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Josh Stevens

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Berkshire - Fowler
« on: July 20, 2017, 06:10:21 AM »
Heading to UK next month and was planning to pop out to the Berkshire again  where we have a pleasant reciprocal arrangement. I noted a new website, and having a dig about found this document.  I need a few glasses of wine to read it properly, but I'm not sure what it is meant to be.  Its not a master plan as it lacks hole by hole specifics, but instead seems to be some high level guiding principles.  All very interesting and some nice pics, but not sure of the purpose

http://www.theberkshire.co.uk/files/589/assets/course_design_policy.pdf

Adam Lawrence

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Re: Berkshire - Fowler
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2017, 07:55:51 AM »
Well, I'm surprised the club put that in a public place...


The report is intended, if you like, as a pre-masterplan. It's supposed to set goals and policies for the club to use when considering course changes -- and to prevent them screwing up the course with ill-advised works.
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