Your Last Ten

[Brian Finn]

Why not...

Musselburgh Old
Gullane 3 (2x)
Kilspindie
Luffness New
Gullane 2
Gullane 1
North Berwick (3x)
Goswick (2x)
Muirfield (2x)
Dunbar
The Glen
Carolina Golf Club (home)

[Daryl David]

Bath Golf Club
Royal Porthcawl
Tenby
Pennard
St. Enodoc
Trevose
Royal Cinque Ports
Royal St. George’s
Swinley Forest
Prairie Dunes

[David Grady]

It's been a pretty good year...

Excluding my home course (Haverhill CC)

Essex County Club
Plainfield CC
Greenbrier (Old White)
Yale
Dorset Field Club
Hooper
Saratoga Golf & Polo
Pine Tree
Wild Dunes - Links
CC of Charleston

[Dan Boerger]

In no particular order:


Thendara
Inlet
Sadaquada
St. Davids GC
Chester Valley GC
Aronimink
Huntingdon Valley
Misquamicut
Shelter Harbor
Waynesborough

[Bill Crane]

Springdale GC  - Princeton NJ (home club)
National Golf Links of America -  Southampton, NY
Merion Golf Club East Course - Ardmore, PA
Samoset Resort -  Rockland, ME
North Berwick Golf Club - North Berwick,East Lothian, Scotland UK
Musselburgh Old Course -  Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
Prestwick Golf Club  -  Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Dundonald Golf Club -  Gailes,Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Old Town Club - Winston-Salem, NC
Sedgefield C C - Greensboro, NC
Hope Valley C C - Durham, NC


A really good year!  Not over yet, looking forward to Yale, Moraine and Camargo this month and others.

[Tim Gallant]

NBWL
Portmadog
Abersoch
Glenbervie
Goswick
West Linton
Baberton
Aberdour
Muckhart
Elie
Torwoodlee
Gullane Nr 1
The Machrie


A quite parochial list compared to many on here!

Ian,


Interesting list and a few I've never heard of. Any worth going out of the way to play besides the usual suspects?

[Tim Martin]

In no particular order:


Thendara
Inlet
Sadaquada
St. Davids GC
Chester Valley GC
Aronimink
Huntingdon Valley
Misquamicut
Shelter Harbor
Waynesborough

Dan-If you had one play Misquamicut or Shelter Harbor? I like one and really like the other.

[David Amarnek]

Gulph Mills
Merion East
Sunningdale Old (multiple)
Sunningdale New (multiple)
Swinley Forest
St. George's Hill
Westwood CC St. Louis (multiple)
St. Louis CC
Old Warson
Algonquin GC St. Louis

[Jim Tang]

Prairie Landing
Arcadia Bluffs - South
Black Sheep
Pinehurst No. 4
Pinehurst No. 2
Tobacco Road
Old Town
Mid Pines
Pine Needles
Chechessee Creek


Upcoming:  Bluejack National, Steamsong Black, John's Island West

[Sean_A]

NBWL
Portmadog
Abersoch
Glenbervie
Goswick
West Linton
Baberton
Aberdour
Muckhart
Elie
Torwoodlee
Gullane Nr 1
The Machrie


A quite parochial list compared to many on here!

Ian,


Interesting list and a few I've never heard of. Any worth going out of the way to play besides the usual suspects?

Yes, I wanted to ask about Aberdour.

Happy Hockey

[Jeff Johnston]

I'll have a pop

Arklow
Panmure
Carnoustie Burnside
Powerscourt East
Wicklow
Bray (home)
Portmarnock
Royal Curragh
Howth
Mount Juliet

[Dan Boerger]

Tim - Misquamicut. Primarily for the greens which I observed have tons of movement. And, holes 11 - 17 a bit less interesting than the earlier holes. Nothing wrong with Shelter Harbor, however, and I could play that course everyday and not get tired.

[Ian Galbraith]

NBWL
Portmadog
Abersoch
Glenbervie
Goswick
West Linton
Baberton
Aberdour
Muckhart
Elie
Torwoodlee
Gullane Nr 1
The Machrie


A quite parochial list compared to many on here!

Ian,


Interesting list and a few I've never heard of. Any worth going out of the way to play besides the usual suspects?

Tim, Abersoch and Portmadog (Braid)  are rather similar in that they both have a run of excellent old links holes which have been extended by the addition of a neighbouring 'pasture'. If you could merge the front 9 at Abersoch with the back 9 at Portmadog you would have a real fun 18. I particularly enjoyed the wild holes in the big dunes at Portmadog, 10-15 are really  challenging in the wind with long par 3s and short par 4s - probably worth the green fee alone if you're in the area.


West Linton is another Braid course high in the moorland south of Edinburgh, very exposed  though with the payoff of great open views in every direction. A good mix of holes and  decent condition with a brutal up hill par 3 to finish. A few holes which are a bit samey laid out on similar terrain but I'd happily go back for another visit - (also the clubhouse is nice and friendly with a very extensive & tasty menu).


