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| Course Name | Course Place | Trivia |
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| Admiral Lehigh Golf Resort & Spa | Lehigh, Florida | * Year: 1967
* Designer: N/A
* Home of "The 707 Challenger"
* Par 6, 707 yards
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| Akureyri Golf Club | Akureyri, Iceland | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* The Most Northern Golf Course in the World |
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| Al Ghazal Golf Club | United Arab Emirates | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* It's the world's leading sand course with
fairways and greens sculpted from sand
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| Ala Wai Muncipal Golf Course | Waikiki, Hawaii | * Year: 1931
* Designer: N/A
* It's the busiest golf course in the world,
with 500 rounds a day. |
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| Antler Creek Golf Club | Colorado Springs, Colorado | * Year: 2004
* Designer: Rick Phelps
* From the Back Tees this Course measures
8,100 yards
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| Architects Golf Club | Phillipsburg, NJ | * Year: 1885
* All Holes named after famous Architects
* Hole # 1, Old Tom Morris
* Hole # 2, C.B. Macdonald
* Hole # 3, Hugh Wilson
* Hole # 4, Devereux Emmet
* Hole # 5, Walter Travis
* Hole # 6, Colt & Alison
* Hole # 7, A.W. Tillinghast
* Hole # 8, Seth Raynor
* Hole # 9, Donald Ross
* Hole #10, George Thomas Jr.
* Hole #11, William Flynn
* Hole #12, Charles Banks
* Hole #13, Alister Mackenzie
* Hole #14, Perry Maxwell
* Hole #15, Donald Ross
* Hole #16, Dick Wilson
* Hole #17, Stanley Thompson
* Hole #18, Robert Trent Jones |
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| Arcola Country Club | Paramus, New Jersey | * Year: 1909
* Designer: Herbert H.Barker
* Named after a town in Italy
* Famous painting by Gros that hangs in The
Louvre immortalizes Napoleon at The Bridge
of Arcola |
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| Arctic Circle Golf Course | Arctic Circle | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* Site of the World Ice Golf Championship
that takes place 600 kilometres north of the
Arctic Circle
* Greens are white, balls are red. Steel shafts
only as graphite will shatter from the extreme
cold |
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| Audubon Park Golf Club | New Orleans, Louisiana | * Year: 1898
* Designer: N/A
* Claim to Fame: It's the only golf course
in the USA, where you can arrive by
streetcar. |
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| Augusta National Golf Club | Augusta , Georgia | * Year: 1931
* Designer: Alister MacKenzie
* Home to the Masters Golf Tournament
* The World's most Prestigious Event
* In early years, participants had to use
caddies supplied by Augusta National
* 1983 Pro's elected to bring their own
caddies
* Ben Crenshaw still has his original caddie
Carl Jackson, who he hired in 1976 |
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| Baltusrol Golf Club | Springfield, New Jersey | * Year: 1895
* Designer: A.W. Tillinghast
* Named after the farmer Baltus Roll, who owned
the land originally.
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| Bay Hill Golf Club | Orlando, Florida | * Year: 1961
* Owners: Arnold Palmer
* Score card reads: " Golf is deceptively
simple and endlessly complicated. It
satifies the soul and frustrates the
intellect. It is at the same time rewarding
and maddening, and is without doubt the
greatest game mankind has ever invented"
...Arnold Palmer |
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| Beaconsfield Golf Club | Pointe-Claire, Quebec | * Year: 1904
* Redesigned: Willie Park Jr. 1919-20
* Redesigned: Stanley Thompson 1939
* One of the Oldest courses in Canada
* First Canadian Open televised in 1956 |
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| Bear Mountain Golf & Country Club | Victoria, BC | * Year: 2003
* Designed by Jack and Steve Nicklaus
* Features a 19 hole golf course
* Unique that you play this 19th hole after
the 13th hole |
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| Bear Valley Golf Course | Kodiak Island. Alaska | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* America's Most Remote Golf Course
* It's 130 Miles across The Gulf of Alaska to
Reach its Closest Neighbor |
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| Bel-Air Country Club | Los Angeles. California | * Year: 1927
* Designer: William Bell and Thomas & J.Neville
* Claim to Fame: Howard Hughes landed his
Sikorsky Amphibian on the 8th fairway to get
the attention of Katharine Hepburn. |
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| Bermuda Dunes Country Club | Bermuda Dunes, California | * Year: 1959
* Designer: William Francis Bell
* Claim to Fame: Home to the Bob Hope Classic |
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| Bidwell Park Golf Course | Chico, California | * Year: 1922
* Designer: Jim Summers
* Claim to Fame: Elsie McLean, 102 Year old,
scored a Hole In One on the 4th hole, 100 yds. |
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| Black Sheep Golf Club | Sugar Grove, Illinois | * Year: 2002
* Designer: David Esler
* Male only golf course |
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| Bluff Point Golf Club & Resort | Plattsburgh, New York | * Year: 1890
* Designer: A.W. Tillinghast
* America's third oldest golf course
* Legendary course where U.S. Presidents,
baseball greats Babe Ruth, the Astors,
Vanderbilts played golf |
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| Bothwell Tasmania Golf Course | Tasmania, Australia | * Year: 1830
* Designer: N/A
* The Oldest Golf Course in Australia
Thanks to Les Robinson |
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| Boyne Highlands Resort & Country Club | Harbor, Michigan | * Year: 1989
* Designers: B.Newcomb,E.Kircher,Flick,S.Kircher
* The Donald Ross Memorial
* This Design Duplicates many of his World
Famous Holes from his many Courses.
