

 

Easily one of the top 5 clubs in the entire state of IL

 

Mike

 

Bull Valley is certainly a difficult course, but it's not unknown. It has held a number of US Amateur and US Open qualifiers. Honestly, I don't know how most of the membershiop can play the course. It's really a course designed for single digit handicappers.

[GolferRoy]

TIMBERSTONE GC in the UP (upper peninsula michigan) it's in Iron Mountain, Michigan... probably the most challenging and well-maintained golf course i have ever played... my family has a place in the UP (60 acres in Hermansville-population of 550) and it's absolutely gorgeous country up there... mostly known for fishing (caught a 45 inch northern this past fall) and hunting/skiing and other outdoors, but a couple of the golf courses are immaculate... too bad the golf season goes from like late april until like early august!!! i'll bet good money that out of the 9,000 + members we have on this forum i'm one of the ten that have played/heard of this course!!!!

 

www.timberstonegolf.com Check it Out!!! (don't think the link will work, but copy and paste the url)

 

 

I've played this a couple times while visiting the UP. Absolutely amazing course, especially for the price. It has been rated as a 5 star by Golf Digest a couple times.

[MrParr1Noid]

Most of you guys are naming big name courses, I'll give you a couple that most on here haven't heard nor have they played.

 

1. Verdae Greens, Greenville, S.C.

 

2. Finkbine (Univ of Iowa) Iowa City, Iowa

 

3. The Blue Heron (RTJ) Portland, Or.

 

4. Bears Trace, Crossville, Tn.

 

5. Prophet Hills CC, Prophetstown, Il

 

Mac :crazy: :blink: :)

[BrisVegas]

http://www.barnbougledunes.com.au - north coast of Tasmania, Australia

 

http://www.brookwatergolf.com - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

[damnorcross]

wolf creek olathe, ks.

musgrove mill clinton, sc

lowe's island sterling, va (fazio course - arthur hills 18 was still being built when i was last there)

[R Stones]

Charlotte CC

Pinehurst #2

[Gooze]

It might not be completely unknownamong european golfers, but as most of you guys are Americans I doubt that many of you will know this masterpiece of a golfcourse in South Africa

 

Arabella Resort & Golfclub :)

[BagfullofPings]

http://www.desertforestgolfclub.com

[italianstallion]

It might not be completely unknownamong european golfers, but as most of you guys are Americans I doubt that many of you will know this masterpiece of a golfcourse in South Africa

 

Arabella Resort & Golfclub (cool)

 

Stunning...

[Sisu]

""TIMBERSTONE GC in the UP (upper peninsula michigan) it's in Iron Mountain, Michigan... probably the most challenging and well-maintained golf course i have ever played... i'll bet good money that out of the 9,000 + members we have on this forum i'm one of the ten that have played/heard of this course!!!!""

 

I'm planning a trip there for this June. A good friend has played it and just loved it.

 

My all time favorite was: www.ocotillogolf.com in Chandler AZ.

Shot a 73 there, my personal best score. (cool)

[golfernut78]

hogan course at trophy club - only ben hogan designed golf course. people (locals in the dfw metroplex) know of trophy club, but i don't think they know about the ben hogan designed course. rumor is he cut the hills course and arthur hills came in and finished.

[auggiewest]

Tullymoore just outside of Mt Pleasant in Mid Michigan. A Jim Engh design is outstanding

[peteman29]

One of my favoourites that you might not have heard of: Slieve Russell Golf & Country Club, County Cavan, Ireland and Royal Belfast Golf Club, Northern Ireland