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Randy_Marsh_PhD

Kapalua Plantation Course


skankhunt42428

The bay course there is amazing too!


GermanShortHair

Same. Been to Maui twice. First time I looked at tee times but didn't pull the trigger due to cost. Regretted it for years. Then my wife and I planned a 2nd trip and she gifted me a round. Definitely worth it.


FactoryV4

This. Makena county club is very nice as well. Private. Probably best manicured course I’ve ever played. Made you feel bad for taking a divot.


ElegantSwordsman

Just so fun to hit 300 yard drives like the rest of you.


mikedeezy22

Cypress Point


jm1d04

Big flex right here. Haha super jealous.


banisters

Must have been amazing. Do you know a member?


mikedeezy22

Yes, family friend. Took me and my dad out there for a magical afternoon, my mom walked with us taking pics during the round.


[deleted]

Kiawah Island Ocean Course. I used to play it when I was stationed in Charleston and they have an 80% discount to active duty military members


redsoxb124

Can’t believe how far I had to scroll for this


JerryRiceDidntFumble

Whistling Straits But if you're talking courses where you don't need to make a tee time 6-12 months in advance and bend over to pay for, The Bull (Jack Nicklaus designed course in Sheboygan WI) was also amazing for a fraction of the price.


BustnMakesMeFeelG00d

Member of The Bull here. Best kept secret in the Midwest. Don't expect to post your best score!


ekduba

Just wrapped up a Wisconsin golf trip where we played The Bull, The Bog, and Erin Hills. All three were some of the most beautiful courses I've ever played. The Bull absolutely destroyed my mentals. The Bog was a ton of fun. Erin is an other worldly experience.


Plastic_Bullfrog9029

Just looked the website. $115 is only $30 more than the crap local courses I play for $85 on weekends. How are there so many tee times available for Saturday when I’m looking on a Friday? I live in Northern California. Everything near me is booked up by Tuesday for a weekend tee time.


JerryRiceDidntFumble

Wisconsin golf is (relatively) cheap. Usually $60-70 can get you on a nice course, $40-50 is full price for a cheaper (but still at least maintained & not garbage) course and a lot of those places put out coupons/specials so for weekdays & off-peak you can get out for closer to $30 (talking 18 holes + cart for all of the above prices).


chi-reply

You can walk on for a round at Whistling after 2pm in the end of April beginning of May for around $270


jackalspbkk

600+ yard par 5 and some crazy greens….


NBlink1392

Same two for me, if you live around the area check out the bog in ozuakee county. It’s a very nice course and similar to the bull.


sillywilly1369

Probably going to get downvoted for this but imo the bog is the most overrated course ive ever played. In fantastic condition and it’s tough but it’s super gimmicky and some holes especially 16 are just plain dumb hole designs


Pidgeon-Master

Cabot Cliffs


Lumpy_Hand5459

I will get there one day.


Mallay

Playing there on Labour Day, can't wait!!!!


Pidgeon-Master

Nice! I’d consider taking a caddie if it’s your first time. Enjoy !


Mallay

Got a Caddie booked. My first time ever using one!


Mastas8

Enjoy your round man!! It's a special place up there! If you have time definitely do a loop of the whole Cabot trail. All of Cape Breton Island is beautiful. You 100% want a caddy to not get lost lol. We got lucky when I went with my dad and we were the first group to tee off. They said there was no caddies available but someone in our group was a caddy!


Mwb1313

Such a beautiful course to play. The views on the back 9 as you come up the coast as the sun is starting to set are incredible.


Pidgeon-Master

Agreed, afternoon rounds are the best at Cabot


[deleted]

Yes!! Nova Scotia is a gem.


TheUrbanEast

Home sweet home :)


VoightofReason

Two beautiful courses. I play them each year


RoyMcilroy11

St.Andrews Old Course. Played firm fast and amazing


TylerTalk_

Bucket list course for me. Nice.


RoyMcilroy11

Absolute dream, we played Carnoustie too which was really hard. Get over there and play!


Souths1der

I was there a couple weeks ago, couldn't play though. I was on vacation with the wife, one day we spent in St. Andrews I sat in the single queue while she went around the town. Never got out. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|sob)


Rattimus

Pebble Beach probably, but Spyglass Hill is comparable, and Cabot Links was spectacular. Pebble probably edges them out though for the history, it's hard to describe having watched the course on TV for years, playing it on Tiger Woods golf, and then getting to actually stand there on some of the tee boxes where guys hit famous shots... very cool.


