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Kyle Henderson

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #50 on: October 12, 2009, 09:10:14 PM »
Ash,
I'm with you, except I played 50+ holes in one day at Ballyneal. In fact, over a 3-day period, I played 140 holes. There isn't a better place for that sort of golf gluttony, barring two weeks in Scotland. ;)
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David_Madison

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #51 on: October 12, 2009, 09:16:02 PM »
NGLA and Garden City
Wade Hampton and Mountaintop
Winged Foot West and East
Merion East and West
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Ash Towe

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #52 on: October 12, 2009, 09:18:44 PM »
Kyle,
My Sand Hills day was actually 45 holes.
I think at some stage I can see doing Barnbougle/Lost Farms.  There are a few I would like to try but that could end up being a thread hijack.
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mike_beene

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #53 on: October 12, 2009, 10:15:47 PM »
Gullane 1 and 2 on a sunny 65f day with friends and very clear views to the firth bridge and castle.And back down Gullane Hill to Murfield.Is there a prettier place in the world than the 7th tee of course 1?
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Tony Weiler

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #54 on: October 12, 2009, 10:35:39 PM »
Both We Ko Pa Courses in same day was very nice.
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Scott Weersing

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #55 on: October 12, 2009, 11:25:28 PM »

I have been to fortunate to play 36 holes four times in the past year. They have all been two loops and all have been great:

1. Beechtree, October 2008 (I sure wish I could go back in time)
2. Golden Horseshoe Gold Course, January 2009
3. Chambers Bay, March
4. King Carter GC, July
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Leo Barber

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #56 on: October 13, 2009, 03:36:12 AM »
Carnoustie/The Old Course
Barnbougle Dunes/Barnbougle Dunes
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Andrew Mitchell

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #57 on: October 13, 2009, 10:07:53 AM »
Muirfield in 2007, Royal St George's this year, both with formal lunch (plus wine & kummel) in between.

Fourball in the morning, a relaxing foursomes in the afternoon.
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Thomas Patterson

Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #58 on: October 13, 2009, 10:16:00 AM »
I've only had the pleasure of one 36 hole day in my life and it happened just a few months ago at Ballyneal.  What an amazing day!  I am very excited for more multiple round days in my future as well.
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Mark Arata

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #59 on: October 13, 2009, 10:20:09 AM »
Crystal Downs/Kingsley ranks pretty high, so does 1st off Pebble and then MPCC Shore with Sir Bob.......Castle Stuart, Royal Dornoch, Fishers Island, 45 at Prairie Dunes......I have been very lucky to have quite a few of these......
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Mark_Rowlinson

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #60 on: October 13, 2009, 11:06:22 AM »
Brancepeth Castle/Seaton Carew
Hunstanton/Royal West Norfolk
RAC Club (two courses)
Moor Park (two courses)
St Andrews Eden (before the changes)/Old Course
Whittington Heath/Beau Desert (Whttington Barracks in those days)
Pyle and Kenfig/Southerndown
Sandiway/Delamere Forest
Reddish Vale/Cavendish
Fulford/York
Llanymynech/Welshpool
Heswall/Caldy
Royal Dornoch/Nairn
Seacroft/Woodhall Spa
West Hill/Woking
Hindhead/Liphook
Rye/Littlestone

Those were all walking and carrying - I should be incapacitated if I tried that now!

The maddest of all was Disley and Mellor on the same day - 36 seriously moutainous holes, all in the cause of serious research.
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archie_struthers

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #61 on: October 13, 2009, 03:43:22 PM »
 ;D :D ;)

neat question ...for me it would have to be the first time I played Winged Foot East and West in the same day....the old caddy master at PVGC  Tommy Elder would take a group of twelve to sixteen good players (and me ) with him for a fantastic day of golf....in that I was fairly young and impressionable the experience was sooooo good !

Since then have taken some great trips notably Ireland   ...but as I was just learning the game the early Winged Foot experience is still tops

also both courses are great fun !   albeit a little tough
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Mark Pearce

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #62 on: October 13, 2009, 06:04:30 PM »
It seems to me that anyone answering this question woth two different clubs doesn't get it. 

For me Muirfield (on a Wednesday), RSG (as Andrew said), The Berkshire and Swinley Forest all come into it, but Muirfield pips it.
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jkinney

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #63 on: October 13, 2009, 06:32:14 PM »
1 - Shinny & National, in that order, with lunch at National in between and the day ending with drinks on the porch or in the birdcage looking out over the sunset on Peconic Bay.

2 - First tee time at Pebble, followed by Cypress.

