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Based on the criteria that these must have stirred the soul and senses and given much pleasure:
Muirfield
Ganton
Elie
Cruden Bay
Machrihanish
Silloth
Saunton
Kington
Prestwick
Royal West Norfolk
Not the best 10 courses I have played but all right up there in terms of the pleasure the course has given me. I thought long and hard about Alwoodley, Bamburgh Castle, Brora, Dornoch and even Carnoustie before coming up with these. With another couple of plays I could see Beau Desert challenging.
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So far this year: 2 rounds: Swinley Forest
In the pipeline for 2010: Goswick, Crail, Royal Dornoch, Elie, Pennard, Royal Porthcawl, Kington, Berkshire Red, Berkshire Blue, Silloth
I'd like to fit in this year: Muirfield, Alwoodley, Ganton, Hoylake, Leven Links
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In order:
Shinnecock Hills
The Old Course
Pebble Beach
Cypress Point
Sand Hills
National Golf Links of America
North Berwick West Links
Carnoustie
TPC-Sawgrass
Tie: Lulu Country Club / San Francisco Golf Club
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1 Cruden Bay
2 Cruden Bay
3 Cruden Bay
4 Cruden Bay
5 Cruden Bay
6 Cruden Bay
7 Crudun Bay
8 Cruden Bay
9 Cruden Bay
10 Tie Cruden Bay and Pacific Dunes
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In the order I thought of them:
Brora
The Old Course
Crail
Ballybunion Old
North Berwick
Royal Melbourne West
Sand Hills
Wakonda
Waveland (IA)
Western Gailes
Experiences associated with playing these courses is a pretty major factor in my list.
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Bob/Jed - excellent!
That makes my top 10 also.
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Gosh, the GCA membership does get around...
I'm surprised at so few mentions of Donald Ross/Ross hallmark courses: Pinehurst #2, Seminole, Dornoch.
I'm also surprised, and a little impressed, with the uniformity of a lot of the lists.
Anyway, here's mine, heavily limited by the courses I've actually had a chance to play...
(Five in the world)
1. Muirfield
2. The Old Course
3. Prestwick
4. Riviera
5. Pinehurst #2 (Pre-Open; Tom Doak says it can be fixed, so it makes my list.)
(Five in my backyard)
6. Oakland Hills (South)
7. Franklin Hills
8. University of Michigan GC
9. Arcadia Bluffs
10. Detroit Golf Club (South, not North. Dammit.)
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« Reply #41 on: October 17, 2008, 08:24:25 AM » |
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1 Cruden Bay
2 Cruden Bay
3 Cruden Bay
4 Cruden Bay
5 Cruden Bay
6 Cruden Bay
7 Crudun Bay
8 Cruden Bay
9 Cruden Bay
10 Tie Cruden Bay and Pacific Dunes
Now that I think about it, Cruden Bay definitely "stirred the soul" for me.... but more in the direction of, "that place gave me the creeps." I can't really put my finger on any one reason either. Perhaps it started with the abandoned clubhouse when we arrived - no one at the front desk, no one in the dining room, no bartender.. only the guy in the pro shop. Or maybe it was the Dracula Castle off in the distance. Or maybe our caddie, who I really thought was going to pull out a cord and strangle us on one of the distant holes. Or maybe it was just that we were so far removed from literally everything. Never before have I played a golf course where I felt so isolated and alone. Even the town buildings running alongside #4 seemed abandoned and empty. I'm also surprised, and a little impressed, with the uniformity of a lot of the lists.
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« Reply #42 on: October 17, 2008, 08:48:09 AM » |
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No question about my top 5:
Crystal Downs
Pinehurst No. 2
Greywalls
Kingsley Club
Tanglewood Park
Need to think a bit more about the next 5...
Tobacco Road
Forest Dunes
Ocean Course
Caledonia
And a 3-way tie for #10!
