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Ronald Montesano

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #175 on: December 23, 2009, 07:25:07 PM »
This thread is my jumping-off point for 2010.  I want to add to my top 25 courses.  That would be a subsequent step to this thread:  which would be your bottom five courses that would drop off first?  I imagine that, for all but a few, this is a fairly succinct process.  My bottom five would depend on the mood I was in.  For now, I would drop Tullymore, Southern Pines, Arcadia Bluffs, Victoria Hills and Cherry Hill
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~Bonavista
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Steve Lang

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #176 on: December 23, 2009, 07:37:49 PM »
 8)  Jeff S.

it was Carlton Gibson...

are you ready to ride with the 30th Parallel Gang?
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Cory Lewis

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #177 on: December 23, 2009, 07:58:07 PM »
Wow, reading this thread I'm shocked by how much my list looks like other peoples.  These courses must be that good if so many agree:

Royal Dornoch
Royal County Down
Cypress Point
Pebble Beach
Royal Portrush
St. Andrews
Fishers Island
North Berwick
NGLA
Bandon Dunes
San Francisco
Kingsley
Pinehurst No.2
Bethpage Black
Friar's Head
Crystal Downs
Merion
Garden City
Shinnecock
Oakmont
Pacific Dunes
Camargo
Maidstone
TPC at Sawgrass
Meadow Club
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David Egan

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #178 on: December 24, 2009, 04:38:21 PM »
First time poster, thought this would be an appropriate way to jump into the mess.

RCD
Ballybunion
Lahinch
Portmarnock
Pebble Beach
Spyglass
Yale
Sleepy Hollow
East Lake
Harbour Town
Butler
Beverly
Skokie
Olympia Fields (North)
Pac Dunes
Bandon Dunes
Bandon Trails
Whistling Straits
Blackwolf Run (River)
The Ocean Course
Erin Hills
Kingsley Club
Wild Horse
Glen Mills
Thunderhawk

Honorable Mention:  Doonbeg, Cog Hill, Arcadia Bluffs, Kiawah River, Warren Course, Lakota Canyon, Bayside, Teddy Rhodes (Nashville)

Would love to be able to add Chicagoland's most exclusive course to the list, but am not quite sure how access to the RJ is obtained.




Sven, I see no reason why we can't run out and play the Reverse Jans sometime this winter.  Seems like a good February project.

Robert Thompson

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #179 on: December 24, 2009, 05:01:58 PM »
In no order:

1 Highlands Links
2St. George's
3Royal St. George's
4Royal Dornoch
5Old Course
6Kingsbarns
7Muirfield
8Turnberry
9Carnoustie
10Merion
11Pine Valley
12Cypress Point
13Pebble Beach
14Pacific Dunes
15NGLA
16Shinnecock
17Friar's Head
18 Royal County Down
19 Royal Portrush
20 Portmarnock
21 Pinehurst No. 2
22 Seminole
23 Oakland Hills
24 Sunningdale Old
25 Cruden Bay
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Phil McDade

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #180 on: December 24, 2009, 05:37:06 PM »
So when is the much mythologized 2010 RJ Open? :)

Stay tuned; my advice is to watch the board and keep a flexible schedule these next few weeks...

Weather lately has been promising; a torrential mid-winter rainstorm is getting rid of most of the snow that had been covering the course.

Steve Lang

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #181 on: December 26, 2009, 12:46:01 AM »
 8) Jim C..  here's some accounting for you.. over 700 courses cited by folks, (though probably some bogies)

