I have played...

Pinehurst #2
Pinehurst #8
TPC @ Sawgrass
Country Club of North Carolina
Tanglewood Park *Championship Course*
World Woods *Pine Barrens*
Dothan Country Club


Favorite course...
#2
CCNC
World Woods
Dothan
Tanglewood
TPC @ Sawgrass (didn't do much for me, it seemed like every hole was the same up until the last 3)
Any Donald Ross course will make my top 10 favorite courses.

Just about any course at Treetops in Gaylord Michigan will rank way up there.

But i think my favorite is Wild Bluff in Brimley Michigan where they play the Canadian Open. Michele Wie has played that tournament

I should be adding more courses to my list soon, after my summer golf next year. There are a lot of course that I love to play but really aren't rated very highly.

the most "exotic" course I've played was Quinta da Marinha in Estoril (outside Lisbon) Portugal. Otherwise - I have not played too many exotic courses, but I really enjoy the "Tribute" here in the Dallas area, which has replicas from holes of famous English and Scottish courses.

www.quintadamarinha.com

Havent play any of the major courses, but my favortie so far has been Shenedoah and Kauylt at Turning Stone Resort.

Favorite Course:
Monticello McCormick, SC

The best I have played is the Grand Cypress Resort courses, especially the New Course. I was lucky enough to play there for an entire week for free so. Loved the resort as well. Great place!

Of the courses I've played, my favorites are:

Pinehurst #2
Pinehurst #7 (didn't play #8 #4, heard they're great)
TPC Sawgrass (Stadium)
Kampen Course (P.Dye design at Purdue Univ) great holes!

To play this summer (hopefully):

Congressional CC (Blue)
Bethpage Black

My fav has to be Pebble Beach, it was an awesome place to play and stay. everything was beyond first class all the way. I was on my honeymoon and every place we went the staff seemed to know that we were the honeymoon couple. we played on a day that was sunny, plenty of blue skies and no wind ( which is unusual) . was a great experience and the view were unbelievable , my avatar is me on the 7th green we also played Links at Spanish Bay and it was a fabulous course as well. my wife has been asking me if we are going back and I tell her whenever we can find the time and get some money saved we are there ! have to admit the whole Monterey area is a great place.... so many sights and wildlife to see, would love to move to the area some day.

I have not played a lot of notable courses, but of the ones I have my favorites are:

Kapalua
The Links at Spanish Bay
Cog Hill #4 (Dubsdread)
The Tribute
Barton Creek (Foothills and Canyons)

Hi all. My first post here. Hope its the first of many. The nicest courses I have played are:
Orange County National Crooked Cat
World Woods Pine Barrons
Bandon Dunes
Pacific Dunes

Bandon and Pacific Dunes are my favorites. Everything about that facility is fantastic.

Royal Co. Down, N. Ireland. A big hairy man-sized golf course, especially on a windy day. You can find gorse bushes as tall as your garage, and caddies have been lost in them.

http://www.royalcountydown.org/

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Wow, y'all have played some top-shelf courses! My favorite, so far, was outside Atlanta, Cherokee Run. They carved a course out of something like 10% of the acreage that was set aside for the equestrian events in the Summer Olympics. Good track, and no houses. More deer than people on the day we played.

Best I've played:

Hawk's Ridge - Ball Ground, GA
Bulle Rock - Havre de Grace, MD
World Woods - Pine Barrens and Rolling Oaks

Playing after the Tour Championship:

East Lake Golf Club - Atlanta, GA

I played Bulle Rock as well. I liked it a lot. It had a lot of character. My other favourite US courses are Maderas, San Diego; Pelican Hill, Newport Beach; Pinehill, in NJ near Pine Valley; Sand Barrens, Cape May, NJ.

I also really liked Stewart Creek, near Canmore in Alberta, Canada.

Here is my ranking of courses that I have played :

My top 10:


1- Shinnecock Hills
2- Pine Valley
3- World Woods- Pine Barrens
4- Spyglass
5- National Golf Links of America
6- Winged Foot - West
7- Bethpage- Black
8- Fishers Island, NY
9- Planfield, NJ
10- Oak Hill

Honorable mention: The Creek Club, Piping Rock, Atlantic, Yale, Reynolds Plantation, Longcove Club, TPC Sawgrass, Fairview, Garden City, Harbor Town, Winged Foot - East, Congressional, Bulle Rock, Quaker Ridge, Pasatiempo and Maidstone.

