Top 5 Courses You Have Played

[EKELLY]

First off, growing up in NY, I've was VERY fortunate my old man's cigar chomping poker buddies were WELL connected!!.........

Here goes:

 

1. Pine Valley

2. Winged Foot

3. Shinnecock

4. Bethpage Black (Home course)

5. Pinehurst #2 (Spent 4 years at Fort Bragg, playing #2 for $25 +/-....LOL

[thatdogcanhunt]

TPC Woodlands

Redstone

Bali Hai (Vegas)

Midland CC Midland TX

The Rawls Course Lubbock TX

[kgeisler13]

Crystal Downs

 

Orchard Lake CC

 

Cog Hill

 

Valhalla

 

Forest Dunes

 

I have also played PGA National and other nice courses in Florida but nothing comes to Michigan and midwest golf coures.

[mschu24]

Pinehurst #2

May River, Hilton Head

Gray Hawk, Scottsdale

Tobacco Road, Pinehurst

Wexford, Hilton Head

[tommaso05]

Scioto CC - Upper Arlington/Columbus, OH

Troon North - AZ

Grayhawk - AZ

We-Ko-Pa - AZ

Boulders - AZ

 

Paiute just outside Las Vegas almost made the list...apparently I have an affinity for desert courses and scenery

[robert horneman]

Olympic Club SF

Riviera CC LA

The Los Angeles CC

The old Course, Scotland

Ballybunnion ,Ireland

[rpgolf]

1. Kapalua Plantation (does the scenery get any better!?)

2. The Ocean Course

3. Bethpage Black

4. Arizona National...?

5. Torrey Pines South...?

 

My private course list is pathetic :(. Accepting invites if you wanna blow up my list!

[Gdane]

Its been 2 and a half years since I've posted on this thread and my list has changed significantly.

 

Conway Farms (IL)

Greywalls (MI)

Quintero (AZ)

Kemper Lakes (IL)

Whistling Straights Irish (WI)

 

[jhoppmann]

Torrey pines

Bridges at Rancho Sante Fe

The General

Tobacco Road

Black Diamond Ranch

[kevina001]

Whirlwind--Phoenix, AZ

Lighthouse Sound--Ocean City, MD

Kapalua Plantation-Maui, HI

We-Ko-Pa--Phoenix, AZ

Orange County National--Orlando, FL

 

HM: UNC Finley (Chapel Hill, NC) Mattaponi Springs (VA) River Creek (Leesburg, VA) Eagle Mountain (Phoenix, AZ)

[cacophony82]

Private:

 

New South Whales (AU)

Metropolitan GC (AU)

Victoria GC (AU)

Birmingham CC - West Course ( (AL)

Ballyneal (CO)

 

Public

 

Golf Club at Peninsula Papagayo (Costa Rico)

Ocean Course (SC)

Pinehurst # 2 (NC)

Promontory Dye (UT)

Shadow Creek (NV)

[Tap-in Fore Eagle]

Updated:

 

#1 Cabot Cliffs (by a mile)

#2 Pinehurst #2

#3 Whistling Straits

#4 Kiawah Ocean Course

#5 Bandon Dunes

#6 Pacific Dunes

 

#2-6 are all so great I could hear arguments to change their rankings, but this is how I ranked my enjoyment of each course.

[countvelvet]

1. Crystal Downs

2. Bethpage Black

3. Forest Dunes

4. Muskoka Bay Club

5. Arcadia Bluffs

 

Playing The National in Toronto in a few weeks so my list will change.

[10&8]

1. Pebble Beach

2. Castle Pines

3. Kapalua Plantation

4. Spyglass

5. Southern Highlands (Las Vegas)

[knickerbocker]

Pebble Beach

Crystal Downs

Oakland Hills South

Kingsley Club

TPC Sawgrass

 

Playing Chicago GC this summer which I am sure will move up to Top 5.

[cmatthews77]

Great fun topic:

I need to up my game. I have an easy top 2-3 then it becomes difficult.

 

1. Pinehurst #2 (Pinehurst, NC)

2. Shoal Creek (Birmingham, AL)

3. Pinehurst #8 (Pinehurst, NC)

4. Ross Bridge Golf Resort (Birmingham, AL)

5. RTJ Oceanside (Hilton Head, SC)

 

Honorable Mention:

Pinehurst #4

Dancing Rabbit, Azalea Course (Philadelphia, MS)

RTJ Capitol Hill, The Judge (Montgomery, AL)

Starr Pass Golf Club (Tuscon, AZ)

Semiahmoo Golf Club (Blaine, WA)

[sths31]

1. Whistling Straits

2. Erin Hills

3. Whispering Pines TX

4. Bethpage Black

5. Cascata

[bcclarke35]

1. Pebble Beach

2. Monterey Peninsula CC (Shore)

3. Pinehurst #2

4. Old Warson CC

5. CordeValle

 

HM - Caledonia, Pine Needles, Dormie Club, Tobacco Road, Mid Pines, MPCC Dunes, CCNC, Oconee (Reynolds Plantation)

[stuart374]

5 aren't enough, so:

1st 5

Turnberry (After re-model. Whatever you can say about you-know-who as an elected official, he did a great job with this golf course.)