Accc
Addington
Aldarra
Alwoodley
Applebrook
Arcadia Bluffs
Arizona CC
Aronomink
Arrowhead
Askernish
Aspen Lakes
Athens CC
Atlantic
Atlantic City
Augusta National Golf Club
Augustine Golf Club Circa 2000
Austin Country Club
Austin Golf Club
Bakersfield CC
Balcomie Links At Crail
Ballybunion
Ballybunion (Old)  
Ballyliffin
Ballyliffin Old
Ballyneal
Baltimore Cc Five Farms
Baltusrol (Lower)
Baltustrol
Bandon Crossings
Bandon Dunes (Kidd)
Bandon Trails (Coore & Crenshaw)
Banff Springs
Barefoot Resort (Dye Club) / North Myrtle Beach, Sc / Pete Dye
Barnbougle Dunes Tom Doak, Bridport Australia
Barona Creek
Barona Valley
Barton Creek Canyons  
Barton Creek Foothills  
Barton Hills
Bayonne
Bear Mountain Mountain Course, Victoria, Bc, Can (J Nicklaus & S Nicklaus 0
Beau Desert
Beaver Island State Park
Beechtree (NLE)
Belair
Belgrade Lakes
Belvedere
Berkeley Hallsouth  
Bethpage Black (Pre-Redesign - Current Would Rate Lower)
Beverly
Biderman
Bighorn Canyons
Bigwin Island, Baysville, On, Can (D Carrick 0
Black Butte Big Meadow
Black Creek
Black Forest
Black Mesa (Spann)
Black Rock Golf Club
Black Sheep
Blackhawk CC
Blackwolf Run Mv
Blackwolf Run River
Blackwolf Run The Composite Course
Blaketree (When It Was Sweet)
Blue Mound Golf & Cc (Raynor)
Boat Of Garten
Boston Golf Club
Brackenridge Park
Brancaster
Brantford Gcc, Brantford, On, Can (S Thompson 0)
Brasada Ranch
Brentwood CC
Briggs Ranch  
Brighton Park Muni
Broadmoor GC
Brookside Golf & Cc (Columbus)
Brora
Brown Deer Park
Bryan Park (Champions)
Buenos Aires Country Club
Bulls Bay
Bully Pulpit
Burlington Gcc, Burlington, On, Can (S Thompson )
Burnham & Berrow
Butler
Cabo Del Sol
Cabo Del Sol (Ocean)
CAJUILES (Teeth Of The Dog)
Cal Club
Caledonia G&Fc / Pawleys Island, Sc / Mike Strantz
California CC
California Club
California Golf Club Of San Francisco
Callaway Gardens Resort (Mountain View) / Pine Mountain, Ga / Dick Wilson
Calusa Pines
Camargo
Camas Meadows
Cambrian Ridge
Camp Creek  
Canouan Island Trump Intenational At Raffles Resort     Just Moved Here And The Course Is Dramatic
Cape Kidnappers
Capilano
Capitol Hill Judge
Carlton Woods - Fazio  
Carne
Carnoustie (Braid, Otm, Robertson)
Carolina Golf Club
Casa De Campo (Dye's Teeth Of The Dog)
Cassique (Watson)
Castle Stuart
Cavendish
CC Of Detroit
CC Of Fairfield
CC Of Farmington / Farmington, CT / Devereux Emmet
CC of NC (Dogwood)
Chambers Bay
Champions
Champions Jack Rabbit  
Charlotte Cc (Ross, Spence)
Cherry Hill (Ontario)
Chiberta
Chicago
Chicago GC
Circling Raven
Cog Hill Dubsdread, Lemont, Il (D Wilson & J Lee )
Colonial
Columbia Cc (Original ) / Blythewood, Sc / Ellis Maples
Columbia Edgewater
Congressional
Congressional Blue
Couer D'alene Cc
Country Club Estates
Country Club Of Buffalo
County Louth
County Louth (Baltray)
County Sligo
Crag Burn
Craighead
Crail (Balcomie)
Crail Golfing Society / Crail, Scotland / Old Tom Morris
Creekside Golf & Bowling Center (Later Closed Due To Toxic Waste)
Crooked Stick
Crosswater At Suriver
Crowbush Cove
Cruden Bay
Crystal Downs Alister Mackenzie, Perry Maxwell, Frankfort, Mich Us
Cullen
Cumaquid
Cuscowilla On Lake Oconee / Eatonton, GA / Bill Coore And Ben Crenshaw
Cypress
Cypress Point Alister Mackenzie, Pebble Beach, Calif Us
Dallas National  
Darkhorse
De Pan
Deacon's Lodge
Deal
Desert Forest
Devil's Knob (Wintergreen) Site Of My First Round Of Golf
Devil's Paintbrush (Hurdzin & Frye)
Devil's Pulpit, Caledon Village, On, Can (Dr M Hurdzan & D Fry
Diamond Creek
Diente Del Perro
Dooks
Doonbeg
Doral Gc (Blue Monster) / Miami, Fl / Dick Wilson
Dornoch
Duke GC / Durham, NC / Robert Trent Jones, Sr, Then Rees Jones
Duke Golf Club
Dunaverty
Dunes Club
Eagle Bend
Eagle Point
Eagle's Landing (MD) Haven't Played Here In Years, May Not Actually Be Worthy
Eagles Mere
Eagles Nest, Maple, On, Can (D Carrick 0
East Lake
Eastmoreland
Eastward Ho!
Eden (St Andrews)
Eindhoven
