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Letterman [160]
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OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 7:39 AM
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I'm sure there will be a lot of great courses mentioned in this thread, but the hardest course I've ever played is Oakmont. The greens normally run 15-16 on the stint and the fairways are extremely tight. From the tee, there are bunkers in the landing area that you have to navigate, and if find yourself in the bunker, the only option is to play it out like a green side bunker and hope to salvage a decent number. It's a wonderful course, but one of the hardest to play. I will be interested to hear other thoughts on courses around the country.
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 7:41 AM
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Played Oakmont and it is very hard. Spanish Bay in Cal and the ice plant was also very difficult. My fav of all the toughies is Pinehurst number 2. It is a gem.
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Paw Warrior [4718]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 4:44 PM
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Woodhaven Par 3 - Pendleton, SC.
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Rival Killer [2982]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 7:43 AM
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easy peasy ... Myrtle Beach Putt Putt (all 878 of them)
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Dynasty Maker [3506]
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Gilligan's Island, Garden City
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Oct 29, 2024, 8:22 AM
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Water hazards everywhere, lose a ball in a water hazard...pay 50 cents for a new one. I bet I spent $5 extra with our kids that one round many years ago.
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Orange Immortal [67583]
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The Ocean Course at Kiawah.***
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Oct 29, 2024, 7:47 AM
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Valley Protector [1485]
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Whistling Straits - Kohler, WI
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Oct 29, 2024, 8:00 AM
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One of the nicest and hardest courses I have been to. Been to Pebble Spyglass Spanish Bay and Kohler is nicer IMO.
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Re: Whistling Straits - Kohler, WI
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Oct 29, 2024, 3:55 PM
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Agree, and I have played the same courses as well. Bethpage is supposed to be another tough test but I have not played it. I will also say the Ocean course at Kiawah is incredibly difficult if the wind is up
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Re: Whistling Straits - Kohler, WI
Oct 29, 2024, 9:12 PM
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I e played Bethpaige Black and it is indeed very difficult ……. Maybe the hardest I’ve played. Harder than Pine Valley and the Ocean Course.
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Varsity [214]
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Carnoustie
Oct 31, 2024, 7:43 AM
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Mine is Carnoustie. They do not let you pick the tee you play from. They tell you which tee to play. We played it at about 7200 yards long. One par 3 was about 275 yards, and number 18 that Jean Van de Velde made a 7 on, well I beat him with my 6, which was a double bogey!
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Dynasty Maker [3299]
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Re: The Ocean Course at Kiawah.***
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Here’s a second for the Ocean Course. Add the wind the two times I’ve played it and it humbles you.
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Orange Immortal [67583]
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Indeed!
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Oct 29, 2024, 8:52 AM
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On the par 3 No. 14 that plays between 160 and 170 yards (which is generally a 5 or 6 iron for me), I hit a low fading 5 wood directly into the wind that was coming off the ocean and I still couldn't reach the green. Humbling indeed!
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Commissioner [1262]
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Re: The Ocean Course at Kiawah.***
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Oct 29, 2024, 9:29 AM
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I concur that the Ocean Course at Kiawah was the toughest course I have ever played. Ocean Winds at Seabrook Island was also very challenging.
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Orange Elite [5393]
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Re: The Ocean Course at Kiawah.***
Oct 29, 2024, 11:21 PM
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I agree! Only played it once, back in 2012 NY day. Hungover as #### after NYE, hit my drive on #1 just short of the fairway bunker on the left. 160 something to the hole, stripe an 8 iron out of the dormant rough right at the flag. Drive up don't see it. Spend a couple minutes looking off the back of the green when my brother says, "Did you check the hole?" I say, "Heck no, ain't no way it went in, I can barely see straight after last night!" Go back to looking in the brush and my brother yells out it's in the hole. One of only a handful of eagles in my life. Oh, and in typical golf fashion, I completely fell apart after that hole and MAYBE broke 100 that day after that start 😂
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Head Coach [910]
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Re: The Ocean Course at Kiawah.***
Oct 29, 2024, 9:45 PM
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The difficulty of the Ocean Course varies with how hard the wind blows. I have played it with little wind and it’s not terribly difficult but I’ve also played it in winds of 25-30 mph and it’s dang near impossible.
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Oakmont also for me in 2004***
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Letterman [158]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 8:23 AM
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Carnoustie in Scotland. Wonderful caddie made it a little easier. Actually the hardest was Country Club of North Carolina for the conference tournament my junior year. It was a million miles long, brand new, and soggy. In those metal shaft, wood clubhead days (not wood shaft and stone clubheads, as my son suggests) some of the holes were just unreachable. Plus the greens were slicker than owl sh%%%.
