How interesting peripherals affect your golf experience?

[SPDB]

Walking from #5 green to #6 tee at The Creek. The rest of the course unfolds below you running down to the sound, and the Long Island Sound and across to Westchester & Fairfield spread out over the horizon. It's a wonderful affect. It doesn't hurt that you are about to tee off on one of the great holes of the western hemisphere.

I'd say for hole quality and peripherals, you can't beat Creek #6.

[Steve Pozaric]

If you are not from St. Louis, there is a rather good public course called Gateway National (on the east side of the river).  One of the more pricey public courses around.  

To get there, you drive through East St. Louis (think about that scene in Nat'l Lampoons Vacation), and, if you miss the turn, you find yourself in the wonderful town of Brooklyn (a place that is thought to be nasty when you are there at 2 am for a bachelor party).  Yet, once you get to the course, you are mostly isolated (due to the utter lack of development and activity in that part of town) and you quickly forget all about the ride in.  During the round, you have a fantastic view of the St. Louis skyline and, the occasional roar from the NASCAR track next door.  

[SPDB]

Steve - Pretty contradictory description  -

"mostly isolated...NASCAR track next door"

And the oxymoron -

"St. Louis skyline"

[Steve Pozaric]

Steve - Pretty contradictory description  -

"mostly isolated...NASCAR track next door"

And the oxymoron -

"St. Louis skyline"

Well..... the track only has a couple of main events   - a Busch race and a truck race, plus a drag race.  You also get the occasional practice around the oval.  Effectively, it only impacts golf infrequently.  However, other than that, there is nothing around.  No industry, insignificant traffic, just an abondoned building (or 2) in close proximity.

Now, admitedly, I am a bit partisan, but St. Louis has a pretty distinctive skyline - not as expansive as a NY or Chi, but the Arch makes is pretty unique.  See -

http://store1.yimg.com/I/wackyplanetshop_1823_5414637

http://www.builtstlouis.net/skyline2.html