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GolfClubAtlas.com => Golf Course Architecture Discussion Group => Topic started by: Joe Bausch on July 05, 2013, 11:02:12 AM
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Rather than tack on a photo tour to the ongoing Paramount thread, I thought I would do a traditional tour in a separate thread.
The Club's webpage is quite nice and has the condensed history:
http://www.paramountcountryclub.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=294689&ssid=176183&vnf=1 (http://www.paramountcountryclub.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=294689&ssid=176183&vnf=1)
Here is the hole-sequencing from an annotated June 2010 Google Earth aerial:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/routing.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/routing.jpg)
Note: all pictures below are 'clickable' to give much larger size.
#1. Slight dogleg-left par 4 (372 yards) [also the No. 1 stroke hole].
This hole generates much discussion as a big tee shot can cross over a public roadway.
Morning view from the tee, where the road is about 250 yards out:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1a.jpg)
A later afternoon view from the forward tee where you can see a very elevated green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1b.jpg)
A conservative tee shot leaves a view like this from about 160 yards to a green that is 65' in elevation, sitting up on a beautiful ridge on this part of the layout:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1c.jpg)
From short of green on top of the ridge, here's the look back down the hole:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1d.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1d.jpg)
And a later afternoon view from just over the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1e.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1e.jpg)
Now you play the next five holes on this side of the road before re-crossing on the 7th. Holes 2-6 have tremendous elevation changes, and I rather like them.
#2. Downhill par 5 (590 yards).
This hole just rolls downhill pretty much all the way to the green once the little flatness off the tee is passed.
Tee view, where you need to take a line left as the fairway cants hard to the right:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2a.jpg)
Go right and the ground will take you further that way:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2b.jpg)
So stay left and the ball will tumble down to the right:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2c.jpg)
If you can play your 2nd shot real well, up near this bunker, you'll get a more level lie:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2d.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2d.jpg)
But end up short of the green on your 2nd and you'll have a downhill lie and look like this:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2e.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2e.jpg)
Here's a view from long and left of the green, nicely showing the summer colors that Brian and his crew so nicely achieve and maintain:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2f.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2f.jpg)
Now it's time to head back up the hill, which Tilly accomplishes with a short uphill par 3 then an uphill par 4.
#3. Uphill par 3 (135 yards).
This hole plays at least a club longer than the yardage:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/3a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/3a.jpg)
What makes this hole tough is the green, which is subtly two-tiered with a large amount of tilt. This view from right of the green somewhat shows the two tiers:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/3b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/3b.jpg)
Elevated view from over the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/3c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/3c.jpg)
#4. Uphill par 4 (383 yards).
Later afternoon tee view:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/4a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/4a.jpg)
This fairway is rather crowned which can make it more challenging to hit:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/4b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/4b.jpg)
From short of the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/4c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/4c.jpg)
I like how many of the greens are squared off in the front and allow a non-aerial shot in:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/4d.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/4d.jpg)
Back down we go for the 5th.
#5. Somewhat downhill par 4 (417 yards).
Tee view, where carrying the cross-bunker is not hard:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/5a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/5a.jpg)
A decent drive can leave a view like this:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/5b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/5b.jpg)
A better drive can catch a turbo boost off the downslope to leave a short iron in to a green that actually runs away from you:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/5c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/5c.jpg)
View from just over the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/5d.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/5d.jpg)
Now back up the hill!
#6. Uphill par 4 (406 yards).
View from the back tee:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/6a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/6a.jpg)
Trees behind the green have been removed (grass huggers unite!) to allow for a nice skyline green on the approach shot:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/6b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/6b.jpg)
From just short of the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/6c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/6c.jpg)
Elevated view of the green from the hill behind 1 green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/6d.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/6d.jpg)
Well, that's a nice start for today! More over the weekend, or at the latest on Monday morning.
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Thank you, Joe-- your posts are always a pleasure. The course looks close to ideal for my tastes -- the feel and the use of the land reminds me somehow of many of the 'tier-two' inland English courses that Sean Arble profiles.
