Wolf creek best opening hole and the most photogenic you turn up on the first and think wheres my camera the you do the same on the second then the third and so on

The sign at the tee at #1 on The Judge says, "Prepare to be Judged." 200 foot drop. Pretty dramatic. I have played Streamsong Red, Spyglass, and the Plantation Course, and the first hole at The Judge is way better.

I’ve got to add Ballybunion old. To have your caddy tell you not to go right into the looming graveyard “ because you’ll be there soon enough” gets your attention, especially in a stiff left to right wind.

First at The Judge, Prattville RTJ trail, worth consideration.

@ian and @pkenney71, I mention St. Andrews in the intro but frankly I think it's one of the weakest holes on the course aside from where the tee box is located. It is certainly nerve-wracking. Maybe I'm salty because I've gone OB 2 out of 3 times I've played it.

Agree with previous post. 1st at St Andrews old course is a glaring miss from this list.

No arguments about Machrihanish being right up there. With the tide fully in, the wind making your trouser cuffs snap like flags in a gale and a gallery of players waiting behind you, it is a daunting as well as totally stunning start to a round of golf.

Errrrrr ... slight miss here.

Just a little Scottish course you may have heard of called St Andrews Old.

The clubhouse, being announced by the starter, meeting your caddy, the photos for the scrapbook, the double fairway, the Swilcan Burn .... the home of golf!!

Does it get more 'dramatic ???

How can #1 on the Judge on the RTJ Trail at Capitol Hill not be on this list? 200 ft down to the Alabama River valley floor from the bluff above, for your first tee shot of the day? The starter the day we played there gave one of the great lines I've heard on a course: "We're OK to go down to the Judge during the day, but at night, things come out of the river and we leave the Judge alone at night."

For the intimidation factor alone, No.1 on the Black Course at Bethpage makes it memorable, the elevated tee, the sign warning you of the difficult task ahead and including a gallery of onlookers from the practice green and of those waiting to tee off.