[David Royer]

Ballyneal 7 makes you smile every time
Muirfield Village 14 one of the greats.
Sleepy Hollow 16 the view is spectacular
TCC 19 sitting on the porch with a Fernando !

[Bill_McBride]

Single favorite hole ever has to be 14 Long at St Andrews.   Except for the time I pulled my drive into one of the wee Beardies.  It's great fun to tack around Hell and play your bump and run third from over by the fifth fairway.   I love Mackenzie's diagram of players A-D playing the hole with different routes.  If anyone can post it, thanks!

[Bob_Garvelink]

Probably #2 at Kingsley.  You walk up the hill and get the view of almost the entire front nine.  I love the fear factor on the tee and the anxiety after hitting that tee shot that doesn't go away until your ball has (hopefully) landed on the green and finally come to a stop.  And sometimes, that when the fun is just beginning. 

Bill,

You are correct....the view from # 2 is awesome   Hole # 1 still gives me the jitters......it lets you know your about to experience a special round

[Garland Bayley]

My first impression on this thread was how can you ever have a single favorite hole ever? It has to be a somewhat dynamically changing selection. Tom Doak's post shows how much his favorite hole has changed. Me? I'm even more wishy washy. I can't even keep it the same on the same course. I started with 7 at Old Mac, then it was 16, finally it is 3. 3 is the epitome of the universal theory of golf. It is also shows so many things. Sure there is a best line off the tee, but the high handicapper seldom achieves that. However, the challenge the hole puts up for the high handicapper is to get it over that ridge line and then see what you get. That challenge is doable, and the result is held off as a surprise once you get over the hill to find your ball. That surprise varies so much you have so many different challenges that will be presented by second shots that just keep you on your toes.

[Jason Topp]

I will go with 12 at the Old Course.  The first time I played it it was into a significant headwind and the caddie advised my father to aim way right near the gorse.  I had no idea why he gave the advice.  Seeing the deep bunkers in the fairway that were invisible off the tee was like magic.

[Ash Towe]

Ballyneal 7

I thought quite a bit about this question.  Everytime this hole comes to mind first and I could never ever drive the green but the options are there for one and all.

[V. Kmetz]

Bethpage Black #4

It's both the finest Half-Par hole and 3-shot hole at the same time.

If your drive is poor, then your second is fraught with disaster.  If your drive is in play then  it might be the best second shot on a 3-shotter I know of. You've got three Monty Hall doors to choose from...straight at the dangerously defended green in two, cutting the corner to the immediate green approach, or cleaving well-right into the safety of broad fairway.  Depending on your execution, the bargain is then pushed onto the third shot, which for most will be one of the more unique intermediate pitches regularly encountered...a 30-85 yard pitch into the oblique contour of green pad.

Aesthetically, it's a winner too, as you go from the exhilarating panorama mapped out by the tee to the semi blinds of the second shot to the frankness of that third short pitch...all the while, snaking around that imposing Glacial Bunker to the temple summit.  It feels like a quest to the soul and an engaging, solvable challenge for the spirit.

If it was an 18th hole or part of a championship closing stretch...it would be talked of with greater frequency and notices than



cheers

vk

[Mark Johnson]

Best View-- Kauai Lagoons #16
Most fun - Bandon Trail #14
Best test - Hazeltine #16
Most underrated - Chicago #4

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