Your Last Ten

[Chris Pearson]

Most recent listed first...this grouping is perhaps a bit more highbrow (or at least notable) than my previous one:

• Teravista Golf Club (Clifton-Ezell-Clifton)
• Morris Williams (x10, Leon Howard)
• Falconhead (PGA Tour Design Team)
• Roy Kizer (x6, Randy Russell)
• Plum Creek (Roy Bechtol)
• Shadow Glen (Roy Bechtol, Randy Russell)
• Onion Creek: Original (Jimmy Demaret)
• Barton Creek: Foothills (Tom Fazio)
• Cedar Creek (Finger, Dye, Spann)
• The Republic Golf Club (Art Schaupeter)

[Richard Hetzel]

Finally made it to 10!


1.  Fort Myers CC (FL)
2. Heartland Crossing GC (IN)
3. Stoneridge GC (OH)
4. Plum Creek GC (IN)
5. Univ of Kentucky Big Blue (KY)
6. Pine Hills GC (OH)
7. Shale Creek GC (OH)
8. Brickyard Crossing GC (IN)
9.  Meadowbrook CC (OH)
10. Prairie View GC (IN)

[Brian Potash]

Hollywood Golf Club - exceeded expectations.  #16 one of the prettiest holes I have ever played.  looked like course doesn't get much play


Wannamoisett - reminded me of Oak Hill; First 3 holes a very special start


The Kittansett Club - really an inland course excepting the first few and last few holes on Buzzards Bay. 


Hudson National Golf Club - home course


Willow Ridge Country Club


Deepdale Golf Club - some of the quickest greens I have ever played


Edgewood Country Club White


Bayonne Golf Club - tightness of first few holes often sets me off on the wrong foot.  hard to recover from.


Whippoorwill Club - super sporty and unique


Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - not much I can add here

[Ross Harmon]

Made my first and certainly not last trip to the sandhills of NC last month... last 10:

- Highlands Ranch GC (CO)
- Ballyneal (CO)
- Tobacco Road (NC)
- Dormie Club (NC)
- Southern Pines (NC)
- Pinehurst #2 (NC)
- Pine Needles (NC)
- Red Hawk Ridge (CO)
- Crooked Stick (IN)
- Mystic Hills (IN)

[Sam Krume]

my latest last 10;
Goodwood (Downs Course)
Leatherhead
The London Club
West Hill
The RAC (Old)
Princes
Royal Ashdown Forest
Blackmoor
Harpenden
Kingswood

[Jason Way]

Knocked out a few spots in the last 6+ weeks:


Old Elm Club
Naperville CC
The Rawls Course
CommonGround
Colorado Golf Club
Chicago Golf Club
North Shore CC
Lake Shore CC
Chicago Highlands
Exmoor CC


Since the TX/CO trip, I have been staying closer to home and enjoying our Chicagoland courses.  I don't think I give Chicago enough credit for the really solid golf we have (if one has access to the privates), especially with the renovation/restoration work that has been done around town in the last 10-15 years.  LSCC and ECC were vastly superior to what I remember as a teenager - kudos to Ron Prichard.


With all due respect to the above courses, the highlight of this last stretch for me was what I saw (and the 6 holes I got to play) at Sand Valley.  Oh my...

[MCirba]

I did ... though sadly I did not have time to play that morning.  What a beautiful place it is!  In fact, all four courses I saw in New Hampshire exceeded my expectations by varying degrees.

Tom,

I've played up and down the eastern seaboard but never in New Hampshire, which I'm hoping to rectify sometime next year.

Any there that you'd care to recommend based on your recent travels?

[Mark Pritchett]

Made my first and certainly not last trip to the sandhills of NC last month... last 10:

- Highlands Ranch GC (CO)
- Ballyneal (CO)
- Tobacco Road (NC)
- Dormie Club (NC)
- Southern Pines (NC)
- Pinehurst #2 (NC)
- Pine Needles (NC)
- Red Hawk Ridge (CO)
- Crooked Stick (IN)
- Mystic Hills (IN)

Nice list Ross.  Hard to beat that NC lineup and I am a big fan of Crooked Stick as well. 

