Your Last Ten

[Carl Johnson]

Absolutely nothing worth mentioning  

That's why this thread is interesting!  Out with it!  

If you insist...

Park Hill
West Woods
Heritage at Westmoor
Indian Tree
Fossil Trace
Hyland Hills
Riverdale Dunes
Willis Case
Wellshire
Legacy Ridge

I guess it's not THAT bad.

If it's golf it's good and worth mentioning (just my opinion).

[David Harshbarger]

Battenkill
Saratoga Spa Executive Course
Orchard Creek
Edison Club
Wykagyl
Saratoga National
Hotchkiss School
Rip Van Winkle
The Presidio
Ondawa Greens

My 7yo says to me Saturday, on the way to 18 at the Spa par-3,."Dad, I've only played 2 courses, Battenkill and that course in Connecticut.  I want  to play more.  Can we play Saratoga Lake next?"  :-).  You gotta love it when a plan comes together.

[Tom_Doak]

I'm making the market on the unofficial Preserve rating 7/8...   

Jud:  The Doak scale does not deal in fractions. 

If you were talking 7 OR 8 on the Doak scale, I've never seen a par-3 course that could rate that highly, and I really can't imagine one that would.

Just another piece of evidence why I do not trust "market makers" in the slightest.

[Mark Steffey]

Essex County (MA)
Oak Hill (MA)
Carnegie Abbey
Wanumetonomy
Sterling National
Wannamoisett
The Bayou Club
Belleview Biltmore
Ritz Carlton Members Club (Bradenton)
Sara Bay

[Jud_T]

I'm making the market on the unofficial Preserve rating 7/8...  

Jud:  The Doak scale does not deal in fractions.  

If you were talking 7 OR 8 on the Doak scale, I've never seen a par-3 course that could rate that highly, and I really can't imagine one that would.

Just another piece of evidence why I do not trust "market makers" in the slightest.

How about at least a courtesy smiley face!  OK, new info, new market- 6/7.  

[Daryl "Turboe" Boe]

I have included my last 11 since one was technically not an actual full round as noted.  All over the place not only in level of courses but in geographical location as well...

Haualalai (Nicklaus) - HI
RTJ Trail - Grand National (Links) - AL
Seabrook Island (Oaks) - SC
Las Lomas De La Dehesa GC - Santiago, Chile
Buenos Aires GC - Argentina
The River Club - GA
Commonwealth National - PA*
Reading CC - PA
Berkleigh CC - PA
French Creek - PA
Golden Oaks - PA

*Not officially a full round played, it was a washout.  Mostly just a drive around/walk the course, but deserves mentioning.

[Sean_A]

Essex County (MA)
Oak Hill (MA)
Carnegie Abbey
Wanumetonomy
Sterling National
Wannamoisett
The Bayou Club
Belleview Biltmore
Ritz Carlton Members Club (Bradenton)
Sara Bay

Mark

A few interesting looking courses - especially Wannamoisett.  Do you (or anybody) have pix?  Ever since the Unofficial GCA Rankings came out this course has seriously intrigued me - along with Hamilton and Royal Zoute.  I have seen photo tours of these two since the ranking came out and they still intrigue me, but to date it seems to be mums the word on Wanna.

Ciao

[BDuryee]

Sadly not much different than when I posted last August.   Most recent to oldest.

Wyantenuck,MA
The country club, MA
Purpoodock,ME
River course, SC
Oak point, SC
Skylinks,CA
Egremont ,MA
Woodlands,ME
Columbia,NY

[Mike Hendren]

With the exception of GCA related events, I have declared this the year of the public course:

The Fort - Indianapolis
Prairie View - Indianapolis
Trophy Club - Indianapolis
Kearney Hills - Lexington
Timberline - Calera, AL
Farm Links - Sylacauga, AL

One Private:
Hillwood CC - Nashville (excellent recent renovation by Bruce Hepner)

Next Publics:
Bayside
Sultan's Run
Miramicchi

[Carl Nichols]

Oly Olympic Club Cliffs (Par 3)
Cal Club
Bethesda CC x many
Burning Tree
Dorado Beach East (Puerto Rico)
Sea Island Seaside
Sea Island Plantation
Sea Island Retreat
Ocean Forest
Bald Peak Colony (N.H.)
Congressional Blue

[Jud_T]

Carl,

What did you think of Bald Peak?

[Matt Waterbury]

Black Rock CC (Hingham, MA)
Wollaston GC (Milton, MA)
Fishers Island
Wannamoisett
The Ocean Course (Kiawah)
Some other course in Kiawah
Boston Golf Club (Hingham, MA)
Old Sandwich (Plymouth, MA)
Duxbury Yacht Club (Duxbury, MA)

Then it gets blurry: maybe a Chicago trip (Chicago Golf, Beverly and Black Sheep)? Or could have been Secession.

Cheers,
matt

[Carl Nichols]

Jud-
Liked the whole place a lot.  I grew up in New England and went to college in New Hampshire, but don't live there anymore or get back as often as I'd like, so part of the allure was spending a long weekend at such a New England-y place.  As for the course itself, the greens are amazing -- they don't have many internal contours, but Ross really used the natural slopes of the land to make them really challenging and deceptive.  The rest of the course is good but not great -- it's pretty short, and a few holes are a bit narrow, though a couple of the par 3's are all-world.  But even where the holes are less interesting, you are constantly thinking about where you want/need to be because of the greens.

