Well, since there is a thread on the top 5 you HAVE played, what 5 ... or 15 do you WANT TO PLAY?


Here's my top 5

The Kingsley Club (MI)
The Ocean Course (SC)
Forest Dunes (MI)
Pine Needles (NC)
Bethpage Black (NY)


And with 7+ days off work that I have to burn before the end of '07, likely I'll hit up the two southern courses... yay!


others include:

Angel's Crossing (MI)
Shepherd's Hollow (MI)
Black Lake (MI)
A-Ga Ming (MI)
True Blue and Caledonia (SC)
Tobacco Road (NC)
Mid Pines (NC)

Courses I'd Love to Play:

National Golf Links
Bandon Resort
Chicago Golf
Shoreacres
Shinnecock Hills


Dream Golf Trip:

Australia

Pebble
Shinnecock
St. Andrews
Ballybunion
Bandon (again - yes, it is that good)

Top 5 courses i would like to play

1 . St Andrews old course
2. Pine Valley
3. Oakmont
4. Carnoustie
5. Bethpage Black

Courses I'd love to play:

Augusta National (can't believe nobody mentioned it yet)
Pine Valley
Pebble Beach & Cypress Point

Dream trips:
Ireland- including Ballybunion (sp?)
Scotland- must include St. Andrews Old Course
Australia- sandbelt region- must include Royal Melbourne

1. Augusta National
2. Old Course at St. Andrews
3. "Majlis" course at Emirates Golf Club - Dubai
4. Pebble Beach
5. Blue Monster - Doral

Courses I haven't played that I want to:

1. Pine Valley (maybe in the works through a friend who knows a member)
2. Royal County Down
3. Old Course
4. Shinnecock
5. Carnoustie
6. Royal Dornoch
7. Cyprus Point
8. National Golf Links
9. Oakmont
10. Bandon
11. Merion

Bethpage Black was number 6 on the last but I played there 3 weeks ago. It was one of those things that I kept talking about and never did, finally I decided I was really going to go. I wish I would have went sooner. If you are remotely thinking about going, GO NOW. It is that good.

Lets See...
1. Augusta National
2. St. Andrews Old Course
3. Oakmont
4. Carnoustie
5. Pebble Beach

1. Old course St. Andrews
2. Augusta National
3. Pebble Beach
4. Cypress Point
5. Oakmont
6. PineHurst
7. Lanai, Hawaii

Top 5 I have been fortunate to play.
1. 4 seasons resort course, Great Exuma, bahamas 78 2. White Witch, Montego Bay Bahamas 74 3. CaboDelSol Ocean course 78 tips 4. Firerock CC Scottsdale, AZ 81 5. Desert Highlands CC Scottsdale, AZ 74 been pretty fortunate so far

just recently played bandon and pac dunes so i will leave those out even though i will make a return trip
very soon

anyways in order

1. shinnecock
2. muirfield
3. pine valley
4. cypress point
5. the country club - brookline (composite open course)

others in contention - augusta, royal portrush, carnoustie, barnbougle dunes, oakmont

Seminole CC (FL)
Bethpage Black (NY)
Royal County Down (Ireland)
The Country Club Brookline (MA)
Oakmont CC (PA)


I think....

Top 5 that i want to play and will have a chance to

1 Muirfield (Booked for June 12 2008)
2 Pebble Beach
3 Spyglass Hill
4 Shadow Creek
5 Royal Troon

The ones in the States are trips planned for next 4 years. Troon will complete the Open courses in Scotland.

Augusta National

Muirfield Village

Pebble Beach

Loch Lomond

Muirfield

How can Augusta not be on everyones list? Have you guys all played there. I mean WTF???

1.) Augusta
2.) Old Course
3.) Pine Valley
4.) Pebble
5.) Bandon Dunes (Mid Am is there so I hope I can qualify)

Ones that I haven't played and have a reasonable chance of playing:

1. Pacific Dunes
2. TPC @ Sawgrass
3. St. Andrews Old Course
4. Pinehurst #2
5. Erin Hills

Dare to dream-

1. Augusta
2. Winged Foot
3. St. Andrews
4. Shinnecock Hills
5. Ballybunion

Top 5...
1 - Augusta National
2 - Oakmont
3 - Pine Valley
4 - Shinnecock Hills
5 - Loch Lomond

Honorable Mentions
- Tobbaco Road
- Merion
- Cypress Point
- National Golf Links
- Carnoustie

Top 5 courses I WILL play before I die:

1.) Augusta
2.) Pine Valley
3.) Cypress
4.) Oakmont
5.) Seminole CC
6.) Pebble Beach (playing there on Tuesday actually)

I'm telling you people, do not leave Bandon and Pacific Dunes off your list!

1. Augusta
2. Pebble Beach
3. St. Andrews
4. Pine Valley
5. Shinnecock

1. Augusta National
2. Pine Valley
3. Royal Troon
4. Cypress Point
5. Colonial Country Club

1) Augusta Nat'l
2) Pebble Beach
3) TPC Sawgrass
4) Bandon Dunes
5) Shadow Creek

There are plenty of others, but decisions, decision...

I'll be realistic with my budget and travel constraints. I've already played one of them thanks to Tachus. He got me on the Foxwoods Casino course, Lake of Isles, that was awesome.

I'd like to do...

#1 Bethpage Black - It's only 3 hrs. from me
#2 Newport National - Links course, very tough, right on the ocean, 1hr. from me
#3 Doral - It's less than an hour from our shop in Florida. I go there 5-6 times a year and I play with my boss here all the time
#4 TPC Sawgrass - Again, right near the shop in Florida
#5 Was the Casino course but I'll replace it with Pinehurst. My buddy has an apt. still right near there. He lives up here now but goes down a lot. He's played it twice. That would be a good early spring road trip.

