Haimish

[Dan Kelly]

That's a word (and a concept) new to me today, thanks to David Brooks's most recent column in The New York Times. He defines it as follows: "It’s a Yiddish word that suggests warmth, domesticity and unpretentious conviviality." (Pronounced HAY-mish, by the way.)

You can read the rest of the column here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/opinion/brooks-the-haimish-line.html.

I'm thinking that the concept might have some applicability in the great big world of golf, and perhaps in the great big world of golf course architecture.

Which clubs have the most haimish? How do golf courses stay on the haimish side of the Haimish Line?

Comments, anyone?

[Bill_McBride]

Palmetto Golf Club mucho haimish, very nice to visitors and lots of fun to play.

[David Cronheim]

I prefer the German, "Gemutlichkeit" (with an umlaut over the "u"). There's not a cozier place in the world than the Bavarian or Austrian Alps.

[Kalen Braley]

I had to look up convivial:

relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company <a convivial host> <a convivial gathering>

If I had to pick one course, it would be Ballyneal.

[Mac Plumart]

If I got the definition correct...

The Golf Club, Shoreacres, Old Elm, Sandhills, come to mind.