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Tommy_Naccarato

Re:Minimalism and Sandpines
« Reply #25 on: December 06, 2006, 12:07:12 AM »
Dr. Klein,
I hope your very proud of me. Very proud! ;) This shows that there is recovery and it is immenient. Just say no......

Brad Klein

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Re:Minimalism and Sandpines
« Reply #26 on: December 06, 2006, 05:11:56 AM »
Tommy, very proud of you, and this post of yours comes up just as I was about to say that having played Sandpines before I ever saw Bandon Dunes, my thought at the time was that I had no idea what the hype was about Sandpines. And that I now realize why Sandpines elicits so much emotion here -- because it was and is turning point in the history of golf course architecture and will go down as a monument to  . . .  how do we say it politely? A missed opportunity, or more accurately, perhaps the most glaring disconnect in modern arcihtecture between the site and the design.
« Last Edit: December 06, 2006, 09:06:19 AM by Brad Klein »

Tommy_Naccarato

Re:Minimalism and Sandpines
« Reply #27 on: December 06, 2006, 08:37:42 AM »
Yes! that's it!  It also proves that with some courses, you just have to walk away from, never turn back, never think. You just leave them alone!

Jordan Wall

Re:Minimalism and Sandpines
« Reply #28 on: December 06, 2006, 09:41:36 AM »
Tommy,

I'm proud of you.
I wish I had your strength to resist.
But, I dont.
 :-\

Patrick_Mucci

Re:Minimalism and Sandpines
« Reply #29 on: December 06, 2006, 09:32:29 PM »
Michael Dugger,

Would you include the adjacent industrial complex, buildings, condos, enourmous water tower and houses part of the Majestic setting ?

You see them from one point on the course, the 8th tee.

Pretty low impact in my book


Michael,

Then you need to get a new book.

How quickly you forget.

What's directly behind the 2nd tee ?
The 4th green.
Left of the 5th hole.
Along the 8th and 9th hole ?
visible from the 10th and 11th hole.

And as to the monstrous water tower, from what hole can't you see it ?

Could SandPines be better, absolutely.

But, let's not paint a false picture and declare the surroundings as majestic.

The tall pines are certainly majestic and the holes that weave through them are good.

The Oblique dunes north of the property are unstable and couldn't be incorporated into the design.
Pictures of # 7 which were posted on here show a nice look vis a vis evolution.

As to the mounds, they're excessive.
But, I can't tell you that that's not what the developer wanted

But, the course isn't as bad as some make it out to be.
There are some very good golf holes on that course.

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