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Quote from: Patrick_Mucci on October 31, 2015, 05:19:37 PMSpanish Bay had some environmental and permitting issues, but, I always thought that they sited the hotel and parking lot on land ideal for golf and that the hotel and parking lot should have been as far East as possible. But, the development and siting of condos/houses/hotel probably took precedence. A golden opportunity lost. The "Snead" course at the Greenbriar would be another.I'm not sure I would quite qualify the Greenbrier's "The Snead" as a golden opportunity. A portion of the land has some movement, but the majority was built on an old airport landing strip. It was dead flat. Nothing wrong with dead flat, just look at Pine Tree, Boca Rio and Indian Creek. The holes on the other side of the road are anything but flat with significant elevation changes, and the back nine has a great creek running through it and some enormous elevation changes.
Spanish Bay had some environmental and permitting issues, but, I always thought that they sited the hotel and parking lot on land ideal for golf and that the hotel and parking lot should have been as far East as possible. But, the development and siting of condos/houses/hotel probably took precedence. A golden opportunity lost. The "Snead" course at the Greenbriar would be another.