... that you've never played.
A recent rash of very confident opining on courses that people have never played has got me thinking, what are your favorites? And which ones do you hate?
My favorite is Augusta National. With all due respect to Oakmont, The Old Course, and Cypress Point, Augusta National wins because it is without a doubt the course that I have the most local knowledge on of all the courses I haven't played. I feel like I know exactly where to hit it on most holes and exactly how to use the slopes around the greens to feed the ball toward the hole. Sure it's tough and I might not execute, but I at least won't try anything completely stupid. Well, unless I get behind a tree on 13, because in that case I'd be tempted to try something stupid that I saw somebody on TV do once.
My least favorite is probably Cog Hill Dubsdread. I've had so many great chances to play it, but never really thought about it. I'm not interested. It's a slog with no strategy and silly tiered greens and too heavily emphasizes the aerial game, and I say all that with the irrational confidence of a child who knows he will hate chicken tenders and therefore has no reason to try them. Honorable mention to Belle Meade.