Top 5 Golf Courses you want to play

[hoofreak7]

personally, i think pine valleyis very ugly looking but that's just me......pebble beach is a cliche and i think its becoming a bit overrated....although it still is spectacular
my list is of courses that i will have a chance of playing in order of that chance
1) The Country Club (Brookline)
2) "The Mens Club" (aka Garden City Golf Club)
3) Winged Foot
4) Augusta
5) Shinnecock (at twilight)

[Craig Mac]

1. Old Course at St Andrews
2. Augusta National
3. Plantation Course at Kapalua
4. Pebble Beach
5. Any other course in the British Open Rota

Most of these courses I picked because it involves traveling to a place I have never been to play a course I have only dreamed about.

[duffer]

1. Pinehurst #2
2. Whistling Straits
3. Winged Foot
4. Beth Page Black
5. Kiawah Island Ocean Course

[23Rounder]

1. The Old Course at St Andrew's
2. Augusta National
3. Cypress Point
4. Cape Kidnappers (NZ)
5. Royal Melbourne (Composite)

[gortyl]

I dunno, everyone's going to pick the same courses... However, Pine Valley, typically #1 on golf ranking lists, confuses me - nobody ever sees enough of it. It's not in any golf games - neither is Augusta. People see Augusta at the Masters, but Pine Valley is shrouded in obscurity. I just want to play it to see what the hype is all about.

Two things about Pine Valley. I had a buddy play it a couple years back and the main thing he talked about was just how "natural" the golf course blended into the setting. He said it just looked like it had been there for centuries. Also, as someone who works from home and has the TV on in the background, I see a lot of Golf Channel stuff. One gem I saw recently was a replay from Shell's Wonderful World of Golf. Can't remember who was in the match, but it was played at Pine Valley. Probably from the 50s or 60s. Pretty cool. Didn't record it though.

[erova]

I'd have to stick with 5 private ones; if it's public i basically assume i'll play it at some point or another, so here goes, order is basically interchangeable:

- Sand Hills
- Shinnecock & NGLA (i jump from 18th tee at NGLA and hustle over to SH to count as one)
- Cypress
- Augusta
- Pine Valley


of the big dogs i've played and would play over and over again:

pebble
bandon dunes
pac dunes
ocean course/straits dead tie
hoylake

[gortyl]

I'd have to stick with 5 private ones; if it's public i basically assume i'll play it at some point or another, so here goes, order is basically interchangeable:

Ah, a new thread perhaps?

[Guest]

Hello! This is my first post on the site. Here's my top five I would love to play.

The Old Course St. Andrews
Augusta National
Bethpage "Black"
Cypress Point
Royal Portrush

[JKilgore44]

#1) Augusta national - need I say more?
#2) St. Andrews - where golf began, the oldest course in the world.
#3) TPC @ Sawgrass - Virtually flawless, full of opportunity but also full of trouble.
#4) Westchester Country Club - The only good thing about New York
#5) Harbour Town golf links - I'm a sucker for Pete Dye courses.

Honorable Mention:
Pebble Beach
Spyglass
Spanish Bay
TPC @ Las Colinas
TPC @ The Woodlands

[Mr Eagle]

#1) Augusta national - need I say more?

ST Andrews is not the oldest course in the world, Old granted but not the oldest. Muirfield and Musselbrough are older . I see quite a few of you guys have chosen St Andrews as one of the courses you would like to play. A fine links course (if you dont mind being blown from pillar to post for 5 hours) home of the R&A; and steeped in history,but if you ever do get the chance to play it forget about the game of golf as you know it,this monster is different gravy. Dont forget they only cut the rough back before the open (thats every 8 years!)

[JackieTreehorn]

1. Augusta
2. St. Andrews
3. Pebble Beach
4. Whistling Straits
5. Carnoustie

[MrKadash]

Cypress Point
The Old Course
Ballybunion Old
Pine Valley
Augusta National

Best courses I've played to date:
Bethpage Black 2004, Crystal Downs 1997, Oakland Hills 1999, Westchester CC 2006.

[Magnus]

1) Augusta National (of course.....#1 in the eyes of many)
2) Pebble Beach (just to see the ocean)
3) St. Andrews - Old Course (where golf started)
4) Harbour Town (I just like how narrow it is)
5) Oak Hill - East (just 1 hr down the road and has hosted all the big events)

I get to live some of this dream later this summer as a guest at Oak Hill in Rochester, NY......I can't wait, and after seeing the Senior PGA, truly hope to break 100...

[jamesbei]

1. Old Course
2. Augusta
3. TPC Sawgrass
4. Carnoustie
5. Pebble Beach

[BCEagles722]

1. Cape Kidnapper's (New Zealand)
2. Pebble Beach
3. The Old Course
4. Augusta
5. The Ocean Course (Kiawah Island)

[GOLFSALOT00]

1.augusta national(one of the best in the world)
2.st andrews(love the style and look of the course)
3.tpc sawgrass(one of the most challenging in the country
4.pebble beach(who dosent want to play here)
5.castle pines golf club(i know its not the nicest course out there but i live in the neighborhood where it is so its EXTREMELY tempting to play there

[Ceej]

Looks like everyone wants to play the same courses so I'll throw in a few others and some courses I didn't have a chance to play while I lived in the Midwest

1. Soangetaha
2. Brown Deer ( http://www.browndeergolf.org/picts_gallery.php )
3. Elmcrest ) http://www.elmcrestcountryclub.com/e...id=4&Itemid;=27 )
4. I've played it once, but I'd love to play Minocqua CC again
5. Glen Club

[mikelz]

1. The Golf Club
2. Seminole
3. Oakmont
4. Winged Foot
5. Augusta

Not necessarily in that order.