Peter
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Joe,
Are those small bunkers in front of the road on the first hole?? Looks neat.
Mark
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Are those small bunkers in front of the road on the first hole?? Looks neat.
Yes, and they are no bargain!
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Looks like a very neat classic course. Jim Urbina did the renovation work, correct? Do you happen to know what the extent of the work completed?
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Looks like a very neat classic course. Jim Urbina did the renovation work, correct? Do you happen to know what the extent of the work completed?
Yes, Jim Urbina did the renovation work. I'll let Jim or Steve L or Brian C take over on this.
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Joe, any better pics of those bunkers?!!?
MM
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Looks like a very neat classic course. Jim Urbina did the renovation work, correct? Do you happen to know what the extent of the work completed?
For now, all the work is done. (ex any added teeing ground and/or further resolution of the road holes #1 & 7)
Our inclination is to let it play as is for at least 1-2 seasons before we take any further substantive steps to address the road.
Cheers,
S
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Looks like a very neat classic course. Jim Urbina did the renovation work, correct? Do you happen to know what the extent of the work completed?
For now, all the work is done.
Steve,
What work was done to the course? Bunkers? Mowing lines? New tees? Just curious. Any "before" pictures would be great to see as well, if possible.
Thanks.
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Looks like a very neat classic course. Jim Urbina did the renovation work, correct? Do you happen to know what the extent of the work completed?
For now, all the work is done.
Steve,
What work was done to the course? Bunkers? Mowing lines? New tees? Just curious. Any "before" pictures would be great to see as well, if possible.
Thanks.
Pat,
A full and extensive restoration was accomplished by Jim & Brian. With historic help from Phil Young, they took old aerials and photos (that I sadly don't have available to post....even if I knew how ::)) and expanded greens, reshaped and restored bunkers, widened fairways, added a few tees, changed mowing lines and created a master plan. It was a 2.5yr project that allowed us to keep it open for play. Jim or Brian are better suited to respond with greater detail. Hope that helps.
Cheers,
S
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Looks like a very neat classic course. Jim Urbina did the renovation work, correct? Do you happen to know what the extent of the work completed?
For now, all the work is done.
Steve,
What work was done to the course? Bunkers? Mowing lines? New tees? Just curious. Any "before" pictures would be great to see as well, if possible.
Thanks.
Pat,
A full and extensive restoration was accomplished by Jim & Brian. With historic help from Phil Young, they took old aerials and photos (that I sadly don't have available to post....even if I knew how ::)) and expanded greens, reshaped and restored bunkers, widened fairways, added a few tees, changed mowing lines and created a master plan. It was a 2.5yr project that allowed us to keep it open for play. Jim or Brian are better suited to respond with greater detail. Hope that helps.
Cheers,
S
That's great, thanks Steve.
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I'll share some pictures of before and during construction later tonight when I have a bit more time to respond.
As Steve said, the restoration was carried out under the guidance of Jim Urbina and done by my in house grounds crew. We hired extra local labor and purchased all of our own equipment to execute the project. We supplemented our crew with some talented and experienced dirt guys: George Waters, Tony Russell, Jeff Stein, Ryan Yonce.
Over the 2.5 years we touched nearly everything: tees, fairway lines (added 6 acres of fairways), added nearly 30 acres of naturalized areas, green expansions (reclaimed close to 1 acre of putting surfaces, restored, removed, or added bunkers, tree removals, "clutter removal", we even re-vamped or eliminated many of the course accessories.
Joe's pictures do a nice job of capturing some of my favorite features. Like I said... I'll be back a bit later this evening for further comment and to share some pics.
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Another feature I really enjoyed at Paramount was the pleasing views of the nearby mountains. The Hudson Valley is one of the most beautiful parts of the USA, and Paramount shares in that beauty.
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Ok, time to squeeze some holes in before I go out and play some golf in stupid hot weather here in the Delaware Valley!
