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Ivan Lipko

Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« on: January 04, 2011, 04:28:57 PM »
what are they??

Definitely, Cypress. And Pebble. Royal County Down and Ailsa.
What others? Want to know your, well-traveled guys opinions.

Thanks a lot in advance and sorry, if this has already been asked before. -)
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Mac Plumart

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2011, 04:47:12 PM »
Dismal River and Sand Hills
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JNC Lyon

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2011, 04:59:24 PM »
North Berwick, Sandwich, Royal Dornoch, and The Ocean Course at Kiawah have especially phenomenal settings coupled with great architecture.

Generally, I think any course that has a wholly natural appearance is, by extension, stunningly beautiful and in possession of good golf course architecture.
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K. Krahenbuhl

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2011, 05:05:17 PM »
This week's tour stop...Kapalua Plantation.
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John Kirk

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2011, 05:06:49 PM »
Stone Eagle and Rock Creek Cattle Company
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Lou_Duran

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2011, 05:08:06 PM »
Chambers Bay

Southerndown

MPCC Shores

Pennard

Bandon (all 3 I've played)
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jonathan_becker

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2011, 05:13:36 PM »
Stone Eagle John beat me to it!

A few that I saw in 2010 - Bandon (obviously), Kingsley, Country (PP)
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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2011, 05:20:28 PM »
Lahinch
Ballyneal
Sand Hollow - sight lines into Zion NP
Greywalls - views to Lake Superior along with the omnipresent rock outcroppings
Wine Valley - named for a reason
Bully Pulpit - Badlands golf
Links of ND - you're playing golf a stone's throw from the path Lewis and Clark took up and down the Missouri

(and I'll second Kingsley, Chambers Bay and the Bandon courses)
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Tim Martin

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2011, 05:52:52 PM »
Fishers Island, Kiawah Ocean, Newport CC
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JNC Lyon

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2011, 06:45:58 PM »
I don't know why I didn't mention Swinley Forest.  I played it in a February drizzle, but the combination of the forest and the heather was gorgeous.  Like the other courses I mentioned above, Swinley Forest is great and beautiful because it rests so gently on the land.
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Mike Cirba

Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2011, 06:55:15 PM »
Sebonack
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JNC Lyon

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2011, 06:59:06 PM »
Quote from: Brian Sheehy on January 04, 2011, 06:51:11 PM
John, did you make it out to Hankley during your time in the UK? The heather there is phenomenal and it's amazingly serene -for me it felt sort of like a rugged version of Swinley...

Brian,

I got to Hankley Common, but I have heard great things about the golf course from so many different folks.  It is one of those English courses that I regret not seeing (right up there with Sunningdale, Westward Ho!, St. Enodoc, New Zealand, and Brancaster).  I'll save it for a future trip.
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Sean Leary

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2011, 07:18:37 PM »
Old Head is the most beautiful I have seen, and I have seen many of the courses mentioned thus far. And the GCA is good enough...
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Wade Schueneman

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2011, 08:18:00 PM »
I second Lahinch.
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John Kavanaugh

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2011, 08:27:30 PM »
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Carl Rogers

Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2011, 08:43:03 PM »
How many of you have played .... Cape Kidnappers?
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Peter Pallotta

Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2011, 08:43:34 PM »
"Like the other courses I mentioned above, Swinley Forest is great and beautiful because it rests so gently on the land."

Yup, JNC  - and I dare say that (for me) any course that is beautiful (to my eyes) will by definition manifest good gca (in my understanding of it)....which of course doesn't mean anything to anyone except to me....

Peter
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J_ Crisham

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #17 on: January 04, 2011, 09:34:15 PM »
In addition to above mentioned courses, The Cal Club has some incredible vistas and the architecture is strong as well. The views of SF are really amazing on a clear day. The clubhouse is quite a site as well from several areas on the course. Another very special place to spend a day.                               Jack
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Michael Powers

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2011, 10:19:06 PM »
Eastward Ho!
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Bill_McBride

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #19 on: January 05, 2011, 09:55:38 AM »
MPCC, Cypress, Pebble, 1-5 Spyglass.  That's an amazing string of golf holes in a small area of coastline.
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Mike Wagner

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #20 on: January 05, 2011, 10:20:00 AM »
Valley Club
The Bridges
Aldarra
TPC Snoqualmie Ridge
Whistling Straits
Erin Hills
Torrey Pines
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Mike Cirba

Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #21 on: January 05, 2011, 10:23:54 AM »
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on January 04, 2011, 08:27:30 PM
Quote from: MCirba on January 04, 2011, 06:55:15 PM
Sebonack

At the expense of NGLA.

John,

I'm not sure I'd say that.

Certainly, NGLA has its own beautiful setting, and the creation of Sebonack doesn't really diminish it in the least from my perspective.

It's simply that from a higher perch, and more waterfront land to work with, Sebonack better meets the needs of this thread.
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John Kavanaugh

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #22 on: January 05, 2011, 10:31:04 AM »
Quote from: MCirba on January 05, 2011, 10:23:54 AM
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on January 04, 2011, 08:27:30 PM
Quote from: MCirba on January 04, 2011, 06:55:15 PM
Sebonack

At the expense of NGLA.

John,

I'm not sure I'd say that.

Certainly, NGLA has its own beautiful setting, and the creation of Sebonack doesn't really diminish it in the least from my perspective.

It's simply that from a higher perch, and more waterfront land to work with, Sebonack better meets the needs of this thread.

If you feel you are with the most beautiful woman in the world and suddenly a more beautiful woman moves next door I would say that is at the first woman's expense.
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Mike Cirba

Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #23 on: January 05, 2011, 10:42:52 AM »
John,

I would just prefer to think I was very, very lucky to live in a really, really good neighborhood.
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John Kavanaugh

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Re: Courses that are stunningly beautiful and posess good GCA.....
« Reply #24 on: January 05, 2011, 10:43:51 AM »
Quote from: MCirba on January 05, 2011, 10:42:52 AM
John,

I would just prefer to think I was very, very lucky to live in a really, really good neighborhood.

The house you own will remain, you will not.
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