Eisenhower Golf Club (Blue) Usafa, Co
El Saler
Elkhorn Valley
Elma Meadows County Golf Course
Emerald Valley Gc
Enniscrone
Erin Hills
Escondido  
Essex County Country Club
Eugene Country Club
European Club
Fenway
Fishers Island
Five Farms
Flint Hills National  
Flossmoor Country Club
Fontainebleau
Forest Creek (North)
Forest Dunes
Fort Ord Bayonet Old
Four Seasons Nevis
Fox Chapel
Fox Chapel
Foxfire (Original)
Franklin Hills
Fraserburgh
French Creek
French Lick Springs Hill
Friar's Head Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw, 00 Baiting Hollow, Ny Us
Galloway
Ganton
Garden City Golf Club
Gearhart Golf Links
Gillette Ridge Golf Club / Bloomfield, Ct / Arnold Palmer
Glen Abbey Gc, Oakville, On, Can (J Nicklaus )
Glen Club  
Glen Mills
Gleneagles Kings (Braid)
Glenn Dale
Gold Moutain Olympic Course
Golden Horseshoe
Golden Horseshoe Gold
Goswick (Berwick Upon Tweed)
Gozzer Ranch
Grayhawk (Talon)
Greenbrier
Greenbrier Old White
Greywalls
Grosse Ill Country Club (Detroit Donald Ross)
Grossingers
Gullane #
Gulph Mills
Haagsche
Haggin Oaks
Hainault Forrest -Composite*
Hammock Beach Ocean Course, Palm Coast, Fl (J Nicklaus 00
Harbour Town (Dye)
Harbourtown
Harding Park Golf Course
Harrison Hills
Hartford Gc / West Hartford, Ct / Donald Ross
Hawktree
Hazeltine Nat'l
Headwaters Club
Heron Lakes Great Blue
Hidden Creek
Hidden Glen At Bentdale Farms
High Pointe
Highland Links Stanley Thompson, Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia Canada
Hillcrest
Hokuli'a
Holston Hills Country Club
Homestead (Cascades)
Honors Course
Hoylake
Hunstanton
Huntercombe
Huntingdon Valley
Idaho Club
Indian Canyon
Indianwood (Old)
Industry Hills (Ike)
Interlachen
Inverallochy
Inverness
Island
Jack Nicklaus Promontory
Jasper Park
Jeremy Golf Club
Juniper GC
Juniper New
Jupiter Hills
Kampen
Kapalua (Plantation)
Karsten Creek  
Kebo Valley
Kennemer
Kenosha Cc (Ross)
Kettle Moraine
Kiawah Island (Ocean)      TPC Sawgrass        Casa De Campo (Totd)      Olympic (Lake)        Ballyneal
Kingsbarns
Kingsbarns (Philips)
Kingsley Club
Kingston Heath Des Soutar, Alister Mackenzie, Melbourne Australia
Kinloch
Kirtland Country Club
Kittansett
Koolau
La Purisima
La Quinta Resort (Mountain)
Lacc North
Ladybank
Lahinch
Lake Merced Gc
Lakota Canyon
Lancaster
Lancaster Country Club
Laurel Hill
Lawsonia Links Course
Leatherstocking
Lehigh Country Club
Leven Links
Links Of ND
Loch Lomond
Long Cove
Longshadow
Lookout Mountain
Lookout Point Cc, Fonthill, On, Can (W Travis )
Los Angeles Country Club (North)
Lost Dunes
Lundin
Lundin GC / Leven, Scotland / Old Tom Morris, Then James Braid
Machrihanish
Maderas
Mahoney's Point  (Killarney)
Maidstone
Mar Del Plata
Mauna Kea
Mayacama (Nicklaus)
Meadow Club
Meadowbrook Club
Meadows At Grand Valley St U
Medalist
Medinah No
Members At Aldarra
Merion (East) Hugh Wilson, Ardmore, Pa Us
Merion West
Mid Ocean
Mid Pines (Ross)
Mid South
Milwaukee
Mimosa Hills
Mission Inn El Campeon
Monroe Gc (Pittsford, Ny)
Monterey Peninsula Cc - Dunes
Monterey Pennisula Cc - Shore Course
Montreaux
Moortown
Moose Run (River)
Morfontaine
Morris County
Mountain Lake
Mountaintop
Muirfield Old Tom Morris, Hs Colt, Gullane Scotland
Muirfield Village (Dublin, Ohio)
Murphy Creek
Musgrove Mill (Palmer/Seay, Local)
Muskoka Bay Gc, Gravenhurst, On, Can (D Carrick 00)
Myopia Hunt Club
Nairn
Nanea
National Golf Links Of America CB Macdonald, Southampton, NY US
National Moonah
Nchanga
Ncsu Lonnie Poole
New Course St Andrews
New South Wales  
Newport CC / Newport, RI / William Davis, Then Donald Ross, Then AW Tillinghast
Noordwijk
North Berwick
North Berwick West
North Ranch Cc
North Shore Cc Glenview Il
Notts (Hollinwell)
Oak Hill (East)
Oak Hill (West)
Oak Tree
Oakland Hills
Oakland Hills (South)
Oakmont Cc, Oakmont, Pa (H Fownes
Ocean Course At Kiawah
Ocean Dunes
Ocotillo Golf Resort
Oga
Ohio State Scarlet
Old Hickory
