Your Favorite Hole

[Double Mocha Man]

Maybe the thread is so old the guy was using a $5 throw-away camera from the 70's that wouldn't focus...

[Patch]

I like any hole that has a forced carry involved with it.. Especially forced carries over water.

These types of holes offer up a little more excitement for me. 

I even practice simulated forced carry shots as a way to limit the intimidation factor these types of holes provide when playing for a score.. 

[phan52]

This is my favorite because I made birdie. 😎 But its a damn good golf hole as well. 

Edited January 10, 2020 by phan52

[Double Mocha Man]

30 minutes ago, phan52 said:

This is my favorite because I made birdie. 😎 But its a damn good golf hole as well. 

You SOB.  😀  Can you get me on there?

[phan52]

Just now, Double Mocha Man said:

You SOB.  😀  Can you get me on there?

You wouldn't believe how lucky I was. I was an alternate because someone couldn't make it and I doubt I will get another shot at it. Golf trip of a lifetime.

[Double Mocha Man]

1 minute ago, phan52 said:

You wouldn't believe how lucky I was. I was an alternate because someone couldn't make it and I doubt I will get another shot at it. Golf trip of a lifetime.

Nice.  I've played a couple of courses near there but didn't have the status or pull to get on that one.  Wondering if "Long-Time Member" of TST would do the job???  For both of us!  I just noticed we have the same status.  

[phan52]

We were able to play unaccompanied so it isn't impossible, but the guy I played with who knows the member has a long list of suitors. They allow an hour of unaccompanied golf in the mornings, between 7:30 and 8:30. The members don't play at that hour because, when we were there in October, it is so cold but the playing conditions were perfect.

 

[dagolfer18]

49 minutes ago, phan52 said:

This is my favorite because I made birdie. 😎 But its a damn good golf hole as well. 

Isn’t that on Whistling Straits? Maybe not the Straits course, but the Irish maybe? 

[phan52]

2 minutes ago, dagolfer18 said:

Isn’t that on Whistling Straits? Maybe not the Straits course, but the Irish maybe? 

#15 Cypress Point.

[Double Mocha Man]

4 minutes ago, dagolfer18 said:

Isn’t that on Whistling Straits? Maybe not the Straits course, but the Irish maybe? 

If you have to ask, you can't afford it. 😊 It's Cypress Point, in CA.  Very exclusive.  It used to be in the rotation in the Pebble Beach Tournament.

Edited January 10, 2020 by Double Mocha Man

[dagolfer18]

Just now, Double Mocha Man said:

If you have to ask, you can't afford it. 😊 It's Cypress Point, in CA.  Very exclusive.

Heck, I’d love to play Cypress Point just once in my lifetime, even though it’s expensive (not to mention difficult).

[Double Mocha Man]

8 minutes ago, dagolfer18 said:

Isn’t that on Whistling Straits? Maybe not the Straits course, but the Irish maybe? 

Very good educated guess though!  I'm in a hotel bar (Uh, I mean public library) and someone peeking at my screen suggested it was Wolf Creek in Nevada.  Hmmm...

[HJJ003]

30 minutes ago, dagolfer18 said:

Isn’t that on Whistling Straits? Maybe not the Straits course, but the Irish maybe?

I assume the hole you thought this was can be found here: 

https://www.americanclubresort.com/golf/whistling-straits/the-straits/the-straits-hole-by-hole/no-7-shipwreck

[Double Mocha Man]

1 minute ago, HJJ003 said:

I assume the hole you thought this was can be found here: 

https://www.americanclubresort.com/golf/whistling-straits/the-straits/the-straits-hole-by-hole/no-7-shipwreck

There are definitely similarities.

[dagolfer18]

1 minute ago, HJJ003 said:

I assume the hole you thought this was can be found here: 

https://www.americanclubresort.com/golf/whistling-straits/the-straits/the-straits-hole-by-hole/no-7-shipwreck

Yep. That’s exactly the hole I was thinking about. They look so similar!

[Buckeyebowman]

On 1/10/2020 at 3:44 PM, phan52 said:

#15 Cypress Point.

I suspected that it was the course. You have to be seriously connected to get to play there! 

On 1/10/2020 at 3:46 PM, Double Mocha Man said:

If you have to ask, you can't afford it. 😊 It's Cypress Point, in CA.  Very exclusive.  It used to be in the rotation in the Pebble Beach Tournament.

Yes! Remember the shot of Clint Eastwood, and a bunch of others, hanging onto another actor's belt, I believe it's Orson 
Bean, to keep him from falling into the sea after hitting his shot? You may if you are as old as I am! 

And yes, Cypress Point is SERIOUSLY private! It's more private than Augusta National. I once read where they turned down a request by Barack Obama to play!  

[Double Mocha Man]

1 minute ago, Buckeyebowman said:

I suspected that it was the course. You have to be seriously connected to get to play there! 

Yes! Remember the shot of Clint Eastwood, and a bunch of others, hanging onto another actor's belt, I believe it's Orson 
Bean, to keep him from falling into the sea after hitting his shot? You may if you are as old as I am! 

And yes, Cypress Point is SERIOUSLY private! It's more private than Augusta National. I once read where they turned down a request by Barack Obama to play!  

Was Obama still just a Senator among 100?  Or the President at the time?

[Buckeyebowman]

No, he was President at the time. Cypress made up some excuse about a member guest tourney or something like that.