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Ed Tilley

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Best outlook from clubhouse
« on: October 28, 2015, 11:39:31 AM »
I know it doesn't really count as architecture, but I was wondering how important the location of the clubhouse was to an overall golf experience.

I was fortunate to play St Enodoc today on a beautiful morning. It really is a great course on a bright and breezy day. Afterwards, we stopped for a coffee on the clubhouse balcony. If anything this enhanced the experience as the outlook is so lovely. To be very crude, it is golf porn - classic rolling links land on two world class holes with distant views of the ocean.




Is there a better outlook from a clubhouse and where?
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Rob Marshall

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2015, 11:47:06 AM »
Pebble beach blows that away
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Matt Bielawa

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2015, 11:48:09 AM »
A few that come to mind:


Crystal Downs
Arcadia Bluffs
Kiawah Ocean Course
White Witch
Chambers Bay
Wolf Creek
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Thomas Dai

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2015, 12:00:10 PM »
Cruit Island! :)

Some GB&I others worth considering -

Cruden Bay
Royal Aberdeen
Trevose
Portsalon

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Blake Conant

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2015, 12:09:10 PM »
Dismal

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Benjamin Litman

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2015, 12:12:33 PM »
Shinnecock, by far.
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David_Tepper

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2015, 12:45:30 PM »
The views from most of the links clubhouses in GB&I are limited by the fact that pretty much all you can see from the clubhouse is the first tee and the 18th green.
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Josh Bills

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2015, 12:47:24 PM »
Shinnecock 1st, and for me Dismal a close second





I don't think the clubhouse is essential/important at all, unless you want to be a member, then it gains relevance. 
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Jeff_Brauer

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2015, 01:00:27 PM »
I will second Crystal Downs.  There are nice views, and then there are places that just let you know you are someplace special.  CD does this as much with how great the opening hole looks as well as any distant view of water.
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Bill_McBride

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2015, 01:02:24 PM »
Capilano!
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Alex Miller

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2015, 01:10:05 PM »
Valley Club! Better views than anywhere on the course.



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Søren Rye

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2015, 01:16:01 PM »



RCD
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Tim Martin

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2015, 01:39:02 PM »
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Ian Andrew

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2015, 01:42:45 PM »
Quote from: Thomas Dai on October 28, 2015, 12:00:10 PM
Trevose


Nice call ... I like when people suggest the less obvious and often better ones.


I like this choice, watching that massive curl roll into the cliff's edge just beyond the golf course is very compelling. I got to watch that two evenings in a row as the sun set. It's that damn beautiful wave that sets that view apart from anything else I've enjoyed.


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Dan Kelly

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2015, 01:52:20 PM »
Quote from: Josh Bills on October 28, 2015, 12:47:24 PM
Shinnecock 1st, and for me Dismal a close second







That's a fun place to watch the weather blow in, too.

https://goo.gl/photos/sFjBfF5b7FcYFpn88





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Jeff Evagues

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2015, 03:25:53 PM »
I'll take Kapalua anyday.
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Doug Spets

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #16 on: October 28, 2015, 03:39:48 PM »
Bulls Bay ain't bad
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Thomas Dai

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #17 on: October 28, 2015, 03:46:14 PM »
Quote from: Ian Andrew on October 28, 2015, 01:42:45 PM
Quote from: Thomas Dai on October 28, 2015, 12:00:10 PM
Trevose
Nice call ... I like when people suggest the less obvious and often better ones.
I like this choice, watching that massive curl roll into the cliff's edge just beyond the golf course is very compelling. I got to watch that two evenings in a row as the sun set. It's that damn beautiful wave that sets that view apart from anything else I've enjoyed.


Thanks Ian.


As a reminder here's a link to the google street view of Trevose GC, Constantine Bay etc from the road just in front of the 1st tee and the clubhouse -https://www.instantstreetview.com/@50.532141,-5.011375,-80.02h,-12.34p,1z


and while I'm at it here are some more -


Cruit Island - https://www.instantstreetview.com/@55.048168,-8.429295,-88.71h,-0.07p,1z


Portsalon - https://www.instantstreetview.com/@55.207711,-7.623905,142.24h,-4.37p,1z


Golf club websites provide some good views as well - when it's daylight!!! - eg Brora - http://www.broragolf.co.uk/webcam/webcam.aspx


That's enough for now. :)


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Will Lozier

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #18 on: October 28, 2015, 03:48:57 PM »
Quote from: Rob Marshall on October 28, 2015, 11:47:06 AM
Pebble beach blows that away


St. Enodoc's atmosphere and view are honestly more dramatic. That and not commercial at all.

Cypress is another story...looking out onto the 16th while eating fresh lemon meringue pie with a can of Coke at the employee dining table was surreal.

Still, Rob, you are right, St. Enodoc is absolutely top tier! Topping the hill on the first is the moment you realize you are about to embark on a crazy adventure!
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Ash Towe

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2015, 03:53:48 PM »
Sebonack


Sunningdale ( actually the terrace )
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Will Lozier

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2015, 04:02:15 PM »
Ekwanok
Ballybunion
Bandon Trails
Kennemer
Highland Links (kinda...Keltic Lodge)



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Daniel Jones

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #21 on: October 28, 2015, 04:12:35 PM »
I'd add the patio at Old Head to the great ones already listed.
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Bob Montle

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #22 on: October 28, 2015, 04:16:36 PM »
Having a bite and a drink at Crail and looking down on the course and out to the ocean is pretty awesome.
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Clyde Johnson

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #23 on: October 28, 2015, 04:47:29 PM »
Tara'Iti... ;)
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Ed Tilley

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Re: Best outlook from clubhouse
« Reply #24 on: October 28, 2015, 04:50:34 PM »
The thing I love about the view from St Enodoc is that is all about the golf - with just a hint of the scenic delights to come. If there is a more enticing view of the 1st / 18th corridor that - as has been mentioned - is a common links clubhouse view, I don't know what it is. You just want to go out and play again! Photos flatten the view - there are several elephants buried in those fairways.


I was planning to visit Trevose tomorrow but can't get on sadly - Perranporth instead.
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