[Jim Hoak]

With all due respect to the above courses, the highlight of this last stretch for me was what I saw (and the 6 holes I got to play) at Sand Valley.  Oh my...


Jason--Give us some more on Sand Valley--how'd you end up there, what'd you think, how far along is it, etc.?

[Jason Way]

Jason--Give us some more on Sand Valley--how'd you end up there, what'd you think, how far along is it, etc.?

I ended up there because I am a lucky chump, and I was generally blown away.  There is a post on my blog about the visit -> GeekedOnGolf.com

[GLawson]

A good mix,

Westchester West and South
Fauquier Springs CC (JFK played here on the day of the Bay of Pigs)
Rolling Green
Lake Toxaway CC
Ballyhack
TPC Potomac
Golf Club of TN
Wilshire CC
Country Club of Muirfield Village

[Ryan Hillenbrand]

Jason--Give us some more on Sand Valley--how'd you end up there, what'd you think, how far along is it, etc.?

I ended up there because I am a lucky chump, and I was generally blown away.  There is a post on my blog about the visit -> GeekedOnGolf.com

Jason,

Great pics. I'm surprised by how open it looks. For some reason I was imagining a look like Pine Valley - a little more choked with pines. Cant' wait to visit.

[Tom Bagley]

With most recent first and not counting multiple rounds at some of these courses:
1.  Old Sandwich
2.  Concord (MA)
3.  Berkshire Hills
4.  Oak Hill (MA)
5.  Essex County Club
6.  Fall River
7.  Plymouth (MA)
8.  Myopia
9.  Wannamoisett
10.  Indian Pond

Up next:  Concord, Oak Hill, Oyster Harbors, Longue Vue, Oakmont,  and TPC Boston.

[Brian Finn]

Fort Mill GC - worth checking out...under the radar...well maintained Ross front 9
Mountaintop
Wade Hampton
Tot Hill Farm - nice to see again...I always have fun here
Carolina GC - really good Ross, restored by Spence...gca favorite with good reason
Kinloch
Olde Sycamore
Red Bridge
SkyBrook
Rock Barn RTJ - too tough for me, even from 6,500 yard tees

[Joe_Tucholski]

One of the nice things about moving every couple of years is the opportunity to check out some new courses.  This will be the first place I'll be joining a private club instead of playing the muni's or base courses.

1) Miami Valley GC (OH) - 5
2) Dayton CC (OH) - 6 (I really loved the front 9)
3) Springfield CC (OH) - 5
4) Wright Patterson AFB - Twin Base (OH) - 2
5) Wright Patterson AFB - Prairie Trace (OH) - 3
6) Atlanta National GC (GA) - 4
7) Eagles Landing CC (GA) - 4
White Columns CC (GA) - 4
9) Sung Nam GC (Korea) - 4
10) The Lakes at Osan (Korea) - 1

[J_ Crisham]

Blue Mound
Medinah 3
Detroit Golf Club north
Franklin Hills
Orchard Lakes
Indianwood Old
The Dunes Club
Beverly
Medinah 1
OFCC north

[John Handley]

The Last Ten.....
Spanish Oaks GC  Austin, TX
California Golf Club San Francisco, CA
The European Club
Portmarnock Golf Links
Lahinch Old
Doonbeg
Ballybunion Old
Tralee
Waterville
Old Head


11. Adare Manor
12. Mayacama Santa Rose, CA

[Bill Crane]

Pine Valley G C  ( Pine Valley, NJ)
Merion G C  ( Ardmore, PA)
Forsgate Banks ( Monroe, NJ)
Hollywood C C  (Deal, NJ
Whipporwill (Armonk, NJ)
Pormarnock ( Ireland )
County Louth – “Baltrie” (Ireland)
The Island  (Ireland)
Royal Dornoch  (Scotland
Nairn  ( Scotland )

Also this year: Manufacturers G & CC, Golf House Club Elie (Scotland), The New Course, St Andrews (Scotland), Yeamans Hall Club ( Charleston, S C), Chechessee Creek Club (Okatie,SC) .  Still looking forward to Little Mill(NJ),  Yale (CT),  Westchester CC, and hopefully Alamance CC this year.
 
