Top 5 Courses You have played...

[CDLgolf]

1 Pebble beach
2 Spyglass hills
3 Pinehurst #2
4 Bethpage black
5 Cog hill Dubsdread

[mauiman]

Pacific Dunes
Kapalua Plantation
Chicago Golf Club
Butler National
Medinah #3

[tomx22]

Valhalla
True Blue
The Dunes Golf and Beach Club
Otter Creek
Anderson Creek

[MitchOakes]

I have been blessed to play some great golf in my short 23 years but have yet to mark off any major courses i.e. Pebble, Spyglass, Bandon but my favorites so far are as follows:

1. Desert Mountain- Chiricahua
2. Sutton Bay
3. TPC Scottsdale- just an amazing experience
4. South Africa, Sun City, Gary Player Course
5. Desert Mountain- Geronimo

[joekelli]

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[*]Firestone South - Akron,Oh
[*]Aviara - Carlsbad, Ca
[*]TPC - Myrtle Beach
[*]Firestone North - Akron, Oh
[*]The Quarry - Canton, Oh
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[cu1998tigers]

1. Pine Valley
2. Seminole
3. Spyglass
4. Whisper Rock - Scottsdale, AZ
5. Eagle Point - Wilmington, NC

[PreppySlapCut]

Couple "under the radar" clubs that don't find their way to the top of a lot lists, but you'll be glad you got the opportunity:

Whippoorwill
Bedford Golf and Tennis
Myopia Hunt Club
Essex County Club (and Essex County Country Club, for that matter)
Jupiter Hills
Rolling Green
Piping Rock
The Creek

[linkerpan]

1. Punta Espada, Dominican Republic
2. Streamsong Red, Florida
3. The Harvester, Iowa
4. The Quarry at Giants Ridge, Mn
5. Classic at Maddens, Mn

Very close behind would be the Streamsong Blue, Wilderness at Fortune Bay, Troon Pinnacle, WeKoPa Saguaro.
Biggest emotional connection was at TPC Scottsdale, biggest disappointment was TPC Sawgrass.

[oregongolf]

For me there is only

1. Cypress Point Club

then... everything else.

[CPSOX]

[quote name='PreppySlapCut' timestamp='1386353300' post='8258953']
Couple "under the radar" clubs that don't find their way to the top of a lot lists, but you'll be glad you got the opportunity:

Whippoorwill
Bedford Golf and Tennis
Myopia Hunt Club
Essex County Club (and Essex County Country Club, for that matter)
Jupiter Hills
Rolling Green
Piping Rock
The Creek
[/quote]

Agreed on all points.

[italianstallion]

My favorites I've played (in order)

 

1. Oakmont Country Club

2. Bethpage Black

3. Pebble Beach

4. Kapalua Plantation Course

5. TPC Sawgrass

[golfdaddy01]

In random order for me,

St andrews old course

Nantucket golf club

Palmetto club

Lake nona cc

Redlands mesa

 

[JD3]

Fishers Island

The National

Bayonne

Plainfield

Baltusrol (lower)

[adamjstl]

1. Wade Hampton, Cashiers, North Carolina

2. French Lick Resort (Dye), West Baden, Indiana

3. Wolf Run, Zionsville, Indiana

4. Mountaintop, Cashiers, North Carolina

5. The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tennessee

 

Honorable Mention:

 

Oak Tree National, Edmond, Oklahoma

Victoria National, Newburgh, Indiana

The Patriot, Owasso, Oklahoma

[tourweight]

Pacific Dunes

Pasatiempo

[tourweight]

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Pacific Dunes

Pasatiempo

St. Andrews old course

Bandon Dunes

Bandon Trails

 

Playing Forest Dunes Thursday, that will hopefully displace Trails.

[warfelg]

1 Bethpage Black

2 Lancaster Country Club (PA)

3 Bedford Springs

4 Yale

5 Doral Blue (Pre-rennovation)

[krzeczowskimatt]

My Top 5

 

1. East Lake

2. Butler National

3. Olympia Fields North/South Both are great

4. Crystal Downs

5. Thornblade Club

 

So many more to keep it to only 5 is hard I am not sure if those are even my top 5 East Lake for sure was the best golf course (Played it right before the Tour Championship the conditioning was stand alone) other than that I am not sure

[LBRMGR]

Shinnecock Hills

Winged Foot West

Friar's Head

Riviera

Plainfield

 

Honorable Mentions:

Pinehurst #2

Bethpage Black

Baltusrol Lower

Harbor Town

Winged Foot East

The Creek

Hudson National

Somerset Hills

Ridgewood

Quaker Ridge

Bayonne

Liberty National

[SDL]

St. Andrews (Old)

Turnberry (Ailsa)

Ballybunion

Cabot Cliffs

Pacific Dunes

[Andrew Bond of Glencoe]

My list for just this year:

 

1) Pine Valley (#1 by a long shot)

2) Merion

3) Interlachen

 

On deck this Fall

1) Oakmont

2) Seminole

3) Eastlake

 

[Jungleland]

1 - Augusta National

2- Pine Valley

3- Cypress Point

4- Merion

5- Pebble Beach

[Golfingfanatic]

1. Royal St. Georges

2. Valderrama

3. LA Country Club

4. Ocean Course @ Kiawah

5. Sunningdale Old Course

[jpdx]

I feel blessed that i've been able to visit some nice courses in my 5 years of golfing. Many do not have the prestige or glamour associated and I feel the "top 5" depends on a number of different factors, that being said these stick out in my mind.

 

Tetherow

Pronghorn

Awbrey Glen CC

Willamette Valley CC

Ko' Olina

[MSB]

PV

Sawgrass

Pinehurst #2

Old Memorial

Cog Hill

[DeacLaw05]

In the past year I have had the opportunity to play Elk River Club, Harbour Town, May River Golf Club, and the Colorado Golf Club. I enjoyed each of them immensely.

[trgolfer02]

1. Pine Valley

2. Sand Hills

3. Shinnecock Hills

4. National Golf Links

5. Merion

 

This could change next week with Cypress in the mix

[TaylorMade47]

1. Royal Hawaiian

2. Arnold Palmer Turtle Bay

3. The Ranch

 

Want to play:

4. Brandon Dunes

5. Pebble Beach

[BTmizuno1983]

1): fallen oak

2): sharks tooth

3): pursell farms

4) cypresswood tradition course

5) the falls, new ulm (closed)

[EKELLY]

I've played over 200 rounds between Winged Foot/Pine Valley/Shinnecock, and Bethpage Black. Why would I need to form a bucket list?. In the South I've seen Augusta, Sawgrass, Doral, Innisbrook Copperhead, lived at Bay Hill, Kiawah, Hilton Head, Pinehurst (#2 100 times while stationed at Bragg), and believe me, I MISS New York!!......