Golf course retiral plan

One course to play out your retirement on...which would it be.
The only rule is you must have already played it.

I am living the dream, member of the 2 clubs I enjoy playing the most.

Which courses op?

The Shropshire and Market Drayton both courses in Shropshire

Golf Club of Newport (NY).
Little cemetary beside the 12th tee, just waiting for my ashes.
(Hopefully not too soon.)

North berwick west links or the TOC. If we can have a home and away club those two would be just perfect.

oldparwin wrote:The Shropshire and Market Drayton both courses in Shropshire

Didn't know you were from that way oldpar, I still have family round those parts, my mum grew up in Whixall and her parents still live in Whitchurch

Providing I'm not a decrepit old man and can still play at a reasonable level then Dornoch it is.

Choices in my mind...

For retiring to I think I'd like a bit of the old sun on my back and I like trees on the track so either

Old course @ Vilamoura

Torrequebrada on Costa del Sol

As I prefer the surrounds of Portugal I think I'd plumb for there over that part of Spain.

barragan wrote:One course to play out your retirement on...which would it be.
The only rule is you must have already played it.

West Links, North Berwick.

Cypress Point for me I'm afraid and to the rule about having already played it.

If it really has to be one I've already played it'd have to be Ballybunion's old course.

rules are rules

Getting older and shorter so I think Gullane No3 with Kilspindie as a sub.

20 years ago it would have been Sunningdale Old.

I'm with Roller and the sun on my back comment. So it's Falcon's Fire in Orlando for me.

But only if that stunning and very friendly cart girl still works there

What happens in Orlando stays in Orlando right Blue? Nice track though, have enjoyed knocking it around there

I'm going to add a second rule: you must live next to the course.

On that basis, I am selecting Kapalua, and if I stay in the UK it would be Sunningdale followed by Hadley Wood (if it meant I lived in one of the mansions surrounding the course)

kilspindie is a good shout. lots and lots to keep you interested there. really need to get along to the west links at n.berwick sometime. mentioned so often on here as a table topper.

barragan wrote:kilspindie is a good shout. lots and lots to keep you interested there. really need to get along to the west links at n.berwick sometime. mentioned so often on here as a table topper.

I played there a couple of weeks ago. It was a perfect summer evening, with just a gentle breeze. The setting sun emphasised all the humps on the course, and especially the 17th fairway (which looks like an unmade bed at any time). Walking up the 17th there, with the sun shining on the town in the distance it occurred to me that I couldn't think of any course I've ever been happier on. A 4 iron to the last green, and two putts for a birdie was just the icing on the cake. The beer tasted great, and short of getting a text from Kate Beckinsale and Angelina Jolie inviting me round to their suite at the Marine, it was the perfect evening.

NedB-H

Hill Valley in Whitchurch, well worth playing if you get the chance, (the old course, not the new one)

Can play extra long, in the wet.

Do you know that you can play from Gullane No3 to Kilspindie if the tide is out!!

Looks like I'll be waving at Mac and George over the bay.....The Glen for me, mind you Gullane 2 would have a shout, but views of Bass rock, the 13th and the very friendly clubhouse would just tip the balance of the scales.

super_realist wrote:Providing I'm not a decrepit old man and can still play at a reasonable level then Dornoch it is.

I'd hate to retire somewhere that far north. Miserable for most of the year.

nonsense ray!! dornoch enjoys a superb climate - and is far from 'miserable for most of the year'. fantastic part of the world. you'd be surprised how many suverners retire to sutherland . pretty much half the population is from down your way!

I think I would be quite happy with my own course TBH bearing in mind playing partners,friends and fact that I was involved in its beginnings .Probably still trying to break par on the day I pass quietly away.
Seriously hoping to retire this year but just hasnt gone quite to plan with property so target is next spring.
Life of the retired golfer is great around the Midlands loads of team and open comps for a few quid,winter alliance playing every course in the county.

Ray
Most of the Western Isles have had drought conditions for a couple of months.
Started the week after my visit there!!!!
Colonsay island generally has the lowest rainfall in the UK and is usually frost free. Bit windy at times though!

Doon the Water wrote:Ray
Most of the Western Isles have had drought conditions for a couple of months.
Started the week after my visit there!!!!
Colonsay island generally has the lowest rainfall in the UK and is usually frost free. Bit windy at times though!

Parts of Antarctica haven't had rain/snow for hundreds of years but that doesn't mean i would want to live there.

What's the average temperature up in the north of Scotland during summer ? And during winter ?

its usually warm enough for shorts until the beginning of December. ( i actually did this one year for a bet at uni . dundee gets the longest Sun hours of any city in the UK..but it was a bit chilly in November i'll admit ! )

raycastleunited wrote:

Doon the Water wrote:Ray
Most of the Western Isles have had drought conditions for a couple of months.
Started the week after my visit there!!!!
Colonsay island generally has the lowest rainfall in the UK and is usually frost free. Bit windy at times though!