My top 5 courses that I would love to play some day:
1. Augusta National
2. St Andrews Old Course
3. Bethpage Black
4. Pebble Beach
5. Torrey Pines


Have already played the following noteworthy courses:
1. TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course - awesome, worth every penny
2. Ko Olina (Oahu, Hawaii) - wish every course could be this pristine, had a great round
3. Ko'olau (Oahu, Hawaii) - reputedly the hardest course in the nation, had a great time
4. Mayakoba El Cameleon (Cancun) - absolutely beautiful with one hole literally on the beach
5. Los Encinos (Toluca, Mexico City) - a private club, so very special indeed since the caddy helped a lot

1. Cypress Point
2. Augusta National
3. Pebble Beach
4. St. Andrews Old Course
5. Shadow Creek

I'll go with 15.....

Wentworth West
Loch Lomond
Muirfield
St. Andrews Old
Turnberry Ailsa
Augusta National
Sawgrass
Bay Hill
Pebble Beach
Leopard Creek
Fancourt
Emirates GC
The Grove
Celtic Manor Roman Road
Baltusrol

Top 5 in places I actually visit:

1. Crystal Downs CC (MI)
2. Muskegon CC (MI)
3. Minikhada C (MN)
4. Interlachen CC (MN)
5. Somerset CC (MN) or one of several other Twin Cities private courses


Top 5 "maybe someday it will be possible":

1. Pinehurst #2 (NC)
2. Pine Needles (NC) - next trip for sure
3. Pebble Beach (CA)
4. Whistling Straits (WI)
5. St. Andrews (Scotland)
5b. Bethpage Black (NY)

Top 5 "yeah, right, h*** would have to freeze over first"

1. Augusta
2. Shinnecock Hills
3. Pine Valley
4. Cypress Point
5. Shadow Creek

Public courses in the US -

1 - Bandon & Pacific Dunes
2 - Whistling Straits & Blackwolf Run
3 - Bethpage Black
4 - Pinehurst #2
T5 - Arcadia Bluffs, Shadow Creek, TPC Sawgrass

Private Courses in the US -

1 - Augusta National
2 - Shinnecock Hills
3 - Cypress Point
4 - Pine Valley
T5 - Oakmont, Crystal Downs, Congressional

Courses Outside the US

1 - Old Course St. Andrews
2 - Royal County Down
3 - Barnbougle Dunes
4 - Royal Melbourne
T5 - Troon, Ballybunion, Royal Portrush

Augusta National
Sea Island - Seaside Course
Old Head (in Ireland)
St. Andrews
Pebble Beach

1. The Old Course
2. Pebble Beach
3. Augusta National
4. Ballybunion
5. Pine Valley

the 5 courses i want to play before I die are

1. Sunningdale (old)
2. Wentworth
3. Oakmont
4. Turnberry
5. Augusta
6. Loch Lomond

besides for the courses on everyone's lists: augusta, the old course, oakmont, shinnecock, pebble beach, bethpage, carnoustie, and more...

i would love to play al ruwaya in the UAE when it gets finished, the course that tiger's designing...

The developer who did Bandon Dunes and all of those courses is a member at the club that I am currently working at. But on to my 5 that I would have a realistic chance at playing are:

Crystal Downs
Chicago Golf Club
Oakland Hills South
Medina CC
Kingsley Club

In no particular order...

1. Augusta
2. Cypress
3. Pine Valley
4. The Old Course

There's a bunch of courses I could throw in the last spot...

5. Muirfield (Ohio)

Five More:

Wade Hampton
Sage Valley
Winged Foot (West Course)
Bethpage Black
Carnoustie

St Andrews..Pebble..Bandon..Pinehurst and Tiger's first course whenever it opens(maybe TPC Sawgrass)!! Augusta, Cypress and Pine Valley ..Ahh heck Ive gotta better chance of dating Halle Berry!

littlepingman, i like your first two sage valley and wade hampton are both unbelievable courses have been fortunate to play both

Pinehurst No. 2
Bandon
Whistling Straits
Quarry at Giant's Ridge
Winged Foot
Oakmont

St Andrews Old
Augusta National
Loch Lomond
Wentworth
Cape Kidnappers (NZ) - I have family out there and I'm trying to wangle a round there next time we visit from London

Augusta (will never happen)
Pebble Beach
Old Course
Shadow Creek (will play in december)
Old Head
Emirates Golf Club (problably next year)
Wolf Creek (also december)
The Grove
...
etc etc etc
too much to dream...

I want to go play Rustic Canyon. Adam Mull said the course was in great shape. I will play from the tips using a modern driver and Pro V1X to spite Shackelford. I'll carry every dogleg and bomb and gouge my way through the course to ensure that I don't play it is the architect intended. I'll also leave a dook in the men's room and not flush.

I need to play Dragon Ridge. The reviews of the driving range and locker rooms are top notch. Samm980 gave it two thumbs up.

and to round out my 5:

Augusta
St. Andrews
Pebble

There is a course in Augusta, Ga. I'd love to play, the one chance I've
had got thunder stormed out.
Others would be:
Whistling Straits
Brandon Dunes
Bethpage Black
Muirfield Village (Ohio)

Wade Hampton is beautiful without a doubt, I haven't played it yet, but I have seen it many times when I am up in that area.

I hear Sage Valley really awesome as well. It stinks living in Augusta, having two of the most beautiful courses in the country here (Augusta National being the other of course), without too much of a chance of playing either.

I shouldn't complain too much. I have played TPC @ Sawgrass, Kiawah Island Ocean Course and Pinehurst #2. Those are pretty much the pinnacles that I have been fortunate enough to play.