Old Macdonald (Even In Ten Holes It's One Of My Fave Yet  Can't Wait To See How High It'll Go After All 1)
Old Silo
Old Tabby Links
Old Town
Old Town Club
Old Works
Olympia Fields North
Olympic
Olympic Club (Lake Course)
Olympic Lake ?
Onwentsia
Orchard Lake Cc
Oregon Golf Club
Osprey Point  
Osprey Valley Heathlands, Caledon, On, Can (D Carrick )
Osprey Valley Hoot (Wasteland), Caledon, On, Can (D Carrick 0
Oswego Lake
Ottawa Park
Otter Creek
Outlaw
Oviinbyrd, Footsbay, ON, CAN (T Mcbroom 0
Ozaukee CC
Paako Ridge
Pacific
Pacific Dunes (Doak)
Pacific Grove Muni
Pacific Trails
Painswick
Paiute Wolf
Palmetto Gc / Aiken, Sc / Alister Mackenzie
Palos Verdes Gc
Paraparaumu
Paraparaumu Beach
Park Ridge
Parkstone
Pasatiempo
Pawleys Plantation G&Cc / Pawleys Island, Sc / Jack Nicklaus
Peachtree GC
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Jack Neville, Douglas Grant, Pebble Beach, Calif Us
Pecan Valley
Pelican Hill (South Before Renovations)
Pelican Hill North
Peninsula Park (Wisconsin)
Penn National Founders
Pennard
Pete Dye Golf Club
Pete Dye Promontory
Peterhead
Pga (Dye)
Pga National Champion
Pga West (Stadium)
Pine Hills Country Club (Wi)
Pine Needles (Ross)
Pine Valley  George Crump, Hs Colt, Pine Valley, Nj Us
Pinehills Nicklaus
Pinehurst
Pinehurst (No2 ) Donald Ross, 0 Pinehurst, Nc Us
Pinehurst, Nc / Tom Fazio
Piping Rock
Plainfield
Point O'woods
Poppy Hills
Portland Golf Club
Portmarnock
Portmarnock (Old)
Portrush (Dunluce)
Portrush X
Portsalon
Portsmouth
Portstewart
Powder Horn
Prairie Dunes
Prairie Green
Presidio (San Francisco)
Preston Trails
Prestwick Tom Morris, Prestwick, Scotland
Primland
Princeville Prince Course, Princeville, Hi (R Trent Jones Jr
Pronghorn (Fazio)
Pronghorn Nicklaus
Pumpkin
Pumpkin Ridge (Witch Hollow)
Pumpkin Ridge Ghost Creek
Pumpkin Ridge Witch Hollow
Purgatory
Quail Hollow (Cobb, Fazio)
Quail Hollow Club
Quail Run
Quaker Ridge
Quarry
Rancho Murieta Ccnorth
Rancho San Marcos
Rancho Sante Fe Gc
Raspberry Falls
Raven At So Mt
Red Tail
Redlands Mesa
Reserve South
Reynolds Plantation National  
Ridgewood
River Course  
Riverfront
Rivermont (The Course I Own/Operate)  
Riverside
Riviera Cc, George C Thomas, Jr, Bill Bell Sr, Pacific Palisades, Calif Us
Roaring Gap
Robert Trent Jones
Rock Creek Cattle Club
Rolling Green
Rosedale Gcc, Toronto, On, Can (D Ross )
Rossapenna New
Rosses Point
Royal Aberdeen
Royal Adelaide
Royal Birkdale
Royal Cinque Ports
Royal County Down Old Tom Morris, Newcastle N Ireland
Royal Dornoch Old Tom Morris, Dornoch Scotland
Royal Liverpool
Royal Lytham & St Annes
Royal Melbourne (Composite)
Royal Melbourne (East)
Royal Melbourne (West) Alister Mackenzie, Melbourne Australia
Royal New Kent
Royal Porthcawl
Royal Portrush   Lahinch
Royal Portrush (Dunluce) Hs Colt, Portrush N Ireland
Royal St George's
Royal Troon
Royal Troon (Old)
Royal West Norfolk (Brancaster)
Royal Zoute
Rtj
Rustic Canyon
Rye
Saddle Creek
Sagebrush Golf & Sporting Club, Quilchena, Bc, Can (R Whitman, R Zokol & A Suny 00)
San Francisco Gc, A W Tillinghast, San Francisco, Calif Us
San Gabriel
Sanctuary Golf Course
Sand Hills
Sand Hollow
Sand Ridge (Cleveland)
Sandpiper
Sandpiper
Sandwich
Saucon Valley Old
Saucon Valley Weyhill
Saunton East
Scioto Country Club
Scotland Run
Scotscraig Gc / Tayport, Scotland / James Braid
Sea Island (Seaside)
Seattle Golf Club
Sebonac
Seminole Donald Ross, Juno Beach, Fla Us
Shadow Creek
Shaker Hills (Ma)
Sheep Ranch
Shelter Harbor GC / Charlestown, RI / Mike Hurdzan And Dana Fry
Shenandoah Valley Golf Club ( Holes)
Shennecossett Gc / Groton, Ct / Donald Ross
Sheridan Park Muni
Sherwood Country Club
Sherwood Forest
Shinnecock Hills William Flynn, Southampton, Ny Us
Shiskine At Blackwaterfoot
Shoreacres
Silloth Upon Solway
Skibereen
Skokie
Skyridge
Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow (Post Restoration)
Sligo
Somerset Hills
South Mountain
Southern Dunes
