[Chip Gaskins]

Bob-  Have you seriously played golf in Congo?  Wow!  What took you there and when?  Would you ever go back now?  Was it designed by locals or an colonial French/English/Dutchman?
I would love to hear more about it!

Chip

[jim_lewis]

USA..............................Pine Valley
Scotland.......................Muirfield
Ireland.........................Ballybunion
No. Ireland...................Royal County Down
Bermuda......................Mid Ocean
Mexico..........................Pok-ta-Pok (only course played)
New Zealand...............Wairakei (only course played)
Australia......................Royal Melbourne
Vietnam......................Anke International (homemade by me and fellow GI's)
California.....................San Francisco GC (foreign country to me)

[Tyler Kearns]

I've only played golf in 3 countries so far .

Canada------------Capilano
USA-----------------Pasatiempo
Australia-----------Royal Melbourne West

TK

[Gerry B]

of the ones that i have played - some places have only played 1 course

USA- Merion / Cypress Point / Oakmont  / Shinnecock - Tie
Canada-The National
Argentina - Jockey Club
Northern Ireland - Royal County Down
Ireland - Lahinch / Ballybunion
England - Sunningdale - Both courses are great - has to be the best club in england
Netherlands - Kennemer
France - Morfontaine
Bermuda - Mid Ocean
Scotland - Muirfield  / Prestwick - tie
Italy-Villa D'Este
Morocco - Royal dar Esalem
Japan - Hirono
Australia - New South Wales
New Zealand - have not played but Cape Kidnappers looks like the one
Barbados - Royal Westmoreland
Mexico - Cabo del Sol Ocean Course
Belgium - Royal Zoute
Spain - Valderrama
Portugal - El Saler
Wales- Royal Porthcawl
Brazil - Gavea

[Abe Summers]

China -- Spring City (RTJ Lake)
USA -- Homestead
Ireland -- Ballybunion
Scotland -- Turnberry
Malaysia -- Glenmarie

But looking over this list, I realize I REALLY need to play more and at some better places 

[Gary Slatter]

my personal list
Bahamas   Lucayan CC Dick Wilson's finest (7)  Lyford Cay (5)
Bermuda    Mid Ocean (6)
Belgium     Royal Zoute (6)  Waterloo (5)
Canada     Highland Links   Banff and St Georges (all 9s)
Cuba         forgot name, Les Furber's best (6)
Denmark    Copenhagen GC (in the deer park)  (7)
DR              Teeth of the Dog (7)
Greece       Glyfada (5)  Corfu Golf (2)
Ireland       Ballybunion Old (   Portmarnoch (
Italy           Villa D'Este (   Olgiata (5)
Jamaica      Manchester (9)    Cinamon Hill (7)  Tryal (5)
Mexico       Mayakoba and Pierre Marques (6)
Portugal    Valamoura Old (7)
Spain         Sotogrande Old (7)   Valderrama (7)
UK England  Sunningdale Old (  Hoylake and Lytham (
UK Scotland  Dornoch (10) Prestwick (9) Old Course (9)
UK N Ireland  Royal County Down (9)
UK Wales      Porthcawl (7)   Pyle and Kenfig (7)
USA             Cypress Point (10)   Maidstone and Pine Valley (9)

[Rich Goodale]

Favorites I have played

Canada--Banff
Eire--Lahinch
England--Rye
France--St. Jean de Monts
Italy--Il Piccolino
Northern Ireland--County Down
Portugal--Pine Cliffs
Scotland--Dornoch
USA--Pebble Beach
Wales--Southerndown

[ed_getka]

Favorites by country:

US: Sand Hills
Scotland: Royal Dornoch
England: Burnham and Berrow (I have only played 2 courses in England)
Australia: Royal Melbourne
New Zealand: Cape Kidnappers (thank you Ash and Philip for convincing me to go)

[Stu Grant]

Interesting question.  Here's my favorites per country (brackets indicate how many courses I've played in that country)

Canada - National GC (138)
USA - Plainfield (119)
Bermuda - Mid Ocean (7)
Bahamas - Ocean Club (4)
Australia - Byron Bay (2)
Aruba - Tierra del Sol (1)
South Africa - Pezula (1)
Norway - Skoger Golfbane (1)
Panama - Mantaraya (1)

[Tom Huckaby]

My meager list:

USA:  Sand Hills
Scotland:  Royal Dornoch
Eire:  Ballybunion Old
Northern Ireland:  Castlerock
England:  Royal Birkdale
Mexico:  Cabo del Sol Ocean
Canada:  Banff Springs
Sweden:  Falsterbo

Ha!  Gotcha on Sweden Bob - and all the rest of you, I think!

