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Joe Bausch

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #75 on: May 27, 2011, 10:10:12 AM »
I always hope it will be my next course. . . which today is Erin Hills.
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Mike Hendren

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #76 on: May 27, 2011, 10:12:13 AM »
The Old Course hands down.
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Michael Ryan

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #77 on: May 27, 2011, 10:21:56 AM »
Hidden Creek
National Golf Links
Prestwick
Newport Country Club (was even more fun before they reduced the fairway widths for the Women's Open and seem to have kept them there)

Mike
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Dub_ONeill

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #78 on: May 27, 2011, 10:22:52 AM »
Wales - Aberdovey.  What is more fun than ricocheting tee shots off of cows.

England - Wallasey.  On course plaques to Jones and Stableford.  Strong holes in the dunes.  Ordinary holes on the flats.  A great finish underneath a classic old clubhouse.

Scotland - Cruden Bay.  Great combination of quirky links golf with real quality.

Ireland - Dooks.  Some neatly weird holes in a gorgeous setting.

USA - Ballyneal.  Perhaps the best combination of quality golf and fun anywhere.
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George Freeman

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #79 on: May 27, 2011, 10:23:44 AM »
Quote from: Joe Bausch on May 27, 2011, 10:10:12 AM
I always hope it will be my next course. . . which today is Erin Hills.

 Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
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Jud_T

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #80 on: May 27, 2011, 10:24:47 AM »
The course I'm heading to tonight.....Kingsley.....
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Bill Spence

Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #81 on: May 27, 2011, 10:26:48 AM »
Dormie Club

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Paul OConnor

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #82 on: May 27, 2011, 11:18:42 AM »
Long Cove
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Dave Herrick

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #83 on: May 27, 2011, 12:23:35 PM »
While I have fond memories of driving down the wrong side of the road in anticipation of a round at a fun course such as Lahinch, Ballybunion, Cruden Bay, TOC, Brora, or N. Berwick, for me nothing beats the drive down County Rd 43 to the turn-in at Ballyneal.
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Jim Franklin

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #84 on: May 27, 2011, 01:11:52 PM »
Rock Creek Cattle
NGLA
Old Macdonald
Milwaukee CC
TOC
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Garland Bayley

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #85 on: May 27, 2011, 02:03:14 PM »
Cruden Bay

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Gary Slatter

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #86 on: May 27, 2011, 02:35:44 PM »
most fun for me:
Ville d'Este, Italy
Manchester, Jamaica
The Old Course, Scotland  in the winter
Prestwick, Scotland
Copenhagen GC, Denmark   the one in the Queen`s Park
Dornoch, with Rich Goodale
Himalayas, with wooden putters
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Phil McDade

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #87 on: May 27, 2011, 02:39:13 PM »
I had a ton of fun on two Scottish courses few folks except the locals play -- Cullen and Stonehaven. And the settings are pretty neat, as was the conviviality afterwards in the clubhouse.
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Jim McCann

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #88 on: May 27, 2011, 02:48:53 PM »
I just got tee times posted to me today for four of us making our annual pilgrimage to the John Smith/James Braid
Gents Open (as organized by Earlsferry Thistle GC on the first Saturday in June) on my favourite fun course in Scotland...

Elie.
 
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Ross Waldorf

Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #89 on: May 27, 2011, 03:33:18 PM »
I'd pick the usual suspects, i.e. Pacific Dunes, Old Mac, Bandon in general. But also, I must say that I rarely fail to have fun when I play Rustic, which is not too often, lately. This is a good time of year to go out there, with the mustard flowers blooming.

And hey there, Tom Yost -- glad you had a good time when you played it during the KP. I must say, conditions were about as difficult as I've ever seen them out there that day, and I've seen lots of varied conditions. High wind, specially devious hole locations, and seriously firm and fast conditions. I don't know how anybody got out of there alive! Yikes!
R
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Garland Bayley

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #90 on: May 27, 2011, 05:52:43 PM »
Quote from: Ross Waldorf on May 27, 2011, 03:33:18 PM
I'd pick the usual suspects, i.e. Pacific Dunes, Old Mac, Bandon in general. But also, I must say that I rarely fail to have fun when I play Rustic, which is not too often, lately. This is a good time of year to go out there, with the mustard flowers blooming.

And hey there, Tom Yost -- glad you had a good time when you played it during the KP. I must say, conditions were about as difficult as I've ever seen them out there that day, and I've seen lots of varied conditions. High wind, specially devious hole locations, and seriously firm and fast conditions. I don't know how anybody got out of there alive! Yikes!
R

There was no wind to speak of there that day.
That Q!@#%@!#$% Perches messed with my game that day.
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John Turner

Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #91 on: May 27, 2011, 06:35:48 PM »
Sand Hills
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Garland Bayley

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #92 on: May 27, 2011, 08:33:15 PM »
I took awhile considering this, because the question implies just one. I am going to have to say Chambers Bay.
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Mitch Hantman

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #93 on: May 27, 2011, 09:08:46 PM »
Add yet another vote for North Berwick.

Also:
TOC
Castle Stuart
Kingsley
Maidstone
NGLA
Shoreacres

By the way, has anyone else here noticed on this thread how many of the courses identified as most FUN are MacDonald/Raynor?!  That says a lot about their designs.
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Matthew Mollica

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #94 on: May 27, 2011, 10:34:54 PM »
The National (Old) has to contend among Australian courses.

Clayton's new RACV Healesville may be the best fun course in the land.

MM
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Jim Jackson

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #95 on: May 28, 2011, 01:00:46 AM »
Old Mac

TOC
Sand Hills
Bandon Dunes
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Craig Sweet

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #96 on: May 28, 2011, 07:39:40 AM »
I'm with Jim Franklin...I thought the Rock Creek Cattle Co. was a great deal of fun.
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Niall C

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #97 on: May 28, 2011, 08:04:36 AM »
Gullane 3
Silloth
Machrihanish
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James Boon

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #98 on: May 28, 2011, 08:54:18 AM »
Any of my favourites, I aslo consider fun, but I'd say North Berwick, Brora and Pennard (which have already been mentioned) come close, Painswick has a shout also, but for me its either Castle Stuart or Askernish that are the most fun course I've played in the last couple of years. I actually played them about a fortnight apart a couple of years ago and they are obviously quite different, but both awesome fun none the less!

Cheers,

James
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Joe Bausch

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Re: Most fun course you've played
« Reply #99 on: May 28, 2011, 10:51:00 AM »
I'll tell what was fun this morning. Playing
Lawsonia in 3h 15m with three of the regulars.

FUN.

:)
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