quote author=Adam Clayman link=topic=44478.msg1123912#msg1123912 date=1315931056]
Finally, had the great pleasure to play the entire course, yesterday. The first question I originally had was about the turf choice of having all the same grass, Tees, Fairways, and, Greens. Well, there's no questions now. It works and works very well. Being able to distinguish where the green starts, and fairway ends, is almost imperceptible. And on several holes, this aspect, accentuates the golfer's senses to full throttle mode. The firmness of the turf was perfectly "humming". The variety of holes, shots and looks, was, as always when using the natural lay of the land, infinite. It inspired a plethora of creative opportunities to devise shots of my choosing.
There's been a lot of chatter about the conditions of the course. Awarii will always be rough around the edges. That's the owner's desire. It works on many levels and it could be argued that the maintenance practice employed here, will be how golf is viewed in the future. Much less manicured and rugged. Sure, you may not have the women's auxiliary playing there, but if any of them are into the sport over flowery aesthetics, there's no reason they shouldn't play there.
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Adam- you quote that the conditions are rough around the edges and then post two pictures which are enhanced and I'm guessing by photoshop.. I only had 1 visit, but the course looked nothing like that..
I agree the course is FUN but as I stated a few months ago in my humble opinion (again from one visit which surely I can be wrong), unless you are driving from Omaha west on I-80, this is not a destination course.. And before anyone gets on about conditioning, I play a ton of places that arent in great shape, I don't care about green/deep green/kelly green fairways, I belong to a UK club that is often brown.
#11 is the very short (under 100 yards, I think 88 yards or so from the member tees) with a HUGE GREEN..
#10 is the first picture and it looked more like this: