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The stunning Tara Iti on New Zealand’s east coast. Certainly one of the best international courses built this century.
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Waverley in New Zealand. Had to play through about 80 sheep on the 1st hole.
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10 best holes at Bandon; giving two holes per course:
Bandon Dunes: 16 & 4
Pacific Dunes: 4 & 13
Bandon Trails: 11 & 5
Old Mac: 3 & 16
Sheep Ranch: 1 & 11
10 Worst holes:
Bandon Dunes: 8 & 11
Pacific Dunes: 15 & 5
Bandon Trails: 18 & 6
Old Mac: 12 & 9
Sheep Ranch: 4 & 18
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Top 10 courses built in the past 40 years outside the U.S.
1. Cape Wickham
2. Cabot Saint Lucia (Point Hardy)
3. Tara Iti
4. Cabot Cliffs
5. Cape Kidnappers
6. Playa Grande
7. Punta Espada
8. Tralee
9. Kingsbarns
10. Cabot Highlands (Castle Stuart)
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My Top 10 most fun golf courses, many of which have unique and quirky features you don't find other places:
1. Tobacco Road
2. NGLA
3. Ballyneal
4. Eastward Ho!
5. Myopia Hunt
6. Ballybunion
7. Sleepy Hollow
8. Yale
9. Prestwick
10. Sand Hollow
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I was looking at my notes for my most fun courses and didn't see one section of courses I listed before posting. Some of these would 100% make the list: Gamble Sands, Sagebrush, Cruden Bay, Kingsley, North Berwick, Kingsbarns, and Rock Creek Cattle Co.
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It's nice when you don't have the sun cooperating for photos, that the clouds sometimes pick up the slack.
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Top 20 in New York
1. NGLA
2. Fishers
3. Shinnecock
4. Friars
5. Sleepy
6. Maidstone
7. Bethpage
8. Sebonack
9. Oak Hill
10. Winged Foot West
11. Piping Rock
12. Garden City
13. Quaker
14. St. George's
15. Hudson
16. Bridge
17. Winged Ft East
18. Creek
19. Whippoorwill
20. Fenway
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Top 5 Private courses in Hawaii and Top 10 Public:
Private
1. Nanea
2. Kukio
3. Hokuli'a
4. Kohanaiki
5. Kukui'ula
Public
1. Manele
2. Kapalua (Plantation)
3. Mauna Kea
4. Makai
5. Hokuala
6. Poipu Bay
7. Hualalai
8. Wailea (Gold)
9. Wailea (Emerald)
10. Dunes at Maui Lani
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One caveat to the list. The former Prince course used to be my #1 course in all of Hawaii. It is now redesigned and renamed North Shore Preserve, and I haven't played it since opening and so I left it off the list.
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The best courses in Wisconsin:
1. Whistling Straits
2. Erin Hills
3. Sedge Valley
4. Mammoth Dunes
5. Sand Valley
6. Lawsonia
7. The Lido
8. Milwaukee CC
9. Blue Mound
10. Blackwolf (River)
11. Whistling (Irish)
12. Bull @ Pinehurst
13. La La Belle
14. SentryWorld
15. Pine Hills
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Top 8 Golf Courses in the Sooner State of Oklahoma:
1. Southern Hills
2. Oak Tree National
3. The Patriot
4. Karsten Creek
5. GC of Oklahoma
6. Oak Tree CC (East)
7. Jimmie Austin
8. Cedar Ridge
Shout out to Lincoln Park (West). Best muni I've seen in OK and a steal at $33.
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Best Courses in Texas:
Private:
1. Whispering Pines
2. Big Easy
3. Bluejack
4. Dallas Ntl
5. Brook Hollow
6. Spanish Oaks
7. Boot Ranch
8. Houston Oaks
9. Summit Rock
10. Escondido
Public
1. Fields Ranch East
2. FR West
3. Memorial Park
4. TPC Las Colinas
5. Barton Ck (Canyons)
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5 Best Public and Private courses in the Silver State of Nevada:
Public:
1. Shadow Creek
2. Edgewood Tahoe
3. Wolf Creek
4. Serket
5. Reflection Bay
Private:
1. Clear Creek Tahoe
2. SouthShore
3. Southern Highlands
4. Montreux
5. Las Vegas CC
*-Haven't played Summit or Wynn
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5 Best Public and Private courses in the Centennial State of Colorado:
Public:
1. Lakota Links
2. Redlands Mesa
3. Ironbridge
4. Red Sky (Fazio)
5. Broadmoor (East)
Private:
1. Ballyneal
2. Castle Pines
3. Cherry Hills
4. Colorado GC
5. Sanctuary
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Some days are better than others on the golf course. Today was a pretty dang good day.
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5 Best Private and Public courses in Arizona:
Private
1. Estancia
2. Stone Canyon
3. Forest Highlands (Canyon)
4. The Rim
5. Desert Highlands
*Haven't played Whisper Rock
Public
1. We-Ko-Pa (Both)
2. Ak-Chin Southern Dunes
3. Troon North (Pinnacle)
4. Laughlin Ranch
5. TPC
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5 Best Golf Courses in Wyoming:
1. Snake River Sporting Club
2. Shooting Star
3. Teton Pines
4. 3 Creek Ranch
5. Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club
* - Disclaimer: I haven't played Powder Horn which I hear is pretty good.
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