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Chris Hervochon

A Quote...
« on: March 06, 2002, 05:00:29 PM »
"In my own work, I prefer to avoid imitating past design work.  In general, it's not a good policy to bring an idea from the last job, or one from a previous year, oreven rom something you read in ________ _________'s book to a new project.  If we did that, we'd probably fall short of our goal o make each golf course better than the last because the ideas would be stale.  Or, we might be tempted to make something happen on a site that shouldn't be happening there, and that could be even worse.  As golf designers, we do need to have as much knowledge as possible and allow that knowledge to inform our work as long as we keep our eyes open and look for the distinct differences on every piece of property, the details that can make a golf course unique among its kind.  Nothing is more valuable to our work..."

Who said it???
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Tim_Weiman

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Re: A Quote...
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2002, 05:33:18 PM »
Chris:

I'll venture a wild guess and say TF.
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Tim Weiman

Mike_Cirba

Re: A Quote...
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2002, 07:42:11 PM »
Yes...I would guess that it's ole' Mr. Site-specific himself, Tom Fazio.

Nothing like finding and using the natural attributes of each site to make them all original.  Next, he'll be calling himself a "minimalist".  ;)
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Tim_Weiman

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Re: A Quote...
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2002, 09:03:45 PM »
Mike Cirba:

Nope.  I'm pretty sure Fazio would not make that claim.  There is too much in his book about changing the environment, words to the effect that the site really doesn't matter......much more important is a client willing to spend lots of money, etc.

If I'm wrong, that would be an amazing twist of words.
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Tim Weiman

Chris Hervochon

Re: A Quote...
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2002, 03:53:57 PM »
It is, in fact, good ole Mr. Fazio himself. :o Now tell me that's not a hypocritical statement.
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Mike_Cirba

Re: A Quote...
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2002, 07:27:50 PM »
Tim Weiman,

When I claimed that Tom Fazio would next be calling himself a minimalist, I was referring to the following quote.

"As golf designers, we do need to have as much knowledge as possible and allow that knowledge to inform our work as long as we keep our eyes open and look for the distinct differences on every piece of property, the details that can make a golf course unique among its kind.  Nothing is more valuable to our work..."

Isn't he the guy who seems so annoyed at Mother Nature that he's thrilled that he's got himself some heavy earth-moving equipment, unlike his handicapped Golden-age predecessors?



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Tom MacWood (Guest)

Re: A Quote...
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2002, 07:45:09 PM »
I do recall reading something like that quote in Fazio's book. I think he stresses to each of his clients or prospective clients that they will be recieving a unique one of kind design - an instant classic. And he seems to have been blessed with some very unique and interesting sites.
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