Top 5 Courses You Have Played

[Hack69]

Oakmont CC
Torrey Pines north and south
TPC Scottsdale(115 degrees)
Orange County National
Pumpkin Ridge

Couple local courses(Pgh.)
Olde Stonewall
Penn National
Tom's Run
Avalon Lakes

[wreiman]

TPC PGA West
TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course
TPC Sawgrass Valley Course
[color="#1C2837"]Merion East [/color]
[color="#1C2837"]Charleston National[/color]

[byw]

Austin Country Club
Shoal Creek
Westmount Golf and Country Club
Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club
Pga West Stadium course
La Cantera

[clutchfan]

My top 5: (by the way, I am very jealous of some of your lists!!)

1. Firestone south course, Akron
2. Kapalua Plantation, Maui
3. Wailea gold/emerald courses, Maui
4. Highland Meadows, Toledo (Jamie Farr, LPGA)
5. Caledonia, South Carolina

[BlackDiamondPar5]

All public:
1. Grand Niagara, Niagara Falls, Canada
2. Waldorf Astoria, Orlando, FL
3. Battlefield at Legends of Niagara, Canada
4. Usshers Creek at Legends of Niagara, Canada
5. Inlet golf club, Old Forge, NY (not as fancy as the above four, but a great course and bonus points for the beauty of the Adirondack mountains which surround it.)

[ia hawkeye fan]

Top 5 I have played:

1. Whistling Straits.....Kolher, WI
2. Murder Rock ( John Dalys course)....Branson, Mo
3. Bethpage Black Golf Course.....Farmingdale, NY
4. Eagle Ridge....Galena, IL
5. Trappers Turn...Wisconsin Dells, WI
Or
TPC of Deere Run.....Silvis, IL

I Would love to play some day:

1. [color=#1C2837]Augusta National[/color]
[color=#1C2837]2. [/color][color=#1C2837]TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course[/color]
[color=#1C2837]3. [/color][color=#1C2837]The Old Course[/color]
[color=#1C2837]4. Pebble Beach[/color]
[color="#1C2837"]5. [/color][color=#1C2837]Harbor Town[/color]

[Prairie Golfer]

The only remotely notable course in the world I've ever set foot on is Augusta National for three practice rounds.

Top 5 private (all played in high school matches more than twenty years ago)

1. Champaign Country Club
2. Lincolnshire Fields C.C. (Champaign, IL)
3. Arrowhead Country Club (Edelstein, IL, IHSA State tournament and the longest distance I've traveled to play golf, 83 miles)
4. Danville Country Club (Danville, IL)
5. Urbana Country Club (Urbana, IL)

Top 5 public

1. The Den at Fox Creek (Bloomington,IL)
2. Prairie Vista (Bloomington, IL)
3. Lake of the Woods (Mahomet, IL and my home course)
4. Illinois State University Golf Course (Normal, IL)
5. Hickory Point (Decatur, IL)

[Sizzle]

1. Pebble Beach
2. Crystal Downs
3. Olympic
4. all 4 at Bandon...
5. Pasatiempo

do I have to stop at 5?

[InspiredTP]

[quote name='GC7' timestamp='1163037724' post='327915']
Grimace

Merion WEST is their second course which is a fantastic quirky 6000 yard gem about 1 mile away from

Merion East which will hold the US Open once again in 13. Merion East might just be the best parkland golf course in the world.
[/quote]

Exciting news, I'm playing the east tomorrow!

Here are my favorites in no particular order

Baltimore CC East - Lutherville, MD
TPC Boston - Norton, MA
Old Marsh - Palm Beach Gardens, FL
The Old White (Greenbrier) - White Sulphur Springs, WV
Caves Valley - Owings Mills, MD
Burning Tree - Bethesda, MD

[NCGolfDude]

The Ocean Course- Kiaweh Island, SC Beautiful and deadly- I got my butt whipped, but I loved it- incredibly beautiful..some day I hope to see a U.S. Open there.
Tobacco Road - Rock and Roll golf-
Tot Hill Farms- Rocks, Boulders, Betty's creek runs all over the course--- If Betty doesn't get you the boulders will
River's Edge- the last several holes are a fader's nightmare...Inlet all down the right. I think it's Arnie's best design.
Anderson Creek/ and Long Bay - tie... Can't believe more people don't rave about Davis Love's classic design at Anderson Creek.

[pinseek]

Hi All, Those are some great courses and great choices. These are mine and I might add very difficult to narrow to 5. These are not in order of preference
Caledonia Golf and Fish Club, Pawley's Island, SC.
Plantation Course, Kapalua, Maui, Hi.
Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pa.
Southern Hills, Tulsa, Ok.
Ocean Hammock, Palm Coast, Fl.
Poipu Bay, Kuaui, Hi.
Ok It's 6 and I could go on.

