Thanks for posting photos, Andrew.
The course does look great – much thanks to Duane’s efforts; in fact, Duane is a model superintendent in regard to doing everything in his power to maintain a golf course according to the architect’s vision. He deserves a lot of credit for his hard work, and more important, his open-mindedness and willingness to listen and learn about golf course architecture, particularly as things relates to Blackhawk.
In response to Andrew’s original post, Rod’s designed more than two courses – perhaps Andrew means two in the province of Alberta. There’s also Firethorn, Golf du Medoc (France), Langenstein (Germany), Irian Jaya (Indonesia), Sagebrush, and a handful we currently have in planning, including Cabot Links, of course. And, more people than those mentioned by Andrew deserve credit for building Blackhawk; most notably absent from Andrew’s original post is James Duncan, who had a lot to do with the way the bunkers came out, too.
I’m glad Duane’s chimed in. He has a lot of interesting stuff to share, for sure.
P.S. Thanks so much for your compliments re Sagebrush, Gary (Slatter). It was fun to tour you around the site a few weeks ago. Thanks for making a point to come out. Geez, I’m blushing… the best bunkers you’ve seen in forty years?! Wow. The bunkers at Sagebrush are certainly different, and wild; they’re definitely unlike anything else in Canada. You’re right, too, there’s nothing cookie-cutter about Sagebrush. I’m very confident that's accurate.