to route & construct 18 holes.
I know this is going to be a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' and that courses, fairway widths, hazard sizes, green sizes and complexes are all widely variable, as well as special consideration to infrastructure for irrigation, etc
- BUT I am fascinated by construction, routing and the planning process and would get your thoughts on it.
Can we assume a proposed golf course project with an average 6,000 to 7,000 yard golf course, and assume the vegetation is of a uniform nature: i.e. either all dense forest, or sparse forest, or rolling dunes, gorse, a rock filled valley or even desert or pasture for that matter.
Is it possible to estimate the area required to route the holes ?
If you were to clear all the forest to a new Bandon Trails site - what would that area measure? How much treed area would you need to clear?
If you were to measure all the cut grass at Sand Hills for it's 18 - what would it measure?
A sand covered desert -how much area would get turfed?
Before construction, if you were looking at Rock Creek, (I haven't seen it) and lets assume that the entire area is covered in similar rock - in planning, how would you estimate the amount of rock to remove or turf over(!) ?
Thanks
BM