Wm Flynnfan

[Sean Leary]

Did you make it to Bald Peak?

I did ... though sadly I did not have time to play that morning.  What a beautiful place it is!  In fact, all four courses I saw in New Hampshire exceeded my expectations by varying degrees.


Last ten I actually played [updated from last month]:

Chambers Bay, WA
Tumble Creek, WA
Gamble Sands, WA
Wine Valley, WA
Valley of the Eagles, Alaska

York Golf & Tennis, ME
Rutland CC, VT
Hooper GC, NH
Lake Sunapee, NH
Belgrade Lakes, ME
Northeast Harbor, ME


I am up to 54 rounds this year ... I cannot remember the last year I played that many rounds of golf.

Curious about your thoughts on Gamble Sands. I think its very very good but perhaps could have been truly great with some more interest in and around the greens. 

[David Davis]

Just recovering from the annual play as much golf in the US as I can possibly cram into a couple weeks tour.


Hit some really awesome courses and was storm chasing so was even rained out of some painful courses to miss.


Played:


Inverness Golf Club
Brookside Golf & Country Club
Muirfield Village
The Golf Club
Camargo
Eastward Ho
Old Sandwich
The Country Club at Brookline
Harbour Town
TPC Sawgrass
Wade Hampton
Mountain Top
Roaring Gap
Old Town
Mid Pines
Tobacco Road
Pinehurst #2
Dormie Club


Walked OSU Scarlet during the Web.com event that happened to be on while I was in Dublin and was rained out of Myopia, Essex and Newport while in the Boston area. Arrived at Myopia early in the morning with rain falling in the biblical sense. Bad day for a double header. Then the hurricane dropped 25 inches+ on Kiawah (that used to be an Island), flooded it and even shut it down to make sure I didn't play a round with my snorkel. I reverted and drove to TPC Sawgrass. Not a bad move but added about 6 hours of driving.

[MCirba]

Working my way to playing my 1000th course next week at Muirfield so I've had to scale back any "new" courses over the past few months and played mostly courses I've been to prior.   Last 10 are..

Rolling Green (PA)
Stonewall (Old) (PA)
Soaring Eagles (NY)
Miacomet (MA) Course 996
Lookaway (PA)
Pocono Manor (East) (PA)
Mark Twain (NY)
Lehigh (PA)
Shawnee (PA)
Quicksilver (PA) Course 997

[Sean_A]

Remedy Oak ?


Leckford Old 1*


Woking 1*


Burnham x2  1*


Moortown  R


Alwoodley 1*


Orchard Lake  1*


Mimosa Hills ?


Lonnie Poole r


Ciao

[jonathan_becker]

Most recent first....


Fenway
Quaker Ridge
NGLA
Southampton
Somerset Hills
Pepper Pike Club
Valley Club
Bel-Air
LACC
Riviera

[Neil Johnston]

All Illinois unless noted

Mount Propsect (5x)
Schaumburg GC
River Forest CC
Ravisloe (2x)
Olympia Fields CC North
Riverside CC (Saskatchewan, Canada)
Crystal Tree CC
Idlewild CC
Lost Dunes (MI)
Arcadia Bluffs (MI)

Great run to end the season here. Riverside is a course I have not seen much talk about here, probably because it's kind of in the boonies. But it's a really great club which has hosted national tournaments in Canada.

[Mark Lester]

Southampton
The Bridge
Maidstone
National Golf Links of America
Shinnecock
Quogue Field Club
Fishers Island
Montauk Downs
Atlantic
Friars Head


Haven't really been venturing too far from home......no need to