Shinnecock (Spectacular)

Kingsbarns (Underrated)

Pebble (It's Pebble!)

Fishers Island (Special)

 

Runners-Up

Merion (Wow. 6700 yards of pain.)

Carnoustie (Beautiful)

Lahinch (An Irish gem)

Whistling Straits (Terrific)

Winged Foot (Fancy shmancy, but lives up to it.)

Shadow Creek (It looks like each blade of grass was cut by hand.)

[Liquid]

#1 Royal Dornoch

#2 Pebble Beach

#3 Muirfield

#4 Kingsbarns

#5 Bethpage Black

 

Honorable mention: Pacific Dunes

 

Most overrated: Torrey South

 

Most underrated: North Berwick

[FairwayFred]

5 aren't enough, so:

1st 5

Turnberry (After re-model. Whatever you can say about you-know-who as an elected official, he did a great job with this golf course.)

Shinnecock (Spectacular)

Kingsbarns (Underrated)

Pebble (It's Pebble!)

Fishers Island (Special)

 

Runners-Up

Merion (Wow. 6700 yards of pain.)

Carnoustie (Beautiful)

Lahinch (An Irish gem)

Whistling Straits (Terrific)

Winged Foot (Fancy shmancy, but lives up to it.)

Shadow Creek (It looks like each blade of grass was cut by hand.)

 

Totally agree on Turnberry just played there a few weeks ago and WOW Martin Ebert did a great job with that course. Definitely one of the most scenic courses in the world now.

[scottc25]

I need to update my list as well.

 

1. Kapalua Plantation

2. Pebble Beach (played it yesterday!)

3. Pacific Dunes

4. Bethpage Black

5. Ko'Olau

 

Looking at my list I see I have played all of these in the last year. Anyone want my job?

[GeorgeN]

1. Pebble Beach

2. Olympic Club (Lake).

3. Wailea (all 3).

4. Lanai (both).

5. Troon North (both).

[TK3]

Hi Guys,

 

In no particular order as there's no way I would be able to choose one over the other...

 

Southern Hills CC - Tulsa,OK

Pebble Beach GC - CA

Erin Hills GC - WI

Whistling Straits GC - WI

Wolf Creek GC - NV

Flint Hills CC - KS

OK, I'll add We-Ko-Pa - AZ (both courses)

And my personal favorite - Talking Stick GC in Scottsdale, AZ

[glenk69]

Definitely, my interpretation of Top Courses.

 

1. Tribute at Otsego Club (MI)

2. Ocean Course at Kiawah (SC)

3. Oakland Hills North (Mi)

4. Shaftesbury Glen (Sc)

5. Los Calinas at Mission Inn (Fl)

Hon. Mention Indianwood Old (Mi), Eagle Eye (Mi), Pohlcat (Mi), Heather Glen (SC), RTJ at Palmetto Dunes (Sc), Springfield Oaks (Mi),

[HaileyW]

1. Secession Golf Club SC

2. Honors Course TN

3. Ocean Course SC

4. Mid Pines NC

5. Old Waverly MS

[ringolf]

Mostly in Japan

1. Eagle Point Golf Club Japan

2. Hokkaido Classic Golf Club

3. Taiheiyo Club & Associates

4. Amata Spring Country Club (Thailand)

5. TPC Kuala Lumpur West (Malaysia)

We have some videos here and there if you would like to see

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[MichiganMan]

1. Congressional CC - Blue

2. Pebble Beach

3. Kiawah Island - Ocean Course

4. Spyglass Hill

5. Arcadia Bluffs

[trumb1mj1]

I have Torrey Pines South in my top 5 and just read in golfweek that it's not popular among the tour pros. I found that pretty surprising...

[stuart374]

Hi Guys,

 

In no particular order as there's no way I would be able to choose one over the other...

 

Southern Hills CC - Tulsa,OK

Pebble Beach GC - CA

Erin Hills GC - WI

Whistling Straits GC - WI

Wolf Creek GC - NV

Flint Hills CC - KS

OK, I'll add We-Ko-Pa - AZ (both courses)

And my personal favorite - Talking Stick GC in Scottsdale, AZ

Wolf Creek is a gas!!!!