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Jeff Spittel

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Re: What major city does not have a great golf course?
« Reply #75 on: September 04, 2015, 06:58:25 AM »
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on September 03, 2015, 08:56:15 AM
Buffy and Chip may not be in love with Champions but I've never met a golfer who came away unimpressed.  From what I hear Wolf Point is in many a personal top 100.  With a son at LSU I may be biased but Houston is a golf mecca for a guy looking to work hard and enjoy some free time on the course.


I like Champions too, John. It's also true that it's a great place for a golfer to live with the year round season and plenty of fun places to play. Wolf Point does look sensational, but obviously it's not really an option to play.
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Jon Wiggett

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Re: What major city does not have a great golf course?
« Reply #76 on: September 04, 2015, 10:48:31 AM »
Any Swiss city.
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Adam Lawrence

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Re: What major city does not have a great golf course?
« Reply #77 on: September 04, 2015, 12:24:20 PM »
Yeah, I was thinking of listing about twenty major European cities. Frankly, on the continent, you might as well list the ones that do.
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Wayne_Kozun

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Re: What major city does not have a great golf course?
« Reply #78 on: September 08, 2015, 09:56:03 PM »
Quote from: Adam Lawrence on September 04, 2015, 12:24:20 PM
Yeah, I was thinking of listing about twenty major European cities. Frankly, on the continent, you might as well list the ones that do.
Other than Paris, assuming that you count Morfontaine or Fontainbleau as Paris, what other city on the continent would have a great course.
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Ryan Taylor

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Re: What major city does not have a great golf course?
« Reply #79 on: November 05, 2019, 03:36:53 PM »
Quote from: Wayne_Kozun on September 08, 2015, 09:56:03 PM
Quote from: Adam Lawrence on September 04, 2015, 12:24:20 PM
Yeah, I was thinking of listing about twenty major European cities. Frankly, on the continent, you might as well list the ones that do.
Other than Paris, assuming that you count Morfontaine or Fontainbleau as Paris, what other city on the continent would have a great course.


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Matt_Cohn

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Re: What major city does not have a great golf course?
« Reply #80 on: November 05, 2019, 06:41:13 PM »
Welcome back, topic. How about San Jose? A million people in the city limits and some nice surrounding land, but you have to go to Pasatiempo or Cal Club to find a course that makes "Best of" lists. CordeValle is 20-25 miles out from the city, too.
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Bart Bradley

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Re: What major city does not have a great golf course?
« Reply #81 on: November 05, 2019, 09:01:39 PM »
Nashville. 
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Brock Lynch

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Re: What major city does not have a great golf course?
« Reply #82 on: November 05, 2019, 10:54:33 PM »
Las Vegas? Every course is cart golf.
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Tim Leahy

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Re: What major city does not have a great golf course?
« Reply #83 on: November 06, 2019, 04:17:15 AM »
Quote from: Gary Sato on August 28, 2015, 09:22:43 PM
Off the top of my head, Reno, San Diego, Miami, Boise, Albuquerque, Kansas City?


I'll qualify it by a course listed in a Top 100 list if that helps. 


Major city meaning at least 200,000 and a major airport.
What's wrong with Montreux in Reno?
Sacramento fits the list. Del Paso CC is good but not great.
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Ian Andrew

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Re: What major city does not have a great golf course?
« Reply #84 on: November 06, 2019, 10:20:38 AM »
... didn't need to repeat something someone else had already pointed out.
« Last Edit: November 06, 2019, 10:25:46 AM by Ian Andrew »
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David Wuthrich

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Re: What major city does not have a great golf course?
« Reply #85 on: November 06, 2019, 05:52:01 PM »
I'll chime in.


As a lifelong Houstonian and someone who has been fortunate to travel to many of the worlds great courses, I agree that Houston does not have any GREAT courses.  We have some very good courses for sure, but great as defined by Top 100, no way!
Our topography just does not lend itself to a truly great course IMHO.
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Matt_Cohn

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Re: What major city does not have a great golf course?
« Reply #86 on: November 07, 2019, 01:35:01 PM »
Quote from: Brock Lynch on November 05, 2019, 10:54:33 PM
Las Vegas? Every course is cart golf.


GD ranks Shadow Creek at #26 in the country, and GW at #9 modern, so in terms of *a* great golf course, it seems to have one. 
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DFarron

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Re: What major city does not have a great golf course?
« Reply #87 on: November 07, 2019, 01:52:07 PM »
Quote from: Mac Plumart on August 28, 2015, 10:21:01 PM
Cleveland is an under rated city for golf. Lots of good places.


Darn right!
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