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It's funny that they have lists like this, and then I can go into a local course to me and they will have a page from a magazine that has them ranked in the top 100. But when I look at the list on this link, they are not there. The local course has supposedly been ranked for like the last 3 or 4 years.

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Clubchucker Well Established Member

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Sad...I've only played 1.5 of them out of 100-with the "half" coming via Bay Harbor. It has Links/Quarry as the top and when we were there they had us play Quarry/Preserve. Now I'll be depressed for the rest of the day!

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At least a dozen or so of these courses are over $300 - officially they're public but with the economy these days, they're more semi-public. Many more are $200+ and only a handful are around $50.

I've played 7, but when I played Spyglass, it was $200, now it's $350.

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Caledonia
Pine Needles
Tobacco Road

They ought to make a top 100 with green fees between $50-$75. Call it the Great Recession 100.

Maybe we can use this site to make one of our own.

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elvis14 Well Established Member

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8 down, 92 to go......

Funny, Tobacco Road is the only course on that list that I've played. Good luck next weekend. I'm going to Pinehurst tomorrow and I'm playing a course called Woodlake (not on that list!)

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Well Ive played the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass and Hammock Beach in Palm Coast, FL...then again, I havent played any golf outside of FL. Im hoping I make my number at work so I can attend the bonus trip in Scottsdale in Feb...

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Bullitt5339 Great Member

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Funny, Tobacco Road is the only course on that list that I've played. Good luck next weekend. I'm going to Pinehurst tomorrow and I'm playing a course called Woodlake (not on that list!)

I've played Woodlake, pretty nice tract. I'm about 20 miles from Pinehurst, so I try to go play a different course in the area every month.

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amazing at how highly rated the Bandon courses are... I've only played one of the courses years and years ago but looks like its time to plan a little trip o ut there

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Damn. Hawaii's got 4 listed in the top 50 and none of them would cost me more than $80 :) I havent played the challenge at Manele but played the experience at Koele instead. Boss picked up the tab on that one too. Mauna Kea and Princeville coming soon

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ghalfaire Great Member

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It's funny that they have lists like this, and then I can go into a local course to me and they will have a page from a magazine that has them ranked in the top 100. But when I look at the list on this link, they are not there. The local course has supposedly been ranked for like the last 3 or 4 years.

I took a look at the best AZ courses list and was surprised I have played 10 of the 30 listed. I can say they were great courses, with the exception of Papago which often isn't in the best of shape but is a great layout. The other courses on the list are mostly resort courses and if you expect to play them in temperatures less than 100 degrees be sure to bring your mortgage. You can play most of them for less than $100 in the off season. My opinion is that there are a large number of courses in the state that are very good and enjoyable venues to play for 25%-50% of the cost of the listed courses. So if you're coming here ask the local golfers for advice and you can save a bundle and have fun too.

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There is one in my state and it's literally as far away from me as you can go while still staying in MA. And I've played 0 of these course.

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I took a look at the best AZ courses list and was surprised I have played 10 of the 30 listed. I can say they were great courses, with the exception of Papago which often isn't in the best of shape but is a great layout. The other courses on the list are mostly resort courses and if you expect to play them in temperatures less than 100 degrees be sure to bring your mortgage. You can play most of them for less than $100 in the off season. My opinion is that there are a large number of courses in the state that are very good and enjoyable venues to play for 25%-50% of the cost of the listed courses. So if you're coming here ask the local golfers for advice and you can save a bundle and have fun too.

Definitely. The courses in each individual state list have more reasonable fees. These lists always have pretty much the same courses and feel more like advertising. I wished magazines worked harder at producing my Recession 100 list. Not as many kickbacks for them, but an actual useable list for the masses.

Steve

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motteler621 Great Member

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Ive played one of the courses. Its like 10 mins from my house, costs 100 bucks a round though. I just played a scramble tournament there a month ago and part of the scramble deal is that you get another free round anytime you want before the end of august! Its the nicest course Ive ever been on,
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Played 20 of the 100 and will add four more next month while at Bandon. That will be 6 of the top 10. This is what I live for...another notch in the golf bag.

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Lefty-Golfer Great Member

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i didn't agree with some of these rankings at all, then when i clicked on the PA state list i almost threw up. some of the list they have on there is just garbage...not sure how the rankings are put together but i don't agree on many.

That being said some great golf courses on the list! Princeville was awesome and i think under rated, the Ocean course was a little over rated but still awesome place, glad to see Caladonia on the list MB doesn't get a lot of repect on these rankings it seems.

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