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Post by Richie3Jack on Jan 20, 2010 22:31:20 GMT -5
For me, it's probably golf courses that surround their greens with trees. Sunlight, wind, etc. can reach the green and most courses don't have the money or the resources to keep the greens in good shape. Then they cut down the trees, usually after the green struggles to survive.
One course I would like to do a hole-by-hole thread on is Eagle Watch GC in Woodstock, GA. Their greens died on them as well, but it was actually do to somebody using illegal pesticide in their lawn and it going into a lake where they use the water to water the greens.
But, they got that straightened out. It's an Arnold Palmer design, but I think it really shows how you can design a good looking course and do it with relative ease.
There's nothing really 'tricked up' on the holes, just a somewhat straight forward design. Also, I think Arnie did something neat by having elevated approach shots. The elevation is not that great, probably a 5% decline into the green, but one thing I notice is that it makes each approach shot look prettier.
Arnie knows how to design a course.
3JACK
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Post by fearlessgolfer on Jan 21, 2010 12:56:10 GMT -5
There has not been too many golf courses I did'nt like when playing.
I see them as a creative expressions of the designers and welcome the challenges.
Only things I don't like is that useless or out of place bunker or tree in the damn middle of a fairway like that of a bunker when David Duval hit during a match on TV. I thought it was simply stupid and ridiculous.
If we hit a good shot, we should be rewarded, and poor shot to be fairly penalized. And the rest? Just make it your way, hopefully as beautiful as possible.
fearlessgolfer
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Post by gmbtempe on Jan 21, 2010 13:12:39 GMT -5
I am not a big fan of blinds shots and thus Pete Dye courses have been a real turn off to me. I like it when everything is front of you and you can plan your strategy. The stick a 10' pole out somewhere and aim here, not a fan of that.
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Post by chunkylover77 on Jan 24, 2010 11:38:47 GMT -5
Only thing I don't like about golf courses is housing developments in them. I don't mind if it is a community but I don't want to see the houses while I'm playing.
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Post by Richie3Jack on Jan 24, 2010 15:05:06 GMT -5
The houses don't really bother me, it's just the way many people who live in those houses act. Barking dogs, kids yelling at the top of their lungs, owners getting mad at golfer's hitting their house when they are right in the 'line of fire.'
3JACK
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Post by jerryg on Feb 5, 2010 14:44:00 GMT -5
I have no idea why anyone would want to live close to a golf course. The language some people use even with little kids close by in swimming pools is just frightful.
Alistair McKenzie said trees don't belong on golf courses. I whole-heartedly agree.
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Post by gmbtempe on Feb 5, 2010 14:57:06 GMT -5
I also like golf courses that are designed to let you play different shots in a green, sometimes I like to punch a lower running shot rather than have to fly it the exact distance.
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Post by teacherfitter on Feb 5, 2010 15:00:34 GMT -5
I really enjoy golf courses that make good use of the natural contours, shapes and existing water. These types of courses have a real flow to them and just seem like they belong.
Having said what I just did, I do not care for courses that do the opposite (move lots of dirt around, lots of mounds, man made water hazards, etc.).
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Post by cloran on May 5, 2010 6:45:06 GMT -5
Fairways with a tree in the middle... just stupid.
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Post by jonnygrouville on May 6, 2010 5:04:33 GMT -5
Peter Thomson's company have designed a course in Singapore that has lots of bunkers you can't see from the tee in good old school links fashion. I'm a fan of that, but, sadly, people haven't been spotting them as they have been ragging down the holes in their buggies either!
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