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Gleddoch Golf Club, 20 minutes from Glasgow, is my home course.
 
Latrobe Country Club

Yes it is the home of Arnold Palmer, and the guy is as advertise, a true gentleman that walks around the club like hes your buddy.
But one of the most brutally tight golf courses I have ever played, and after 7 years it didn't get any easier.

I tried switching to Totterridge Golf Club which is a Rees Jones design helped along by Rocco Mediate, Arnie and Mario, but after a couple years, they lost a lot of money to stupidity, and the condition and greens started to deteriorate. Couldn't justify the fees. I recently played it as a public course (long fall from the top) and it's still the same great layout, minus the ridiculous fescue, and the greens are in horrid condition. HORRID.

So here I am, at Hannastown Golf Club. Good golf course that is an interesting hybrid of a 1919 setup by former Oakmont CC member and a newer 9 intermingled. Always in good shape, greens roll really well and aren't slow but could be a bit faster. Competitive membership, although not as much as in the past.
 
Did I mention Latrobe was tight? Even at a 4 HDCP, I learned to perfect the punch-out. I swear there were tree branches reaching into every fairway.
 
My home track is The Pheonix Golf Links in Columbus, OH. A phenominal deal at 750 per year, or around 40 per round on the weekends, The Pheonix is a challenging course built over the former Columbus trash dump. With a rock quarry that needs to get get rid of water across the road, they get unlimtted water and keep the course green. Better keep the ball in the fairway, the heather is thick and will swallow any erant shot. This gem by far out ranks any of Columbus' Municipal courses and is the closest to city center. Check it out next time you are in to see a Buckeye Game.

www.pheonixgl.com
 
I have two local courses - a nice/challenging one for the weekend play - and another that's shorter/faster/cheaper that I can play after work.

First, the nice one: http://www.harding-park.com/
Only $47 for SF residents ($150 otherwise), so not too pricey if you live in the area. Impeccably maintained and lots of challenging holes. It was designed by Willie Watson, who also designed the Olympic Club course (where the US Open will be next year). Interestingly, you can see the Olympic Club across the lake when you're playing here. The only downside is that it doesn't see much sun, which you'll all notice when the US Open is fogged in next summer.

Now my go-to practice/cheap course: http://www.lincolnparkgc.com/
I can walk this course in 3 hours as long as nobody slow is playing in front - and it only costs $21 during the week and $28 on weekends for local residents. It's not the most challenging course, as it has lots of short par 4s and long par 3s. However, the most priceless part of this course is the 17th hole. Here's the view from the tee box: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31324541@N07/5856957522/
 
chirpy said:
I have two local courses - a nice/challenging one for the weekend play - and another that's shorter/faster/cheaper that I can play after work.

First, the nice one: http://www.harding-park.com/
Only $47 for SF residents ($150 otherwise), so not too pricey if you live in the area. Impeccably maintained and lots of challenging holes. It was designed by Willie Watson, who also designed the Olympic Club course (where the US Open will be next year). Interestingly, you can see the Olympic Club across the lake when you're playing here. The only downside is that it doesn't see much sun, which you'll all notice when the US Open is fogged in next summer.

Now my go-to practice/cheap course: http://www.lincolnparkgc.com/
I can walk this course in 3 hours as long as nobody slow is playing in front - and it only costs $21 during the week and $28 on weekends for local residents. It's not the most challenging course, as it has lots of short par 4s and long par 3s. However, the most priceless part of this course is the 17th hole. Here's the view from the tee box: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31324541@N07/5856957522/
Click to expand...

that view alone is worth 21$ for a weekday course. SWEET.
 
+1 for both of these courses! I usually don't look at this thread often but these are my main courses too. Instead of going to the driving range I've been playing Lincoln Park for practice after work too. And yeah, not much sun... and it's been unusually low temps for summer in the area...
 
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i play at Vale Royal Abbey in cheshire england, apparently has the oldest club house building in europe? dont quoteme on that though
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the first golf course I ever played is the Arboretum golf course, nice course with lots of trees and view of the Alps:

http://www.visitljubljana.si/en/meetings/incentive-programmes/3537/detail.html
http://www.golfarboretum.si/igrisce.htm

It has 18 holes, rather narrow faiways.

But the one I play more often recently is a public course, golf Trnovo.
http://www.golftrnovo.com/galerija?lang=en

This one has 9 holes, first half is quite tricky and you can loose many balls if you miss fairways or greens.
 
