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Morgan Clawson

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #50 on: December 15, 2010, 04:44:30 PM »
Shinnecock and National - I played these on the same day.  i would love to play them again given the knowledge I've gained on this website.

Interlachen - It's only 3 miles from my house.  So near, but yet so far.

Olympia Fields N - I played there quite a few times in the late 90s; I would love to see it again.

Pasatiempo - I played this only once in the late 90s.  I know I would like it even more today.
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Mac Plumart

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #51 on: December 20, 2010, 08:49:48 PM »
For what it is worth, here are the Top 10 Top 100 courses that people want to get back and see again (including ties so there are 13 courses listed) listed in order...

Cypress Point
Sand Hills
The Old Course
Shinnecock
Prairie Dunes            
Dornoch
Pacific Dunes
Merion
National Golf Links
Ballyneal
North Berwick
LACC North
Royal Country Down

Highest Rated GW Modern not mentioned...Sebonack
Highest Rated GW Classic not mentioned...Chicago Golf Club
Highest Rated GD course not mentioned...Winged Foot
Highest Rated GD Int'l not mentioned...Turnberry
Highest Rated Golf Mag Top 100 World not mentioned...Turnberry

As always, check out my work to see if I messed something up...but at first glance this is what I got.

Thanks!
« Last Edit: December 20, 2010, 10:14:45 PM by Mac Plumart »
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Jim Tang

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #52 on: December 23, 2010, 12:04:19 PM »
Royal County Down - My favorite course.  An extrodinary setting.
Ballybunion - Remote, rugged, what links golf is all about.
Pacific Dunes - So many options and different ways to play.
Ballyneal - Seems to get better each time I visit.  Pure golf.
Lahinch - Fun, fun, fun, fun.....
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Tony Weiler

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #53 on: December 23, 2010, 04:16:16 PM »
1.  Sand Hills.  For me, and what I've played, as good as it gets.  I loved the options and angles from the tee, the greens were superb, and the setting is tough to beat.  Helps I played with a few good GCA.comers, to boot.

2.  Ballyneal.  Fun, fun, fun (well, the day it was 38 degrees, raining, and blowing wasn't as fun as the day before when it was 70!)

3.  Interlachen.  I want some more Ross!

4.  Torry Pines So.  I know it gets very little love around here, but I thought it was a great test of golf, the holes along the ocean were well done, and I've not played a tougher, better hole (OK, maybe 18 at SH) than no. 12.

5.  Hazeltine National.  I admit I like to play where I've watched (in person and on TV) the pros play.  Perhaps why I like Torrey So. as well.  Also, Hazeltine is good for many reasons, it's difficult, but playable.  I think you need to make good decisions off the tee, as well as drive the ball well.  Further, the greens are big enough to require some thought as to where to place shots into them.   
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Mac Plumart

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #54 on: September 05, 2011, 08:06:58 PM »
I thought I'd touch base on this again...for no particular reason...

1...The Old Course, the best course I've played by a wide margin

2...Pinehurst #2...ideal golf for my taste

3...The Golf Club...an ideal golf club, a great walk, an some great shots

4...Shinnecock Hills...damn near a perfect golf course...and the company is good on this one!

5...Shoreacres...see The Golf Club comments.  I loved the feel.

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Mark Saltzman

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #55 on: September 05, 2011, 08:41:29 PM »
T1: Merion / Oakmont - The only 2 truly great classic courses in the United States I have ever played. I have no idea if I will ever play either again and if I received an invite I would drive through the night to be there. Besides, has anyone actually ever turned down an invite to either?

3) Pasatiempo - I loved it when I played it before I had any interest in GCA. Now I wantto see some of what I missed. Andthen there's the recent reno...

4) TOC - see post 3 minus the reno.

T5) Gozzer Ranch / Medinah 3 - I didn't see what all the fuss was about. I would love a return visitto either confirm or disprove my initial impressions.

NB. Ballyneal has to be on this list somewhere because playing it was the most fun I ever had on a golf course.
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Keith OHalloran

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #56 on: September 05, 2011, 08:45:41 PM »
1.Fisher's Island, it is always a special day to get out there.
2. Friar's Head, amazing course, lot of fun, would go beack just for the deck/walkway
3. Merion,
4. Shinnecock, the best course I have played
5. Sand Hills, like Shinnecock on Steroids.
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Ronald Montesano

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #57 on: September 05, 2011, 08:50:22 PM »
I enjoy this thread because it doesn't require "best" or "most." It requires something spirituals and defining, the essential string of our hearts...

The sad part about this thread is, I can't list certain courses I'd like to play (M, NGL, CP, LA, ET AL) as I've yet to trod their blades...

1. The Old Course...from my vantage point, having played it once at age 25, the explication is obvious...

2.  Pinehurst #2...played it once, at age 16...would be great to see something completely different that matters...

3.  Any of the first 3 Bandons...haven't played the 4th...it is the quintessential golfing kingdom along a pluralistic shore

4.  Yale...despite its freshness, I would choose this course over any other I've played to play every day, the rest of my life.

5.  Old Town Club...played it once, trying out for Wake Forest's team...didn't need a second round of tryouts (Billy Andrade and Len Mattiace weren't threatened) but would kill for a second run...Kye Goalby keeps threatening to get me out there :)

Might have made it, but didn't:
Fox Chapel...was restricted to five and BY MAC, I stuck to just five!!
BBlack, Pete Dye, Kinloch~All too fresh...need a bit of nostalgia.
Arcadia Bluffs, Kohler Kourses~You know, just not feeling them.