* Donald Ross Designed over 500 Courses |
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| Brantford Golf & Country Club | Brantford, Ontario | * Year: 1879
* Fourth Oldest golf course in North America |
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| Brickyard Crossing Golf Club | Indianapolis, Indiana | * Redesigned: Pete Dye 1991
* 1929: It was called "The Speedway Golf Course"
* Four holes are in the infield of the race track
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| Buhl Farm Park Golf Course | Hermitage, Pennsylvania | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* The Only 9 Hole "FREE" Golf Course Anywhere.
Thank to Brian Trinckles |
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| Bulle Rock | Havre de Grace, Maryland | * Designer: Pete Dye
* "I did not undo God's Work"
...Pete Dye |
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| Bushwood Country Club | California | * The name of the golf course featured
in the 1980 movie "Caddyshack" |
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| Butterfield Trail Golf Club | El Paso, Texas | * Year: 2005
* Designer: Tom Fazio
* Each Hole is named for a Stop on the 2,800-mile
Missouri to San Francisco Trail that was used
by the Butterfield Overland Mail Company from
1858-1861. |
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| Caesarea Golf & Country Club | Haifa, Israel | * Year: 1961
* Designer: Fred Smith
* The only 18 hole golf course in Israel. |
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| Candler Park Golf Course | Atlanta, Georgia | * Year: 1928
* Designer: Helen Smith
* This course was the private golf course of
Coca Cola founder Asa Candler
Thanks to Roger Haskell |
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| Cherokee Plantation Golf Club | Yemassee, South Carolina | * Year: 1990
* Designer: Donald Steel
* Cherokee Jeep was named after the plantation
* Membership is limited to 25 families |
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| Cherwell Edge Golf Course | Middleton Cheny, England | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* On the fourth hole par 3,120 yards, five year
old Matthew Draper scored a hole-in-one, using
a three wood. |
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| Chocolay Downs Golf Course | Marquette , Michigan | * Year: N/A
* Designer: Jerry and Bruce Matthews
* " The Longest Golf Hole in the World "
* Par 6, 1007 Yards (Double Dog-Leg) |
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| Chung Shan Hot Springs Golf Club | Macau, China | * Year: 1984
* Designer: Arnold Palmer
* The First Post-Mao Course to be built in the
Republic of China |
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| City Park Golf Course | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | * Year: 1928
* Designer: Tom Bendelow
* It is listed on the National Register of
Historic Places, one of only 20 courses
in America
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| Clearview Golf Course | Canton, Ohio | * Year: 1946
* Designer: Bill Powell
* Listed on the National Register of Historic
Places
* The First course designed and owned by an
African American, Bill Powell. |
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| Clinton Hill Golf Course | Belleville, Illinois | * Year: 1969
* Designer: N/A
* Score Card Reads: " The Way you Leave The
Course Today is The way it Will Play Tomorrow " |
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| Club de Golf Royal Quebec | Quebec City, Quebec | * Year: 1874
* The second oldest golf club in North America
* The original course was played besides The
Plains of Abraham |
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| Coeur D'Alene Golf Resort | Coeur D'Alene, Idaho | * Year: 1991
* Designer: Scott Miller
* Hole #14 "The Floating Green"
* Size: 15,000 Sq.Ft.
* Weighs: 5,000,000 lbs
* Movement: Playable yardage 100-175
* Distance: Changes every day
* Computer controlled
* Access to green is by boat |
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| Colonial Country Club | Fort Worth, Texas | * Year: 1933
* Designer: Jeff Brauer
* It has the longest running event on the
PGA tour
* Claim to Fame: Tom Watson won here at the age
of 48, making him the oldest Champion in
tournament history
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| Cowboys Golf Club | Grapevine, Texas | * Year: 2001
* Designer: Jeff Brauer
* The only NFL themed golf course in America
* Golf Carts feature the names of current and
former Cowboys Players
* There are plaques at each tee box noting a
historical moment in the five time Super Bowls
Champions storied existence |
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| Craig Wood Golf & Country Club | Lake Placid, New York | * Year: 1925
* Designer: Seymour Dunn
* Named after Pro Golfer Craig Wood, a native
of Lake Placid
* Craig Wood was the first double Major winner
in history of the PGA Tour, winning The
The Masters, U.S. Open and Canadian Open.
* 1935 he came 2nd in the Masters, losing to
Gene Sarazen in a 36 hole playoff |
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| Cupar Golf Club | Fife, Scotland | * Year: 1855
* Designer: N/A
* The Oldest 9 Hole Golf Club in the World |
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| Cypress Point Club | Pebble Beach, California | * Year: 1928
* Designer: Alister MacKenzie
* The Movie Follow The Sun starring Glenn Ford
was filmed here |
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| Cypress Point Club | Pebble Beach, California | * Year: 1928
* Designer: Alister MacKenzie
* America's Best Course 2006, Ranked # 1
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| Del Monte Golf Course | Pebble Beach, California | * Year: 1899
* Designer: Charles Maud
* It was the First Course to have Grass Greens
all Year |
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| Desert Inn Golf Club | Las Vegas, NV | * Year: 1952
* Designer: Laurence Hughes
* This is the only club to host a Senior PGA,
LPGA and PGA tournament in the same year. |
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| Devil's Pulpit Golf Club | Caledon Village, Ontario | * Year: 1990
* Designer: Michael Hurdzan
* The course owned by the inventors of
"Trivial Pursuit" board games. |
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| Domaine Laforest | Sagard, Quebec | * Year: 2002
* Designer: Thomas McBroom
* A private golf course for Mr.Paul Desmarais.
