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Rich Goodale

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Re: What wrong with contrived?
« Reply #50 on: December 12, 2014, 09:11:26 AM »
By my definition there is absolutely nothing in the entire world of golf that is natural. Nada. The objective instead is supreme naturalism. Alternately go entirely the other way; that presents its delights as well, at least in small doses.

No man's land lies where a designer tries and fails or half-tries. For in that no man's land lies....The Uncanny Valley of Golf Architecture [cue 'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor' -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY#t=0  ;D ].

Best toccata reference in the canon of great poetry:

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/rb/toccata.html
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