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Erich Jr.

Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« on: December 18, 2003, 04:02:52 PM »
Since the year is winding down and we have discussed courses we have played.  I would be curious as to what your favorite new hole that you saw this year.

Mine would be the 3rd at Sand Hills.  Absolute perfection in my eyes.
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Brian_Gracely

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2003, 04:06:45 PM »
#9 at Turnberry or #14 at Monterey Peninsula when the sun was setting.  Setting and beauty trumped architecture no both accounts.
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bakerg

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2003, 04:07:45 PM »
My favorite has to be the 6th hole at WildHorse.  This is the hole that doesn't have a single bunker on it and doesn't need one.  Absolute perfection.  It just flows with the land beutifully and was my favorite this year.
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Tommy_Naccarato

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2003, 04:15:46 PM »
Modern-All 18 holes at Friars Head
Classic-#1 at NGLA brings tears to my eyes.
         -#18 may be my favorite hole of all time.
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Tyler Kearns

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Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2003, 04:22:22 PM »
#15 at Cypress Point was the best that I saw, truely inspiring, the best that I played, #9 at Sutton Bay. Great setting, beautiful view, and a strategic hole that can really bit if you get a little greedy.

Tyler Kearns
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blasbe1

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2003, 04:25:52 PM »
My top two short holes:  10 at Pacific Dunes and 11 at Hidden Creek.
 
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rgkeller

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2003, 04:33:39 PM »
The Sixteenth at Garden City.

The perfect little pond makes the hole.
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Kelly_Blake_Moran

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2003, 04:36:22 PM »
#18 NGLA
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EAF

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2003, 04:41:05 PM »
The best new hole that I played was the par 4 15th at World Woods Pine Barrens (Brooksville, FL) course. The 2nd best new hole was the par 4 5th hole at Belleair CC (Clearwater, FL).

The absolute best holes I played this year were Bethpage Black #1-18!

Eric Felker
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SPDB

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Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2003, 04:43:12 PM »
#6 at Pacific Dunes.

Re fell in love with:

#9 at Misquamicut.
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Jimmy Muratt

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Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2003, 04:53:44 PM »
Best Par 4:
Monroe Golf Club in Rochester, NY
#17   397 yards

Best Par 3:
Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, PA
#16   153 yards

Best Par 5:
Kinloch Golf Club in Manakin-Sabot, VA
#11  495 yards
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ddavid426

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2003, 04:55:01 PM »
Has to be the 9th at RCD.  Just standing up there and thinking I am only half way through 18 and reflecting on the previous 8 holes sends shivers down your spine.
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Scott_Burroughs

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Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2003, 04:55:12 PM »
Modern:

Probably #15 Inniscrone over #4 Kinloch, #13 Rustic Canyon, #9 TPC@Wakefield Plantation, #15 French Creek, #4 Royal New Kent (all have a common feature - central hazards), #11 Barona Creek.

Classic:

#3 Olympia Fields (North)

If I went back a full year (365 days), 12/23/2002, would include Cypress Point, and almost every hole would top this list.
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George Pazin

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Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2003, 05:06:53 PM »
Played - I really loved The Rawls Course, holes 4-8, with 4 or 7 being my favorite. Probably 7.

Saw - Loved all the holes at Oakmont. 1-3 were awesome, 6, 8, unbelievable, 12 & 17 unreal, but I think I liked 10 the best. Tough call between 10 & 12, though. Would've really loved 8 if Forrest's friend hadn't butchered it. (JUST KIDDING)
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DPL11

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2003, 05:21:58 PM »
#12 at Oakmont-Hands Down!

Doug
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Jeff_Mingay

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Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2003, 05:23:52 PM »
I can't pick only one, so...

-The yet to be played 1st, 8th, 9th, 12th and 13th at Mike DeVries' new Greywalls course at Marquette G&CC, Upper Peninsula, Michigan; scheduled to open late summer 2004.

-The 2nd, 7th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th and 18th at Blackhawk GC (Rod Whitman) in suburban Edmonton, Alta.

-And I have to second Tommy Naccarato's nomination of all 18 holes at Friar's Head. A legendary piece of work from Coore, Crenshaw and company, indeed.
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A_Clay_Man

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2003, 05:27:14 PM »
shiv- this is like rugby, no rules.

Par 3- tie #3 Redlands Mesa, #10 TRC & #17 The Hideout Ut.

Par 4- tie # 8 TRC, #14 & 17 Black mesa

Par 5- tie #13 Black Mesa, # 18 TRC
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JNC Lyon

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Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2003, 05:30:46 PM »
This was a shoo-in:

#18 at Oak Hill's East Course, during the PGA, final round, final game, approach shot to the green. Was there a better shot this year?
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G_Tiska

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2003, 05:45:21 PM »
Troon # 4
Turnberry # 5 and #9
Fishers #11
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Ken_Cotner

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #19 on: December 18, 2003, 05:50:37 PM »
Quote from: Shivas on December 18, 2003, 05:04:03 PM

(PS -- When Huckaby gets around to responding to this after yet another sojourn on the Clorox watch spent rating a CCFAD in NorCal  ;D, the Vegas line on holes mentioned is 5 1/2.)  

I'll take the over.  (smiley, smiley...)
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Michael Moore

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Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #20 on: December 18, 2003, 06:04:14 PM »
Friar's Head #7

by a mile
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #21 on: December 18, 2003, 06:31:50 PM »
Erich Jr.,
I would say the 5th at Sankaty Head is my choice although I found it hard to single out just one from the large number of good holes at this course.
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Steve Lapper

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Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #22 on: December 18, 2003, 06:33:16 PM »
#8,9,15,16,17 at CPC
#4,7,10,14,15 at Friars Head
All of PVGC
#1,10,18 at WFW

All in all plenty of "bests" for this year :D
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ian

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #23 on: December 18, 2003, 06:39:03 PM »
New Hole:
15th at French Creek, a perfect golf hole, and short too.

Old:
10th at Lehigh impressed the hell out of me for its approach options.
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marker

Re:Best Golf Hole You Saw This Year
« Reply #24 on: December 18, 2003, 07:24:57 PM »
Quote from: Tommy_Naccarato on December 18, 2003, 04:15:46 PM
Modern-All 18 holes at Friars Head




That's an usbiased answer if there ever was one.

You expect us to ever give you credibility again?
Oh, BTW:

Riviera #10 for me.
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