* Only a limited number of friend and guests
will ever get to see this immaculate course
* It has no members and no fees. |
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| En-Joie Golf Club | Endicott, NY | * Year: 1927
* Designer: Ernie Smith
* B.C. Open, played here since 1972, was
named after a cartoon strip |
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| Enterprise Golf Course | Clinton, Maryland | * Year: 1976
* Designer: N/A
* Scorecard Reads: Named after the U.S.S.
Enterprise. It was believed to have seen
more action than any other vessel in the
history of the United States Navy, the U.S.S.
Enterprise was the first carrier to be
awarded a Presidential Unit Citation.
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| Essex County Country Club | West Orange, New Jersey | * Year: 1887
* Designer: Seth Raynor, A.W.Tillinghast
Charlie Banks.
* The oldest golf club in New Jersey |
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| Evansville Country Club | Evansville, Indiana | * Year: 1975
* Designer: William Diddel
* Claim to Fame: Actor Bill Murray of CaddyShack
fame, was at one time worked as a greenskeeper
at this course |
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| Fighting Joe Golf Course | Muscle Shoals, Alabama | * Year: 2004
* Designer: N/A
* One of the Longest Golf Courses at 8,092 yards
* Claim to Fame: It was named after Joe Wheeler,
one of only Two Confederate Army Generals to
be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. |
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| Firestone Country Club (North) | Akron, Ohio | * Year: 1929
* Designer: Robert Trent Jones Sr.
* Claim to Fame: The only Course to hold Three
Televised Golf Events in one Year. |
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| Foxburg Country Club | Foxburg, PA | * Year: 1887
* Designer: N/A
* The Oldest Golf Course in Continuous Use in
the USA
* Listed on the National Register of Historic
Places. |
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| Furnace Creek Golf Course | Death Valley, California | * Year: 1931
* Designer: Perry Dye (1997 Redesign)
* It's the World's Lowest Golf Course at
214 feet below Sea Level. |
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| Furnas Golf Course | San Miguel, Azores | * Year: 1939
* Designer: Mackenzie Ross
* Rated the Best Golf Course in the whole
of Spain and Portugal |
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| Furry Creek Golf & Country Club | Furry Creek, BC | * Year: 1993
* Designer: Robert Muir Graves
* Claim to Fame: The Movie Happy Gilmore starring
Adam Saddler, was filmed here |
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| Gateway Cities Golf Club | Portal, ND | * Year: 1930
* Designer: N/A
* 9 Holes
* On the border of Canada and United States
* 8 Holes in Canada, 1 hole in US
* The Course also Borders 2 Different Time
Zones
* The Club House is on the US side
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| Glen Abbey Golf Club | Oakville, ON | * Year: 1976
* Designer: Jack Nicklaus
* "The Shot of 2000" Tiger Woods 218 yard 6-iron
from the 18th hole fairway Bunker to set up a
birdie to win the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey
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| Glen Eagles Golf Course | Twinsburg, Ohio | * Year: 1989
* Designer: Ted McAnlis
* Claim to Fame: The Site of the Annual
International Twin Golf Tournament |
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| Green Monkey Golf Course | Sandy Lane, Barbados | * Year: 2004
* Designer: Tom Fazio
* Claim to Fame: Tiger Woods married Elin
Nordegren at this course October 5,2004. |
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| Hancock Golf Course | Austin, Texas | * Year: 1899
* Designer: Lewis Hancock
* The oldest Golf Course in Texas
* Noted Teacher, Harvey Penick, started
his Professional Career at this Location |
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| Hills International Golf Course | Jimboomba, QLD, Australia | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* The longest golf course in Australia at
6773 meters |
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| International Golf Club ( Oaks Course) | Bolton, Massachusetts | * Designer: Tom Fazio
* One of the World's Longest Golf Courses
* Par 77
* 8,325 yards |
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| Islesmere Golf Club | Laval, Quebec | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* The Montreal Open was played and won by
Byron Nelson |
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| Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club | Lijiang, China | * Designer: Robin Nelson and Neil Haworth
* The World's Longest Golf Course
* Par 72
* 8,450 yards
* Elevation 10,000 Ft |
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| Jekyll Island Club | Jekyll Island, Georgia | * Year: N/A
* Designer: Pete Dye
* Claim to Fame: The Movie The Legend of Bagger
Vance was filmed here |
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| Kabul Golf Course | Kabul, Afghanistan | * Year: 1979
* Designer: N/A
* Scorecard Reads: Best and only Golf Course in
Afghanistan.
* Green Fees: $15.00 and $5.00 for a caddie |
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| Kananaskis Golf Club | Kananaskis, Alberta | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* The Highest Golf Course in Canada |
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| Kanawaki Golf Club | Kanawaki,QC | * Year: 1912
* Designer: Albert Murray
* Claim to Fame: The movie "The Greatest Game
ever Played" was shot here, starring Shia
Labeouf as Francis Ouimet.
