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Kyle Henderson

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"Unfavorite" Water Feature
« on: April 29, 2008, 01:33:08 AM »
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Mark Chaplin

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Re: "Unfavorite" Water Feature
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2008, 01:41:16 AM »
Looks pretty natural to me!
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jeffwarne

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Re: "Unfavorite" Water Feature
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2008, 08:05:14 AM »
That's more attractve than #   (pick a water hole) at the Byron Nelson
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Andrew Mitchell

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Re: "Unfavorite" Water Feature
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2008, 08:07:03 AM »
That's on a golf course :o
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tlavin

Re: "Unfavorite" Water Feature
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2008, 09:12:38 AM »
The waterfall at the 18th at Wynn in Vegas is hard to top.  It does, however, seve one useful purpose: it cements the feeling that you just played EPCOT National.
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Jeff_Brauer

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Re: "Unfavorite" Water Feature
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2008, 01:06:58 PM »
I built some waterfalls for a landscape company while in college.  One of our premises was to always hide the source of the flow, usally with low hanging Scotch Pine Branches and a bend in the river as it comes out of the flow pipe.

That thing doesn't even try to hide its origins. I can see the back of the wall.  Also, doesn't match the scale of the surroundings, it overwhelms it which would only happen in nature at Niagra Falls.
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Tim Gerrish

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Re: "Unfavorite" Water Feature
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2008, 01:18:28 PM »
There must be something pretty ugly to hide behind this beautiful waterfall!

Looks like what it is doing right now out the window.
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Melvyn Morrow

Re: "Unfavorite" Water Feature
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2008, 01:22:42 PM »
Kyle

I can take or leave waterfalls but look at that cart track  :o – is this one
of those long treks between Greens & Tees, Sam talks about  ;) – Looking closely is that the end of Sam’s cart sticking out of the water  ??? – novel way of keeping you beer cool or was it one beer to many ::) :-\ ::) :'(
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John Moore II

Re: "Unfavorite" Water Feature
« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2008, 02:18:39 PM »
When I first saw that, I didn't think it was too bad, but the more I look at the picture, the more it just looks terrible. I agree with Jeff, there is no attempt to hide anything, its just sitting there with a few palms around it. The overwhelming I could deal with, if it blended more than it does. Yeah, thats pretty bad, but it might not be the worst I have seen.
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Michael Mimran

Re: "Unfavorite" Water Feature
« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2008, 07:15:55 PM »
gotta love the Donald...



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Patrick Kiser

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Re: "Unfavorite" Water Feature
« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2008, 10:39:26 PM »
Ahhhh beautification...   :-X

I'm having really bad flashbacks of BonAventure in S. FL near Sunrise...

http://www.golfbonaventure.com/eastcourse.cfm
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or less of a nuisance, is water. Water hazards
absolutely prohibit the recovery shot, perhaps
the best shot in the game.” —William Flynn, golf
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Jon Spaulding

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Re: "Unfavorite" Water Feature
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2008, 12:10:16 AM »
Easy; the water bunker featured on the current #1 @ Red Hill, Thomas' first design in California. I could hear him turning in his grave all the way back in Philly!
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Mike Hendren

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Re: "Unfavorite" Water Feature
« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2008, 11:59:33 AM »
The pond on the Eden Course.  Anything else is a distant second.
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J Sadowsky

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Re: "Unfavorite" Water Feature
« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2008, 12:06:29 PM »
The bunkers at some of the local courses in DC make for really annoying water hazards after a few days of rain.
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