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Steve Lapper

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #25 on: July 09, 2008, 10:45:04 AM »
Sand Hills does it for me!
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tlavin

Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #26 on: July 09, 2008, 11:02:16 AM »
Top five of those that I've played:

1. Sand Hills
2. Cypress Point
3. Pacific Dunes
4. Kapalua
5. Pebble Beach
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John Kirk

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #27 on: July 09, 2008, 11:32:25 AM »
Obviously, I'm going to have a soft spot in my heart for three of Tom Doak's courses:

Stone Eagle
Pacific Dunes
Ballyneal

Tom melds strategic interest together with seamless transitions to create a most artistic playing field.  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and as one gains experience golfing, it is the "shot values" which lend special beauty to a golf course.

Two Tom Fazio courses catch my eye these days:

Martis Camp
Wade Hampton
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Jfaspen

Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #28 on: July 09, 2008, 11:48:09 AM »
My personal top 2 are:

1. Arcadia Bluffs.. Great water (Lake Michigan) views from every hole but one.. Several holes play right next to the water.
2. Stone Eagle- Sheer elevation compared to everything else around it..  Some tee boxes you can see into the desert for miles.  Also, the contrast between the perfect green fairways and then the rocky surroundings.
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George Pazin

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #29 on: July 09, 2008, 11:48:55 AM »
Quote from: Randy Thompson on July 08, 2008, 11:55:34 PM
It definetly different and eye catching. I found it amazing that on the web site the architect wasn´t identified,  thus leading me to leave out the big branding names but it looks to have a Fazio flavor...could the archie be an X of Fazio. Must have had a pretty healthy budget also to truck in some dirt. Love the movement though, they had a good shaper that was in to detail.

Matt would likely know the details, but I believe WC was more or less designed and built by a relative novice.
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Rick Shefchik

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #30 on: July 09, 2008, 12:13:58 PM »
My picks:

1. Cypress Point
2. Pebble Beach
3. Sand Hills
4. Northland C.C.
5. Black Mesa
6. Coeur d'Alene

I've been to Banff, but didn't play the course. That would certainly have made the list, too.
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John Kirk

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #31 on: July 09, 2008, 12:28:24 PM »
Is stunningly beautiful the same as achingly beautiful?

"I am stunned by the beauty of..."
"I ache for the beauty of..."
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Doug Bolls

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #32 on: July 09, 2008, 12:36:20 PM »
I don't think they are the same.
Stunningly Beautiful is the last scene in Turandot with Pavarotti singing Nussen Dorma.
Achingly Beautiful is Patsy Cline singing Faded Love.  ;D

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Dan Kelly

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #33 on: July 09, 2008, 02:40:48 PM »
Quote from: John Kirk on July 09, 2008, 12:28:24 PM
Is stunningly beautiful the same as achingly beautiful?

"I am stunned by the beauty of..."
"I ache for the beauty of..."

I'll take a shot at that one, for my own tastes:

Stunningly: mountains and oceansides.

Achingly: tumbling linkslands and parklands.
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David Stamm

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #34 on: July 09, 2008, 02:51:02 PM »
Cypress Point
Pebble Beach
MPCC Shore
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Tim Taylor

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #35 on: July 09, 2008, 03:12:08 PM »
Just got back from Banff. It has to be on any such list.

It also happens to be one heck of a golf course.

Tim
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John Kavanaugh

Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #36 on: July 09, 2008, 03:15:20 PM »
Pinehurst #2 from the porch of the clubhouse.

Riviera from the Sam Snead room.

Ballyneal with a mirage of an ocean in the background.

The Chicago skyline from Beverly.

Horse riders on the hills surrounding Rustic.



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Matt Bosela

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #37 on: July 09, 2008, 03:30:43 PM »
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on July 09, 2008, 03:15:20 PM
Riviera from the Sam Snead room.

Yup.

Not quite the Sam Snead room, but I stayed a few doors down last year.  The view from my room almost brought a tear to my eye before I even set foot on the course.



Sorry about the size of the pic.
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John Kavanaugh

Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #38 on: July 09, 2008, 03:43:56 PM »
Matt,

That is a better view.  Do they name all the rooms because the Ben Hogan room was across the hall from mine?
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Matt Bosela

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #39 on: July 09, 2008, 04:08:57 PM »
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on July 09, 2008, 03:43:56 PM
Matt,

That is a better view.  Do they name all the rooms because the Ben Hogan room was across the hall from mine?

John,

Not all the rooms are named and my room was one of the anonymous ones. 

The Hogan room, Snead room and Walt Disney room were all relatively close by, as was the Dean Martin room.  As I'm sure you remember, you could spend an hour just walking the halls there and looking at the old photos and soaking up the history.

Just a remarkable place.
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Bart Bradley

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #40 on: July 09, 2008, 04:41:09 PM »
I'm a little bit surprised mountain golf has gotten so little mention:

As Tim Taylor says:  how about Banff Springs?



My list (only courses I've played):

Pebble
Banff
Kingsbarns
Grandfather
Wade Hampton
Diamond Creek
Mauna Kea

Bart
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Ronald Montesano

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #41 on: July 09, 2008, 06:56:04 PM »
Wolf Creek looks beautiful to me.  I'll accept "stunningly."  Who cares how it got that way?  Who cares if the sprinkler can is always filled?  I like Bandon, I like Whistling, I like Shanty Creek and Arcadia and Tullymore...I like Taconic, Webhannet, Putterham and LaFayette Hills...When the sun is low, the mist a-rising, the birds a-chirping and the putts a-dropping, any golf course is stunningly beautiful for me, my colleagues.
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Mark Bourgeois

Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #42 on: July 09, 2008, 07:23:54 PM »
Quote from: Jim Nugent on July 09, 2008, 02:36:34 AM
Within the last year here on GCA.com, someone profiled a new course in S. Africa that looked pretty stunning.  Lots of holes perched on cliffs that soared hundreds of feet over the ocean.  Can't recall the name of the course or much else about it. 

Pinnacle Point.
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Gerry B

Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #43 on: July 09, 2008, 08:28:15 PM »
bob:

agree re: royal county down - forgot to list it

i would also add villa d'este in italy to the list - very pretty

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Tim Gavrich

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #44 on: July 09, 2008, 10:11:26 PM »
Crail Golfing Society, Balcomie Links tops my personal list.
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Mark Pearce

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #45 on: July 10, 2008, 03:01:20 AM »
Bamburgh Castle is fairly spectacular.
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Jonathan Cummings

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #46 on: July 10, 2008, 06:56:19 AM »
Mark - "fairly" spectacular is one of the better oxymorons....
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Ken McGlynn

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #47 on: July 13, 2008, 12:52:45 AM »
Royal County Down, especially the front nine.
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Richard Pennell

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #48 on: July 13, 2008, 05:41:46 AM »
Just fiddling around with some old photos, seems like a good excuse to post a few:

Cypress Point



Sand Hills



Royal St Georges



Not too tough on the eye, these three. More to come...
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Richard Pennell

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Re: Most Stunningly Beautiful Course In the World?
« Reply #49 on: July 13, 2008, 05:56:45 AM »
Perhaps not the most beautiful courses in the world, but still lovely to behold:

Red Sky Ranch



Hankley Common



Royal Ashdown Forest





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