Ah, to the 'problematic' 7th hole with the public roadway in play. This used to play as a par 5 and in the overhead aerial it is easy to spot the no longer used back tees. Now the tees are up far enough to play as a par 4 and most people will easily carry the road on their drive.
#7. Par 4 (455 yards).
Blue tee view (395 yards), where you can now see where the Paramount logo comes from:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/7a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/7a.jpg)
Later afternoon 2nd shot view where the green sits down low, a running shot tumbling down the hill can be utilized (more so when playing longer as a par 5):
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/7b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/7b.jpg)
The terrain goes down starting near this bunker:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/7c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/7c.jpg)
From short of the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/7d.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/7d.jpg)
From long and right of the green, with the reef hole 18th green in the background:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/7e.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/7e.jpg)
#8. Gradually downhill par 4 (453 yards).
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/8a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/8a.jpg)
Approach shot view from left in the fairway (preferred if you wish to use the ground for your 2nd):
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/8b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/8b.jpg)
Later afternoon view, where this right bunker is maybe 20 yards short of the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/8c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/8c.jpg)
Another beautiful view from short of the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/8d.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/8d.jpg)
Looking back up the hole from just over the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/8e.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/8e.jpg)
#9. Par 3 (167 yards).
Tee view:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/9a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/9a.jpg)
From left of the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/9b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/9b.jpg)
View from the 10th tee, just above the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/9c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/9c.jpg)
#10. Slightly downhill par 4 (430 yards).
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/10a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/10a.jpg)
2nd shot view:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/10b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/10b.jpg)
From just over the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/10c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/10c.jpg)
#11. Uphill par 4 (370 yards).
Tee view:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/11a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/11a.jpg)
Approach view:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/11b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/11b.jpg)
From right of the green where the back right portion of the putting surface has been reclaimed nicely (but don't be there to a pin position front left as we found out was a guaranteed 20' or more comebacker for your 2nd putt):
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/11c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/11c.jpg)
#12. Downhill and dogleg-left par 4 (394 yards).
Tee view (but the green in the distance is not the green for this hole!; it is a fairly sharp dogleg):
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/12a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/12a.jpg)
The fairway cants hard to the right; the green to the left in this view is the 12th's green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/12b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/12b.jpg)
You can cut the corner a bit with your drive to leave this short iron approach in to a green with significant tilt to the right:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/12c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/12c.jpg)
This morning image from over the green is with the pin in a different position than the previous afternoon pic:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/12d.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/12d.jpg)
Have at it!
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Great photos! Some really great work was done out there, and I'm proud for the membership :)
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I'll share some pictures of before and during construction later tonight when I have a bit more time to respond.
As Steve said, the restoration was carried out under the guidance of Jim Urbina and done by my in house grounds crew. We hired extra local labor and purchased all of our own equipment to execute the project. We supplemented our crew with some talented and experienced dirt guys: George Waters, Tony Russell, Jeff Stein, Ryan Yonce.
Over the 2.5 years we touched nearly everything: tees, fairway lines (added 6 acres of fairways), added nearly 30 acres of naturalized areas, green expansions (reclaimed close to 1 acre of putting surfaces, restored, removed, or added bunkers, tree removals, "clutter removal", we even re-vamped or eliminated many of the course accessories.
Joe's pictures do a nice job of capturing some of my favorite features. Like I said... I'll be back a bit later this evening for further comment and to share some pics.
Brian,
Kudos to you and your crew, the work looks fantastic.
A quick question, what method did you use for expanding the fairways? Or Did you bring in sod or did you scalp and overseed?
Thanks!
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I've mixed in some of the before pics.
Note: all pictures below are 'clickable' to give much larger size.
#1. Slight dogleg left par 4 (372 yards) [also the No. 1 stroke hole].
This hole generates much discussion as a big tee shot can cross over a public roadway.
