What are the top 5 courses you've played?

[wrvaughn3]

Mine would be

1.RTJ Club

2. May River

3. Bulle Rock

4. Baywood Green

5. Belfair

[imakaveli]

1. Carnoustie

2. Royal Dornoch

3. Royal County Down

4. Formby

5. Waterville

5bis. Cruden Bay

[orion1123]

1. Ocean Course

2. Harbour Town

3. Iberostar Playa Paraiso (Mexico)

4. The Virtues (OH)

5. Man O’ War (Myrtle Beach)

[benno_r]

1. Barnbougle Dunes

2. Royal Adelaide

3. Cape Kidnappers

4. Red Mountain

5. NSW golf club

[Night Putter]

1. Bethppage Black (50x)

2. Kiawah island

3. Murifield Village

4. Ria Bintan (G.Player. Indonesia)

5. Bulls Bay (M.Stranz. Charleston)

[vallygolf]

Pebble

Erin Hills

Ocean Course

Rustic Canyon

Old Macdonald

 

runners up

Bandon and Pacific Dunes

Streamsong Red

[gdu]

Troon North

Whistling Straits

Caledonia

Wailea Emerald

Coyote Moon

[Kevinx]

Fox Hollow

Bethpage Black

Disney Magnolia

Kings North

Golden Horseshoe Gold course

 

[DBake]

Chambers Bay

Kapalua Plantation

Old Macdonald

GreyHawk - Talon

Bandon Trails

[pearsonified]

If we go by prestige, here are my top 5:

• Kapalua Plantation
  
• Valhalla GC
  
• Troon North Pinnacle
  
• Troon North Monument
  
• TPC San Antonio Oaks
  

But how about my top 5 FUN courses?

• Vaaler Creek (Blanco, TX)
  
• The Quarry (SA, TX)
  
• The Wilderness at Lake Jackson (Lake Jackson, TX)
  
• Cypresswood Tradition (Spring, TX)
  
• Nevel Meade (Prospect, KY)
  

Honorable mentions in the fun category:

• TPC San Antonio Canyons
  
• The Bandit (Seguin, TX)
  
• Delaware Springs (Burnet, TX)
  

[markjay1]

Pebble Beach

Bethpage Black

Olympic Club

Spanish Bay

Half Moon Bay

[xgolfx]

1 Pine Valley

 

2Castle Pines also GreatCourses Bear Club,Harbor Town , Jupiter Hills,Medinah #3, Pine Tree CHARLEY PENNA

 

3 Shoreacres

 

4 Seminole

 

5 Chicago Golf Club

[new2g0lf]

Bethpage Black

True Blue

Caledonia

Shinnecock Hills

Port Royal

[HillbillyInBC]

My list is pretty modest compared to those above, but it's mine and I feel lucky to have played these courses:

 

Caledonia

Indian Wells Celebrity

Chateau Whistler

Gamble Sands

Nicklaus North

 

Honourable mention to Classic Club in Palm Desert and the Mountain course at La Quinta.

[jrr]

Ballybunion

St Andrews

Wingfoot West

Pebble Beach

Spyglass

TPC Sawgrass

Doral

Berwick West (got to love a course with a cemetery)

[nathanrbell]

1. Punta Espada (D.R.)

2. Bandon Dunes (OR)

3. Pacific Dunes (OR)

4. Whistling Straits-Straits (WI)

5. Bay Creek Resort-Nicklaus (VA)

Others (No Order): Wildhorse (NE), Sand Valley (WI), Bandon Trails (OR), Old MacDonald (OR), Shoreacres (IL), Blackwolf Run-River (WI), Whisting Straits-Irish (WI), RTJ Capitol Hill-Judge (AL), Eagle Ridge-The General (IL), The Harvester (IA), Lost Dunes (MI), Quintero (AZ), TPC Deere Run (IL), Cog Hill #4 (IL), Lawsonia Links (WI), RTJ Trail-Most Courses

[cardoustie]