Living in the Chicago area, there are no shortage of quality courses. The ones I've been lucky enough to play are:

Medinah #3
Olympia Fields
Butler National
Rich Harvest Farms
Blackwolf Run (River and Meadow Valleys)
Whistling Straights (Straights)

and, of course, my home course, Aurora CC, a beautiful old Tom Bendelow design!

Interlachen country club

Right now I kinda like Spyglass...(shot 83 from the tips a few weeks ago) cant see how Phil shot 62 there... greens are tough

It is hard to define favorites, I have played so many courses that it is hard to put my finger on one or two.

Whistling Straits
Black Wolf Run
TPC Sawgrass (all TPC courses that I have played are great)
The Orchards (home of US Am. Pub Links)
TPC Michigan ( one of my home courses)
Indianwood G & CC ( old and new courses- my other home course)
Troon North
Wee-Ko-Paw (and many others in AZ.)

My favorite of those that I've played:

In San Francisco Bay Area:

1. Olympic Club
2. The Ranch - (really tough but must play)
3. Eagle Ridge

Oahu, Hawaii

1. Turtle Bay
2. Kapolei
3. Ko Olina


Maui, Hawaii

1. Kapalua
2. Wailea
3. Makena

My favorite courses that I've played are:

1) Victoria National Golf Club (The best golf course you've never heard of)
2) Oakland Hills Country Club - South Course
3) Harbor Town
4) The Orchards
5) TPC Michigan

Later this fall I get to play Whistling Straights, which should be awesome.

-Thomas

Cypress Point, no question.

best courses i've played
ocean course @ kiawah island - kiawah islanc, sc
rivertowne country club - mt. pleasant, sc
crown colony - lufkin, tx
tpc woodlands - woodlands, tx
texas star - euless, tx
wild dunes harbor course - isle of palms, sc
lansdowne resort rtj course - leesburg, va
firewheel golf club bridges course - garland, tx

i've only played it once, but rivertowne is my favorite. i've always enjoyed playing the tribute in the dallas/ft worth area, especially on cool fall days.

I have only played a few "famous" courses but here they are in order:

1) The Dunes Club - Myrtle Beach

2) Biltmore Forest - Biltmore Forest, NC (Donald Ross course)

3) The Ocean Course - Kiawah Island

4) Caledonia - Pawleys Island, SC

5) Pawleys Plantation - Pawleys Island, SC

I have played nearly all of my golf in the South, except for a few trips to California. I am going to AZ in October, so my list may change.

jay

Any of the courses on Kiawah Island SC are awesome. My favorite is the Ocean Course.

Wow, everyone has played at alot of well known courses! I unfortunately have not, so my list will be rather unknown.

The Links at Union Vale (NY)
East Lake (San Diego, CA)
Beekman Country Club (NY)
Tashua Knolls(CT)
Coronado (San Diego, CA)
Candlewood Valley (CT)
Maple Moor (NY)

Also (And this doesn't sound like a big deal) but Beekman Country Club is where I hit my first 250+ Drive that was a Draw to land on the fairway. I've been playing that course a lot this summer.
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New South Wales Golf Club, just outside Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Here's a good review:
NSW GC

I had to chime in. Here's my top 20 (out of 254):

1 St. Andrews (Old)
2 Blackwolf Run (River)
3 Whistling Straits (Straits)
4 Carnoustie (Championship)
5 Pinehurst #2
6 Kingsbarns
7 World Woods (Pine Barrens)
8 Kiawah (The Ocean Course)
9 Arcadia Bluffs
10 TPC at Sawgrass (Stadium)
11 Whistling Straits (Irish)
12 Blackwolf Run (Meadow Valleys)
13 Lost Canyons (Sky)
14 World Woods (Rolling Oaks)
15 Eagle Ridge (The General)
16 Cog Hill (Dubsdread)
17 University Ridge
18 TPC at Deere Run
19 Longaberger
20 Torrey Pines (South)

Spanish Bay would be #1 for me.

My old haunt...Newcastle was second for some reason?

I have played a few famous ones.
All of the Kiawah Courses ( the new Caseet Course is a much tougher track than the Ocean Course)
Yeamans Hall
Bulls Bay
The Dunes
Quaill Hollow
TPC Piper Glen
TPC Sawgrass
The Cliffs
Harbour Town
Rock Barn
TPC Sugarloaf
Atlanta Athletic

I listed several courses earlier, but I neglected to mention that Paa-Ko Ridge outside Albuquerque, NM ranks up there in my opinion as well.

shinnecock hills
bethpage
winged foot west
winged foot east
hudson national

Top cool courses I've played

Royal Aberdeen CC Scotland
Muirfield Village
Wedgewood CC (10 min. from Muirfield, just as good)
Orange County National
Grand Cypress

Portmarnock. It's just wonderful. I've played a lot of great courses but it was my favourite.