Morning view from the tee, where the road is about 250 yards out:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/1a.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/1a.jpg)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-05at62125PM.png)
A later afternoon view from the forward tee where you can see a very elevated green:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/1b.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/1b.jpg)
A conservative tee shot leaves a view like this from about 160 yards to a green that is 65' in elevation, sitting up on a beautiful ridge on this part of the layout:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/1c.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/1c.jpg)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-05at62213PM.png)
From short of green on top of the ridge, here's the look back down the hole:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/1d.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/1d.jpg)
And a later afternoon view from just over the green:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/1e.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/1e.jpg)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43703PM.png)
Now you play the next five holes on this side of the road before re-crossing on the 7th. Holes 2-6 have tremendous elevation changes, but I rather like them.
#2. Downhill par 5 (590 yards).
This hole just rolls downhill pretty much all the way to the green once the little flatness off the tee is passed.
Tee view, where you need to take a line left as the fairway cants hard to the right:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/2a.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/2a.jpg)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43653PM.png)
Go right and the ground will take you further that way:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/2b.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/2b.jpg)
So stay left and the ball will tumble down to the right:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/2c.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/2c.jpg)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43629PM.png)
If you can play your 2nd shot real well, up near this bunker, you'll get a more level lie:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/2d.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/2d.jpg)
But end up short of the green on your 2nd and you'll have a downhill lie and look like this:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/2e.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/2e.jpg)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43448PM.png)
Here's a view from long and left of the green, nicely showing the summer colors that Brian and his crew so nicely achieve and maintain:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/2f.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/2f.jpg)
Now it's time to head back up the hill, which Tilly accomplishes with a short uphill par 3 then an uphill par 4.
#3. Uphill par 3 (135 yards).
This hole plays at least a club longer:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/3a.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/3a.jpg)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43638PM.png)
What makes this hole tough is the green, which is subtly two-tiered with a large amount of tilt. This view from right of the green somewhat shows to the two tiers:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/3b.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/3b.jpg)
Elevated view from over the green:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/3c.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/3c.jpg)
#4. Uphill par 4 (383 yards).
Later afternoon tee view:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/4a.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/4a.jpg)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43611PM.png)
This fairway is rather crowned which can make it more challenging to hit:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/4b.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/4b.jpg)
From short of the green:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/4c.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/4c.jpg)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43603PM.png)
I like how many of the greens are squared off in the front and allow a non-aerial shot in:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/4d.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/4d.jpg)
Back down we go for the 5th.
#5. Somewhat downhill par 4 (417 yards).
Tee view, where carrying the cross-bunker is not hard:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/5a.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/5a.jpg)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43618PM.png)
A decent drive can leave a view like this:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/5b.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/5b.jpg)
A better drive can catch a turbo boost off the downslope to leave a short iron in to a green that actually runs away from you:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/5c.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/5c.jpg)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43554PM.png)
View from just over the green:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/5d.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/5d.jpg)
Now back up the hill!
#6. Uphill par 4 (406 yards).
View from the back tee:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/6a.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/6a.jpg)
Trees behind the green have been removed (grass huggers unite!) to allow for a nice skyline green on the approach shot:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/6b.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/6b.jpg)
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43720PM.png)
From just short of the green:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/6c.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/6c.jpg)
Elevated view of the green from the hill behind 1 green:
(http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/6d.jpg) (http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Paramount/6d.jpg)
Well, that's a nice start for today! More over the weekend, or at the latest on Monday morning.
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Brian,
Kudos to you and your crew, the work looks fantastic.
A quick question, what method did you use for expanding the fairways? Or Did you bring in sod or did you scalp and overseed?
Thanks!
Most of the fairway expansions were done by simply cutting down the rough and then aerification and seeding. Some of the areas closer to greens or bunkers were sodded with existing fairway grass flipped form another area or sod that we stripped from the old tees.
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Brian, great before and after photos. The course had morphed for a non-descript parkland course to a classy classic. Kudos to you.
