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Message: [QUOTE="The deacon, post: 5312840, member: 11559"] Hi, gentlemen. Thanks for your responses and thoughts. That's an impressive rota, Boontonbomber. I haven't played the National or Garden City, but love neighboring Shinnecock. Taconic is my home course, sort of, although 100 miles north. My brother is a Williams grad and we've played the course as members probably 800 to 1,000 times since the mid-60s. If there would be that "one last round" for me, I'd probably spend it walking Taconic. Regarding Dornoch, you said it perfectly, and I agree about the village, one of my favorites in Scotland. It doesn't take long out there to figure why so many of Donald Ross' courses have the features they do. Yes, I've been lucky, and worked networking channels with success over the decades. I have great memories of playing Cruden Bay, pre-Trump Turnberry, Troon, Kingsbarns, North Berwick, Gullane, on and on, in Scotland and also Portmarnock, Waterville, Rosses Point, Old Head, Dooks (a favorite of mine), Killarney, on and on in Ireland. Blake, I've spent time in the Adirondacks but haven't played golf there, although I've long heard good things about Saranac Lake. As for the best American courses I've played, they'd be Pine Valley, Pebble, Shinnecock, Winged Foot/Quaker Ridge (I actually like the latter more), plus personal favorites Harbour Town and the Old Town Club (home course for my Deacons). I've walked Augusta National several times as a fan and would definitely have it on my list if I'd played it. Then there's Beth Page Black, which is a great course but I'd have in the same category as Carnoustie... what a challenge, but not as much fun as the others on my list. I've played about 275 courses since 1961, and likely there are some I should have up there with those mentioned here. I hope others will hop on and offer their thoughts, no matter what level of course you've played. It's always enjoyable to hear about others' experiences. Thanks, guys, for indulging me here. [I]Slainte![/I] . [/QUOTE]

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