Have had the good fortune of doing #1 more than once, #2 only once. For me #1 wins out. But talk about splitting hairs !!!!
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Chris DeNigris

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #64 on: October 13, 2009, 08:27:54 PM »
Maybe the best muni combo- Black in the am followed by a Red afternoon. Prerequisite being a sketchy 4 hrs of sleep in the back of my Pathfinder..
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Robert Thompson

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #65 on: October 13, 2009, 09:12:26 PM »
Cypress followed by Pebble earlier this year is hard to top. Kingsbarns and Crail on a sunny day was excellent. 36 at North Berwick was remarkable. Shinnecock followed by Sebonack was terrific. Pacific Dunes twice while shooting 74-68 is my best playing day...
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Dustin Knight

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #66 on: October 13, 2009, 09:17:54 PM »
This topic has me eagerly awaiting a 36 hole adventure I am taking with great golf buddies of mine next Tuesday, as an Aussie living a few hrs from Sydney it doesn't get much better than this:

-3am start, drive 2.5hrs for 8am tee time at NSW followed by a quick dash to The Lakes for a first hand look at Mike's recent work!. then 2.5hrs home. Will take some photos and post next week.
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Ben Sims

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #67 on: October 13, 2009, 09:54:31 PM »
Based on being newlywed and the normal "die down" of golf season that happens this time of year, I'm becoming very nostalgic with my posts lately.  Witness.

Had a ton of great 36 hole days in my first year doing this GCA'er thing.  I don't know how many we played in our five hours at Sheep Ranch, but it was cathartic.  The 28 hole day of Pac/Old Mac was damn cool. Pac/Trails was a good day.  36 at Saguaro was very cool because the how well it's routed.  I didn't get to play all of them because of the aforementioned back injury, but Kingsley/Crystal was a great day as well.

None of them hold a candle to the 45 hole day with an amazing group of dudes up at Holyoke.  Rupert put on a great show up at the bar that night.  "Mad Dog" Andy (a scholarship caddie at CU Boulder) was an awesome dude and good caddie.  I met guys like Jim Colton, Brad Fleischer, Evan Fleisher, Matt Schulte, Barefoot Mike Wagner, Rich Choi, Adam Clayman, Joe Perches, and Dr. Herreid.  It was epic.  And I don't think I'll ever have a golf day like that one again.  It's what makes this website--as another cool GCA guy Michael Robin said--the best internet dating site there is.
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Dave Falkner

Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #68 on: October 13, 2009, 10:25:21 PM »
For me it was  late May 97

last day of my honeymoon woke up at 5 or so drove over to Lahinch on a bluebird day, walked the old course by myself, got back in, paid my greens fees (the starter had told me the day before just to come over and if no one was around to just head out and pay when I finished), went back to the hotel, woke up the wife, took care of business, had a great irish breakfast

drove to Shannon caught a flight at 1pm  flew into JFK  drove out to Westhampton and tee'd it up at Westhampton CC about 4:30, finished just before dark.
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Doug Braunsdorf

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #69 on: October 14, 2009, 12:43:07 AM »
3 come to mind:

Bethpage Red (a.m) and Yellow (p.m.) w/Kyle H. June of 2005 followed by Umberto's Pizza (NHP, NY).
The Creek (a.m. w/Wayne F.) and Bethpage Red (p.m, playing into darkness) Friday of Memorial Day weekend, 2005.  A great start to the weekend, and better than sitting in traffic on the SSP and Belt.
Mid Pines & Pine Needles, 2005 Dixie Cup. 'Nuff said. 
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Kevin Pallier

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #70 on: October 16, 2009, 09:00:19 PM »
Quote from: Dean DiBerardino 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.

Dean

I did that combo just recently as well - must be a good month for that sort of thing  8)

It was as memorable as the day ticket at Sunningdale (Old) + (New) for me.
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Ash Towe

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #71 on: October 17, 2009, 12:28:15 AM »
Kevin,

Well done on the Long Island combination, I am so jealous. :)
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Pete_Pittock

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #72 on: October 17, 2009, 12:38:05 AM »
Pretty much past that stage.
Bandon Dunes x2 prior to opening; only player that day.
Sunningdale Old, New
Saunton-East, West
Hunstanton, Brancaster
Pennard, Tenby
Cypress Point, Monterey Peninsula (Shore)
Royal Melbourne (West), Kingston Heath
Victoria, Metropolitan
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Bob_Huntley

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #73 on: October 17, 2009, 12:57:57 AM »
I've had a few.

Nchanga/Bancroft
Royal Salisbury/Chapman
Durban C.C./Royal Durban
Royal Johannesburg G.C. East/West
Royal Melbourne/Kingston Heath
Riviera C.C. and Los Angeles C.C.
Pebble Beach/ Cypress Point G.C. with Art Bell, Jack Westland and Harvie Ward.
MPCC Shore and Dunes with a host of GCA friends from all over the place and each day was a gem.
Augusta National , with a now deceased in-law. Something a trifle different from anything else.
Pine ValleyG.C. I played it for the first time in 1970 and thought it then and still do, as the best course on the planet.
My favorite of all, several days of playing the Old Course in the R&A Jubilee Vase getting into the last sixteen. My cup flowed over.

Bob

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Stewart Abramson

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Re: Your Best 36 Hole day
« Reply #74 on: October 17, 2009, 10:13:46 AM »
Prestwick/Western Gales
New Zealand/St George's Hill
Sunningdale New/Old
Walton HeathNew/Old
Capitol Hill Legislator /Judge w/ my dad, brother and b.i.l.
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