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Wow, this was a good, solid layout, but I thought had been de-Tillie'd a bit, what a great restoral! Great job Brian!!!
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Brian, I'm going to 'recompose' your after-and-before post to make your "before" pics clickable and not have the blue slider bar:
#1.
After:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1a.jpg)
Before:
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-05at62125PM.png) (http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-05at62125PM.png)
After:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1f.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1f.jpg)
Before:
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-05at62213PM.png) (http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-05at62213PM.png)
After:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1e.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/1e.jpg)
Before:
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43703PM.png) (http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43703PM.png)
#2.
After:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2a.jpg)
Before:
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43653PM.png) (http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43653PM.png)
After:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2c.jpg)
Before:
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43629PM.png) (http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43629PM.png)
After:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2e.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/2e.jpg)
Before:
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43448PM.png) (http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43448PM.png)
#3.
After:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/3a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/3a.jpg)
Before:
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43638PM.png) (http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43638PM.png)
#4.
After:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/4b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/4b.jpg)
Before:
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43611PM.png) (http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43611PM.png)
After:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/4c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/4c.jpg)
Before:
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43603PM.png) (http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43603PM.png)
#5.
After:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/5a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/5a.jpg)
Before:
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43618PM.png) (http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43618PM.png)
After:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/5c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/5c.jpg)
Before:
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43554PM.png) (http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43554PM.png)
#6.
After:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/6b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/6b.jpg)
Before:
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43720PM.png) (http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff392/Brian_Chapin/Paramount%20Restoration/Screenshot2013-07-06at43720PM.png)
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Joe, I think you've got the afters before the befores, and vice versa.
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Joe, I think you've got the afters before the befores, and vice versa.
Good catch. I'll correct it soon. Fixed.
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Joe,
Are those small bunkers in front of the road on the first hole?? Looks neat.
Mark,
I was in them with my drive, they're anything but neat, especially considering the extremely difficult approach shot that lies ahead
Mark
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Joe,
Once again, thanks for the photo tour.
I thought that # 6 was a fantastic "skyline" green, from the tee, DZ and front recovery.
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Joe...
I am confused. I was thinking you had the before and after mixed up as well.
Your very last photo. Is that after Jim's work?
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Joe,
Once again, thanks for the photo tour.
I thought that # 6 was a fantastic "skyline" green, from the tee, DZ and front recovery.
Agreed Pat. Removing the last tree behind the green really makes it shine.
Now I wouldn't mind if that last big tree or two on the left approaching the green magically disappeared to open up that beautiful ridge and fescue....
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Joe...
I am confused. I was thinking you had the before and after mixed up as well.
Your very last photo. Is that after Jim's work?
I think I have them properly labeled now Mac.
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Got it. Thanks!
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Time to finish the photo tour on this steamy Sunday morning in the DelVal.
#13. Par 3 (250 yards).
This is a pretty hefty 1-shotter from the tips, as supported by the No. 10 stroke hole.
Tee view:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/13a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/13a.jpg)
From right of the bunker closer to the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/13b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/13b.jpg)
From just short of the green (where you might be able to detect a bunker that was removed short and left):
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/13c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/13c.jpg)
From just long and left of the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/13d.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/13d.jpg)
#14. Par 4 (353 yards).
Here's a short par 4 that really defends itself at the green.
Tee view:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/14a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/14a.jpg)
Morning view of the approach:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/14b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/14b.jpg)
Morning view from left of the green which slopes heavily to the right and somewhat to the front (note, small white flag showing where afternoon flag will be in the next photo):
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/14c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/14c.jpg)
Afternoon view from behind the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/14d.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/14d.jpg)
#15. Par 4 (431 yards).
Here's a hole that might even bring out SArble to comment. ;)
Elevated tee view:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/15a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/15a.jpg)
No floating bunkers here, this one the fairway cut right up to it:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/15b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/15b.jpg)
This hole nicely depicts the rolling terrain on the back nine:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/15c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/15c.jpg)
From short of the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/15d.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/15d.jpg)
#16. Slight dogleg-left par 4 (427 yards).
