#18s I loved (or really like)
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Pine Valley--gorgeous view looking down onto fairway and another beautiful shot into the green
St. Andrews--after #17 its the perfect "catch up" hole and the setting is simply the best in golf
Shinnecock--I really liked it? Surprised some had it as a let down.
Wallassey
Baltusrol Lower (and Upper isn't bad either)
Atlanta CC--fun reachable par 5
Pebble Beach--never played it but it looks spectacular
Royal Porthcawl--I don't think I ever made better than a bogey but I loved the second shot down into the green with the Irish Sea (?) as a backdrop.
#18s that are famous but that I just don't "get"
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NGLA--I LOVE the course and just can't get my arms around #18--maybe it's the steepness of the uphill climb, I don't know?
Merion--Blind up and out of the quarry and at 505 it guarantees a really long iron or hybrid to a pretty one dimensional green--false front that you have to make sure and be "up" on. With that long a shot it seems like most anyone is just trying to land anywhere on the green and not leave it short.
RCD--Haven't played since the renovation but a bit of a let down after an exhilarating opening
Muirfield--Unless the wind was very favorable, due to the severe rough on the right it was always a lay up off the tee to stay short of the FW bunkers. Way too narrow to try to hit between bunkers and right rough when I played. It is a great second shot and tremendous green though.
Butler National--OK, I hated this hole. STOOPID trees
ANGC--another uphill finish that's just a bit severe for me.
Bandon Dunes--dull
Bandon Trails--loved the course way more than BD but the finishing drive was too bumpy for me given that its blind and usually very windy. Too severe off the tee.
Royal Dublin--Ugh
90 degree dogleg right with OB al the way down the DZ and approach? And it's ugly too