The food is all-world.

[Bruce Hospes]

Old Overton Club
Shoal Creek
Rancho La Quinta-Pate
Rancho La Quinta -Jones
Andalusia CC
Madison Club
Grasslands CC
Castle Pines
The Old Course
North Berwick

[Bill Crane]

Springdale G C,  - Princeton, NJ  ( Home Course - a Wm Flynn re-design )
Forsgate, Palmer Course, NJ
Chechessee Creek Club, SC
Kinloch, VA
Round Hill, CT
Course at Yale, CT
Merion, PA
Atlantic City CC, NJ
Hidden Creek, NJ
Pine Valley, NJ


Also in past year: Jericho Natl - PA, TPC - Stadium Course-FLA, Granville GC - OH, LaCantera -TX, Riverview, PA,

Played Crystal Downs the year before, would really like to go back.  One loop was just not enough.

[Mike Hendren]

Bill, Forsgate Palmer Course might be the three saddest words typed on this web-site in a long time.

Bogey

[Bill Crane]

Correct ! Palmer Course is severely overgrown and plenty of Real Estate.  I am involved in event for Central NJ Boy Scouts and the Palmer is low cost.   Not many purists in the event.

Banks course is worthwhile.

Trying to get back to Kittansett this summer, have not played in several years.  A new thread just started about it.

One of Wm Flynns best, full of character.

[Carl Nichols]

Bill, Forsgate Palmer Course might be the three saddest words typed on this web-site in a long time.

Bogey

Especially in light of the rest of the list!

[Mark Steffey]

i have no photos of Wannamoisett.   i should, if i could find someone to stand behind me and snap a pix though.  i have two 8x10 pictures in my home 'office' here of me playing.  one is hitting a tee shot at Olympic on 18, the other on the 15th at Mauna Lani South.

if anyone is adventurous and looking to have some fun tournament golf and see fall in new england, here is an idea.

in october the Tour of Greater Boston is having an event a Wannamoisett on Oct 15th.  i think it's a shotgun (most of their events on private courses are) unfortunately.  but nonetheless you get to play WCC.

then two days after that (oct 17&18) the nepga has something called the New England Series where they run amateur tournaments on a strong roster of private clubs.  these two days feature Belmont and then Nashawtuc. 

i don't do the Tour, but do participate at times in the NES.  these guys run great tournaments (actually guy - Jacy Settles).  tee times.  very professional.  and the courses the nepga get is more than impressive.

http://www.informationfairway.com/cgi-bin/ifDisplay.cgi?B=thetour&C=43.5

http://neat.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/neat12/schedule/index.htm

(mea culpa, just throwing it out there - no benefit for moi..)

[Brian Finn]

I have played some fun courses recently, with some nice variety...thanks to a few gca friends for hosting and playing.

Brookside (Columbus, OH)
Granville GC
Little Turtle (OH)
Southampton GC
Tallgrass GC
Heritage GC (OH)
Dormie Club
Southern Pines
Tobacco Road
Tot Hill Farm

[Michael Underwood]

My last ten listing each only once and working backwards from May 24:

Ballyneal Golf Club
Northeastern 18
Riverview Gold Club
Lakeway (Live Oak)
The Rawls Course
Ventana Canyon (Mountain)
Stone Canyon Golf Club
Ventana Canyon (Canyon)
Pacific Dunes
Old Mac

[Mark Johnson]

Bent creek (mn)
Minnesota valley
Edina
Medinah 1
Butler
Briarwood
Minikahda
Glenmore (va)
Inver wood (mn)
Oakdale (mn)

[Tom Ferrell]

NGLA
Maidstone
East Hampton Golf Club
Friar's Head
Colorado Golf Club
Old Mac
PAC Dunes
Bandon Trails
The Preserve
Bandon Dunes

It's been a very good month!

[Carl Johnson]

Original question, Aug. 2, 2011: Stemming from Mac's recent thread, someone made the comment that most of the folks on here generally play average courses.  Might as well take a survey.  What are the last ten courses you played?

Carolina Golf Club (Charlotte, my home course), Ross, 1929 (R Kris Spence)
Grassy Creek Golf & Country Club (Spruce Pine, NC), _______, _______
Mt. Mitchell Golf Club (South Toe Township, Yancey County, NC), Fred W. Hawtree, 1973
Mimosa Hills Golf & Country Club (Morganton, NC), Ross, 1929 (R Kris Spence)
Grove Park Inn Golf Club (Asheville, NC), Ross, 1926 (R Kris Spence)
Old Fort [NC] Golf Course, John Van Kleek, 1961
Rolling Hills Country Club (Monroe, NC), George Cobb, 1963 (R John LeFoy)
Wee Burn Country Club (Darien, CT), Devereux Emmet, 1925 (R Geoffrey Cornish & William Robinson)
Lake Lure Golf Club (a/k/a Lake Lure [NC] Municipal Golf Course), attributed variously to (1) Ross, (2) John R. Van Kleek and (3) Wayne Stiles & Van Kleek, 1927
Cedarwood Country Club (Charlotte), Ellis Maples (1964) (R Kris Spence)

R = remodeled, revised, restored, renovated, and the like.

[David Kelly]

Having just returned from England a week ago my last 10 are:

Cavendish
Notts (Hollinwell)
Woodhall Spa
Royal West Norfolk (Brancaster)
Hunstanton
Beau Desert
Royal Birkdale
Hillside
Ganton
Alwoodley