What are the top 5 courses you've played?

[GoStars]

In no particular order:

Bandon Dunes

Pacific Dunes

Streamsong Blue

Pinehurst #2

Midpines

[JetPilot]

Caledonia

Lahinch

East Lake

Belterra Casino

Pinehurst

 

Pinehurst was the most overrated.

[Chef Otto]

Not in order......

 

Victory Ranch

Promontory - Nicklaus

Bethpage - Black

Princeville - Prince Course

Shinnecock Hills

 

Victory and Promontory are local clubs that are top notch. I have them above these other famous courses I have played.

TPC Sawgrass

PGA West - TPC Stadium - Nicklaus Private - Norman Resort

Chambers Bay

Doral - Blue Monster

Wynn

TPC Scottsdale

[Andrew Bond of Glencoe]

1) Pacific Dunes

2) St Andrews Old Course

3) Muirfield (Scotland)

4) Pebble Beach

5) Bandon Dunes or Streamsong Red or Interlachen CC

[JNewsted]

Hmm...

 

Muirfield

Old Course

Cabot Links

Cabot Cliffs

Crystal Downs

 

 

There's like ten others that can sneak up there, but those five are pure magic.

[EaglesGolf99]

My personal top 10 in no specific order:

 

Pebble Beach

Harbour Town

Pinehurst #4

Atlantic City Country Club

Presidio Golf Club

Mid Pines

TPC Sawgrass

TPC Boston

Pine Needles

Kiawah Island

 

EDIT - Can't believe I forgot Kiawah. I knew there was a big dog missing.

[jstalder1113]

My Top 5 and I've been very lucky to have played these:

August National

Wade Hampton

Peachtree GC

The Honors Course

Sea Island

Kiawah Ocean Course

 

Most over rated was TPC Sawgrass, Course was nice but overall experience was just ok.

[bruinsPATSirish]

I tend to follow the course rankings each year. I have been fortunate enough to play a handful of them, but have been surprised that my experience and opinions haven't always matched up with their rankings. There is a lot of subjectivity here, so this should be fun for discussion purposes.

 

So for ease of discussion, list the top 5 courses you have played and list your most overrated course you have played.

 

Here are my top 5:

Pine Valley

Merion East

Whistling Straits

Doral

Blackwolf Run

 

I would say that Merion (based on it's high ranking) was the most disappoing of the five. Get my vote for most overrated.

 

1. Ocean course at Kiawah

 

2. Sage Valley

 

3. Eagle Point

 

4. TPC Boston

 

5. Belgrade Lakes

 

 

[scotty92656]

1. Old MacDonald (Bandon Dunes)

2. Turnberry

3. Carnoustie (Championship Course)

4. Royal Dornoch

5. St. Andrews (Old Course) most over-rated in terms of the course itself, but not in terms of the history associated with it. Always a throng of bystanders to watch you tee off on the 1st (which even given the wide fairway is a bit nerve racking) and finish on the 18th.

[Morety]

Pebble Beach, Carmel

Ocean Course, Kiawah

Seaside, Sea Island

3 Creek Ranch, Jackson Hole

Tie for Local Courses: Dalhousie, Cape Girardeau MO & Boone Valley, Augusta MO

[dalyspub]

In no particular order:

 

Royal Dornoch

Carnoustie

Old Course

Cabot Links

National Golf Club of Canada

[mkunes01]

Shadow Creek

Oakmont

Pebble Beach

Pinehurst #2

Bethpage Black

 

Didn't include biggest letdowns. These are my personal favorites I've played. Played Bethpage Black about three weeks prior to the Barclays being held there in an MGA tournament. Course was in unbelievable condition and all of the grandstands were setup, really cool experience

[BillyZ2]

Arcadia Bluffs

Troon North

Torrey Pines

Gold Canyon

Eagle Eye

 

These are not necessarily the most prestigious in the world, but they're courses I enjoyed playing the most. I played Arcadia Bluffs in September on a perfect 70 degrees sunny calm day, and I think it would rival any course in the world with those conditions. It was spectacular.

[Pete O'Tube]

Royal Dornoch, then any 4 from:

 

Nairn, Cruden Bay, Murcar, Royal Aberdeen, Carnoustie, Monifeith, St Andrews New, North Berwick,, Royal St George's, Royal Cinque Ports, Perranporth, Southerness, Prestwick, Royal Troon, Western Gailes, Glasgow Gailes, Machrihanish.