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Letterman [192]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 8:27 AM
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Carnoustie, Merion and Pine Valley.
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Clemson Conqueror [11647]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 9:15 PM
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I’ve played all three, but we got rained out at Merion about half way through. Ball in the rough ther, you were doomed …… same at Torrey Pines. Carnoustie was hard and I did not like the course, especially the finishing holes. Pine Valley pretty tough too.
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Tiger Spirit [9225]
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Pinehurst number 2. I think I had three puts go off the green that day.
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Oct 29, 2024, 8:34 AM
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Still, it was fun to play the course.
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Athletic Dir [1126]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 8:41 AM
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Pinehurst #2 without question. Spent most of the day going back and forth around the greens. Here's a tip: Listen to your caddie. Took me 4 holes to figure that one out.
Played Forest Oaks in Greensboro the week after they had the GGO. Course was still setup for the tournament. Tight fairways, the rough was thick and the greens extremely fast. Gained a new appreciation for tour players that day.
Stonehouse outside of Williamsburg. Beautiful holes, but it's the last time I paid $125 to shoot 125.
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Orange Elite [5393]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 11:28 PM
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My wife grew up on Forest Oaks, behind hole #8 (used to be #17 back in the day BTW). That was a difficult course for sure in tournament conditions. Shame they lost the tournament but I hear the course conditions have improved recently after a long down turn. I'd love to play it again one day if just for nostalgia. We played in a big tournament there the Friday before we got married back in 2006.
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Tiger Spirit [9225]
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Pinehurst number 2. I think I had three puts go off the green that day.
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Oct 29, 2024, 8:42 AM
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Still, it was fun to play the course.
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Orange Immortal [67583]
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I've played Pinehurst No. 2 a few times...
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Oct 29, 2024, 9:19 AM
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and the toughest thing about that course was definitely the turtleback greens being so challenging to hold. Approach shots and putts just roll off the edges of the greens into bunkers.
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Commissioner [1240]
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Re: I've played Pinehurst No. 2 a few times...
Oct 30, 2024, 2:27 PM
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Before or after the redo?
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Campus Hero [13264]
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Ocean Curse, Kiawah
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Oct 29, 2024, 8:46 AM
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"OK, this is a short par 3. Wind is blowing toward the beach, so an 8 iron toward the left trap should bring it to the pin"
5 minutes later, I'm walking onto the beach, looking for a little white ball in a sea of white sand, praying it didn't hit a sun bather.
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Standout [237]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 8:52 AM
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Augusta National!
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Head Coach [964]
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What made it hard? Ive heard its relatively easy to
Oct 29, 2024, 5:56 PM
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post a decent score, at least from the couple people I know that have played it.
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Head Coach [910]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 9:56 PM
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I have played Augusta and from the member’s tees it’s not particularly difficult but I’m sure it’s a bear from the Masters tees. The most difficult part is putting the greens. If you ever get to play it get your caddy to read the greens. I only 3-putted once but would have been lost without my caddy.
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Walk-On [76]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 8:59 AM
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The Farm in Dalton Ga and Pelican Hills in LA
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Rival Killer [2874]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 9:03 AM
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Pinehurst No 2.... turtle back greens.
I was stationed at Fort Bragg (now Liberty) for 15 years and worked there on the weekends part time when I wasn't deployed and cut the greens on No 2. Best job ever. I missed working the US Open in 2014 b/c I deployed to Afghan, but this year I reached out to my old boss, No 2 superintendent and was able to mow the 9th green all week.
It was awesome b/c the greens crew was up there on 18 when Rory missed his putt and BD hit that awesome bunker shot to seal the win. Was right there on the front of the green at the awards ceremony.
Now I need to retire and go caddy or mow greens at Augusta to play the course the Monday after the masters. If I can ever play Augusta National, I will have accomplished all I ever wanted to in life.
Torrey Pines South Course was fun too. And the narrow fairways at Harbor Towne are rough. TPC Sawgrass is awesome, put 4 in the water on 17.
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Head Coach [910]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 30, 2024, 10:38 AM
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I like the way you describe the way you feel about playing Augusta National. When I played it the pin on #16 was on the front left- having watched the tournament for years I knew that if I landed the ball on the front right it would feed toward the hole and that’s exactly what happened. It stopped about a foot from the hole and I told the people I was playing with that if that ball had gone in I would have jumped in the pond and drowned myself because I would have had nothing left to live for.
