[David Davis]

Anything as long as it's golf related.

Mine:

Best Course Played: Pine Valley, runner up - Wolf Point.
Best Round: 72 at Sand Hills, 2nd Best a couple 73's.
Best Shot: Eagle 2 on #16 at Noordwijkse during the Club Championships into a (very) high wind. 5 iron, one bounce then dunk.
Best Golf Trip: USA trip.
Best Road Trip: Denver to Ballyneal, Sand Hills and Dismal with Eric in the largest land vehicle I've ever seen next to a tank.
Best Almost a Great Shot: Hitting the pin on #17 at Noordwijkse and ricocheting off and rolling back down the hole 15 meters below.
Best Solid Week of Golf: BUDA - 288 holes in one consecutive go...wow!
Best Beer on a Golf Course: Wolf Point
Best Mexican after a great day of golf: Edna, Texas.
Best Most Disappointing Course: Woodhall Spa
Best Worst Round of the Year: Noordwijkse, 83 in windforce 7-8 and hard rain.
Best Post Round Steak: Cooked right here in NL by my girlfriend :-)
Best Surprise whiskey flask by a guest that turned a round around: Michael Goldstein at Noordwjikse, too funny we both started play better.
Best You're Nothing Like I Thought You'd Be moment: Meeting JK at Dismal.
Best Hottest Round of Golf ever: Pine Valley on July 3rd, 100 degrees and 100% humidy. (if it wasn't that exactly it sure was in my mind)
Best "Living the Dream" Moment: Mid round rainout sipping brewski's in CGC with Barry.
Best "Holy Shit, Never Seen One of those Before Moment": Chasing an armadillo at Wolf Point with the boys.
Best Worst Ever Reason to have to cancel on a round of golf: Canceling the morning I was supposed to play Plainfield with Redanman because my father had a massive aneurism burst that cost him his life. Also worst moment of 2013!
Best New Par 3 played: #17 at Sand Hills. Second, #2 at CGC (I think it was 2 at least, or maybe 3)
Best New Par 4 played: Hells Half Acre although this was a tough one. # 16 or 17 at Wolf Point as well, driveable par 4. (maybe I have the number wrong.)
Best Par on a Par 3 that could of been a par 4: #8 at Oakmont at 296 yds. Pulled drive with my 3 wood (probably should of been driver) into the ditch with knee high fescue. Chunked out into the bunker then holed the bunker shot to win the hole.
Best "I played this hole bad over and over again". Short reachable par 5 at Brancaster where you hit to an island fairway. No matter which club I hit I hit it into the hazard.
Best "press of the year" while not really getting the hang of it: Jeff Warne a very good teacher, on 18 at Brancaster.
Best "most painful loss of the year while actually having won the match": Arble and I won our match against Sheehy and partner somehow Sheehy beat me on the 18th hole or maybe 17th after I repeatedly found his lost balls at Skegness.
Best "Worst golf hotel of the year - with no heat in the room" - Skegness.
Best "Worst bar I've ever been to in my life that was jam packed" - Skegness.

...and finally!

Best "most fun pissing off my girlfriend on GCA" - damn, this post.

 Happy New Year Tree House!
  

[Neil White]

Best Photo of Girlfriend shown by said boyfriend whilst on a golf trip: David Davis 

[Eric Smith]

Best Photo of Girlfriend shown by said boyfriend whilst on a golf trip: David Davis 

Photo? Are you kidding? He must've shown me 50 of them in all sorts of poses and attire! David is looked after very well. VERY well.

No time to make a list at the moment but yours is a good one, David. Happy new year!

OK - here's one that popped in my head..

Best Rees Jones course played: ATLANTIC That place is awesome!

[Jason Thurman]