* Albert Murray, Kanawaki designer and golf
professional, was indirectly acknowledged as
the playing partner of Francis Ouimet in the
first round of the US Open, in the movie.
* Albert Murray played in the 1913 US Open and
designed courses in Quebec.
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| Karlovy Vary Golf Course | Prazka, Czech Republic | * Year: 1904
* Designer: N/A
* The oldest course in the Czech Republic |
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| Kierland Golf Club | Scottsdale, Arizona | * Year: N/A
* Designer: Scott Miller
* The only golf resort in the country where you
use a two-wheeled Segway Human Transporter
as a golf cart. |
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| Kino Springs | Nogales, Arizona | * Year: 1970
* Designer: Red Lawrence
* Claim to Fame: Once owned by Stewart Granger
and wife, Jean Simmons. John Wayne had a
private bungalow built just for him. |
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| Kissimmee Bay Country Club | Kissimmee, Florida | * Year: 1990
* Designer: Lloyd Clifton
* The home of The Langley Golf Museum, which
contains more than 2,500 items from forty
States and many Foreign Countries. |
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| Knollwood Country Club | Elmsford, New York | * Year: 1895
* Designer; A.W. Tillinghast/Seth Raynor
* The 19th hole (a real hole) Par 3, 119 yards
"The Bye." plays from an elevated tee over
a small pond to a tiny back to a from sloping
green,protected in front by a row of three
bunkers.
* The story goes that when Bobby Jones and Mike
Turnesa were playing a match, they felt the
walk from the 18th green to the clubhouse was
too long and designed the 19th hole. The hole
is used today by members to settle any wagers
won or lost in their 18 hole match....
Thanks to MJM |
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| La Paz Golf Club | La Paz, Bolivia | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* The Highest Golf Course in The World
(10,800 Ft)
Thanks to Paul Murray) |
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| Ladies Golf Club of Toronto | Thornhill, Ontario | * Year: 1924
* Designer: Stanley Thompson
* Claim to Fame: The only Private Golf Club
in North America established by Women for
Women |
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| Ladies Putting Club | St. Andrews, Scotland | * Year: 1867
* Designer: N/A
* It's the oldest Minature Golf Course in the
World. |
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| Las Vegas National Golf Club | Las Vegas, Nevada | * Year: 1961
* Designer: Bert Stamps
* Claim to Fame: 1995 Movie "Casino" was filmed
here, starring Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone |
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| Le Manoir Richelieu Golf Club Resort | La Malbie-Pointe-au Pic, Quebec | * Year: 1925
* Designer: Herbert Strong
* Claim to Fame: Inaugurated by U.S. President
William H. Taft |
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| Le Meridien Moscow Country Club | Moscow, Russia | * Year: 1994
* Designer: Robert Trent Jones Jr.
* The first 18 hole golf course in Russia |
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| Leatherstocking Golf Course | Cooperstown, New York | * Year: N/A
* Designer: Devereux Emmet
* The course winds among art galleries and
overlooks the lakes and woods where American's
first literary star, James Fennimore Cooper,
set some of his most famous volumes.
* Not far from the National Baseball Hall of
Fame |
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| Linville Golf Club | Linville, North Carolina | * Year: 1895
* Designer: N/A
* The first golf club in North Carolina |
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| Longaberger Golf Club | Nashport, Ohio | * Year: 1999
* Designer: Arthur Hills
* Claim to Fame: Owned by the Longaberger Corp,
makers of handmade baskets
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| Lost City Golf Club | Sun City, South Africa | * Year: 1992
* Designer: Gary Player
* Hazardous Hole; 38 crocodiles inhabiting
the 13th hole water hazard. Golfers are
discouraged from retrieving balls
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| Mare Island Golf Course | Vallajo, CA | * Year:1892
* Designer: Robin Nelson
* The Oldest Golf Course West of the Mississippi.
Thanks to Jesse Collins |
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| Meadows Farms Golf Course | Locust Grove, Virginia | * Year: 1996
* Designer: Bill Ward
* It's the home of the longest hole in the USA
* Par 6
* 841 yards |
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| Meridian Sun Golf Club | Haslett, Michigan | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* It reads on the scorecard: "Your position
on the course is directly behind the group
in front of you, not directly in front of the
group behind you." Old Scottish Proverb |
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| Meri-Lapin Golfklubi | Northern Finland/Sweden | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* Located on an island half owned by each
country. During an 18 hole round, the player
has the pleasure to hit the ball several times
over the international border. At such
locations large signs, "Welcome to Finland"
or "Welcome to Sweden" appear on the sides
of the paths.
* Meri-Lapin Golfklubi is probably the sole
truly International golf course in the
world. There is a clubhouse on both sides
of the border and the players have the option
to start the game in either country.
