Tom Doak's Stone Eagle Pics

[Tommy_Naccarato]

Courtesy of Yancey Beamer who visited the site last Friday.


Brian Slawnick shaping out 17th green
 
Tom Doak & Eric Iverson looking at 15th green.


 

Tom Doak, Eric Iverson, Ted Lennon & Tom Cullinon
 

Doak selecting tee site for 1st tee.
 

#1 Tee to green. Par 4
 

#19 tee to green. 200 yards, Par 3
 

#18 Green to tee. 490 Yards, Par 4
 

#14 Center of fairway to green. Ravine divides fairway at 300 yards, 430 Yards, Par 4
 

Path to 13th tee
 

#12 Green 150 Yards, Par 3
 

#11 Green, looking uphill
 

#15 200 yards, Par 3
 

#11 400 Yards, Par 4
 

#17 510 Yards, Par 5 Green shaping--Brian Slawnik on dozer
 

#10 380 Yard, Par 4--Green at back fence
 

#9 Green site
 

#9 Back Tees--Green at the rear of the rock pile
 

#8 Green Detail
 

Dogleg-bunkers detail, Tom Doak & Eric Iverson
 

#6 Par 4, 330 yards
 

#8 Par 5, 520 Double dog leg
 

#3 Green, Tom Doak Inspects
 

[Yancey_Beamer]

Thanks to Tommy for his contribution of supreme electronic genius.Hail to the emperor!
Yancey

[Jack_Marr]

Have you played it yet, Tommy? Can you ground your club anywhere?

[Tom_Doak]

Tommy:

Thanks for posting these, although you should correct the spelling of Brian Slawnik's name [there's no 'c'].

The photos are excellent in showing the starkness of the landscape, but I think it's pretty difficult to capture the scale of the place.  It's quite a site, and the progress so far is beyond my expectations ... we've built some of the "duller" holes first and they are sensational.

I'm headed back to Sebonack next week, and now I can forget about having to compare it to Shinnecock and National.  If it doesn't turn out as good as Stone Eagle, the client and co-designer aren't going to be too happy, but I'm sure it's going to be a fight to the finish.

[Michael Moore]

Where is Stone Eagle?

[Tom_Doak]

It's in Palm Desert, California ... on the right a mile or two outside town on Route 74, closer in [and higher up] than Bighorn.

[Jim Franklin]

Thanks for sharing; it is pretty impressive to view that land a picture a golf course. I can't wait to see the finished product and compare to these photos.

[Tommy_Naccarato]

Jack,
The bunker off of the 8th tee, which is shown in the pictures is close enough for playing right now! (Well if I don't want to break a wrist, he'll have to put some sand in it!)

The hazard is HUGE. And its deep too!

I'm hoping for a Rennaissance Cup here. But given that its going to be extremely private, I'll just be glad to see the place as it evolves into a golf course. Its by far the most extreme site I have ever seen being constructed.

Tom, Yancey had it spelled right too! My mistake here, and I do in fact know how he spells his name!

[McCloskey]

"I'm headed back to Sebonack next week, and now I can forget about having to compare it to Shinnecock and National.  If it doesn't turn out as good as Stone Eagle, the client and co-designer aren't going to be too happy, but I'm sure it's going to be a fight to the finish."  

TD
The pictures of Stone Eagle looked very dramatic.   I was intrigued by your above statement.  I don't know that I fully comprehend what you were trying to say or not say about Seboneck, the client, or your co-designer.   Would you further elaborate for all of us that are interested in what is happening at Seboneck?  Thank you and best wishes on both new courses.

[Michael Dugger]

The pictures remind me a great deal of the desert course I worked on in Henderson, NV....Dragon Ridge.

I do not envy those blokes out there who are going to build that sucker.  Those rocks are terrible.  Clearing is brutal.  Imagine trying to scoot a basketball along the ground from the seat of your big dozer.  This is what is required to clear the playing corridors in order to prep for turf.  

[Doug Siebert]

Seeing pictures like that always amazes me.  I don't see golf holes there, I just see hills and rocks.

What would be really cool if you took GPS waypoints with all those pictures, so you could do some exact before and after pictures in a year!

[cary lichtenstein]

Look harder

[cary lichtenstein]

Looks like a great site.

 I hope those who have critized Black Mesa, Black Rock and Sanctuary will compare what Tom Doak does here, and perhaps, just perhaps, they will expand their horizons on just what is excellent architecture.

Perhaps Tom will do even better, and if he does, I will be the first to say so.

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