TH

ps - I love Jim Lewis' calling CA a foreign country.  I think I could say the same about many US states... 

[Joel Zuckerman]

Interesting question.  Here's my favorites per country (brackets indicate how many courses I've played in that country)

Canada - National GC (138)
USA - Plainfield (119)
Bermuda - Mid Ocean (7)
Bahamas - Ocean Club (4)
Australia - Byron Bay (2)
Aruba - Tierra del Sol (1)
South Africa - Pezula (1)
Norway - Skoger Golfbane (1)
Panama - Mantaraya (1)

Stu--well done--you added a KEY piece to the puzzle...the missing ingredient, as it were.  The way to truly understand one's choices in this little exercise is to do exactly what Stu did--add the number of courses (or reasonable estimate thereof) to the list.  So I will now amend my own, because I started this thing:

USA--Pine Valley  (630 approx)
Canada--Banff  (19)
Mexico--Cabo del Sol--Ocean  (
DR--Teeth  (7)
Bermuda--Port Royal (3)
N. Ireland--RCD (my one and only)
Republic of Ireland--European Club (19)
Scotland--Royal Dornoch (17)

[Tom Huckaby]

Joel - Stu's is a fine addition, but it also assumes one and all know how many courses they've played in all countries.  I tend not to keep that close of track of such things.  But here goes....

USA:  Sand Hills (400 or so?)
Scotland:  Royal Dornoch (maybe 15?)
Eire:  Ballybunion Old (10?)
Northern Ireland:  Castlerock (5-6?)
England:  Royal Birkdale (3)
Mexico:  Cabo del Sol Ocean (5-6?)
Canada:  Banff Springs (5-6?)
Sweden:  Falsterbo (1)

The only one I am certain of is the last.

[Joel Zuckerman]

Joel - Stu's is a fine addition, but it also assumes one and all know how many courses they've played in all countries.  I tend not to keep that close of track of such things. 

Yes...unlike me, you likely have better (more important!) things to do.  Further proof of same--I started a thread here a few months ago on Lifetime Course Lists that quickly petered out.  I thought the one-upsmanship (sp?) would run rampant, but many posters, such as yourself, didn't know (or perhaps even care) how many courses they had trod upon in their careers.  As it's part of my job description, I tend to keep careful track of such minutia...

[Tom Huckaby]

Joel - Stu's is a fine addition, but it also assumes one and all know how many courses they've played in all countries.  I tend not to keep that close of track of such things. 

Yes...unlike me, you likely have better (more important!) things to do.  Further proof of same--I started a thread here a few months ago on Lifetime Course Lists that quickly petered out.  I thought the one-upsmanship (sp?) would run rampant, but many posters, such as yourself, didn't know (or perhaps even care) how many courses they had trod upon in their careers.  As it's part of my job description, I tend to keep careful track of such minutia...

Joel - oh it's not that I don't care, and it's certainly not that I have better things to do - my reason is I started playing this game 37 years ago, never kept track from the start, and at this point it would be too damn hard to catch up.  This has come up before and others who do keep track keep telling me I could recreate it, but I just don't think I could - I'd leave a lot out.  I have been blessed to play a lot of different courses in those 37 years.

But many others do keep track of the minutia.

TH

[Michael Wharton-Palmer]

England..Royal Birkdale
USA...Pine Valley/Merion/Sand Hills....I know that is cheating
Scotland...Western Gailes
Ireland...Ballybunion..old
N.Irealnd......Royal County Down
Wales.......Harlech
Brazil.....Gavea
Argentina...Jockey Club
Kenya....Karen CC
S.Africa...Royal Durban
Mauritius...St Geran
Portugal...Val de Lobo

[Kalen Braley]

Yes Tom,

And some of us even keep spreadsheets of such things with our own personal notes, rankings, etc.

