[Tom_Doak]

P.S.  The ultimate "ultimate" day of golf was the time George Peper and Bobby Clampett played The Old Course at St. Andrews, took the Concorde to NYC (morning after the Open on a charter deal), played Winged Foot, took a private jet to California, and played Pebble Beach.

Sounds like an AIG outing! 

[Scott Stearns]

correct answer for me is any day you can get out to play, but

Best i ever had was morning at Piping Rock and afternoon at the Creek, with drinks in the Creek clubhouse into the night. 

Started the day looking out over the double polo field at Piping that they now use as a driving range.  I could hear the horses in my head...looking back over that polo field from the first few holes, at the clubhouse with the flags flapping in the wind, felt like something out of gatsby.

The renovated Piping was made more enjoyable bt the contrast with the creek club's unrenovated macdonald/raynor.

and my fatigue from the morning and a big lunch was washed away when i went over the hill after the first few holes at the Creek and saw the sweep of the course down to the sound..."oh, this is why i am here"

I remember that one day even though it happened 8 years ago.

This yr i hope to play muirfield village and the golf club same day... in that order because if we start at the golf club, we'll just play there until dark....

[Steve Salmen]

Off the beaten path a little, but how about Dunes Club, cheeseburger and beer in the little clubhouse, then over to Lost Dunes?

[Peter Pallotta]

I'd like to stay in one place - say, Walton Heath.

I'd like to have lunch with the oldest member(s) of the club, and to hear their stories.

I'd like to start the day early with a quiet breakfast (a coffee would be enough for me), just soaking up the atmosphere.

I'd like to play the Old Course with three members in the morning, and the New Course with three other members in the afternoon.

I'd like to have dinner with the club Secretary, to hear more about the history.  

I'd like to have a couple of hours alone there in the early evening, with a book or notebook and a glass of port and some cigarettes, letting it all sink in.

Peter

[Scott Stearns]

thats awesome peter.  only a warm fire at the end would make it better for me

[Tim Gavrich]

Even though I've only played the Old, I salivate at the idea of A round at each course at Sunningdale, with lunch in between.

Perhaps a relaxed morning round at Palmetto GC followed by an afternoon at ANGC?

For something a little less pie-in-the-sky, I'd take 18 at True Blue in the morning followed by lunch at Caledonia, then 18 at Caledonia in the afternoon.

Morning 18 at Triggs Memorial in Providence ~~> lunch in Newport somewhere ~~> 18 in the afternoon at Newport CC?

[Kalen Braley]

I'm surprised no ANGC itineraries in here.

Show up night before, spend a night in the crows nest or one of the cabins
Am Breakfast - Southern style
18 holes
Lunch - Southern Style again?
18 holes
Dinner - Whatever is flown in that day.

That would be an epic day.

[Tom Huckaby]

I'm surprised no ANGC itineraries in here.

Show up night before, spend a night in the crows nest or one of the cabins
Am Breakfast - Southern style
18 holes
Lunch - Southern Style again?
18 holes
Dinner - Whatever is flown in that day.

That would be an epic day.

DING DING DING
we have a winner there. 

[Kirk Gill]

Peter, as always a well-thought and well-written post. Other than the cigarettes, I'm with you.

I also have to agree with Tom about there being a kind of difference between a Perfect day of golf, and an Ultimate day. I guess I'd hold "perfect" to a lesser standard than "ultimate," but that's just me. I can't help but think how perfect a lot of golf days can be when you're playing your rounds with the right people. Any day of golf with my sons is perfect. As Peter mentioned, a day of golf with people who really know and love their course always would approach perfection. I've played very little golf with GCA'ers, but the experiences have been close to perfect. And there are those I've "met" on this site that I'd love to play a round with, whether they'd be interested or not !

[Mark Pearce]

I had two possibilities come to mind.  The first was:

36 holes at Muirfield including lunch was pretty good in 2007.  I think the only way that day could have been bettered would have been to follow it with 18 holes at North Berwick in the evening.

Though I didn't see the North Berwick evening option.  The other was:

The Berkshire Red and Blue or Blue and Red with lunch in between.