Parts of Antarctica haven't had rain/snow for hundreds of years but that doesn't mean i would want to live there.

What's the average temperature up in the north of Scotland during summer ? And during winter ?

Altnaharra (which is pretty far north) is one of the coldest places in the winter, and one of the warmest places in spring, summer and autumn. It's not possible to say whether a place has good weather, or bad weather based on how far north or south it is. I've played golf on the isle of Lewis in December, and been too warm, and been unable to play in Spain in January because it was too cold.

Personally, I think it's rainfall that decides whether you enjoy playing golf most of the year, rather than how warm it is. That's why lots of people on here have plumped for East Lothian - just about the lowest rainfall in the UK. Maybe Great Yarmouth gets less rain, but there's not much golf round there.

oldshanker wrote:Looks like I'll be waving at Mac and George over the bay.....The Glen for me, mind you Gullane 2 would have a shout, but views of Bass rock, the 13th and the very friendly clubhouse would just tip the balance of the scales.

off to the glen tomorrow for a cheap game. only £14 a round on Thursdays through the winter. looking forward to it.

Royal County Down - for the views and the course.. but I'd not use the club house.. I'd eat and drink in the Dog's Head (also known as the Percy French) at the end of the drive into the adjacent Slieve Donard hotel.

I'm with Jack on this one, it would be Pebble Beach for me, yes the 6hr round tourists would be a mild irritation but if you're going to be delayed on a golf course and be forced to just take in the views...well;)

Close runners up would be The Prince in Princeville and Kapalua as that would mean I'd be living in Hawaii.

If I don't emigrate then in the UK it would be Dornoch as well.

Sorry Barragan, I'm about to break your rule so, in anticipation, I'm going to get my in first!

I love courses which make me feel that you're stepping back in time to the days of hickory shafted clubs. TOC, North Berwick (West Links), Ballybunion and Brancaster (Royal West Norfolk) are just a few of the courses I've played that fit this description.

Sorry, should've added this bit ...

So, my ideal retiral plan would include only courses that had a traditional feel to them.

Trump, Balmedie in a constant 30C and an endless supply of rotten eggs to through at the Milne beligerants and environMENTALISTS

Can't pick one, however ...

Winter months at Seminole in South Florida, summer months at my home course, with a couple weeks in August playing with Kwini at GC of Newport. (Still want to bring a chainsaw for a few holes, however!)

super_realist wrote:Trump, Balmedie in a constant 30C and an endless supply of rotten eggs to through at the Milne beligerants and environMENTALISTS

right back at you gael

My cousin has the right idea
He lives on Vancouver Island in the summer and Bardego Springs in the winter.

barragan wrote:

oldshanker wrote:Looks like I'll be waving at Mac and George over the bay.....The Glen for me, mind you Gullane 2 would have a shout, but views of Bass rock, the 13th and the very friendly clubhouse would just tip the balance of the scales.

off to the glen tomorrow for a cheap game. only £14 a round on Thursdays through the winter. looking forward to it.

You lucky boy, hope the weather is kind to you. £14 it also is really cheap to become a member. If only I didn't live over 300 miles away.

Don't forget to pause and take a deep breathe after you have walked up to the first green!

My father put The Glen back together in 1948 after it was ploughed up for tatties in WW2.
First de-mob job.

PGA Catalunya for me. Reminded me of Sawgrass when I played it. Beating up some of those Q School boys right up until todays final round. Great course, great weather and only had an hour from Barcelona which is also a top city!,

Or Abu Dhabi National, but always been to fookin' hot every time I've played that!!

Doon the Water wrote:My father put The Glen back together in 1948 after it was ploughed up for tatties in WW2.
First de-mob job.

Ah - that explains the first hole then, he was looking down the road at the third on No 2.

He did a fabulous job by the way!

Doon, he could have routed it away from the caravan park.

Retirement course eh? Well that means it would have to be fairly flat and easy walking, not too long and the right mix between enjoyable and challenging. I remember someone once saying to me that if they could only play one course for the rest of their life they would happily settle for West Hill.

It would be a links for me as they play differently every day. I'll go for...........

Enniscrone

McLaren wrote:Doon, he could have routed it away from the caravan park.

That's a bit like the American tourist who complained about them building Stonehenge too close to the road

I was just kidding, sadly the glen is not the only course in the UK with a caravan park for a view.

Ballybunion old course or Woodhall Spa for me, given I've got to have already played a course.
If having played it before isn't an issue then it's Cypress Point all the way.

McLaren wrote:I was just kidding, sadly the glen is not the only course in the UK with a caravan park for a view.

Not good to have to look over a bunch of pikeys when one is playing golf is it Mac?

Even at Trump you have to look at the Milne monstrosity.

Speaking of caravans........anyone played the course inside Great Yarmouth racetrack? I think it is called Caister!

All sorted.

Bought a little place in the sun a few years ago.

So off to the Murcia area once I retire.