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I was just curious what course types were your favorites to play? Links, desert, mountain, traditional, ridge, etc. Why do you like that style?

I love to play all types of courses but I find that a lot of courses I play have some bunkers & water hazards that do not come into play! On the May long weekend I got the personal pleasure of playing one of the oldest & finest courses in Alberta. The course itself is 70 years old, the fairways were cut to 3/16" and the greens were incredibly fast. What I liked the most was the trees. There were huge oak trees all over the property from start to finish. The design around these huge trees was perfect, you had to work the ball both ways a lot. There was never a hazard out of play & never a hazard you could not see! What you saw is what you got, no hidden bunkers or water hazards. Although there were some holes with 70' high oak trees in the middle of the fairway, you could see them from the tee & manage accordingly.
Check it out.
http://www.inglewoodgolfclub.ca

That place looks nice.

Im a fan of Nicklaus designs, since he believes in wider fairways for us amateurs!

And..........I like any design that allows OPTIONS. I'm not a fan of tricked-up designs (Ex: #17 at TPC Sawgrass island green) that allows for only a perfectly executed shot. I believe in the bail-out option.

And...............good conditioning helps my happiness level.

I don't have one particular favorite style of course. They all have their own particular charms and personalities.

But like everyone else, I do appreciate a course that allows different options and that rewards you for making a good shot or decision. I don't like a course that demands perfect shots or bust. Anaheim Hills is a course like that. Long narrow fairways where blind shots are the norm and not the rare challenge. Long and steep uphill shots to small greens on dogleg par fours. Sorry, this is supposed to be what style of courses I like, not my most hated.

If I had to pick one, I'd go with the desert style. There's just something really pleasing to the eye about an oasis in the middle of a wasteland.

I also don't like gimmicks. But my big dislike is anything that penalizes a drive in the fairway (tree, trap, etc...).

I'm big into aesthetics...I love to play courses with beauty around them as well as on them(e.g. Alligators, the ocean, breath-taking mountains...) Who am I kidding, I like to play almost any course...But, I do have a few that definitely stand out!

Being from the Wide Brown Land, Australia, our courses have those wide fairways, well in places. But the stupid people who design our course make up for it with that stupid ' in your way' things on a course. Like a tree, right in the middle of the fairway, or a sand trap in between, the lake and the green. Which is yes challenging, but stupid design because it doesnt allows for ' us amatuers'. Having said that, some courses like Kingston and Royal Hobart Golf Club in Tasmania, are superb in their own right.