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Steve_ Shaffer

Blue Heron Pines, NJ
« on: July 03, 2005, 08:44:53 AM »
For those interested in playing BHP East before it NLE, there was an ad in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Friday for a July special of $77.

"Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses ... "  Adlai Stevenson
Hyman Roth to Michael Corleone: "We're bigger than US Steel."
Ben Hogan “The most important shot in golf is the next one”

Adam_Jessie

Re:Blue Heron Pines, NJ
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2005, 10:50:48 PM »
Is this place getting plowed under?

Steve_ Shaffer

Re:Blue Heron Pines, NJ
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2005, 07:02:35 AM »
Both BHP courses have been sold by the developer, Roger Hansen. The original West course was sold to RDS and  will remain open. The newer East course was sold to Hovnanian for housing and will probably be reduced to 9 holes after this year.
"Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses ... "  Adlai Stevenson
Hyman Roth to Michael Corleone: "We're bigger than US Steel."
Ben Hogan “The most important shot in golf is the next one”

TEPaul

Re:Blue Heron Pines, NJ
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2005, 02:40:43 PM »
There're so many people on this website who seem able to come up with statistics, it'd be interesting to know if Steve Smyers's Blue Heron Pines East is the fastest course to go NLE in the Modern Age.

It sort of reminds me of that ultra touching epitaph on the gravestone of a little child;

"I was so quickly done for
I wonder what I was begun for"
« Last Edit: July 04, 2005, 02:43:09 PM by TEPaul »

Adam_Jessie

Re:Blue Heron Pines, NJ
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2005, 04:26:55 PM »
Tom,

I sure hope that you are not going to lose too much sleep over this place.

-Adam

Tom_Doak

Re:Blue Heron Pines, NJ
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2005, 10:27:49 PM »
Tom P:

I can't remember the name of the course, but one of Tom Fazio's newer courses in Phoenix was originally designed and built by Greg Norman.  Fazio's biggest client (Discovery Land Corp.) purchased the property, decided Norman's course was too hard, and hired Fazio to plow it up and redesign it before it ever opened!

I think that's the record.

JBergan

Re:Blue Heron Pines, NJ
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2005, 10:46:03 PM »
That was Mirabel, I think.

Tom P:

I can't remember the name of the course, but one of Tom Fazio's newer courses in Phoenix was originally designed and built by Greg Norman.  Fazio's biggest client (Discovery Land Corp.) purchased the property, decided Norman's course was too hard, and hired Fazio to plow it up and redesign it before it ever opened!

I think that's the record.

Steve_ Shaffer

Re:Blue Heron Pines, NJ
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2005, 08:29:31 AM »
Tom andJohn

Mirabel is correct. Discovery Land Company (developer of Estancia and other clubs) purchased Norman's Stonehaven as it was about to open. Stonehaven was a high-end daily fee course and was deemed "too difficult" by the new owners for a high-end private course. The course was bulldozed but the original routing may have been used by Fazio.

Steve
"Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses ... "  Adlai Stevenson
Hyman Roth to Michael Corleone: "We're bigger than US Steel."
Ben Hogan “The most important shot in golf is the next one”

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