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Deucie Bies

Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #25 on: October 12, 2009, 11:13:52 AM »
CPC/Pebble Beach
Sunningdale Old and New with a fabulous lunch between rounds
Muirfield (4 ball am, 2 ball pm) with another fabulous lunch between rounds

David Stamm

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #26 on: October 12, 2009, 11:22:09 AM »

Pebble Beach/Olympic
Fishers Island/Maidstone
 
 


Wow, Jim, how did you pull of the distance/logistics between these?


I did Engineers and Creek last year. What a day!
"The object of golf architecture is to give an intelligent purpose to the striking of a golf ball."- Max Behr

Lou_Duran

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #27 on: October 12, 2009, 11:31:11 AM »
Pajaro Valley, a.m.
Pacific Grove back nine 2x, late afternoon.

Joel Zuckerman

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #28 on: October 12, 2009, 11:34:01 AM »
In terms of logistics, one of the most memorable was this past Father's Day-  Arose in Savannah, made it to the first tee at Muirfield Village by noon or so thanks to a timely Delta flight, then on the tee at Scioto by 6:15 PM.  The first round was slow (Parent--Child event) but the evening round was a snap--most everyone had vacated the premises, and the 3-4 groups I caught up to quickly waved me through.  I was at dinner afterwards with the light just fading, thinking that timing is everything, and I was fortunate that this ambitious golf day coincided with the longest day of the year!

Bill_McBride

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #29 on: October 12, 2009, 12:54:57 PM »
On a purely objective analysis of course quality, Machrihanish and Dunaverty isn't the best 36 hole day I've had...but I can't think of a more enjoyable one.

Chris, If you can't think of a more enjoyable day, why wouldn't that be your best day?
I just did the exact same combo (Mach/Dunaverty) and that is a fantastic day. For the life of me I don't see why more people don't play Dunaverty.
I try to set up trips around a "big course/small course" daily routine.

Bill McBride,
Just once we've gotta get you playing 36 in one day at two different courses ;D

Well okay, does Bandon Trails and the Sheep Ranch count?   ;)

Bill_McBride

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #30 on: October 12, 2009, 12:56:12 PM »
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Jim Franklin

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #31 on: October 12, 2009, 01:08:53 PM »
jim,

black sheep / lost dunes?  2 of my favorites.  I assume this was accomplished during the summer solstice and that all speed limits were complied with in transit... 8)

What is a speed limit? That was a fun day though.
Mr Hurricane

Jim Franklin

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #32 on: October 12, 2009, 01:10:42 PM »

Pebble Beach/Olympic
Fishers Island/Maidstone
 
 


Wow, Jim, how did you pull of the distance/logistics between these?


I did Engineers and Creek last year. What a day!

First off at Pebble one morning and then drove to Olympic. Traffic was not bad fortunately. We had a private boat at Fishers and zipped over to some place near Maidstone. Highly recommended way to travel there.
Mr Hurricane

Rick Shefchik

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #33 on: October 12, 2009, 01:16:00 PM »
Easy -- same as Brent Hutto's: CPC in the morning, and a spirited game of wolf with Bob Huntley at MPCC Shore in the afternoon. Tom Huckaby was in attendance during both rounds, and Ash Towe and Ed Getka played the morning 18.

The morning round at Cypress included the shot of my life. After making my first birdie of the day at the jewel-like 15th, I stood on the magnificent 16th tee for the first time and decided, despite my resolution all summer to hit a three-wood there, to hit driver, because it would have broken my heart to come up short at that great, great hole. Nevertheless, I didn't feel right about the driver in my hand. It wasn't the right club, and I knew it. I turned around, and my caddie was holding the three-wood in his outstretched hand. I exchanged clubs, walked back to the tee and hit the best three-wood I've ever hit, drawing in from the right over the ocean and landing close enough to the hole to give me a brief prayer at immortality (has anyone ever gone 2-1 at Cypress #15-16?) It ended up 20 feet behind the hole and I two-putted. I don't think my feet touched the ground the rest of the day.

Some days are simply touched with magic from beginning to end. After the round at MPCC, we were greatly entertained by Mr. Huntley's stories of the old days in Rhodesia, and upon leaving the club, I was stopped for exceeding the 30 mph speed limit by a CHP patrolman. He let me go without a ticket.

 
"Golf is 20 percent mechanics and technique. The other 80 percent is philosophy, humor, tragedy, romance, melodrama, companionship, camaraderie, cussedness and conversation." - Grantland Rice

Ash Towe

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #34 on: October 12, 2009, 02:02:13 PM »
Mine was Sand Hills/Sand Hills and Ballyneal/Ballyneal.  Very close behind that any combination of the Bandon courses.

Rick, the morning 18 at Cypress was the most enjoyable round I have ever had on one of my trips.

