In YOUR opinion:
Are their golf courses that are built on coastal sites - high raised bluffs completely exposed to the elements that are just too tough because of extreme weather conditions (wind/rain)? ...West/North coast of Ireland, North coast of Scotland - East Coast US?
If so - where are they?
Old Head in Cork? - a golf course that should never have been built? My perception is that this course is not well received because of the weather – is that correct?
Could it have been designed differently to better deal with the weather?
Bandon Dunes - this land is well balanced to the coast it seems, with some protection - does it get the worst of the West coast weather? All 3 coast sites have lots of room, but particularly OM has lots of width and large greens to allow room in the strong wind.
Barnbougle Dunes doesn't get the worst of the weather because of it’s northerly site, if it were sited on the Sth West coast of Tassie - that would be a different matter altogether and perhaps too many days the course would be just too difficult.
Are you able to reasonably argue - that land is just too tough for golf because of weather - not because of land condition? Examples?
Or
Is your opinion that there is no such thing as too tough conditions for golf... Did Mr Keiser need to build a course like Bandon Trails for some relief from the weather for us golfers? If Barnbougle Dunes wanted to build a third course, would the wise owner build it in a sheltered site, or just go ahead and build another one of the coast?
Is it possible to have too much coastal links and strong breeze affected golf?
How do YOU define that weather, wind or rain is beyond heading out to play, or continuing your round?