NYC vs Philly who's got the best starting five?

[archie_struthers]

 


But of course as a Philly guy I cut it at the top five ...or else we got trouble winning LOL










p.s.    forgot Cirba has a Mazerati   

[Michael Felton]

I live a few blocks from the Empire State Building, so NY is a winner for me. Without traffic, these are my favorite courses within one hour - no order & driving time sans traffic.

- Baltusrol (Lower) - 40 mins
- Somerset Hills - just under 1 hour
- Piping Rock - 50 mins
- Winged Foot (West) - 40 mins
- The Creek - 55 mins

Realistically, with traffic these are the best courses within 1 hour drive of Empire State Building.
- Quaker
- Winged Foot (West)
- Sleepy
- Garden City
- Ridgewood (NJ)

With traffic on a Friday afternoon, realistically speaking the only possibility is the driving range at Chelsea Piers.


Saturday morning traffic, it's hard to see anything within an hour of NYC competing with PV or Merion unless we have Nigel Mansell driving us - then Shinnecock and NGLA pop into the equation and it's not so hard (it's about 86 miles so it is arguably doable). Top 5 that I've played that really are an hour from the Empire State Building would be WFW, the Creek, WFE, Baltusrol Upper, Bayonne. Near Philly I'd only have PV, Merion, Galloway, ACCC, and Twisted Dune and those last three are tight up against the hour mark. I think it would be 3-2 to NYC of the places I have played.

[Pierre_C]

Michael,
    Traffic on Fridays suck, but it's mostly heading to NJ or Long Island. A lot of companies in NYC have summer Fridays - 1/2 days. You can leave the office around 11:30, take West Side HWY then Cross County and be on the 1st tee at WF/ Quaker/ Wykagyl/etc before 1:15.

For the guys with money, they'd take a helicopter or seaplane from West Side to Hamptons (<35 mins) and tee off around 1:00 at Shinny, NGLA, etc...

Bayonne runs a ferry to/from Lower Man., allows you can avoid traffic.

I live a few blocks from the Empire State Building, so NY is a winner for me. Without traffic, these are my favorite courses within one hour - no order & driving time sans traffic.

- Baltusrol (Lower) - 40 mins
- Somerset Hills - just under 1 hour
- Piping Rock - 50 mins
- Winged Foot (West) - 40 mins
- The Creek - 55 mins

Realistically, with traffic these are the best courses within 1 hour drive of Empire State Building.
- Quaker
- Winged Foot (West)
- Sleepy
- Garden City
- Ridgewood (NJ)

With traffic on a Friday afternoon, realistically speaking the only possibility is the driving range at Chelsea Piers.


Saturday morning traffic, it's hard to see anything within an hour of NYC competing with PV or Merion unless we have Nigel Mansell driving us - then Shinnecock and NGLA pop into the equation and it's not so hard (it's about 86 miles so it is arguably doable). Top 5 that I've played that really are an hour from the Empire State Building would be WFW, the Creek, WFE, Baltusrol Upper, Bayonne. Near Philly I'd only have PV, Merion, Galloway, ACCC, and Twisted Dune and those last three are tight up against the hour mark. I think it would be 3-2 to NYC of the places I have played.

[Wayne Wiggins, Jr.]

NY beats Philly with room to spare.


And for the record Philly's top 3 is, and will always be, Pine Valley; Merion (East); and Aronimink . Spots 4 and 5 are up for grabs among Huntington Valley, Phila. Cricket (Wissahickon), and Rolling Green.

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