This fairway cants pretty hard left so a tee shot needs to be land right in the fairway to end up perfect.
Tee view:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/16a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/16a.jpg)
Approach view (care must be taken as there is H2O to the right of the green):
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/16b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/16b.jpg)
View back down the hole from the 9th tee:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/16c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/16c.jpg)
#17. Par 5 (520 yards).
Blind tee shot here:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/17a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/17a.jpg)
After the initial rise I did not appreciate how much this how climbs:
2nd shot view:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/17b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/17b.jpg)
Approach shot view to a green that tilts to the left:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/17c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/17c.jpg)
Two later afternoon views. This from right of the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/17d.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/17d.jpg)
From behind the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/17e.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/17e.jpg)
#18. Par 3 (195 yards).
Paramount closes with one of the few reef holes Tilly ever did (if I'm remember Phil Young correctly!).
Tee view:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/18a.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/18a.jpg)
From short and left of the green:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/18b.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/18b.jpg)
Late afternoon view of the 18th green from the back of a tee on the 1st:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/18c.jpg) (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/18c.jpg)
I really enjoyed the GCA.com day at Paramount. Here's a place that is very good and getting even better.
My entire collection of pictures of Paramount are here:
http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/albums/Paramount/index.html (http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/albums/Paramount/index.html)
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Joe, steam must be getting to you. Looks like you cut and pasted 12-16 a second time at the beginning of 17.
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Joe, steam must be getting to you. Looks like you cut and pasted 12-16 a second time at the beginning of 17.
Wow, that was a strange cut and paste error! Now corrected.
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I did now know much about Adolph Zukor, the man that owned the estate there originally. Here is a Nov 1926 NYTimes article on him:
(http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/Paramount/Nov_1926_NYTimes_cropped.jpg)
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Joe - thanks so much for posting the photos. Paramount is certainly a member's club in that it would be a joy to play each and every day. I really liked it before Jim's work, and I love it now!
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I really enjoyed my time at Paramount, I only wish I had met more people during the day.
I suspect we have only just seen the beginning of the restoration, and as time progresses the small and important details will be even more apparent. Steve and Brian spoke about continous improvement to mowing lines and set up, now that the heavy lifting has been completed.
I think it would be possible to reduce or possibly eliminate the rough around most of the greens, and mow to fairway height not just in front of the greens but the entire green surrounds. Especially the tongues of rough between the top of the bunker and the green (#6 comes to mind)so that the ball will roll back down into the bunker instead of being caught up in the rough near the green. The ground game around those greeens would be so much fun. Joe's pictures showing the LHS of 15 and 16 green illustrate a wonderful opportunity for this feature. (Might have to do something about those ugly cart paths though.)
What does everyone else think?
Joe, we didn't meet; the pictures are great and it obviously takes a lot of time and effort on your behalf.
Thanks to all for a great day and best regards,
George
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I really enjoyed my time at Paramount, I only wish I had met more people during the day.
George
George,
You most certainly would've met a great deal many more people that day had you not played with that "human hardwood tree" aka Sweeney!! ;D He's a walking advertisement in the heat for reverse osmosis!
As to your other ideas, I'll wait to listen to what others say, but I might add it could be difficult finding a game with 95% of the club's members should we mow the connecting collars down. Too bad, really, as they'd find what your brethren downunder know as the fun found on "the rub of the green!"
What say the rest of you folks who played there last week?
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Steve,
# 1 and # 7 are amongst my favorite holes.
Regarding # 7, I think the old par 5 tee should be extended back further, and lowered.
And, the area immediately past the road maintained as HHA, thus discouraging anyone from trying to fly the road.