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Orange Blooded [2468]
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Played a bunch of tour courses, East Lake, etc. but,
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Oct 29, 2024, 9:03 AM
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The hardest was at Belfair in Hilton Head from the back tees. Long and narrow with the overhanging trees. That was a long day.
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 9:05 AM
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Ball buster tournament at local course
They put the pins in the worst location on the putting green
There was a par 3 that I must have gotten a 12 - up hill green just kept rolling back
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Paw Master [17033]
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Cypress Point
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Oct 29, 2024, 9:18 AM
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But then again, I was 11 years old
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Clemson Icon [26933]
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The Ravines, just south of Jacksonville.
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Oct 29, 2024, 9:58 AM
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It's closed now.
2nd hardest. TPC Sawgrass.
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Head Coach [910]
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Re: The Ravines, just south of Jacksonville.
Oct 29, 2024, 10:15 PM
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I loved The Ravines. It was one my favorite courses. If you blindfolded someone and took them there they would never believe they were in Florida. I have lotsa great memories there. TPC at Sawgrass is the kind of course that you can play well for a few holes but sooner or later it WILL bite you. 17 gets all the attention but 18 is the killer.
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Clemson Icon [26933]
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Ravines. If you were a 10 handicapper....
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Oct 29, 2024, 11:25 PM
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.... there were more double bogey and higher scores on that course than any other course I have ever played. Bad shots were severely penalized. (Mark McCumber lived there when it was in its heyday.)
TPC Sawgrass. Only played it once. Many years ago. Played the middle tees (6400 yards) first 15 holes. Played the tips on 16-17-18. Was a 10 handicapper.
Hit 16 in regulation. 3 putted.
Hit 17 in regulation. 3 putted.
Hit 18 in 3. 3 putted.
TV does not do justice to the slopes, hills and bumps in those greens.
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Caledonia in Pawley's Island***
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Re: Caledonia in Pawley's Island***
Oct 29, 2024, 12:28 PM
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Loved playing Caledonia. TPC Myrtle Beach was not an easy track either.
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 11:25 AM
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Doral in Florida. Water on about every hole with golf ball magnets in them. And I think I put one or more Titleists in every one. That was over 50 years ago.
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 30, 2024, 2:34 PM
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Rancho Los Palmas at Palm Springs...original for Bob Hope...what made it so tough was narrow with condos surrounding whole course...five yards outside each cart path was OB...anything on the other side of the iron fence was OB...why this beautiful course lost the Bob in 70's!
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 11:43 AM
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Tidewater in very high wind.
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 12:29 PM
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Tidewater was another that I had forgotten about… great course.
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Head Coach [910]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 10:20 PM
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It’s hard to believe that Tidewater was designed by a tax attorney. Fabulous course.
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Torrey Pines
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Oct 29, 2024, 11:45 AM
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Almost took the fun out of the experience !
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Re: Torrey Pines
Oct 29, 2024, 9:18 PM
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I did not enjoy that course!
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Boscobel Country Club While Under The Influence of a Fifth of Jack
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Oct 29, 2024, 11:58 AM
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and a few beers
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Re: Boscobel Country Club While Under The Influence of a Fifth of Jack
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Oct 29, 2024, 12:25 PM
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and a few beers
Back in the 80s, I often had the same issue when playing golf. There was a golf course near Level Land which was basically a mowed pasture (cant remember the name). In the club house they had a quart of Old Forrester and sold a shot for a buck each.
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 12:05 PM
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Bethpage Black. Second hardest was Gleneagles in Scotland on a very windy day.
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 12:30 PM
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We need TNet golf outing to Bethpage!
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 10:23 PM
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I’m down for a trip to Bethpage!
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 12:22 PM
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ALL OF THEM !
The golf pro said my biggest problem is I stand much too close to the ball, especially right after I've hit it.
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 12:23 PM
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Glen Dornach at the beach would be in my top 5 toughest courses. Ocean Course is a bucket list deal for myself. Buddy played there recently and was 30mph winds with gust up over 40. Not sure if that is the norm but the clubs he was having to pull to hit shorter shots was crazy.
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 3:50 PM
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Ocean Course at Kiswahili in 25 MPH winds.
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Head Coach [948]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 3:51 PM
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Ocean Course at Kiawah in 25 MPH winds.
