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Kenny Lee Puckett

Best Course to play in the fall
« on: August 26, 2003, 04:23:30 PM »
To all -

It seems that we didn't really have a summer here in the Northeast.  I particularly love to play in the fall as the trees (Wretched as they may be to some) turn colors, Indian Summer October days, and the forgiving "Leaf Rule" come into play.  Hey, in the great white north, we're glad to stretch the season out for as long as we can.

Towards that end, I would love to hear other CGAer's favorite fall venues.  Mine include:

PVGC
Yale
Richter Park
WF West and East (Even post tree-cutting, badly needed)
Tuxedo
Sleepy Hollow


KLP
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Michael Moore

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Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2003, 04:37:15 PM »
Any course in Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont.
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DTaylor18

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2003, 04:40:11 PM »
Michael, you beat me to it, I was about to say the same thing, except to inlcude all of New England.  Any Donald Ross course in September/October in New England can be beautiful.
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GeoffreyC

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2003, 04:42:55 PM »
KLP

While I love the fall colors at my home course at Yale

#6- pre Rulewich butchering



nothing can beat the colorful vistas of the palisades across the hudson and the internal vistas at Sleepy Hollow.  Great call.
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Mike Touscany

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2003, 04:48:35 PM »
Sunnehanna in Johnstown, PA  - one of Tillinghast's beauties.
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Kenny Lee Puckett

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2003, 04:50:58 PM »
Geoffrey -

Beautiful picture - pre-butchering!!!

KLP
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2003, 04:52:37 PM »
KLP,
Taconic, Waconah, Berkshire Hills, Wyantenuck for beauty and great golf.

Anything in the Catskills for beauty.
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GeoffreyC

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2003, 04:55:27 PM »
KLP-  call me a softie. I didn't want to write what I really think about Rulewich's work at Yale  :'(
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ChasLawler

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2003, 04:58:29 PM »
The Homestead and The Greenbrier...it's beautiful just driving there.
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Kenny Lee Puckett

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2003, 05:12:42 PM »
Geoffrey -

He did some "Work" on my home course as well...oh well.

KLP
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John Nixon

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Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2003, 05:21:10 PM »
Oakmont. When all those hardwoods start changi....  Ooops. Never mind.   ;)
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DTaylor18

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2003, 05:25:40 PM »
Out of respect for Geoffrey, I'll amend my above statment to any course in New England other than Crumpin Fox.   ;D
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GeoffreyC

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2003, 05:37:32 PM »
Dan

No need to revise on my account.  I actually like Ballyowen and Metedeconk. I have not played Crumpin fox but I've heard good things and I'm sure its scenic in the fall.

I just wish an architect (The Butcher of New Haven) who stated that "I'm a golf course architect not a historian" would keep his insensitive paws off a classic course like Yale.
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W.H. Cosgrove

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Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2003, 07:05:23 PM »
Taconic
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Bill Weber

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Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2003, 07:09:29 PM »
The Orchards, Taconic and/or Equinox.
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DTaylor18

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2003, 07:15:07 PM »
The Orchards in October is fantastic, more orange and red than green.
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Brad Klein

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Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2003, 10:29:56 PM »
I'd suggest the newest addition to the bucolic New England landscape, Pete Dye & Tim Liddy's Wintonbury Hills GC in Bloomfield, Conn. Lots of trees around the site and lovely ridgelines, but trees never intrude upon play. Fairways are 45 yards wide, lined with fescues. There's only one conifer - a mature pine - on the entire 291-acre property.

We'll do some sort of GCA/raters outing this fall there - opens Sept. 22
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TEPaul

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #17 on: August 27, 2003, 12:20:45 AM »
The best course to play in the Fall is any golf course that has no trees and consequently no leaves on it!
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T_MacWood

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #18 on: August 27, 2003, 06:24:58 AM »
Its difficult not to choose a course in your own neighborhood....I'd go with The Golf Club.
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Keith Williams

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Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #19 on: August 27, 2003, 08:33:44 AM »
The Honors Course.

Many different textures and turf varieties in a very natural setting; all accentuated by the incredible East Tennessee fall colors, of course including ORANGE.. :)

Keith.


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SL_Solow

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Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #20 on: August 27, 2003, 09:04:18 AM »
I'll second Shivas' vote for Blackwolf River.  Sounds like a short road trip.  However, a Faultless works better for trout.
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Doug Wright

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Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #21 on: August 27, 2003, 09:40:08 AM »
Quote from: TEPaul on August 27, 2003, 12:20:45 AM
The best course to play in the Fall is any golf course that has no trees and consequently no leaves on it!

TE Paul--Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Something like Sand Hills or Wild Horse, maybe even Black Mesa?   ;)
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Kenny Lee Puckett

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #22 on: August 27, 2003, 09:48:00 AM »
Keith -

A winning combo - The Vol Navy on Saturday, Honors on Sunday?

Tough to get a good swing tempo to "Rocky Top".

KLP
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John Nixon

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Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #23 on: August 27, 2003, 09:50:29 AM »
If you've ever been one of those who opined that Pebble Beach is overrated because of its location and views, please don't try and say that fall colors add anything to a round of golf. What does leaf color have to do with it?  :)
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ForkaB

Re:Best Course to play in the fall
« Reply #24 on: August 27, 2003, 09:54:10 AM »
Tom and Doug are (W)right

The champions of non-leafiness, however are the true links of GBI.  Plus, they get some fascinating winds in the autumn, and the beers and whiskies at the 19th ain't bad either.........
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