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Tony_Chapman

Re:Faldo design
« Reply #25 on: February 14, 2005, 03:38:10 PM »
Isn't Nick still designing this course in Hutchinson, KS???

http://www.cottonwoodhills.net/MasterPlanMap/main.html
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James Edwards

Re:Faldo design
« Reply #26 on: February 14, 2005, 04:46:47 PM »
Out of interest... how much time does our latest GCSAA award winner Jack Nicklaus, along with Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman etc spend on site?

(a purely professional question and no hidden agendas)
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Robert Thompson

Re:Faldo design
« Reply #27 on: February 14, 2005, 09:21:46 PM »
I'd be surprised if Palmer spends much time at all -- Ed Seay is clearly his guy when it comes to design. I was at a Palmer course opening once and Arnold clearly had no club about the course.
As for Jack, I think he's fairly hands on -- especially on interesting properties. Take Florida's Ocean Hammock, for example.... clearly some one spent a lot of time on the details. Norman is similar, I'd bet.
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Mark Brown

Re:Faldo design
« Reply #28 on: February 14, 2005, 11:58:49 PM »
James

Nicklaus - about 8 visits on a signature course which is enough for him

Palmer: 2 days: breaking ground and grand opening

Player: grand opening on most

Norman: probabaly about 8 visits - not bad
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Wayne Freeman

Re:Faldo design
« Reply #29 on: February 15, 2005, 12:41:24 AM »
I was particularly impressed with Faldo's first design effort at Shadow Ridge.  I thought he did a very nice job with the land he had to work with-  interesting, varied holes with beautiful bunkering.  I hope he does a lot more courses, because I think he will produce excellent products.  P.S   I think his t.v. commentary has been outstanding too.  
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James Edwards

Re:Faldo design
« Reply #30 on: February 15, 2005, 04:08:27 AM »
Mark, Robert,

Thats interesting stuff - more than Id expect from those guys.

So how much time would Ben Crenshaw spend on site, considering he is part of one of the most inovative and progressive design partnerships of the moment?

...and do you have any knowledge of how long NF spent on site at Shadow Ridge for instance just so that we can get some comparables?
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Mark Brown

Re:Faldo design
« Reply #31 on: February 15, 2005, 03:07:42 PM »
Crenshaw spends as much time as needed on site for the course to be the best it can possibly be. He is thoroughly involved in every phase of the design from routing to fine sculpting of the putting surfaces. Bill spends a lot of time on the routing and it shows.
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