All play would be short of the road, with a concave 4 ft berm, closely mown, redirecting any ball back to the fairway (tee side)
On # 1, a four foot concave berm, closely mown, would block and redirect balls back to the fairway short of the road, leaving them between 150 and 160 (playing 170 and 180)
I also like the idea of reinstating the old traffic light system, where a traffic light on both # 1 and # 7 tee is synced with traffic lights to the right of # 1 fairway and to the right of # 7 fairway (reinstall the old light)
# 1 is a great starting hole, requiring a solid drive and a good second shot to a green that requires skill to putt or recover to.
Changing it would be a shame.
As to # 7, AWT was known for his great par 5's.
You just have to look down the road to Ridgewood for proof.
Restore # 7 as a par 5 with a significant HHA and you've got a great hole, especially with that turbo ramp.
You just need a little more length at the tee end.
You've got plenty of land, especially if you take the tee straight back from the abandoned long tee, closer to the 6th fairway.
And, the house with the pool is so far in the woods that no one will hit it.
In addition, you can guard against that by planting/relocation more trees right off the tee, preventing slices from going toward the house.
Take a look on Google Earth and you'll see that it's easily done.
It was a par 5 for more than 3/4 of a century, why lose a great AWT par 5 ?
I can't believe that you didn't call me earlier to help you solve these problems. ;D
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Steve,
# 1 and # 7 are amongst my favorite holes.
Regarding # 7, I think the old par 5 tee should be extended back further, and lowered.
And, the area immediately past the road maintained as HHA, thus discouraging anyone from trying to fly the road.
All play would be short of the road, with a concave 4 ft berm, closely mown, redirecting any ball back to the fairway (tee side)
On # 1, a four foot concave berm, closely mown, would block and redirect balls back to the fairway short of the road, leaving them between 150 and 160 (playing 170 and 180)
I also like the idea of reinstating the old traffic light system, where a traffic light on both # 1 and # 7 tee is synced with traffic lights to the right of # 1 fairway and to the right of # 7 fairway (reinstall the old light)
# 1 is a great starting hole, requiring a solid drive and a good second shot to a green that requires skill to putt or recover to.
Changing it would be a shame.
As to # 7, AWT was known for his great par 5's.
You just have to look down the road to Ridgewood for proof.
Restore # 7 as a par 5 with a significant HHA and you've got a great hole, especially with that turbo ramp.
You just need a little more length at the tee end.
You've got plenty of land, especially if you take the tee straight back from the abandoned long tee, closer to the 6th fairway.
And, the house with the pool is so far in the woods that no one will hit it.
In addition, you can guard against that by planting/relocation more trees right off the tee, preventing slices from going toward the house.
Take a look on Google Earth and you'll see that it's easily done.
It was a par 5 for more than 3/4 of a century, why lose a great AWT par 5 ?
I can't believe that you didn't call me earlier to help you solve these problems. ;D
Pat,
Since we are guilty of gross neglect for not consulting you first (...how could we ever have brought in Jim before thinking of you? ;D ), I'll try to respond to your architectural ideas.
On #7, we cannot move back and lower the existing tee. While it can go back to it's original length, there is an ingeniously located underground reservoir under that area. It serves to efficiently irrigate the areas btw #1 green and #6 green. We wouldn't want to lost that by lowering the teeing ground into it.
If we were to try to put it where the cart path alongside # 6 green, it would eliminate the pure horizon green aesthetic now there on #6. :P
The idea of a HHA on the far side of the road would just mean that longer hitter would hit 4-5 irons off the back tee and the lower, mid-hill, tees would still be able to go over the road. :P
There is little or no chance we could re-instate any "old traffic light system." The town won't entertain such a private hinderance to a public road. Of course it probably worked well back in your youth when electricity was first introduced to the world. :o
Berms can be constructed but are far more costly than one might think. Extensive drainage and rerouting of surface and underground water flows away fro Zukor Rd are demanded by the city and county and would require major excavation and resurfacing of that stretch of the road. Additionally the berms would only be truly effective at heights in excess of 6-8ft.
