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Marty Bonnar

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Did D.A. plant da floo'ers dalibritly?
« on: April 24, 2008, 05:34:49 PM »
Ridiculous place for a flowerbed, eh?

Can you think of a worse example of a stupidly placed horticultural extravagance?

'Cinderella boy', notwithstanding of course... ;)

FBD.
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Michael Moore

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Re: Did D.A. plant da floo'ers dalibritly?
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2008, 06:48:36 PM »
Who is D.A. ?
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mike_beene

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Re: Did D.A. plant da floo'ers dalibritly?
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2008, 10:32:09 PM »
Do you mean those in the rocks around the ponds?
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RJ_Daley

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Re: Did D.A. plant da floo'ers dalibritly?
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2008, 11:36:35 PM »
Aye Marty, da floo'ers an walls aer a grait lot'a nunsince an exasirashuns.  Wha du thay haf' tae do wi'gawf, I ask massel'?
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Marty Bonnar

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Re: Did D.A. plant da floo'ers dalibritly?
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2008, 12:50:00 PM »
Michael M,
Weibring.

Michael B,
yes indeedy.

Uncle Dick,
the ever-creeping Augustanization of our golf courses is making me feel quite queasy...(insert barfing emoticon here)

Am I the only person to have seen the shot played from the flowerbed? I did have a coupla glasses of wine last night, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't hallucinating.

 ???

FBD.
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mike_beene

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Re: Did D.A. plant da floo'ers dalibritly?
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2008, 03:06:31 PM »
Martin, I was in a corporate box on 17 yesterday and it looked like a few people were close. While the flower beds and waterfalls are not pure,they at least make a drab area look better.In reality,D.A. did wonders by removing trees and making the greens and surrounding areas much better.I saw more chip shots yesterday than I can remember. He did similar good work at Royal Oaks. He was a super short gamer,and these courses are both better than their prior bermuda flop shot existence. The course is what it is: an easy place for 80,000 people to see golf and have a good time and raise a fortune for good causes. Kudos to D.A. for the personal committment he put in to this. The wind is down today so I bet the scores are also.A much needed cold front arrives tonight so we will be in 70's tomorrow.
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Marty Bonnar

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Re: Did D.A. plant da floo'ers dalibritly?
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2008, 03:20:02 PM »
Mike,
thanks for the on-course commentary! I guess it is truly always better to see things in the flesh (flora?)

My interest is very piqued by your 'make a drab area look better' statement. In what ways was the area drab before? Wouldn't it have been possible to 'prettify' it with rather more 'golf coursey' detailing? (I like flowers - just not in 'In-play' areas).

cheers,
FBD.
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mike_beene

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Re: Did D.A. plant da floo'ers dalibritly?
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2008, 04:59:11 PM »
Martin, Dallas is on an open plain but in the older parts there are enough planted trees and landscaping you don't notice.Parts of the area have very black soil which is great for farming but not much else.Las Colinas is an old ranch with Mesquite trees everywhere. These are scraggly little tough trees that you would think of as ugly dead gorse bushes after a fire.The water is murky but generally a few moccasin heads are visible.These are the meanest of snakes.In addition ,you can see the office buildings everywhere.It is a nice development close to the airport with corporate headquarters of companies like Exxon.Also freeways visible(14 plays down the 114 freeway).The color green ,without help would not yet be visible and by July would be burned out.By the way,the four seasons did not hire me to write this review!All that being said,a fun place to watch golf.You can actually see.
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mike_beene

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Re: Did D.A. plant da floo'ers dalibritly?
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2008, 11:33:58 PM »
FBD, I went back and looked today and this flower bed on 17 is pretty large and I agree kinda silly. But that is nothing,today I discovered a red line running the length of the first hole between the fairway and the corporate tents. The line is in a curb and thus permanent. Are they really playing the corporate tents as a lateral hazard? It wouldn't be the only thing fake I saw today.
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