Southern Pines Cc (The Elks Club , Ross)
Southshore LLV
Spanish Bay
Spring Valley
Springdale GC
Spyglass Hill
St Andrews (Old) / St Andrews, Scotland / Mother Nature, Then Old Tom Morris
St Andrews Beach
St Enodoc
St George's
St George's Hill
St Thomas Gcc, Union, On, Can (S Thompson )
Stanford
Stanford (Prechanges)
Stevinson Ranch
Stone Creek
Stone Eagle
Stonebriar Fazio  
Stonewall (VA)
Sultan's Run
Sunningdale (Old) / Surrey, England / Willie Park, Jr
Sunningdale New
Sunriver Crosswater
Sunriver Meadows
Sunriver Woodlands
Sunset Ridge Cc (Northfield)
Sutton Bay
Sutton Coldfield
Swinley Forest
Taboo, Gravenhurst, On, Can (R Garl 0
Taconic
Tain
Talking Stick North
Talking Stick South
Tanglewood Park (Championship) / Clemmons, Nc / Robert Trent Jones, Sr
Tetherow
Thanksgiving Point
The Addington
The Berkshire Red
The Bull At Pinehurst Farms
The Challenge At Manele
The Cliffs At Lake Keowee / Ninety Six, SC / Tom Fazio
The Club At Strawberry Creek (WI)
The Country Club (Brookline)
The Country Club (Ma)
The Creek
The Dunes Club
The Farms Gc
The Fort Indianapolis
The Frog
The Golf Club
The Golf Club Of Oklahoma  
The Golf House Club, Elie / Elie, Scotland / Old Tom Morris
The Governors Club / Chapel Hill, Nc / Jack Nicklaus
The Grand Del Mar
The Greenbrier (Greenbrier) / White Sulphur Springs, Wv / Jack Nicklaus
The Greenbrier (Old White) / White Sulphur Springs, WV / Seth Raynor, Then Lester George
The Hideout
The Homestead (Upper Cascades) / Hot Springs, VA / William Flynn, Fixed Up By Wayne Morrison And Tom Paul
The Honors Course (Home Course)
The Island (Dublin)
The Knoll
The Machrie
The Members Club At Aldarra
The Mighty Rose
The Mines
The National
The National  (Australia)
The Neuse
The New Course, St Andrews
The Orchards
The Palms
The Preserve
The President  (Eagle)
The Ranch Gc / Southwick, Ma / Damian Pascuzzo
The Republic (San Antonio)
The Reserve South Course
The Reserve Vineyards (South)
The Reverse Jans ( Of Course, Fertile Minds)
The Sagamore (In)
The Shattuck
The Summit (Ont)
Thunderhawk
Tidewater
Tnc
Tobacco Road Gc / Sanford, Nc / Mike Strantz
Tobiano, Kamloops, BC, CAN (T Mcbroom 00)
Tokatee
Torrey Pines North
Torrey Pines South
Tot Hill
TPC At Sawgrass
Tpc San Francisco Stonebrae
Tpc Sawgrass  (Dye)
Tpc Scottsdale
Tpc Stadium Course
Traigh
Trails
Troon (Various)
Troon North Pinnacle
Trophy Club
True Blue Plantation / Pawleys Island, Sc / Mike Strantz
Trump National: Bedminster Nj
Tullymore
Turnberry (Ailsa) Willie Fernie, 0 Mackenzie Ross, Turnberry Scotland
Turnberry (Mackenzie, Steele)
Turtle Bay Palmer
Twin Lakes (Oaks) My Home Course
Twin Warriors
U Of New Mexico
University Of Michigan Golf Course
University Ridge (Wi)
Upper Cascades
Valderrama
Valley Club Of Montecito
Vaquero
Victoria  (Melbourne)
Victoria Hills
Victoria National  
Ville D'este
Vintage
Vista Verde
Vistoso
Wade Hampton
Wailea Gold
Wairakei
Wallassey  (Ugly Backdrop On # But I Had A Blast There)
Walton Heath New
Walton Heath Old
Warren GC At Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (B Coore & B Crenshaw )
Waterville
Waverly
Waverly Oaks
We Ko Pa (Cholla)
We Ko Pa (Saguaro)
West Bend CC's Front Nine
West Sussex
Western Gailes
Westfields
Westmount Gcc, Kitchener, On, Can (S Thompson )
Whirlpool (ON , S. Thompson)
Whirlwind (Devil's Claw)
Whiskey Creek
Whispering Pines (Trinity, Tx)
Whistling Straits (Straits)
Wild Horse
Wildhorse (Davis, Ca)
Wilmington GC
Wine Valley Golf Club
Winged Foot (East)
Winged Foot (West)
Woking
Wolf Creek
Wolf Run
Woodhall Spa (Hotchkin)
Woodlands
World Woods Gc Pine Barrens  
World Woods Gc Rolling Oaks  
Wykagyl (Post Renovation)
Yale Gc / New Haven, Ct / Cb Macdonald/Seth Raynor
Yeaman's Hall
Yocha De He
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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #182 on: December 26, 2009, 09:51:49 AM »
It appears we get around a bit!