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My home course is called Grassy Brook Golf Course. It's a well run course and the crew consists of the owner a 4 other guys. The greens are second to none as are the tee boxes. It's a Par 33 and accuracy is paramount because this course with the mounding and bunkering let alone trees will eat you alive. It's a nice course where you have to think a little here and there. Each set of tees is real unique and the par 3's are tough. The prevailing SW wind always seems to come in play. They are starting construction on the second nine. Tee shots from the tips on holes 5 and 7 are absolute bears and the Par 5 4th is a 505 yard hole that easily plays 540 with said prevailing wind and there is a narrowing of the fairway 260 yards down where the fairway is about 25 yards wide the rest of the way to the green. Did I mention the convenient tree in the middle left of the fairway 150 yards out from the green?

Alex
 
Trophy Club CC. 36 hole facility in the DFW area, and the Only GC in the world designed by Mr. Ben Hogan. We also have a GC designed by Arthur Hills and dedicated to Kathy Whitworth. Hogan and Whitworth. Now that's a team of TX Legends.
 
http://www.madawaskagolf.com/

Nice little course. Short (5600), but well tree lined and a good shot maker's course because you can't just hit it far and straight every hole. You have to either hit it shorter and leave a longer approach, or hit a strong draw or fade to get close. Have played much nicer courses, but I like this one for the layout; it's very challenging.
 
My home course is Laurentide GC in Sturgeon Falls, ON, CA. I was a member for 3 years, '97-'99. I still consider it my home course, simply because that's where I learned the game and was, of course, a member. It's only 5 miles away, so within 15 mins., I'm teeing off. The greens are immaculate, according to myself and many who have played it. Here's the big news and great surprise to me! Moe Mantha (Owner) is building a new green on Hole 4. A short par 4 (310 yds, Men's tee) that had a blind tee off to hole that goes downhill off a plateau. The new green will be about an additonal 100 yds to the hole and new tee boxes are being built for the par 3 5th hole. Just seen the green today and will be interesting to see how it plays. Most likely, construction will be completed next year (probable removal of a few to several trees)...I can't wait.

Here's the link to the course: http://laurentidegolfclub.com/
 
So my home course is Cameron Hills Golf Links. The Jewell of the Northern Neck in King George, VA. The course has had a rough summer but still is a nice course. Lots of hills and trees, but not much sand and water. When I play the white tees for league not much need for the driver. When we play the blue though course is a bit longer, but you better be accurate. All in all I love the course and enjoy playing there every week.
 
I don't have a home course any more. Since the club I belonged to closed last summer I have not joined anywhere else and may not re-up at the old course even after it re-opens with new ownership this fall. Will probably just bounce around on the better muni courses and semi-privates around here for a while.
 
Even though I had to give up my membership last year (new baby and son playing team sports year-round), I still consider Canebrake to be my home course and my favorite course.
www.canebrakeclub.com
 
I have two home courses... Five ponds gc in warminster it's well maintained and challenging course... Played there over the weekend and gave a few ball's to the water hazards...lol and my second home course is Bensalem country club. I also have about 30 other courses within 30 min of my home I hope to play most of them next year.

http://www.5pondsgc.com/
http://www.bensalemtownshipcountryclub.com/golf.html
 
The always beautiful, Quail Creek Golf Course. Even with the hot and humid weather of St. Louis, MO over the summer, the staff does a great job of keeping the course fresh and looking nice.

http://www.quailcreekgolfclub.com/
 
That is pretty odd, two different courses called Quail Creek in a row.

My course closed this week. It's been obvious they have been struggling for a while. Still didn't expect them to close. It's a great Smyers design, its in need of some tlc, but the greens are in pretty decent shape, the fairways are full of grass, with almost no crab grass, st augustine, or anything else. The playing surface itself is in pretty good shape. Just the carts were rough, flower beds were full of weeds and stuff like that. I hate that it closed. They were charging 80 bucks to paly it when it opened a few years ago. Over the summer I could play for 15 bucks a round. It really is to bad its closed. Makes golfing on weekday afternoons a whole lot tougher for me.
 
My home course used to be where I worked for a number of years. It was a private club and if I name the course, the membership would come after me for a portion of their last 4 assesements due to the time I spent playing after or before work! My most recent "new" home course is Dogwood Trace in Petersburg Va (the old Lee park course) because it has the same fairway grass and zoisa grass bunkers as my old home course. It is a well groomed course as far as public munincipals go, and they have a seldom used (during weekdays) practice facility with lots of amenities you'd find in a private course. Reasonable rates for us seniors too. Other than that, I try to play 1 new course a week in a 75-80 mile radius(I got a new VW Routan with all the bells and whistles that say "road trip".
 
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