Golf + Nicklaus Design Challenge

[Ronald Montesano]

Have a read if you haven't yet.

https://www.golf.com/travel/2020/04/20/golf-nicklaus-design-challenge-arno-kamphuis/

[Matt_Cohn]

I like 3 and 7. The one that’s currently winning I think, 6, seems sort of heavy handed to me. maybe I’m wrong and it would be great in person but it just seems like a bit much. The ones I like are more subtle but still have true alternate-route options. A lot of the other holes have lines drawn in different directions, but in reality you’d just bash it down the middle!

[Ronald Montesano]

#9 got my vote.

[Mike Bodo]

I voted for #3, as I wanted something that came close to a driveable par 4, that presented the golfer alternative, but equally challenging options.

[Bruce Katona]

I voted for #9.  Most all the designs have pretty solid bones, but may just be too severe for most players, IMHO as a landscape architect.

[Mike Nuzzo]

#3 - Trevor laid out my favorite teeing grounds, but the fairway landing area seems a little ambivalent
#4 - Grant also pretty good with the back tee and use of natural features. Other tees not so much, may be a little too difficult on the windy looking site
#7 - Bryan again nice tees, maybe natural is a growing trend, nice hole, seems a little too advantageous for the better player for a greatest hole
#9 - Daniele - I hope she wins. Golf as with all other things in the world needs more women in charge, and it is a very good design
*p.s. Sorry Daniele, not Danielle. Really nice rendering no matter your gender. Peace
 
#10 - Chance drew my favorite hole. Good tees (+), overly dramatic fwy bunker (-), great use of the terrain to create a naturally strategic hole (++). The better hitter's tee shot hits to a continuously shrinking target (+). The green blends in to the terrain very well (+) Superfluous use of greenside bunkering (-). Looks like great fun and interest.

[Matt_Cohn]

#10 - Chance drew my favorite hole. Good tees (+), overly dramatic fwy bunker (-), great use of the terrain to create a naturally strategic hole (++). The better hitter's tee shot hits to a continuously shrinking target (+). The green blends in to the terrain very well (+) Superfluous use of greenside bunkering (-). Looks like great fun and interest.

Yeah, it's a pretty good hole. But—I don't see an option for a long hitter to hit driver and keep it high on the left side of the fairway. Maybe the fairway should be wider(?!) on the left side to create that possibility? As it is now, a long hitter hits driver into the bowl every time. I don't imagine them laying back 50 yards to approach from 10 feet higher?

[Mike Bodo]

#9 - Daniele - I hope she wins. Golf as with all other things in the world needs more women in charge, and it is a very good design
*p.s. Sorry Daniele, not Danielle. Really nice rendering no matter your gender. Peace

I agree 100%! Hers was my second favorite design. If Trevor doesn't win I hope she does.

[Jeff_Brauer]

My gut was also saying no.3. Everyone loves the dramatic tee shot options, but his made the most sense to me on a quick study.