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Joe Bausch

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Photo tour of the Pete Dye Golf Club (broken URLs now fixed!)
« on: July 02, 2010, 04:23:00 PM »
The recent thread on the Pete Dye Golf Club reminds me of the wonderful GCA gathering organized by Charlie Dusic in 2008.  I never really presented a rather comprehensive photo tour of the course, which I'll do now.  I had not given much detailed thought of PDCG since 2008, but the recent thread got my brain going.  Like George Pazin mentioned, I was surprised how easily I could recall the entire layout in my head.  Rarely do courses do that for me after just a single visit.

PDGC is pretty beastie from the back tees (76.9/147) and plays out to 7248.  Here is the routing:


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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2010, 04:25:18 PM »
#1.  A 390 yard par 4.












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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2010, 04:26:36 PM »
#2.  The No. 1 handicap hole, a 435 yard par 4.







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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2010, 04:27:39 PM »
#3.  A 368 yard par 4.











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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2010, 04:28:27 PM »
#4.  A 225 yard par 3.









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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2010, 04:29:51 PM »
#5.  A 580 yard par 5.













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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2010, 04:31:12 PM »
#6.  A short par 4 (337 yards).











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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2010, 04:31:57 PM »
#7.  A slightly downhill par 3 (196 yards).







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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2010, 04:33:11 PM »
#8.  A 504 yard par 5.

















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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2010, 04:34:09 PM »
#9.  A 462 yard par 4.











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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2010, 04:35:26 PM »
#10.  A 468 yard par 4.



This first pic taken from near the 18th green.









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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2010, 04:36:35 PM »
#11.  A 604 yard par 5.













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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2010, 04:37:39 PM »
#12.  A 341 yard par 4.









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George Pazin

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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2010, 04:37:56 PM »
You can't tell me what to do! I'll ignore or not ignore as I please, sir!

Thanks for the pix, looks forward to the rest. Please do your best to post only pix that support my side of the argument discussion. :)
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Joe Bausch

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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2010, 04:38:29 PM »
#13.  A 196 yard par 3.







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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #15 on: July 02, 2010, 04:39:56 PM »
#14.  A 489 yard par 4.











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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #16 on: July 02, 2010, 04:41:02 PM »
#15.  A 533 yard par 5.











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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #17 on: July 02, 2010, 04:42:25 PM »
#16.  A slightly downhill par 3 (246 yards).









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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #18 on: July 02, 2010, 04:43:44 PM »
#17.  Probably the most polarizing hole on the course is this par 4 (399 yards).















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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #19 on: July 02, 2010, 04:44:58 PM »
#18.  The No 2 handicap hole, a 475 yard par 4.

















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Re: ignore this for now (photo tour thread being built)
« Reply #20 on: July 02, 2010, 04:46:18 PM »
Quote from: George Pazin on July 02, 2010, 04:37:56 PM
You can't tell me what to do! I'll ignore or not ignore as I please, sir!

Thanks for the pix, looks forward to the rest. Please do your best to post only pix that support my side of the argument discussion. :)

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George Pazin

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Re: Photo tour of the Pete Dye Golf Club
« Reply #21 on: July 02, 2010, 04:52:45 PM »
Thanks for posting all of those, Joe. I'm stunned at how not elevated the 16th appears. My memory must be comprised by my early onset Alzheimers.

Aside from that, I think you make my case. :)
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Andy Troeger

Re: Photo tour of the Pete Dye Golf Club
« Reply #22 on: July 02, 2010, 05:35:44 PM »
I think this course looks absolutely amazing. I got the chance to play The Honors Course this spring and loved it and this looks even better. Sorry George, obviously my opinion isn't that important since I haven't been there but it sure looks like it has 8 or 9 written all over it.
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George Pazin

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Re: Photo tour of the Pete Dye Golf Club
« Reply #23 on: July 02, 2010, 05:49:24 PM »
Quote from: Andy Troeger on July 02, 2010, 05:35:44 PM
Sorry George, obviously my opinion isn't that important since I haven't been there but it sure looks like it has 8 or 9 written all over it.

Why would you make such a comment? Have I ever said my word is final on anything? Have I ever discouraged anyone from offering an opinion that differs from mine on anything?

EVER? I have almost 9000 posts on here, find one that says anyone is wrong and I'm right.

I'll set that aside and simply remind you that I said the place is special, I just don't necessarily think the golf course architecture is special. But I remain open to the possibility that I'm wrong. By all means, if you make it out to my neck of the woods, please call or email me so I can join you and you can set me straight!

The opening post on the other thread is from John Vander Borght. Anyone who has read my posts knows that I think the world of JVB. He is a larger than life figure to me, literally and figuratively. He said PDGC is the best of the Pete Dye courses he's played. I also consider Ryan a friend and I respect his opinion. We simply differ on our view of what is great in golf.

Does everyone need to agree that Jackson Pollack is a worthwhile addition to the art scene? That he's great?

How about Monet relative to Da Vinci? Shakespeare to Conrad? Someone want to make those comparisons?

How unreal is it that Matt Ward, who disagrees agree with me over ONE aspect of Black Mesa
(it's playability for high handicappers, for those with better things to do than follow our ridiculous debate) calls out my comparison - after being asked! - to Oakmont while throwing out Pine Valley and Bethpage Black in his defense of Black Mesa?

The world is upside down.
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Richard Hetzel

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Re: Photo tour of the Pete Dye Golf Club
« Reply #24 on: July 02, 2010, 06:01:18 PM »
Joe,

I misded out on that GCA event 2 years ago and looking at your pics bums me out even more! It looks fantastic.
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