Best Golf Club in a completely Urban Setting

[Chris_Blakely]

While I have not played the course, only viewed the pictures, I would think the Reverse Jans National would be a lock for this!!!

[Phil McDade]

While I have not played the course, only viewed the pictures, I would think the Reverse Jans National would be a lock for this!!!

Chris:

It goes without saying...

Kind of like that old joke about Playboy asking college students to vote for the nation's best party school, but exempting the University of Wisconsin from the ballot, because professionals shouldn't be part of the competition.

The Reverse Jans is less a golf course in an urban setting than an urban setting supplemented by a few greens, tees, and fairways.

[Tom Huckaby]

Phil - that is an old joke.. they were saying about the alma mater of myself and Messrs. Benham, Spaulding and Pieracci prior to my arrival at the school in 1981.

Seriously.. that was exactly stated about THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CLARA (as it was known back then) in 1981.

[Phil McDade]

Tom:

That's why I called it an old joke...and used it with the university I can see out my back door (well, just about...). I assume it's pretty much applicable to any four-year campus with undergraduates...

Besides, back on point, doesn't your beloved Santa Teresa GC belong in this thread somewhere? Or did I miss it earlier?

[Brad Swanson]

Best I've played in this setting would be Denver Country Club.  Its an oasis in the middle of town. 

[Tom Huckaby]

Tom:

That's why I called it an old joke...and used it with the university I can see out my back door (well, just about...). I assume it's pretty much applicable to any four-year campus with undergraduates...

Besides, back on point, doesn't your beloved Santa Teresa GC belong in this thread somewhere? Or did I miss it earlier?

Got it!  It was just funny to me as it is told as a very serious, non-apocraphyal tale about my alma mater.

And no, my belove Santa Teresa does not belong in this thread.  It's neither great nor completely urban.

 

[Bart Bradley]

Noone commented on my Durban post..so I thought I'd offer some proof...NOW this is an urban site!

[George Freeman]

I'll second the Old Course and Beverly in Chicago.

Franklin Hills in metro Detroit would also be on my list.  An awesome course stuck square the middle of the urban sprawl that is Southfield, MI...(techincally located in Franklin, MI).

[Robin Doodson]

My vote goes for Royal Queensland in Brisbane. The gateway bridge actually goes over the golf course. you can't hear yourself think for the traffic.

[Ben Sims]

I'm tossing Peachtree Golf Club into this argument.  SFGC might be in there too. 

[JWinick]

What about Bali Hai in Las Vegas?  Adjacent to the airport, Mandalay Bay, and on the Strip, it is a solid tract in a loud setting.

[Tim Bert]

What about Bali Hai in Las Vegas?  Adjacent to the airport, Mandalay Bay, and on the Strip, it is a solid tract in a loud setting.

Love the par 3 that almost convinces you that you are in a tropical paradise... if only the big Texaco (or was it Shell) sign wasn't looming over the scene.  Kind of like the Citgo sign at Fenway of golf courses.

[Jeff Spittel]

I doubt it qualifies for a best design nomination, but my home club of BraeBurn in Houston (a redesigned Bredemus) is in a pretty crappy area. Westwood across highway 59, which was also originally designed by Bredemus, is adjacent to an a shopping center affectionately known as Sharpshooters Mall. 

[Ronald Montesano]

If The Old Course is in an urban setting, I'm a donkey's saddle.  St. Andrews is a town, not a city, and does not qualify as an urban setting.

Triggs is a great nomination...we have nothing like it in Buffalo.

The best I've played is Carolina Golf Club in Charlotte.  Urban and dangerous.  Don't leave your clubs in your truck for even a second.

[Doug Siebert]

My vote goes for Royal Queensland in Brisbane. The gateway bridge actually goes over the golf course. you can't hear yourself think for the traffic.

Yikes!  How high is that bridge?  I can just see one of my mile high drives flying over it while I hold my breath hoping to not hear the sound of tires squealing and chain reaction collision replacing that of the traffic! 

[DMoriarty]

How about Shoreditch in London . . .urban enough?



Or the Bay Area Urban Golf, here in Oakland



http://www.urbangolf.org/movies/ugmovie1.html

[Carl Johnson]

The best I've played is Carolina Golf Club in Charlotte.  Urban and dangerous.  Don't leave your clubs in your truck for even a second.

Agreed, and I'm the guy who turned his back for only slightly more than a second and had his clubs stolen from the bed of his pick-up.

[hick]

Thorny Lea in Brockton, Massachusetts is very urban.