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Ronald Montesano

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When In Doubt, Palm Trees: 7th hole at Sentosa GC Serapong Course New
« on: January 27, 2016, 11:04:18 PM »
Are you watching the Singapore Open on the Golf Channel? The 7th hole, a 589 yard affair, has five or six palm trees planted along water's edge. Cannot imagine that they were naturally there. They exist only to narrow the fairway and force the second shot in on a left-to-right arc.
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Derek Dirksen

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Re: When In Doubt, Palm Trees: 7th hole at Serapong GC Sentosa Course
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2016, 12:44:33 PM »
It must be an Asian thing because the Koreans love to do the same thing.  They can ruin a golf hole with tree planting.  The first course I built in Korea they would plant a tree just above bunker nose.  The last one i built they insisted it was natural to have trees in between the fairway and waters edge.  Crazy if u ask me. 
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Tom_Doak

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Re: When In Doubt, Palm Trees: 7th hole at Serapong GC Sentosa Course
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2016, 01:08:36 PM »
That's one of the courses that GOLF DIGEST recently identified as one of the top 100 in the world ... I believe it was around #60.  How are they doing?
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Adam Lawrence

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Re: When In Doubt, Palm Trees: 7th hole at Serapong GC Sentosa Course
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2016, 02:04:09 PM »
Title is the wrong way round - Sentosa GC, Serapong course
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Thomas Dai

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Re: When In Doubt, Palm Trees: 7th hole at Serapong GC Sentosa Course
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2016, 03:07:38 PM »
Quote from: Derek Dirksen on February 02, 2016, 12:44:33 PM
It must be an Asian thing because the Koreans love to do the same thing.  They can ruin a golf hole with tree planting.  The first course I built in Korea they would plant a tree just above bunker nose.  The last one i built they insisted it was natural to have trees in between the fairway and waters edge.  Crazy if u ask me.


Doesn't Doral have palm trees between the 18th fairway, and other places as well, and the water? And the course where they play the Dinah Shore event on the LPGA tour has some I think. Emirates Dubai too. Maybe even the odd one at TPC Sawgrass?


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