Best Course Played: Crystal Downs
Best Round: 74
Best Round (score) with GCAers: 80 at Hyde Park with Brian Finn and Charlie Dusic. There were a lot of ugly rounds with GCA members this year.
Best GCA Trooper: Nigel Islam, for grinding out 18 holes of rain during a round at my home course on July 4.
Best Equipment Change: Moving from Trues to Nike TWs.
Best Hat: The powder blue one I picked up at Idle Hour.
Best Shot: On the 7th hole at my club, I hit a cut 6 iron from 180 to 2". Runner-up was my next swing, a 9 iron from 155 on the 8th tee that lipped out of the hole and rolled to 3 feet
Best Golf Trip: Michigan
Best Beer After a Day of Golf: Bell's Amber Ale in the River Camp at Kingsley
Best Dinner after a great day of golf: Pizza at North Peak Brewing in Traverse City after Crystal Downs and Arcadia
Best Surprise Course: Metairie CC
Best Guilty Pleasure: The Irish at Whistling Straits
Best Round as a Single: Rustic Canyon
Best Awkward Animal Moment: Dogs mating behind the boundary fence as we hit our second shots to the 5th hole at my home course
Best New Par 3 played: 17 at Whistling Straits
Best New Par 4 played: 14 at Blackwolf Run Meadow-Valleys
Best New Par 5 played: 8 at Crystal Downs
Best "I played this hole bad over and over again". 17 at Kingsley. In five rounds I never hit the damn fairway to catch the ski slope on the other side of the ridge
Best shot under pressure: 18* hybrid from 235, hooked 60 yards around a tree to 3' while dormie 2 on the 17th hole in my club championship. Lagged that short eagle putt for a tap-in birdie to stay alive.
Best Place Visited on a Golf Trip: The Kingsley River Camp. I honestly thought I might have climbed through a wormhole and gone to my future vacation home. Halfcourt basketball, fishing stream, firepit, and canoes and kayaks everywhere with a rustic cabin that smells like firewood? Yep, it's just the way I would've left it.
Best GCA Insult: When I told my wife I was going to Michigan to play the Midwest Mashie, she said "Oh, is this with your Internet friends? Your Match.com Golf social group? Is your Internet Boyfriend going?"

[BHoover]

Best GCA Insult: When I told my wife I was going to Michigan to play the Midwest Mashie, she said "Oh, is this with your Internet friends? Your Match.com Golf social group? Is your Internet Boyfriend going?"

My wife says the same damn thing each time I traveled to meet GCA guys this year--Cincy, Pete Dye GC and Kingsley. My wife also questioned whether I had to perform any special "services" in exchange for invites to certain courses.  Apparently it's not uncommon because Brian Finn's wife told my wife that she says the same things to him all the time.

Best Course Played: The Golf Club (edging out Canton Brookside)
Best New Course Played:  Canterbury (just edging out Kingsley)
Best Round: 71
Best Round (score) with GCAers: 74 at Kingsley with Brian Finn and Buck Wolter.
Best GCA Trooper: Jonathan Becker, for joining me and Matt Elliott for 18 holes of rain and cold during a round at my home course in late October when NO ONE else even thought about driving into the parking lot.
Best GCA player played with: Becker, Bill McKinley, Matt Schmidt
Most Friendly GCAer: Too many to mention
Best Equipment Change: Switching to AP2 irons (also moving from Trues to Ecco Bioms)
Best Hat: The simple white hat I found in the Canterbury pro shop.
Best Shirt: Peter Millar summer comfort polo I found in the pro shop at Scioto.
Best Shot: The near back-to-back aces I almost made on #9 at Kingsley--hit it to a foot each time. Runner-up is the hole out eagle I had on #2 at my home course--3rd shot from 155 after pitching out from the trees.
Best Golf Trip: Kingsley for the Midwest Mashie
Best Lunch during Golf:  Taco bar at Kingsley between rounds
Best Dinner after a great day of golf: Dinner at Kingsley after 40+ holes
Best Chair in a Clubhouse:  Leather chairs next to fireplace in The Golf Club lockeroom.
Best New Par 3 played: 5 at Kingsley
Best New Par 4 played: 4 at Canterbury
Best New Par 5 played: 1 at Kingsley
Best Old Par 3 played: 7 at Canton Brookside
Best Old Par 4 played: 5 at The Golf Club
Best Old Par 5 played: 18 at Canton Brookside
Best "I played this hole bad but loved it": 16 at Canterbury (think I made an 8-ish)
Best hole that I played despite awful score: Made birdie on my third ball on #5 at my home course in the club championship, after piping first two tee shots OB right.
Best shot under pressure: Cut 7 iron from 165 around a tree to 5 feet in an inter club match with my home course. Still missed the putt but won the hole.
Best course that I was going to play but couldn't: Kirtland because the course received 4+ inches of rain and flooded the day before.
Biggest disappointment: Not getting my new Mackenzie walker in time for Xmas (still waiting for the damn thing).

[Bill Vogeney]

Best course played: Prairie Dunes (only 15 rounds this year, must do better in 2014)

Best new course played (first time for me, not NEW course): Shoreacres. Loved it.

Best round played at a course not my home course: Shoreacres, 77

Best course I played that I was disappointed in: Scioto

Best desert course I played (and I have learned to hate Desert courses) WeKoPa Suguaro curse by Crenshaw/Coore

Best hidden gem I played: Salina CC in Kansas, an old Perry Maxwell

Best public course I played: Red Hawk in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Very nice condition, great views, fun to play

Best round of the year: 75 at my home course, Colorado Springs CC during the Member-Member with a ball OB

[JLahrman]

With all of the damn golf you guys play, you're lucky to even have wives.

