Given the story, the soundtrack, and some of the iconic quotes, Remember The Titans has always been my favorite movie, sports or otherwise. A not-distant 2nd though: Hoosiers Others in considerations: We Are Marshall Angels In The Outfield Caddyshack The Sandlot I have a soft spot for McFarland USA as well

Disclaimer: I've included golf versions for each movie that The Fried Egg should produce. Rudy (Woosnam winning the Masters) Ford vs Ferrari (The making of the ProV1. Strata vs Balata) Major League (The story of Jupiter Links) Hoosiers (1971 Walker Cup) Bull Durham (Stevie Fountains)

Love it. And loved playing there a year and a half ago after the front 9 restoration, but before the back. Would love to get back someday. I will also shout out John Snell, FEGC member, who convinced me not to miss Pasatiempo after the Lake Merced event in early 2024 as I was meandering down the West Coast. Great call, John!

Here to echo what everyone else is saying -- phenomenal layout; memorable holes; semi-private accessibility -- just an amazing experience. Played it for the first time in early May and I'm not sure a day has gone by where I haven't thought about it; I don't think a course has ever been in my head as much as this one. As we were driving away our assessment was the front nine was good if not great, but the more I've thought about it, I think that initial thought was only because every single hole on the back nine is so unique. I cannot wait to get back to NoCal to play it again.

Great review and profile as always by Garrett. I first played Pasatiempo in 2007. Loved the design then and even more so now that I have learned more about golf course architecture. One aspect of Pasatiempo that I appreciate, like Garrett mentioned in his review, is their "semi-private" model that is similar to the great courses in Scotland, England, and Ireland. My wife isn't a golfer but when she saw Pasatiempo in person even she said "this course looks amazing!" Just a fantastic golf course, thank you Garrett and TFE for the review and profile of this classic golf course.

"what I believe to be the most underrated highly rated course I am aware of in the US" Agree wholeheartedly. If it was uber private and devoid of housing, it would be a world top 10 easily.

I am looking forward to your take on "Match Play Courses." After the tremendous thought-provoking nuance presented in the fairness episode, I am curious the take. Traditionally, half-par holes or wide-variance holes with a lot of risk/reward are thought of as great match play holes, but it makes me wonder if that is really true. Once a ball is in the water, the hole tends to be over. Is it actually more exciting if there is still risk/reward, but also more subtlety so that you have exciting putts to win the hole? Now, a Rees course with small flat greens, narrow fairways, and typical Rees bunkering probably isn't going to provide that, but a great strategic course probably would.

Great write-up Garrett. I’m looking forward to playing it again after the renovations to the greens and bunkers. It’s a place I never get tired of playing. I didn’t know it had 4 par 5s in the opening 9 holes when it first opened. The second hole is such a great hole and would indeed make a great par 5 from the back tees now.

What's LD's golf game like? Seems like a crafty short game player. What's his on-course ribbing like?

I would like to echo the cheers for a MacKenzie course being available for public golfers. As one whose eye tends to favor bolder architecture, I hope I get to see this one someday. It amused me to see the 14th described as the "flat" hole, and then see the photos of that swale! Love your writing--it's fun to see the comparisons with Beethoven and David Lynch and still have it all make sense.