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 3:56 PM
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Pinehurst and Augusta. Pebble beach is not easy either. Oh, wait, you guys are talking about for real and not the video game? dang. :0)
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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I played in a Senior Tournament at The Ocean Course at Kiawah some years ago and the wind was howling off the ocean. It was like playing in a wet sand blaster. I think I shot 83 and it was one of the best rounds of my life. 6 footer for par on every hole with no letup. After the round I felt like I had been 15 rounds with Mike Tyson.
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Head Coach [910]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 10:36 PM
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That sounds like a round I played at the Ocean Course several years ago. It was about 45 degrees and the wind was blowing so hard the flagsticks were leaning at about 45 degrees. When the wind gusted it looked like a sandstorm. I shot 84. Far from the best score I’ve ever had but certainly one of the best rounds I’ve ever had.
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 4:01 PM
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Emerald Bay, Destin!
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Spyglass - tiny, crowned greens (hard as rocks and lighting fast - would not hold a shot) surrounded by the infamous ice plants.
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 4:28 PM
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The Hombre in Panama City when it was blowing about 40 mph was no bargain, either
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The Ocean Course***
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One of my golf balls may still be on the third floor porch of one of those
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Oct 29, 2024, 4:47 PM
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houses. Let's just call it a "wind aided fade".
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Orange Blooded [2467]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 4:34 PM
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Beth page Black.
That course should never be played by anyone over a 5 handicap. Ridiculously difficult.
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Heisman Winner [78895]
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Other than the famous Ocean Course that has already been named several times,
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Oct 29, 2024, 4:51 PM
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for me, the toughest was Musgrove Mill in Clinton, SC. The day I played it, the greens were at a speed I can only imagine must be what Augusta National is like. Breathe on the ball, and it was six feet past the hole. I think I was about six holes in before I DIDN'T three putt a green.
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Head Coach [964]
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Turnberry. The wind was absolutely brutal, and it
Oct 29, 2024, 5:49 PM
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was a relatively good weather day. Rough was tough as well. Wouldn’t want to play it on a bad weather day.
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Asst Coach [861]
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Re: The Old Course, St Andrew's. Gauge at 45 mph
Oct 29, 2024, 6:01 PM
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Close 2nd to pine valley
3rd when really windy, Teeth of the Dog , Casa de Campo
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Associate AD [1076]
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Re: The Old Course, St Andrew's. Gauge at 45 mph
Oct 29, 2024, 7:13 PM
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Musgrove Mill from the tips. Palmer did well there
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Orange Beast [6575]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 8:25 PM
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The Honors Course in Ooltewah, TN. After they changed the greens from bent to whatever hybrid they are now so they don’t have to water them to much in the heat. I think fast and hard greens turn any course into a @&$#% with that extra 3-4 ft of roll out on chips and putts.
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Rival Killer [2909]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 9:20 PM
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Ocean Course. Beautiful, but can be a long day if you aren’t hitting it well.
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Game Changer [1761]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 9:21 PM
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The palisades country club. Greens were scary.
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Recruit [68]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 9:33 PM
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1- Musgrove Mill in Clinton, 2- The Ocean Course
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Playmaker [375]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 9:39 PM
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Wolf Creek, Mesquite, NV, Pelican Hill, Newport Beach, CA, Musgrove Mill.
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Head Coach [910]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 9:40 PM
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Musgrove Mill- an Arnold Palmer design in Clinton SC. The slope rating should have a comma in it. Number 2 on my list is Royal County Down in Northern Ireland.
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Clemson Conqueror [11647]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 11:31 PM
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I’ll second Royal County Down ……. Great course.
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Letterman [160]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 10:01 PM
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I played one at Myrtle Beach that really kicked my tail. There was one hole with a windmill…I finally gave up.
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Letterman [175]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 29, 2024, 10:40 PM
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Smithfield’s tightest course I’ve ever played and I’m never going back either
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Orange Elite [5393]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 29, 2024, 11:45 PM
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#2 was my hardest until this past Summer I played Southern Pines CC. Same architect but smaller greens, faster (yes, faster!) and more undulation. When I checked in I saw hats that said, "Ross'd". I didn't understand them until after I played...I had 40 putts that day lol
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Commissioner [1240]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 30, 2024, 8:09 AM
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Eastlake before the remodel...it was a goat track, up and down those hills, irridation was dead everywhere and you could play it for the cost of Bobby Jones drawers (one pair) Downtown Marriott was pushing it hard!