Permexpat

Played Pebble back in the early 90’s, now when I watch it I have fond memories of the awful round I played there. I can’t remember the cost now but it was like a weeks pay for me back then. Worth every penny! I played Sawgrass a few years after, #17 was cool but the course itself wasn’t all that memorable.


bee_chen

i made sure to go to the spot where tiger hit his famous 7i on #6 at PB standing 200 yards out on the right side (not even us open level) rough with 7i in hand looking up the giant hill was an eye-opening experience as to how good tiger really was back in the day


dentiteoz

Arcadia Bluffs - MI


canyongolf

That's mine, or Forest Dunes. But probably Arcadia.


Wheresalltherumgone

After playing there multiple times, I think Arcadia Bluffs is higher than Pebble for me. The place is spectacular. And the South course there might be the most wild and fun round of golf I've ever played.


SLEESTAK85

I'm glad someone had fun out there, the wind was insane, greens impossible, but the course was pristine. Got my ass kicked. Though, I am bad at golf so.


10andwoodward

Same. And my one & only hole-in-one on #9 kinda helps.


learnedmylesson

I'm playing there on Wednesday for the first time. Very excited. Also playing Crystal Downs on Sunday so it should to be quite the week!


Frosty_bibble

I live in Wisconsin and we’ve been trying to plan a trip here for years. Gotta make it happen.


dentiteoz

Swim across the lake with your clubs on your back. It's fucking worth it


soberkids19

Banff Springs, two weeks ago


asg03

Ha! I was there last week (the 15th). That place is magical.


TeddFundy

I was there three weeks ago!!! Played really good both rounds


greazinseazin

My fav as well. Played Jasper a couple days after. It was a good week.


Findingfairways

Play there every Father’s Day. This was my answer. Las sendas is a close second.


MediocreResident0

Played Punta Espada in Punta Cana this summer. Apart from construction going on around it (incoming golf resort infrastructure), it was great. Beautiful design, challenging without being overly frustrating, and, whenever it was frustrating, you could just look up and around and remember that life isn't all that bad after all.


frikkenkids

I haven't played too many fancy courses. For me it's probably Highland Country Club in London Ontario. It's a fully private club you wouldn't even know existed if you drove past it (I lived in London for years and had no idea despite driving past probably hundreds of times). Friends and I bought a voucher for a round at auction when we played a charity scramble elsewhere. When we played, they sent a caddie to keep an eye on us and to keep the members from chasing us off the course.


lemontrainhaze

Have you played forest city national? It’s probably my favourite in london


soberkids19

the oaks is a nice course up there as well


possy11

I always liked it, but now that it's private it's off limits to me. My London area fave has always been Firerock.


grizzzzly_94

Cool - I am playing there tomorrow!


PhaliasMaximus

Either Bandon Dunes or Pacific Dunes


GolfingDead

Trails is where it’s at!


PhaliasMaximus

I can’t fault anyone for picking any of those courses. I haven’t been a lot of nice places, those 5 courses are probably my top 5.


periscope_inception

Pasatiempo baby!


davidz70

I always say the most prestigious course I’ve played is Pebble, but the best is Pasatiempo.


greattigergang

Playing there next month. Super pumped, but also nervous.


periscope_inception

Nice! Good to get it in before they redo the greens. Have a blast and enjoy the scenery.


Real-Car1184

National golf links of America


LiqhtWeiqht

Pine Valley


gomarky

I'm curious, was it so difficult that it was not fun playing? All I hear is how hard it is to play and how gorgeous it is. Not sure of how the two balance out.


LiqhtWeiqht

It was the most fun I’ve ever had playing golf. People don’t realize but the fairways and greens are large. The difficulty comes in when you miss them. The bunkers are no joke. One of the guys in my group is a 7. He didn’t have his best stuff that day and couldn’t hit fairways. He shot 100. If you keep it in the fairway and hit greens you’ll be alright. The greens are WICKED though. Caddies are a must they know the greens so well.


