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[Sam Morrow]

Frankly I’ll be very surprised if anyone posts here that’s seen all three.

I looked back.  So far in four pages of this thread we've only heard from three people who have visited The Covey: 


Sam Morrow [who's a fan, and hasn't seen the other contenders],
Paul Jones [who hasn't said much about it],
and Derek Duncan [who is obliged to defend the result].

Tom,


I loved the course and think it is the best in Texas.  However, it seems that Sam is the only person that played it so not much to discuss.  I spent 2 days with a friend who is a member and attend the club Christmas party.


I remember just about every hole and could talk more about the course, but this discussion seems to go in different direction.


I have played Tree Farm couple of times, but only the loop (7-hole preview loop) at Old Barnwell.

I've gone back and forth and can't decide if it's my favorite course in Texas but it's definitely close. I still can't get over how much fun the green complexes were, I'd feel like I'd had a fun day if you just had me drop 50 yards from every green and play in from there.

[Tom_Doak]

I loved the course and think it is the best in Texas.  However, it seems that Sam is the only person that played it so not much to discuss.  I spent 2 days with a friend who is a member and attend the club Christmas party.

I remember just about every hole and could talk more about the course, but this discussion seems to go in different direction.

I've gone back and forth and can't decide if it's my favorite course in Texas but it's definitely close. I still can't get over how much fun the green complexes were, I'd feel like I'd had a fun day if you just had me drop 50 yards from every green and play in from there.

Well, keeping in mind that it may no longer be the best course in Texas [because I just built a new strong contender], what else are you guys considering as its competition for the title?


I haven't seen everything in TX but as of a few years ago, it was not a strong field.

[Tom_Doak]

I loved the course and think it is the best in Texas.  However, it seems that Sam is the only person that played it so not much to discuss.  I spent 2 days with a friend who is a member and attend the club Christmas party.

I remember just about every hole and could talk more about the course, but this discussion seems to go in different direction.

Paul:


Then what are we all here for?  You're one of the only people who has actually seen the course, but you don't want to chime in because someone else hijacked the thread?


I think it was only right to be properly skeptical when there was only one admirer of the course, Sam, who isn't well known around here [at least as far as I know].  There were more people back in the day who insisted that Lakota Canyon was The Greatest Course Evah.  I have no sense of Sam's tastes.  So it would add a lot to the discussion if there were two people who actually agreed and could say why.


Did you not play?  Too cold?

[Sam Morrow]

I loved the course and think it is the best in Texas.  However, it seems that Sam is the only person that played it so not much to discuss.  I spent 2 days with a friend who is a member and attend the club Christmas party.

I remember just about every hole and could talk more about the course, but this discussion seems to go in different direction.

I've gone back and forth and can't decide if it's my favorite course in Texas but it's definitely close. I still can't get over how much fun the green complexes were, I'd feel like I'd had a fun day if you just had me drop 50 yards from every green and play in from there.

Well, keeping in mind that it may no longer be the best course in Texas [because I just built a new strong contender], what else are you guys considering as its competition for the title?


I haven't seen everything in TX but as of a few years ago, it was not a strong field.

Tom,


The other courses I'd consider in the conversation are Whispering Pines, Wolf Point, Austin Golf Club, Boot Ranch, and Dallas National. I haven't played Brook Hollow since the most recent work has been done but have heard great things.

[Adam Lawrence]

There were more people back in the day who insisted that Lakota Canyon was The Greatest Course Evah.

I think tbf, that was just Cary

[Kalen Braley]

These last few posts really beg for an analysis to come up with a top 10 list of courses which debuted at or near the top, and then dropped off the proverbial face of the earth.  Someone on here must have easy access to all the best new lists for the last 20 years or so.

P.S.  Adam I remember the chatter on Lakota to be as Tom recalls it.  So much so I put it near the top of my list to go see it and did.