Best day on a golf course?

[Michael Morandi]

For me it was on Sunningdale after the 2012 Hurricane that hit the west of England. The sky was ethereal. And the course was in sync with it.

[Chris Hughes]

Very interesting question...


...I'll have to think about that for a good while before I can answer (if at all)...

[Phil Young]

For me it was the 1st round of the 1986 U. S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. It was raining on and off, windy and a bit chilly. Watching the greatest players in the world get pushed to their limits and then some was a lesson in what set the best apart from those a level below them. I'll never forget watching Jack Nickaus hit driver, fairway wood and mid-iron to the green on 9, all three shots played into the wind.
      Walking each hole several times that day, getting a bit soaked despite my rain outfit and umbrella, I was absolutely staggered by the course itself, how each hole flowed seamlessly into the next.
      It was a wonderful day that I will never forget...

[Chris Hughes]

For me it was the 1st round of the 1986 U. S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. It was raining on and off, windy and a bit chilly. Watching the greatest players in the world get pushed to their limits and then some was a lesson in what set the best apart from those a level below them. I'll never forget watching Jack Nickaus hit driver, fairway wood and mid-iron to the green on 9, all three shots played into the wind.
      Walking each hole several times that day, getting a bit soaked despite my rain outfit and umbrella, I was absolutely staggered by the course itself, how each hole flowed seamlessly into the next.
      It was a wonderful day that I will never forget...

Very cool... 


Completely expands my thought process -- was only thinking about when I was "playing" golf...

[Sam Morrow]

If everyday on the course isn't the best then you're doing it all wrong.

[Ira Fishman]

I have had hundreds of them. Yes, I know that is not a logically possible answer as the question is posed. But a relatively recent one comes to mind. In August 2023, we played Elie for our second time. It was a late afternoon tee time.  On the 12th tee which is about as far from the clubhouse as you can get, it started blowing and raining. We were having so much fun that we played on despite getting soaked. The rain stopped after several holes, but by the time we finished we were one of only a few groups left on the course. Dusk was descending, and we were cold and wet. And fully alive and energized from a glorious day of fun on a truly glorious golf course.

[PCCraig]

Managed to spend my 15th wedding anniversary this past Fall on the Monterrey Peninsula. Started the day with a round at Cypress, then walked Pebble at twilight on the way to dinner at Chez Noir in Carmel.


Tough to beat.

[cary lichtenstein]

My first visit to Pine Valley, being absolutely stunned by the uniqueness and beauty of every single hole

[Mark Mammel]

Sunday at the Master's 1992, Freddy Couple's year, with my wife. She arranged for tickets for my 40th birthday! As we had an 8 month old at home, we couldn't stay for Monday's finish- but what a weekend we had.

[Dan Gallaway]

Pacific Dunes, May 2020.  Perfect mid-50s day with winds 10-15.  Our group had two threesomes and everyone but me was on their first trip to Bandon Dunes Resort.  Managed +1 through 12 holes.  Stopped for a whisky, which turned into two.  The second group caught up with us, we each grabbed another drink and headed for the 13th tee as a group of 6.  Enjoyed the rest of the round as the only people on the course.  Score faltered....

[Tommy Williamsen]

One day sticks out: the day my son and I won the Father/Son tournament at our local club. He was about ten and played like a champ. It was so much fun just to watch him.

[Jamie Pyper]

My lifelong dream was to host my four siblings and their spouses on a family reunion tour of Ireland, which came together in the Summer of 2023. Our final round was playing St. Patrick's with all my brothers while my sister and all our spouses walked alongside, which has never happened before over a lifetime of golf.  Glorious day together included my eagle two on Number 9, but way more entertaining was watching my youngest brother take eight blows (including penalties) to get out of a particularly snarly pot bunker, much to our laughter, and since we had it on video, we did what any loving brothers would do and sent it on to his friends to share with the world.  We didn't know it at the time, but this was to be the last round of golf, the last pint, and the last laughter our family would all share together as he would be taken quickly afterwards by cancer. This was the best day I have spent on a golf course. 

[PThomas]

For me it was the 1st round of the 1986 U. S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. It was raining on and off, windy and a bit chilly. Watching the greatest players in the world get pushed to their limits and then some was a lesson in what set the best apart from those a level below them. I'll never forget watching Jack Nickaus hit driver, fairway wood and mid-iron to the green on 9, all three shots played into the wind.
      Walking each hole several times that day, getting a bit soaked despite my rain outfit and umbrella, I was absolutely staggered by the course itself, how each hole flowed seamlessly into the next.
      It was a wonderful day that I will never forget...

Jack actually lost a ball that round

[Peter Sayegh]

My lifelong dream was to host my four siblings and their spouses on a family reunion tour of Ireland, which came together in the Summer of 2023. Our final round was playing St. Patrick's with all my brothers while my sister and all our spouses walked alongside, which has never happened before over a lifetime of golf.  Glorious day together included my eagle two on Number 9, but way more entertaining was watching my youngest brother take eight blows (including penalties) to get out of a particularly snarly pot bunker, much to our laughter, and since we had it on video, we did what any loving brothers would do and sent it on to his friends to share with the world.  We didn't know it at the time, but this was to be the last round of golf, the last pint, and the last laughter our family would all share together as he would be taken quickly afterwards by cancer. This was the best day I have spent on a golf course. 

I was going to answer but I won't after reading this.

Thanks for sharing Jamie.