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Mark Pearce

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Re: Critics of Castle Stuart.....Did you see the wood faced bunkers at Old Mac?
« Reply #50 on: June 21, 2010, 06:46:52 AM »
Sean,

I can't really offer an opinion on that, since I haven't played the course and I find it very difficult to form a judgment on the basis of a photo tour.  I would say it looks like a course that I want to play, though like you £150 is a lot of bucks for the bang.  I can get two rounds of golf, lunch and change for a couple of rounds for the same price at the Berkshire, for instance and even that feels like I'm splashing out.
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Niall C

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Re: Critics of Castle Stuart.....Did you see the wood faced bunkers at Old Mac?
« Reply #51 on: June 21, 2010, 12:46:03 PM »
Quote from: Jon Wiggett on June 19, 2010, 01:46:14 PM
Niall,

at the moment there are still many areas that still look new. In a few years these should also have grown in fully and the course will be difficult to date.

Jon

Jon

I suspect the course will be a lot easier to date than you think. GCA like any other form of design has its trends and innovations and even retro fashions (ie. sleepers) which helps age a course a lot more than how well the vegetation is doing. My point being that no one I think would mistake CS for a classic links or vice versa.

Ryan

As Mark Pearce stated there was another thread which talks about other aspects of the design of the course which has a very interesting contribution from Mike Wittaker giving an alternative American perspective to that of Anthony. Suggest that would give you more of the type discussion you're looking for, certainly should be more your thing than a thread that has "wood faced bunkers" in the title !

Niall
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