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Mark Pearce

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1950 on: October 22, 2024, 08:26:00 AM »
Tyneside
City of Newcastle
Silloth
Appleby
Goswick
Elie
St Andrews Eden
Crail Balcomie
Crail Craighead
Berkshire Blue
In June I will be riding the first three stages of this year's Tour de France route for charity.  630km (394 miles) in three days, with 7800m (25,600 feet) of climbing for the William Wates Memorial Trust (https://rideleloop.org/the-charity/) which supports underprivileged young people.

J_ Crisham

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1951 on: October 22, 2024, 08:54:03 AM »
Old Elm
Glenview Club
Beverly
Blue Mound
Pine Hills
Fox Chapel
Oakmont
Crystal Downs
Willamette Valley
Pumpkin Ridge




Pine Hills was the biggest surprise I've had in a few years- remarkable and so under the radar

Brian Finn

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1952 on: October 22, 2024, 09:05:46 AM »

Bumping this thread as I always like hearing about where folks have been recently. Been a good year for golf travel. Last 10 notable for me:
You said "notable" above.  Did you play other courses that were less notable, and if so, would you share where?  I love seeing all the terrific courses everyone plays, but often find the "lesser" courses even more interesting, particularly when juxtaposed with top 100s.

My last 10:

Prairie Dunes (KS)
CC of Salisbury (NC)
Fort Mill GC (SC)
Minikhada (MN)
Windsong Farm (MN)
Kings Mountain GC (NC)
Royal Kaanapali (HI)
Kaanapali Kai (HI)
Kapalua Plantation (HI)
Lancaster GC (SC)
New for '24: Monifieth x2, Montrose x2, Panmure, Carnoustie x3, Scotscraig, Kingsbarns, Elie, Dumbarnie, Lundin, Belvedere, The Loop x2, Forest Dunes, Arcadia Bluffs x2, Kapalua Plantation, Windsong Farm, Minikahda...

J_ Crisham

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1953 on: October 22, 2024, 09:35:44 AM »
Old Elm, (IL)
Lido, (WI)
Sedge Valley, (WI)
Prairie Dunes, (KS)
Brora GC
Dornoch GC
Golspie GC
Indian Hill, (IL)
Skokie, (IL)
Beverly, (IL)
Mountain Lake (FL)
John,     Has IHC started their course restoration? Any idea who is their architect and scope of work?

 

Matt Bosela

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1954 on: October 22, 2024, 09:40:12 AM »
My list is decidedly less glamourous than most here.


Lookout Point CC, Ontario
St. Catharines GCC, Ontario
Burlington GCC, Ontario
Copper Creek GC, Ontario
Sawmill GC, Ontario
Chateau Whistler, British Columbia
Cardinal Lakes GC (Heron), Ontario
Niagara National GC, Ontario
London Hunt Club, Ontario
Wanakah CC, New York

Matt Wharton

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1955 on: October 22, 2024, 10:45:41 AM »
Catawba CC - Newton, NC
Rocky River GC - Concord, NC
CC of Spartanburg - Spartanburg, SC
Carolina GC - Charlotte, NC
Castle Stuart - Inverness, Scotland
Royal Dornoch Championship - Dornoch, Scotland
Brora GC - Brora, Scotland
Golspie GC - Golspie, Scotland
Royal Dornoch Struie - Dornoch, Scotland
Charlotte National GC - Charlotte, NC


Played 2 rounds each on both courses at Royal Dornoch including hickories for one round on Struie and played Brora with hickories.  ;D



Bumping this thread as I always like hearing about where folks have been recently. Been a good year for golf travel. Last 10 notable for me:
You said "notable" above.  Did you play other courses that were less notable, and if so, would you share where?  I love seeing all the terrific courses everyone plays, but often find the "lesser" courses even more interesting, particularly when juxtaposed with top 100s.