Ronald Montesano

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #183 on: December 26, 2009, 01:42:28 PM »
And those are just the good courses...Has there ever been a thread "Worst 25 courses played"?
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~Soaring Eagles
~Bonavista
~Indian Hills
~Maybe some more!!

Sven Nilsen

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #184 on: December 26, 2009, 03:25:29 PM »
First time poster, thought this would be an appropriate way to jump into the mess.

RCD
Ballybunion
Lahinch
Portmarnock
Pebble Beach
Spyglass
Yale
Sleepy Hollow
East Lake
Harbour Town
Butler
Beverly
Skokie
Olympia Fields (North)
Pac Dunes
Bandon Dunes
Bandon Trails
Whistling Straits
Blackwolf Run (River)
The Ocean Course
Erin Hills
Kingsley Club
Wild Horse
Glen Mills
Thunderhawk

Honorable Mention:  Doonbeg, Cog Hill, Arcadia Bluffs, Kiawah River, Warren Course, Lakota Canyon, Bayside, Teddy Rhodes (Nashville)

Would love to be able to add Chicagoland's most exclusive course to the list, but am not quite sure how access to the RJ is obtained.




Sven, I see no reason why we can't run out and play the Reverse Jans sometime this winter.  Seems like a good February project.


David:

The current ground covering may need to ice over a bit, don't see us getting much roll at the moment.

Happy Holidays.
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Sean_A

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #185 on: December 27, 2009, 06:13:26 AM »
Scott & Cristian - thanks for the links to Royal Zoute. 

Jon - I am still perplexed by Raisin River, but hey, you gotta right.