Great golf, great lunch, great clubs.

[Chris Parker]

Ian,

While it doesn't fit your proposed format, I can think of a recent experience that was pretty cool:

Walking Highlands Links with no clubs for 7 hours with the Head Pro, the Super and Canada's foremost restoration architect, followed by dinner at the Keltic's Atlantic restaurant and then a leisurely stroll out to the tip of the Middle Head peninsula at dusk...

[Lou_Duran]

"What would be "The Perfect Day of Golf"


I have it several times a year.

A morning round on the Dunes, a lunch in the Men's Grill and another round on the Shore playing my own ball or in a Scotch Foursome.

A round of drinks afterward and a warm glow for the rest of the day.

It is tough to beat and no travelling between rounds.


Bob  

Did this once, and it was.

[C. Squier]

"What would be "The Perfect Day of Golf"


I have it several times a year.

A morning round on the Dunes, a lunch in the Men's Grill and another round on the Shore playing my own ball or in a Scotch Foursome.

A round of drinks afterward and a warm glow for the rest of the day.

It is tough to beat and no travelling between rounds.


Bob  

Bob, sounds awesome.  I think the question has a lot to do with no travel, it does for me anyhow.  Here at home, a perfect day is 18 on the North a bit of lunch and 18 on the South at Olympia Fields.  I can imagine the same at MPCC, Olympic Club, Winged Foot, Forest Creek, Whisper Rock and the other great 36 hole facilities. 

Though I'm positive I could carry my bag between the 18th and 1st tee of Cypress/Pebble or Shinnecock/NGLA.  Maybe even Pine Valley and Merion during the Summer solstice.   

But alas, it's 20 degrees and the ground is covered with snow....I'll take anything at this point.  But I do enjoy reading these fantasy (for most!) threads, keeps the dream alive for the next few months of bad weather.

[Steve Salmen]

Perfect day almost ruined by American Airlines:

My Scotland trip of 2005: Suitcase does not make it, clubs do.  Check in to B&B across the street from Prestwick.  Drove down to Turnberry to play Kintyre and shot the best round of my life, 69.
Got back to B&B and drank a bottle of 12 year Macallan.  Next day not feeling good, let alone perfect.  Can't have it all.

[George Pazin]

I may lose my posting rights over this, but for me, the perfect day doesn't have to include 36 holes. I would be more than thrilled - in fact, it probably would be my perfect day - if I could play 18 with Greg Ramsay, Tom D and Mike Clayton at Barnbougle, and then walk the course again in the afternoon with Tom & Mike, learning about the course and what went into building it (even if it included stories about spiders and snakes... ).

I could also say the same of 18 with Mike Nuzzo and Wolf Point, 18 with Ian at Highland Links, heck, 18 just about anywhere with one of the architects on this site, or even 18 with just about any gca'er at a course he loves. I'm probably the only person on board who is looking forward to 18 with Huck at Santa Teresa someday.

One of my favorite days in golf was playing 18 at Inniscrone, then lunch there hosted by Gil, walking Applebrook with Gil and other gca'ers, and then dinner at Gil's house with the same crew, where I got to sit on Gil's deck and listen to Ran, Gil, Tom P and Pat Mucci share wonderful tales.

[Tom Huckaby]

I'm probably the only person on board who is looking forward to 18 with Huck at Santa Teresa someday.

Dying.. truer words have never been posted here.   

But George, no posting rights revocation shall be necessary.... look way back on page one and you will see my perfect day consists of only 9 holes.  And that's only because I figured "perfect day of golf" has to include at least SOME golf.

It does rather remain all about the people to me... oh venues are fantastic, don't get me wrong... but each venue I've mentioned rather assumes great company as well.

To that end I too have been privileged to do the Huntley Day at MPCC... and oh yes it doesn't get any better than that.. especially when one gets to witness said gracious host bomb a 40 foot putt to make Mike Benham pay for his lone wolf insouciance.

 

[Tim Leahy]

Olympic in the morning, burger dogs for lunch, then SFCC in the afternoon. Crab and shrimp cocktails at the wharf afterwards.