I thought mine was pretty decent until I saw Andy T's.  Man that dude has got quite the xls going with several pages in it. 

[Tom Huckaby]

Yes Tom,

And some of us even keep spreadsheets of such things with our own personal notes, rankings, etc.

I thought mine was pretty decent until I saw Andy T's.  Man that dude has got quite the xls going with several pages in it. 

And I continue to respect your anal tendencies.

When I started playing, the computer was room-sized, if it existed at all.

 

[Kalen Braley]

Yes Tom,

And some of us even keep spreadsheets of such things with our own personal notes, rankings, etc.

I thought mine was pretty decent until I saw Andy T's.  Man that dude has got quite the xls going with several pages in it. 

And I continue to respect your anal tendencies.

When I started playing, the computer was room-sized, if it existed at all.

 

You gotta stop posting such words.  Mike Cirba gets all twitterpatted when you say things like anal, bullocks, etc. in golf threads.

You call it anal, I call it organized, its all good!! 

[Joel Zuckerman]

it's not that I don't care, and it's certainly not that I have better things to do - my reason is I started playing this game 37 years ago, never kept track from the start, and at this point it would be too damn hard to catch up. 

Yes---I've heard that same refrain from friends who I encouraged in this same gambit.  I was fortunate--I made my list years before I got in the biz..it might have been at 50--odd courses at the time, and have kept careful track since then.

[Anthony Gray]

The best I have played, not the best in the country.




USA                   Pine Valley       
Canada             Banff
Mexico               El Dorado
Jamaica             Tryall
Barbados          Sandy Lane
Bermuda           Mid Ocean
Australia           Royal Melbourne West
New Zealand    Titirangi
Tahiti                Atiomono
Scotland           The Old Course, St. Andrews
Ireland              Ballybunion
No. Ireland        Royal County Down
Wales                Royal Porthcawl
England             Royal Birkale
France               Morfontaine
Belgium             Royal Zoute
Holland              The Hague
Germany           Hamburg-Falkenstein
Italy                  Circolo di Roma
Madeira             Santa da Serra
Switzerland       Crans sur Sierre
South Africa       Durban Country Club
Zimbabwe         Chapman
Zambia              Nchanga   
Congo                Elizabethville
Botswana          Francistown  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3913547.stm


Take a peep at the link to the Botswana course, it opens your eyes to think that when I played this, it was the best course in the country.


Bob

  Bob,

  Have you golfed everywhere that you want to? Are there courses on your must play list left to play?And I almost forgot this question. Do you have a best friend?

  Anthony

[Lloyd_Cole]

A few countries like France or whatever that island was we stopped at on the god forsaken cruise are not worth mentioning as I've only played one mediocre course.

More than one course played. My favourites, not necessarily the best I've played -

Spain - Sotogrande
Portugal - Estela
Northern Ireland - Royal Country Down
Ireland - The Island
Scotland - Royal Dornoch
Wales - Royal Porthcawl
England - West Sussex
USA - Garden City
Australia - Royal Melbourne West

[Kevin Pallier]

Scotland = Muirfield
N/Ireland = Royal County Down
Ireland = Ballybunion (Old)
England = Royal St. George's
Wales = Royal Porthcawl
Australia = Royal Melbourne (Composite)
Canada = Banff
USA = TPC Sawgrass (not much to choose from)

[Carl Nichols]

I got depressed writing my list -- though I've traveled overseas a good amount, I now realize how few times I've played golf on those trips.  I clearly had my priorities wrong!   

USA:  WFWest (100+)
Scotland:  Turnberry (5; the other 4 weren't big names)
Mexico:  Mayacama (4)
Argentina:  Olivos GC (3)
Jamaica:  White Witch (1)
Canada:  Green Gables (1)

[Jim Nugent]

I love Jim Lewis' calling CA a foreign country.  I think I could say the same about many US states... 

Tom, when I lived in San Francisco years ago, some people there considered Oakland and Los Angeles to be foreign countries. 

[Tom Huckaby]

I love Jim Lewis' calling CA a foreign country.  I think I could say the same about many US states... 

Tom, when I lived in San Francisco years ago, some people there considered Oakland and Los Angeles to be foreign countries. 

Those feelings are still widely-held.

And one thing is certain:  Northern and Southern California are DEFINITELY two different states also.

TH

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