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Eric Morrison

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #25 on: October 17, 2008, 06:22:34 AM »
No particular order:
The Old Course
Fishers island
Shinnecock
Bethpage Black
Old Head
Ballybunion
Royal Dornoch
Yale
Waterville
Cruden Bay
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David_Madison

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #26 on: October 17, 2008, 06:48:55 AM »
Oakmont
Portmarnock
Pebble Beach
NGL
Shinnecock
Ocean Course
Pinehurst #2
Garden City
Old Town
Sleepy Hollow
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Ed Tilley

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #27 on: October 17, 2008, 07:07:43 AM »
Royal County Down
Royal St.Georges
St. Enodoc
Royal Dornoch
Formby
Carnoustie
Turnberry
Enniscrone
Ballybunion
Perranporth (for sheer fun value alone)
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wsmorrison

Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #28 on: October 17, 2008, 07:15:08 AM »
5 in the US

Shinnecock Hills
Merion East
Pine Valley
Oakmont
Indian Creek

5 in the UK

Royal Dornoch
TOC
Royal St. George's
Prestwick
Swinley Forest
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Mark Chaplin

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #29 on: October 17, 2008, 07:24:06 AM »
In no order;

The Old Course
Sunningdale Old
Woodhall Spa
Muirfield
Royal St Georges
Prestwick
Royal Dornoch
Pine Valley
Chicago Golf Club
Royal Melbourne West

Merion East would be included but I didn't play enough holes for it to count.
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Mike Golden

Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #30 on: October 17, 2008, 07:50:55 AM »
Bethpage Black
NGLA
Cypress Point
TOC
Pasatiempo
Lake Merced
San Francisco GC
World Woods Pine Barrens
Bandon Dunes (I haven't played the others)
Pebble Beach
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Cory Lewis

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #31 on: October 17, 2008, 07:58:48 AM »
Like others, I have always determined my list by the fun I had:

1. Royal Dornoch Golf Club
2. Royal County Down
3. Cypress Point
4. Pinehurst(No.2)
5. Pebble Beach
6. Royal Portrush
7. St. Andrews(Old)
8. Fishers Island
9. North Berwick(West Links)
10. National Golf Links of America
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astavrides

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #32 on: October 17, 2008, 08:14:32 AM »
Pebble Beach
Royal Melbourne West
Royal County Down
St. Andrews- old course
Whistling Straits (Straits)
Turnberry (Ailsa)
Kingsbarns
Pacific Dunes
Carnoustie
New South Wales Golf Club

These are supposed to be in order, but when I tried to revise the order, I found myself having endless arguments with myself, so I just left it as is.
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Bill_McBride

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #33 on: October 17, 2008, 08:37:01 AM »
Wow, only ten?  ??? ???  Okay, no particular order:

Cypress Point
Pebble Beach
Pasatiempo
Pacific Dunes
Valley Club of Montecito
Crystal Downs
NGLA
Oakmont
St Andrews Old
North Berwick West Links

(Painful to not include Olympic Club Lake, Capilano, Dornoch, Friars Head, MPCC Shore, Muirfield, Meadow Club, Kingsley Club, Mid-Ocean, Yale.......)

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John Foley

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #34 on: October 17, 2008, 08:59:13 AM »
Sand Hills
Kiawah – Ocean Course
Pinehurst #2
Oakmont
Wildhorse
Yale
Arcadia Bluffs
Kapalua – Plantation
MPCC - Shore
Oak Hill East
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Mark Pearce

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #35 on: October 17, 2008, 09:16:51 AM »
Based on the criteria that these must have stirred the soul and senses and given much pleasure:

Muirfield
Ganton
Elie
Cruden Bay
Machrihanish
Silloth
Saunton
Kington
Prestwick
Royal West Norfolk

Not the best 10 courses I have played but all right up there in terms of the pleasure the course has given me.  I thought long and hard about Alwoodley, Bamburgh Castle, Brora, Dornoch and even Carnoustie before coming up with these.  With another couple of plays I could see Beau Desert challenging. 
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Mike Hendren

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #36 on: October 17, 2008, 09:38:30 AM »
In order:

Shinnecock Hills
The Old Course
Pebble Beach
Cypress Point
Sand Hills
National Golf Links of America
North Berwick West Links
Carnoustie
TPC-Sawgrass
Tie:  Lulu Country Club / San Francisco Golf Club
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Anthony Gray

Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #37 on: October 17, 2008, 09:57:42 AM »



    1 Cruden Bay
    2 Cruden Bay
    3 Cruden Bay
    4 Cruden Bay
    5 Cruden Bay
    6 Cruden Bay
    7 Crudun Bay
    8 Cruden Bay
    9 Cruden Bay
   10 Tie Cruden Bay and Pacific Dunes

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Jason Topp

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #38 on: October 17, 2008, 10:17:51 AM »
In the order I thought of them:

Brora
The Old Course
Crail
Ballybunion Old
North Berwick
Royal Melbourne West
Sand Hills
Wakonda
Waveland (IA)
Western Gailes

Experiences associated with playing these courses is a pretty major factor in my list.
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Tom Huckaby

Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #39 on: October 17, 2008, 10:18:21 AM »
Bob/Jed - excellent!

