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Carl Nichols

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #800 on: July 08, 2014, 09:22:45 AM »
Carl, how was Punta Espada?

Jay:
I thought it was really good.  There's a landform in that part of the DR (can't remember the name of it) that's a bit like an elevated plateau, and that they used to create some interesting holes away from the water.  They also had access to a lot of (spectacular) waterfront and used that land to create an interesting set of holes that were quite varied--some playing directly at the water, some playing directly away from it, others playing along it but in different directions, etc.  I played it twice and those holes, especially, required me to hit lots of different shots.

Andy Troeger

Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #801 on: July 08, 2014, 10:41:34 AM »
The Harvester
Erin Hills
South Bend CC
Kirtland CC
Winged Foot West
Winged Foot East
Plainfield
Somerset Hills
Merion East
Lehigh CC

Nigel Islam

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #802 on: July 08, 2014, 03:19:25 PM »
The Harvester
Erin Hills
South Bend CC
Kirtland CC
Winged Foot West
Winged Foot East
Plainfield
Somerset Hills
Merion East
Lehigh CC

Nice trip out east there Andy!

Robin_Hiseman

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #803 on: July 08, 2014, 06:03:33 PM »
A far less fancy cluster than some of you posh lads!

Reigate Heath
Renaissance
North Berwick
Aberfoyle
Painswick
Oak Park (village course)
Edgbaston
Ashbourne
Notts
Burnham & Berrow

2024: RSt.D; Mill Ride; Milford; Notts; JCB, Jameson Links, Druids Glen, Royal Dublin, Portmarnock, Old Head, Addington, Parkstone, Denham, Thurlestone, Dartmouth, Rustic Canyon, LACC (N), MPCC (Shore), Cal Club, San Fran, Epsom, Casa Serena, Hayling, Co. Sligo, Strandhill, Carne, Cleeve Hill

jeffwarne

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #804 on: July 08, 2014, 08:45:03 PM »
Leewood
Scarsdale
The Island x 2
Renaissance x 3
Kilspindie
Longniddry
TOC
Gailes Links x 4
The Bridge
Goat Hill

"Let's slow the damned greens down a bit, not take the character out of them." Tom Doak
"Take their focus off the grass and put it squarely on interesting golf." Don Mahaffey

Steve Lang

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #805 on: July 08, 2014, 08:55:38 PM »
Last Dozen....it was an epic June.

Ballyneal
Dismal Red & White
Sand Hills
Wianno  CC
Old Sandwich
Salem CC
Forest Dunes
ThreeTops
Shanty Creek
Crystal Downs
Kingsley


Joel,

No wonder you were primed for winning The Fifth Major with Mike!  Nice warmups, especially in MI!
Inverness (Toledo, OH) cathedral clock inscription: "God measures men by what they are. Not what they in wealth possess.  That vibrant message chimes afar.
The voice of Inverness"

Mac Plumart

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #806 on: July 08, 2014, 10:31:19 PM »
The Golf Club
Auglaize CC
Eagle Rock
Rivermont
Dismal Red
Dismal White
Golf Club of Georgia Lakeside
Wild Dunes
Yale
Eastward Ho!






« Last Edit: July 08, 2014, 10:39:13 PM by Mac Plumart »
Sportsman/Adventure loving golfer.

Sean_A

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #807 on: July 09, 2014, 03:21:41 AM »
Leewood
Scarsdale
The Island x 2
Renaissance x 3
Kilspindie
Longniddry
TOC
Gailes Links x 4
The Bridge
Goat Hill


Jeff

What did you think of Longniddry?

Ciao
New plays planned for 2025: Ludlow, Machrihanish Dunes, Dunaverty and Carradale

BShannon

Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #808 on: July 09, 2014, 12:26:05 PM »
Beverly (GCA Day - thanks again to Terry and Andrew!)
Butler National
Flossmoor (x10)
Lawsonia (Links)
Long Beach CC (Indiana)
Harbor Shores
Forest Dunes (x3)
Riviera
Trump National (Los Angeles)  :-\
Palos Verdes GC

jeffwarne

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #809 on: July 09, 2014, 07:03:48 PM »
Leewood
Scarsdale
The Island x 2
Renaissance x 3
Kilspindie
Longniddry
TOC
Gailes Links x 4
The Bridge
Goat Hill


Jeff

What did you think of Longniddry?

Ciao

a very peaceful place-grass cut short-fun and playable.
sort've a hybrid parkland/heathland with a seaside setting?
undulating terrain
#5 is the greatest elevation change I've ever seen on a green-about 20 feet!
Enjoyed the holes in theattractive  pines-a few new plantings which looked a bit silly in spots.
Tom Doak had compared it to the Monterrey Peninsula, and while there was a bit of that feel, I kept waiting for the ocean holes to emerge from the woods-they didn't, though it was near and hidden behind trees and houses

I'd say the sum is greater than the parts as I really enjoyed it-didn't play very well as it was preceded by a rather late evening in Gullane ;)
I think Tom got kt about right in the original CG, where I first heard of it.
great old school pro-spent a bit of time with him in his workshop
"Let's slow the damned greens down a bit, not take the character out of them." Tom Doak
"Take their focus off the grass and put it squarely on interesting golf." Don Mahaffey

Michael Whitaker

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #810 on: July 09, 2014, 07:29:32 PM »
Pacific Dunes
Old MacDonald (x2)
The Preserve
Bandon Dunes
Bandon Trails
Country Club of Colorado
Ballyneal
Dismal White (x2)
Dismal Red (x2)
Sand Hills (x2)
"Solving the paradox of proportionality is the heart of golf architecture."  - Tom Doak (11/20/05)

