[Lyndell Young]

Several on my recent visit to MI and WI ,1-Crystal Downs, 2- Erin Hills (scored my first Albatross on #14) 3- Lawsonia

[Jesse Jones]

Pasatiempo.

[ward peyronnin]

The most pleasant surprise was Reddish Vale in Manchester and I thank Duncan Cheslitt for his generous hospitality

[Sean_A]

The most pleasant surprise was Reddish Vale in Manchester and I thank Duncan Cheslitt for his generous hospitality

One will rarely go too badly wrong by playing a Dr Mac or HS Colt course.  Reddish Vale remains very high on my list of favourites.


Ciao

[David Jones]

Another vote for Friar's Head.  The kind of course where you just want to go straight back and play it again.  And that was just the par 3 warm up course.  On the same trip though I played the West at Winged Foot and it was FAR more enjoyable than I had expected.  More playable than I thought it would be, great atmosphere - all round wonderful.

[Dan Herrmann]

Berkshire in Reading, PA - Wille Park/Donald Ross.

[JReese]

Best - Beverly CC
Most Fun - Kankakee Elks

[Chris Mavros]

CC of Scranton.  It was also the most fun. 

[Joe Bausch]

CC of Scranton.  It was also the most fun.

Good choice, IMHO:

http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/albums/Scranton/

 

[Ross Harmon]

Pinehurst #2 for me... honorable mentions go to Pasatiempo, Pebble Beach and Tobacco Road

[Jon Heise]

Probably Belvedere this year.  A couple nice new ones, but a big year planned for 2016.

[Ronald Montesano]

So far, it's a tie: Pasatiempo and Bandon Preserve.

[Rick Emerson]

My Favorite this year was Shadow Dunes at Mission Hills in Haikou. It is so much fun and is the antithesis of normal Chinese Golf. 6400 yards and Par 70. It is manufactured sand dunes built on Lava Rock. It has crazy rolling fairways and huge severely sloped greens. The greens average over 11,000 square feet and there is even a crazy 50,000 sugar foot triple green. Putting and around the green shots were tons of fun. There is a wide variety of holes with some drivable and some well over 400 yards. The terrain is turf (all at fairway height), sandy scrub, and native grass and they even try to keep it firm and fast, which seems to never be done in China. Unfortunately while I was there it rained every day but I am going back to Hainan this Christmas and I plan to make a special trip just to play it in firmer condition. 

[Rob Curtiss]

Myopia Hunt Club, Newport CC, Wannamoisett and Roaring Gap

[Padraig Dooley]

The Cal Club was by far the best course for the first time this year.

In Ireland it was Belvoir Park, very enjoyable.

The Palm Beach Par 3 gets an honourable mention, loved playing it.

[David Wuthrich]

Fox Chapel

[Ronald Montesano]

I played Sandpiper today and (with the exception of the 18th, which I found to be workable but uninspired) cannot understand how folks on this board of discussion call it a wasted opportunity, a what might have been. Any gripes are picayune in my book and the stretch from 10-13 is as unexpected and attractive a stretch of seaside golf as I've seen on this tour. The greens at Sandpiper rely on the tilt, not on the contouring, for their guile. In an era when the retail golfer demands a putting surface equal in roils and tumble to the ocean waves, simple and challenging greens like these are refreshing.

[Steve Green]

Tough to keep up with many on this list.  No passport required for my list.


Beverly Country Club - wonderful layout, kicked my butt all day.


Old Elm - great vibe and a blast to play.

[Andrew Bertram]

22 rounds in 20 days in the UK and Ireland with 6 new courses played


New courses played Panmure, Castle Stuart, Trump Scotland, The Island, West Sussex and Royal Ashdown Forest


Panmure was a lot of fun, although that is what I expected


Castle Stuart we played on a dead calm day, water was not moving at all, visually stunning


Trump Scotland was played in warm breezy conditions, mostly very good, I found 3 - 4 greens unfair in the way they deflected balls off the green from a well played shot


The Island - a surprise packet, all of my Club Members had a blast and enjoyed it a lot


West Sussex - I had a wonderfully warm evening accompanied by the chairman of greens and just loved it


Royal Ashdown Forest - wow, I was warned at the start that by the end of the day I would be wishing for bunkers, it never got to that but I simply loved the way the heather was placed so well to enhance the course
(I played as a single behind some foursomes matches and struggled to keep up!!)


My favourite out of those was West Sussex, I could play there every day with ease
   

[Jay Carstens]

Easy one for me.  Dismal River (Doak).  A really fun addition to Nebraska golf. 

[Ed Brzezowski]

Bayonne on a beautiful spring afternoon. Hard to believe you are not at The Island club or another Irish links. But then starting the ball off the WTC ends that mental journey. Just a great facility, hope i get invited back.
 
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[Frank Kim]

The highlight of my year was playing Banff Springs with Tom Doak.  Banff and Chileno Bay were my favorites courses this year.  Others I liked were Roaring Gap, Mimosa Hills, and Baltimore CC Five Farms. 
The most pleasant surprise was the University of Michigan course.  I played 9 holes at the Ann Arbor GCA outing in July in cold, at times heavy rain and still loved it.  My friends and I preferred it over Barton Hills CC.

[Joel_Stewart]

Lakeside golf club in Burbank for me.  A 1920's Max Baer course with lots of interior movement and fast greens. 


The membership is celebrity packed with a fraternity attitude.  Great fun.

[Wayne Wiggins, Jr.]

Played in No. Jersey for the first time.  Ridgewood, Somerset Hills, and Hollywood were all terrific with one of the first two probably taking the prize for "best" new course.  But the one that keeps jumping out as the one i'd like to go back to play was Essex County CC. 

[Anton]

Best course for the first time was Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, NJ.  Played East & West in a pouring rain but loved every second at that Tillie classic.

Biggest surprise course was Scotch Hall Preserve in Merry Hill, NC.  Very surprised at how much I enjoyed the course despite it being a Palmer design and in a housing community.  My playing partner (pictured below) did add greatly to the enjoyment of the round.   

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