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Gary Daughters

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GCA Canards
« on: April 23, 2008, 04:31:38 PM »

"The best routing is the path you would take on a walk."

Really?
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Bob_Huntley

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Re: GCA Canards
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2008, 04:41:30 PM »
Quote from: Gary Daughters on April 23, 2008, 04:31:38 PM

"The best routing is the path you would take on a walk."

Really?

Gary,

It certainly would be the least physically taxing.

Bob
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Adam Clayman

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Re: GCA Canards
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2008, 04:45:54 PM »
Ideally, yes.

Realizing how subjective this is, (as many other axioms and terms are) if one is looking for interesting ground, the best routes should find it, and use it effectively. May not be as manly as shaping the shit out of everything, but people will pay you for doing it, if you promote yourself adequately.  
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Gary Daughters

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Re: GCA Canards
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2008, 05:07:54 PM »

Bob,

Having just staggered zombie-like through my final 4 holes, I can sympathize with that.

Still, it's one of those things that just sounds nice.

Just for starters, you wouldn't have any holes that crossed creeks.
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George Pazin

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Re: GCA Canards
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2008, 05:21:10 PM »
I'd modify it slightly to:

"The best routing is A path you would take on a walk."

There's plenty of ways to walk a given piece of property, just as there are likely plenty of ways to route a course on a given piece of property. There likely aren't nearly as many that yield special courses.
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Jeff_Brauer

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Re: GCA Canards
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2008, 05:26:07 PM »
Gary,

A generalization at best, but with some but not universal truth.

Before my first round of golf, I was really wondering how I would get back to the clubhouse after the 18th.  I figured I might need bus money or something!  When I saw the clubhouse sitting behind the last green, I thought the guy who laid this out must be a genius! A career was born.

So, I guess I would say the best routing is one that starts and finishes somewhere near the clubhouse, just for starters.
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Sean_A

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Re: GCA Canards
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2008, 06:25:33 PM »
Quote from: Jeff_Brauer on April 23, 2008, 05:26:07 PM
So, I guess I would say the best routing is one that starts and finishes somewhere near the clubhouse, just for starters.

Jeff

You would think this is a no brainer, but somehow ....

I have long thought this line was a bunch of nonsense.  I often walk areas where the first thing I want to do is get to the high ground with a scramble up the hill, but I don't enjoy many holes designed this way.

BTW  Congrats on the Stars.  Hopefully they an stick it to SJ as they looked defensively vulnerable in their last series.

Ciao
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John Moore II

Re: GCA Canards
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2008, 08:48:17 PM »
I might not totally agree with the statement. Because I can't say that I have ever walked up a hill when I had a choice. So, when given hilly land, the best routing might not be the path you'd walk, at least not the path I would walk. Though in general, the statement is ok.
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