A Year in Review!
Happy 1 year Anniversary to The Sunday Golfers!
We hope whoever is reading these reviews of the local courses in the greater Philadelphia area (and beyond) enjoys the content and continues checking in to every review we do. Everyone here hopes that we can get out a few more times before the real bad winter weather hits.
A little insight into how our year was. Despite a lot of golf being played, and the on and off weather we have gotten, we generally stuck to a few of our local courses in the area, Beckett, Riverwinds, Merchantville etc. But considering it was a busy year for all of us, we consider that just getting out to play together is a good thing to be thankful for.
Over the year, we developed a few opinions over our favorite courses we played, our favorite holes we played, and the top courses we'd like to hit within the next year.
Colman's favorite course this year: Seaview (Bay) Golf Course.
Right on the Jersey bay across from Atlantic City. Every time we get the chance to play it makes for a great day trip down the shore. A great mixture of short and long holes makes for a great test of golf, even though that if the winds blows, big scores have been made.
Favorite hole: The 17th at Riverwinds Golf and Tennis Club.
Short, downhill par 3 over the Delaware river, with no bailout area. It's either hit the green and take your par, or take a triple and move on.
Chris Colman's top course to play next year: Bethpage Black Municipal Golf Course.
Thomas Pusey's favorite course: Twisted Dune Golf Club
For public courses in the area, this one is the most unique. The wide open, windswept course, where big misses are better than little misses, this course has the feeling of playing Scottish-like golf in southern New Jersey. With fantastic chicken fingers sold in the clubhouse, it's always fun to return to this gem.
Favorite hole: The par 4 10th at Running Deer Golf Club.
A semi-elevated tee, a sea of bunkers, and a wild, undulating green protect this mid-length par 4 from being a weak hole. Only four good shots will render a par, or else it's a double bogey waiting to happen.
Thomas's top course to play next year: Scotland Run Golf Club.
Chris Pusey's favorite course this year: Twisted Dune Golf Club.
The great course conditions, the wide open layout, and the chicken fingers in the clubhouse make this course stand out as the best course in the area, and could quite possible be Chris's favorite course ever.
Favorite hole: The 9th hole at Twisted Dune Golf Club.
A great par 5 to end the front 9 and really have a chance to go out with a good score. Good drives are rewarded and set up a chance to make birdie, but flirt too hard with the left side and par is gone.
Chris's top course to play next year: The Ocean Course at Kiawah.
We dream about playing on the ocean, and next year it could very well happen. The views are worth a price of admission alone at Kiawah, so the greens fees aren't cheap, and it isn't necessarily a course close by, but you never know where the year may bring you to.
Here's to a great year and many more. Like we said at the beginning, we hope that whoever enjoys reading these continues following our posts, as we hopefully find the invite to the top private clubs in our area, and to beyond. Thank you.
- The Sunday Golfers
Happy 1 year Anniversary to The Sunday Golfers!
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| The Sunday Golfers, plus our friend Jaden. |
We hope whoever is reading these reviews of the local courses in the greater Philadelphia area (and beyond) enjoys the content and continues checking in to every review we do. Everyone here hopes that we can get out a few more times before the real bad winter weather hits.
A little insight into how our year was. Despite a lot of golf being played, and the on and off weather we have gotten, we generally stuck to a few of our local courses in the area, Beckett, Riverwinds, Merchantville etc. But considering it was a busy year for all of us, we consider that just getting out to play together is a good thing to be thankful for.
Over the year, we developed a few opinions over our favorite courses we played, our favorite holes we played, and the top courses we'd like to hit within the next year.
Colman's favorite course this year: Seaview (Bay) Golf Course.
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| From the top of the TV tower still up from the LPGA Shoprite Classic. |
Right on the Jersey bay across from Atlantic City. Every time we get the chance to play it makes for a great day trip down the shore. A great mixture of short and long holes makes for a great test of golf, even though that if the winds blows, big scores have been made.
Favorite hole: The 17th at Riverwinds Golf and Tennis Club.
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| Picturesque par 3 right on the Delaware river at sunset. Doesn't get better than this. |
Short, downhill par 3 over the Delaware river, with no bailout area. It's either hit the green and take your par, or take a triple and move on.
Chris Colman's top course to play next year: Bethpage Black Municipal Golf Course.
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| This would be a dream come true. |
Thomas Pusey's favorite course: Twisted Dune Golf Club
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| The 9th hole at Twisted Dune. A good length par 5 with water left, usually always finding a way to catch Colman's golf ball. |
For public courses in the area, this one is the most unique. The wide open, windswept course, where big misses are better than little misses, this course has the feeling of playing Scottish-like golf in southern New Jersey. With fantastic chicken fingers sold in the clubhouse, it's always fun to return to this gem.
Favorite hole: The par 4 10th at Running Deer Golf Club.
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| Thomas teeing off on the par 4 10th a Running Deer. |
A semi-elevated tee, a sea of bunkers, and a wild, undulating green protect this mid-length par 4 from being a weak hole. Only four good shots will render a par, or else it's a double bogey waiting to happen.
Thomas's top course to play next year: Scotland Run Golf Club.
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| A top public course in our area. Amazing we haven't played here yet. |
Chris Pusey's favorite course this year: Twisted Dune Golf Club.
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| The legend himself, Chris Pusey, doing "the pose" on the 18th at Twisted Dune. |
The great course conditions, the wide open layout, and the chicken fingers in the clubhouse make this course stand out as the best course in the area, and could quite possible be Chris's favorite course ever.
Favorite hole: The 9th hole at Twisted Dune Golf Club.
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| Colman skulling his 4 wood somehow onto the green. |
A great par 5 to end the front 9 and really have a chance to go out with a good score. Good drives are rewarded and set up a chance to make birdie, but flirt too hard with the left side and par is gone.
Chris's top course to play next year: The Ocean Course at Kiawah.
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| The Ocean Course is one of a kind. |
We dream about playing on the ocean, and next year it could very well happen. The views are worth a price of admission alone at Kiawah, so the greens fees aren't cheap, and it isn't necessarily a course close by, but you never know where the year may bring you to.
Here's to a great year and many more. Like we said at the beginning, we hope that whoever enjoys reading these continues following our posts, as we hopefully find the invite to the top private clubs in our area, and to beyond. Thank you.
- The Sunday Golfers
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