Top Ten 19th Holes

Casey made a good point in a post yesterday saying something to the effect of "why do we post golf holes, Cahoonas are much more interested in 19th holes" Good point. Where have I left the most brain cells over the years? Here's my list of great finishing watering holes, I'm certain you'll all have a few as well:

10. Giant's Ridge, Biwabek,MN. Great oak bar with a view of #1, almost as great a first hole as Deacon's #1.
9. Elks, Pierre SD. The course I grew up on, now closed. We'd steal beer out of the coolers and pee off the balcony. At the tender age of 15.
8. Chamberlain National. Ditto the above, except we were 22, then 34, then 40-something, etc. etc.
7. Hazeltine National. Lousy bar but the original Nicklaus oil painting in the john can't be beat.
6. #18 cabin block, Madden's East. Not a bar, but a true 19th hole for the Cahoonas. Lindy's beaver photo will live forever. The cabin block at West is the sentimental favorite, but, the damn stairs keep it out of my top 10.
5. My deck, Prairie Green, Sioux Falls. Don't believe me? Ask Casey. Next summer you all come a day early, we'll get plastered and hit 5 woods off the #7 tee at Turg's living room windows.
4. Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson. Great desert course in the foothills with a view of the whole valley.
3. Ceasar's Palace, Lake Tahoe. Bar looks down on the course (Northstar) and the lake on one side, up at Heavenly Valley Ski Resort on the other. Heavenly is an understatement.
2. Cragun's Pub: Shoot the Drummer!
1. The Preserve. Best view and Manhattans anywhere.

Honorable mention:
The Inferno, Steamboat Springs. Gone forever, but, the best apre' ski bar I ever saw.
The crappy house at Breezy. Killer Tequilla night!!!
The Long Bar, Hyatt Hill Country Resort, San Antonio. 100 foot long bar, need I say more?