Thanks to Rauno Kirjavainen
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| Merion Golf Club | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | * Year: 1911
* Designer: Hugh Wilson
* This club has hosted more National
Tournaments than any other courses |
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| Middlesboro Country Club | Middlesboro, Kentucky | * Year: 1889
* Designer: N/A
* The oldest continuously played golf course
in the USA and the second oldest in the nation. |
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| Miracle Hills Golf Club | Omaha, Nebraska | * Year: 1963
* Designer: Floyd Farley
* Claim to Fame: The longest hole in one was
recorded here at the 447 yard, 10th hole by
Robert Mitera |
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| Mirage Golf Club | Terrebonne, Quebec | * Year: 1992
* Designer: Graham Cooke
* Claim to Fame: Owned by Celine Dion and
Rene Angelil. |
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| Mission Hills Golf Club | Shenzhen, China | * Year: N/A
* Designers: 10 courses designed by PGA Pros
* It's the world's largest golf club with 10
courses |
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| Moon Golf Course | Planet Moon | * Year: 1971
* Designer: Unknown
* Claim to Fame: The first shot on the moon
was played by Alan Shepherd. |
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| Moscow Golf Club | Moscow, Russia | * Year: 1987
* Designer: N/A
* The First Golf Course in Russia
* 9 Hole course |
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| Mt. Massive Golf Club | Leadville, Colorado | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* The Highest Golf Course in North America |
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| Muirfield Golf Course | East Lothian, Scotland | * Year: 1744
* Designer: Old Tom Morris
* Home of The Honourable Company of Edinburgh |
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| Murray Golf Course | Regina, Saskatchewan | * Year: 1928
* Designer: Stanley Thompson
* Thompson declared it to be the best Links
Course he had designed.
* Named after a City Employee, who essentially
was the Groundskeeper.
Thanks to Craig Dutton |
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| Muskoka Bay Golf Club | Gravenhurst, ON | * Year: 2006
* Designer: Doug Carrick
* Best New Course in Canada 2007
Thanks to Bert Mumby |
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| Musselburgh Links | East Lothian, Scotland | * Year: 1774 (Possibly Earlier)
* Designer: N/A
* The Site of the Oldest Remaining Golf Course
in the World
* Mary Queen of Scots Reputedly played here in
1567 |
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| Nemu no Sato Golf Club | Mie Prefecture, Japan | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* Course is owned by Yamaha Corp |
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| Newburgh on Ythan Golf Links | Aberdeenshire, Scotland | * Year: 1888
* Designer: John Udny
* Championship Links located where the mouth
of the River Ythan meets the famous North East
coastline. It is situated a mere 2 miles from
the location of the proposed Donald Trump
International Golf course. The outward half
is characterised by undulations and hills,
with elevated tees and greens requiring a
range of shot making. The original inward nine
demands accurate golf from tee to green and
is the epitome of the typical Scottish links
course. Newburgh On Ythan Golf Links is noted
for the quality of its greens,it's playable
(350+ days per year) regardless of the weather
conditions and its magnificent setting and
Spectacular views. Our splendid clubhouse was
opened in 2001 by Paul Lawrie (winner of the
British Open in 1999. The Paul Lawrie Junior
Classic has become an annual event at
Newburgh on Ytan GC. |
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| Niagara-on- the- Lake Golf Club | Niagara-on- the- Lake, Ontario | * Year; 1875
* Designer: Dave Moote
* The Oldest Golf Club on the Same Site in
North America.
* This Club was one of the Founding Members
of the then CGA, now RCGA. (Founded 1895)
* The First International Tournament Sept 5,
1895, won by Charles B.MacDonald of
Chicago Golf Club |
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| Nine Bridges Golf Club | Jeju Island, South Korea | * Year: 2001
* Designer: Ron Fream
* Envisioned by Jay Lee, grandson of Samsung
founder
* Chi Chi Rodiguez called it the Taj Mahal of
golf
* First bent grass tees, fairways and greens in
Korea |
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| Normandie Golf Club | St. Louis, Missouri | * Year: 1901
* Designer: Robert Foulis
* One of the oldest public golf courses west
of the Mississippi
* Still in operation in it's original location
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| Northstar Golf Club | Fairbanks, Alaska | * Year: N/A
* Designer: Jack Stallings/Hawley R.Evans
* North America's Northernmost Golf Course
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| Oakhurst Links | White Sulphur Springs, W. Virginia | * Year: 1884
* Designer: N/A
* At Oakhurst you play the course as golfers
did in 1884
* You are supplied with replica 19th century
hickory shafted clubs and gutta-percha balls
all included in your green fees.
* 35 sheep roam the course, helping to keep the
fairways mowed.
* It's the Oldest Golf Club in the USA
Thanks to Jim Allard |
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| Oakmont Country Club | Oakmont, Pennsylvania | * Year: 1903
* Designer: H.C.Fownes
* When the 2007 U.S. Open returns here, it
will have the Longest Par 3 at 285 yards |
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| Oakwood Country Club | Lynchburg,VA | * Year: 1914
* Designer: N/A
* The Oldest Golf Course in Virginia |
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| Oberlin Golf Club | Oberlin, Ohio | * Year: 1899
* Designer: N/A
* One of the oldest courses in Ohio |
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| Ocean Course at The Breakers | Palm Beach, Florida | * Year: 1896
* Designer: Alex Findlay
* The oldest golf club in Florida |
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| Ocean Trails Golf Club | Los Angeles. California | * Designer: Pete Dye
* June 2,1999 disaster struck hole 18, as the
earth slid into the ocean
* When it will finally be finished it will be
called "Trump National Golf Club"
* New owner is Donald Trump. |
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| Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club | Oklahoma City, OK | * Year: 1911
* Designer: Perry Maxwell
* The Oldest golf course in Oklahoma |
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| Old Memorial | Tampa, Florida | * Year: 1994
* Designer: Steve Smyers
* Claim to Fame: Owned by the Outback Steakhouse
chain |
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| Old Oaks Country Club | Purchase, New York | * Year: 1926
* Designer: A.W. Tillinghast
* Claim to Fame: Movie "Goodbye Columbus" was
filmed here, starring Richard Benjamin
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| Old Works Golf Course | Anaconda, Montana | * Year: 1997
* Designer: Jack Nicklaus
* Built on the site of Anaconda's Historic
Century old copper smelter. The first ever
course ever built on a Federal EPA Superfund
Site.
