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Jeff Evagues

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #25 on: June 04, 2020, 05:49:24 PM »
I'll take Plantation House at Kapalua - best view in the world.
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David Jones

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #26 on: June 04, 2020, 06:06:26 PM »
The food at Muirfield is not without fault I’m afraid as the Yorkshire puddings are just frozen Aunt Bessies reheated. The meat however is from Anderson’s in North Berwick and can’t be faulted.


Some other notables -


The whole lobster amuse bouche at NGLA followed by classic cottage pie with a very reasonably priced bottle of Cloudy Bay


I’m with Adam Lawrence on the French experience. The plat de jour on the terrace at Morfontaine is something special


Monte Rei and Finca Cortesin both had great jamon and rioja


Sunningdale - A salmon and scallops in a lobster bisque was as good as anything on these isles!


Good as these were, only in Spain did the quality of the food beat the quality of golf!

John Kirk

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #27 on: June 04, 2020, 06:26:26 PM »
My first thought was the lunch at Baltimore Country Club.  Great home style cooking.  Fresh bread.  Homemade soup.  Nothing fancy.  I enjoyed the East course very much as well.  A great place to play golf and have a bite afterwards.

Eric Smith

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #28 on: June 04, 2020, 06:34:44 PM »
The fried pork chop and sweet tea on the patio at The Honors Course comes to mind. Oh my ..

Chris Kane

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #29 on: June 04, 2020, 07:15:00 PM »
Mayacama. They take their food and drink very seriously.

Tim Leahy

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #30 on: June 04, 2020, 07:57:15 PM »
Roy's at Spanish Bay with it's great ocean view, seafood and bagpiper at sunset.
Burgerdog is a close second.
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Tommy Williamsen

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #31 on: June 04, 2020, 11:09:31 PM »
I'll take Plantation House at Kapalua - best view in the world.


My wife swears the best meal she ever had was at Kapalua.
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Mark Pearce

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #32 on: June 05, 2020, 05:50:34 AM »
Obviously Muirfield takes some beating.


That said, the quail before my round at CPC was made even better by the view over 17 and 16.
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Jeff Schley

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #33 on: June 05, 2020, 08:30:05 AM »
Not the end all, but I always use TCG as a starting point for it compiles such comprehensive info on many topics.  Not surprisingly they have listed Best Lunch as well.  Here are those:
Vol 1
  • Prestwick
  • Trump International
  • Swinley Forest
  • HCEG
  • Sunningdale
  • Royal Worlington & Newmarket
  • Alwoodley
  • Waterville
  • Carne
  • Kingsbarns
Vol 2
  • Los Leones
  • Kapalua (Plantation)
  • Sherwood
  • Lima CC
  • CC of Birmingham
  • Dorado Beach
  • Bear's Club
  • Stone Eagle
  • LACC
  • Shadow Creek
Vol. 3
  • NGLA
  • Jasper Park
  • Sand Hills
  • Medinah
  • Deepdale
  • Cherry Hills
  • Mt. Bruno
  • Calgary CC
  • Sebonack
Vol. 5
  • Anyang
  • Whistling Rock
  • Hong Kong GC
  • Shek O
  • Kawana Hotel
  • Kauri Cliffs
  • The National (Aus.)
  • Karuizawa
  • Tollygunge
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Shane Wright

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #34 on: June 05, 2020, 09:01:49 AM »
My all time favorites


1. Prestwick - while much like Muirfield, carvery/cheeses/desserts and Kummel, the smaller room, the jacket and tie, the fact that you are at the home of the first Open championship, the closeness of the group in the room, the pictures on the walls, the room with windows and cocktails next to the dining room, the ability to converse with others without worrying about too many rules, etc etc.  It all added up to just about perfection.


2. R & A - I had a mince meat stew.  And kind of funny, I felt like it was that way because there are so many elder members who needed the "mince" help.  But before we started lunch, having a couple of beers near the bay window on the 1st tee of the Old Course just seemed about as peaceful as one could be in an indoor setting.  Watching groups go off the first tee and come up the 18th was unforgettable.  The impressive wine list did not hurt either!  But probably my favorite part was seeing the library and championship belts from the original Open championships.


3. Sand Hills - Ben's Porch - It's really simple - a burger, usually on a pretzel bun, if you aren't watching your carbs.  Then a potato salad, oreo cookie salad, or a pasta salad washed down with whatever if your drink of choice.  The leather strapped, wooden backed chairs offer the perfect place to sit while you watch a vista that goes on forever with strips of green golf holes carved out of a moonscape.  The burgers are incredible, but the place, the people, and the sounds make you feel as if you are in another world.

