Mike
The ocean doesn't "run up and down fairways", but fairways run up and down the ocean. Does this count?
Ciao
Sean,
That doesn't count. I am talking about sheet drainage.....seems most all the old the water runs across the fairways instead of down the middle...whereas many of the new courses are routed out of necessity where water moves down the fairway.
Mike
Hi Mike,
With the greatest respect, and I definetly don't mean to disparage your work at all, but I think you are in some regard you are comparing apples with oranges.
On the one hand you talk about the "great old courses", and in the other hand you talk about modern courses that "are routed out of necessity...". I don't see the two as being comparable. I am sure that there were many old courses built which had routing limitations, they just aren't great. I also tend to think that the great courses of this era are on wonderful sites that don't have much in the way of limitations on routing.
Like I said, I don't mean that as an insult to any particular modern architects at all, but I think it is a comparison that is often made by many on this board that has a flawed premise.