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MCirba

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Re: Military fortifications and golf architecture
« Reply #25 on: December 16, 2020, 11:39:33 AM »
Lee's Hill Golf Course in Fredericksburg, VA has the following Confederate remnants.   The course was designed by Bill Love.


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Mike_Young

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Re: Military fortifications and golf architecture
« Reply #26 on: December 16, 2020, 03:27:50 PM »
In 1991 I did a renovation of Marietta Country Club in Marietta, Ga just north of downtown Atlanta(Now called Marietta City Club Hilton Convention Center).  The battle of Kennesaw Mountain was right before Atlanta and Sherman had headquarters in the building that was then the Clubhouse.  One skeleton was unearthed and work was stopped.  Buttons, belt buckles were al recovered.  Afterwards during rough shaping there was constant dudes with metal detectors on property during weekends finding musket balls etc....small skirmishes had occurred on the property. 
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Phil Burr

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Re: Military fortifications and golf architecture
« Reply #27 on: December 16, 2020, 03:46:45 PM »
Thomas Dai & Tim Gavrich have encapsulated my thoughts on this fascinating topic.  Although the moniker is not military, is there a more strategically appropriate defensive position than a volcano?  My favorite is #2 at Eagle Springs in Wisconsin.  Your only chance is a properly judged mortar shot of the appropriate trajectory and weight.  Anything less than perfect bounces harmlessly away from the fortress that is the green, and recovery is up a slope so steep you're firing over the head of the defender (i.e. you can't see the flag).


And what defender wouldn't want a volcano in their rear?  If the ramparts are breached, it can spew hot lava over the attackers.

Pete_Pittock

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Re: Military fortifications and golf architecture
« Reply #28 on: December 17, 2020, 03:15:30 PM »
Isn't TPC Sawgrass #17 and its ilk essentially a castle with a big moat?