[Bertha10]

-Cypress Point
-Bandon Dunes
-Pacific Dunes (Old Mac coming in March)
-Pebble
-Spyglass

[Albatros]

Pebble Beach
Pumpkin Ridge
Spyglass
Luana Hills - (not rated as highly, but a personal favorite)
Kapalua Plantation

[pliebman]

pebble beach
spyglass
bay hill
key biscayne
lake merced

[hack]

Top five would include:

1. Pebble Beach
2. Spyglass
3. Coyote Moon (Truckee, CA)
4. Harding Park (really liked the setting of the course)
5. Darkhorse (Auburn, CA) or Granite Bay CC (Granite Bay, CA)

I've visited, but didn't play Kapalua. Would like to play Kapalua during the next Maui trip. Also, I will likely play Chambers Bay and two of the Bandon Dunes courses (Pacific and Bandon) during the next year.

[Par 76]

1. Muirfield Village Golf Club Dublin, OH
2. Scioto Country Club Upper Arlington,OH
3. Inverness Toledo, OH
4. Carmargo CC Cincy, OH
5. Columbus CC Columbus, OH

[Bad9]

In no particular order

Pinehurst #2
Whistling Straits
Sawgrass Stadium
Highland Links
Long Bay

[more]

Update:

Cypress Point, Pebble Beach, Oakmont, Olympic Club - Lake, San Francisco Golf Club.

[birdiemachine]

Carne
Bandon/Pac Dunes/Old Macdonald
Prestwick
Royal County Down
Sand Hills



Obviously I have a preference for links courses that play firm and fast.

[jrk14]

1. RTJ
2. The Golf Club
3. Teeth of the Dog
4. Royal County Downs
5. Congressional blue

[slickster2]

All played in Ireland,

1#Royal Portrush,
2#Royal County Down,
3#Lahinch Golf Club,
4#Waterville Golf Club
and finally
5# Adare Golf Club

[blkjazz]

[size="3"]Pebble Beach[/size]
[size="3"]Spyglass Hill[/size]
[size="3"]Sedona[/size]
[size="3"]Maderas[/size]
[size="3"]Cuscowilla[/size]

[putterho009]

1-Beth Page Black
2- Coppinwood
3-The Granit club
4- Scarborough golf & country club
5 - Ridge @ manitou

[CassinoNorth]

Public/Private NY Metro Area:

1. Bethpage Black
2. Ballyowen Golf Club
3. Berkshire Valley Golf Club
4. Wild Turkey Golf Club
5. Crystal Springs Golf Club

[blonday]

Here goes... played all these in tournaments...

Private

Fishers Island
Oak Hill CC
Hartford GC
Century CC
Plainfield CC

Public

Bethpage Black
Kiawah Ocean Course
Tidewater Plantation GC
Torrey Pines South
Crandon Park GC

[Golf238]

How would you compare Old Mac to Pac Dunes?

[quote name='birdiemachine' timestamp='1294260135' post='2876816']
Carne
Bandon/Pac Dunes/Old Macdonald
Prestwick
Royal County Down
Sand Hills



Obviously I have a preference for links courses that play firm and fast.
[/quote]

[jh19]

Played:

1. Augusta
2. Pinehurst #2 (Played the Thursday after the '05 Open)
3. Bull's Bay
4. Sawgrass
5. Cliffs: Vineyards

[jamesr007]

1. National Golf Links of America(1911) South Hampton NY
2. Bethpage Black (1936) Farmingdale NY *home course growing up*
3. Pinehurst #2 (1935) Pinehurst NC
4. Garden City G.C (1899) Garden City NY
5. Maidstone Club (1924) East Hampton NY

[rocketman76]

i've played a few well known courses in my time working for FJ but in all honesty only Kiawah makes the list. Dundonald is close, but not quite good enough. I'm 35 but an old school links fan so:

Royal St.Davids
Kiawah Island - Ocean Course
Vilamoura - Old Course
Royal Liverpool
The European

Honorable mentions - well worth a visit if you're in the area!!
Hunstanton - (East Anglia)
Arosa resort - Faldo course - Germany
Dundonald - (Scotland)
royal west norfolk - (East Anglia)
Nefyn - (North Wales) - (for the views more than the golf)
St.Andrews - New (Scotland)
Beau Dessert - (Staffordshire)
Sandiway - (Cheshire)
Woodhall Spa - (LIncolnshire)
plus many more i've no doubt forgotten

Over rated
Wentworth- its good, but not that good..
Belfry - dull, you wait half the round for the 10th, and its a dog $hit golf hole.

[Fred78]

Pebble Beach
Spyglass Hill
Cascata
Shadow Creek
Wolf Creek