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Del Paso CC-Fowler? Soon to be redone?

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T_MacWood:
Forrest
You plan on spending 10% of your time researching this architect and drawing inspiration from his work...in redmodeling a golf course that was built in 1950 by another man (evidently) a few miles away?

An interesting idea, but is this example similar to Del Paso....I don't think so?

What are some of the other projects you have been involved with where research really had an impact on the final result...something more like the Del Paso situation?

Forrest Richardson:
10% of up front/design time. Not 10% of all time. Your questioning seems odd, Tom. I'm not sure if I justifying something for you, helping you with a project, or providing some degree of detail that is being used to write a book.

As I've said about Del Paso: I'm a distant bystander, but from what I can discern from my casual vantage point there is probably not a lot of Fowler left to "restore". I'm thinking that the best bet is to see what might be brought back and allow the professional prfocess to continue. It would be wonderful if, as Adam said, Fowler's original work could be truly restored.

I believe this is how we got on the subject of the project with the nine hole addition. You might keep in mind that a majority of my work is not working with existing courses, but rather creating new courses. However, in the past few years we have become more involved and, I believe better, at working with existing courses on renovation, betterment, resolving troublesome conditions and remodeling. (There are a bunch of other "r" words available, too.)

Truly I am not "the" expert in this area. Some of the architects and consultants who frequent this site are better bets. I am, however, always armed with opinions.

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