Post by gmbtempe on Apr 17, 2010 0:20:53 GMT -5
So the Wigwam in Phx has been around what seems like forever, its total misplaced in the desert of phoenix. The gold course is a florida style layout completed but Robert Trent Jones Jr, his dad did the other two.
I played the Gold today in a scramble (we won!). Its been a decade since I played last and frankly I was pretty average back then at golf. Today I got a real appreciation at the genius behind great design. Bunkers and trees that shape the holes, the placement of such that really wreaks havoc for good players. Things such as a narrow but deep green with water right and a deep bunker left.
7500 and 139 slope on a flat course, going to give it a run next week. It was a great track and test of golf with bunkers, lakes, and a burn that comes into play on 9 holes or so.
I played the Gold today in a scramble (we won!). Its been a decade since I played last and frankly I was pretty average back then at golf. Today I got a real appreciation at the genius behind great design. Bunkers and trees that shape the holes, the placement of such that really wreaks havoc for good players. Things such as a narrow but deep green with water right and a deep bunker left.
7500 and 139 slope on a flat course, going to give it a run next week. It was a great track and test of golf with bunkers, lakes, and a burn that comes into play on 9 holes or so.