Matt, no earth was moved to create this hole...and i'm not exaggerating or just saying that. The natural ravine between the tees and fairway was there. The corridor adjacent to the cliffs where the fairway sits was there. The mound short of the green that creates the visual penalty for conservative drives was there. Even the perched table where the green sits was there. This site was itching for a golf hole, and its the reason I chose it over others in the area!
While I welcome criticism regarding the design, I tend to disagree with Tripp Davis's comment about adding a collection area short left of the green given my approach to move nothing on the site. To create a collection area I would have had to shift the green left of its current location, cutting earth to make the collection area and filling to the left of the to green pad. While I know its common to move earth like this, I felt it more appropriate to leave the green site as was submitted. Shifting the green left would also have softened the visual penalty for an approach that was played after a conservative drive short of the fairway bunkers.
Coordinates for Site (Can Be Found Easily on Google Earth)
42° 02’ 54.467” N
70° 04’ 32.03” W
A perspective of the existing site and the proposed hole from the same angle are below for comparison. The scales are slightly off, but i did my best to get them as close as possible.