Turning 50 next month and I have played almost 475 different courses in my lifetime

 

I did this same post years ago, cool to see it again as my list has changed a whisker

 

Royal Melbourne Composite

The Old Course

Cabot Cliffs

Bethpage Black

Muirfield Village

 

A big part of it for me was the course but also the experience and the atmosphere. The town of St. Andrew's is incredible if you are a true golfer

 

It was hard for me to leave off Carnoustie, Kingsbarns, TPC Sawgrass, and a medley of awesome and very MEMORABLE golf courses in North America

 

California - Torrey Pines South

Florida - Camp Creek, Shark's Tooth, PGA National

South Carolina - True Blue

Hawaii - Mauna Kea

Alabama - Kiva Dunes

Canada - St. Georges, The National, Kananaskis, Royal Montreal, Shaughnessy

 

The worst was getting winded out of Muirfield GC when my pals and I were in Scotland. Had a scotch with the starter and we left on his advice

[Arb8889]

1) Shinnecock

2) National Golf Links

3) Friars Head

4) Riviera

5) The Bridge

 

Sebonack, Bethpage Black, Southampton, Westhampton, Piping Rock just miss the cut but damn are they all good tracks

[ChicagoBuckeye80]

Pine Valley

Pebble Beach

Camargo

Pacific Dunes

Muirfield Village

[Schley]

1 Pine Valley

 

2Castle Pines also GreatCourses Bear Club,Harbor Town , Jupiter Hills,Medinah #3, Pine Tree CHARLEY PENNA

 

3 Shoreacres

 

4 Seminole

 

5 Chicago Golf Club

 

Buddy! I'm free the rest of my life for Pine Valley and Seimnole....)

 

I think there is another thread somewhere about this and I'll copy that:

 

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 I didn't know who said they were sub 5 handicaps......... and both were over 100!

2. Baltursol - first class experience all the way, love the clubhouse

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

7. Whistling Straits - great views, bunkers everywhere, wind, great times

8. Bel Air CC - The aura of the membership is a little intimidating; as when I was there met John Williams the composer just hanging out in the bar, Lute Olson former basketball coach playing just ahead of us, etc.....Course is in great shape, but very quirky running up and down through elevation changes, even needing elevators believe it or not.

[Bigswede]

MY top 5 is Kapaula, Whistling Straits, Arcadia Bluffs, Wolf Creek and Greywalls

[redandwhiteandblue]

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.

 

Buddies and I are planning a trip to Kohler in late September. Seeing this on this pumps me up.

[N8dogg2669]

Arcadia Bluffs - Arcadia, MI

Harbor Town - Hilton Head, SC

World Woods Pine Barrens - Brooksville, FL

Masterpiece - Treetops

The Rookery - Marco Island, FL

[mcputter]

In no particular order:

 

Medinah #3

San Francisco Golf Club

Desert Forest

Torrey Pines South

Pinehurst #2

Honorable mention to World Woods Pine Barrens

[Schley]

In no particular order:

 

Medinah #3

San Francisco Golf Club

Desert Forest

Torrey Pines South

Pinehurst #2

Honorable mention to World Woods Pine Barrens

 

SFGC has to be #1 on that list no?

[sr129]

Here's mine in no particular order

 

Plantation Kapalua

TPC Scottsdale

Hacienda Country club

Sunriver Crosswater

Rams Hill

[mackelcan]

Ocean Course, Kiawah

Pebble Beach

Muirfield Village

Spyglass

Pinehurst #2

[Frano123]

1) the ocean course

2)teeth of the dog

3)harbor town

4)TPC Boston

5)TPC Janna Polona

[BlueFab5]

Great thread! Really good suggestions here.

[Chef23]

East Lake

Pinehurst #2

Muirfield Village

Pebble Beach

Old Sandwich

 

A few more on my favorite list:

TPC Sawgrass

The Country Club (I have never played the Open course)

Kittansett

Desert Forest

Kapalua Plantation