I'll keep mine brief:

Best Course Played: Pebble Beach
Favorite Course Played:  Austin GC
Best Round: NA
Most Friendly GCAer:  Among GCAers I hadn't met before, Lynn Shackelford
Best Equipment Change: Regripping my clubs
Best Hat: Powder blue with white pinstripes from Pebble
Best Shot: Going for the green in 2 on #6 at Pebble Beach with a 3-iron up the hill, and NOT pushing it into the ocean.
Best Surprise Course: Lions Muni, Austin
Best Golf Trip: The 2015 trip to Bandon that I'm hoping to make with my two brothers; we've started planning.

[Brett Wiesley]

Best Course Played: Pebble Beach (highest rated anyway)
Best Round: couple of 69's - always seem to finish these with birdie!!, won't mention the close one's closed with choke, choke, choke.
Best Shot: Holed out for eagle on par 4 during member-guest
Best Golf Trip: Pebble Beach with my Dad
Best Road Trip: Side trip to Long Island from Upstate NY - ALL BY MYSELF - sometime when you have 3 little girls you need your alone time.
Best Solid Week of Golf: Coeur d' Alene (Gozzer, Circling Raven, CDA, and Black Rock)
Best Single Malt Scotch Discovered on Golf Trip:  Usquaebach
Best Most Disappointing Course: Black Rock
Best Hottest Round of Golf:  June at Hudson National.  Wore pants to be fancy, didn't look fancy after the humidity and walk.
Favorite Course of 2013:  Cal Club
Funniest Moment:  Having to help empty my Father-in-Laws golf bag of balls, gagits, etc. when I took to a fancy course and had pity on the caddie.

[BCowan]

Best Course played-Battle Creek CC (just beating Kingsley)
Best Golf Vaca- Midwest Mashie was a blast
Best Score-79 (ten year drought gotta end soon)

Most enjoyable was running out of Golf Balls in my Club Championship at my muni golf course

[Matt Bosela]

Best Course Played for First Time: Shinnecock Hills
Best Course Played (Return Visit): Ballyneal
Best Golf Experience (Schmaltzy Choice): Playing with my four year old son Evan for the first time at Peter Hay GC at Pebble Beach
Best Golf Experience (Big Boy Edition): Playing Pebble Beach for real the next day
Most Audacious: Yale
Most Pleasant Surprise: Maidstone Club
Biggest Disappointment: Devil's Paintbrush
Best Trip: Northern California for 12 days
Longest Solo Road Trip: 680 kms to play Winged Foot
Best Road Trip Music: Anything by The National (thanks Robert Thompson and Jeff Shelman!)

Best Score: 71 (-1) at St. Catharines GCC
Best Score on a Great Course: 74 (+3) at St. George's GCC in Toronto
Best Score on an Elite Course: 78 (+6) with three birdies from the tips at Winged Foot West
Most Disappointing Score on an Elite Course: 85 (+13) at Pebble Beach
Worst Score: 91 (+20) at Broadmoor (West Course)
Fastest Round: 2hrs 5mins at Fenway GC

The "Why Are You Tearing this Course Up" Award: Winged Foot East...I thought it was incredible as is but only saw 8 holes
The "Greenskeeper Needs to Get Laid" Award: Pasatiempo GC - ask Tom Huckaby about the hole locations we saw that day!  Dude must have been ANGRY that morning!
Funnest GCA'er to watch hit golf shots: Neil Regan...especially when he pulls out his putter from over 150 yards away

Luckiest Random Pairing: Getting hooked up with Reverend Bill Lee, the 11-time club champion and noted USGA amateur for my round at Yale
Best Post-Round Meal: Gourmet Hot Dog Night at Winged Foot GC on the patio...incredible!
Most Picturesque Dinner Spot: Stillwater Bar & Grill at Pebble Beach
Best Post Round Drink: Southsides at Winged Foot (Runner Up: Palm beer courtesy of Keith O'Halloran in Southampton at dinner one night)

Nicest Beds: Ballyneal
Scariest Hotel Room Stay: Red Roof Inn in Milford, CT.
Nicest Locker Room: Colorado GC
Best Late Night Trash Talk: Wyatt Halliday and Harris Nepon debating college football
Best "Humble Pie" Moment: Harris Nepon being forced to drink out of the "Beotch" goblet for shaming his country after losing a Canada Day match at Cabot Links against Jim Colton during one of his Hundred Hole Hikes