* 7,722 yards |
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| Omaha Beach Golf Club | Port-en-Bessin, France | * Year: 1985
* Designer: Yves Bureau
* Overlooking the D-Day Beaches, where almost
10,000 Americans casualties are at rest
* Steven Spielberg's movie " Saving Private
Ryan " was filmed on the golf course.
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| Overland Park Golf Course | Denver, Colorado | * Year: 1895
* Designer: William H. Tucker
* The oldest golf course west of the Mississippi |
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| Pebble Beach Golf Links | Pebble Beach, CA | * Year: 1919
* Designer: Jack Neville
* Founded by Samuel Finley Brown Morse who
was a distant cousin of telegraph-inventor
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
* Sheep were the club's first greenskeepers |
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| Perth Links O'Tay Golf & Country Club | Perth, Ontario | * Year: 1890
* Designer: N/A
* One of North America's oldest continually
operating golf course at the same location |
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| Pine Valley Golf Club | Pine Valley, New Jersey | * Year: 1912-18
* Designer: George Crump and Harry S.Colt
* Rated #1 Golf Course in the World
* The World's Largest Bunker
* "Hell's Half Acre" |
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| Point Grey Golf & Country Club | Vancouver, BC | * Year: 1922
* Designer: N/A
* 1954 Canadian Open won by Canadian Pat
Fletcher, no Canadian has won since.
* Claim to Fame: The Movie "Happy Gilmore"
was filmed here |
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| Poland Springs Resort | Poland Springs, Maine | * Year: 1893
* Designer: Arthur Penn
* Redesigned: Donald Ross
* The oldest Resort Golf Course in America |
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| Ponte Vedra Inn & Club | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida | * Year: 1928
* Designer: N/A
* The First Par 3 Island Green (Recognized)
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| Prestwick Golf Club | Prestwick, Scotland | * Year: 1851
* Designer: N/A
* The first British Open played here in 1860
and won by Willie Park |
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| Prison View Golf Course | Angola, Louisiana | * Year: 2003
* Designer: Dr. John Ory (Prison Dentist)
* Claim to Fame: Most famous gated community
with 5,108 inmates serving life sentences |
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| Puakea Golf Course | Puakea, Hawaii | * Year: 2003
* Designer: Robin Nelson
* Owned by AOL Founder Steve Case.
* Setting was used in Movie Jurassic Park. |
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| Puerto Del Sol | Albuquerque, New Mexico | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* It reads on the Scorecard: Aircraft Warning!
* Allow landing craft to pass before hitting
tee shots on #1 & #9. Violators will be banned
from the course. |
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| Rolling Hills Country Club | Davie, Florida | * Year: N/A
* Designer: William Mitchell
* The Movie CaddyShack movie was filmed here. |
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| Rome Golf Course | Rome, Aquasanta, Italy | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* The oldest Golf Course in Italy |
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| Roosevelt Memorial Golf Course | Warm Springs, GA | * Year: 1926
* Designer: Donald Ross
* A 9 hole course designed for President
Roosevelt |
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| Ross Bridge | Birmingham, Alabama | * Year: 2005
* Designer: Roger Rulewich
* 8,191 yards from the tips
* par 5, 698 yards |
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| Royal Dublin | Dublin, Ireland | * Year: 1885
* Designer: Harry Colt
* 2nd Oldest Course in Ireland
* Claim to Fame: Home to the famous Christy
O'Connor Sr., one of Irelands most famous
golfers. |
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| Royal Montreal Golf Club | Montreal, Quebec | * Year: 1873
* Designer: Dick Wilson
* The Oldest Golf Club in North America
* The First Canadian Open held in 1904, won
by J.H.Oke winning $60.00 |
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| Royal Queensland Golf Club | Queensland, Australia | * Year: 1920
* Designer: Carnegie Clark
* Redesigned: Alister Mackenzie 1926
* Hosting Three Australian Opens,Four Australian
Amateur, PGA Championship
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| Royal Troon Golf Club | Ayrshire,Scotland | * Year: 1878
* Designer: N/A
* On display are replicas of The Adam Wood Clubs,
the oldest clubs in existence.
* The clubs are currently on display at the
British Golf Museum in St.Andrews
* The clubs were found with a newspaper dated
1741.
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| Satsuki Golf Course | Sano, Japon | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* According to the Guinness Book of World
Records.