Tilly par 5's are, like you mention, one of his strongest suits. But #7 NEVER envisioned a considerably traveled North-South artery by fast-driving automobiles.
Love the outside-the-box thinking, but some of the remedies are just too difficult to implement and have too great an impact on other areas of the course we are quite content to leave alone.
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Steve,
If you can't lower the tee, just extend it back, there's's plenty of room.
Then, mow a good portion of the hill as fairway such that short tee shots get help in getting to the base of the hill
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Steve,
My thanks to you and Brian for conceiving and holding the GCA day last Monday. It was great start to my vacation week.
Looking at the before and after photos, you have really served Tillinghast's intent and philosophy by tying the bunkering back into the greens complexes, similar to what you see at his other courses around Metro NYC. The reshaped bunkers create a lot more drama with the approach shots. The changes at #3 being perhaps the best example of this.
As to the conundrum of #7, while it would be great to recapture a par 5, the logistical barriers you mention seem to make it impossible to play it in a manner consistent with the architect's intent. I recall Brian and I played it as a Par 5 a couple of years ago and it made more sense as a par 4.
I hit over the road with a driver on #1 and the only odd thing I noticed is that my ball landed in the fairway yet I couldn't see it from the tee due to some tree intrusion on the left. Not sure what protection you need from people teeing off on #7, but you might think about removing a couple of those trees.
The green complexes have a lot of wonderful ground movement, which I experienced first hand at #12, 13, 15. With a little more local knowledge, I could probably get my ball rolling towards the hole at some stage... :)
One sign you're playing a great hole is that a golfer might have a short iron in his hand, yet still entertains uncertainty or doubt due to how the ball will travel after it lands or the unknown consequences of a poorly struck shot. Paramount now has several examples of this.
Thanks again to you and the Mandelbaum family for hosting us last Monday.
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One last photo for the thread....when you have a skyline green, of course, it's set off by the sky. On our round, the sky was alive when we got to the base of 6.
(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/hfarm-pictures/Pictures/IMG_1078.JPG)
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With the recent thread on fringeless greens, I thought I would bump this photo tour, which I'm quite proud of.
David, if you have an original of that photo above, I would love to have it.
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And congratulations to Paramount head professional Steve Scott for advancing to the Sectional Qualifying Round.
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And congratulations to Paramount head professional Steve Scott for advancing through tbe Sectional Qualifying Round.
He can play a little bit. ;)
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I am so good-looking... (edited since original comment is no longer necessary)
really, so good-looking.
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to the sectional? wasn't yesterday the local qualifier?
Right, to the sectional. Steve shot 72 and birdied #18 in a three-man playoff to claim the last spot. Sectionals are at Old Oaks and Century on 6/2.
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Edited with correct terminology.
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Our course opens in two weeks here in Chicago.
Jim Urbina is overseeing work that started last August. many of the same shapers, too. I visit at least once a week and marvel at the progress and subtle transformations occurring as the course continues to reveal itself emphasized by all redone bunkers (86) plus 9 new ones.
Loved the Paramont pics.
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George B, I agree with you. There is room for grassing line improvements.
The coolest change for me the elimination of the right bunker on 5. Visually, for me anyway, it makes the right look safer, but I suspect the trees are an issue from that angle. Its a great example of luring golfers out of position.
Joe - thanks for the pix.
Ciao
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Sean, even a broken clock is right twice a day ;D ;D.
And I agree re #5, every time I chicken out on that drive I end up too far right and have close to an impossible shot in. Which I then confirm was impossible with my next shot.
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Sean, even a broken clock is right twice a day ;D ;D.
And I agree re #5, every time I chicken out on that drive I end up too far right and have close to an impossible shot in. Which I then confirm was impossible with my next shot.
You forgot to add: " which then leaves you down 3 to me! 8) ;)
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Love the pictures- Love the Reno - this is the type of course that members should be proud of. Wish I lived close to it.
Keep up the great work everyone involved.
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I've recently fixed all the broken links on this informative photo tour thread.