What Course are you Planning to Play this Year - 2012 Edition

[David Harshbarger]

Spring is in the air here in upstate, ushering in a new year of golf.  What courses are definitely planning to play this year, and which ones are new?

Here's my list:

Battenkill CC - unknown
Saratoga National - Rulewich (new)
Cranwell - Stiles and Van Kleek (new)
Mohawk - Emmet (new)
Ondawa - Greene
Mountain Ridge - Ross (new) assuming that event goes on, courtesy of Mr. Mucci.
Western Turnpike - unknown but Tillinghast visited on his tour
Orchard Creek - Cowley (new)
In know, I know, you're thinking "I wish I could live the life he's living."  So let's see where you guys will be swinging your clubs this year.

[Jim_Kennedy]

One I always enjoy that's right in your backyard is Paul Cowley's design at Orchard Creek in Altamont, NY.


 

[Anthony Gray]

  Trump Scotland. I only play or caddy top 100.

  Anthony

[Matt_Cohn]

New:

Pasatiempo
Ritz Carlton Dove Mountain
La Cumbre
Marin CC
Sequoyah

[Matthew Petersen]

Pebble Beach
Spyglass Hill
Wolf Creek
Apache Stronghold?

[Mark Saltzman]

May:
Oklahoma city
Twin hills
Dornick hills
Oak tree
Jimmie Austin
Karsten creek
Oakwood
Southern hills
The patriot
Oaks cc
Hardscrabble
Hillcrest
Wichita cc
Prairie dunes
Flint hills
Sand creek station

In June:
Canton Brookside
TCC Pepper Pike
Canterbury
Kirtland
Sharon ( )

In August:
Highland Links
Cabot Links

In October:
Long Island, courses TBD

Dates TBD:
St Catharines
Lookout point
Cherry Hill
The Summit

And if I can find just a few more days off work...
Monroe
CC of Rochester
Oak Hill West
Irondiquot (sp?)

[Greg Holland]

Played Dormie Club 2 weeks ago
On the current list to play this year are:  No. 2, Old Town, Forsyth CC, Eagle Point, Wild Dunes and CC Charleston.

[David Harshbarger]

One I always enjoy that's right in your backyard is Paul Cowley's design at Orchard Creek in Altamont, NY.


 

I have coworkers who play in a league there.  I'll have to add it to my list.

[Matt Bosela]

May:
Oklahoma city
Twin hills
Dornick hills
Oak tree
Jimmie Austin
Karsten creek
Oakwood
Southern hills
The patriot
Oaks cc
Hardscrabble
Hillcrest
Wichita cc
Prairie dunes
Flint hills
Sand creek station

In June:
Canton Brookside
TCC Pepper Pike
Canterbury
Sharon ( )

In August:
Highland Links
Cabot Links

In October:
Long Island, courses TBD

So Mark, you're saying it's a light year for you?

[Tim Gavrich]

Orchard Creek is a real hoot.  I haven't played it in ages, since early junior golf days.

David, if you haven't played Copake CC, you ought to add it to your list too.

[Steve Salmen]

Hopefully I'll get a chance to play Machrihanish Dunes and possibly Castle Stewart, two courses I've never played.  It would of course be nice to get a round in at Craighead in honor of Mr. Hanse.

[David Harshbarger]

Funny, some of the folks here at work aren't 100% sold on Orchard Creek.  Parts are "gimmicky". 

I have played Copake Lake, but that was in my pre-GCA days.  Will have to get down there again.

I'm actually envious of Mark's Midwest swing and August in NS.  That has got to be the season to be in the Maritimes.

[Bill_McBride]

New:

Pasatiempo
Ritz Carlton Dove Mountain
La Cumbre
Marin CC
Sequoyah

Matt, good luck on those greens at Dove Mountain, I found them to be diabolical.

I'll be interested in what Marin Golf Club is like these days.  I caddied there on opening day more years ago that I'd like to talk about!