 

I think I see a trend here......

 

Hardest: Royal Troon

 

Most fun: Perranporth

 

Most underrated: Southerness

 

Most overrated: Gleneagles

[10&8]

Pebble Beach

Sutton Bay

Castle Pines

Kapalua Plantation

Spyglass

[thecraw]

Royal Dornoch

Royal Troon

Machrihanish Dunes/Machrihanish (can't decide what I prefer)

Walton Heath Old

Dundonald

 

Most overrated

 

Nairn & St Andrews Old Course.

 

[Chanceman]

Pebble Beach

Carnoustie

Cape Wickham

Sunningdale

Pasatiempo

Royal Melbourne

[CivEngr08]

Bethpage Black

TPC San Antonio

Oak Hills

PGA National

The Wilderness

[AC168]

Cypress Point

Wade Hampton

Shadow Creek

Pebble Beach

The Country Club

[T-MAC]

Pebble Beach

Pinehurst 2 & 4 (tie)

Chicago GC & Medinah (tie)

Kiawah Ocean / Sea Island (tie)

May River GC Palmetto Bluff

[DLiver]

My top 5:

 

Pine Valley

Merion (East)

Oakmont

The Ocean Course (Kiawah)

Sandhills

 

Here are the other contenders (I am a very lucky guy):

Long Cove

The Golf Club (Dye, Columbus OH)

Honors

Pacific Dunes

Bandon Dunes

Riviera

Harbourtown

Whistling Straits

LA CC (North)

Robert Trent Jones Golf Club

Pinehurst #2

Blackwolf Run

Bandon Trails

Chambers Bay

Boston Golf Club

Fox Chapel

Medina #3

Ballyneal

TPC Sawgrass

Philadelpha Cricket Club-Wissahickon

Scioto

Kittansett

The Quarry at La Quinta

Aronimink

Double Eagle

Big Horn

Shoal Creek

Torrey Pines (South)

Porcupine Creek

Muirfield Village

[Man_O_War]

Royal St. Georges

Princes Golf Club

Kiawah Ocean Course

Maryland National

Avenel

[Chanceman]

Pebble Beach

Carnoustie

Cape Wickham

Royal Melbourne

Sunningdale

 

Honorables: Kingston Heath, St Andrews, Turnberry, Birkdale, Pasatiempo, Lost Farm, Hadley Wood

[AuldPLO Swiss Golftrotter]

My 5 most enjoying rounds :

 

1) Old Head (Ireland)

2) Kingsbarns (Scotland)

3) Trump International Links (Scotland)

4) Wolf Creek (USA)

5) Royal Portrush – Dunluce (Norhern Ireland)

 

Then

6) Royal County Down – Championship (Northern Ireland)

7) Cape Kidnappers (New Zealand)

8) St Andrews – Old (Scotland)

9) The European Club – (Ireland)

10) Monte Rei (Portugal)

[adamjstl]

Cypress Point

Wade Hampton

Shadow Creek

Pebble Beach

The Country Club

 

Played Wade Hampton... that or Shadow Creek?

[AC168]

Wade Hampton over Shadow Creek for me ... but SC is excellent. Wade Hampton just flows and is set so well!

[adamjstl]

1. Pikewood National

2. Ballyneal

3. Congressional

4. Mountaintop

5. Streamsong (hard to decide which course I liked better)

 

I loved Mountaintop. We are playing Pikewood next year. How much better is Pikewood?

[adamjstl]

Wade Hampton over Shadow Creek for me ... but SC is excellent. Wade Hampton just flows and is set so well!

 

Wade is just so perfect. The holes are built so perfectly into the property. Not only is every hole like a magazine cover, it's in perfect condition, and has an amazing variety of risks and rewards.

[Andrew Bond of Glencoe]

As of last week I have added:

Pine Valley

Merion

Oakmont

 

I won't give you my Top 5 but Pine Valley and Oakmont are in a dead heat for #1.

[sir_templar2]

US Top 5:

1. Whistling Straits -- Straits

2. Pacific Dunes

3. Kiawah Island -- Ocean Course

4. Bandon Dunes

5. Arcadia Bluffs

 

World Top 5:

1. Royal Melbourne West

2. Cape Kidnappers

3. Cape Wickham

4. Barnbougle Dunes

5. Kauri Cliffs