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Head Coach [910]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 30, 2024, 11:03 AM
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I haven’t seen it mentioned here but anyone from the Charleston area would probably agree with me that Pine Forest in Summerville is brutally difficult. It’s pretty wide open but it’s long and the green complexes are as difficult as any I’ve ever seen. If you miss a green in the wrong place it’s almost impossible to get up and down. Years ago they filled in a stream that ran between holes 3 and 4 and I asked the guy in the pro shop why and he said that they had to do something to make the course easier. He said they had people coming in after 9 holes wanting their money back and swearing they’d never come back.
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Solid Orange [1330]
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Ill name twowith a catch
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Oct 30, 2024, 2:21 PM
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Fortunate enough that after graduating with a PGM degree that I’ve spent my career at the three major resorts in the Carolinas. Kiawah for 9 years after graduation, Sea Pines (Harbour Town) for 9 after that, and moved to Pinehurst in January. Was fortunate enough to play The Ocean Course the day after the PGA in 2021 and it was the hardest course I’ve ever played, both in terms of difficulty and well, it was just hard!! The turf was as firm as could be, I don’t think I took a divot all day. Having said that, the rough was up, the greens were fast, and the fairways were firm. It’s not like that any other time and believe it or not, if the wind isn’t absolutely howling there’s some scoreable holes there. They can’t go overboard with that course or you’d be looking at six hour rounds which is not good for a resort.
On an everyday basis….Musgrove Mill in Clinton is the hardest track I’ve played. There are positions on that course that are almost unplayable and they aren’t far off the beaten path.
And FWIW…the course that comes closest to mimicking tournament conditions year-round is Harbour Town. They can’t really stretch it out any longer than it already is. They do firm up the greens and fairways for the Heritage and raise the rough slightly, but their agronomy team does an awesome job day in day out and are some of the best people you’d ever want to meet!
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Orange Elite [5237]
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Boscobel...lol
Oct 30, 2024, 2:33 PM
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was always in crappy shape when I played there.
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Solid Orange [1330]
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Re: Boscobel...lol
Oct 30, 2024, 4:36 PM
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I’ve lost more tee shots at Boscobel that were hit straight down the middle of the fairway than I care to remember. Not even on blind holes. Just pipe it right down the middle, get there and there’s not a ball to be found.
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Top TigerNet [29082]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 30, 2024, 2:45 PM
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Ocean course Kiawah Island, SC.
Wind wind wind...sand sand sand.
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Varsity [101]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 30, 2024, 6:37 PM
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Ocean Course.
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Letterman [165]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 30, 2024, 6:47 PM
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Hardest: Plantation at Kapalua.
Most beautiful: Koele on Lanai.
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Orange Blooded [2243]
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Augusta National 52 years ago.
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Oct 30, 2024, 7:01 PM
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Still had Bermuda greens but were way faster than anything I had played. Kentucky Derby Day, cloudless sky, perfect. Played 27. My dad and his best friend and a member friend who invited us. Still perhaps my favorite day of my life, except the day I married and the days my children and grandchildren were born.
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Clemson Sports Icon [56649]
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Chanitcleer....................***
Oct 30, 2024, 8:52 PM
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Ultimate Tiger [35960]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
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Oct 31, 2024, 7:35 AM
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Harbour Town!
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Commissioner [1270]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 31, 2024, 7:54 AM
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Bogeyville near Aiken
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Dynasty Maker [3142]
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The old Putt Putt Course #2
Oct 31, 2024, 10:03 AM
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On Patton Ave in Asheville.
That windmill on #19 was tough.
The water jump on #16 was doggone near impossible.
They did have good corn dogs and cutting candy in the clubhouse, though.
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CU Medallion [19364]
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Maybe Hilton Head Harbour Town
Oct 31, 2024, 12:23 PM
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Score ballooned from high 80's to 105 in a hurry from whites.
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Head Coach [912]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 31, 2024, 12:47 PM
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Played a bunch of these. I was wondering if the inclusion of Augusta National was a flex. I thought it was hard from an approach shot standpoint and on/around the greens. Very easy off the tee though. If you hit the ball from right to left off the tee, Smithfield in Easley ( front nine) is a tougher course for normal member play
Lots of Dye Courses but not Barefoot Landing. Maybe it has softened up over the years. We played it on a golf trip right a year after it opened. It was so hard, I have never gone back.
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National Champion [7888]
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Re: OT: What is the hardest golf course you've ever played?
Oct 31, 2024, 1:50 PM
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Heron Point in Sea Pines. The Fairways are a nightmare.
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Orange Blooded [2468]
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I played OK there. Probably a fluke. Lol***
Oct 31, 2024, 1:55 PM
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