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PThomas

biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« on: May 22, 2006, 05:03:15 PM »
which course that you've played was the most pleasant surprise?  That is, you went in not expecting the quality which you experienced?
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cary lichtenstein

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2006, 05:05:42 PM »
Deacon's Lodge
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wsmorrison

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2006, 05:33:52 PM »
The Country Club in Pepper Pike, Ohio.
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Gary Daughters

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2006, 05:34:47 PM »

Tain.
Not even close
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Tom Huckaby

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2006, 06:02:25 PM »
I couldn't think of a good answer for this... but Gary reminded me.  I loved Tain also, but then I had decent expectations for it going in.

One I knew nothing about, played pretty much just because it was the only course we could get on on a Saturday during a Scotland trip was

FORTROSE & ROSEMARKIE

Turned out to be fantastic!  We've discussed it before in here.

TH
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Brad Tufts

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2006, 06:10:11 PM »
In the last couple years..... CC of Greenfield in MA.  Conveniently located at the junction of I-91 and Rte. 2.  An old course of about 6300-6400 with meandering streams, fun elevation changes, railroad tracks bordering a hole, and the last couple played through parallel ridges with shield rock exposed.

The course is semi-private, but because it's in Western MA, you feel like a member with the lazy, laid-back ambiance there in the Berkshire foothills.
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Tim Pitner

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2006, 06:11:01 PM »
Royal Dublin.  I wasn't planning to play it.  I was a student in Dublin at the time and played it only because it was easily accessible by bus.  It's not among the great Irish courses, but it's a fine course and club and, if it weren't located in an industrial part of Dublin, I think it would get a lot more recognition.  
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Brad Klein

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2006, 06:11:08 PM »
Thought Tain was a mix of some very fine holes (the start and the first few on the back nine) along with some very mediocre ones (esp. the last few).

Fortrose & Rosemarkie was unrelenting and thrilling the whole way. Played it late one afternoon with Tim Liddy and two other friends in a 40 mph howler; we played alternate shot and had a blast.  
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Tom Huckaby

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2006, 06:16:21 PM »
Well, honest men do disagree re Tain.  No hassles there.  I enjoyed it and didn't mind the last few holes at all.

But honest men cannot disagree at F&R.  It is a hoot from start to finish.  I did 36 there - 18 w/ my own ball, 18 in a modified chapman - and man that's as fun as golf can get.

 ;D
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michael_j_fay

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2006, 06:31:01 PM »
Longniddry. Nine out-nine back. Could play it all week.
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Gary Daughters

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2006, 07:19:54 PM »

Brad,

There is new back tee at #18 at Tain that may have been added since you played.  It is a fine hole now.

#17.. I still don't get the allure.

#16.. the quiet little stream surrounded by thick, high reeds made me think I might find Moses floating in a basket.

As for the rest of the course, it's not the holes so much (and most are wonderful), but the feel, much of which is due to ancient landscape, the surrounding farmland, and the meticulous care (not to be confused with grooming) of the club's long-time supe.  I found it mystical in a way that I never have experienced on a golf course.
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Andy Troeger

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2006, 07:22:46 PM »
Tullymore and South Bend CC

Sultan's Run and Rock Hollow just below.
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Jonathan McCord

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2006, 07:51:07 PM »
Orchard Hills Country Club, Buchanan, MI

Great, Intimate Layout, with amazingly slick greens!!!
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Sean_A

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played? New
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2006, 07:52:54 PM »
That is a hard one to answer because I can't recall many courses that I didn't know of at least by a photo or two before visiting.  Two names I know meant nothing to me before I went and was blown away by were Beau Desert and Perranporth.  Delamere and Kington wouldn't be too far behind on that list.   

Ciao
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Gene Greco

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2006, 08:13:19 PM »
Monterey Peninsula CC (Both courses)
Laurel Links
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Paul Jones

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2006, 08:23:00 PM »
Mystery Valley - Atlanta, GA
Dick Wilson
The best $20 green fee I have ever paid.
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Jordan Wall

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #16 on: May 22, 2006, 08:31:40 PM »
Harbour Point
An Arthur Hills design
$20 for juniors
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Mike Hendren

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #17 on: May 22, 2006, 08:36:40 PM »
Macan's Fircrest CC in Tacoma.

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Dale_McCallon

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #18 on: May 22, 2006, 09:14:22 PM »
I had a really good time at Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC.
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Jason Topp

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #19 on: May 22, 2006, 10:24:09 PM »
Big Fish - Hayward, WI

Dooks - Ireland

Woodlands - Australia

Crail - I hadn't even heard of it before going out there with my father in 1992.  It was a magic day.

And for this month - Koronis Hills, - Paynesville, MN.  I expected a typical wide open farm course with some overly tight holes cut through trees.  Instead, it was a pretty enjoyable test for a qualifier with great greens and pins in difficult spots.  A complete surprise.
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Glenn Spencer

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #20 on: May 22, 2006, 10:55:45 PM »
Divi Resort in Nassau, Bahamas. Renamed since I believe. Joe Lee course that had a lot of good holes and a par 5 named Eleuthera, one of my favorite holes to this day. The first question when we walked in the door was always, 'What did you do on Eleuthera?'
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Tim Gavrich

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #21 on: May 22, 2006, 10:58:21 PM »
There's this course in South Windsor, CT called Topstone, which is about nine years old, and it has an awesome set of par 3s, even though they do not satisfy the ideal range of distances.  Though there are many needlessly planted, scrawny trees which line some fairways, it's really a cool course.  The striking thing about it is that all the bunkers are of the upside-down clam shell variety, a bold move on a lower-end public course.
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RichMacafee

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #22 on: May 22, 2006, 11:25:09 PM »
Portmarnock
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peter_p

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #23 on: May 22, 2006, 11:38:06 PM »
Pennard
Littlestone
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ed_getka

Re:biggest sleeper you've ever played?
« Reply #24 on: May 23, 2006, 12:05:35 AM »
Denver CC. I will never forget my first look at those Maxwell greens. :o
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