My last 10:

Prairie Dunes (KS)
CC of Salisbury (NC)
Fort Mill GC (SC)
Minikhada (MN)
Windsong Farm (MN)
Kings Mountain GC (NC)
Royal Kaanapali (HI)
Kaanapali Kai (HI)
Kapalua Plantation (HI)
Lancaster GC (SC)


It had been two years but we finally made it back over to Dornoch! My last 10 are:


Idle Hour CC (KY)
Park Mammoth (KY)
Winchester CC (KY)
Muir of Ord
Royal Dornoch - Championship (3X)
Durness
Brora
Tain
Golspie


No hickories this time though... :(

Matthew Wharton, CGCS, MG
Idle Hour CC
Lexington, KY

MCirba

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1956 on: October 22, 2024, 11:09:45 AM »
Mark Twain (NY)
Summit Spring (9) (ME)*
Poland Spring (ME)*
Grindstone Neck (9) (ME)*
Boothbay Harbor (ME)
North Haven (9) (ME)*
Samoset (ME)
Merchantville (9) (NJ)*
Willowbrook (Pines/Bittercreek) (NY)
Seaview (Bay) (NJ)


* First time play


Supposed to play Willie Park's Woodway CC in Connecticut tomorrow.  So many courses...so little time.
« Last Edit: October 22, 2024, 11:16:24 AM by MCirba »
"Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent" - Calvin Coolidge

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Will Thrasher

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1957 on: October 22, 2024, 11:41:23 AM »

Bumping this thread as I always like hearing about where folks have been recently. Been a good year for golf travel. Last 10 notable for me:
You said "notable" above.  Did you play other courses that were less notable, and if so, would you share where?  I love seeing all the terrific courses everyone plays, but often find the "lesser" courses even more interesting, particularly when juxtaposed with top 100s.

My last 10:

Prairie Dunes (KS)
CC of Salisbury (NC)
Fort Mill GC (SC)
Minikhada (MN)
Windsong Farm (MN)
Kings Mountain GC (NC)
Royal Kaanapali (HI)
Kaanapali Kai (HI)
Kapalua Plantation (HI)
Lancaster GC (SC)


Good question: others I've played previously I didn't count:

Stonehenge Golf Club (IN) - home course
Culver (IN) - Still my favorite in the state and so so good. A must see.
Firestone North (OH) wouldn't go out of my way to play again
Firestone Fazio (OH) wouldn't go out of my way to play again


Twitter: @will_thrasher_

Jeff Simpson

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1958 on: October 22, 2024, 02:48:57 PM »
North Ridge CC-Oaks (NC)
North Ridge CC-Lakes (NC)
Brentwood CC (TN)
Camargo (OH)
Richland CC (TN)
Valhalla (KY)
Oakland Hills-South (MI)
The CC (OH)
Canterbury CC (OH)
Troubadour (TN)


Fortunate to have had an incredible run of courses the past couple months.

Matthew Lloyd

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1959 on: October 22, 2024, 03:21:29 PM »
Firestone (South) *
Firestone (North) *
Scioto
OSU Scarlet
Belvedere
Kingsley Club
Lochenheath
Arcadia South
The Loop (Red & Black)
Erin Hills *


* = first time on the course; absolutely LOVED Erin Hills and feel like it's somehow a bit underrated - that will be an annual venture for me going forward; my family history dates back to that area centuries ago so that land is in my DNA I suppose


The Loop has become my favorite course (I consider it one course) in Michigan the more time I spend there; I enjoy the original Forest Dunes very much but I simply can't pass up the chance to get more rounds on The Loop when I'm there; and while this is an unscientific breakdown the preferred routing in my golf group for The Loop is the RED course - this isn't a strong view or anything close to a consensus - but that seems to be the favorite if push comes to shove


impressed with Firestone - as mentioned in other threads on Firestone I have ended up missing the "classic parkland" golf layouts and it was nice to play that style again; i grew up playing at OSU and Firestone reminded me of OSU Scarlet - playing South and Scarlet on back-to-back days was certainly a harsh reminder of my average skill level
« Last Edit: October 22, 2024, 03:25:51 PM by Matthew Lloyd »

David Amarnek

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1960 on: October 22, 2024, 06:11:17 PM »
Sunningdale Old (multiple)
Sunningdale New (multiple)
Swinley Forest
Queenwood
Gulph Mills (multiple)
Merion East
Philly Cricket Wissahickon
Manufacturer's
Pine Valley
Westwood CC in St. Louis (multiple)
« Last Edit: October 22, 2024, 06:13:19 PM by David Amarnek »

