If I were condemned to play one course for the rest of my life it would probably be Royal County Down. But would I want to be condemned to the Co Down climate for 12 months of the year? My mother's family came from County Down, but I couldn't live there all year round.
The only time I was in Melbourne and Sidney it was miserably cold and horribly wet. Had I had time to play golf I would probably have demurred.
I've been lucky with the San Francisco area of California. I've managed to play Olympic Lake, Meadow Club, Pasatiempo and some lesser courses in lovely winter/spring conditions. But I gather it's not like that all year round. I never saw fog.
I've enjoyed mid-summer golf in the Philadelphia, New York, Connecticut and Long Island regions, but my lousy play isn't up to carrying the ball hundreds of yards through such humidity, nor my ageing frame carrying my bag and clubs without the benefit of a caddy.
London is a city. It's out. As are Paris, Rome, Hamburg etc....
Lahinch and Ballybunion are certainly not cities, but an awful of Atlantic Ocean water is borne in clouds only to fall on these hallowed spots.
You couldn't really call Woodhall Spa a town - it may be, but it feels like a golf course (OK, for accuracy, two courses) with a village. Ganton's a village, too.
Valencia's a city, so El Saler is out. Madrid has lot's of courses, but it, too, is a city, even if a newish one by European standards. Paris is a city, otherwise a claim might be made for St Cloud and Fontainebleau, and Morfontaine is a distant cousin.
I'm coming to a conclusion that Aldeburgh might be the perfect golfing town. It is a town, not a city. It has much going for it artistically - the Britten legacy in particular. It has a branch of Adnams' wine merchants. It has a wonderful links-like 18-hole course which, with its fabulous drainage, is probably the best winter golf in England. I rate its two-shot holes on a par with any in England. There is a relief course for those of us who partook too freely of Adnams' choice wines or ales the night before. There are other fine courses within easy reach such as Woodbridge, Felixstowe Ferry, Ipswich and Thorpeness. It can be bitterly cold in winter, but its climate is generally drier than most of Britain. Two-ball play (singles or foursomes) is the norm, so you can expect to get round in under 3 hours. It is worthy of consideration.