What are your favorite PUBLIC courses you've played?

[Moecat]

For myself - combining both quality of the course and value (important, I think, because of today's economy) - I like Poppy Ridge in Livermore, CA (http://www.poppyridgegolf.com/virtualtour/tour.html) and Half Moon Bay Ocean Course (http://www.halfmoonbaygolf.com/index.php?page=the_courses-the_ocean_course) in Half Moon Bay, CA.

 

 

With Poppy Ridge, one can get discounted green fees through www.golfnow.com. At Half Moon Bay, one just needs to sign up for a free email newsletter to get green fee discount info.

[TWShoot67]

There are many beautiful courses in the Pa., NJ area most are private but there are some gems that are public and that's pretty much all I play. I will get a list together of all the courses I've played in a day or two. I'll have to look at some of my score cards I've saved!

 

Tim

[Jballmn]

Check out this one guys.... You'll be hearing about it a lot this Summer, as the US Amateur will be there, and then US Open in 2015!

 

www.chambersbaygolf.com

[Manavs]

Bethpage - Black and Red are on the list -

[Richie3Jack]

Bethpage Black

 

Kiawah Island Ocean Course

 

Caledonia Golf and Fish Club

 

 

 

 

3JACK

[DJNiich]

Ritz Carlton Dove Mountain

Tucson, AZ

 

that's public right?

[dmarshal17]

I enjoy Magnolia Grove in Mobile, AL. Its part of the RTJ Golf Trail. The LPGA plays the Bell Micro Classic there every year, and its a great value for locals and snowbirds alike

[Matt Saternus]

My #1 favorite course is Spyglass Hill. I also got to play the Plantation at Kapalua this summer and really enjoyed it. Unbelievably beautiful from 1-18.

[MmmmmmBuddy]

Check out this one guys.... You'll be hearing about it a lot this Summer, as the US Amateur will be there, and then US Open in 2015!

 

www.chambersbaygolf.com

+ 1

Chambers is quite good, although not as good as Bandon and Pacific Dunes.....

[jamo]

There is a course in Boston called George Wright golf course that I can play for $8 and it is a Donald Ross design. Probably my favorite course ever.

[Manavs]

There is a course in Boston called George Wright golf course that I can play for $8 and it is a Donald Ross design. Probably my favorite course ever.

 

played that many a time - fun track!

[SPY ZINGER]

We Ko Pa

Fountain Hills, AZ

[bp4455]

Bethpage Black

 

Kiawah Island Ocean Course

 

Caledonia Golf and Fish Club

 

 

 

 

3JACK

I was a member of Caledonia and True Blue for several years. Caledonia is prettier but I think True Blue is more challenging and fun to play.

[fozcycle]

Juniper Hills GC Frankfort, KY (where I learned how to play golf in the 50's)

 

Hawktree GC Bismark, ND

[lilhellmaker]

Bethpage Black

Pine Hill - down the road from Pine Valley

Glen Mills

Architects Club

[mudfish]

I'm jelous looking at all the courses you guys have played... I plan on being a high enough caliber golfer in the next couple years yo get to play some of these places...

 

Anyway the best courses I have played was Goose Creek in Leesburg, VA, and the Turning Stone Casino Course just outside of Syracuse... Hope to play more soon...

[GolfSpy Dave]

Yoche De He course near the Cashe Creek Casino here in nor cal. What a great facility. Truly felt like a resort experience for $65 after 1 in the summer. Maybe the greatest non-costal 19th hole patio I have been to.

[MmmmmmBuddy]

My 5 favorite Public tracks are

Pacific Dunes

Bandon Dunes

Trump National LA

Bali Hai Las Vegas

Pumpkin Ridge Ghost Creek

 

My 5 Favorite PRIVATE Tracks are

 

Eugene CC (Eugene OR)

Riviera CC (Pacific Palisades CA)

Firestone (Akron OH)

Pronghorn (Bend OR)

Medalist GC (Jupiter FL)

MMmmmmmmm...

[JohnBarry]

I still have to say Oyster Bay in North Myrtle Beach, just great views and a great, tough course with a great staff!

[MmmmmmBuddy]

I still have to say Oyster Bay in North Myrtle Beach, just great views and a great, tough course with a great staff!

Come to Oregon.... You won't be disappointed.

