Tommy, thanks again for arranging the outing at Rustic. Not sure about the first annual, but the thought is nice. It was great meeting the SoCal guys. If any of you ever find yourselves in Ontario (Canada, that is) give me a call. We have some great public (and private) courses up here for seven months of the year.
We loved Rustic. It brought real meaning to defending par at the green (well at least they killed me). Loved the closely mown surrounds and the ability to run the ball up. David and I had some fun trying putts from a hundred yards in to some of the greens.All in all, great fun. Only jarring note was the gnarly rough surrounding the bunkers. It seemed out of character.
Today we were up to Soule Park (cut short by an hour frost delay and subsequent slow play) and Ojai. Tommy, I'm going to have to search out your "travesty" comments. Apart from being kinda claustraphobic, it was pretty interesting. I, of course, have no knowledge of previous incarnations to compare it to.
Garland, I'm not sure I ever espoused ponds and waterfalls. My favourite courses are some of the Scottish links courses that have neither. Although, I am tempted to go to Trump National just to see what all the negative fuss is for myself.
Tommy, thanks again for the day, and pairing us with David.