Bucket list

I live in Idaho and that can be a hard state to play amazing golf, but there are some pretty good ones. The must play is the Coeur D' Alene Resort. I mean how many courses do you get to ferry out to the green? It's pretty cool, they actually control and move the green.

As I don't belong to a private club my list has to be public access courses:

 

-Pebble Beach

-Pinehurst #2

-St. Andrews

-Royal County Down

-All the Bandon courses

-Plantation Course at Kapalua

-Harbour Town

-Spyglass Hill

 

I've already played Bethpage Black, Torrey Pines South, Pasatiempo and most of the great public courses in Michigan. There are other great links courses in Scotland, England, Ireland and Northern Ireland I'd choose but am not sure which are public.
 

Pasatiempo is an awesome course. It was recently restored by Tom Doak and has many great MacKenzie greens and uses the terrain perfectly. Great bunkers! Torrey Pines has some nice holes and the views of the canyons are nice. It's not a must play IMO except for being famous. Too many mundane holes but 3, 13 and 18 are fun holes.

I'd sure would like to play Hillside again. 

 

http://www.hillside-golfclub.co.uk/course/

 

And Australia, not choosy on which course.

My 2 cents: I live in CT. and have only been playing for 5 years now.  Fairview Farms Golf Course is really a very nice course. I have  played there every year I can ( 3 times) at a charity tournament  dedicated to a former co-worker who was an avid golfer and that was his home course. I've played there twice in casual rounds.

 

Last month my Fiance and I were in NJ. She had a two day seminar to attend and I went along to play two rounds while she was at Rutgers University. I played Bunker Hill Golf Course at the recommendation of one of her friends, But I also picked Quail Brook Golf Course at random for my second round and was very impressed.

 

Side note, her seminar was on a Tuesday and Wednesday, which was when I played. We came back home Wed. evening. She had to go back on the Friday to take the seminar final exam. I went back with her and went back to the Pro Shop at Quail Brook and purchased a course Wind Breaker, as I was so impressed with that course. In two years she'll have to attend that seminar again, if I go along, I will go back and play that course again, and pick a second course to try.

 

Also half an hour drive from Rutgers University is also the USGA/ Arnold Palmer museum. After her exam was over we drove over there to go through the exhibits. Their web site says's it take two hours to make the tour, it took us three. (She plays golf also). If you go to the museum plan on spending six hours there. They have other activities that unfortunately we just did not have enough time to see/try.

 

I'm planning a day trip in the fall with my golf partners to back to the museum and make a day out of it.

For Virginia, give The Federal Club a look for your list. It's a really nice course in amazing shape and will give you a challenge.

Spring Creek Golf Club is another good one for Virginia.  Its between Charlottesville and Richmond.
 

When you make your way to Michigan, Aracdia Bluffs is a must!!! It's out of the way, but well worth the trip.....

Rutgers golf course is pretty nice as well, and public. For anyone in the central nj area looking For a decent round.

Bunker bill is very meh, I've played it 5-10 times.

Check out Primland in Virginia

I've played the Cascades and Kingsmill.  I personally preferred Cascades over Kingsmill's River Course.  The Primland recommendation is really good as well.  I haven't played there, but I've heard great things.

I like the idea of a bucket list mine would have to be -Kiawah Island -Olympic Club -Pebble Beach -St. Andrews -Congressional(if they let me in) The only course I may actually play on here anytime soon would be Kiawah Island's Ocean course

If your coming back to FL there are a couple courses that have hit the top 100 lists I believe a few times. Its World Woods Golf club. 2 courses that both have made the list... I think you can play both for $70 depending on the time of year. they are about an hour to an hour and a half north of Tampa... I'm hoping to get out to them at some point in the next month.

I myself have had the pleasure of playing 4 rounds of golf in Ireland and I don't believe there is such a thing as a bad Links course.

I am heading to Hilton head for a delayed honeymoon in September and will be playing Harbor town and staying at the resort... I hope the play the other 2 courses while i'm there... I can't wait!

 

I also have an in law that works for the pga over in st Augustine, I have been promised a round on sawgrass, one day, I will make that happen.

AL--Ross Bridge or The Judge (both RTJ Trail courses)

CA--Torrey Pines

GA--Sea Island (I think that's the name)

FL--Just about any of the Disney courses

MA--Granite Links (just south of Boston)

MS--Dancing Rabbit

OR--Bandon or Pacific Dunes