'When I finished the 18th hole, I wanted to go start playing again.'

[Tom Fagerli]

This is how I felt the first time I played Dormie and Yeamans Hall. No 2 and Hazeltine make me want to retire to the 19th hole to talk about the round. With me great courses have different responses. The really hard ones make me want to sit in the bar and lament. The playable ones make me want to go straight to the first tee.

[Jason Thurman]

This is how I felt the first time I played Dormie and Yeamans Hall. No 2 and Hazeltine make me want to retire to the 19th hole to talk about the round. With me great courses have different responses. The really hard ones make me want to sit in the bar and lament. The playable ones make me want to go straight to the first tee.

Agree totally. There's a place in golf for a good old-fashioned ass-kicker of a course, and rehashing the round in conversation is often a little more realistic than heading back out to play again.

Any course that makes you want to play again right away after finishing is probably great. But not all great courses make you want to play again right after finishing.

[Patrick_Mucci]

Padraig,

I did it the first time I played Maidstone and would have done itat Hidden Creek had it not been getting dark

[Sam Morrow]

I've played 3 this week, Prairie Dunes, Sand Hills, Dismal, and probably a fourth tomorrow morning at Wild Horse.

[Doug Braunsdorf]

Padraig,

I did it the first time I played Maidstone and would have done itat Hidden Creek had it not been getting dark

Pat,

  I think you would concur Garden City is probably the best example of this, the 18th tee/1st tee test. 

[Mark McKeever]

Third or fourth in line on the BPB opinion, but I would go play Red again after holing out on 18.  

The place that does it for me most is Schuylkill, even though this may not necessarily be considered a 'great' golf course. I played there last in April, and you have to walk directly behind 1 tee after finishing, I remember saying to Mark, "I wish we had more time"

I think Huntingdon Valley does this for me as well, and close to home, GB, ACCC, HC and Seaview all share this.  

Doug, its funny....thats what our group said yesterday after we played!  and it was HOT!

Instead, Colbert and I had one heck of a putting contest!

Mark

[Jim Eder]

I had this feeling at Brora in Late May. The wind was blowing quite nicely (2-3 clubs), the sun was out, it was fairly warm, there were only a few people on the front nine as I finished the back nine, the course was in great shape, it is Brora, and I couldn't wait to get out again for my 4th play at Brora on this trip. I played in 2hrs 15 and actually thought about going out a third time.  Life couldn't seem to get any better that day. Just wonderful.

[jeffwarne]

I had this feeling at Brora in Late May. The wind was blowing quite nicely (2-3 clubs), the sun was out, it was fairly warm, there were only a few people on the front nine as I finished the back nine, the course was in great shape, it is Brora, and I couldn't wait to get out again for my 4th play at Brora on this trip. I played in 2hrs 15 and actually thought about going out a third time.  Life couldn't seem to get any better that day. Just wonderful.

That's exactly what we did at Brora, and Pennard.
Do it at Palmetto, Southampton, Goat Hill all the time.
But I definitely have a different opinion than most about what makes a great course-to each his own

[Jim Eder]

Jeff,

Very interesting.  Brora is a special, natural place.  Glad you enjoyed it as well.

[Patrick_Mucci]

Doug,

I'd agree, GCGC is one of those courses where going from # 18 green to the 1st tee seems the natural thing to do.

I find that trait most prevalent amongst "sporty" courses.

It wasn't my first thought walking off BPB from the Open tees.

Maidstone, Hidden Creek, The Creek, Seminole, NGLA  and many others come to mind.

They all share one trait......... They're fun to play.