Wow, I don't agree with a LOT of the holes nominated for other architects as even being among their best work, or even the best holes on that particular course. Cases in point:
If I was going to pick a hole from Kingsley, I would select holes 4, 6, or 15. If the first at Greywalls is better, so be it, although I have a favorite at that position.
If I was going to pick from Kingsbarns, it wouldn't be 12 ... there's a lot of coastline, but it's a straightforward hole with a ridiculously deep green and a silly shaped sod wall bunker. Some people pick 6, too, but blind water behind the green just doesn't do it for me. There are a lot of great holes there ... I would go for 4, 7, 15, or 17.
15 would be my favorite at Victoria National, though I'm not sure it's better than 15 at Shadow Creek ... both are very good. I thought that 15th at World Woods was overrated, I'd much more likely vote for the par-5 4th there. But maybe we're just giving Tom Fazio #15.
17 at Cabo del Sol over 18, for sure. Is that really Jack's best hole?
For Bill Coore, 7 or 9 or 10 at Friars Head; 1 or 4 or 7 or 14 or 16 at Sand Hills, all of them better than 17 or 18 in my view. But it seems easy to pick the starter at Sand Hills. (By the way, Huckaby, your post takes the butt-boy cake, even if there is some truth to it.)
Pete Dye could fill in just about anywhere we need him, too, but I'm not that enamored with any of the holes nominated for him so far. Any of the par-3's from Teeth of the Dog could make it; 13 at The Golf Club is a seminal example of Pete's work; he once picked the 13th at Crooked Stick as his own favorite, although he told me he'd just happened to play it the morning GOLF Magazine called to ask him!
Keep them coming, even though I may keep disagreeing. What about Robert Trent Jones? What about George Fazio [9th at Jupiter Hills, perhaps]? I'd take David Kidd's 4th at Bandon Dunes if there's nothing better at Nanea.