nicest golf course you have played

[joshtpa]

Innisbrook Copperhead course
Blue Hills Country Club MA
TPC Cromwell
TPC Tampa Bay
Doral

[Ceej]

Pinehurst #2
Minocqua CC
List will be a lot longer once high school golf starts

[DJYoshi]

Municipal - Harding Park
Private - Montclair CC (NJ), NJ National CC, Winged Foot
General - El Camaleon (mayakoba), Bali Hai (Vegas), Doral, Architects (NJ), Twisted Dune (NJ),

and I can't remember the rest...i try to play 1 - 2 nice courses a week

[bogeyhitter25]

Mine is sadly a local country club. It is a really nice course though. And only $15 for 18.

[Fourputt]

I guess it depends on what you call "nice". I've played lots of nice courses by my definition, which is a good layout that is kept in good condition. I haven't played any "name" courses that most people would recognize. Mostly they just strike me as expensive without really offering a better golfing experience. I've played relatively unknown (unknown outside of Colorado anyway) courses designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jack Nicklaus, Pete and Perry Dye, Hale Irwin. All were excellent courses. I've played equally "nice" courses designed by architects you never heard of.

If a course is uninteresting, poorly maintained, or poorly designed, I won't usually play it a second time, but the ones I return to all qualify as "nice" by my definition, and that's what counts for me.

[mybloodinvt]

How about I list 'em and you decide which is the nicest:
Doral; all of them, but the Blue Monster is the most famous,
Troon North; Monument Course,
Grayhawk; Talon and Raptor.
Those are probably the nicest ones I can remember playing. There are other courses I have played that would rate pretty close to those listed, they are just not as well known.

[Ogg]

TPC Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach, FL- 5 days after the Players
TPC River Highlands Cromwell, CT- Truest greens I ever putted
PrestonWood CC - Cary, NC - Not the course but the clubhouse - best damn one I have ever seen

[ECT]

Born and raised on Oahu but never started golfing until 4 years ago. I go to Hawaii every year to visit with family and for business. I try to golf as many courses as I can. This year hope to golf at Ko'olau Golf Course and since the youngest DD is getting married at Turtle Bay Resort, we hope to get in a round at the Turtle Bay Palmer.

Lots of nice courses but my fave one is Luana Hills Country Club on Oahu, Hawaii http://www.luanahills.com/
The back 9 is set in the valley among a rainforest. The front 9 set atop a hill with a view of windward Oahu. Course is set among the Ko'olau Mountain range....lush, green, fragrant and tight fairways.


My avatar (Kapolei GC) is one I took as the plane I was on was on approach to Honolulu International Airport.

[stealthduffer]

Have played a lot of nice courses - in no particular order

1) Edinburg USA - Minneapolis
2) Royal Woodbine - Toronto
3) Legends - Myrtle Beach, SC
4) Dunes - Myrtle Beach
5) Old Head - Ireland
6) Mid Pines - Southern Pines, NC (not in great shape when I played it but a sucker for Donald Ross designs).
7) Woodside Plantation - Aiken, SC
8) Boyne Highlands - MI
9) Hardscrabble CC - Fort Smith, AR
10) Kingsmill River Course - Williamsburg, VA (not a great time of year but a fine course nonetheless)

But the one that definitely stands out was the Old Course at Ballybunion. Truly a great test of golf.

[DJYoshi]

Mine is sadly a local country club. It is a really nice course though. And only $15 for 18.

BH, you should come down when I play at Foxwoods. we'll get out for a round b4 i have to go on stage.

[TigerCurtis333]

Up in Green, Ohio - either Raintree CC or Mayfair CC. Both are solid golf courses.

[Eore]

my club (hawks landing) is really nice, and hard.

when i was in florida, i played both courses at Tiburon and also Old Corkscrew. OC was tricked up, but really really nice. i would definatly go again

[GolfnGriff]

Troon North - Az
Desert Mountain - Az
Broadmoore - Co
Paako Ridge - NM
Ko'olau - Hawaii - rated "Toughest Course in the Nation" Slope 155
Luana Hills - Hawaii - Not the most manicured but the views were crazy... It was like playing golf in Jurassic Park.

Supposed to play Bethpage Black in August... we'll see...

[wingchamps]

Troon North, AZ
Reflection Bay, NV
Ventana Canyon, AZ
Pinehurst #2, NC
Old Warson, MO

[JGus]

Maybe not the "nicest" courses, but the most desired ones; St. Andrews Old Course (shot 100) and New Course (shot 101). Also played two other courses there during a 4 day road trip. Would love to play those again now that I am playing a lot better.

Other courses:
Hollow Creek, Middletown MD
Rolling Green, outside St. Charles Utah
A very unique course in Saudi Arabia, all sand with oil sprayed circles (greens)
And a lot of military courses that were decent around the world

[Packerfan]

Whistling Straits, followed by Black Wolf Run and then Trappers Turn.

[Garthmo]

I havent played alot of diffeent courses but my favoriet so far has been Mount Kidd in Kannanaskis, AB. and my home course in Jasper, Ab.

[Dragonsrock]

I feel pretty fortunate, I have been lucky enough to play in Hawaii, New York, Oklahoma, Illinois, Nevada, California, Florida and Texas and I'm and Aussie. The nicest tracks I have played in the USA are Saratoga National (NY) and Southern Hills in Tulsa. I also enjoyed the Palmer at Turtle Bay (probably because I played well). Down my way, I have played a lot of golf in Asia, all great courses, but the greens are sadly lacking. In Australia, the nicest courses I have played are New South Wales (mentioned previously by another poster), Arundell Hills CC in Queensland, Royal Melbourne in Victoria, for condition alone, its hard to go past Royal Sydney (I have played 3 times when championships were on and it was pristine). I have been to Cape Kidnappers in New Zealand but did not get to play, it is on the list and will be very hard to beat!