I suppose I'll chime in here and try to add a little color on why for each grouping and will try to avoid the obvious (Cypress! PV!
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Long Island: Southampton GC, Atlantic, the Bridge. I've played the big names in the Hamptons and all have lived up to their high billing. These are the 3 I haven't played. Love the threads on Southampton here after the reno (and heard great things from some golfers who have played their share of great courses), and curious to see Atlantic and the Bridge for myself.
Westchester: Sleepy Hollow and Fenway. Sleepy is probably the course that, seeing pictures of and reading about the reno, I think I would most enjoy that I haven't played yet. Fenway - read good things here from Pat and others, curious how it compares to Wykagyl, Quaker, Siwanoy. I'll also throw in WF East too - curious how it compares to West in both architecture and difficulty (hopefully easier!).
NJ: Somerset Hills. Current photo thread - enough said!
SoCal: the wife likes LA, and I like going with her and playing golf while I'm there (especially when it's winter in the Northeast!). I had a blast playing Riviera earlier this year. Love the thread on Wilshire and would like to check that out. In the no brainer category I hope to play LACC - Ran's terrific review says it all. Would also love to see Bel Air, and definitely plan on hitting Rustic Canyon during my next trip (which to me kinds of looks like Tallgrass - my go to public near the Hamptons - but in a much better setting).
NoCal: need to play Pasatiempo for sure as part of my next trip to Monterey - photos look amazing and have heard nothing but great things, both here and elsewhere. Despite it possibly being a slog I would like to play Spyglass too. Around SF Cal Club looks the most appealing to me - blown away by the photos I've seen.
FL: would like to see the two Doral courses Hanse just re-did - Red and Gold - to see how they turned out. Loved what he did with the Blue Monster and those seem like they might be more playable. The other one I hope to see (which I discovered thanks to this site) is Pine Tree.
So many golf courses, so little time...