U of M GC
Timberstone
Otsego Club Tribute
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hmm, where will the golf ball take me? The 2010 Wish List: Sweetgrass, Wild Bluff, Angel's Crossing, Black Forest, Belvedere, Aga Ming, Lost Dunes, Lawsonia, Bright's Creek, Holston Hills, Augusta National, Cypress Point and about 50 more... anybody wanna play?  |
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« Reply #43 on: October 17, 2008, 08:49:16 AM » |
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CPC
Riviera
Garden City
Pasatiempo
Maidstone
Pebble Beach
LACC North
Engineers
The Creek
Wilshire, MPCC Shore and Rustic Canyon (tied)
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« Reply #44 on: October 17, 2008, 08:58:34 AM » |
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10 best I have played in no particular order
prairie dunes
crystal downs
cypress point
fishers island
pasatiempo
yale
kingsley club
pacific dunes
riviera
pebble beach
10 other just personal faves also in no particular order.....
rustic
leatherstocking
dunes club
plainfield
fenway
atlantic city
the knoll
stone eagle
southern pines
world woods (pine barrens)
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« Reply #45 on: October 17, 2008, 09:04:52 AM » |
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In order:
Pine Valley
Royal County Down
San Francisco Golf Club
Lahinch
Pacific Dunes
Pasatiempo
Ballybunion
TOC
Portmarnock
Portrush
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« Reply #46 on: October 17, 2008, 09:18:24 AM » |
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I'll give a go... not in order:
TOC
Cruden Bay
Royal Dornoch
Pacific Dunes
Pebble Beach
Cypress Point
Tralee
Lahinch
Ballybunion
Turnberry
Two others that give me goosebumps every time I tee up:
Kapalua Plantation
Cabo Del Sol Ocean
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Hopefully not just another list but a collection of courses that have stirred the soul and senses and given much pleasure. They certainly may not be Doak 10's but they are the tops for me.
Not neccessarily in order.
None are Doak 10's and for me it's more the setting and experience that stirred the soul than the quality/rating of the course. Per your criteria, I could only count 5. Lake Joseph Club Tryall Banff Sunningdale (Old) Osprey Valley Heathlands |
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Tobacco Road
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I played it once from the wrong tees. I still do not know how I feel about it.
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« Reply #49 on: October 17, 2008, 09:24:03 AM » |
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Pine Valley
Cypress Point
San Francisco GC
Oakmont
Royal County Down
Royal Portrush
Shinnecock
Olympic Lake
North Berwick
Spyglass
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Ireland itself stirred my soul,so: 1) RCD 2) Ballybunion 3) Lahinch 4) Portmarnock 5) Portrush 6) Cypress Point 7) WFW  Honors 9) SFGC 10) Pebble Beach |
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« Reply #51 on: October 17, 2008, 09:27:13 AM » |
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1. Sand Hills
2. Crystal Downs
3. Ballybunion (Old)
4. Royal County Down
5. The Ocean Course
6. Pacific Dunes
7. Kingsley Club
8. High Pointe (I just love it and could play it every day)
9. Pasatiempo
10. Pebble Beach
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Royal County Down
Royal Dornoch
TOC
Muirfield
The Golf Club
Royal Aberdeen
Aberdovey
Lahinch
Cruden Bay
Pacific Dunes
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« Reply #53 on: October 17, 2008, 09:47:23 AM » |
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This was harder than I thought:
Pine Valley
Merion
Pebble Beach
Prairie Dunes
San Francisco
Ballyneal
North Berwick
Royal Dornoch
Royal County Down
Lahinch
Killed me to leave off The Old Course, Capilano, Eastward Ho!, Pacific Dunes, Pasatiempo, Turnberry, Portrush and Ballybunion, but Sir Bob says 10 and only 10.
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« Reply #54 on: October 17, 2008, 09:50:20 AM » |
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In soul-stirring order...
