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As part of LVT, I am including course records. If anyone can find the course record and who holds it for the following courses, it would be appreciated...

Ballybunion
Cambrain Ridge
Classic Club
Close House - Colt Course
Coeur d Alene
Dorado Beach
Dove Valley
Dubai - Earth Course
Enniscrone
Gleneagles
Kauri Cliffs
Prestwick
Redlands Mesa
Royal St. George
Royal St. Kitts
Salinas Fairways
Southerness
Sunningdale New Course
Sunningdale Old course
The National - Old course
TPC at the Woodlands
TPD Doral Blue Monster
Tribute at Otsego
Turnberry

Wouldn't records depend on several factors? For instance:

1) choice of tees
2) choice of wind
3) choice of settings for green speed and hardness
3) choice of difficulty level of the game (Amateur, Professional, Champ, Elite)...

You're right, Mr T. Also, Swing Type: Classic, RTS, or PP. All 3 require a different skill set.

Pete

I’m talking about in real life
What is the real world course record for these courses?

You could probably google it.

I have tried, that’s why I an asking here on the off chance someone may know or found it when i didn’t

For some reason, this is the kind of challenge I can't seem to resist. Anyway, per Microsoft AI:

Ballybunion (Old Course) 63 (Gary McNeil, 1991)
Cambrain (Cambrian?) Ridge 63 (Jason Bohn, 2001)
Classic Club 63 (Jason Bohn, 2005)
Close House - Colt Course 64 (Lee Westwood, year not indicated)
Coeur d Alene 61 (John Cook, 1992)
Dorado Beach 62 (John Daly, 2001)
Dove Valley 63 (Jason Bohn,2001)
Dubai - Earth Course 64 (Lee Westwood, 2010)
Enniscrone 64 (David Feherty, year not indicated)
Gleneagles (Centenary Course) 62 (Paul Lawrie, 2014)
Kauri Cliffs 62 (Brandt Snedeker, 2014)
Prestwick 62 (Tommy Fleetwood, 2018)
Redlands Mesa 63 (Jason Thresher, 2011)
Royal St. George 63 (Dustin Johnson, 2021)
Royal St. Kitts 63 (Scott Lien, 2004)
Salinas Fairways 63 (John Kelly, 2010)
Southerness 65 (Matthias Gronberg, 1990)
Sunningdale New Course 62 (Graeme Storm, 2009)
Sunningdale Old course 62 (Nick Faldo, 1986 and Shane Lowry, 2010)
The National - Old course 64 (Peter Lonard, 2003)
TPC at the Woodlands 63 (David Toms, 2002)
TPC Doral Blue Monster 61 (Stephen Ames, 2000)
Tribute at Otsego 63 (Jason Dufner, 2013)
Turnberry (Ailsa Course) 63 (Tom Watson, 1977

Much appreciated…didn’t even think of using AI

I'm glad you appreciated the post, mwc0914, but I do question the accuracy of AI. The first time, it showed that the course record at Turnberry was 63 by Tom Watson at the 1977 Open Championship. When I did the query again today, it indicated that the record of 63 was shared by Watson and Jack Nicklaus at the same tournament. When I looked at the wiki for that same tournament, it showed that the lowest round for both Watson and Nicklaus was 65. In reality, there was a round of 63 shot in the second round of that tournament, by American Mark Hayes. So, I guess AI gave us the correct information but the wrong person.

I'm guessing for the other courses that the record scores are at least directionally correct, which was probably your goal.

Geez, this is a sickness...