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SPDB

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Re:Continuation of thread about great sites that weren't taken full advantage of
« Reply #25 on: December 16, 2004, 06:15:32 PM »
Pat - Have you never seen circular bunkers at Atlantic?

It doesn't take that long, they line the right hand side of 1.

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rgkeller

Re:Continuation of thread about great sites that weren't taken full advantage of
« Reply #26 on: December 16, 2004, 06:55:36 PM »
>>now it just looks like strips of man-made golf holes separated by thick rough.<<

Sounds like Muirfield.
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jeffwarne

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Re:Continuation of thread about great sites that weren't taken full advantage of
« Reply #27 on: December 16, 2004, 11:19:15 PM »
SPDB,

Not anymore-they're gone
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Mark Brown

Re:Continuation of thread about great sites that weren't taken full advantage of
« Reply #28 on: December 17, 2004, 11:16:19 PM »
spdb

I didn't do any marketing work for Spring Island - just photos
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Mark Brown

Re:Continuation of thread about great sites that weren't taken full advantage of
« Reply #29 on: December 17, 2004, 11:22:59 PM »
Patrick

Rees builds a lot of perfectly round small bunkers and they don't look natural. On some courses, ie. The Peninsula in Charlotte he has mounding along each side of the holes and the cart path is outside the mounds so you can't see the course as you drive.
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SPDB

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Re:Continuation of thread about great sites that weren't taken full advantage of
« Reply #30 on: December 17, 2004, 11:23:09 PM »
Quote from: jeffwarne on December 16, 2004, 11:19:15 PM
SPDB,

Not anymore-they're gone


Jeff - Good to know. When were they removed? How about the saucers on 3 (i think I remember)?
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Patrick_Mucci

Re:Continuation of thread about great sites that weren't taken full advantage of
« Reply #31 on: December 18, 2004, 09:40:31 AM »
SPDB,

Did they appear circular because you saw them from a direct aerial from above ?

Or, did they present a circular appearance when you played the golf course ?

And, weren't they elevated so that you couldn't see them from the fairway ?

Where are the saucers on # 3 that you allude to, located ?
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Matthew Mollica

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Re:Continuation of thread about great sites that weren't taken full advantage of
« Reply #32 on: December 21, 2004, 07:17:50 AM »
Quote from: Tom_Doak on December 16, 2004, 08:45:54 AM
From my own experience, I would put Old Head and The National (Moonah course) in Australia on the list.  I looked at both sites in their raw form and I was disappointed with the finished product.  It's probably unfair of me to say so because I am predisposed to the ideas I had for either site ... so I'm sorry in advance....

Tom,

Did you happen to see the sites for either Moonah Links (Open or Legends) and/or The National (Ocean)?

If so, I'd appreciate a comment in the context of this thread. I'd also be keen to hear why you isolated The National (Moonah) for discussion if you did see the sites mentioned above, as it is a far superior course to the other two, on comparable terrain.

Matthew
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Tom_Doak

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Re:Continuation of thread about great sites that weren't taken full advantage of
« Reply #33 on: December 21, 2004, 09:08:26 PM »
Matthew:

I did see the site for the Ocean course at The National, but I've only seen about half of the Thomson and Wolveridge layout -- rain chased us off -- so I didn't bring it up.

I did not see the site for the two courses at Moonah Links beforehand, and I've only walked the big one, whatever they call it.
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Big Pete

Re:Continuation of thread about great sites that weren't taken full advantage of
« Reply #34 on: December 22, 2004, 05:01:44 AM »
Tom
I am struggling to understand your concept regarding the Moonah . In my simple way of looking at things the land at Sand Hills was not too much different to the rolling dunes the Moonah is built on , and the holes at Sand Hills are quite separate from each other like the Moonah . Is the difference the fact that you cannot see the other holes as easily at SH or is it more in relation to the grassing?
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