[Steve Lang]

Absolutely, Mike, but it's still preferable to the use of "The," which reminds me of the nuts that make a point to say that they graduated from THE Ohio State University.  Give me a break.

Matt, please note its "THEE" Ohio State University... 


and i went to UC..

[Rick Emerson]

Gotta be The Virtues, no?

Asia has lots of bad names.  Here are some:
 Thailand has Best Ocean Golf Club (you would think it's on the ocean...it's not) and my favorite because it sounds great Bang-Poo Country Club

- Like the virtues above Chinese cultural names don't work in the west.  They also have other problems.  Some examples: 
1) They love to put seemingly prestigious US things in the name like Nanjing Harvard International Golf Club, The Masters Golf & Country Club  or Long Island Golf & Country Club. 
2) They use terms that don't really fit like Agile Golf & Country Club or Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club
3) We talk about exclusionary clubs but in China I wonder if you have to really be a Tycoon to join Shenzhen Tycoon Golf Club (my guess is yes) at least at Shenzhen Noble Merchant Golf Club they have moral expectations in addition to their financial requirements
4) Ninbo Delson Green World Golf Club - I'd guess it is overwatered in a country that has a real water problem
5) Names that I don't know what they mean but sound great like Dandong Wulong International Golf Club

My favorite Chinese golf course with a terrible name is the course I play most where I live here in Tianjin.
King Key golf club.
Every time I say the name someone does a double take and I have to say each word slowly with a long pause in the middle. It is almost as bad in Chinese: Jing Ji!

[Matt_Cohn]

Here in NorCal, I'm trying to figure out how Willow Park just changed its name to Redwood Canyon. I haven't been there...maybe the two nines are really, really different. 

[Jeff_Brauer]

Sentry World.

Well, then, you must not like Kemper Lakes!  I never did, either. Or, NCR, 3M(?) and a host of other corporately owned golf courses.  My former home club, NLE, was named Great Southwest, after the railroad/industrial park that spawned a country club for its nearby businesses.  For what its worth, industrial park remains under the same name, but the railroad has also long been absorbed by the Union Pacific.

There has to be many similar examples.  Engineers Club?  Grows on you a bit.  Architects Golf Club (although we understand the reason.....)

BTW, also not a fan of munis named after local politicians.  Maybe those seem better with time, such as George Wright.  However, Laredo named their new course the Max Mandell Golf Course, after some local, when they were trying to be one of those municipal resorts for a day.  I believe the name detracts from their main marketing goal.

[Peter Pallotta]

Three syllables are best. Pine Valley, Seminole, Beverly, Pebble Beach, Merion, Cypress Point, Shinnecock, St Andrews, Cavendish. Four syllables or two are fine: NGLA, Dornoch, Pacific Dunes, Sand Hills. Five syllables and above (save for Augusta National) are usually not good at all, and 8 syllabels are, analogously, a Doak 0.

[Joe Hancock]

Use of the word analogously should be, by definition, a Doak 0.....

[Steve Lang]

Human nature...


How about Purgatory GC?

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