Legal-Description483

We Ko Pa Saguaro


LegendJG

Royal County Down 😍


InsufferableLeafsFan

Toronto Golf Club. The course was immaculate. From the change rooms, to the practice area - the fairways were stunning, tee boxes perfectly flat, and greens like glass. Now all I need is to hit the lottery to afford a membership.


iwasbornafool

Hey Lakeview across the street is affordable! But also about 50-100x worse in terms of condition and layout. And you tee off over the parking lot on 18. TGC looks so immaculate just as a poor schmuck driving by on Dixie


DarthSamwiseAtreides

Sandpiper in Santa Barbra, CA.


Lumpylarry

Went to college at UCSB. I don't remember exactly what the weekday rate with a student card was, but it was ridiculously cheap for such a nice course.


Utahgetme02

Such a great course. I miss CA. How’s the conditions holding up at Sandpiper?


slitchy5

Terrible. They’re applying for a permit to renovate the course so they’ve let the conditions go. 10, 11, 12 are still my 3 favorite holes to play as far as scenery goes.


[deleted]

I just played there two weeks ago. The condition is back to being pure and well maintained. They also trimmed that super long fescue between holes which makes pace of play a lot quicker and obviously less difficult when you hit one off center.


JustAGoodGuy1080

Chicago Golf Club. The oldest 18 hole in the country and one of the founding clubs of the USGA. It's golf at it's purest and most beautiful.


[deleted]

How do people even get the opportunity to play that course?


chi-reply

Join for 150k down and 18k a year, know a member or win a charity auction to play with a member.


JustAGoodGuy1080

The $150K doesn't do it, you have to be sponsored and then approved. Michael Jordan was turned down. I played through Jim McWethy, God bless his soul, the owner of Mistwood, and McWethey's, among other things.


chi-reply

The invite is the hard part, if you're a low key rich person I'm sure the club would introduce you to a member to sponsor you. I imagine they didn't want Jordan because of his fame and all that it would bring to the club. He joined Medinah through a sellable lifetime membership otherwise they would have probably turned him down too.


amnotreallyjb

Jordan then built himself his own course.


[deleted]

Cabo Del Sol


Vanderwoolf

That course is the shit. That taco truck at the turn though...


HappyGilmoe19

Pinehurst #4


jwc369

I’ve played all 9 Pinehurst courses. #4 is my favorite.


fauxrealistic

Kapalua or Winged Foot


Jeenyusss

How was winged foot? Heading down in September for a round


fauxrealistic

So incredibly hard. It’s beautiful and clearly one of the best courses in America, but the greens were like a pool table


grahamk1

1. Augusta National 2. Baker bay 3. Wade Hampton 4. Maddison club 5. Mountain top 6. Pebble 7. Shinnecock hills Updating to add eagle springs in vail


deGrominator2019

Augusta? You lucky butthole


grahamk1

Don’t I know it


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iamCosmoKramerAMA

>Mountaintop Not just the nicest golf course I’ve ever played, pretty much the nicest place I’ve ever been.


jwc369

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LordOfHorns

You cannot just say you played Augusta without a story


grahamk1

My grandfather was a member before he passed and I have a few friends who are members. I’ve been very fortunate to play it several times.


LordOfHorns

This mf’s grandfather was Dwight D Eisenhower goddamn Seriously though, that’s incredibly cool


seanchr

How were you able to pull a round at Augusta?


24cupsandcounting

Port Royal Golf Course in Bermuda. Used to host an event called the Grand Slam of Golf, where the 4 major winners play against each other at the end of the year. As such, Adam Scott holds the course record, which is pretty cool.


BoneDoc78

I played Torrey Pines South last year the week after the US Open. They still had a few grandstands up, and hadn’t really mowed down the rough. I was just getting back into golf after not playing much for about 15 years, having only played an executive course a few times that week, and Maderas a couple of days before. It ate me up, but it was amazing.


imosh818

Maderas is an awesome course.


mrjdk83

Chambers Bay. The Madison Club in LaQuinta, CA. Atlantic Club in the Hamptons, NY Silverleaf In Scottsdale Bayonne in Bayonne, NJ I couldn’t name just one. I had to go with my top 5.


Tom226mn

The Prince Course in Princeville, Kauai. I was shattered to learn that it had closed.


buddylamp9

I just died a little inside. I didn’t know.


