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Steve Curry

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Dew walks?
« on: February 25, 2006, 02:48:05 PM »
Not a big fan.  :P

What's your take?

Steve
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A.G._Crockett

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Re:Dew walks?
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2006, 04:50:54 PM »
Why not?  They sure do help walkers, don't they?  What's the down side?
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Steve Curry

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Re:Dew walks?
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2006, 05:15:58 PM »
I think in too many instances they look ugly, in particular with multiple tees.

Steve
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Craig Sweet

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Re:Dew walks?
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2006, 05:48:09 PM »
Steve, sometimes multiple tees look ugly too  ;D
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Anthony_Nysse

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Re:Dew walks?
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2006, 05:54:35 PM »
Are we talking about walk paths, particular in between tees to the fairway? If that's the case, we got rid of ours this past summer and I think that it offers a much cleaner look. The mower pass from the tee to the fairway has to be straight and it's very easy to have that line start looking like a bannana with the wrong operater! The only time we had them last summer was during the AJGA Tournament of Champions. We put them in because we knew our rough was going to be over 4 inches.

Tony Nysse
Asst. Supt.
Long Cove Club
HHI, SC
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Apogee Club
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Doug Siebert

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Re:Dew walks?
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2006, 01:15:44 AM »
I've seen courses where they were mowed in a slightly curvy fashion to follow the lay of the land or just break away from the monotonous look, and they looked much nicer.  Just like cartpaths look like crap if they take them dead straight from point A to point B.

I saw a show on the History Channel about the Autobahn and US Interstate system and apparently when they first designed the roads they were as straight as possible, but found that by following the land better or even creating some small artificial curves it was much better for the drivers, who had more accidents on dead straight roads because they'd be kind of dazed by it.
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Brad Tufts

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Re:Dew walks?
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2006, 09:24:08 AM »
Not necessarily on topic, but I once read that alot of the Autobahn was built up from the surrounding landscape with embankments on either side.  The reason was so Nazi tanks could flee down the embankments into the underbrush in the event of an Allied airstrike or other attack.  Pretty interesting stuff, I imagine much of the engineering remains today.
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Ron Farris

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Re:Dew walks?
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2006, 10:08:10 AM »
Dew walks - I like them, but only because I play most of my golf betwen 5:20 and 7:00 a.m. (Walking Only).  As a designer I do not care for them.  They are often cut by supers who do not understand the function of LINES on a golf course.
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Dan Boerger

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Re:Dew walks?
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2006, 10:11:48 AM »
Ron - I'm with you. I really like them since I often play earlier on the weekends. I don't mind suffering the morning dew in the long grass when I drive my ball there (read, lots), but it would be nice to be rewarded for that short grass drive, too. - Dan
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Paul Payne

Re:Dew walks?
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2006, 10:51:27 AM »
I agree that they can distract from the visual beauty of the tee, but there has to be an alternative. I am an AVID walker. I only ride during corp. outings and I will rarely if ever return to a course which requires a cart.

I know, cart golfers think walkers slow the pace. This is not the case when a path is provided that allows a walker to walk the course not the cart path. Not only are the cart paths usually a more roundabout way to walk forward, they do not allow a walker to view the fairway in front of him as he moves.

The two main reasons I walk are 1) for the excercise, 2) to get a better feel for the hole and to smooth the pace of my round.

The path does not have to be straight down the center of the tee boxes, but there should be access to a path.

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