Isn't this course built on the same underlying sand barrens that runs across Florida to World Woods Golf Club in Brookesville?
Mike T.
Prolly not. My understanding is that it sits atop an old landfill. There's a nice sand ridge from Jupiter Hills up to Sebastian where you'll find John's Island West. That's on the E coast.
The other ridge runs from Lake Wales (Bok Tower, Mountain Lake) up through Davenport (Highlands Reserve) to Mission Inn and maybe even Ocala. I'm no geologist, but I don't think the Deltona landform is the same as Brooksville to the W.
According to Wikipedia in reference to Deltona geography:
"The majority of the land encompassing the city is comprised of Karst topography. Eons ago, when ocean levels were higher Deltona was much closer to the sea shore. The ancient sand dunes and the foliage that adapted there are now an ecosystem that is quickly becoming scarce in Florida because of development. This landscape dominated on the surface by sand hills and sand pine scrub while below its surface limestone and sandy soils work to filter rainfall as it becomes groundwater and part of Florida's unique hydrological system.
In 1962 the Mackle brothers bought 17,203 acres, filed for a planned unit development with 35,143 lots and named the area Deltona. The first Deltona residents arrived in April 1963."
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The old course was opened in 1964. Even back then, water was valuable in Florida. With the land movement and the amount of sand that Bobby Weed spoke to me about, it just seems unreasonable for this to have been a landfill. Houses run all through the course in the aerial and in the modern era, it would be near impossible to now get permitting for 200+ condos on top of a landfill.
John Conley where did you get your information?
Sean Arble,
I told you not to look!
Tom Doak is on record here a number of times that he would like to build a bunkerless course. When are you going to fund him and his statement course?