Where Is Your Next Golf Trip Going to Be?

[klineka]

4 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

April 2025 - Pinehurst, playing Mid Pines and Southern Pines + 3 other courses. Probably Talamore, Mid-South, and one other. 

July 2025 - Bandon Dunes, just me and my dad. 

That's a great spring/summer of trips!

I'll be in Pinehurst in March, playing Pinehurst No. 2, No. 10, Tobacco Road, and The Cradle. 

[DaveP043]

I just returned from my yearly Thanksgiving visit ti Pinehurst, 14 rounds in 16 days.  I guess golf won't aggravate my back issues.  A nice surprise, some friends invited us to go to Nova Scotia with them next August, 5 rounds, including two at Cabot (Cliffs and Links).  Walking has suffered with the back injury, I have 8 months to get back enough stamina to walk those courses.  I know I can get a buggy with a doctors not, but I'd really prefer to be on foot.

[boogielicious]

2 hours ago, DaveP043 said:

I just returned from my yearly Thanksgiving visit ti Pinehurst, 14 rounds in 16 days.  I guess golf won't aggravate my back issues.  A nice surprise, some friends invited us to go to Nova Scotia with them next August, 5 rounds, including two at Cabot (Cliffs and Links).  Walking has suffered with the back injury, I have 8 months to get back enough stamina to walk those courses.  I know I can get a buggy with a doctors not, but I'd really prefer to be on foot.

Good news!  

[GolfLug]

On 12/3/2024 at 9:35 AM, saevel25 said:

July 2025 - Bandon Dunes, just me and my dad. 

Well then here's a dad joke for you.. Do you know the music to listen to while playing Bandon Dunes?.. Random Tunes. Heh heh. Groan..groan..

[jsgolfer]

Heading to Orlando Florida in February (Presidents Day week).  10 Rounds while I'm there. Playing all of the Disney courses with my Dad and then all my buddies come in and we play Thursday to Sunday.

Magnolia, Lake Buena Vista & The Palms

Crooked Cat and Panther Lakes

Evermore -Grand Cypress & Links - Grand Cypress will be a new addition to our rotation.  Haven't played that yet. 

With the cold weather here in the mid-Atlantic, February won't get here soon enough. 

[GolfLug]

 

TPC Sawgrass and WHOF courses first week of Feb and then back to Pinehurst in April. 

 

6 hours ago, jsgolfer said:

Heading to Orlando Florida in February (Presidents Day week).  10 Rounds while I'm there. Playing all of the Disney courses with my Dad and then all my buddies come in and we play Thursday to Sunday.

Magnolia, Lake Buena Vista & The Palms

Crooked Cat and Panther Lakes

Evermore -Grand Cypress & Links - Grand Cypress will be a new addition to our rotation.  Haven't played that yet. 

With the cold weather here in the mid-Atlantic, February won't get here soon enough. 

Nice set! Grand Cypress is a favorite in the area. 

6 hours ago, jsgolfer said:

With the cold weather here in the mid-Atlantic, February won't get here soon enough. 

+10...!

[jsgolfer]

On 1/17/2025 at 2:30 PM, GolfLug said:

 

TPC Sawgrass and WHOF courses first week of Feb and then back to Pinehurst in April. 

 

Nice set! Grand Cypress is a favorite in the area. 

+10...!

I've played the Grand Cypress links course several times, I always enjoyed that and had played Grand Cypress, back when there were three nines.  Interested how this new course is, that opened last year.

 

I enjoyed TPC Sawgrass, played that a few years back.

Edited January 24 by jsgolfer

[ChetlovesMer]

Playing a tournament out in Vegas the first weekend in May. I've been playing this tournament since 2009. 

Our tournament is hosted at Bear's Best. 
I'll probably grab an additional practice round somewhere else in the Vegas area. Not sure where. Any suggestions? 

So far around Vegas the ones I can remember I've played are: 

1. Bear's Best ... obviously
2. Prim Valley Resorts ... 20 years ago it was awesome, then it was bought and sold like 4 times. 
3. Angel Park. ... Great deals. Not a bad course, 36 holes plus a 13 hole lighted executive par-3 course. It has a solid practice area. It gets a lot of play. 
4. Wolf Creek ... I freaking love Wolf Creek, but it's 80 miles North, so a bit of a drive. ... Also, you can only hit irons on the driving range, which is interesting. 
5. All three Paiute Golf Courses  ... I really enjoy Paiute as well. The Wolf course is my favorite, but you can't go wrong with any of them. 
6. Bad Lands (Been closed down for a while now) ... Not my favorite, but gone now anyway. 
7. Vegas National ... Surprisingly reasonable in terms of price. Also surprisingly forgettable. 
8. Cascata ... I enjoyed it. But man, it's spendy. (A foursome can cost you $2500 all in.) They do give each group a forecaddie, so there's that. 

Anyone have a suggestion as to where to play in and around Vegas. Let me know. My group is always looking for new places to play a practice round. 

 

[Chris Brooks]

49 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Anyone have a suggestion as to where to play in and around Vegas. Let me know. My group is always looking for new places to play a practice round. 

I have nothing to add but "get out of town and you'll find better options." I'm in Vegas frequently and have mostly given up on finding quality affordable golf. I will check GolfNow and sometimes find deals that are attractive. So now I mostly just practice when I'm there, and I think Angel Park is one of the better options in the area for range and short game work. I do want to bring the wife out to the executive course one of these days.

[ChetlovesMer]

12 minutes ago, Chris Brooks said:

I do want to bring the wife out to the executive course one of these days.

Play it at after nightfall, under the lights. It's kind of a different experience and I found it a lot of fun. 

The executive course (as you probably know) gets a ton of play and its open really late (They have totally after dark leagues and stuff). That doesn't give the ground crew guys a lot of time to work on it. So, it's rarely in great shape. But still its a fun experience to play under the lights. 

[ConorHealy]

Next weekend myself and two pals are hopping on the plane to Queenstown with the following itinerary:

Fri: Jack's Point

Sat AM: Arrowtown

Sat PM: Roxburgh

Sun: Wanaka

Other than the front nine at Wanaka, all will be new to me. Very excited to see them all and fingers crossed for good weather. A great selection of courses in the area - Millbrook, Hills, Queenstown, Alexandra and Cromwell will have to wait until next time!

Someone might point me in the direction of the best place to post/view photos as I haven't yet encountered a dedicated forum for that (no doubt user error!).