Took a few pictures yesterday, now that some of the seed is popping. I thought the inhabitants of the field next door might be golf club atlas spies!
I figure I would put a few out there, since they were obviously going to be on the web soon anyway.
The first picture is the 4th hole tee shot, one of the few blind tee shots I have ever designed. We saddled the fw a bit as a directional device for the safe shot, but of course, the real shot is over the deep bunker. After the grass is all in, we are going to go in and raise the sand line on that bunker. While practical to keep the sand down at the bottom, its not as dramatic as Notah and I would like.
The second shot is the first hole. We actually took out a bunker on the left side of the fw at the last minute to make it less challenging an opener.
The third shot is from the back nine - the pinched second landing area on the par 5 11th. We actually made a last minute bunker subtraction left of the green to encourage more folks to go for it in two. The area that shows up as dark dirt just over the right bunker is where the bunker was.
It was an interesting discussion - Notah pointed out that a 540 yard par 5 is not a giveaway even on the Tour, except for the top guys, and the top guys who are playing their best. Its still 280/290 and 250/260 for many, many tour pros. A 250 yard shot to this tiny green is not very inviting, thus, the bunker removal in favor of fw to allow a small run on. Not much of the green shows up in this phot (location governed by trees to block out morning sun)