Pictures Can Be ....

[Mike Hendren]

so deceiving:










Mike

[Patrick_Mucci]

Mike,

Especially when you don't know who the architect is.  

[Matt_Ward]

Hey Bogey:

The botton picture is the sensational par-5 8th at Bayonne GC -- the upcoming layout from Eric Bergstol located in Hudson County, NJ.

How good is the hole ?

In my mind -- simply superb !

The long hitter can reach this 600-yard hole but the dangers are ever present. The putting surface is roughly 15,000 square feet and has a multiple array of pin locations.

Be interested in why you think the picture of the 8th at Bayonne is so deceptive.

Thanks ...

[Mike Hendren]

First, one more photo added.

Matt,

I'm enjoying your description of Bayonne and pining for pictures.  Pulled these two from their web-site. Nothing deceptive about them, but I think these four images provide a good example of how photographs tend to compress the quality of golf course architecture.

Another thing is evident, at least to me:  It takes real talent to move a lot of dirt and get both the details and the scale to mesh.  

God is such a good architect.

Mike

[Matt_Ward]

Bogey:

Allow me to clarify --

the first photo posted is the downhill par-4 12th hole at Bayonne. Rougly 440 yards -- the bridge in the background is the Verranazo Narrows.

The 3rd picture listed is the par-5 8th at Bayonne.

Truth be told -- Bergstol did a fine job in getting a "natural" look out of the hands of man. This is far from the "over the top" butcher job you see with the Irish Course at Whistling Straits.