So in mid August 2017, I had played about 980 courses and had played in 48 states...missing UT and AK. Do I flew Delta BOS to MSP...and played Keller...a superb public track (for certain a "6" or "6+" on Doak scale) that has hosted two PGA Championships ('32 and '54) and one Western Open ('49). I then flew (Delta again) non stop to SLC and played The Country Club there to get to 49 states finishing play in th eafternoon and catching a non stop Delta flight to Anchorage landing around midnight. Course is about 3-5 miles from airport so stayed in nearby hotel and was on the first tee for my reserved tee time at about 7:15am. Got in my round and flew immediately to Seattle and onto Southern Calif so that I could play San Joaquin CC, Del Paso CC, Edgewood Tahoe, Clear Creek (by far the best track on this trip), and Lahotan the following several days. Anchorage was #982 for me and Lahotan #987. I hit the 1000 mark at U of NM Championship Course about 6 weeks later. In between Lahotan and NM I had been to (in order) WI, CT, MA, Scotland and NY. Such was the life of a golfing madman!
I really liked Anchorage. Tommy...just had a thought while typing this post that something about Anchorage reminded me of La Tourette in Staten Island which I would guess you know every sq inch of. Had never had that thought before (only played La Tourette 1x in early 1970's and have no idea what aspect of the two courses (other than both having 18 holes with flagsticks in each hole) made me have that thought.
If you are having trouble sleeping...then go to my old Blog (Google "Rudo's Golf Travels") posts #89-101 August-October 2017. That should cure any insomnia. BTW stopped posting to the blog a few years ago as I was traveling and playing so much I didn't have time to create the posts