tcfmark
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TGCT Name: Mark Hearn
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Post by tcfmark on Jul 13, 2018 14:02:08 GMT -5
I've acquired a small area of land spanning a river at the bottom of Chinook Valley and I've been considering building a golf course in there. Having spent quite some time playing around with the routing, I reckon I can create quite an interesting yet very compact 18-hole layout where the river is in play for roughly half the holes. I've given myself a few rules and guidelines to make this interesting: - The layout must be compact which means a number of fairways will be touching/merged, which without careful planning will provide very big landing areas; hazards should be placed to mitigate this
- Some asymmetry on the rough may be used to create risk/reward options instead of using bunkers at every opportunity, importing sand from 200 miles away at great cost
- Use the river's course in conjunction with fairway placement to create more risk/reward options on some of the holes
- Don't play during sunset as it blinds the golfers and upsets them
Before I go about actually building this course, I'm interested to know if you have any novel ideas for other guidelines I should stick to? I want to challenge myself to build a good but rather unusual tournament course. I'm busy this weekend so I'm keen to gather ideas before I can get properly stuck in. Thoughts?
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