[Richie3Jack]

I was a member of Caledonia and True Blue for several years. Caledonia is prettier but I think True Blue is more challenging and fun to play.

 

I used to work at Caledonia and I'm friends with the head pro at True Blue. True Blue had just opened when I started working at Caledonia. I really didn't like it much, but I heard it had changed a bit. Caledonia is just classic with so many great holes to play.

 

 

 

 

3JACK

[bp4455]

I used to work at Caledonia and I'm friends with the head pro at True Blue. True Blue had just opened when I started working at Caledonia. I really didn't like it much, but I heard it had changed a bit. Caledonia is just classic with so many great holes to play.

3JACK

Bob Seganti? He wouldn't know me from Adam but his wife would.

 

TB was simplified to make it more playable. I didn't like it at first either. I never thought Caledonia was very difficult, at least from the middle tees. From the tips is another story. The people at both courses were always very nice to me but what I didn't like about Caledonia was the pace of play. It was deathly slow. CPO until 9 AM every single day was a bit much IMO.

[Richie3Jack]

Bob Seganti? He wouldn't know me from Adam but his wife would.

 

TB was simplified to make it more playable. I didn't like it at first either. I never thought Caledonia was very difficult, at least from the middle tees. From the tips is another story. The people at both courses were always very nice to me but what I didn't like about Caledonia was the pace of play. It was deathly slow. CPO until 9 AM every single day was a bit much IMO.

 

Yep, still friends with Bob. Awesome guy to work for. I play from the back tees. Caledonia isn't really that tough from there either except for some of the par-3's can give you some problems and it can be tough to putt on. Still have a ball playing there though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3JACK

[bp4455]

Yep, still friends with Bob. Awesome guy to work for. I play from the back tees. Caledonia isn't really that tough from there either except for some of the par-3's can give you some problems and it can be tough to putt on. Still have a ball playing there though.

 

All back tees are hard for me, LOL. I'm almost 72. When they put in new greens a few years ago they rolled nicely but were very hard. That's OK but not when greens have been set up for old bermuda. Way too much tilt on some including 18. If the pin was low left you couldn't keep the ball on the green.

 

Beautiful course though despite tourists' gripes about #9. It was a "terrible hole" even though they couldn't par it, LOL.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3JACK

[JohnBarry]

The South Strand in MB is loaded with great courses. Of course Caldonia, True Blue and Heritage get all the headlines, but River Front and the Tradition Club are great tracks, Willbrook maybe my favorite southern layout Brenda at Litchfield (the Pro) is a great lady who loves her golfers, and the course is a lot tougher than people give it credit for.

[Jmikecpa]

Beth Page Black and Red

Kiawah Ocean Course

TPC Sawgrass

Bulle Rock

Atlantic City CC

 

 

In my immediate area Glen Mills, Architects and Inniscrone are all nice tracks.

[jamo]

Juniper Hills GC Frankfort, KY (where I learned how to play golf in the 50's)

 

Hawktree GC Bismark, ND

 

That's funny, there is a Juniper Hills GC near me in MA. Go figure.

[Addicted2Golf]

I will represent for the West Coast (even though I live in the MidWest now):

 

Torrey Pines - San Diego, CA

Grayhawk - Scottsdale, AZ

 

Also, vacationed in Michigan last summer and played two gems up there:

 

Arthur Hills (Boyne Highlands) - Harbor Springs, MI

Crooked Tree - Bay harbor, MI

[Matt Saternus]

I will represent for the West Coast (even though I live in the MidWest now):

 

Torrey Pines - San Diego, CA

Grayhawk - Scottsdale, AZ

 

Also, vacationed in Michigan last summer and played two gems up there:

 

Arthur Hills (Boyne Highlands) - Harbor Springs, MI

Crooked Tree - Bay harbor, MI

 

I'm planning on taking a Michigan trip this summer, I'll have to keep my eye out for these two. Anything in particular draw you to them, or were they just near the place you stayed? Michigan seems to be really well represented in lots of Top 100 lists, and the green fees don't seem outrageous.

[NGage]

A couple of my favorite just everyday normal public courses are Tangelwood in Winston-Salem, NC and Oak Hollow in High Point, NC.

 

 

http://www.co.forsyth.nc.us/tanglewood/golf_ChampionshipCourse.aspx

http://www.oakhollowgc.com/golf/proto/oakhollowgc_hp/index.htm