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Tommy Williamsen

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Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #50 on: April 18, 2003, 07:08:48 PM »
Sunningdale overlooking that great tree and Baltusrol frome the course.
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corey miller

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Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #51 on: April 19, 2003, 06:40:39 AM »
Farmington CC-Charlottesville, Virginia.  I thought there was a member of the club that posts here?  You score a lot of points for a two hundred year old building designed in part by Jefferson.  And the Club undertook a "full restoration" in the 1930's to  restore TJ's Octagonal room which had been partitioned.  All the recent changes have been under the auspices of a UVA "Professor of Jeffersonian Architecture".
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Bill_McBride

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Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #52 on: April 19, 2003, 07:40:41 AM »
Paul Turner, have you been out to Brocket Hall to play?  It's just outside the M25 NNW of London.  The clubhouse is Lord Brocket's stately manse.  When it was sold and converted into a conference center / golf resort, the instructions to the architect were that no bunkers could be visible from the clubhouse.  Neat job of camouflage to make that happen.
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tonyt

Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #53 on: April 19, 2003, 08:24:34 AM »
My two nominations from Oz are Royal Sydney (agree with you Mr Daley) and Victoria. Both look incredibly impressive before you get to the doorstep.

When playing 18, Royal Sydney's 19th frames the vista beautifully with stately grandeur, and looks even more traditional than the long club history. Inside is a perfect old private school feel that doesn't need to "try hard".

Victoria is often cited by touring pros as their number one clubhouse in Australia. When appearing at the end of the imposing treelined entry avenue to the club, one really feels as though one has arrived at a wealthy and tasteful country manor of distinction. Very large without being overly oppulent. And beautifully comfortable and welcoming from the inside as well, with great views.

I would happily convert either to be my own home  :)
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tonyt

Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #54 on: April 19, 2003, 08:31:36 AM »
Sorry. Being Mr Ignoramus, I don't know how to paste photos, but the Victoria Golf Club home page features the clubhouse, allbeit not from it's most flattering view. This is at www.victoriagolf.com.au

Royal Sydney's can be viewed at www.ausgolf.com.au/royalsydney.htm
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Tiger_Bernhardt

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Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #55 on: April 19, 2003, 09:21:03 AM »
Halfway House at MPCC is just wonderful. I like the Aisla at Turnberry which is much like Pacific Dunes. Seminole has a pretty fair clubhouse.
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RJ_Daley

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Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #56 on: April 19, 2003, 09:22:23 AM »
I haven't been to very many of the cavernous and sprawling clubhouses of the storied old courses with the tudor styling, or cape cod on steroids like buildings.  But, the ones I've seen, inorder to be great in my opinion, need some other quirky touch ancillary to golf that sets them apart.  

Most appealing is a dark and musty smokey-wooded foyer with thread bare persian rugs, and an old creaky staircase leading to secret member-only rooms where one can only speculate what goes on up there.  And, a smoking room off to the left with old leather winged chairs and cases of golf and philosophy and economics books and a hand carved bar with only 10 or so bottles displayed of the finest whiskeys and liquors of the drinking world.  Then, to the right, a small comfortable dining room that seats no more than 50 and serves a couple of world reknowned specialty dishes consisting of meat and fish.  Finally, a grill-room to the rear overlooking the 1-10-9-18 tees and greens with a patio nearby where one can watch the play on the course, or play cards.  They should have a small but quality selection of beers and wine and make sandwiches and pub grub that is as good as the best NY or Philly deli shops.  They need a very wise old and talented lady who doesn't even know why people play golf to make soup.  There should be all kinds of club centric memorablilia displayed and framed about the room giving recognition to the clubs founders.  

I think of David Feherty's description of the clubhouse at Scrotswoods as the perfect setting.  The club president should be some guy like his character, Uncle Dickie who was a commander in the Boer War, or if you can't get him, Boab Huntley. 8)
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Top100Guru

Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #57 on: April 20, 2003, 07:32:07 AM »
Here are my favorite 5:

Myopia Hunt Club
Secession Golf CLub
Shinnecock Hills
Winged Foot
Merion

....and all for different reasons.....
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JMD

Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #58 on: April 20, 2003, 08:25:18 AM »
Shinnecock is my favorite, hands down.  Seminole's locker room makes the club house better.  I spent the night at the National, and it is more creepy than anything else -- though I agree with the comments about the lunch.  Isn't it interesting that almost all of clubhouses mentioned in this thread are at first rate courses?  My guess is that we don't remember the clubhouses at lesser places because however nice they are, the course makes them less so.
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Gary_Smith

Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #59 on: April 20, 2003, 10:51:52 AM »
Paul Turner,

Where is Kings Norton, please? That is an absolutely exquisite Cedar of Lebanon to the right of the clubhouse.
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Paul_Turner

Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #60 on: April 20, 2003, 11:45:26 AM »
I've labelled these at the tops of the photos, so the one with that beautiful cedar is Effingham and is in Surrey, UK (it's a Colt course).  

Kings Norton, the bottom pic is from near Birmingham, UK (Hawtree course).

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Gene Greco

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Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #61 on: April 20, 2003, 06:56:39 PM »
Paul:

     Wonderful examples!

As mentioned by email I must down a spirit within the walls of all! Care to join me?
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Norbert P

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Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #62 on: April 20, 2003, 11:09:50 PM »
Bayside GC in Ogalalla, Nebraska is a jawdropping log cabin on steroids.  Would love to have this place as my home and invite y'all.  Now if we can only get Dick's ideal ambiance, furnishings, etcetera, it'd be my kind o' hideout.

 www.baysidegolf.com/clubhouse.htm
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tlavin

Re: Best Clubhouse in Golf
« Reply #63 on: May 07, 2003, 12:48:44 PM »
Let's have the vote after the US Open.  Olympia Fields has a 110,000 sq. ft. English Tudor clubhouse with a four-sided clocktower, 40 guest rooms and a ten thousand square foot men's locker room.  Just wait until you see this beast on tv.
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