Tim Martin

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #811 on: July 09, 2014, 08:13:07 PM »
Pacific Dunes
Old MacDonald (x2)
The Preserve
Bandon Dunes
Bandon Trails
Country Club of Colorado
Ballyneal
Dismal White (x2)
Dismal Red (x2)
Sand Hills (x2)


Whitty-You gotta get out more. ;)

Michael Whitaker

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #812 on: July 09, 2014, 11:25:45 PM »

Whitty-You gotta get out more. ;)

That's what I was just telling my wife!    ;D
"Solving the paradox of proportionality is the heart of golf architecture."  - Tom Doak (11/20/05)

Jon Adkins

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #813 on: July 10, 2014, 01:36:38 PM »
Beverly CC (GCA Play Day)
Calumet CC
Ravisloe CC (5x)
The Trophy Club
Glencoe GC
Cog Hill - No. 4 Dubsdread (2x)
George Dunne
Jackson Park
Cog Hill - No. 2 Ravines
Harborside - Starboard

Neil Johnston

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #814 on: July 10, 2014, 02:03:56 PM »
Lakeside Links (MI)
The Mines (MI)
Tullymore (MI)
Kingsley Club
Crystal Downs
Arcadia Bluffs
Manistee National (MI)
Lake Bluff GC (IL)
Lost Marsh (IN)
Beverly CC

Probably one of the best 10 round stretch of my career, except for Lost Marsh, which I did not really enjoy.

Nigel Islam

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #815 on: July 10, 2014, 02:48:00 PM »

Probably one of the best 10 round stretch of my career, except for Lost Marsh, which I did not really enjoy.

That is not a name that inspires confidence!

Ryan Taylor

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #816 on: July 10, 2014, 03:06:01 PM »
Neil,

Great to see you found your way to CD!

My last 10 excluding my home course:

Forest Dunes
Belvedere GC
U of M
Orchard Lake CC
Dormie Club
Pine Needles
Tobacco Road
CC of Lansing
Pilgrims Run GC
Sylvania CC
"Bandon is like Chamonix for skiers or the North Shore of Oahu for surfers,” Rogers said. “It is where those who really care end up."

Matt Bosela

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #817 on: July 10, 2014, 03:25:06 PM »
Two very cool trips this year!  Listed in order from most recently played, with the Oakland Hills round played yesterday:

Oakland Hills CC - South, MI
Kingsley Club, MI
Crystal Downs CC, MI
Arcadia Bluffs GC, MI
Forest Dunes GC, MI
St. Catharines GCC, ON, Canada
Eagles Nest GC, ON, Canada
Kiawah Island - Ocean, SC
Palmetto GC, SC
Augusta CC, GA

Jud_T

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #818 on: July 10, 2014, 06:04:44 PM »
Not to pick on anyone in particular, but it's fairly ironic that Sven started this thread to prove that many guys play regular local tracks and it's rather unsurprisingly turned, for the most part, into something else.
Golf is a game. We play it. Somewhere along the way we took the fun out of it and charged a premium to be punished.- - Ron Sirak

Tom_Doak

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #819 on: July 10, 2014, 06:12:43 PM »
Not to pick on anyone in particular, but it's fairly ironic that Sven started this thread to prove that many guys play regular local tracks and it's rather unsurprisingly turned, for the most part, into something else.

True ... but also entirely predictable from this group.

I can't really think back past my last trip:

Medinah #1 [in the grand opening]
Traigh
Isle of Harris
Askernish
The Renaissance Club

Pete_Pittock

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #820 on: July 10, 2014, 06:21:55 PM »
More than ten, but there are five 9-holers

Reserve Vineyards (N) home track
Willamette Valley CC
Desert Peaks (9) Madras,OR
Bear Valley Meadows (9) Seneca,Or
Valley (9) Burns, Or
Country View (9) Ontario, Or (more on this later)
Ontario
Trail Ruts (9) Guernsey, Wy
Dismal River (Red)
Dismal River (White)
Prairie Club (Pines)
Prairie Club (Dunes)
Commonground
Fossil Trace

Sean_A

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #821 on: July 10, 2014, 06:32:13 PM »
Not to pick on anyone in particular, but it's fairly ironic that Sven started this thread to prove that many guys play regular local tracks and it's rather unsurprisingly turned, for the most part, into something else.

True ... but also entirely predictable from this group.

I can't really think back past my last trip:

Medinah #1 [in the grand opening]
Traigh
Isle of Harris
Askernish
The Renaissance Club

Talk to me about Isle of Harris - long wanted to visit.

Jeff - so Longniddry isn't worth skipping a game at North Berwick for the once in a blue moon visitor - me?

Ciao
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New plays planned for 2025: Ludlow, Machrihanish Dunes, Dunaverty and Carradale

John Kirk

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #822 on: July 11, 2014, 12:37:02 AM »
My last ten are getting closer to home and less adventurous.

Pumpkin Ridge (Witch Hollow)
Pumpkin Ridge (Ghost Creek)
Fircrest
Ballyneal
Kinloch
Stanford
Valley Club
Stone Eagle
Yorba Linda
Dismal River (Red)

which dates me back to last September. 

Jim Nelson

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #823 on: July 11, 2014, 12:45:52 AM »
Martis Camp
Southern Highlands
Bandon Dunes
Bandon Trails
Old McDonald
St. Enodoc
Royal North Devon
Saunton East
Saunton West
Burnham and Barrow
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.  This makes it hard to plan the day.  E. B. White

Martin Toal

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #824 on: July 11, 2014, 02:31:34 AM »
Beverly (GCA Day - thanks again to Terry and Andrew!)
Butler National
Flossmoor (x10)
Lawsonia (Links)
Long Beach CC (Indiana)
Harbor Shores
Forest Dunes (x3)
Riviera
Trump National (Los Angeles)  :-\
Palos Verdes GC

Why?