Ciao

New plays planned for 2025: Machrihanish Dunes, Dunaverty and Carradale

Cory Lewis

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #186 on: December 27, 2009, 07:36:25 AM »
And those are just the good courses...Has there ever been a thread "Worst 25 courses played"?

I can't recall there ever being one.  That's actually a great idea.  Remembering my worst 25 courses is much easier than trying to rank my best 25.
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Jim_Coleman

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #187 on: December 27, 2009, 07:42:28 AM »
Pine Valley
Oakmont
Merion
Pebble Beach
Pacific Dunes
Winged Foot
Bethpage Black
Garden City
Pinehurst #2
TPC Sawgrass
Yale
Teeth of the Dog
The Old Course
Muirfield
Dornoch
Woodhall Spa
Royal St. Georges
Turnberry
Balibunion
Carnoustie
Royal County Down
Royal Portrush
Rolling Green
Sunningdale Old
Mid Ocean


Don_Mahaffey

Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #188 on: December 27, 2009, 09:41:16 AM »
The Old Course at St. Andrews
Kingsley Club
Prestwick
Cypress Point
Apache Stronghold (circa 2000)
Pacific Dunes
Riviera
LACC North
Wolf Point
Bandon Dunes
Carnoustie
High Pointe
The New Course at St Andrews
PGA West Stadium
Western Gails
Wakonda
Stone Canyon
Ventana Canyon-Mountain
Crosswater
Pronghorn
Des Moines Golf and Country Club
Talking Stick - North
The Quarry
The Rawls Course @ TT
Turnberry

Mike Hendren

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #189 on: December 31, 2009, 02:07:38 PM »
Why not:

1. Shinnecock Hills
2. The Old Course
3.  Pebble Beach Golf Links
4.  Sand Hills
5.  National Golf Links of America
6.  Crystal Downs
7.  Cypress Point Club
8.  Carnoustie
9.  San Francisco Golf Club
10. TPC Sawgrass
11. Bandon Trails
12. Ballyneal
13. North Berwick West Links
14. Chambers Bay
15. Blue Mound
16.The Honors Course
17. Lawsonia Links
18. Kingsley Club
19. Holston Hills
20. Whistling Straits
21. Beverly CC
22. Pasatiempo
23. Lehigh CC
24. Cascades
25. LuLu CC

P. S.  Pacific Dunes should have been ranked 9th.
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JESII

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #190 on: December 31, 2009, 03:15:28 PM »
You were in the area for Lehigh and LuLu and didn't see Huntingdon Valley?  We're going to have to rectify that...although I might be jumping ahead of myself...

George Freeman

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #191 on: December 31, 2009, 03:24:27 PM »
Why not:

1. Shinnecock Hills
2. The Old Course
3.  Pebble Beach Golf Links
4.  Sand Hills
5.  National Golf Links of America
6.  Crystal Downs
7.  Cypress Point Club
8.  Carnoustie
9.  San Francisco Golf Club
10. TPC Sawgrass
11. Bandon Trails
12. Ballyneal
13. North Berwick West Links
14. Chambers Bay
15. Blue Mound
16.The Honors Course
17. Lawsonia Links
18. Kingsley Club
19. Holston Hills
20. Whistling Straits
21. Beverly CC
22. Pasatiempo
23. Lehigh CC
24. Cascades
25. LuLu CC


Mr. Hendren,

Am I to assume you went all the way to Bandon and didn't play Pacific Dunes?  If not, what gives?

Hope all is well!

George Freeman
Mayhugh is my hero!!

"I love creating great golf courses.  I love shaping earth...it's a canvas." - Donald J. Trump

Mike Hendren

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #192 on: December 31, 2009, 03:34:31 PM »
George,

Pacific Dunes should have been 9th.  Thanks for calling that to my attention.

Bogey (now you know why!)

Jim, I was invited to play Lehigh (I miss Redanman) and LuLu - not so with Huntingdon Valley.  LuLu isn't as great as my ranking might suggest - it's simply everything a golf course should be in my opinion - nothing more,  nothing less.

Happy New Year.

Mike
« Last Edit: December 31, 2009, 03:37:12 PM by Michael_Hendren »
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Matt_Ward

Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #193 on: December 31, 2009, 08:03:11 PM »
MY TOP 25 USA ...

In 5 sections of fives ...

I jotted these down very quickly -- may have one or two others to insert and then drop off a few others ...

a work in progress ...

