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Robert Mercer Deruntz

Re:Your first thoughts on these photo's
« Reply #25 on: August 28, 2007, 10:19:58 PM »
This hole used to be 11.  The past few years it has been the 14th.  Incidentally, this is the course that John Mallinger grew up playing.  Mark Wiebe and John Ashworth also could call this their home courses at times.

Bill_Yates

Re:Your first thoughts on these photo's
« Reply #26 on: August 29, 2007, 01:59:22 AM »
Looks to me like a bad hole is trying to ruin the view of another ugly housing development.
Bill Yates
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David Stamm

Re:Your first thoughts on these photo's
« Reply #27 on: August 29, 2007, 11:15:46 AM »
This hole is the result of the real estate dictating design.  The current owners of Meadowlake successfully changed a few holes because they were able to obtain subdivision rights and the now we have a wonderful boxlike home ruining a potential skyline green.  This course was built on the cheap by RTJ while he was building his Pauma Valley masterpiece only 5 miles away(15 by car!).  


Are you sure about RTJ, Robert? I have never seen his name in relation to this course. This course was built in 1965 by Tom Sanderson. Was he a design associate of RTJ's?
"The object of golf architecture is to give an intelligent purpose to the striking of a golf ball."- Max Behr

billb

Re:Your first thoughts on these photo's
« Reply #28 on: August 31, 2007, 06:54:18 PM »
Just to get a sensee of what I'm talking about re: Cruden Bay, this is the 15th, a par 3 of similar length:



Thanks for the memories!!!! There is a path of some sort to the right of the green, and a log running along side the path. I bounced a 2 iron off of the log and had a kick in birdie. At least I think that is how it got there!!!!

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