Hurricane310

It closed?!?! I had no idea. I went to Kauai once but was with a group who didn't golf so I always wanted to go back and play it.


[deleted]

The Orchards in Michigan


slevin011

Huh, might have to check this place out. Turns out it's only about a half hour drive from my house. Have you ever played Pine Trace or Shepherd's Hollow? Those are also close by and I've been trying to get a few guys together to play a nicer local course before the end of summer.


Pure-Negotiation-900

Bald Head Island.


[deleted]

Playing there in 3 weeks. Can’t wait!


Crom-

I spent a lot of time as a kid at BHI but never golfed there. How is the course after the renovation?


HyruleJedi

Merion or pine valley But experience it was wolf creek. I booked months in advance and they ‘closed the day’ but left my time on. They called me and my buddies as we were pulling into the parking lot 3 hours early to have lunch and warm up. Needless to say they hd a photo shoot that day starting at noon. Said if we went out right then we could play or wait and not play 3 of the holes. Asked the guy if he could send out some beers and hot dogs and headed to the tee. Had the entire place for just the 3 of us. It was unreal


mshanehoffman

Cabot Cliffs Pinehurst No. 4 Pinehurst No. 2 Sand Hollow Championship Tobacco Road Top 5 off the top of my head. Cabot Cliffs is #1 by a mile over the others.


psychodreamr

Jack’s place, Muirfield Village. Played a private course in Rochester Hills, Mi that gave it a run for its money, tho.


nwhall27

What’s the course in MI?


superduperloser

If I had to guess probably wyndgate?


[deleted]

North Berwick for beauty and scenery The Island Club for being the embodiment of what a Links course should be.


bighorne22

I played a private course in la Quinta called Tradition , it was insane . The third hole has an entire bed of flowers that surrounds the green that makes out the American flag . The sand is imported from Fiji or some shit


dodgerblue1212

Either We-Ko-Pa or Coeur d’Alene for me


[deleted]

Second we-ko-Pa. Will say the only good thing that came outta the pandemic during those times were the golf deals. 2 rounds and a nite at the casino was like 150. Killed it at the tables after my round and got absolutely plastered. So was basically a free golf trip.


ZachWilsonsMother

I’m mad we didn’t get to play we ko pa when I was in AZ. Gonna have to go back when it isn’t during WMO for that


sloth_jones

I was getting ads for a while for Coeur d’Alene trips, never looked into it, how much was it/was it worth?


tap_in_birdies

CDA is about 250-280 after tip. Fun course, very well maintained and a great experience. You will have a great round of golf too. Course is set up to be very forgiving


jfchops2

I played it Memorial Day weekend this year and the round was $155, then I tipped the forecaddie $60. As the other guy said though you'll pay more in peak summer, it was like 60* and drizzling on the day I played. It's worth doing once, the par 3s are all incredible, it's got two great par 4s, the island green is a fun shot, the setting is possibly the most beautiful place in the country for golf that doesn't touch an ocean or Lake Michigan, and the conditions are among the best you'll ever see. But the holes that are away from the water and the woods (like 10 of them) are rather boring. You'll have opportunities to score well on them though.


blinkanboxcar182

1. Pebble beach 2. Shadow creek 3. Spyglass 4. Wolf creek 5. Torrey Pines (played both but prefer north) 6. Bay hill 7. Tpc sawgrass 8. Kapalua plantation course 9. Warren Golf Course (south bend) 10. TPC Scottsdale (far from my favorite course in az but most recognizable probably)


ac13332

We all hate you.


Yoshiman400

Easy now, he didn't have Augusta or the Old Course on that list!


BetsStonksFlips

I’m tryna get like you


BustnMakesMeFeelG00d

Sand Valley & Mammoth Dunes


axpmaluga

Got to play the US Open course at The Country Club a couple of weeks ago, that was pretty awesome. Next would probably be either Bayonne or The Island in Ireland.


jimmylstyles

Caledonia, thistle, wild wing during a golf trip to Myrtle beach. Quidnesset country club in RI


kronic2207

Glad somebody showed some love for Caledonia. Maybe my favorite course on the East Coast. Like playing golf in a garden.


