[PCCraig]

Part of the reason I suggested The Dormie Club is the proximity to that resort down the road which would provide an alternative place to play.

I don't know how that resort down the road got suggested as a club to join for 12-month golf.

Why would Pinehurst Country Club not be considered for the 12 month club? They have memberships there, so long as you live within the Village of Pinehurst. They have a full scale members club with dining, 6 courses, etc., etc.

I don't think anywhere on the East Coast can compare to California, but what's Kiawah like in the summer?  It's got two fairly well-regarded private courses -- Cassique and River -- plus the Ocean Course of course, which I suspect remains relatively playable in the summer because of the breeze. 

Kiawah is likely hot as fire in the summer. At least Parris Island was, which is somewhat nearby. And the bugs would be nearly unbearable without a fairly stout breeze.

Kiawah is a good 10 degrees cooler than downtown Charleston during the summer because it's right on the ocean so there's always a nice breeze to cool things down.  That's going to be great for the 2012 PGA Championship.  Not near as hot as other past sites of Majors.

I've been here for 10 year but I've lived in other areas of the east course (10 years in DC and 10 in the Miami/Palm Beach area).  Kiawah is far more comfortable than those two by far.  DC doesn't have a breeze and, in the summer, it rains all the time in Florida. 

Mike-

I think I sure have seen the worst of Kiawah then in terms of Weather! I have been down there when it was 95* in the summer (in the afternoon of those days you had two options, be in the water or A/C) and the coldest night ever on record in Charleston (17* or so as the low?)

However that said Kiawah is a great place to visit year round.

[John Moore II]

Part of the reason I suggested The Dormie Club is the proximity to that resort down the road which would provide an alternative place to play.

I don't know how that resort down the road got suggested as a club to join for 12-month golf.

Why would Pinehurst Country Club not be considered for the 12 month club? They have memberships there, so long as you live within the Village of Pinehurst. They have a full scale members club with dining, 6 courses, etc., etc.

Since I always thought it was a resort, I didn't know they have memberships. The example clubs given were quite private, so I guess Pinehurst is somewhat disimilar in that respect.

Besides, one has to poke a little fun at someone that would stoop to playing golf with Kalen.

Yeah, at Pinehurst, while it is said that members get few tee times at #2 and #4, thats not entirely true. I want to say that members who are willing to walk (and in the context of this site, thats pretty much everyone of us) get tee times 3 afternoons a week on each course. Meaning the course shuts down for teetimes are like 3pm and members who walk can just go out and play. 3 days on #2 and 3 days on #4. Unlimited play on the rest of the courses. So, that would make it worth the effort to join.

And as far as Kalen goes, quite a cool guy. I'd play golf with him again. I'd even consider playing golf with you Garland.

[Anthony Gray]

  Today, Where would you want to be? Casa de Campo with sun and warm ocean water after golf or waiting on a frost delay?

  Anthony

[Mike Vegis @ Kiawah]

  Today, Where would you want to be? Casa de Campo with sun and warm ocean water after golf or waiting on a frost delay?

  Anthony

It's currently 72 degrees here on Kiawah Island today with an expected high of 76.  What frost delay?

[John Moore II]

  Today, Where would you want to be? Casa de Campo with sun and warm ocean water after golf or waiting on a frost delay?

  Anthony

Well, so far as I know, there was no frost delay in Pinehurst today. I'd still take Pinehurst over just about anywhere else. Nice weather 9-10 months a year.

[Garland Bayley]

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And as far as Kalen goes, quite a cool guy. I'd play golf with him again. I'd even consider playing golf with you Garland.

Even with your lack of character judgement for playing with Kalen, I would play with you. I doubt Barney knows it, but I even tried to get in a group with him.

[Garland Bayley]

"I doubt if there is an eighteen-hole golf course which will equal, certainly not surpass from a Golfer's standpoint, this Links (Mid-ocean Club) in any semi-tropical clime. nor at any health resort in any zone"

C. B. MacDonald, Scotland's Gift

[Patrick Glynn]

I never thought I would say this but Lahinch (or any links) has to be right up there.

I played 18 this morning with my father & uncle - only have a long sleeve polo on, ground conditions were firm (~getting 15 yards of run with driver) greens were true if a little slow and we played in 2 hours 50. Happy days.

[Wayne Freeman]

A lot of this discussion is relative of course.  I guess there are a bunch of guys out there who are happy to play in 45 degree weather.  Here in SoCal  we consider it cold at 65.  Basically except for maybe 4 or 5 days a year  when it might rain pretty hard, by 8am it's plenty warm to play in shorts.  There is no comparison to the weather in Nor Cal.  Pick your spot from Santa Barbara to L.A. to Long Beach to Newport to San Diego and you're not going to find better weather anywhere. 

             That being said,  I still might pick Nanea on the Big Island for the best 365 days a year club.  18 holes with an ocean view in Hawaii...   it is a spectacular layout in an incredible setting.  Rater averse,  it runs under the radar for the most part.  The only downside there is that it is cartball ( you can walk about 80% but it's tough).

[David Stamm]

My biased California selections:


CPC
Riviera
LACC
MPCC
Pasatiempo
Wilshire

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