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Steve_Roths

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Best Small Clubhouse
« on: March 02, 2012, 05:42:50 PM »
I know we have done a lot of clubhouse discussions.  But, I am trying to put together a list of the best/better clubhouses that are on the small or very small size.

Right now I can come up with Friar's Head original pro shop and the Dunes Club.

Any help here?
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Howard Riefs

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2012, 06:12:05 PM »
Certainly tough to top the Dunes Club.  A good set of photos for those who haven't seen it:

http://www.boothhansen.com/projects/the-dunes-club/
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Mac Plumart

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2012, 06:58:15 PM »
The Golf Club
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Eric Smith

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2012, 07:02:05 PM »
I ♥ Champion's Retreat.
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Mike_Trenham

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2012, 10:44:34 PM »
Gulph Mills
Bidderman
Sakkonet
Yale
St George's NY
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Bill_McBride

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2012, 10:53:20 PM »
Palmetto.    Perfecto.
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Joe Leenheer

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2012, 11:31:49 PM »
Pepper Pike Club

Sharon Golf Club

Golf Club of the Everglades

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Mark Saltzman

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2012, 11:33:35 PM »
Redtail.. See Ran's write-up in the courses by country section (Redtail is in Canada).
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Mike_Trenham

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2012, 11:38:31 PM »
What about

Ballyneal
Sandhills
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Steve_ Shaffer

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2012, 11:49:19 PM »
Desert Forest- not a monument to excess.
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Mike_Trenham

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2012, 11:54:37 PM »
Tobacco Road is quite efficient now that I think about it
« Last Edit: March 03, 2012, 06:09:37 AM by Mike_Trenham »
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Kevin Pallier

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2012, 05:22:40 AM »
Mt Broughton
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Scott Weersing

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2012, 07:04:29 AM »
I like the one at Bandon Trails. Yes, I know, how many other clubhouses over look dunes like this. I would think it is the best clubhouse of the four courses at Bandon because of its unique color and great views.

However, I am not sure it would really qualify as a clubhouse because there are no carts and therefore no cart storage area needed.
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PCCraig

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2012, 07:33:40 AM »
All discussions of the best small clubhouse start and end with the Dunes Club. It's everything you need, nothing you don't.
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RDecker

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2012, 07:59:15 AM »
People always rave about the little clubhouse at Leatherstocking in Cooperstown.
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Doug Lindahl

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2012, 08:30:36 AM »
Edgartown golf club on Martha's Vineyard.
 
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Jeff_Mingay

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2012, 08:32:27 AM »
The Oakville Golf Club, near Toronto, has a nice clubhouse. It's on the opposite side of 16 Mile Creek from Glen Abbey GC. The Oakville club dates to 1921; the clubhouse is quite new (post-2000, I think), but it's a good fit and it's relatively (appropriately) small.

P.S. I remember really liking the clubhouse at Gulph Mills, too.
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Tim Martin

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2012, 08:48:13 AM »
The Orchards in Massachusetts.
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Joel Zuckerman

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2012, 09:35:04 AM »
Here are two that are quite esoteric, and also very compact..I'm talking the size of a stately private home, and nothing more:

Bulls Bridge GC in the Connecticut countryside
The Dye Preserve in Jupiter FL
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Tim Martin

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2012, 09:39:27 AM »
Merion West`s is a cross between a wild west saloon and a hunting lodge-very cool!
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Michael George

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2012, 09:42:03 AM »
Sharon Golf Club ;D - pro shop, men's locker room, grille room and patio - that is it.  
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Carl Rogers

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2012, 09:46:34 AM »
Quote from: Scott Weersing on March 03, 2012, 07:04:29 AM
I like the one at Bandon Trails. Yes, I know, how many other clubhouses over look dunes like this. I would think it is the best clubhouse of the four courses at Bandon because of its unique color and great views.

However, I am not sure it would really qualify as a clubhouse because there are no carts and therefore no cart storage area needed.
Agreed, If you were to look at the Bandon Trails clubhouse in isolation, it does it's job very simply and admirably.  I almost see this as an archetype for many other clubs.  In another circumstance, you could combine the food point of sale and the shop point of sale into 1 and cut down a lot of overhead on a lazy Tuesday afternoon.
The clubhouse at OM is a simple structure at the edge of the woods, with an informal gathering place at the entrance.
The clubhouse at PD understands its site by getting you upstairs to eat and enjoy the view.
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Niall C

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2012, 09:51:48 AM »
Kilspindie  ;D
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Mark_Rowlinson

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2012, 12:04:38 PM »
Royal Worlington wins hands down in England - just like its diminutive course.
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Mike Hendren

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Re: Best Small Clubhouse
« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2012, 01:00:47 PM »
Quote from: Niall Carlton on March 03, 2012, 09:51:48 AM
Kilspindie  ;D

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Surely the shortest walk from holing out to enjoying a beverage (especially after a two-putt birdie!) in the game.
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