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What are your top 5 golf courses you have played ?

Private clubs:

1. Pine Valley
2. Cypress Point
3. Seminole
4. Friar's Head
5. Shinnecock Hills

Public courses:

1. Bethpage Black
2. Pebble
3. TPC Sawgrass
4. Pinehurst #2
5. PGA West-Stadium Course
 
Current top ten

Curious if I get some movement next month


1. Bandon Dunes (Oregon)
2. Pebble Beach
3. Sheep Ranch (Oregon)
4. Wolf Creek (Mesquite)
5. Spyglass Hill
6. Bandon Trails (Oregon)
7. Mayacama (NorCal)
8. Coeur d'Alene Resort (Idaho)
9. Caledonia (Myrtle Beach)
10. TPC San Antonio - Oaks (Texas)
 
Pebble Beach (love the course the experience isn’t quite as good)
Muirfield Village
Pinehust #2
East Lake (I loved the experience of the day. Maybe not on par with some of the other tracks but the day was awesome)
Kittansett
 
1. The Hideaway-Clive
2. The Hideaway-Dye
3. Kingsbarns
4. Harbour Town
5 Scioto Country Club
 
smgoldstein said:
Private clubs:

1. Pine Valley
2. Cypress Point
3. Seminole
4. Friar's Head
5. Shinnecock Hills

Public courses:

1. Bethpage Black
2. Pebble
3. TPC Sawgrass
4. Pinehurst #2
5. PGA West-Stadium Course
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Friar's Head :love: one day!
 
JB said:
Mine is more all encompassing of golf course, service, etc.

GrayBull
Victoria National
The Hideaway
Ballyhack
Haig Point
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Very good take. There's a public course in Mass (about an hour away) with a drive-thru snack shop that is fully loaded. They have rangers on the course for pace of play and generally they keep the course in great condition. Although I might not stick them in the top 5, Shaker Hills in Mass. certainly warrants consideration for service.

1. Manele Golf Course
2. Kiawah Ocean Course
3. Kapalua Plantation
4. Pinehurst No. 4
5. Mammoth Dunes

Also receiving votes: Pinehurst No. 2, Sedge Valley, Sand Valley, Mauna Kea, Mauna Lani
 
For golf:

Spyglass
Pebble
Pasatiempo
Mossy Oak
Ross Bridge

For overall experience and service - Briggs Ranch and Dormie Club by a lot.
 
smgoldstein said:
Private clubs:

1. Pine Valley
2. Cypress Point
3. Seminole
4. Friar's Head
5. Shinnecock Hills

Public courses:

1. Bethpage Black
2. Pebble
3. TPC Sawgrass
4. Pinehurst #2
5. PGA West-Stadium Course
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Nice list
 
  1. Briggs Ranch
  2. Erin Hills
  3. Torrey Pines North
  4. Arbor Links
  5. Torrey Pines South
 
The Harvester - Iowa
Torrey Pines North - California
Sand Valley Mammoth Dunes - Wisconsin
Erin Hills - Wisconsin
Blackwolf Run River - Wisconsin
 
GolfTravelDude said:
Pine Valley
Merion
Royal County Down
Muirfield
Cape Kidnappers
Many honorable mentions as blessed to have played so many great places.
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This is pretty much my golf bucket list if you add Augusta, Cypress Point, Royal Portrush and Royal Melbourne. Epic list dude.
 
Tough one here to reduce to 5. But I think I'd go, not in order:
  • Royal Dornoch
  • Ballyhack
  • Dormie Club
  • Tobiano
  • LedgeRock
Honorable mentions would go to Tobacco Road, Chambers Bay, Morgan Creek, Omni Bedford Springs, Sand Hollow, Poplar Grove and Scotland Run.
 
Top 3 are based purely on the course:
Ballyhack
Mossy Oak
Punta Espada

The last 2 make the list because of timing and conditions:
The Old Course
Pinehurst No. 2
 
1. Pebble Beach
2. Manele Golf Course
3. Edgewood
4. Kapalua Plantation Course
5. Desert Forest Golf Club
 
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I dont play a ton of really nice courses outside of THP experiences, so Ballyhack, ArborLinks and in a couple of weeks the Hideaway courses are my top.
 
  1. Scioto Country Club
  2. Firestone North
  3. Stoatin Brae
  4. Kirtland Country Club
  5. Reunion Resort - Palmer Course
 
Ballyhack
The Hideaway
Dye Preserve
Hidden Creek
Buffalo Ridge
 
In no order than off the top of my head.

Whistling Straits Straits Course
Pinehurst No. 2
Torrey Pines South
Kingsmill Resort Woods Course
Tobacco Road
 
1. Tuscany Reserve
2. Ballyhack
3. Olde Stonewall
4. Tobiano
5. Mediterra
 
I'm not as well-traveled as many, so my list reflects that:

1) Hideaway - Dye Course (La Quinta, CA)
2) Hideaway - Clive Course (La Quinta, CA)
3) Cascata (Boulder City, NV)
4) Ventana Canyon - Mountain Course (Tucson, AZ)
5) Omni Tucson National - Catalina Course (Tucson, AZ)

Honorable mentions:
Sewailo (Tucson, AZ)
We-Ko-Pa - Saguaro Course (Fountain Valley, AZ)
Primm Valley - Lakes Course (Nipton, CA) - sadly no longer open
Primm Valley - Desert Course (Nipton, CA) - sadly no longer open
Bear's Best (Las Vegas, NV)
 
Victoria National
Ballyhack
Sawgrass
Firestone
Congress Lake (private course in Hartville OH)
 
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