That makes my top 10 also.

TH
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Chuck Brown

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #40 on: October 17, 2008, 10:23:39 AM »
Gosh, the GCA membership does get around...

I'm surprised at so few mentions of Donald Ross/Ross hallmark courses: Pinehurst #2, Seminole, Dornoch.

I'm also surprised, and a little impressed, with the uniformity of a lot of the lists.

Anyway, here's mine, heavily limited by the courses I've actually had a chance to play...
(Five in the world)
1.    Muirfield
2.    The Old Course
3.    Prestwick
4.    Riviera
5.    Pinehurst #2 (Pre-Open; Tom Doak says it can be fixed, so it makes my list.)
(Five in my backyard)
6.    Oakland Hills (South)
7.    Franklin Hills
8.    University of Michigan GC
9.    Arcadia Bluffs
10.  Detroit Golf Club (South, not North.  Dammit.)
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CJ Carder

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #41 on: October 17, 2008, 10:24:25 AM »
Quote from: Anthony Gray on October 17, 2008, 09:57:42 AM
    1 Cruden Bay
    2 Cruden Bay
    3 Cruden Bay
    4 Cruden Bay
    5 Cruden Bay
    6 Cruden Bay
    7 Crudun Bay
    8 Cruden Bay
    9 Cruden Bay
   10 Tie Cruden Bay and Pacific Dunes

Now that I think about it, Cruden Bay definitely "stirred the soul" for me.... but more in the direction of, "that place gave me the creeps."  I can't really put my finger on any one reason either.  Perhaps it started with the abandoned clubhouse when we arrived - no one at the front desk, no one in the dining room, no bartender.. only the guy in the pro shop.  Or maybe it was the Dracula Castle off in the distance.  Or maybe our caddie, who I really thought was going to pull out a cord and strangle us on one of the distant holes.  Or maybe it was just that we were so far removed from literally everything.  Never before have I played a golf course where I felt so isolated and alone.  Even the town buildings running alongside #4 seemed abandoned and empty.

Quote from: Chuck Brown on October 17, 2008, 10:23:39 AM
I'm also surprised, and a little impressed, with the uniformity of a lot of the lists.

I actually think it'd be a fun thread to discuss some of the more random courses on people's lists. 
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Jon Heise

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #42 on: October 17, 2008, 10:48:09 AM »
No question about my top 5:

Crystal Downs
Pinehurst No. 2
Greywalls
Kingsley Club
Tanglewood Park

Need to think a bit more about the next 5...

Tobacco Road
Forest Dunes
Ocean Course
Caledonia

And a 3-way tie for #10!

U of M GC
Timberstone
Otsego Club Tribute


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David Stamm

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #43 on: October 17, 2008, 10:49:16 AM »
CPC
Riviera
Garden City
Pasatiempo
Maidstone
Pebble Beach
LACC North
Engineers
The Creek
Wilshire, MPCC Shore and Rustic Canyon (tied)
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Mark Arata

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #44 on: October 17, 2008, 10:58:34 AM »

10 best I have played in no particular order

prairie dunes
crystal downs
cypress point
fishers island
pasatiempo
yale
kingsley club
pacific dunes
riviera
pebble beach

10 other just personal faves also in no particular order.....

rustic
leatherstocking
dunes club
plainfield
fenway
atlantic city
the knoll
stone eagle
southern pines
world woods (pine barrens)
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Patrick Glynn

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Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #45 on: October 17, 2008, 11:04:52 AM »
In order:

Pine Valley
Royal County Down
San Francisco Golf Club
Lahinch
Pacific Dunes
Pasatiempo
Ballybunion
TOC
Portmarnock
Portrush
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Raymond

Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #46 on: October 17, 2008, 11:18:24 AM »
I'll give a go... not in order:

TOC
Cruden Bay
Royal Dornoch
Pacific Dunes
Pebble Beach
Cypress Point
Tralee
Lahinch
Ballybunion
Turnberry

Two others that give me goosebumps every time I tee up:
Kapalua Plantation
Cabo Del Sol Ocean




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henrye

Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #47 on: October 17, 2008, 11:20:43 AM »
Quote from: Bob_Huntley on October 16, 2008, 09:48:41 PM
Hopefully not just another list but a collection of courses that have stirred the soul and senses and given much pleasure. They certainly may not be Doak 10's but they are the tops for me.

Not neccessarily in order.

None are Doak 10's and for me it's more the setting and experience that stirred the soul than the quality/rating of the course.  Per your criteria, I could only count 5.

Lake Joseph Club
Tryall
Banff
Sunningdale (Old)
Osprey Valley Heathlands



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Anthony Gray

Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #48 on: October 17, 2008, 11:23:33 AM »
Quote from: Jon Heise on October 17, 2008, 10:48:09 AM

Tobacco Road
/quote]


  I played it once from the wrong tees. I still do not know how I feel about it.


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Deucie Bies

Re: One's Personal Top Ten
« Reply #49 on: October 17, 2008, 11:24:03 AM »
Pine Valley
Cypress Point
San Francisco GC
Oakmont
Royal County Down
Royal Portrush
Shinnecock
Olympic Lake
North Berwick
Spyglass
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