Mike Tanner

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #35 on: October 12, 2009, 03:32:24 PM »
I can't match the star power of some of these two-a-day rounds, but at times the camaraderie outweighs the courses. Some of my best 36 hole rounds have been spent with my longest-tenured golf buddy. We started playing the game in the late 1970s when he was a waiter and I was a bartender here in Virginia Beach. He lives in New Orleans now, and when he comes back to visit family, the two of us make a point of playing some 36-hole rounds on the courses we played back in the day.   
Life's too short to waste on bad golf courses or bad wine.

Jay Flemma

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #36 on: October 12, 2009, 04:30:29 PM »
Arcadia Bluffs at Sunrise, Crystal Downs with Doak in the afternoon.
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Mike_Clayton

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #37 on: October 12, 2009, 04:38:56 PM »
In Australia it has been pretty hard to go past Royal Melbourne and Kingston Heath - but by April  Barnbougle and Lost Farm will be the best days golf here.
Woking and Worplesdon is pretty good.

Deucie Bies

Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #38 on: October 12, 2009, 05:04:21 PM »
Woking followed by lunch and golf at Swinley Forest was a great day too.

Matt OBrien

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #39 on: October 12, 2009, 06:28:08 PM »
Matt - Did you drive or helicopter between courses?!? That's a long day and maybe gets the award for the longest distance between two courses in a day!

We took a jet to Philly international and drove from there. I was worried about time since we didnt tee off until 10am at shinny.
Would of been nice to get a helicopter from Philly to the mink tho
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Raphael_Larson

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #40 on: October 12, 2009, 06:41:40 PM »
San Francisco (morning)/Olympic Club (Lake) (afternoon) last month was pretty special.  Cal Club the following morning was a great way to round out two days in SF. 

Baltusrol Upper/Lower is also pretty great. 

I'll add my voice to any configuration of 36 at Bandon.  I think I've done every possible one and personally favor PD/BT, but there is something really special about 15-18 on BD at sunset. 

Mike Hendren

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #41 on: October 12, 2009, 07:04:36 PM »
Kilspindie and North Berwick West Links.  74-78 in 2003 and I can't recall breaking 80 since.

Mike
Two Corinthians walk into a bar ....

Jeff Tang

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #42 on: October 12, 2009, 07:10:58 PM »
Limiting my response to two different courses on the same day:

TOC followed by the New in the afternoon.

Honorable mentions:

Point 'O Woods - Dunes Club

Olympia Fields North - South

Blackwolf Run River - Meadow Valleys

World Woods Pine Barrens - Rolling Oaks

So bad it's good!

Matt MacIver

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #43 on: October 12, 2009, 07:36:53 PM »
Turnberry on a postcard perfect day, with my dad and caddies.  After a long lunch and several brews we booked an emergency 18, trolleyed our own clubs and had the course to ourselves while the sun set. 

Bruce Leland

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #44 on: October 12, 2009, 07:43:30 PM »
First answer:  two different courses in the same day.  Monterey Peninsula Shore in the morning and Pasatiempo in the afternoon.  Delightful!

Same course:  anytime I can play 36 holes at Northland Country Club in Duluth, MN is special.
"The mystique of Muirfield lingers on. So does the memory of Carnoustie's foreboding. So does the scenic wonder of Turnberry and the haunting incredibility of Prestwick, and the pleasant deception of Troon. But put them altogether and St. Andrew's can play their low ball for atmosphere." Dan Jenkins

Dean DiBerardino

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #45 on: October 12, 2009, 07:55:19 PM »
For me, it was Shinnecock and Friar's Head on a perfect early October day three years ago.

Some other notables include: Pine Needles and Mid Pines (just last week); Winged Foot East and West; Merion and Aronimink.

Paul Jones

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #46 on: October 12, 2009, 07:55:32 PM »
I got to play Cypress Point in the morning and Olympic (Lake) in the afternoon - never enjoyed lunch at 7-11 so much in my life.

2 Rounds at Muirfield in Scotland with the lunch in between, never had to change clothes so many times in my life :-)
Paul Jones
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Bill_McBride

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #47 on: October 12, 2009, 08:43:46 PM »
Duh.  Just remembered a day at Crail in 2004, Sunday first day of a week trip.

Craighead in the morning, Balcomie in the afternoon, nice lunch in between.

Priceless.

Jud_T

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #48 on: October 12, 2009, 08:56:41 PM »
Best 36 continued- winged foot west + east, morning round @ pga championship at oakland hills, afternoon at kingsley (ok I was only walking in the morning and yes we flew my buddies plane but it was phenomal and since were in full name drop mode...)
Golf is a game. We play it. Somewhere along the way we took the fun out of it and charged a premium to be punished.- - Ron Sirak

Jay Flemma

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #49 on: October 12, 2009, 09:01:46 PM »
First answer:  two different courses in the same day.  Monterey Peninsula Shore in the morning and Pasatiempo in the afternoon.  Delightful!





I did that one, Bruce...awesome!
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