Best Golf Course You Have Ever Played

<----The Plantation Course Kapalua
Valderamma in Spain
The Belfrey in England
Old Head, Ballybunion, Kings Barns Ireland
Riviera, Sherwood, LA CC, Bel Air, Cypress Point

Others, but those are the top...

Spyglass

Kanapali In Maui....they have that one hole that looks down and the ocean in the horizon....beautiful.

Old Head Golf Club

Kinsale, Ireland  Check it out online...unbelievable!

Doral.

Shot 80.

Loved every minute of it because it's a true golfer's course.  Makes you think on every shot.

Superstition Mountain Country Club is #1. It's where the LPGA had the Safeway Championship previously.

https://www.thetributegc.com/

 

https://www.cowboysgolfclub.com/layout9.asp?id=229&page=7275

Played there last summer for the first time.....great municipal course. 

Couple of hidden gems in south central Kansas.

My favorite:

Magnolia Grove - Robert Trent Jones Trail - Mobile, Alabama

RTJT great value!!

Mauna Kea On the Big Island. They have one of the nicest holes in the world. Cant remember off hand but think it was the 2nd or 3rd hole. A par 3 over the ocean.

They wouldn"t allow you to sweep the parking lot at either place....

Laurel Valley, Ligonier , Pa.. Like playing it more then  Oakmont.. Better layout.. Better visuals.. Just as good as shape (if not better).. Oakmont has faster greens on the average .. Thats all it has over Laurel Valley.. Tough to get on..

 

Played the Cowboys Club

 

Loved the golf carts with the names of ex-Cowboy Players

I was in the Billy Joe Dupree cart

The Cowboy Logo in the fairway of one of the holes was another nice touch

 

Nice track

Not the best course but if you ever get chance to play Tour 18 in Dallas (not other Tour 18's like in Houston or elsewhere but just Dallas) it has some excellent remakes of famous holes. Some better then others but Amen Corner and the 17th at Sawgrass are great replicas.

 

Fricking Amen Corner is almost exact as is Sawgrass.

 

 

Key Biscayne is a dump tho. Nice views but thats it. Nothin else I liked about. I got stuck going there a couple years but I was not a fan.
AJ not a fan of Cowboys either. I live very close to it but I dont like it at all. Fairwaiys are usually good but greens aren't too good. The tribute is nice but easy especially if there is no wind. Usually in good shape tho.

I previously forgot about a few in Scottsdale tat are awesome. Greyhawk, The Sanctuary, and The Raven. They were way better than TPC Scottsdale.

Whistling Straits  ( 3weeks before 2004 PGA ) Caddie and the walk were great. Kohler Rep   . Shot 92 with no wind. Very rare the no wind deal.     Shadow Creek in LV. Caddie Ryan Truxell made the day.The only problem with this track is you have to gamble too much to get a tee time! 7239 yards for a 88.

I have played Pine Valley so since there is no nicer course in the world thats my answer.

But I played college Golf at Hofstra so Bethpage Black holds a very special place in my heart.

In fact I have challenged many friends from around the country to try and break 80 on the black. I dont care what your handicap is.

It's VERY hard to do the first time you play it. Great track.

pinehurst # 2

Bethpage Black -  my favorite and definitely the hardest.

I'm sure not nearly as nice as the courses you guys have played, but played the Hilton in Vegas before it became the Wynn hotel. It was cool to walk around that course, and think about all the "Vegas" people that might have been right where you were at one time. And also all the PGA pro's...... Just wanted to say I played it before it was gone.....

I think your thinking about the old Desert Inn Golf Course.

I played the old course in the late 90's and I agree it was pretty cool to think of all the people who played it before you. And it was a great course in it's own right.

But I did play the new course (now called Wynn Country Club) 3 years ago and I have to say from a pure Golf standpoint the new track is a major upgrade.

I am an idiot. The 2 best I have ever played are

Glenmaura National in Scranton PA. The town is kinda a dump but unreal golf course.

San Isidro Golf Club in Guatamala city. I may actually try to post a picture in my avatar at some point. Absolutely perfect shape. Bent grass everything. Volcanoes in the back ground. Great place a recommend to anyone that goes to Guatemala.

Golfed here on Memorial Day, and here yesterday...amazing courses!

Great topic.. I haven't played too many in the top 50 in the world ranking but I hear this is a must:

Royal County Down

 

Muirfield Village, used to live on the 12th hole and loved every minute of it.  Thankfully got the chance to play it a few times amd shot around 80 during regular conditions and around 84-85 week after the tournament.  Just to let you know at that time I was a 2 handicap, it's true those guys are good on tour to shoot what they do.