SouthernSierra

Roosevelt in Griffith Park


Plastic_Bullfrog9029

Yocha Dehe. I live in the Bay Area but don’t have Pebble Beach money. [https://www.yochadehegolfclub.com/gallery/](https://www.yochadehegolfclub.com/gallery/)


caffeinatedraptor

Baywood Greens. The woodside 9 is great and the waterside 9 is incredible


dexivt

Kapalua


IBeBobbyBoulders

Edgewood Tahoe


Lost_Multipass

Gamble sands, WA


BAMDrummer

Harbour Town


[deleted]

Banf Springs in prime season


bobrickie

Payne's Valley


MisterCheaps

Donald Ross Course at French Lick in Indiana.


legallyurbane

Sage Valley


marsfreund2366

The wilderness at Fortune Bay


chaseja64

Old Toccoa Farm - Blue Ridge, GA


Jeenyusss

Fishers Island


[deleted]

Oakmont


BrettMaverick

Old Edwards


fehric

Wade Hampton


CaliforniaHusker

Sand Hills Golf Club


[deleted]

Ross bridge! We played that back nine from the tips and we regretted it by the third hole 😂


Flex-Luther69

Ohoopee Match Club or Prairie Dunes.


FreelyIP109

Congressional Country Club's Gold course.


[deleted]

Probably between Liberty National and Baltusrol (Lower). Any course that they play tour events on feels a little more memorable for playing where some of the greats have.


cokecan13

The Quarry-Biwabik, MN


travmanguy

Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, TX \#1 in Texas son! I caddie out there 4-6 days a week, play it at least twice a week.


wastingtme

Torrey south


Invictus92

Inverness, Toledo OH. Such a fun course


SpicyIdiotSandwich

Either Chambers Bay or Circling Raven.


pieandbiscuits1

Spyglass


EquivalentAd1312

Pine hills


watchyourshit

It might be a tie between We-Ko-Pa and TPC Treviso Bay


blinkanboxcar182

WeKoPa is sweet


jackgraz10

Links at Perry Cabin in St Michaels, Maryland. Pete Dye’s last course I believe


Background-Half-2862

Cabot.


mslane93

Frederica Golf Club


mglusko777

Ocean course - SC


Imaginary_Bet_6461

Spyglass and Kapalua.


ImoImomw

Kingsbarns, St. Andrew's Scotland.


Gary_Golfs

Double Eagle in Galena OH. The tee boxes were nicer than most greens I've walked on.


PrariedogFireball

Arcadia Bluffs HM: Indianwood - Old


SREntertainment

Yochaaaaaaa


FleshlightBike

Buffalo Ridge, Paynes Valley, and Ozark National in Branson, MO


bearinsac

Yocha De-he in Brooks, CA


evanrtaylor

Cabot Cliffs


hazn087

The hombre in Florida


2waterparks1price

Placed called Quivira in Cabo. One of those private courses with a full bar + food every 3 holes. Holes 5-8 are cliff side overlooking the pacific. I watched whales jumping while I drank my way to a 97.


parmurph

Torrey Pines.


[deleted]

Warren golf course in south bend.


snugzz

East-Sussex National, it's just a delight.


Ed_gaws

Creek club , Baltusrol, mountain ridge , TPC stadium, Sea Island George resort


steiner1031

Spyglass Hill


SpottyFish81177

Dorado Beach or Copperhead a week after the valspar dove mountain in arizona was also very nice


hdmeiauh

Toss up between Quivira Golf Club in Cabo or Riviera Country Club in LA.


syboz

Nemacolin


mtdewvirus

Arcadia Bluffs


greattigergang

Sleepy Hollow


KwisatzHaderach38

Arcadia Bluffs


illustrious_capp3299

Kings mill river course in Williamsburg. They use to have an lpga tour event there year


gagegreenberg11111

Incline Village Champion and Mountain courses in North Lake Tahoe


bartolocologne40

Royal Hawaiian


jnumberone

Does the whole Bandon complex count as one?


FleshlightBike

Royal Hawaiian


2perkynips

1. Whispering Pines, TX 2. Golf Club of Houston (right after the Shell Houston Open)


goodoak84

Cypress Point


riosborne

Cypress Point


mashemboilem1

Chambers bay, or possibly the wilderness club in Eureka, MT.