1 Yale
2 Newport
3 Sunningdale (Old)
4 Shelter Harbor
5 Pinehurst No. 2
6 Palmetto GC
7 TOC
8 Greenbrier (Old White)
9 Homestead (Cascades)
10 Cuscowilla
First few out: Caledonia, Hartford GC, Crail (Balcomie), Elie, Scotscraig, Tobacco Road
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« Reply #55 on: October 17, 2008, 09:50:54 AM » |
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Top group:
NGLA
Pine Valley
Merion
ANGC
Old Course
Muirfield
Shinnecock
North Berwick
Closely followed by:
Pebble
Carnoustie
Deal
Walton Heath
Pinehurst
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« Reply #56 on: October 17, 2008, 10:08:22 AM » |
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personal fav's based on enjoyment in no particular order:
Myers Park CC
Bay Hill
Lake Nona
Bethpage Red
Bethpage Black
Westchester CC
Seaside/Retreat (old Sea Island)
Los Verdes
Harding Park
Carmel CC (South)
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« Reply #57 on: October 17, 2008, 10:20:25 AM » |
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Using the 10 that "stir the soul" direction from Bob:
Bandon Trails
Ballyneal
The Old Course
Royal County Down
Tobacco Road
Pine Valley
Waterville
Turnberry
Cabo Del Sol
Augusta National
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CPC
NGLA
Pine Valley
TOC
Shinnecock
Sand Hills
Pacific Dunes
Oakmont
Merion
Prairie Dunes
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1. Royal County Down
2. The Old Course, St Andrews
3. Royal St George’s
4. Ganton
5. Royal Portrush Dunluce Course
6. Royal Dornoch
7. Woodhall Spa Hotchkin Course
8. Royal West Norfolk
9. Sunningdale Old
10. Rye
11 Swinley Forest
12 The Addington
13 Alwoodley
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I'm sure that many of the courses that have been mentioned would indeed stir my soul and senses and give me much pleasure, but I haven't been lucky enough to have the experience. Of the courses I've played, my top ten would be:
WF West
Merion
Olympic Lake
Turnberry (only course I've played in that area of the world)
Pac Dunes
Shoreacres
Bethpage Black
Olivos (Buenos Aires -- for the step-back-in-time experience)
Bethesda CC (my home course)
Simsbury Farms (pure muni golf where I made many great friends and from which I have many great memories)
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No particular order
NGLA
Shinnecock
Friar's Head
Ballyneal
Sand Hills
Wild Horse
PV
Plainfield
Baltimore CC
Kiawah Ocean Course
Plus:
Kapalua Plantation - golf is really good but the location is even better - the views are so spectacular that you just want to spend the rest of your life on that golf course.
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In somewhat of an order depending on the day:
Olympic-Lake
Spyglass Hill
Pebble Beach
Riviera
Kapalua Plantation
LACC-North
Torrey Pines South
Koolau
Stone Eagle
Rancho Murieta North
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« Reply #63 on: October 17, 2008, 11:34:47 AM » |
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No particular order:
Oakmont
TOC
Ailsa
Muirfield
Prestwick
Royal Dornoch
Pebble Beach
Pinehurst #2
Merion
RGGC (I am a homer)
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Alphabetically, and just for today:
Auchterderran
Carnoustie
Dornoch
Lahinch
Muirfield
Myopia
Painswick
Pebble Beach
Rye
TPC-Sawgrass
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My Top Ten that I have played
1. Carnoustie
2. Royal County Down
3. Royal Porthcawl (I may be biased but a proud Welshman)
4. Ganton
5. Royal West Norfolk
6. Woodhall Spa
7. St Enodoc
8. North Berwick
9. Notts
10. The Golf House Club, Elie
Other notables that not made my top 10 - Royal Lytham, Royal Liverpool, Royal Worlington, Huntercombe, Harbour Town, Doral, Luffenham Heath, Hunstanton. Notts has vastly improved over the last few years due to tree clearance, re introduction of heathland and all bunkers rebuilt and new ones added.
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Hopefully not just another list but a collection of courses that have stirred the soul and senses and given much pleasure. They certainly may not be Doak 10's but they are the tops for me.
Not neccessarily in order.
Pacific Dunes Pebble Beach Muirfield Royal County Down The Island Cruden Bay Royal Dornoch Royal Portrush Oak Hill East Sand Hills |
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In somewhat of an order depending on the day:
Olympic-Lake
Spyglass Hill
Pebble Beach
Riviera
Kapalua Plantation
LACC-North
Torrey Pines South
Koolau
Stone Eagle
Rancho Murieta North
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I started to toss in my 2 cents, and suddenly realized...
I could list 3, maybe 4, courses at best! Nearly 25 years of golf & that is it!!
I learned the game on the Monterey Peninsula (yes, Ft. Ord counts!), but had to return 20 years later to finally play Pebble Beach. And even then didn't play Spyglass... dummy.
Spent my high school years in Hawaii, but the "best" off-Post experience I had was Makaha Valley. In 3.5 years, my family never left Oahu.
Lived in Knoxville -- never played Holston Hills. Now in Nashville & I still haven't trekked to The Honors.
Even lived in Orlando, but I excused not playing Sawgrass, Bay Hill, or at least World Woods on my grad intern stipend.
Every time I visit GCA.com I realize that despite my travels as an Army Brat, there is a lot of the world yet for me to visit & experience..... Scotland, Ireland, Oregon, and "I-would-never-have-guessed" --- Nebraska / Eastern Colorado.
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Shinnecock
Royal County Down
Yeamans Hall
Old Course
Lahinch
Palmetto
Friars Head
Yale
Merion
Royal Dornoch
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