Gotta Get You Outta My Mind

[Ira Fishman]

I have been fortunate enough to play many wonderful courses over the past several years. Lahinch is the one though that remains the most vivid and emotionally connected even though I played it once nearly six years ago. There is no obvious or one reason. I love quirk, but even the 3-5 stretch does not explain why. I love “crazy” greens, but that too is not enough an explanation. It remains a mystery which may explain the mystery.


My guess is that many of you have a course that stays imbedded in your mind.


Ira

[Peter Pallotta]

Not me.
Consider yourself fortunate, Ira (as I know you do).
When it comes to a golf course staying imbedded in my mind, I can quote two songs:
Bono: But I still haven't found what I'm looking for.
and
Cole Porter: My story is much too sad to be told, but practically everything leaves me totally cold.
On the other hand, I do believe -- and have reason to believe, given the posts on here -- that the course is out there that will provide me a near-transcendent experience, or as TE used to say: offer a glimpse of the sunlit uplands.
I just don't know 'Where or When'.

[Joel Pear]

I have been fortunate to play some wonderful courses in the States, but the ones that stay with me are the courses of my youth.  Growing up in the DC area, I still have vivid memories of taking the bus to Rock Creek Park golf course over 50 years ago.  It was an absolute gas!  Pounding tees into the the rock hard teeing areas, the old regulars, and climbing "cardiac hill" (the 13th hole), are embedded visions that stay with me today.


Although I haven't played there since about 1970 (does it still exist?) I remember the course, and all of its holes very well.  That really can't be said about the courses I've played in the last 20 years.

[MCirba]

I have been fortunate to play some wonderful courses in the States, but the ones that stay with me are the courses of my youth.  Growing up in the DC area, I still have vivid memories of taking the bus to Rock Creek Park golf course over 50 years ago.  It was an absolute gas!  Pounding tees into the the rock hard teeing areas, the old regulars, and climbing "cardiac hill" (the 13th hole), are embedded visions that stay with me today.


Although I haven't played there since about 1970 (does it still exist?) I remember the course, and all of its holes very well.  That really can't be said about the courses I've played in the last 20 years.

Joel,


You'll be pleased to learn it is still there.  I walked/played it last summer and it was in decent shape, as well.

[JMEvensky]

There can be few things more rewarding in the life of an American golfer than to make the transatlantic night flight, pick up a rental car at Shannon, and, somehow, miraculously refreshed and rejuvenated, tee off not an hour later at Lahinch. 

JAMES FINEGAN



From Geoff Shackelford's website--seemed on point.

[Garland Bayley]

The one that stays in mind after a single play for me is Juniper in Redmond, OR. Interesting that I can remember more of it than things like Royal Portrush. Perhaps after refreshing my mind about Royal Portrush this month, I will better be able to remember it. Right now, the most memorable parts of Royal Portrush are 17 and 18 for boredom. Looking forward to see the course without them, and with the new holes.

[Jason Topp]

I first saw Lahinch from a bus on a non-golf trip.  Based merely on what you could see from the road it looked magical.  It was very special to finally return and play the course 12 years later.  Looking for information about it online is what led me to this site.

[Daryl David]

Ones stuck in my mind like a song you can’t shake.


Tara Iti
Cabot Cliffs
Cape Wickham
Philly Cricket
Lofoten Links


Only courses in recent memory that I could remember every hole the night after playing and everyday years later.