5 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

My wife laughs at me, says that I remember every hole on every course I've ever played.  That's a little bit of an exaggeration, but I remember an awful lot of them, and sometimes I remember shots I hit a decade back. Sadly, most of the ones I remember are shots I'd really prefer to forget.

It depends on the golf course. A lot of courses I can remember vividly, while others I don't remember much. I don't remember much of TPC Sawgrass though it's an iconic golf course. 

It used to be that outside of my normal rota of courses locally I could remember most of the holes at away courses only if I play it out in my mind in sequence from the first hole. I feel it has grown considerably in the last year or so where I remember more holes and shots, and also thoughts and feeling associated with those shots.     

On 6/29/2016 at 1:31 PM, DaveP043 said:

My wife laughs at me, says that I remember every hole on every course I've ever played.  That's a little bit of an exaggeration, but I remember an awful lot of them, and sometimes I remember shots I hit a decade back. Sadly, most of the ones I remember are shots I'd really prefer to forget.

My wife laughs at me for exactly the same thing.  I also remember an awful lot of the holes, as well as the shots on those holes.

It really comes into focus when I go back to the course and start replaying the course in my head, even though I haven't been there in years.  And then I freak her out when I start remembering her shots on the hole.  

On 6/29/2016 at 1:31 PM, DaveP043 said:

My wife laughs at me, says that I remember every hole on every course I've ever played.  That's a little bit of an exaggeration, but I remember an awful lot of them, and sometimes I remember shots I hit a decade back. Sadly, most of the ones I remember are shots I'd really prefer to forget.

Yep... my wife does the same thing!  I'm lucky in that my wife actually allows me to ramble.  She half-listens, but... at least she doesn't tell me that she doesn't care.  

As for remembering every course I've played... if it's named, yes... I can remember it.  If you ask me to start listing them, there's just no way.  I probably play less golf than the average 'dedicated golfer'... but, I would venture to guess that I've played far above the average number of courses of that same golfer.  I like to play at new places, and some of the clubs I've joined have allowed me to play different courses throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina.  

I love the stories from the individual holes!  I have a few that, every time I think of those holes, they make me smile or laugh... and sometimes wince.  

Good post!

CY

Unless something particularly memorable happened there, i don't remember the holes on any course I've only played once. 

On June 29, 2016 at 1:31 PM, DaveP043 said:

My wife laughs at me, says that I remember every hole on every course I've ever played.  That's a little bit of an exaggeration, but I remember an awful lot of them, and sometimes I remember shots I hit a decade back. Sadly, most of the ones I remember are shots I'd really prefer to forget.

Sure you already know this but there is a reason why, we are wired to remember unpleasant events more so than positive ones. Apparently just part of our natural survival and eviction. Poker players will say the same, they can tell you lots of their bad beats but rarely the good ones.