Richard Fisher

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #35 on: June 05, 2020, 09:30:51 AM »
Slightly depends on whether lunch is an integral part of a 36 hole day, as in the UK it tends to be...

So, Sunday lunch or a 'match lunch' at Huntercombe or The Sacred Nine, both with really good local meats and trimmings and Plus One puddings
Swinley (with breaded plaice as a fourth course option)
Rye (where you can have the full monty or the 'soup and cheese' option)
Luffness (the only golf club at which I have been served roast partridge) - LNGC often described as an Edinburgh lunch club with golf course attached...
Hoylake  - the upstairs dining room in my favourite golf club on the Open rota, with a unique atmosphere
Muirfield, Prestwick, RStG - hard to choose between the Big Three, but as Shane says above there is something very special about the Prestwick dining room
I also have very fond memories of home-made mushroom soup at Westward Ho!, incredibly fresh fish at Thorpeness, and the fullest Full English breakfast ever seen at Goswick. A Cornish Pasty served through the hatch at Tadmarton is likewise etched on my mind, years after consumption.

Joel Pear

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #36 on: June 05, 2020, 09:47:10 AM »
The brat at the turn at Erin Hills, was the best brat I have ever had!

Tim Martin

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #37 on: June 05, 2020, 09:48:28 AM »
Manhattan Clam Chowder at Hollywood GC is the ticket!


MCirba

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #38 on: June 05, 2020, 09:56:37 AM »
It's tough to beat the formal lunch at Muirfield, burgers on Ben's Porch at Sand Hills, Nunan's Lobster Hut after a round at Cape Arundel, or Ebisu Japanese restaurant for sushi/sashimi post PGA National, Cheesesteaks at Dalessandros's after Walnut Lane the Clam Chowder served complementary and complimentary on the course at Pine Lakes in Myrtle Beach, but...

I can honestly say that I've never enjoyed a meal more than the Beefburgers out of the Stewart Sandwich infrared cookers I devoured between nine hole rounds at the first course I ever played as a kid, Scott-View Golf Course (NKA "Scott Greens") in Scott Township, PA.   Sad to say, they are no longer available but I can still smell them cooking and taste the mouth-watering goodness as I type.




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Steve Lapper

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #39 on: June 05, 2020, 10:05:02 AM »
Not the end all, but I always use TCG as a starting point for it compiles such comprehensive info on many topics.  Not surprisingly they have listed Best Lunch as well.  Here are those:
Vol 1
  • Prestwick
  • Trump International
  • Swinley Forest
  • HCEG
  • Sunningdale
  • Royal Worlington & Newmarket
  • Alwoodley
  • Waterville
  • Carne
  • Kingsbarns
Vol 2
  • Los Leones
  • Kapalua (Plantation)
  • Sherwood
  • Lima CC
  • CC of Birmingham
  • Dorado Beach
  • Bear's Club
  • Stone Eagle
  • LACC
  • Shadow Creek
Vol. 3
  • NGLA
  • Jasper Park
  • Sand Hills
  • Medinah
  • Deepdale
  • Cherry Hills
  • Mt. Bruno
  • Calgary CC
  • Sebonack
Vol. 5
  • Anyang
  • Whistling Rock
  • Hong Kong GC
  • Shek O
  • Kawana Hotel
  • Kauri Cliffs
  • The National (Aus.)
  • Karuizawa
  • Tollygunge


While Tom, Ran and Darius are each undeniably qualified to opine on all things architectual, their combined palate, skinny bellies, and commensurately their lunch venues fall short, save for a few choice picks that belong on anyone's list.


Adam, et.al, have it right. Nothing in my book comes close to a plat du jour at Morfontaine.


Places like Glen Oaks, Old Westbury, Friars Head, Garden City GC, Quaker Ridge, Mayacama, Brentwood, Madison Club, and Diamante all deserve a solid spot in any serious gourmands list.
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Bruce Katona

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #40 on: June 05, 2020, 10:21:40 AM »
I'll 3 rd The Plantation @ Kapalua.............Mrs. K & I have fantastic meal on the veranda along with a truly outstanding Mai Tai.  She'll return in a heartbeat, so says the skinny almost flat-bellied guy per Mr. Lapper above. 

