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Patrick_Mucci

An impediment to good to great architecture ?
« on: May 31, 2006, 11:37:08 PM »
Has money, and the need to recover one's investment been an impediment to good to great architecture ?

If a high number of rounds per year are necessary for a club to be viable, will the architecture accomodate the need, rather than challenge the golfer ?

John Kavanaugh

Re:An impediment to good to great architecture ?
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2006, 11:38:58 PM »
Pat,

How many of the great courses built in the last ten years were built for profit...Name 5.
« Last Edit: May 31, 2006, 11:52:25 PM by John Kavanaugh »

Mike Benham

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Re:An impediment to good to great architecture ?
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2006, 12:25:30 AM »
John -

The Bandon courses would be three ...

I don't think Pat's question is specific to daily fee courses.


Pat -

Are you making the assumption that good to great architecture equals high cost to design a course?  

Mike
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Glenn Spencer

Re:An impediment to good to great architecture ?
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2006, 12:55:39 AM »
John -

The Bandon courses would be three ...

I don't think Pat's question is specific to daily fee courses.


Pat -

Are you making the assumption that good to great architecture equals high cost to design a course?  

Mike

It does not appear that he is. It sounds like he is asking if the need to get people around the golf course has made the architect gunshy about building something that might take more time to traverse. I would certainly think that it has in a lot of cases.

Kevin_Reilly

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Re:An impediment to good to great architecture ?
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2006, 01:26:02 AM »
I think speed of play was one consideration with some of the choices at the re-done Harding...bunkering was done in moderation for one thing.
"GOLF COURSES SHOULD BE ENJOYED RATHER THAN RATED" - Tom Watson

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