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**UJRonald** · 10-27-2010, 05:29 PM

Hawk,

I am actually OK with a tree in the middle of the fairway as long as you can see it from the tee. I really have a problem with hidden issues that are issues of bad design, poor use or space or poor construction or maintenance. The furrows right in the middle of the fairway I referred to earlier for example, just don't belong anywhere on a golf course. In addition, at least in my case, that sort of thing 250 yards down range is just not possible to see either. As for the Par 3 dog leg right, I doubt that baseball back stop went in as part of the original construction and is likely as much critical of the design as anything else.

At any rate, point well taken with regard to boredom or the lack thereof vs gimicks, trickery or what have you. I expect to find a certain amount of visual trickery on a golf course and do not like courses that just go up and back straight as an arrow either.

I don't wonder that a number of courses that were built 30 and 40 years ago are not on properties choosen by proper course designers but in some cases somebody just thought he knew what a good property for a golf course looked like. Then when they got into it, turning it into a proper golf course may have taken much more of an investment than they were willing to make.

10-27-2010, 05:29 PM	#16
UJRonald Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	Hawk, I am actually OK with a tree in the middle of the fairway as long as you can see it from the tee. I really have a problem with hidden issues that are issues of bad design, poor use or space or poor construction or maintenance. The furrows right in the middle of the fairway I referred to earlier for example, just don't belong anywhere on a golf course. In addition, at least in my case, that sort of thing 250 yards down range is just not possible to see either. As for the Par 3 dog leg right, I doubt that baseball back stop went in as part of the original construction and is likely as much critical of the design as anything else. At any rate, point well taken with regard to boredom or the lack thereof vs gimicks, trickery or what have you. I expect to find a certain amount of visual trickery on a golf course and do not like courses that just go up and back straight as an arrow either. I don't wonder that a number of courses that were built 30 and 40 years ago are not on properties choosen by proper course designers but in some cases somebody just thought he knew what a good property for a golf course looked like. Then when they got into it, turning it into a proper golf course may have taken much more of an investment than they were willing to make.
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