Four courses for the rest of your life

[Ally Mcintosh]

Right then…. 4 courses for the rest of your life:

One links
One heathland
One course from North America
One other

No more – that’s you so they better be enjoyable

[Adam_Messix]

I'll bite.....

Old Course
Morfontaine
Cypress Point
National Golf Links

[Neil_Crafter]

North Berwick
Alwoodley
Cypress Point
Royal Melbourne

I'd be a happy camper.

[Garland Bayley]

Old MacDonald
Alwoodley
Friars Head
Royal Melbourne

[Ryan Taylor]

Royal County Down
Sunningdale (New)
Pac Dunes
Kingsley Club

[Mark Bourgeois]

TOC
Ganton (cheating here as it's really a links)
Yale
RMW

[Patrick Glynn]

For coures I have played :

1. Links - Royal County Down
2. Heathland - Hankley Common
3. US - Pine Valley
4. Other - Sand Hills

Including coureses that I haven't :

1. Links - Royal County Down
2. Heathland - Sunningdale
3. US - Pine Valley
4. Other - Royal Melbourne West

[Geoffrey_Walsh]

Cruden Bay
Shinnecock
Royal Melbourne
Fishers Island

[Carson Pilcher]

The Old Course
Settindown Creek
Augusta National
Cypress Point

[Mark Bourgeois]

Carson, there's heathland in Georgia?

[Bryan Icenhower]

TOC
hmmm ... not sure how much heathland I have played ... Hidden Creek maybe?
Cypress Point
Peachtree

[jeffwarne]

Summer-10 minutes apart and reasonable priced
Brora
Golspie (some Heath)

winter
25 minutes apart
ANGC
Palmetto

[Bradley Anderson]

One links - St Andrews
One heathland - Walton Heath
One course from North America - Oakmont
One other - Pinehurst #2

[Sean_A]

These are always tough.

My links have to be between TOC, Rye and St Enodoc.  All are wonderful in in good towns.  The process of elimination rules out TOC due to disneyworld aspect in the summer and mats in the winter; St Enodoc is probably too hilly for everyday play.  That leaves RYE.

Heathland must be WOKING.

I don't really have a clear idea for a US course, but YEAMANS HALL would do alright.  Good climate, good city, good course, good walk.  

Since my most of family lives in Michigan I spose it makes sense to a course there and if I am in Michigan for the summer it would likely be near Ann Arbor.  That means UOFM.  Though the two US choices would likely need more research - tee hee.

Ciao

  

[Mark Bourgeois]

These are always tough.

My links have to be between TOC, Rye and St Enodoc.  All are wonderful in in good towns.  The process of elimination rules out TOC due to disneyworld aspect in the summer and mats in the winter; St Enodoc is probably too hilly for everyday play.  That leaves RYE.

Heathland must be WOKING.

I don't really have a clear idea for a US course, but YEAMANS HALL would do alright.  Good climate, good city, good course, good walk.  

Since my most of family lives in Michigan I spose it makes sense to a course there and if I am in Michigan for the summer it would likely be near Ann Arbor.  That means UOFM.  Though the two US choices would likely need more research - tee hee.

Ciao

  

Revised:

Ganton
Woking
Yale
RMW

[Dan Herrmann]

Is cost a factor?

[James Boon]

Ally, an interesting advance on the "one courses for the rest of your life" question. I'd go with:

Royal Dornoch
Well its my favourite course, its near my parents house, it can be one hell of a challenge and yet very playable day to day, I just love it!

Notts GC (Hollinwell)
Home course now for the last 3 years and not bored with it yet. In fact thanks to Gordon Irvine it keeps getting better!

Pine Valley
I've not played enough in the States to really choose well, and I was tempted to try and come up with a smart answer, but why not just choose what I imagine would be just an awesome course, if I ever get lucky? 

Askernish
Well it would mean I'm back out on the Outer Hebrides, so that cant be all bad and I'm looking forwards to seeing how it developes over time!

Cheers,

James

ps Brian, I know what you mean but just come up with something you big girl! 

[Cristian]

TOC
Woking
Old Macdonald
Cruden Bay

[John Ezekowitz]

Only ones I have played:

Links - Rye
Heathland - West Sussex
America - Merion
Other - Old Mac

[Terry Lavin]

All four at Bandon.

[Peter Pallotta]

What a lucky I am, fun to pretend - but like Sean I'm going to try to be 'realistic' e.g. the mats at The Old Course, and the desire to balance isolated with close to cities courses. So let's say:

Dornoch
Walton Heath
NGLA
Ballyneal

Peter

[Jordan Standefer]

All four at Bandon.

Having never played outside of North America-- and envying some of the choices here-- I think you could do a lot worse, Terry!  

[Pat Burke]

TOC

CPC
Kingston Heath


But, can I just move to Melbourne and play thre

[David_Elvins]

25 posts and no-one has chosen Swinley Forest as the one Heathland course they could play for the rest of your life?  

I can't think of a much more pleasurable golf experience regardless of age of playing ability.  

Barnbougle Dunes
Swinley Forest
Cypress Point
Healesville

[Jim Sherma]

As I think about this thread, I realize that I'll need courses that will be enjoyable as I age and hit the ball shorter and shorter. That would take Pine Valley out of my list as it would become simply un-fun as I would no longer have the shots to play the architecture even close to as designed. Admittedly I am not sure how close I am now, but at least I can still kid myself.

With this in mind:

Links: The Old Course (assuming access and no grief about tee times) otherwise Dooks (there are few places I have ever been that is better and the golf is pretty good)
Heathland: No personal experience here and there are many good choices - I'll go with Arble and say Woking
US: Hershey West (home course bias and I think it's really good, I've played with all manners of golfers and it is fair to all of them) - admittedly, Cypress Point is probably the appropriate choice here
Other: The New Course (I think it is filled with good golf and it's next door to the Old Course so I can play 36)