Gene Greco

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1961 on: October 22, 2024, 10:29:59 PM »
Southampton
Whitinsville
Oakmont
Wild Horse
Sand Hills
National Golf Links
St Georges
Shinnecock Hills
Cypress Point
The Preserve
"...I don't believe it is impossible to build a modern course as good as Pine Valley.  To me, Sand Hills is just as good as Pine Valley..."    TOM DOAK  November 6th, 2010

PCCraig

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1962 on: October 22, 2024, 10:30:29 PM »
Most Recent First dating back to August 1:


Pebble Beach
Pacific Grove
Cypress Point
Olympic Club (Lake)
Shoreacres
White Bear Yacht Club
Sutton Bay
Lido
Royal Portrush
Castlerock
Portstewart
Ardglass
Royal County Down
Portmarnoch
Landmand


It’s been a pretty good run!
H.P.S.

Sean_A

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1963 on: October 23, 2024, 03:53:35 AM »
Most Recent First dating back to August 1:
Pebble Beach
Pacific Grove
Cypress Point
Olympic Club (Lake)
Shoreacres
White Bear Yacht Club
Sutton Bay
Lido
Royal Portrush
Castlerock
Portstewart
Ardglass
Royal County Down
Portmarnoch
Landmand

It’s been a pretty good run!

What did you think of Ardglass?

Ciao
New plays planned for 2024: Nothing

PCCraig

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1964 on: October 23, 2024, 09:48:18 AM »
Most Recent First dating back to August 1:
Pebble Beach
Pacific Grove
Cypress Point
Olympic Club (Lake)
Shoreacres
White Bear Yacht Club
Sutton Bay
Lido
Royal Portrush
Castlerock
Portstewart
Ardglass
Royal County Down
Portmarnoch
Landmand

It’s been a pretty good run!

What did you think of Ardglass?

Ciao


I enjoyed it quite a bit. The strategy of the course is a bit rudimentary but the setting is so spectacular you don't mind much at all. The routing is pretty interesting, starting on the cliffs then working down toward a coastal town, back to the cliffs, before going inland. They are sprucing up some of their finishing holes. The 17th is a new par-3 with a pretty backdrop and they are restoring an old stone wall as a feature on the 16th a la North Berwick.


Wonderful people though. If you go, don't miss The Old Commercial Bar just off the parking lot. Perhaps my favorite pub that we visited on our trip.
H.P.S.

jeffwarne

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1965 on: October 23, 2024, 08:15:31 PM »
Southampton
Whitinsville
Oakmont
Wild Horse
Sand Hills
National Golf Links
St Georges
Shinnecock Hills
Cypress Point
The Preserve


Impressive, very diverse run!
"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

Pierre_C

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1966 on: October 23, 2024, 08:39:23 PM »
After several weeks out in N. California..

Mill Valley GC
Cal Club**
SFGC
Wente Vineyards
Half Moon Bay - Old
Stanford**
CPC**
Pebble
Spy Glass
Pasatiempo


** Played multiple days during trip, included once.
« Last Edit: October 23, 2024, 08:47:08 PM by Pierre_C »
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Pierre_C

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1967 on: October 23, 2024, 08:45:11 PM »
*8
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Chris Hughes

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1968 on: October 23, 2024, 09:21:56 PM »
Carolina GC
Springfield GC
Fort Mill GC
Tradition GC
Catawba Creek GC
Camden CC
Pine Island CC
Trump National GC
Tega Cay GC
Warrior GC
"Is it the Chicken Salad or the golf course that attracts and retains members ?"

Sean_A

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1969 on: October 24, 2024, 01:56:01 AM »
Most Recent First dating back to August 1:
Pebble Beach
Pacific Grove
Cypress Point
Olympic Club (Lake)
Shoreacres
White Bear Yacht Club
Sutton Bay
Lido
Royal Portrush
Castlerock
Portstewart
Ardglass
Royal County Down
Portmarnoch
Landmand

It’s been a pretty good run!

What did you think of Ardglass?

Ciao


I enjoyed it quite a bit. The strategy of the course is a bit rudimentary but the setting is so spectacular you don't mind much at all. The routing is pretty interesting, starting on the cliffs then working down toward a coastal town, back to the cliffs, before going inland. They are sprucing up some of their finishing holes. The 17th is a new par-3 with a pretty backdrop and they are restoring an old stone wall as a feature on the 16th a la North Berwick.


