Do you have a golf trip planned? Let's hear all about it!

[BallsLeon]

29 minutes ago, US_Navy_Retired said:

I'm right next door to you in Olathe.....let's try and get a round in this year!

Absolutely, that would be great! I'll send you a PM

[cksurfdude]

Wife and I were in NC for a few day getaway in Feb - stayed at a beautiful place just outside the Duke U campus and played 9 on the golf course - literally right outside the back of the Inn - two days. Not good golfing on our parts but nice weather, beautiful course and a fun trip.

Nothing planned for March (yet? ..but my club opened up today 3-08) .. in April we're gonna go somewhere nice and do some golfing.

Then May is the MGS Outing to Kingsmill; June is a Monte Scheinblum clinic in NJ (3rd morning is on the course); July is a few Midwest Spies Meet-Up in NE.

August is our anniversary so we'll be doing a nice trip then, too!!

 

Edited March 8 by cksurfdude

[Dead Solid Bogey]

Won’t be sure until the latter part of this month. Will find out if I get off my medical choke chain or at least get a bit longer chain. 
  At the very least I hope to spend a few days in my favorite part of Texas playing my number one bucket list course in Texas. 

[Northern Monkey]

Got a trip to Portugal planned for later in the year and we are planning on playing Royal Obidos, Praia D’El Ray and West Cliffs

[TCUfrog]

Just put the finishing touches on 2 golf trips. 

In May, I'm going to Sand Valley for 2 nights and tacking on a trip to Lawsonia on the way back to fly home. Currently on the waitlist for the Lido, but hoping we can get in there while at Sand Valley. Otherwise, we still have 2 rounds at Mammoth Dunes, 1 at Sand Valley, and a couple loops at the Sandbox on the table.

Then due to a last minute wedding in San Diego in July, I'll be playing Torrey Pines. While I have heard meh reviews on the course design, I'm excited to knock a top course off my list and this time the wife wants to join in on the round, so it should be a fun trip (fingers crossed this gets the bug and can greenlight more golf based travel for us in the future)

[BigTiny]

Excited for a few trips with my dad this year. Even when we lived on opposite sides of the country, we would try to meet and play some every other year. We started to work through the Robert Trent Jones courses in AL. We only have a few more sites to visit before we have played every course on the trail. Now I live a little closer, so hopefully we can get the rest of the sites played this year when he turns 75. 

[OdinSnipes414]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4gcCDlNaMa/?igsh=MWhmeTBxZnQ3YWE0cA==
 

So puuuumped

[Swood1994]

Well it’s finally official. I booked my flights to Chicago to join @Byrnzee at Erin hills in June. This will probably be my only “big” trip of the year outside of a couple local-ish tournaments I play in every year. I’m really looking forward to it and to add another top 100 course to my list!

[Reed all about it]

On 3/7/2024 at 3:36 PM, NubianRugby said:

One of the guys suggested Asheville cause he's been there a few times and likes it. With all of us being in the Mid-Atlantic area basically anything is going to be an improvement over the crowded, beat up courses we very often play so we settled on Asheville. But now we may have to shorten the trip and may decide to go someplace closer to home.

I might be too late for this years trip, but if not, for next year thing about Charlottesville. On the very pricey end Keswick Country Club (private, but has stay and play). In the expensive but still reasonable range Spring Creek (private, but i know a guy), Devils Knob (private, but has stay and play), Birdwood, and Old Trail. In the mid range Meadowcreek, and Stoney Creek. On the very cheap end and absolutely an adventure Swannanoa. All of these courses are within 30ish minutes of Charlottesville proper. Meadowcreek is the cville muni and they do a great job with what they have, on the shorter side but fun layout. Swannanoa is a cash only, BYOB treasure. It is on top of a mountain and has the best views of any course on my list. No distinction between fairway and rough, but they try their best to keep the tiny greens well kept. Devils knob and Stoney creek are apart of the wintergreen resort. DK is at the top of the mountain, SC is at the base. 27 holes at SC and its a solid course. DK is very challenging with lots of blind shots and uneven lies, conditions are immaculate, vistas on the course will disappoint as the HOA does not allow removal of any mature trees. Birdwood is apart of the Boars head resort, and UVA plays there competitively. Always in good shape. Old trail is good challenge, and always plays well. Lots of different hole styles and mostly pretty flat greens. I have never played keswick. Spring creek is the best of the bunch that ive played (i may be biased, cus i am the guy i referred to earlier). If i was to plan a trip I would probably start in Cville with Spring Creek, Birdwood and/or Meadowcreek. Then head out towards the wintergreen resort. Play old trail or swannanoa on the way. They both sit at the north end of rt 151 which is a lovely ale trail. Wineries, breweries, distilleries, and cideries line the whole road. Either get a place at the top of wintergreen or somewhere on 151 and finish your trip with Stoney creek and/or Devils knob. 

[sschristie]

We have a group of 8 guys doing a quick weekend in northern Michigan this weekend. 

Friday is Champion Hill, Saturday is Arcadia South Course, and Sunday is Arcadia Bluffs. 

Arcadia is on my bucket list, so I'm praying the rain holds off for both Saturday and Sunday.

[StrokerAce]

On 1/8/2024 at 12:02 PM, StrokerAce said:

An acquaintance who I've occasionally played golf with was recently in touch. Seems his friend that he planned to go on a golf trip with was on the fence and I was asked to be the backup. <<humbling, I know>> 
I said sure without knowing much detail on it figuring his friend would more than likely still go.
Lo and behold I get a message very quickly that he was out and I was in.

When I think "golf trip" I think of a bunch of guys but come to find out that it was just the 2 of them and he'd already paid for 2 people.

I talked it over with the wife who of course said... it's up to you. (if that isn't a loaded answer!)

I thought about it and decided that this year I'm all about experiences so I dove in.

It's at sea island resort March 13-17 and we are playing the 3 courses.  https://www.seaisland.com/golf/
The place looks amazing and I can't wait!

If you've played there and have some tips I'd love to hear em.

Just FWIW - I posted a review of my experience here: 

If you haven't considered it, this one should be added to your short list. wellllll worth it. A great place for a group of guys, a couple friends, significant others, etc.

 

Edited Thursday at 06:33 PM by StrokerAce

[MGoBlue100]

5 minutes ago, sschristie said:

We have a group of 8 guys doing a quick weekend in northern Michigan this weekend. 

Friday is Champion Hill, Saturday is Arcadia South Course, and Sunday is Arcadia Bluffs. 

Arcadia is on my bucket list, so I'm praying the rain holds off for both Saturday and Sunday.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Haven't played Champion Hill, but both Arcadia courses are in my top ten favorites.  Side note: If you have time, you can literally drive 30 minutes and be at the clubhouse of Crystal Downs. No security gate to negotiate, just drive up to the pro shop.  You can see about six holes from that vantage point. Worth seeing, as most will never get the opportunity to play there. (I got lucky last Summer!)

[sschristie]

22 minutes ago, MGoBlue100 said:

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Haven't played Champion Hill, but both Arcadia courses are in my top ten favorites.  Side note: If you have time, you can literally drive 30 minutes and be at the clubhouse of Crystal Downs. No security gate to negotiate, just drive up to the pro shop.  You can see about six holes from that vantage point. Worth seeing, as most will never get the opportunity to play there. (I got lucky last Summer!)

We might have to check out Crystal Downs - I'd love to golf there and Kingsley Club, but will more than likely never get the chance.