Recently, I was visiting with my brother, sharing a few Smithwick’s after a marginal round of golf. During our conversation, John mentioned a course in Fort Myers, Florida named Fiddlesticks Country Club. I chuckled, reflected for a moment and commented that “Fiddlesticks Country Club” is an amazing name for a golf course!
Our conversation got me thinking about other great golf course names within the United States. After spending the better part of a day reviewing a sampling of the names of our estimated 11,280 golf courses nationwide, “Bad Golf Guy’s Top 50 Golf Course Names”, in no particular order, other than Fiddlesticks Country Club, are as follows:
- Fiddlesticks Country Club, Fort Myers, FL
- Dancing Rabbit Golf Club, Philadelphia, MS
- Friar’s Head Golf Club, Baiting Hollow, NY
- Bully Pulpit Golf Course, Medora, ND
- Old Macdonald Golf Course, Bandon, OR
- Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, IN
- Dismal River Club, Mullen, NE
- The Rim Golf Club, Payson, AR
- Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, Lemont, IL
- Ballyhack Golf Club, Roanoke, VA
- Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, NJ
- “The Loop” at Forest Dunes Golf Club, Roscommon, MI
- Blackwolf Run Golf Course, Kohler, WI
- Old Tabby Links, Beaufort, SC
- Dormie Club, West End, NC
- Roaring Fork Club, Basalt, CO
- Chechessee Creek Club, Okatie, SC
- Useless Bay Golf and Country Club, Langley, WA
- Secession Golf Club, Beaufort, SC
- Stonewall, Elverson, PA
- Spyglass Hill Golf Course, Pebble Beach, CA
- Calusa Pines Golf Club, Naples, FL
- Old Works Golf Course, Anaconda, MT
- Bulle Rock, Havre de Grace, MD
- The Concession Golf Club, Sarasota, FL
- Hardscrabble Golf Course, Fort Smith, AR
- Prison View Golf Course, Saint Francisville, LA…and yes, there is a view of a prison!
- Blessings Golf Club, Fayetteville, AR
- Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club, Arcadia, MI
- Black Sheep Golf Club, Sugar Grove, IL
- Walking Stick Golf Course, Pueblo, CO
- Loblolly Golf Course, Hobe Sound, FL
- Tobacco Road Golf Club, Sanford, SC
- Aronimink Golf Club, Newton Square, PA
- Whistling Straits Golf Course, Kohler, WI
- Talking Stick Golf Club, Scottsdale, AZ
- Three Little Bakers Country Club, Wilmington, DE
- Moose Run Golf Course, Anchorage, AK
- Promontory Club, Park City, UT
- Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, NY
- Caledonia Golf & Fish Club, Pawleys Island, SC
- The Foundry Golf Club, Powhatan, VA
- Pronghorn Golf Club, Bend, OR
- Possum Trot Golf Club, Myrtle Beach, SC
- Old Sandwich Golf Club, Plymouth, MA
- Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, NY
- Wee Burn Country Club, Darien, CT
- “Fighting Joe Course” at The Shoals Golf Club, Muscle Shoals, AL
- “Full Cry” at Keswick Hall and Golf Club, Keswick, VA
- Ballyneal Golf Club, Holyoke, CO
It seems I have an affinity for Club names that start with “Old” and end with “Stick”! It is a pity the founding fathers of the Club in Fort Myers didn’t have the foresight to name their property “Old Fiddlesticks”!
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My own thought on the fiddlesticks name was that it was a replacement word used instead of using fowl language on a few bad shots. Oh fiddlesticks would be used instead of oh _ _ _ _ or son of a b. Just thinking that’s all.
I think you may be right!
Of those you listed, I can attest that Tobacco Road in Sanford NC is one of the most interesting I have ever played.
“Interesting” could be interpreted a number of ways!