First Five

Shinnecock Hills -- the first among equals for me
Cypress Point -- just pure magic and beauty
Merion / East -- nothing packs as much design punch as this layout
Oakmont -- should be a major host every 7-8 years whether US Open or PGA. Just the supreme parksland layout of first rate
Sand Hills -- surreal setting with golf at its core. nuff said.

Second Five

Pine Valley -- needs to get rid of some trees and the underbrush to move up for me.
Ballyneal -- pure fun, entertainment and never a dull moment -- only measurably so-so element for me was the final two par-4's.
Rock Creek -- simply loved the layout -- only weak hole for me the finale. the best collection of Doak par-4 holes I have ever played
NGLA -- any design student needs to see it -- awesome in all senses of the word for the scope of what it provided. citizen kane golf
Winged Foot / West -- the most intense and discerning course that elicits the least amount of love.

Third Five

Crystal Downs -- the toughest short course one can play.
Prairie Dunes -- when wind is up -- the yardage becomes immaterial -- great greens and the 8th is on my short list for great holes.
Pebble Beach -- when firm and fast and the wind up it's everything and more. still has a few so-so holes that keep it down for me.
Fisher's Island -- hard to beat on a sunny summer afternoon -- the best of the Raynor layouts for me.
Pinehurst #2 -- when firm and fast and with ample fairway widths works for me -- takes more than one play to "get it"

Fourth Five

Black Mesa -- just a superb public facility for those unable to get to the ones listed above it. Superb scenery and range of holes.
The Kingsley Club -- likely should be higher but would need a second visit to confirm my original lovefest for it.
Riviera -- love when the course plays firm -- incredible range of decisions for player to decide upon. 18th is everything they say & more.
The Ocean Course / Kiawah -- often thought of as a unrelenting beast -- the course has such a range of elasticity and even playability
Pacific Dunes -- wonderful setting and the best ending with a par-4, par-3 and par-5 closing.

Fifth Five

Plainfield -- one of the most underrated layouts in the metro area and flies way too low nationally.
Bayonne -- just totally man created and works well even when in tight quarters -- goes beyond shadow creek in such a similar category
Mauna Kea -- great upgrade from Rees Jones and likely the best RTJ course I have played. The 11th is one of the best long par-3 holes
Bethpage / Black -- don't like many of the post changes -- the 18th especially -- but still a top notch design and test.
Red Ledges -- gets little attention but Jack's most striking layout with UT scenery and design elements that are first rate.


p.s. Have notplayed ANGC or Friar's Head which likely would compete for a mention

Mac Plumart

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #194 on: December 31, 2009, 08:08:07 PM »
Matt...

Thanks for sharing.  Great to see the courses, in their tiers, with some commentary.

Happy New Year!
Sportsman/Adventure loving golfer.

mark chalfant

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #195 on: December 31, 2009, 09:14:32 PM »
Boston GC
California GC
CC  of Buffalo
Desert Forest
Essex County, Ross
Galloway
Newport
North Berwick
NCR


Oklahoma City
Olympia Fields  South
Pasatiempo
Prairie Dunes
Shady Oaks
Saint Georges, Thompson
CC  Pepper Pike
Wakonda
White Bear Yacht

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Garland Bayley

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #196 on: January 01, 2010, 12:31:42 AM »
...
Flossmoor Country Club
...

That place must be lousy with dentists.

I guess, I need to at least add my #1 here

Jawbone Creek Country Club, also popular with dentists and their sons.
"I enjoy a course where the challenges are contained WITHIN it, and recovery is part of the game  not a course where the challenge is to stay ON it." Jeff Warne

Jud_T

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #197 on: January 01, 2010, 09:02:54 AM »
Matt,

Thanx for sharing.  Nice color and good points about conditioning.  Fisher's above Pac Dunes.. ::)  Happy New Year....
Golf is a game. We play it. Somewhere along the way we took the fun out of it and charged a premium to be punished.- - Ron Sirak

Stuart Kidon

Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #198 on: January 01, 2010, 09:07:32 AM »
1) Saint Andrew's old Course
2) Trump International Canouan Island
3) St. Georges G&CC
4) Jasper Park Lodge
5) Victoria Golf G&CC
5) Tobiano
6) Banff Springs
7) Caledonia
8) Devils Paintbrush
9) Bear Mountain Golf Resort
10) Mississauga G&CC

Mostly all Canadian Golf courses...couldnt think of 25....

Cristian

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Re: Whip it Out: Post your Top 25 Courses Played
« Reply #199 on: January 01, 2010, 09:18:14 AM »
Welcome to the site!

Did you not play any other courses in Scotland?