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Paul Turner

Courses with no OOB
« on: December 05, 2002, 07:11:55 AM »
I played Beau Desert recently a hidden gem designed by Herbert Fowler (I'll post some pics once I can fix my scanner!).  No Out of Bounds on the course, not the clubhouse or car park either.

It's obviously fairly rare to have no OOB given the usual space constraints.  

But I'd like to know some other good examples.

(Sand Hills is obvious and Pacific Dunes (?))
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jaybrdy18

Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2002, 07:20:38 AM »
Paul,
Sand Hills has no stakes of any kind!  8)
That might be even more rare.
Any others out there?
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Mike Vegis @ Kiawah

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Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2002, 08:39:55 AM »
No OB here at The Ocean Course at Kiawah.  Cart paths are in play as are the dunes.  Marshes might be tough, though, as you got to keep an eye out for alligators!
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Mike Bozymski

Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2002, 08:51:50 AM »
I believe that both courses at CC of North Carolina are OOB free.
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I played Beau Desert recently a hidden gem designed by Herbert Fowler (I'll post some pics once I can fix my scanner!).  No Out of Bounds on the course, not the clubhouse or car park either.

It's obviously fairly rare to have no OOB given the usual space constraints.  

But I'd like to know some other good examples.

(Sand Hills is obvious and Pacific Dunes (?))
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Gene Greco

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Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2002, 10:14:59 AM »
NGLA has no OB. I f you block your tee ball over the guardrail on the Cape you may still play it.
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"...I don't believe it is impossible to build a modern course as good as Pine Valley.  To me, Sand Hills is just as good as Pine Valley..."    TOM DOAK  November 6th, 2010

Stephen Brown

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Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2002, 10:48:35 AM »


The two golf courses here at Berkeley Hall (Bluffton, SC) North and South, no OB.

Happy Holidays !!

Stephen Brown
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Andy Hodson

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Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2002, 12:19:24 PM »
Whispering Pines has no OOB. But plenty of other stakes.

And alligators.
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Mike_Sweeney

Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2002, 12:47:55 PM »

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NGLA has no OB. I f you block your tee ball over the guardrail on the Cape you may still play it.

Dr Gene,

I will always remember our caddy stating after I asked him if there was an Out of Bounds that "THERE IS NO OUT OF BOUNDS AT NATIONAL GOLF LINKS OF AMERICA SIR."
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brad miller

Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2002, 03:37:34 PM »
Prairie Dunes
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Gene Greco

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Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2002, 03:53:15 PM »
Yes, Mike. There was a certain aire about that particular gentleman. However, his point was immediately recalled by both of us when this particular thread was first posted.  
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"...I don't believe it is impossible to build a modern course as good as Pine Valley.  To me, Sand Hills is just as good as Pine Valley..."    TOM DOAK  November 6th, 2010

Joel_Stewart

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Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2002, 04:56:19 PM »
Olympic Club (Lake)
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ChipOat

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Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2002, 06:56:20 AM »
Pine Valley, I think.  Parking lot and clubhouse are in play as far as I know (as at National).

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Paul_Turner

Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2002, 07:10:45 AM »
Chipoat

What happens to a slice over the tracks at the 17th?  Is it impossible to do?  I haven't seen the course, but from aerials...

Jaybrdy

I think Beau Desert is stake free too.
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jaybrdy18

Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2002, 07:26:36 AM »
Pardon my ignorance, but where's Beau Desert?
And how do I get there? :)  
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John Morrissett

Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2002, 08:44:44 AM »
We had an interesting situation at the 1996 U.S. Junior Amateur at Forest Highlands where the homeowners agreed to keep their houses in play, so there was no out of bounds. (For those not familiar with the Canyon Course, there are houses on the majority of the holes and several roads to cross.)  If a player's ball wound up against a house, he would take immovable obstruction relief just as he would from a rain shelter.

It worked well, except for one anxious moment when a player had to play a pitch shot over a parked Cadillac (whose driver was not to be found)!
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ccecil

Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #15 on: December 06, 2002, 04:11:32 PM »
The Honors has no OB
Forest Creek has no OB
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Paul_Turner

Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2002, 04:44:46 PM »
Jaybrdy

It's in England, near to Birmingham.
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JohnV

Re: Courses with no OOB
« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2002, 04:53:37 PM »
Another interesting case similar to John's happened at the Tradition a few years ago when a player hit a shot into a swimming pool.  There was no OB on the course at Desert Mountain so he got a free drop.

Black Butte's Glaze Meadow doesn't have any OB either.

Joel,

Are you sure that Olympic CC (Lake) has no OB?  I've only been there during the US Open, but it seems to me that the left of 13,14 and 15 would be OB at some point.
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