My favorite course is The Quarry @ Giants Ridge in Biwabik, Minnesota.

Picked by Golf Digest as The Best New upscale Resort Course this year.

Spectacular course with some of the greatest holes you'll ever play! The 323 yd par 4 13th is the best short par 4 I've ever played!!

http://www.giantsridge.com

Check out the course photos virtual tour feature for both courses, The Quarry and The Legend--- Minnesota northwoods golf!

Texsport

1. Royal County Down
2. Lahinch
3. Royal Portrush
4. Yale Golf Course

Ocean Course Kiawah Island and Royal NSW.

top 5

1. Prairie Dunes- hosting 06 senior open, Hutchinson, Ks
2. Grand Geneva- Palmer Course, Lake Geneva, Wi
3. Rancho San Marcos, Santa Barbara, Ca
4. Sandpiper- Santa Barbara, Ca
5. Shadow Glen- Kansas City, Mo

Going to play Cape Kidnappers in New Zealand this winter ranked #27 in the world should surpass Prairie as my Top course

Chicago Golf
Royal County Down
Royal Portrush

My favorites I've played

All time fav. Kapalua Plantation (played it twice, its the most beautiful by far and the views are out of this world). I can't wait to get there again some day.

Pebble Beach - Montery Pen, CA. Had it 2 over par on 18 tee , shot 4 over.

True Blue Plantation- Myrtle Beach, SC - see pic

Half Moon Bay- Outside SanFran

Salem Country Club, Peabody, MA. A great Ross course (pic attached)

The Country Club, Brookline, MA.

My Top 10:

1) TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra, FL

2) Merion GC, Ardmore, PA

3) Kingsmill Resort (River Course), Williamsburg, VA

4) Royal New Kent GC, Providence Forge, VA

5) Doral Resort & Spa (Blue Course), Miami, FL

6) Yale GC, New Haven, CT (Probably the most DIFFICULT I have played)

7) Fieldstone GC, Greenville, DE

8) Glenmaura National GC, Moosic, PA

9) True Blue, Myrtle Beach, SC

10) Orange County National GC (Panther Lake), Winter Park, FL

Wow, where to start...
Remote Locals.
1. FourSeasons Golf club Great Exuma at Emerald bay, Great Exuma island, Bahamas. The entire back nine sits on a 1/3rd mile wide penninsula... WOW.
2. Cabo Del Sol Course Cabo San Lucas. Like Jack says, best 3 finishing holes in golf, especially from the tips,
followed up with the round at El Dorado.
3. White Witch Golf Course, Montego Bay, Jamaica. another WOW, and I played a couple holes behind Bill Murray and his brothers.
4. Plantation course followed by Wailea South course. Maui, Hawaii.

Stateside,
1. Pebble Beach... of course.
2. Coyote Moon, Truckee, North Shore tahoe, If you ever get the chance,1 of the best $ 100 course you'll ever play
3. Stevinson Ranch Golf course, stevinson, ca. in 20MPH wind... true links course at it's best.
and my regular winter Monday skins game.

Play list
Bandon Dunes, Or.
Shadow Creek, and the Wyn golf couse (in Feb. 07).

Cypress Point.

I was fortunate to play there in 1986 and I'll never forget it.

Kiawah is a good one...must of the resort courses are good...ocean is not as good as the credit it gets..really
top 5
1.Sage Valley, SC
2.Tobaco Road/Pine Needles
3.Pinehurst #2
4. Palmetto Country Club
5. River Course, Kiawah Island

Old Course, St. Andrews
Birdwood (UVA Golf Course)
Black Diamond Ranch
Bay Hill
White Witch (Montego Bay, Jamaica)
Rio Secco (Las Vegas)
Edgewood Tahoe

Agree on Cabo del Sol, although I preferred Eldorado. Both great courses.

True Blue Plantation in Myrtle,SC. Much like Pine Valley, this course is absolutely spectacular and diobolical.

Kapalua Plantation course in Maui

Pelican's Nest in Naples, Fl.

Glen Dornoch in Myrtle Beach

The Country Club - Brookline, MA.

Pinehills Golf Club (Nicklaus course)- Plymouth, MA

Bethpage Black

Tie for my favorite: Pacific Dunes and Robert Trent Jones Golf Club.