Muckhart has 3 nines all of which loop back to the clubhouse. We played the Arndean and Cowden loops. The Arndean seemed to be about 7 holes up the hill and 2 back down again which unfortunately got a bit monotonous. It was pretty soggy underfoot which didn't help. The Cowden 9 had quite a bit more character and variety to the holes but was also pretty wet. I don't think we'll be rushing back again when Auchterarder is just up the road.


Torwoodlee is another Braids design nestled just outside Galashiels. I actually made two trips there this summer one at the invitation of a friend and the other with my wife as I thought she'd enjoy the course. It does have a few steep climbs but otherwise than that it is a very enjoyable, perhaps typical, local Braids course. Not unlike nearby Peebles or Aberdour. The signature hole is a drivable par 4 from high on the hill and the direct 'tiger' line is over a forest down below you to the green. If you can carry the ball 200 on the flat it is doable and great fun.


Finally I was lucky enough to have a 36 hole day at Glenbervie near Falkirk, yet another Braid parkland course but one that I always enjoy. It is set amongst mature trees but is mostly wide enough you are not hemmed in. A good set of par 3's and some long par 4s. Greens were excellent when we were there (August). One unusual feature is on the 17th were there are some trees parked in the middle of the fairway. Locals argue that it is our challenge to manoeuvre around them (it's a par 5) but I just find them too awkward and irritating to buy that. Likely that's a sign my skills need improved. On the whole perhaps every course would be enriched by the existence of one feature which splits opinion! 


Sean, I'm surprised you've not been to Aberdour given its location. I've played there quite a lot over the years and besides the excellent views over the Forth and the novelty of starting with 2 par 3s is a very pleasant parkland course. They have done quite a bit of work improving the bunkering and the drainage over the last few years which has paid off. I won't pretend it is a top quality parkland in the league of Burgess or Mortonhall, but I enjoy it regularly and it is short/open enough to be enjoyable for players who haven't been playing very long. The greens are a bit plain-Jane but some are quite small so no pushover.


Probably more words than you were looking for but the conclusion (again) is that there is plenty of decent golf to be found off the beaten track if you have the time to try it out.
 

[John Kavanaugh]

Prairie Landing
Arcadia Bluffs - South
Black Sheep
Pinehurst No. 4
Pinehurst No. 2
Tobacco Road
Old Town
Mid Pines
Pine Needles
Chechessee Creek


Upcoming:  Bluejack National, Steamsong Black, John's Island West

I am shocked that you would play so many courses without a single trip to Ballyneal.

[David Wuthrich]

I am blessed with good friends is all that I can say:


Hudson National
Garden City Golf
The Bridge
Maidstone
Shinnecock
NGLA
Fishers Island
Pine Valley
Merion
Prairie Dunes

[Jim Tang]

John -


Don't worry, Ballyneal is on the agenda for 2020.  I'm going through withdrawal.

[Tim Martin]

Tim - Misquamicut. Primarily for the greens which I observed have tons of movement. And, holes 11 - 17 a bit less interesting than the earlier holes. Nothing wrong with Shelter Harbor, however, and I could play that course everyday and not get tired.

+1

[JBovay]

Streamsong Black 8
Hooper 6
Yale 8
Shennecossett 5
Keney Park 6
Wintonbury Hills 4
Blackledge (Old) 2
Blacksburg Muni 4
VT campus course 3
Pete Dye River Course 5


The numbers are my ratings on a 10-point scale.

[George Smiltins]

Old Town
Mid Pines
Pine Needles
Tobacco Road
Shoreacres
Exmoor
Skokie
Culver Academies
Inverness
Portage

[David Kelly]

Royal Cinque Ports
Royal St. George's
Prince's GC
Rye
Worplesdon
Hindhead
Sunningdale Old
Sunningdale New
Berkshire Red
Berkshire Blue

[Richard Fisher]

An interesting year, with some new ground covered, often (as at Formby Ladies and Little Aston) very pleasingly

Last ten (not including membership plays)

Aberdovey
Borth and Ynyslas
Woking
West Lancs
Formby Ladies
Deal
Conwy
Harborne
Little Aston
Blackwell (my 200th golf course played, as it happens)
Independence Dunes

[Bill Gayne]

It's been good over the last month:


Fishers Island
Metacomet (Classic New England and Ross. Par 70 6200 yards on probably less than 100 acres in very nice condition. Highly recommend)
Congressional
The Foundry
Dustanburgh Castle
Goswick
North Berwick
Old Course
Muirfield
Dunbar
 

[David Davis]

Santapazienza
Mach Dunes
Machrihanish
Dunaverty
Ardfin
Western Gails
Utrecht de Pan
Royal AntwerpRavenstein (Royal Golf Club De Belgique)
The National (Brussels)

[Jeff_Lewis]

Quaker
WFW
Friars
Atlantic
Trump Aberdeen
Royal Aberdeen
Den Haag
St. George's Hill
Cabot Cliffs
Cabot Links

[Gene Greco]

Quogue Field Club
Old Town
Shinnecock Hills
Southampton Golf Club
National Golf Links
Blue Mound
Lawson Links
Davenport CC
Sand Hills
Fishers Island