Worst name for a golf course

« **on:** May 19, 2005, 10:02:26 AM »

I have to go with Bogie Buster Golf Club - Richmond, KY

not a good members course.

« **Reply #1 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:09:22 AM »

That is bad.

I have to say, this is a big pet peeve of mine. I find that this is one of the most common weaknesses in golf course design - to do all of that work and planning and then cap it off with a flimsy name.

There are just WAY to many Lakes, Ridges, Creeks, and above all - WAY WAY too many "Links"!!!!

Frigging "The Links at What-The-Hell-Ever" Please STOP!

They're never links anyway.

Golf Course Names should have character. Just pick a Single Malt scotch name -

« **Reply #2 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:12:14 AM »

I nominate Wetlands in MD and Freeway in NJ

« **Reply #3 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:15:15 AM »

I've got to say,

The Lynx at Kingswood Park is pretty lame.

As if "Links" isn't bad enough...

« **Reply #4 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:17:14 AM »

Anything "National" with only two exceptions. Also The Weed Course at Cannon Ridge. Named after Bobby Weed.

« **Reply #5 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:19:27 AM »

Three Little Bakers (named after Dinner Theatre on site). Started out as Pike Creek Valley.

« **Reply #6 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:23:43 AM »

Creek Valley!?!

Isn't that a double negative? Ouch.

« **Reply #7 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:26:11 AM »

Maybe it was only Pike Creek--sorry.

« **Reply #8 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:27:34 AM »

Raptor Bay

« **Reply #9 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:35:12 AM »

Another good one is Brown Acres Golf Club , Chattanooga,TN
Course is split in half by I 75.

« **Reply #10 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:48:01 AM »

Tooting Bec.

A NLE course once located near London.

The name is so bad, that I like it.

Bob

« **Reply #11 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:50:30 AM »

Anything named after a corporation: Firestone CC, NCR CC, SentryWorld (doubly bad, because of that mid-word cap), Clorox Hills...

A good company-course name: 3M's Tartan Park.

« **Reply #12 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:56:30 AM »

Actually Three Little Bakers were named after the owners who were.........three bakers!

I nominate for worst name (As well as accompanying logo) World Woods Golf Club. Fortunately the two golf courses are wonderful!

« **Reply #13 on:** May 19, 2005, 11:02:06 AM »

It is hard to find an area with more "outstandingly-named" golf courses than Massachussets.

Here are a few that Tillinghast visited:

Duixbury Yacht Club (yes, it is a GOLF club)
United Shoe Machinery GC
Purpoodoch Willowdale GC
College Highway CC

« **Reply #14 on:** May 19, 2005, 11:03:20 AM »

It begins and ends with "The Bull at Pinehurst Farms". Pretty good course, though.

« **Reply #15 on:** May 19, 2005, 11:07:03 AM »

Growing up in Wilmington, De. I was very familiar with the Three Little Bakers name. They were almost like Tastykakes as a name in Philly.
I joined Pike Creek just out of college. I think it was $200 dues.

Sometime after that Three Little Bakers bought the course and converted the clubhouse for use as a dinner theatre. I always thought it was odd to see those big buses at the course.

« **Reply #16 on:** May 19, 2005, 11:09:32 AM »

I love "Brown Acres".

On the same theme, how about:

"Low Hills"
"Limited View"
"Cement Culvert"

Bob

« **Reply #17 on:** May 19, 2005, 11:23:58 AM »

Raccoon International in Granville, Ohio

http://www.raccooninternational.com

« **Reply #18 on:** May 19, 2005, 11:32:48 AM »

It might be nice if clubs took a little more 'honest' approach in their naming. That way we might have a better idea of what we're getting into...

How about

"Titan Long"
"The Frown at Los Ball"
"The Great Boar"
"Hitten Hope"
"Steep Fees Golf Club"
"Airstrip Acres"
"Big Name Fields"

I already feel better.

« **Reply #19 on:** May 19, 2005, 11:32:51 AM »

Ouch on Bogie Busters-sounds very white trash. Like using the word 'golf' as a verb.

Quote

The word "golf" can be a verb in correctly spoken English.

« **Reply #20 on:** May 19, 2005, 12:31:36 PM »

I am not sure if a place name could be considered the worst name for a course, but the Bulawayo G.C. in Zimbabwe might take the cake. The name "Bulawayo" means "place of slaughter", from when the warlike Matabele ruled there in the 19th century.

I played in the Matabeleland Amateur some years ago, the place lived up to its name.

« **Reply #21 on:** May 19, 2005, 12:35:33 PM »

Quote from: Bob_Huntley on May 19, 2005, 12:31:36 PM

I am not sure if a place name could be considered the worst name for a course, but the Bulawayo G.C. in Zimbabwe might take the cake. The name "Bulawayo" means "place of slaughter", from when the warlike Matabele ruled there in the 19th century.

I played in the Matabeleland Amateur some years ago, the place lived up to its name.

We all seem to have our Bulawayos. I have quite a few. Bayonet is one. Spyglass Hill. Winged Foot-West. Lots of courses leave me a bloody mess.

But many thanks to Mr. Huntley for adding a new golf term. Forever from this point forward, a course that kicks my ass is gonna be a bulawayo.

BTW, that "Lynx" course has to be the stupidest name I've yet heard... that is unless said felines roam the premises... and even then it wouldn't save it that much....

« **Reply #22 on:** May 19, 2005, 12:55:50 PM »

5 by 80 - named after 5 small towns located near Interstate 80 in Iowa. It may be the worst course I have played as well (although I won $85 worth of beef in a tournament there when I was a kid).

Anything that begins with "The"

Radcliffe Friendly Fairways, Radcliffe Iowa (might be the second worst course I have played).

« **Reply #23 on:** May 19, 2005, 01:22:01 PM »

Quote from: Adam_Foster_Collins on May 19, 2005, 11:32:48 AM

It might be nice if clubs took a little more 'honest' approach in their naming. That way we might have a better idea of what we're getting into...

How about

"Titan Long"
"The Frown at Los Ball"
"The Great Boar"
"Hitten Hope"
"Steep Fees Golf Club"
"Airstrip Acres"
"Big Name Fields"

I already feel better.

Or rather than the pretensious "Artisans Club", just call it "Plumber's Crack"

« **Reply #24 on:** May 19, 2005, 02:17:58 PM »

What about names of courses that have relocated but still use the old place name. In Philly we have "Overbrook" which is a section of the city. It is now in Bryn Mawr.

BTW I think Merion may be in Haverford.Just checked---one side of course is Haverford; the other Ardmore. The clubhouse is in Haverford. How can it be a Doak 10 when the name is suspect?

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