This may have been discussed before but I would like to hear everyone's favorite golf course. I favorite course is Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown, PA. I learned to play golf at this course and probably spent more tme here than anywhere else. However, my favorite place to play golf is Pinehurst, NC. I have been lucky enough to play all 8 courses. I love No. 2. Also, the other courses around the Pinehurst area are great: Mid-Pines, Pine Needles. I just love that area.

In NJ, I like the Architect's Club (www.thearchitectsclub.com)
The holes are all designed in the style of famous golf course architects from the past...it's not a "replica" course, they just use design elements which are typical of that designer. It actually flows pretty well, they start in the late 1800's (Old Tom Morris) and move thru the years up to the 20th century (Robert Trent Jones).
I've also enjoyed golfing in Arizona, but it's been so long (boohoo) that I've forgotten the courses.

Tough question. I've played a lot of courses in the Myrtle beach area and like a lot of those, but I'd probably say the most fun course was Tobacco Road (http://www.tobaccoroadgolf.com). That being said, playing Pinehurst #2 which has hosted a couple US Open's in recent years was neat to play but I didn't play well when I played it. But it was neat.

I played Tobacco Road a couple years ago. It was a fun course to play. It had some good holes and some bad holes. I played the course in March and there was no one on it. It was a lot of fun. We were able to play a couple holes more than one time.

Cool! It's the kind of course after you play a few times you begin to learn how to score, where you can and more importantly should not leave the ball. but always a fun time. Mike Strantz, the designer, died way to early in his career. he's done some fabulous courses.

I've had the good fortune to live in an area (western Pennsylvania) with a boatload or really, really good golf courses. Oakmont Country Club, Olde Stonewall Golf Course, Fox Chapel Country Club, the list goes on and on. My favorite, however, is Laurel Valley Golf Club. It's a beautiful course, a good test, but you don't walk off Laurel feeling as though you've been beat on for four hours like you do at Oakmont. Laurel is a beautiful, tree-lined layout that's hosted a Ryder Cup, a PGA Championship and a U.S. Senior Open. Hard to beat a day at Laurel Valley.

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It is a really fun course to play it wasnt too challenging but dont be fooled there are plenty of holes that can easy become double bogeys. The 6th has to be the signature hole an elevated tee shot onto a thin fairway with OB all the way down the right and trees all the way down the left and dont forget about the 2 fairway bunkers on the right and the 3 near the green, the green itself is the most challenging on the course but the most challenging hole has to be the par4 13th is tough slim fairway dogleg right into a small green with big mounds of long rough and bunkers dont forgrt to mention its 450 plus yards if you cant reach the dogleg which is about 300 yards to get on into requires a long iron or in some cases fairway woods to hit it 200 yARDS over big tall trees if you dont carry this then your in the woods if your too far your O.B so accuracy is needed. As for the par 3's there are 5 of them the longest being the 18th at nearly 200 yards its tough to make par and the smallest the 4th at about 115yards its only a pitching wedge but even though its stroke index 18 if your tee shot isnt straight your in trouble, water on the right and a lot greenside bunkers protect the green that slopes quite severly from front to back. As for the par 5's there are 3, the 3rd, 5th and 15th, all are quite challenging but the most difficult is probably the 5th off the the white tees its a blind tee shot up a hill that takes a 200 yard carry to reach the top of. if your a big hitter you might be able to reach this 530 yard par 5 in 2 if you hit a 300 yard drive you will have a 3 0r 4 iron or maybe even a 5 wood into the green depending on the conditions. the green is quite small but is downhill to the fairway and is protected by a big bunker on the right and a smaller one on the left so accuracy is a must. The closing hole to the front nine is a good hole a long par4 at 430 yards requirng a draw to get round the trees leaving a mid to long iron into an elevated green this is a small green and if you miss it you will do well to make par. As for the facilities there is a decent sized putting green, and a practice net, a practice ground with a practice green, and a fully stocked pro shop from chocolate bars to the new titleist scotty cameron and vokey wedges. The food is wonderful not to long to wait and it good quality if your around the area a trip to haydock park is highly reccommended, i liked it so much that i am now a member there.

Max, thanks for the review, where is this course located?

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My Favorite golf course has to be Palmilla Golf Course. WHY, It has 27 holes on some of the most beautiful land enywhere. AND it's in Cabo Mexico. And IF I'm in MEXICO playing golf, I'm not WORKING. What could be better than that?

Myrtle Beach is just heavenly-- more specifically, Grande Dunes!

I guess my favorite course would be what I consider my home course, Chippewa. It is a nice little course, well maintained and cheap.

How about the Bandon Dunes courses? Both Pacific Dunes and Bandon Dunes are tremendous. And the fourth course, Old MacDonald, is reputed to be the best of them all. Or at least so say the caddies.

Welcome to the site Doubleg. Did you really join the site FOUR YEARS AGO, and not post anything until now? A little strange, but who cares? You're one of the guys now. Good to have you on board.

I was in California 5 years ago and we played PGA West and it was an amazing course , so very very difficult !!