10 years ago I played Mira Vista frequently... at the time I thought it was a pretty good golf course. This was before I began lurking on GCA and learned a bit about golf course architecture. Oh yeah, the trips to the links of Scotland and Ireland helped too.
I just found out the course will close on Sept. 5 for the Tom Doak rebuild. Yesterday I went and played it. Yes, it certainly does need a rebuild, I will spare the details.
When we finished, I told my playing partners "this course needs to be bulldozed and rebuilt." How often does that come true?
The new routing looks excellent, there is a drawing in the clubhouse and poles up all over the place showing the new major features. Kinda confusing, but it looks like none of the old greens will be used.
The ground is very, very hard, the waste areas are very, very nasty, and there are a few stands of big old trees.
It looks like new ponds will be built and the old ones filled in. Hopefully that will help with the mosquito breeding grounds. Here in Colorado we don't deal well with the little buggers.
Good luck Tom Doak. We are very glad to have you building a muni golf course for us here in Denver!