[Wayne_Kozun]

What about the 18th at Pebble?  Or how about #2 at Merion?

I was thinking Banff or Pinehurst, but then I caught myself.  The key to the question posed in this thread is modern.

D'oh!  I was concentrating on the American rather than the modern.

[Glenn Spencer]

5 and 18 at The Honors are special. The 18th at Crooked Stick. 2 at Victoria National. Do you have to hit driver? If so, not Victoria then. 11 at Old Waverly. 4 at The Ocean is pretty intimidating, what isn't there, but I have to say 2 from the back. 1 at Bethpage.

[David Miller]

I like #12 at Bethpage--it may be too long for some people but it's perfect for my game.  I have to hit a solid drive to make it over the bunker; if I don't clear it or play safely, it becomes a par 5.

[Larry_Keltto]

My favorites have been mentioned, but I think the par 5 18th at The Harvester is worthy of praise -- wonderful strategic decisions to make on all three (or two) shots. When I first saw the drawings of the course on the Harvester Web site, I thought it would be unplayable, but there's enough width to make it playable in all wind conditions.

[David Stamm]

For fav. Modern drives, the 14th at Rustic is great. If Spyglass falls under the Modern definition, I have to agree with the others that have already mentioned it. It is really fun drive and IMHO, the best opening hole that I've played. Again, sticiking to the Moderns, the 4th at Barona is a really fun drive if you take the route to the left and pull it off. The 10th at Sandpiper is a scary ride, but fun if you pull off the draw needed to shorten the hole.

[David Miller]

For moderns, I've always liked the 16th on the Kingsmill River Course--nothing really strategic about it, but the view from the tee down the tree-lined fairway with the James River beyond is beautiful.  Too bad they're ruining it with homes.

[JESII]

For moderns, I've always liked the 16th on the Kingsmill River Course--nothing really strategic about it, but the view from the tee down the tree-lined fairway with the James River beyond is beautiful.  Too bad they're ruining it with homes.

David,


Better than #18 from the back?

[Tim Gavrich]

The tee shots on holes 5 and 14 at Wintonbury Hills in Bloomfield, CT, are pretty cool.  #5 is a downhill short par 4 where it's fun to wail away and see how close you can get to the green.  In a match on Saturday, one of my opponents put his tee shot 20 feet right of the hole.  It was spectacular.  #14 is neat because there's a huge hill that takes up the left half of the fairway, and if you catch your drive just right, you'll get a profound turbo-boost (the same player who drove the green on #5 on Saturday hit his drive about 340 on #14).

[Gordon Oneil]

It's easy to forget you are on a tropical island rather than in the Carolina mountains while playing the Experience at Koele, a Norman/Robinson design on Lanai in Hawaii.  The tee shot at the par 4 17th plays from a 250-foot elevated tee down to a faiway WITH A LAKE ON THE RIGHT AND THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN ON THE LEFT.  
Plenty of room down below but from the tee up on the plateau it is both stunning and challenging, to say the least.
The entire course is a couple of thousand feet above sea level with the Challenge at Manele right on the edge of the Pacific far, far below.
Playing 36 holes on those two golf courses was a pretty enjoyable way to spend one of the days of my honeymoon, I have to say.

[Jon Wiggett]

The 12th at Kingsbarnes.

Oohps, just reread title, well it is american owned  

[David Miller]

David,


Better than #18 from the back?  

JES--

#18 is certainly a more heroic and strategic drive, but I've hooked way too many balls into the lake to call it my favorite.    I just find #16 very astethically pleasing; it suits my eye.  

[JESII]

Fair enough David...cool second shot into #16 as well...

[Jason Blasberg]

Some of those that immediately come to mind:

Plantation Course: 6, 12 and 13;

Cuscowilla:  5 and 9.

Friar's Head: 5, 9 and 18.

Pacific Dunes: 2, 9 and 16.

Lost Dunes: 15

My favorite of all the above is likely 18 at Friar's.  There's just something about having to work the ball (right to left if you're right handed) to a blind landing area that gets the blood seriously pumping!

[Jason Blasberg]

If I had to pick a top three:

1) 18 at Friar's
2) 9 at Cuscowilla
3) 16 at Pacific Dunes.

Notably, driver is only required on the 9th at Cuscowilla.

[redanman]

The 12th at Kingsbarnes.

Oohps, just reread title, well it is american owned  

More proof that this is an American Course?  

Some that NO ONE else will mention:

#1 at Red Hawk Ridge in CO - carry all the bunkers and scrub at the right angle and it's a PW into the green on a par 5.

#18 Carnegie Abbey - can do or can die.

#5 at Gallery North completely blind- complete leap of faith

#9 Gallery North, blind green- driveable.

#10 Castle Pines CC - most hate this one, but I've loved trying to drive this green

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