[Garland Bayley]

I was scheduled to play the Open Preview at Chambers Bay on Sunday. So I took time to practice Thursday and Friday. On Saturday I was schedule to play in a "6-6-6", 6 holes partner best ball, 6 holes scramble, 6 holes Chapman. I hate nonstandard formats, so seldom play them. Played with on of my regular partners, turned in our score having no idea how we did having next to no familiarity with typical scoring, mid week my partner calls to say we won the thing by a considerable amount. Since it was not flighted, it was the biggest prize I have ever won as we split $350 pro shot credit. I guess that was my personal best as my partner thanked me for carrying him to victory as I was 6 under net on my own ball the first six holes.

I guess I had another best as I birdied three in a row (gross) for the only time in my life in our club match play.

[Don_Mahaffey]

Best meal: Armadillo fajitas with David Davis in Edna, TX.

[Thomas Dai]

Most enjoyable/memorable: Carne and The Bann
Most brutal holes: 1st 9 at POrtstewart
Most surprising holes: holes 2-7 at Bewdley Pines
Most amusing moment: watching playing partner 'encouraging' the cattle to move off his line of play at Minchinhampton Old
Most educational: playing with hickory shafted original clubs

Roll on 2014!

ATB

[Ian Andrew]

Mine was very simple - we opened Laval-sur-le-lac's (Blue Course) in the Spring of 2013
I've built lots of new courses, but it was nice to finally build a new course that represented my own ideals for a change.

At the opening the club made me an honorary member.
That was my highlight, since it was so unexpected.

[Josh Tarble]

This is a great thread!  Thanks for starting it David.

Best New Course Played:  Crystal Downs
Best Trip:  Michigan
Best Not Michigan Trip:  Streamsong/World Woods
Best Round:  I had 5 73s...I gotta break par at some point!
Best Round with a GCAer:  Tie 75 at Kingsley with Bill Seitz and 75 at Streamsong Blue with Rees Milikan
Best Round in competition:  74 during our club strokeplay championship
Best Shot:  9 iron from 155 on #1 at Crystal Downs...missed above the hole only to see it trickle backwards and drop in for a 2
Best Worst Shot:  Chunked chip on #17 that trickled back to my feet.
Best Worst Round with an eagle and 3 birdies - 80 at Crystal Downs
Best GCA Trooper:  Me for enduring 36 holes with Jason Thurman as his swing was faltering  
Best Most Disappointed Round:  The aforementioned 75 at Kingsley - Started on hole #4 - was -2 under going into hole 1 and proceeded to go Double-Double-Bogey
Best Course in Wisconsin that will host a Major:  Whislting Straits - just a slight edge of Erin Hills
Best After Round Beer:  Oktoberfest at some place in Traverse City after Crystal and Arcadia
Best Par 3 Played:  Crystal Downs #13
Best Short Par 4 Played:  Crystal Downs #7
Best Long Par 4 Played:  Crystal Downs #12
Best Par 5 Played:  Crystal Downs #8
Best Par 3 Played - Non Crystal Downs Division:  Streamsong Blue #5
Best Par 3 with Trees Between Tee and Green:  Blackwolf Run River #13
Best Short Par 4 Played - Non Crystal Downs Division:  Whistling Straits #6
Best Long Par 4 Played - Non Crystal Down Division:  Erin Hills #8
Best Par 5 Played - Non Crystal Downs Division: Streamsong Red #13
Best Course I Should Have Played from Two Sets of Tees Further:  Blackwolf Run River Course
Best Greens:  Crystal Downs
Best Greens - Non Crystal Downs Division:  Broadmoor
Best Most Fun and Crazy Course:  Kingsley
Best GCA Outing/Round:  Tie - Wisconsin in May/Midwest Mashie/w/ Thurman at Broadmoor/ w/ Milikan at Streamsong
Best Decision:  Joining Broadmoor
Best Year of Golf: 2013
Best List That's Way Too Long: This one

[Garland Bayley]

Mine was very simple - we opened Laval-sur-le-lac's (Blue Course) in the Spring of 2013
I've built lots of new courses, but it was nice to finally build a new course that represented my own ideals for a change.

At the opening the club made me an honorary member.
That was my highlight, since it was so unexpected.

Kudo's Ian!

