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Aidan Bradley

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What if there was no water?
« on: January 15, 2007, 06:29:27 PM »
Would the average American golfer play if the course looked like this.......













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Jonathan Cummings

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2007, 06:35:23 PM »
Maybe not but I sure would (and have).  This is a wonderful tract.  JC
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Bill Gayne

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2007, 06:45:51 PM »
I played a course yesterday that was brown with dormant bermuda that was not overseeded. The greens were bent grass. It was jam packed. I enjoy dormant bermuda after a couple of dry winter days.
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Jeff Doerr

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2007, 07:35:36 PM »
We would need to be re-trained! I think most on this site would gladly brown up their course.

The course looks like SoCal, but I can't place it...
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Pat Howard

Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2007, 07:38:42 PM »
I know I would! But then again Aidan, your photo's can make a parking lot look like CPC!

 ;)
« Last Edit: January 15, 2007, 07:39:00 PM by Pat Howard »
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RJ_Daley

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2007, 08:06:43 PM »
Does BC really have FWs that are that dormant right now, or did you do some photo shopping, Aidan?  Those FWs were not Bermuda, or has my memory been totally shot?  They haven't had that much cold weather there, have they?  And, if this much dormant brown turf is truly the result of a lack of H2O for FW irrigation like Hoylake was last summer, then they must be hard as a rock and would probably be a hoot to play.  Sign me up!  ;) ;D
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PThomas

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2007, 08:13:40 PM »
well done as always Aidan

why many people think golf courses MUST BE predominantly green , and/or that only green turf = healthy turf, never ceases to amaze me

unfortunately I think that oftentimes a "crisis" must exist for people to change their habits/expectations

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RJ_Daley

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2007, 08:22:11 PM »
contrasting colors... ;) 8)
Aiden, can you photoshop me to look a little less dumpy on the tee.  I feel like Simon Hobday...  ::)





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Karl Bernetich

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2007, 08:49:28 PM »
The hole actually looks more difficult to play brown.  Is is just an illusion from the photos or is there less contrast and harder to pick out the line ?
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S. Huffstutler

Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2007, 09:04:57 PM »
Looks nice, but there is water there. Overseed wont grow without it. Overseeding requires more water than not overseeding.

Steve
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paul cowley

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2007, 09:12:57 PM »
...does anyone know the name of this course, its designer and locale?
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Justin Gale

Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2007, 09:25:53 PM »
If you want to play some courses that look like this, come to Australia, and in particular Sydney at the moment - in the middle of the worst drought in 100 years. Scenes like these are the norm.
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Jeff Doerr

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2007, 09:34:03 PM »
BC reminded me - this is Barona Creek. A best you can play course.

Not sure on designer...
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paul cowley

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2007, 09:35:39 PM »
....thanks IM guys....does the course play well too?, although I think I already know the answer. :)
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Josh Smith

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2007, 09:39:09 PM »
Aidan,

         Beautiful.  Are these photos recent?  Does the course currently look like this?  Todd Eckinrode is the man, I can't wait to visit for my first time, hopefully when it looks like that.

Josh
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Aidan Bradley

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2007, 09:52:26 PM »
Barona Creek was interested to see what the course would look like if there was a problem with access to water. I believe I photographed the course in  Sept or Oct before they overseeded the course. It was an interestesting experiment and the kudoos for design belong to Todd Eckenroode. As a golfer I would enjoy playing the course whether it was brown or green.

RJ..........I can make you look like Twiggy!!!!!!!!
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Joe Hancock

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2007, 09:56:53 PM »
Quote from: Aidan Bradley on January 15, 2007, 09:52:26 PM
RJ..........I can make you look like Twiggy!!!!!!!!

Just make him look like Jordan Wall..... ;D

Joe
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RJ_Daley

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2007, 10:26:04 PM »
Once again, I will say that I don't believe those FWs are bermuda.  Can anyone confirm or challenge that? I think they are a heavy blend of rye, bents, and poa.  I think Aidan just drew some lines and worked some color magic...
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Jordan Wall

Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2007, 10:32:43 PM »
Quote from: Joe Hancock on January 15, 2007, 09:56:53 PM
Quote from: Aidan Bradley on January 15, 2007, 09:52:26 PM
RJ..........I can make you look like Twiggy!!!!!!!!

Just make him look like Jordan Wall..... ;D

Joe

 :-[ :'( >:( :D ;) :)
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Michael Dugger

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2007, 10:48:42 PM »
Wasn't there a gca-approved event at Barona Creek in the fledgling days of the website???

The course looks fantastic.  Can anyone confirm nor deny if the bunkering isn't continuing to evolve?  Check these pictures.....





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Jonathan Cummings

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #20 on: January 16, 2007, 05:43:19 AM »
Indeed there was a gca tournament at BC.  It was a Tommy Nachos inspired event.  I couldn't make it but did show up in SoCal soon afterward.  Tommy had me play Rustic in the am and Barona in the afternoon - no small feat of driving, and I don't mean driving the little ball.

After 36 holes the sun was setting and I was ready for a beer at the BC casino (visible in Aidan's pic above).  The casino was dry!!  I hope the indians who run the place by now have figured that that probably isn't the best of marketing strategies.

JC
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Jim_Kennedy

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #21 on: January 16, 2007, 06:28:19 AM »
Aidan,
If there was a sandy base under that brown, maybe. Tendonitis would run rampant at inland courses in the NE if the grass looked like that. Best you can hope for(IMHO) around here and still attract players would look something like this:
 
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Steve Lang

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #22 on: January 16, 2007, 08:32:29 AM »
 8)
Barona Creek indeed..   Calling Pete Lavallee..

I thought i knew bermuda , don't really remember it well..

Isn't the creek flow artificial?

Quite fun.. but the real question is.. if you had the choice between BC and Rustic Canyon as home club.. which would you choose?

p.s. i sit corrected
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Scott_Burroughs

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Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #23 on: January 16, 2007, 09:18:28 AM »
Quote from: Aidan Bradley on January 15, 2007, 06:29:27 PM
Would the average American golfer play if the course looked like this.......



The average American golfer who lives in the south and
southwest plays on courses that look like this as long as 5
months of the year when their warm-season-grassed courses
go dormant.  Most courses don't overseed outside of tourist destination areas.
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Doug Ralston

Re:What if there was no water?
« Reply #24 on: January 16, 2007, 03:01:59 PM »
Zoysia goes brown in Winter, and stays so quite a while. GREAT to play on all Winter, if it is well grown you will never have a bad lie. See Dale Hollow Lake SP golf course, our favorite winter destination.

Zoysia has but one drawback; if the land underneath is moist at all, it is so thick it limits your roll. On the other hand, since it practically tees you ball up in the fairway, perhaps you can use a little extra club  ;).

Doug

PS: I speak of my own experience. Perhaps zoysia plays otherwise in different soil? And I do not know what it takes to grow. That said, it is my preferred fairway.
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