* The Longest Hole in the World
* Par 7
* 964 yards |
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| Scarboro Golf & Country Club | Scarborough, Ontario | * Year: 1912
* Designer: Redesigned by A.W.Tillinghast 1924
* Canadian Open Played there in 1940-1947-1953-
1963
* The Only Course in Canada that was designed by
A.W.Tillinghast
Thanks to Bert Mumby |
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| Sea Gull Golf Club | Pawleys Island, South Carolina | * Year: 1970
* Designer: Gene Hamm
* One of the oldest courses in Myrtle Beach |
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| Seguin Valley Golf & Country Club | Parry Sound, Ontario | * Year: 2003
* Designer: N/A
* It reads on the Scorecard
* Aviation Theme
* Each Hole is named after an aircraft that
Founder Robert McRae or President Ron
Dennis has Flown during their Careers
as RCAF Pilots and Air Canada Captains
* Hole #1 Anson
Hole #2 Tiger Moth
Hole #3 DC-3
Hole #4 North Star DC-4
Hole #5 747 Jumbo Jet
Hole #6 Stranraer Whistling Pig
Hole #7 Catalina Flying Boat
Hole #8 DC-8
Hole #9 DC-9
Hole #10 Viscount
Hole #11 Fleet Canuck
Hole #12 Harvard
Hole #13 Vampire Jet
Hole #14 T-33
Hole #15 Aeronca 15AC
Hole #16 Mustang P-51
Hole #17 Mitchell B-25
Hole #18 Lockheed 18 |
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| Seigniory Club ( Formerly) | Montebello, Quebec | * Year: 1929
* Designer: Stanley Thompson
* It was a Prestigious Private Club of the
elite of Quebec
* It is now called The Fairmount Chateau
Montbello Resort, open for everyone. |
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| Seneca Golf Course | Louisville, Kentucky | * Year: 1963
* Designer: N/A
* Gary Player was awarded a racehorse as a prize
for winning a tournament in the 1960s at Seneca |
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| Shadow Creek Golf Club | Las Vegas, Nevada | * Year: 1989
* Designer: Tom Fazio
* Owned by Kirk Kerkorian
* To Play this course you must stay at his
casinos.
* Round $500.00 |
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| Southport Golf Club | Sanya City | * Year: N/a
* Designer: N/A
* The Most Southern Golf Club in China |
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| Spring Creek Golf Course | Hershey, PA | * Year: 1931
* Designer: Maurice McCarthy
* The First Golf Course in the Entire USA
to Allow Golfers Under The Age of 18 to Play
* It was originally Known as The Juvenile
Country Club
* Owned by the Hershey Trust Company
Thanks to Joe Francisco |
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| St. Andrews Links (Old Course) | St. Andrews, Scotland | * Year: 1400
* "The Home Of Golf"
* Golf was played here 100 years before
Columbus sailed to America
* Why 18 Holes in a Golf Course?
* During a discussion among the club's
membership board at St.Andrews in 1858
a senior member pointed out that it takes
exactly 18 shots to polish off a fifth of
scotch. By limited himself to only one
shot of scotch per hole, the Scot figured
a round of golf was finished when the scotch
ran out. |
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| St. Lambert Country Club | St. Lambert, Quebec. | * Year: 1920
* Designer: N/A
* Claim to Fame: The word "Mulligan" named after
David Mulligan a member of this club |
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| Tacoma Country And Golf Club | Tacoma,WA | * Year: 1904
* Designer: N/A
* The Oldest Private Country Club West of the
Mississippi |
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| Tactu Golf Club | Morococha, Peru | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* The World's Highest Golf Course at 14,335 feet
above sea level |
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| Talamore Golf Club | Southern Pines, North Carolina | * Year: 1991
* Designer: Rees Jones
* Claim to Fame: Famous for their Llama Caddies |
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| Tehama Golf Club | Carmel, California | * Year: N/A
* Designer: Jay Moorish
* Claim to Fame: Owned by Actor Clint Eastwood |
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| The Glades Golf Club | Queensland, Australia | * Year: 2000
* Designer: Greg Norman
* Claim to Fame: Owned by Ian Baker-Finch |
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| The Greenbriar | White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia | * Year: 1913
* Designer: Charles Blair Macdonald
* Claim to Fame: In 1950 the U.S. Government
needed the property for an Emergency
Relocation Centre (Bunker or Bomb Shelter)
for use of the U.S. Congress in case of war.
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| The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course | Hong Kong, China | * Year: 1995
* Designer: N/A
* The Only Public Golf Course in Hong Kong |
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| The Liberty National Golf Club | Jersey City, New Jersey | * Year: 2006 (July Opening)
* Designer: Robert Cupp/Tom Kite
* The most expensive golf club ever built
* Membership: $500,000.00 |
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| The Links at Cougar Canyon | Trinidad, Colorado | * Year: "New" 2006
* Designer: Jack Nicklaus
* One of the longest courses that Jack Nicklaus
has designed at 7,009 yards. |
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| The Monument ( Boyne Mountain ) | Boyne Falls. Michigan | * Year: 1984
* Designer: Bill Newcomb
* Monument Course pays tribute to some of
America's Top Golfers with Special Bronze
Plaques embedded in boulders at each hole
* To date,these are the holes that have been
selected
* Hole # 1 The Byron Nelson
* Hole # 2 The "Chick" Harbert
* Hole # 3 The Peggy Kirk Bell
* Hole # 5 The Walter Hagen
* Hole # 6 The Paul Runyan
* Hole # 7 The Jim Flick
* Hole # 9 The J.P. McCarthy
* Hole # 10 The Kathy Whitworth
* Hole # 10 The Glenn Johnson
* Hole # 11 The Gene Sarazen
* Hole # 14 The Bobby Jones
* Hole # 16 The Everett Kircher
* Hole # 17 The Chuck Kocsis
* Hole # 18 The Sam Snead |
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| The Nursery Golf & Country Club | Lacombe, Alberta | * Year: 1995
* Designer: N/A
* Claims to have the longest hole in Canada
* Par 6, 782 yards
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| The Orchards Golf Club | South Hadley, Ma | * Year: 1922
* Designer: Donald Ross
* The first College Course to have a U.S.