Wonderful people though. If you go, don't miss The Old Commercial Bar just off the parking lot. Perhaps my favorite pub that we visited on our trip.

Cheers!

Ciao
New plays planned for 2024: Nothing

Tony_Muldoon

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1970 on: October 24, 2024, 05:33:51 AM »
Most Recent First dating back to August 1:
Pebble Beach
Pacific Grove
Cypress Point
Olympic Club (Lake)
Shoreacres
White Bear Yacht Club
Sutton Bay
Lido
Royal Portrush
Castlerock
Portstewart
Ardglass
Royal County Down
Portmarnoch
Landmand

It’s been a pretty good run!

What did you think of Ardglass?

Ciao


I enjoyed it quite a bit. The strategy of the course is a bit rudimentary but the setting is so spectacular you don't mind much at all. The routing is pretty interesting, starting on the cliffs then working down toward a coastal town, back to the cliffs, before going inland. They are sprucing up some of their finishing holes. The 17th is a new par-3 with a pretty backdrop and they are restoring an old stone wall as a feature on the 16th a la North Berwick.


Wonderful people though. If you go, don't miss The Old Commercial Bar just off the parking lot. Perhaps my favorite pub that we visited on our trip.

As its been wet recently, how did it play?
After my one autumnal visit I had trouble seeing it as a links and wonder how much those views elevate its rating?

Greatly enjoyed the welcome and informality.
Let's make GCA grate again!

Tony_Muldoon

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1971 on: October 24, 2024, 05:39:09 AM »



It had been two years but we finally made it back over to Dornoch! My last 10 are:


Idle Hour CC (KY)
Park Mammoth (KY)
Winchester CC (KY)
Muir of Ord
Royal Dornoch - Championship (3X)
Durness
Brora
Tain
Golspie


No hickories this time though... :(

I'm curious about what you made of Muir of Ord?
Apparenlty my father used to play there alternate days when the lack of bridges on the A9 meant a 2 hour drive to Dornoch from Inverenss.
Let's make GCA grate again!

Greg Hohman

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1972 on: October 24, 2024, 08:14:32 AM »
Carolina GC
Springfield GC
Fort Mill GC
Tradition GC
Catawba Creek GC
Camden CC
Pine Island CC
Trump National GC
Tega Cay GC
Warrior GC


Chris, thoughts on Springfield vs Fort Mill? My host took me to Springfield.



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Tommy Williamsen

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1973 on: October 24, 2024, 08:51:20 AM »
It has been a good few months.
The European Club
Druid's Heath
Cabot Links
Cabot Cliffs
Bryce Resort
Pinehurst #10
Musgrove Mill
Tot Hill Farm
Cabot Citrus Karoo
Ballyneal
GrayBull
Sanctuary
Warwick Hills
St. Johns Resort: The Cardinal
Tree Farm
Old Barnwell
Point Hardy GC: Cabot St. Lucia
Frederica
Ocean Forest
Where there is no love, put love; there you will find love.
St. John of the Cross

"Deep within your soul-space is a magnificent cathedral where you are sweet beyond telling." Rumi

Shane Wright

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Re: Your Last Ten
« Reply #1974 on: October 24, 2024, 10:02:33 AM »
It has been a good few months.
The European Club
Druid's Heath
Cabot Links
Cabot Cliffs
Bryce Resort
Pinehurst #10
Musgrove Mill
Tot Hill Farm
Cabot Citrus Karoo
Ballyneal
GrayBull
Sanctuary
Warwick Hills
St. Johns Resort: The Cardinal
Tree Farm
Old Barnwell
Point Hardy GC: Cabot St. Lucia
Frederica
Ocean Forest


Tommy,


Not that you are looking for a steady stream of income, but your wife would have a large annuity if she wanted one.  She could coach other amateur golfers' wives on their husbands, golf trips, attending many, and encouraging others.  It would be a WIN for everyone and your wife would have a lifetime annuity, even charitable if preferred.


 :)
« Last Edit: October 24, 2024, 10:04:50 AM by Shane Wright »

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