La Cumbre gets a rap, especially from Tommy, but I love the place, played golf there for UCSB.   Really good greens and the best par 3 in Southern California.   (He said confidently)   # 13.   I hope you don't have to play the (literally) crappy alternate island green on that hole.

[Bart Bradley]

As of now:

Swinley Forest
The Addington
Littlestone
Royal Melbourne
Kingston Heath
Barnbougle Dunes
Lost Farm
Victoria
St. Andrews Beach
National Moonah
Royal Adelaide
Arcadia Bluffs
Kingsley
Crystal Downs
Ballybunion
Lahinch
Portmarnock
European Club
Royal County Down
Royal Portrush
Ardglass
Grandfather and the Olde Farm as many times as I can.
...that takes me through June..


It is going to be a good year  .  My sincere hope you all get to live out your dreams too.

Bart

[Kris Shreiner]

Mark and Bart,

You both really need to get out a bit more!

Cheers,
Kris

[Wayne Wiggins, Jr.]

New:

Pasatiempo
Ritz Carlton Dove Mountain
La Cumbre
Marin CC
Sequoyah

Another one here in the Bay Area that i'm interested to see/play is the redo at Mira Vista.  Planning to play in April.

[Anthony Gray]

  I hear Scott Warren is going to Ballyneal.

[Mark Steffey]

played so far:
ritz carlton sarasota
the concession
sara bay

planning:
old memorial
black diamond ranch - quarry
canterbury
fox chapel
kittansett
wannamoisett
carnegie abbey
wanumetonomy
rhode island
belmont
shelter harbour
brookside
indiana (pa)
cummaquid
essex (ma)
wianno
eastward ho!
worcester
firestone

looking to hit HHI later in the year and see what's up.

then the usual suspects.

[Michael Herrmann]

In June:
Canton Brookside
TCC Pepper Pike
Canterbury
Kirtland
Sharon ( )

Sharon is a very nice course, played there numerous times through a friend of my dad's around 10-12 years ago.  Also have a current client that is a member.  Hoping myself to get on Canterbury sometime this summer through another work connection.  Another good course up that way is Kirtland CC.

[Howard Riefs]

A few more....

http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,50704.0.html

[Jim_Kennedy]

David,
Do not take your friends to Copake or Cranwell if they think Orchard Creek is 'gimmicky'.    

You shouldn't miss Greenock CC (semi private 9 hole Ross course) if you make it down to Cranwell. It's in Lee, only a couple of miles to the south. Good warm-up before Cranwell.

[David Harshbarger]

Jim,

I reflect on what my colleagues offer.  Tis what it Tis.

I will definitely hit Greenock.  I'm pro 9 holers.

Thanks,

Dave

[George Freeman]

- Hoping to get down to French Lick to see both the Dye and Ross courses (especially looking forward to the Ross).

- Kapalua and maybe a couple others while in Hawaii on my honeymoon.

- Pine Meadows and Shepherd's Crook in Chicagoland.

- Hopefully one of the following: 1) Michigan UP to go see Greywalls again (Lawsonia if we drive west around the lake, perhaps Lakewood Shores - Gailes if we go the other way OR 2) a trip through Ohio hitting some goodies in Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati.

- And of course, I hope it make it out to Kingsley Club a couple times (and maybe a couple others) while visiting TC.

Pretty quite year (mainly b/c of my wedding!)

[David Harshbarger]

George,

We went to Hawaii on our "last fling" before our first was born.  We spent two days over on Lana'i at the Koele Lodge, which we loved.  I played both courses, Koele and Manale Bay.   Nicklaus' Manele was excellent and on a stunning cliff side location.  It beat me up, no surprise, but there were definite challenges in approach and architecture. The few comments I've seen here for this relatively remote course have been positive.  Is that weak?  Excellent course with tough challenging features in a drop dead gorgeous location?  Take the day trip, maybe see some whales on the way.

Dave

[Keith OHalloran]

PineValley
Seminole
Cypress
Chicago.

Of course my plans never work out.