Golf Association National Open |
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| The Royal Calcutta Golf Club | Calcutta, India | * Year: 1829
* Designer: N/A
* India was the first country outside Great
Britain to take up the game of golf
* The oldest golf club in India |
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| The Royal Household Golf Club | Windsor, England | * Year: N/A
* Designer: Samuel Mure Fergusson
* Only Members of the Royal Household and Staff
are allowed to play here.
* Strictly by Invitation,all inquiries should
be submitted to the Secretary
Thanks to Peter Brighton |
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| The San Andres Golf Club | Buenos Aires, Argentina | * Year: 1892
* Designer: Mr. Mungo Park
* The Oldest Golf Club in Argentina |
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| The Shattuck Golf Club | Jaffrey, New Hampshire | * Year: 1991
* Designer: Brian Silva
* The most Bridges over Wetlands. 33 in 18 holes |
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| The Stoke Park Club | Buckinghamshire, Great Britain | * Year: 1908
* Designer: Harry Colt
* Claim to Fame: Two James Bond Movies filmed
at this club.
* James Bond teed it up against Goldfinger
and his lethal caddy " Oddjob "
* Other movies filmed here were " Bridget
Jones Diary " starring Hugh Grant |
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| The Toronto Golf Club | Toronto, Ontario | * Year: 1876
* Designer: N/A
* Redesigned: H.S. Colt
* It's the Third Oldest Golf Club in
North America
* In 1888 the entrance fee was $5.00
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| Torrey Pines Golf Course | San Diego, California | * Year: 1957
* Designer: William Bell Sr.
* Named after the Torrey Pine Tree, which is
indigenous to this area. The tree is
distinguished by having clusters of five
pine needles |
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| TPC at Mosul (South Course) | Mosul, Iraq | * N/A
* Designer: 1st Lt.Jesse White,Shop Officer
Bravo Company,426th Forward Support
Battalion, 101st Airborne Division
* The first golf course in Iraq |
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| TPC at Sawgrass | Ponte Vedra, Florida | * Year: 1974
* Designer: Pete Dye
* Famous for # 17 hole The Island Green
* It wasn't intended to be an island green due
to the amount of good sand that was needed
for the course. The removal of the sand
created a gaping hole, thus the idea of an
island green. |
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| Tralee Golf Club | Tralee, Co Kerry, Ireland | * Year: 1984
* Designer: Arnold Palmer ( First European
Course )
* Claim to Fame: The Beach Running alongside
the second hole was used in the filming
scenes in the Movie Ryan's Daughter.
* The Narrow neck of water besides the 15th tee
is where Sir Roger Casement landed from a
German Submarine on Good Friday 1916. He was
arrested and hanged a short time later. |
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| Tubac Golf Resort | Tubac, Arizona | * Year: 1960
* Designer: Red Lawrence
* The Movie Tin Cup was Filmed here |
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| Turquoise Valley Golf & RV | Naco, Arizona | * Year: 1908
* Designer: N/A
* Arizona's Oldest Continuously Run Golf Course
* Home to the Par 6, 747 yard "Rattler"
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| Tuscumbia Country Club | Green Lake, WI | * Year: 1896
* Designer: Tom Bendelow
* The Oldest Golf Club in Wisconsin |
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| Ushuaia Golf Club | Ushuaia, Argentina | * Year: 1912
* Designer: N/A
* It's the most Southern Golf Course in the
World and is about 500 miles from Antartica |
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| Van Courtlandt Golf Course | Bronx, New York | * Year: 1895
* Designer: N/A
* The first public golf course in the USA |
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| Wake Forest Country Club | Wake Forest, NC | * Year: 1967
* Designer: Gene Hamm
* First Hole Par 5, 711 yards from the Gold Tees
* Blue Tees, 625 yards, White Tees, 526 Yards
Thanks to Bert Mumby |
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| Weston Golf & Country Club | Toronto, Ontario | * Year: 1909
* Designer: Willie Park Jr.
* Claim to Fame: Arnold Palmer's First Tour
Victory in the Canadian Open 1955 |
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| Whistling Straits ( Straits Course ) | Kohler, Wisconsin | * Year: 1998
* Designer: Pete Dye
* It's the longest course in a major Championship
at 7,514 yards. |
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| Woodstock Country Club | Woodstock, Vermont | * Year: 1895
* Designer: Robert Trent Jones Sr.(1961)
* Vermont's oldest Golf Course |
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| Wyndham (W.A.) Golf Club | Australia | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* Scorecard Reads: " Ball must be teed up on
all Fairways " |
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| Yellowknife Golf Course | Yellowknife, N.W.T. | * Year: N/A
* Designer: N/A
* The Yellowknife Midnight Classic Tournament
* Tee off starts at Midnight till 6 in the
morning
* The Fairways are sand and the greens are
artificial carpet |
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