Garland
That par 3 by the clubhouse and lake with that shallow bunker should not be something that any designer should be proud of. It evokes all that is amiss with golf today, shallow bunkers Greens that allow the ball to run back onto the Green and that lake or pond waiting to kill the game for the less than accurate player. Tell me where is the challenge; let alone obtaining the satisfaction of playing such a Green.
Gentlemen, this is modern golf at its most destructive, if it does not kill your game it will aid your shots be they bunker or an overshoot. Where is the test the challenge of playing the course and the Hole?
Of course I will give you it looks nice and interesting but once you open your golfing eyes you see a tired ill thought out Green that is there to assist the player, but that’s not the way the game is played. The designer has offered up zero in the difficult, testing or enjoyable that is at the heart of the game.
Sorry, Garland I would not want to know the designer, as IMHO he should have known better and so should the Club, its Committee and its Members. Apart from that it looks like a nice environment to go riding over.
Melvyn
PS Is that stone the Headstone for the late designer confirming depth of remains and the years BC re his date of birth/demise.