Most overlooked golf city?

[Jeff Spittel]

Northern Jersey radius includes:

ECCC
Baltusrol
Plainfield
Somerset Hills
Ridgewood
Mountain Ridge
Bayonne
Montclair
Morris County
Canoe Brook
Forsgate
Hackensack
Knickerbocker
Alpine
Hamilton Farm
The Knoll
Essex Fells
Echo Lake
Rock Spring
Trump
Upper Montclair
Liberty National
Rock Spring
Spring Brook
Fairmont
Suburban
Shackamaxon
Architects
Fiddler's Elbow
Roxiticus

[Niall C]

I'm surprised that Tony Muldoon hasn't been on to refute those that suggest you can't have a great golfing holiday based in a city. Every August he's up staying in or near Edinburgh taking advantage of the Edinburgh Festival as well as the nearby courses.

However Edinburgh's charms are put in the shade in comparison to Glasgow. Glasgow might not have the Festival but it has better nightlife (IMO), better museums (again IMO) that don't cost you anything plus its a great city to tour around. It also has two airports (to Edinburgh's one) in Glasgow Airport and Glasgow Prestwick. So if you are going on Sean's definition then you can count all the Ayrshire links courses including;

Turnberry Ailsa
Turnberry Kintyre
Royal Troon  
Troon Portland
Western Gailes
Glasgow Gailes
Dundonald
Prestwick
Prestwick St Nicholas
Irvine Bogside
West Kilbride
Barassie

You also have the Troon muni's as well as Belleisle.

Closer to the city centre there are a number of terrific parkland and Moorland courses. Just a few;

Cawder (Braid)
Erskine (W Fernie/Braid/MacKenzie)
East Renfrewshire (Braid)
Ranfurly Castle (Andrew Kirkcaldy/W. Auchterlonie/Braid/Colt)
Bonnyton GC (MacKenzie)
Killermont (Old Tom Morris/Braid)
Pollok (Braid/MacKenzie)
Cardross (W Fernie/Braid)
Loch Lomond (Morish/Weiskopf)

Niall

[Patrick_Mucci]

Northern Jersey radius includes:

ECCC
Baltusrol
Plainfield
Somerset Hills
Ridgewood
Mountain Ridge
Bayonne
Montclair
Morris County
Canoe Brook
Forsgate
Hackensack
Knickerbocker
Alpine
Hamilton Farm
The Knoll
Essex Fells
Echo Lake
Rock Spring
Trump
Upper Montclair
Liberty National
Rock Spring
Spring Brook
Fairmont
Suburban
Shackamaxon
Architects
Fiddler's Elbow
Roxiticus

Jeff,

You left out a few courses, courses like

Preakness Hills
North Jersey
Crestmont
Cedar Hill
Rockaway River
Forest Hills
Bowling Green
Green Brook
Brooklake
Colonia
Ballyowen
Crystal Springs
Edgewood
White Beeches
Emerson
Metuchen
Glen Ridge
Haworth
High Mountain
Lake Mohawk
Maplewood
Montammy
Oak Hill
Panther Valley
Ramsey
Raritan Valley
Rolling Green
Roselle
Mendham
Twin Brooks
Valley Brook
Warrenbrook
Wild Turkey

and maybe a few others depending upon your radius  

[PCCraig]

There aren't any golf cities on the east coast that are overlooked.

[Phil McDade]

There aren't any golf cities on the east coast that are overlooked.

I think there's a decent argument -- made by someone already I think - that Providence/greater Rhode Island is overlooked. A bunch of good Ross courses there, plus a few others. And there is some good stuff in upstate New York that doesn't get much mention beyond the Rochester usual suspects.

[Ed Homsey]

Patrick-- If I read an earlier post of yours correctly, you gave some credit to Travis for Mountain Ridge.  As Archivist for the Travis Society, I would be very interested in your source.  Mountain Ridge is not a part of the Travis Society's listings of Travis golf course projects.  It is entirely possible that we've missed it.

I am surprised that Rochester, NY is not listed, though that may be because it is not an "overlooked golf city".

How about:  Oak Hill East (Ross/Jones/Fazio and West (Ross), Monroe Golf Club (Ross, with Hanss resto), CC of Rochester (Ross/Jones with Hanss resto), Midvale (Jones' first 18 hole course), Brookea CC (Ross), Cobblestone Creek (Hurdzan)

[Mark Pearce]

Jon,

Newcastle is a great city for a night out but is severely lacking in really top quality golf.

[Jud_T]

Amsterdam?  Virtually nobody talks about it, besides GCA up and comer Frank Pont, but the courses look fabulous.  And probably not the worst place to visit outside of golf either...

[Jon Wiggett]

Jon,

Newcastle is a great city for a night out but is severely lacking in really top quality golf.

Jesus, someone suggested the Toon?!! London was bad enough - there are no great courses in either town.

Well there is Close House, Seaton Carew and Goswick which are not too shabby. Bamburgh is okay too as is New Biggin. Surprised you 'overlooked' these courses

Jon

[Rees Milikin]

How about Chatanooga for a really off the radar pick.  Honors and Lookout get a lot of love here, but lots of other hidden gems.   Throw in Black Creek and Chatanooga CC and that's quite a line up for a pretty small town.

I agree with you, especially for a smaller city.

For larger cities Minneapolis/St. Paul and possibly Milwaukee.

[John Scharon]

Brian,

Late to the thread, but here's another vote for Cleveland.  Admittedly biased, as I've lived and played here for 40 years.  Here's my list of private and public courses I'd play any time and be guaranteed to have a challenge, or fun, or both.

Cleveland Area Courses – All within 1 ½ hour drive from city center

Private

Canterbury
Kirtland
Brookside
Sand Ridge
Country
Pepper Pike
Shaker
Congress Lake
Firestone
Sharon
Chagrin Valley
Portage
Mayfield
Beechmont
Barrington
Westwood
Lakewood
Glenmoor
Fairlawn
Westfield
Medina
Oberlin
Fox Meadow
Red Tail
Weymouth
Avon Oaks
Shady Hollow
Silver Lake

Public

Sleepy Hollow
Manakiki
Hawthorne Valley
Quarry
Fowlers Mill
Shale Creek
Pine Hills
Sawmill Creek
Madison
Boulder Creek
Stonewater
Little Mountain
Eagle Creek
Hawks Nest
Deer Ridge
Good Park
Thunderbird Hills
Raintree
Rawiga
Chippewa

Sadly, we've recently lost Acacia and Oakwood, both Ross privates, and Aurora, a public, all of which would have made my lists.