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1 Spyglass... As far as pure golf it is simply an awesome test and you get both holes along the open dunes and wonderful tree lined holes. A true monster, much tougher than Pebble IMO. The coastline holes at Pebble are unmatched IMHO, but the overall course is not as good as Spyglass. 2. Royal Melborne... Years ago I was lucky enough to get to play there. I hadn';t played much golf yet back then but took it all in and realized just how awesome the course was. The bunkering was devastatingly tough for a player without too much experience. 3. Pebble Beach... The coastline holes....beautiful and challenging 4. Merion... Short and brilliant... Fast greens (lightening). And of course the wicker baskets! 5. Saticoy Country Club (Private course in Camarillo Ca.) A hidden gem. Not a drop of water and none needed. Canyon style golf, very tough and don't get above the hole, three or four putts might be in the cards. Two more California courses I've played worth a mention are Sandpiper (Santa Barbara)... It is called the "poor mans Pebble Beach", and lives up to the name. La Purisima (Lompoc)...Other than Spyglass this is the toughest course I have played. Played through rolling hills terrain, when the wind is up and your off the back tees it is game on.

It is hard to dispute the drive as the Guiness Book of World Records verified the event with enough scrutiny to put it into their record book. One of the guys in the foresome was interviewed only a few years back and reconfirmed what he saw that day. It was Chandler Harper, a former PGA champ. I have heard there is another book on Mike coming out, and that even back in the 1930's there were accounts that got "press" of him hitting drives over 400 yards. His swing is as good as it gets. His concepts are very different than the "conventional" swing even though it not so noticable watching him in action. He definately knew a lot about how he body worked and how to fit that informaion into a golf swing.