Tim Martin

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #41 on: June 05, 2020, 10:32:18 AM »
Not the end all, but I always use TCG as a starting point for it compiles such comprehensive info on many topics.  Not surprisingly they have listed Best Lunch as well.  Here are those:
Vol 1
  • Prestwick
  • Trump International
  • Swinley Forest
  • HCEG
  • Sunningdale
  • Royal Worlington & Newmarket
  • Alwoodley
  • Waterville
  • Carne
  • Kingsbarns
Vol 2
  • Los Leones
  • Kapalua (Plantation)
  • Sherwood
  • Lima CC
  • CC of Birmingham
  • Dorado Beach
  • Bear's Club
  • Stone Eagle
  • LACC
  • Shadow Creek
Vol. 3
  • NGLA
  • Jasper Park
  • Sand Hills
  • Medinah
  • Deepdale
  • Cherry Hills
  • Mt. Bruno
  • Calgary CC
  • Sebonack
Vol. 5
  • Anyang
  • Whistling Rock
  • Hong Kong GC
  • Shek O
  • Kawana Hotel
  • Kauri Cliffs
  • The National (Aus.)
  • Karuizawa
  • Tollygunge


While Tom, Ran and Darius are each undeniably qualified to opine on all things architectual, their combined palate, skinny bellies, and commensurately their lunch venues fall short, save for a few choice picks that belong on anyone's list.


Adam, et.al, have it right. Nothing in my book comes close to a plat du jour at Morfontaine.


Places like Glen Oaks, Old Westbury, Friars Head, Garden City GC, Quaker Ridge, Mayacama, Brentwood, Madison Club, and Diamante all deserve a solid spot in any serious gourmands list.


Tough to beat the cheeseburger at Quaker Ridge.

Adam Lawrence

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #42 on: June 05, 2020, 11:15:36 AM »

Tough to beat the cheeseburger at Quaker Ridge.


I'm not trying to be a tosser about this and I like a good burger as much as the next man, but if the best food you have had is a cheeseburger, you haven't had much good food.
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Pete Lavallee

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #43 on: June 05, 2020, 11:19:17 AM »
In the perfect elevation of ground meat, Delamere Forest has perhaps the best sausage rolls on the planet!
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Tim Martin

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #44 on: June 05, 2020, 12:28:49 PM »
Philly Cricket St. Martins followed by the “Schmitter” sandwich at McNally’s.

David Davis

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #45 on: June 05, 2020, 12:29:31 PM »
Seems more guidelines are needed on this. Most people are listing it based on their experience I guess rather than pure on food quality. If we skip experience and go by food quality then it's going to have to be one of the courses that hired a Michelin level chef I guess.


I doubt honestly the honor would be bestowed on anything in the US or UK though places like Ardfin and Loch Lomond would be up there somewhere.


South Cape Owners Club, Nine Bridges, Shanqin Bay, Ayodhya Links, Les Bordes even Bernardus in The Netherlands which received a Michelin star now if I'm not mistaken would blow away anything mentioned so far if you are only talking about quality of the meal.


Then again, if it's burgers and fries, a BBQ or a Deep fried Pork shank that floats your boat, or all the Kimmel you can handle then the obvious choices have all been mentioned. To be fair, it's really tough to get a great burger or steak as well and nearly every time someone has bragged up a meal someplace I've been rather disappointed in the food, can't say that about the experience itself as they are usually brilliant.
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Tim Martin

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #46 on: June 05, 2020, 12:38:21 PM »
Is there any place in the U.S. that requires you to change into a jacket and tie for lunch?

Tim Martin

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #47 on: June 05, 2020, 12:42:01 PM »

 or all the Kimmel you can handle


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Kalen Braley

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #48 on: June 05, 2020, 01:20:34 PM »
David,

I would submit that the same phenomena that makes it nearly impossible to be subjective while playing golf courses at elite venues, or next to water, or with jaw dropping views....applies to food critique.

Some of the most amazing items I've had were at places foodies and connoisseurs would snub thier noses at, and visa versa the most over priced and underwhelming meal I've had was at a very well regarded high end restaurant.

Put some of these aforementioned entree items in a restaurant or food truck on the other side of tracks, and they'd never be mentioned...

Tim Martin

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Re: Best Lunch in Golf?
« Reply #49 on: June 05, 2020, 01:26:07 PM »
David,

I would submit that the same phenomena that makes it nearly impossible to be subjective while playing golf courses at elite venues, or next to water, or with jaw dropping views....applies to food critique.

Some of the most amazing items I've had were at places foodies and connoisseurs would snub thier noses at, and visa versa the most over priced and underwhelming meal I've had was at a very well regarded high end restaurant.

Put some of these aforementioned entree items in a restaurant or food truck on the other side of tracks, and they'd never be mentioned...


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