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Garland Bayley

Favorite Reviewed Course
« on: May 25, 2006, 11:03:37 AM »
Some of us haven't had or don't get the chance to play many of the great courses such as those reviewed by Ran. After reading Ran's reviews, which course would you most like to go play?

Let's limit this to courses built before 2008.

Inside U. S.

Crystal Downs .1
MA

Ekwanok 1.1
JM EG

Fenway .2
DB

Friar's Head 1.6
GB JW MA

High Pointe .1
MA

Kiawah Island (The Ocean Course) .1
MA

LACC (North) .1
MA

Lawsonia Links .1
EG

Maidstone .8
JW GP

Myopia .1
EG

Pine Valley .2
DB

Prairie Dunes .3
GP

Sand Hills .1
MA

Seminole .1
MA

St. Louis CC 0 (jilted)
GS

Sutton Bay .5
GS

Outside U. S.

Cape Breton .6
GS EG

Prestwick .1
EG

Pennard .2
DB

Rye .4
EG GP

Swindley Forest .7
TiP DB

West Sussex .5
TiP
« Last Edit: May 25, 2006, 05:29:03 PM by Garland Bayley »
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Tom Huckaby

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2006, 11:06:20 AM »
Great question.
I just thought this was gonna be tough.  So many great reviews of so many great courses....

But it's really easy in the end.
No question about it.

THE CARTHAGE CLUB.

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Glenn Spencer

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2006, 11:13:42 AM »
Good Question.

Outside US- Cape Breton

US Non- Famous, Famous- St. Louis CC looks like my type of 'ride'

My Home Course- Rolling Green looks phenomenal.

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Jason Topp

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2006, 11:21:16 AM »
Reverse Old Course set up as portrayed in the article
« Last Edit: May 25, 2006, 11:21:32 AM by Jason Topp »
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Tim Pitner

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2006, 11:29:40 AM »
Two heathland courses--Swinley Forest and West Sussex--look like just the sort of courses you'd love to play while on vacation.

Including other (non-Ran) write-ups on the site, Barnbougle Dunes has put Tasmania on my map.
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Jonathan McCord

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2006, 01:22:24 PM »
Ditto on The Carthage Club!!!

One of Ran's reviews that has always peaked my interest has been Ekwanok.  Sounds like an inspiring setting.
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Andy Scanlon

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2006, 02:40:24 PM »
Quote from: Glenn Spencer on May 25, 2006, 11:13:42 AM


My Home Course- Rolling Green looks phenomenal.



Glenn:

It's even better now that it has undergone several rounds of tree removal ;D ;D.  Wayne Morrison did a wonderful job in his MHC profile of RGGC.
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Glenn Spencer

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2006, 02:49:02 PM »
Andy,

Yes, he did do a great job. I was left thinking, the hell with Merion, my dream course is Rolling Green!! ;D
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Garland Bayley

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2006, 02:51:41 PM »
Guess I ought to put in my 2 cents worth.

Friar's Head

Perhaps those black and white photos influence me too much since I am an Ansel Adams fan.
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Jordan Wall

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2006, 03:37:04 PM »
I love the Friars Head review.

Some of the Maidstone pictures and write up's are pretty spectacular as well.  The 9th is unbelievable...
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Mark Arata

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2006, 03:37:07 PM »
Lucky enough to play a few of the hidden gems on the list, but the ones on the list that I have yet to play that I most want to are.........

 Sand Hills
 Friars Head
 Seminole
 Crystal Downs
 High Pointe
 Kiawah Island
 LACC North

One a day for a week, that is all I ask, is that so wrong?



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ed_getka

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2006, 03:42:22 PM »
Yes Mark, that is wrong, you glutton. ;)

Ekwanok
Cape Breton (I missed out on the great outing a few years ago when I was already locked into another trip).

Lawsonia Links
Rye

Myopia
Prestwick

Any of these combo's would do nicely. 8)
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Mark Arata

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2006, 04:00:47 PM »
I did clearly say that I was larger than the average llama....... ;D
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Glenn Spencer

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2006, 04:02:16 PM »
The hell with St. Louis, I am going Sutton Bay!! What a review by Ran, simply amazing. Change the counter Garland, I am trading up!!!
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Dave Bourgeois

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2006, 04:03:48 PM »
Fenway GC in Scarsdale (I drive by it all the time) and
Pine Valley (I want to see if it IS accomodating to the higher handicapper  ;))


Swinley Forest
or Pennard




« Last Edit: May 25, 2006, 04:04:10 PM by Dave Bourgeois »
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Mark Arata

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2006, 04:19:59 PM »
OOPS, forgot Pine Valley....need a 8 day week.......
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ed_getka

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2006, 04:24:32 PM »
...and to be single again. ;D ;)
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Mark Arata

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2006, 04:26:39 PM »
that pretty much goes without saying....... ;D
« Last Edit: May 25, 2006, 04:27:07 PM by Mark Arata »
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Gary Daughters

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #18 on: May 25, 2006, 05:04:22 PM »

Another vote for Carthage Club.
When do we start pooling our Ben's?
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George Pazin

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #19 on: May 25, 2006, 05:16:29 PM »
Something about the Maidstone profile really hit home for me. Hope I get there someday.

Across the pond, it would be Rye.

EDIT: Just perused the list again as I was opening the Sutton Bay review, and noted that the Prairie Dunes profile is right up there with the best of them. Another dream.
« Last Edit: May 25, 2006, 05:21:40 PM by George Pazin »
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Dan Herrmann

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #20 on: May 25, 2006, 05:39:15 PM »
Ran has sent Laura and me on some very distant golf quests.

If it weren't for his reviews, we would not have played:
Bandon Dunes/Pacific Dunes
Highlands Links

These are probably 6000 miles apart!


I had played but I returned due to his great Beechtree review
« Last Edit: May 26, 2006, 10:43:44 AM by Dan Herrmann »
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Garland Bayley

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #21 on: May 26, 2006, 09:59:04 AM »
Is that it? Friar's Head wins based on what must be Jordan and my trend setting opinions?
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ed_getka

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #22 on: May 26, 2006, 10:49:17 AM »
Garland,
   Your survey is skewed, because these are the courses we want to see. There are many of these courses that we have seen, thus they aren't on the list, but FH is probably not far off from what you would get anyway. :)
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Garland Bayley

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #23 on: May 26, 2006, 11:29:20 AM »
Ed,

There are 1500 people on this site. Am I naieve in thinking that at most 50 have played Friar's Head? That at most 75 have played Sand Hills? etc. My survey probably lacks in that I suppose that only about 200 are active enough to have seen it.
And those are probably the ones that are playing Friar's Head, Sand Hills, etc.
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ed_getka

Re:Favorite Reviewed Course
« Reply #24 on: May 26, 2006, 12:04:03 PM »
Garland,
   I'm just teasing about the survey thing.
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