Would you trade places with your golfing doppelgänger from any other era?

[Peter Pallotta]

That's it, that's the question - as simple and direct as can be.

If there was an exact double of you, the same in every way (health, income, personality, life span, golfing skills etc), who lived and played golf in any other time in history, would you trade places with him?

If so, when would said doppelganger have been around?

Peter

[Terry Lavin]

Walter Hagen. Strut 'n putt.

[Mark Pavy]

Let's just put the internet aside for one minute......

It's still difficult to leave the present time with the abundance of affordable golf and travel. If I had to choose, I'd probably pick the 1980's, partly because of the stature of golf, but more so because it was just a great decade.

[Peter Pallotta]

Terry: the Roaring Twenties. The Jazz Age. Bootleg whiskey, speakeasies, Chicago Golf Club, Capone, political graft and corruption, flappers, early steel shafts, and big fast cars -- very nice!! Yup, I can see it Judge

But - would you have enjoyed the golf as much?

[Rich Goodale]

I am highly impressed that The Judge rates his golfing skills as comparable to The Haig's!

Memo to self:  Ask for many, many strokes if and when I ever get back to Chicago.

[Phil Young]

No way. If I did I would have missed the two Opens and the upcoming PGA & Ryder Cup at the Black... As far as I'm concerned, to quote the line from the song... for me, "These are the best of times..."

[Jon Wiggett]

Here in the UK its hard to look past the late 70's early 80's. Great access and cheap GFs at most courses. As a junior I played Ganton, Alwoodley, Lindrick, Notts, Moortown, Fulford for £2 for a day ticket but had to splash out to play Lytham and Birkdale at the heady cost of £3. Halcyon days . Otherwise it would be the late fifties early sixties as the chance to play the original Moorallerton is very tempting.

Jon

[BCrosby]

I would come back in 1935. The best Golden Age courses still existed in something like their original form and were happy to collect guest green fees.

Off the top of my head I would most like to play ANGC, Garden City, PVGC, Prince's, Lido, Timber Point, Sunningdale (w/ the Simpson changes) and Lakeside (Behr, Los Angeles). 

Bob

[Peter Pallotta]

Jon, Bob -- very nice as well. 2 pounds for a day ticket?! Wow.
I'm surprised that I find myself leaning towards saying "no" to trading places -- too much good golf around today. But there is one era/place that keeps drawing me:
The mid 30s, Walton Heath, when James Braid there.
Of course, if my doppelganger was really my doppelganger, it was not a club that would have me for a member!

[Jud_T]

Uh, no.  I'd likely be denied access to all but a handful of clubs...

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Post WWII Los Angeles at Hillcrest CC so I could witness the "Round Table" at lunch and then play some golf:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillcrest_Round_Table

[Peter Pallotta]

Great choice, Steve!



In David Steinberg's words: "Hillcrest is a little like an inverted New York Athletic Club: there is no discrimination, but it sure helps if you’re Jewish and a comedian.” 


Peter

[Bob Montle]

St. Andrews
1880

[paul cowley]

Well for me it would be when black powder, whiskey and wenches were in vogue....at N Berwick, Lahinch and the like....when the game was younger and less complicated.

[GLawson]

I think playing Wilshire with Howard Hughes would have been fun...