Chaska Town Course? Seriously?
Mark - I gotta give you credit, on this and some other recent forums, you definitely take the unorthodox opinion. But there is no way on God's green earth that Chaska Town Course could have a cash infusion and become a top 100. An impossibility....top 100 in Minnesota yet.
If you are thinking in Bethpage Black Terms - Hiawatha or Keller are the first places that could receive a cash infusion and be pretty special. Shelman will kill me for even throwing out a course 6 blocks from me that I've never played a full 18 at in 8 years (for good reason) but get one the archies on here to do a complete atom bomb on the greens and add some bunkering and it can be a pretty special course.
But Chaska Town course....how many houses are you planning to buy and demo? Before doing anything to the course
Ok... time for me to defend my selection of Chaska.
Granted, Chaska is in Horrible shape. way too beat up; most of the tee boxs and greens need to be redone. That said, Chaska has some phenomenal bones and could be a great course with investment. Here is my hole by hole.
1- very blah downhill par 4; hole needs a little more shape
2- Great hole; long uphill par four with challenging tee shot and approach
3- Signature hole on the course; 280 par-4 with large tree in the middle of the fair. Great risk reward hole
4- 155yd par 3 to small green surrounded by creek and trees; green itself needs to be redone;
5- risk reward par 4 with a stream bisecting the fairway; approach to a small peninsula green. would be a great hole if 40 yards longer; green needs to be redone
6- tough 190 par 3 to large green with tough, deep bunkers; would like to see a little more contour on the gree.
7- 520 yard par 5 with green hidden behind trees and protected by a stream; played as 480 yd par 4 for the US Am; would go back to this set up; also need to remove the cart path in the middle of the fairway
8- very blah 400 yard par 4; some water on the left, but not really in play; definitely an opportunity to move the tee and create some angle in the hole
9- Links style longish par 5 which shares a fairway with 10. Nice elevated green; bunkering needs to be redone
10- 410 par 4 with demanding tee shot around fairway bunkers to 2-tiered green
11- one of the top 10 holes in the state of minnesota. challenging drive with water on the left to diagonal green; bunkering could use a little work but still a great hole
12- nice long par 3 over lake to diagonal green; sloppy bunkering and beat up green (gets no sunlight)
13- Bite off as much as you can chew par 4 with carry over lake; can hit anywhere from 6-iron to Driver; great hole; green complex needs to be rebuilt
14- very blah downhill par 3 surrounded by houses; probably worst hole on the course
15- 490 yard par 4.5 with a creek in the middle. nice risk reward hole; fairway needs to be narrowed a bit and a few extraneous trees need to be removed
16- Drivable 319yd downhill par 4 with nice cross-bunkering; could tighten up the fairways a bit
17- Great long 480 yard par 4. Green complex beat up and tees need to be redone.
18- Standard C-Shaped 530yd par 5; could lengthen a bit a green complex needs to be redone