Lullaby Courses

[Jordan Beasley]

Does anyone else fall asleep every night by mentally playing/walking/floating over a golf course?


I find it strange that having done this thousands of times, my mind rarely if ever turns to my very "favorite" courses as head hits pillow.  I suspect the very best places stir too much emotion for their memory to be effectively sedative.


As one example, Pebble Beach is one of my top-2 or top-3 favorite courses, but I fall asleep much more often walking down the first fairway at Spyglass.


Is this a compliment to Spyglass? 


For anyone else with this habit - what are some of your favorite "lullaby" courses?

[Ally Mcintosh]

My mind is full of so many things at night that I wish I could just relearn how to count sheep.


I usually replay the round I’ve played that day. Or worry about some shaping work we’ve done not looking quite right. I rarely just float over a golf course that I like.

[Tim Leahy]

I used to dream about the same course for months before I was able to remember it the next morning and was shocked to discover it didn't exist except in my dreams.

[Greg Hohman]

The unconscious doesn’t situate you where you want to be, it situates you where it wants you to be.

[Mike Hendren]

I hate it when the darn tee markers are set 18 inches in front of a high fence or under a low roof. 


Bogey

[Bernie Bell]

An older thread on this topic. 

https://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,69117.0.html

[Tommy Williamsen]

I have shot some of my lowest golf scores in my bed. They usually happen at courses where I am a member.

[JohnVDB]

If I’m playing tomorrow, I’m usually thinking of the course I’m playing the next day.

[James Brown]

I hate it when the darn tee markers are set 18 inches in front of a high fence or under a low roof. 


Bogey

I hate it when there is a tree right behind you in a tee or where you have to hit underneath one.  Lots of those dreams.

[Ronald Montesano]

I played the Old Course at St. Andrews while undergoing an MRI. Now I use Yoga to avoid having to go back into that sausage skin.

[Tim_Weiman]

Does anyone else fall asleep every night by mentally playing/walking/floating over a golf course?


I find it strange that having done this thousands of times, my mind rarely if ever turns to my very "favorite" courses as head hits pillow.  I suspect the very best places stir too much emotion for their memory to be effectively sedative.


As one example, Pebble Beach is one of my top-2 or top-3 favorite courses, but I fall asleep much more often walking down the first fairway at Spyglass.


Is this a compliment to Spyglass? 


For anyone else with this habit - what are some of your favorite "lullaby" courses?

Nothing like the first hole at Spyglass.


Of course, RTJ has long been criticized for the Spyglass routing with all the drama in the first several holes before playing back and staying inland for the rest of the round.


Have to admit I wonder if maybe he did the right thing even if I would not want such a routing to be repeated. Spyglass has its own character and to me that an important consideration in judging a golf course. If you take time and spend the money to travel, it should be to see something different.


But, back to the lullaby. Yeah, I can see that. Hopefully, ‘m asleep by the 6th tee.

[Will Lozier]

I usually experience golf while sleeping in the form of a nightmare - I've either left my clubs at home and can't play an important round because of it, or, the first tee of whatever course I am supposed to play requires a tee shot out of a room without room to make a full swing. I've had both of these dreams numerous times. Uh Oh...


Cheers

[ward peyronnin]

TPC Scottsdale had this unintended affect on me last weekend but during waking hours. With the exception of 16 and 17 would any of you go out of their way and pay a huge fee to snooze their way around this course.

And did I hear Wieskopf and his interviewer correctly as they basically claimed he adapted the short par four into modern design??

[Mike_Trenham]

TPC Scottsdale had this unintended affect on me last weekend but during waking hours. With the exception of 16 and 17 would any of you go out of their way and pay a huge fee to snooze their way around this course.

And did I hear Wieskopf and his interviewer correctly as they basically claimed he adapted the short par four into modern design??

I would kind of agree with Weiskopf in that short/reachable par 4s was his signature in the era of “signature holes”.  It was a key way they marketed his courses.  It then caused people to identify these holes on other existing courses and gave them latitude to thrive in the era of hard par / easy bogey championship golf courses.

[Jordan Beasley]

Does anyone else fall asleep every night by mentally playing/walking/floating over a golf course?


I find it strange that having done this thousands of times, my mind rarely if ever turns to my very "favorite" courses as head hits pillow.  I suspect the very best places stir too much emotion for their memory to be effectively sedative.


As one example, Pebble Beach is one of my top-2 or top-3 favorite courses, but I fall asleep much more often walking down the first fairway at Spyglass.


Is this a compliment to Spyglass? 


For anyone else with this habit - what are some of your favorite "lullaby" courses?

Nothing like the first hole at Spyglass.


Of course, RTJ has long been criticized for the Spyglass routing with all the drama in the first several holes before playing back and staying inland for the rest of the round.


Have to admit I wonder if maybe he did the right thing even if I would not want such a routing to be repeated. Spyglass has its own character and to me that an important consideration in judging a golf course. If you take time and spend the money to travel, it should be to see something different.


But, back to the lullaby. Yeah, I can see that. Hopefully, ‘m asleep by the 6th tee.

Tim - agreed that Spyglass has become underrated in some circles. The first two hours of the experience are exceptional, meaning not only playing #1-#5 but spending time with the deer at the cozy driving range and short-game area, then rolling putts on the practice green directly behind the first tee box as groups tee off and disappear down the hill.


I don't really mind being away from the ocean for the last 3 hours of the day, but all the artificial ponds look sad, and with apologies to #10, #11, and #17 - the holes themselves are just fairly forgettable in their design.