[PCCraig]

It is too easy to just pick two ideal courses very close to each other that we would all love to play.

How about making this challenge more interesting?

What if you have $1000 to spend (an unexpected windfall/bonus), and are given one day for guilt free all golf (no house chores, no family obligations).  And you have no imaginary access to the great private courses.  So either play a public or resort; or play a private you have realistic access to get on.

One day is not enough to fly from my New England home to go play golf for a day across country or in another country.

So what great 36 would I select within a couple hours of my home in Springfield MA to make a great one day golf outing.

Some immediate possibilities:

Taconic (at Williams College) followed by the 9-hole Hotchkiss.

Tripp Memorial in the morning; lunch at an Irish pub in Dorchester; followed by George Wright in the afternoon; and then finished off with watching 9 innings at Fenway in the evening - in the bleachers.  A great common man's day of golf & baseball.

I possibly could pull off a 36-hole day at two great privates both within 30 minutes of my home - The Orchards in the morning; lunch in Northampton; then Longmeadow C.C. in the afternoon.

If I drive down to LI the night before, another great 36-hole day would be Bethpage, with 18 on The Black course & 18 on The Red course.  (A lunch of a hamburger in the clubhouse is enough for me if I can play these two grets in one day.)

In my hometown of St. Louis I can think of two interesting public options:

One would be 18 at Forest Park; lunch at one of the great Italian restaurants on The Hill; then 18 at Normandie.

Second option, 18 at Gateway National, then 18 at Annbriar (no real good lunch options come to mind).


When I used to work at Algonquin Golf Club and we could play on Monday afternoons, we used to do a day like this.  It would start with an early breakfast at Perkins, then 18 at a public course somewhere in the St. Louis area, then lunch at Steak N Shake, then 18 at Algonquin.  Life was perfect then.  

Bill-

I think you have the right idea in mentioning they have to be public and under $1,000.

There is of course Pebble and the such, however the Kohler courses would be wonderful to in this situation. Perhaps Blackwolf Run in the AM, Whistling Straights in the PM.

[PThomas]

wow, so many great suggestions..

i'll vote for two i haven't played:  NGLA, lunch there, then Shinnecock, then sitting on that hill watching the sunset

[Mark Arata]

Yale then Fishers Island, or Fishers Island then Yale, not picky about the order!

[Robert Thompson]

I think that this thread is inspired by a little two-day trip Ian and I are taking in two weeks, but I must admit that some of my fondest golf experiences are playing at Highlands followed by Highlands...

Ian,

While it doesn't fit your proposed format, I can think of a recent experience that was pretty cool:

Walking Highlands Links with no clubs for 7 hours with the Head Pro, the Super and Canada's foremost restoration architect, followed by dinner at the Keltic's Atlantic restaurant and then a leisurely stroll out to the tip of the Middle Head peninsula at dusk...

I played Shinnecock in the AM and Sebonack in the PM -- that wasn't too bad. I've done Kingsbarns in the AM and Old Course in the PM. Love the Dornoch and Brora combo...

[Andy Troeger]

Off the beaten path a little, but how about Dunes Club, cheeseburger and beer in the little clubhouse, then over to Lost Dunes?

Personally I'd substitute Point O'Woods for the Dunes Club, but 54 would be even better and doable in the summertime 

I could go for the MPCC combo, or Cypress/Pebble, or any other combination of those courses and/or Spyglass or Pasatiempo.

And I like Kalen's Augusta itinerary as well, not to mention most of the others 

[Andy Troeger]

One to throw out there--restricting it to sub $100 public courses, I'll take Black Mesa and Paa-Ko Ridge and have a very enjoyable day.

[Stan Dodd]

Day Ticket North Berwick, lunch, soup and a toastie and a pint.
Many pints in the Golfers Rest.
Local Scottish Folk Music in the pub down the street.
Life is good.

[henrye]

The Berkshire Red and Blue or Blue and Red with lunch in between.

OK Mark.  You have to explain this one a little.  Within 5 minutes you've got Swinley & the 2 Sunningdale courses.  10 minutes on and you're at Wentworth.  Why The Berkshire?  I'm asking because I've never been.

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