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Bernie Bell

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Bay Creek (VA) placing 350 acres (9 of 36 holes) into conservation easement
« on: March 17, 2021, 12:59:34 PM »
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Tommy Williamsen

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Re: Bay Creek (VA) placing 350 acres (9 of 36 holes) into conservation easement
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2021, 01:11:54 PM »
I have played them: one Palmer, one Nicklaus. They are ok but a pretty place to play. If I were one of the home owners, I would be very upset by this turn of events.
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Bernie Bell

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Re: Bay Creek (VA) placing 350 acres (9 of 36 holes) into conservation easement
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2021, 01:51:58 PM »
Tom, my understanding is that they're also converting (or have converted) from public to private, so perhaps that takes some sting out for a golfing owner.  Either way, it seems the "golfing community" continues to evolve into the "outdoor recreation community."  Sign of the times, not all bad. 
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Tim Gavrich

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Re: Bay Creek (VA) placing 350 acres (9 of 36 holes) into conservation easement
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2021, 02:53:37 PM »
Quote from: Tommy Williamsen on March 17, 2021, 01:11:54 PM
I have played them: one Palmer, one Nicklaus. They are ok but a pretty place to play. If I were one of the home owners, I would be very upset by this turn of events.
I am reasonably certain the nine holes that were closed were the front nine of the Nicklaus course, which I don't believe had (much?) housing on it when I was last there, in 2011. We played our conference golf tournament there my last three years in college, always on the Palmer Course, which I like but think could be special with a touch-up from Brandon Johnson and Thad Layton, APDC's current capos. I remember the 3rd and 4th holes, on the Chesapeake Bay, absolutely brutalizing us and the other teams because of the relatively little room each full shot grants a golfer, plus the strong breezes/winds at that spot on the property.
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Carl Rogers

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Re: Bay Creek (VA) placing 350 acres (9 of 36 holes) into conservation easement
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2021, 03:51:49 PM »
I live in Tidewater, played both courses once several years back.  They mustered no real desire for return play.
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Tommy Williamsen

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Re: Bay Creek (VA) placing 350 acres (9 of 36 holes) into conservation easement
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2021, 06:52:24 PM »
If i had bought a house there knowing that I had two courses to play and they closed one nine, I'd be very upset. That is why belonging to a club that is not member owned can be dicely.
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SB

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Re: Bay Creek (VA) placing 350 acres (9 of 36 holes) into conservation easement
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2021, 11:17:38 AM »
That is why buying a home in ANY golf course development can be dicey, especially a brand new one.  There are only homes on 9 holes of the course, so the homeowners don't have much to complain about.
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