I'm not sure which vinyl record TD is referring to, but here is the reasoning:
Toronto or Glen Head have limited seasons, so better build shangri-la for the ladies at a warm weather destination.
I'm just not feelin' the idea of a Constance Havershire, Dorothy Mayflower and a couple random Karens mustering up the enthusiasm to bump and bounce on a noisy Bandon puddle-jumper, to spend a few days whistling 1-irons into a screaming gale.
The Northwood, Monte Rio girls club is full-rip butch - and they look tougher than me, no doubt. But putting aside that demographic, you still got to attract Her Redness and cabal . . . . . who are just as interested in apres-golf indulgences as whapping a pellet along the dry fescue.
And the reward is not a spa and massage treatment, but a pile of meat loaf, gravy and heavy pour cocktails . . . so Bandon is out. I think Wailea Emerald is the closest thing I've seen, but longer on eye candy than thoughtful architecture for women . . . . whose participation in our game is CRUCIAL going forward.
That why I suggested a return to the old style, C.B./Raynor Dev Emmett classical arrangements - that all harken back to the gutty and even featherie eras. Those holes no longer play anywhere near as intended for legit gunners due to new equipment, but for ladies and weaker seniors, the fun factor is still fabulous.
I once saw Freddie hoist an 8-iron at the Shinnecock Redan so high it tickled God's gonads - and plopped next to the back-left pin, like squeezing a turd out of a mud hen. Not even an LPGA player is ever going to try that shot.
Biarritz holes are now, shoot the yadage, pull a bat and firebomb the pin with a mid-iron . . . . last time I played Creek Club, that youngster never even thought about using the contours to run up his ball.
It has always seemed like courses set up for women and seniors (like me) work better when thought through like a game of Chutes and Ladders.
Why present a purely aerial, approach shot challenge when a hugely amusing Punchbowl increases the fun factor?
The "Black Tees" can be an afterthought, just like the forward tees on full size courses often appear randomly placed somewhere down the fairway.
Having played with - and coached - enough girls and women to know better, 5500 yards at sea level is about the most for regular play. Less maintenance, water and TIME to play it. No rough. Zero - but every kind of ramp, runup, swale and plenty of containment mounds.
Not to dumb it down, but to make it enjoyable . . . . . and never hold an LPGA or major women's Am tournament there. That is what I would do - and over time, like anything else, you workshop the setup to see what works.
And TD, c'mon Bro! Lickin' your chops to do a victory dance over Brandel? That is kinda like me having a photography contest against a freshman year cinema student - and then putting the trophy on my mantle. You're better than that . . . . .