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!).

 

[DaveP043]

Its going to be a busy few months for me.  In just a couple of weeks I'll be joining the SandTrap group near Pittsburgh for 2 rounds.  Then in August we'll be in Nova Scotia for a week, including both Cabot courses.  And now we've added another little holiday.  Following my niece's wedding west of Detroit, my wife and I will go up to Forest Dunes for 3 rounds.  I picked that spot because I'm intrigued by The Loop, a Doak design that is played in different directions on alternating days.  One day is the Red, playing counter-clockwise, the next days is the black, going clockwise.  And there's the original course, a Weiskopf design.  All told, 10 new courses to add to my list!

[ChetlovesMer]

19 hours ago, DaveP043 said:

Its going to be a busy few months for me.  In just a couple of weeks I'll be joining the SandTrap group near Pittsburgh for 2 rounds.  

See you Saturday at Reserve Run. 

I have to confess, even thought it's a long way out. I'm pretty excited about next year end of April. The tournament I play every year for the better part of 2 decades is moving to Paiute Golf Club in Las Vegas. We'll get to use The Wolf and Sun Mountain courses for our tournament and get to do the Horserace on The Snow Mountain Course. I'm already looking forward to it. 

[jsgolfer]

Trip to Myrtle Beach at the end of October. Hopefully the weather will be as good as last year, will be my second time playing them. 

True Blue Golf Club

Caledonia Golf & Fish Club

Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club

Trip to Florida in Mid-February 

Southern Dunes - First time playing here

All 3 Disney Courses (LBV, Palms and Magnolia) - Play these every year I visit my Dad (these are his favorite courses to play)

Orange County National - Play these 2 every year as well.

And then back to Scotland End of June

Brora

Royal Dornoch

Nairn

Cabot Highlands

Royal Aberdeen

Cruden Bay

Trump International

Edited August 18 by jsgolfer

[ConorHealy]

7 hours ago, jsgolfer said:

Trip to Myrtle Beach at the end of October. Hopefully the weather will be as good as last year, will be my second time playing them. 

True Blue Golf Club

Caledonia Golf & Fish Club

Pawleys Plantation Golf & Country Club

Trip to Florida in Mid-February 

Southern Dunes - First time playing here

All 3 Disney Courses (LBV, Palms and Magnolia) - Play these every year I visit my Dad (these are his favorite courses to play)

Orange County National - Play these 2 every year as well.

And then back to Scotland End of June

Brora

Royal Dornoch

Nairn

Cabot Highlands

Royal Aberdeen

Cruden Bay

Trump International

Sounds like a strong itinerary. Have you played most of the Scottish ones before? Are you an eighteen a day guy or how is it spaced out?

[jsgolfer]

1 hour ago, ConorHealy said:

Sounds like a strong itinerary. Have you played most of the Scottish ones before? Are you an eighteen a day guy or how is it spaced out?

Have not played any of the Scotland courses, in 2023, did 10 courses in 12 days Turnberry, Troon, Prestwick, Carnoustie, Old Course, New Course, Muirfield, North Berwick, Kingsbarns and Dumbarnie.

typically 18 is enough, we do play 36 in Florida but it is usually a scramble or something where you don’t have to grind a lot.

Edited August 18 by jsgolfer

[DaveP043]

21 hours ago, jsgolfer said:

And then back to Scotland End of June

....

Royal Dornoch

I'm sure I mentioned it before, Royal Dornoch is my favorite golf course, of all I've played.  It's been said the toughest shot in golf is the second shot on the par-3 second hole there.  

[woodzie264]

Next month headed to Dominican Republic for 20th anniversary and will play Punta Espada while I’m there. Looks nice