[Mark McKeever]

Best New Course Played:  Fishers Island GC
Best Trip:  Napa & Sonoma - All wine, no golf
Best Round:  74 at Sandia GC
Best GCA Meet Up:  Golf and drinks with Dr. Grieve
Best Par 3 Played:  3 at Myopia Hunt
Best Par 4 Played:  4 at Fisher's Island GC
Best Par 5 Played:  10 at Applebrook GC
Best Shower: Manufacturers G&CC
Best Greens:  Sleepy Hollow GC
Best Most Fun and Crazy Course:  Rockaway Hunt

[Cory Lewis]

Best Course Played for 1st Time: Oakland Hills(South)
Best Course Played (Return Visit): Old Town
Best Round: 65 at my home course, 67 at away courses
Best Shot: 2nd shot to the 11th at Tobacco Road during the Dixie Cup, hit a beautiful fade 5 wood to a tucked pin to 5 feet and made the eagle putt to win the hole!
Biggest Disappointment: tie between Canyata and Milwaukee
Most Pleasant Surprise: Hyannisport Club
Worst Score: 80 at Grandfather G & CC
Best Round I’m most proud of:  I Shot 70 in 72 minutes at my home course, goal for 2014 is to shoot 68 in 68 minutes.

[Ronald Montesano]

Best Round I’m most proud of:  I Shot 70 in 72 minutes at my home course, goal for 2014 is to shoot 68 in 68 minutes.

Riding or Yogging?

[Cory Lewis]

Best Round I’m most proud of:  I Shot 70 in 72 minutes at my home course, goal for 2014 is to shoot 68 in 68 minutes.

Riding or Yogging?

Riding, can't walk LR in 72 minutes, walked it in 100 before, too many long cart bridges and the 5 minute walk from 9 to 10!

[Steve Salmen]

Best New Course Shinnecock
Best New golf friend Brian Colbert-great guy and fantastic host
Worst Round 90 Windsor Golf Club, Windsor, Ca
Best Shot 18 at Calumet Country Club: 4 iron from 195 to 6".
Best Moment of the Year:  following my buddy online as he made it through all three stages of Q School this year. GO JIMMY!!

David, sorry to hear you lost your dad.

[Matthew Petersen]

Best Course Played: Palmetto, runner up - WeKoPa Saguaro
Best Rounds: 70 at Cave Creek GC, 71 at Biltmore Adobe, 72 at Apache Stronghold
Best Shot: Probably the 4 iron to the 14th at Palmetto. Not my club (I was playing rentals) so the beautifully lofted, soft-landing shot was a real surprise and treat. Also hit a really fun snap hook 6-iron around some trees, over a creek and to about 15 feet while playing The Frog later that week. That one was nice.
Best Golf Trip: Augusta GA
Most Disappointing Course: Wildfire Faldo. I love the design, but it’s always just sopping wet and it drives me crazy
Worst Round of the Year: 84, in a stiff breeze at the brand new Camelback Ambiente. Also had an 83, that should have been much worse given how I was hitting it, but I kept it together with magic for most of the front none, at Gallery North. And I shot 83 at makai in Kauai, but actually played pretty well with the exception of a few disasters, and it was one of my most enjoyable rounds of the year
Best New Par 3 played: #7 at Palmetto
Best New Par 4 played: #6 Apache Stronghold
“Best” dogleg par 3: Hmm, there were two at Gainey Ranch. #8 featured a giant tree that demanded a draw … with a pond right. There was a similar tree issue on a back nine par 3, but at least you could gal out right without being wet

[Mark McKeever]

Best New golf friend Brian Colbert-great guy and fantastic host

 

Are we thinking of the same Brian Colbert from Chicago??   

Mark

[ward peyronnin]

Cory that 5 wood was an amazing heartbreaking piece of work as was most of that round. Well done!

[John Kavanaugh]

I was scheduled to play the Open Preview at Chambers Bay on Sunday. So I took time to practice Thursday and Friday. On Saturday I was schedule to play in a "6-6-6", 6 holes partner best ball, 6 holes scramble, 6 holes Chapman. I hate nonstandard formats, so seldom play them. Played with on of my regular partners, turned in our score having no idea how we did having next to no familiarity with typical scoring, mid week my partner calls to say we won the thing by a considerable amount. Since it was not flighted, it was the biggest prize I have ever won as we split $350 pro shot credit. I guess that was my personal best as my partner thanked me for carrying him to victory as I was 6 under net on my own ball the first six holes.

I guess I had another best as I birdied three in a row (gross) for the only time in my life in our club match play.

I can't believe I wasted all that money and time to fly to Rome to get blessed by the Pope.  One post and my heart is already full of hate.  How do you sleep at night?  I enjoy playing in random games with strangers but people like you make it impossible.  Did you post those scores and or do you really sport a 22 hdcp?  Please let us in on where these or other scores are posted.

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