Five That I Would Play That Would Be In NO ONE'S First Five:
1. Kittansett
2. Myopia Hunt
3. Eastward Ho! (by this point, you can tell I have a jones for New England)
4. Baltimore CC East (Five Farms)
5. Pasatiempo (Gots to have a Mackenzie)
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Jim Colton

Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #58 on: September 05, 2011, 09:05:46 PM »
I think I could easily get by with playing just three for the rest of my days: The Old Course, National and Ballyneal. Maybe I could risk the lyme disease and cut through the woods for a couple of holes at Shinnecock every once in a while.
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Pete Balzer

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #59 on: September 05, 2011, 09:13:02 PM »
1. Moraine CC- Haven't seen it since the tree removal
2. Royal Portrush- got to play it twice- my personal #1
3. Prairie Club Dunes- It's all about the scale and options
4. TOC- Lucky enough to get the WHOLE experience with an R@A member
5. Pebble- Next time with my family
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Link Walsh

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #60 on: September 05, 2011, 09:26:15 PM »
1.  Crystal Downs

2.  Pacific Dunes/ Bandon Trails/ Bandon Dunes- haven't made it out to Old Mac yet

3.  Pinehurst #2

4.  Kiawah Ocean Course 

5.  Cuscowilla (think it's on the top 100 you can play list so that's close enough)
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Simon Holt

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #61 on: September 06, 2011, 06:44:09 AM »
Great thread Mac.  I missed it first time around.  I could never restrict it to just 5 as there is so many I want to go and see again.  If I had 5 days to live and golf was the way I chose to spend my time, and logistics made it possible, this would be my 5 that I have already visited.  Descending order to finish at my favourite.

5. TOC
4. Pine Valley
3. Cypress Point
2. Muirfield
1. North Berwick (late evening round with my 3 best pals)
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Adrian_Stiff

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #62 on: September 06, 2011, 07:01:38 AM »
Simon on that basis you should try and live somewhere between 1 and 2 !!!!
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Pete Blaisdell

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #63 on: September 06, 2011, 07:21:50 AM »
Cypress
THE National
Chicago
Seminole
The Golf Club
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Ben Jarvis

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #64 on: September 06, 2011, 07:27:32 AM »
In order;

1. Cypress Point Club
2. Pacific Dunes
3. Pebble Beach
4. Royal Melbourne West
Tied 5th. Kingston Heath and New South Wales
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Tom ORourke

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #65 on: September 06, 2011, 07:55:13 AM »
1. Merion
2. Pine Valley
3. Ballybunion
4. Kiawah Ocean Course
5. Bethpage Black
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Michael Goldstein

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #66 on: September 06, 2011, 08:21:51 AM »
Muirfield - started at 4ish after a particularly lubricating lunch and remember little more than a visit from the macallan ambassador making a timely entrance on the 10th tee.
Dornoch - had top n tailed and was a particularly frosty day amongst playing partners after a lack of sleep. Didn't fully get it (yet).
Co Sligo - absolute torrential rain. Supposedly it has good views??
GCGC - led astray and didn't fully understand it. So blurry got the architect wrong...
RCD - because of this http://www.puregolf2010.com/the-most-magnificent-links-in-the-world/

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Doug Wright

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #67 on: September 06, 2011, 10:37:28 AM »
North Berwick--played it 21 years ago and I knew it was awesome just didn't know why; I've learned a lot about golf course architecture and what I like (eg quirk) since then

Muirfield--played it on the same trip 21 years ago and it is one of my top 5 all-time favourite courses

Royal Dornoch--I know it's great just need to play it again to appreciate it more
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Mark Chaplin

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #68 on: September 10, 2011, 08:08:09 AM »
TOC
Chicago Golf
RMW
Pine Valley
Brancaster

This list will undoubtedly change when I play on Long Island next week.
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Paul Nash

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #69 on: September 10, 2011, 08:51:10 AM »
Loch Lomond - in the sun this time, please
Pennard
Royal Porthcawl
Gleneagles - Kings
Saunton
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Lloyd_Cole

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #70 on: September 11, 2011, 05:25:40 PM »
TOC
Pebble Beach (played there before I began to study GCA)
Barnbougle Dunes
Royal Dornoch
Royal County Down
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J Cabarcos

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #71 on: September 16, 2011, 06:47:05 PM »
Pasatiempo
Lahinch
Portrush
Kiawah
Bethpage/ Torrey South.

The MacKenzie course has me scratching my head the first time around.  Local knowledge would go along way in Pasatiempo & Lahinch.
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Mark Johnson

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #72 on: September 16, 2011, 10:19:58 PM »

Merion
Bandon Trails
Black Sheep
Irish Course
Spring Hill
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Jud_T

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #73 on: September 17, 2011, 08:53:59 AM »
Mark,

The Irish?  seriously you've got to get out more my man... ;)  is that actually top 100 somewhere?
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Alister Matheson

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Re: Top 5 Top 100 courses you want to play again
« Reply #74 on: September 17, 2011, 04:14:54 PM »
Silloth on Solway
St Georges Hill
Machrihanish
North Berwick
Montrose
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