You can only play 1 course...............

[Imurg]

for the rest of your life. What's it going to be and why?

Choose carefully........

Me?

I think I could quite happily play Swinley Forest 3 or 4 times a week for the next 40 years (be 85 then and probably wont want to anymore)

Its just a nice place to be. Not too much of a slog, cut off from the world and no visitors to speak of!

 

[haplesshacker]

Good question. But isn't that like getting married!!!

TBH, I don't really know.

I would like to think that my game would get better over time, and I could take on more challenging courses than I'm capable of at the moment, and enjoy them.

A popular phrase or saying, including the words fish and sea spring to mind.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I like Swinley but I think I'd have to pick one of the links courses for the sheer variety the different conditions would bring. Probably Carnoustie but I would love to give Troon a go

 

[rgs]

Links------Portmarnock links

Parkland----Mount Juliet

 

[backwoodsman]

Has to be a links course - and restricting to courses I've played, Montrose Medal. Beautiful spot and golf as it should be. (Now, if one was to pick a course of which one has only seen pictures, Royal Dornoch)

 

[kingshankly]

Never played it but loch lomond always appealed to me with beautiful scenery you would never tire of looking at .
Links would have to be royal county down incredible place to play golf

 

[Smiffy]

Either St George's Hill in Surrey or Royal Cinque Ports.

On a more realistic note, I would have been quite happy to see my golfing days out at Crowborough Beacon though....

 

[StuartD]

Would not be a links course. Always struggle on them. Why am i going to Goswick????

For me it would probably be Blairgowrie Rosemount or the Lansdowne

 

[viscount17]

I haven't played enough courses on which to base a lifetime decision.

Of those I've played, possibly Gog Magog though it lacks water, or Crowboro' (but having seen it at its beast I'd need to see it at its best to be sure)

But despite not yet having played a links (well not that counts), my instinctive lean is for a mix of sun, sea, sand and all that comes with it. Just have to keep looking.

 

[Boabski]

if i was allowed it would be loch lomond , it looks a great course

 

[Mike_j_golf]

The European Club better than royal county down in my opinion.
Mike

 

[Tommo21]

To be practical, location wise, it would be Dunbar or Gullane, both great links.

In saying that, I’ll happily play out my years at Royal Musselburgh, two minutes away.

 

[stevelockie]

I would be quite happy playing my course, Muckhart, for the rest of my life. 3 x 9's, always windy to varying degrees, always testing.

If I couldn't choose that, then Augusta!!

 

[Vincent]

A choice from those I've played, it would be Woburn. However I agree that Loch Lomond ticks nearly all the boxes.

 

[birdieman]

Of the course I've played - Kingsbarns.

Of the courses I haven't played that new track at Castle Stuart (not yet open) between Nairn and Inverness would probably be it, looks the cats pyjamas.

I like UK seaside weather for golf as it rarely gets too hot so your energy levels stay higher. 9 months of the year they are in pretty good shape. All these US and European, Arabian and Australian courses get too hot in summer. I dont want to use buggies, I want to walk. Lots of people bang on about golf abroad but we have the best courses in UK and Ireland so we are blessed in that respect.

 

[Twire]

I think I could quite happily play Swinley Forest 3 or 4 times a week for the next 40 years (be 85 then and probably wont want to anymore)

Good shout Imurg. Although I've not played at Swinley, I used to caddy there as a kid, and its on my wish list. Not sure I'll ever get to play it, as its very exclusive. I belive they don't have subscriptions as we know them, they just divide the running costs between the members.

What course would I choose? .........no can't do it, there are so many lovely courses all with there own character, and I have many of them on my wish list.

I wouldn't be to dissapointed if I had to stick with my own course (East Devon). Its a fair test of golf with vairing conditions. Being up on the cliff top it gets a fair bit of wind. It also has great drainage, so winter golf is good. If we have a long hot summer, tha fairways become very hard and run for miles. Standing on the 16th tee which is the highest point on the course you overlook Lyme Bay, and on a clear day you can see Portland Bill to the east and Torquay/Brixham to the west.

 

[davykyle]

Thats an easy one : For a links course it's got to be Royal Portrush. Standing on the first tee is just a magical experience and you've got a fair, good test of golf ahead of you with some magical views and turf to play off.

Further afield Kelvin Heights in Queenstown New Zealand
www.queenstown.nzgolf.net/ is the most visually stunning place I've ever been to play golf. You can even walk down to the water's edge on many of the holes and scoop some water out with your hands and drink it because it comes straight from a glacier. Not many places I think I would try that trick !

 

[markwarne]

Farther afield, it would have to be this one.

www.dataigolf.com/

Played it last year and it was without doubt the best golfing experience of my life to date. A warm Thursday in January on this course is about as good as it gets.

More practically, I do like Stoke Poges / Stoke Park - only played it once, but loved it so much I would sell my sole to the devil to play there daily.

 

[thecraw]

I would go for the magnificent solitude of Machrihanish. Beautiful golf course, tight links fairways, awesome greens and beautiful views over to Islay and Jura.

I wish Machrihanish would build a new hole somewhere in the dunnes just to get rid of that 18th which spoils a wonderful golf course in my opinion. Surely that could make a good par 5 out of 17 and 18 and build a new hole somewhere between the dunnes on the front nine. They have the room to do it!!!! In fact I wouldnt mind designing it for them!

 

[Cernunnos]

I'll have to think some on this one, but it would have to be a remote Links, clifftop or Heathland course. Not sure which one yet.

The sort where there are never many people playing at the same time I want to...

It'd mean moving house. But of course I want to move house anyway.

Either way I'd need to win the lottery to be able to afford to do all I'd want.

There are quite a number of courses that I have played around the country that I'm unlikely to get bored of, but One thing I do know is I'd need good scenery too. The mind needs a lot to stimulate it, especially if you are to be limited to one course & one course only.

At the moment I can't yet choose, though I'm sure something will come to me.