Anyone who's seen me knows I am no stick figure...
Ben, this is a terrific thread. You have drawn more of the thought process out of the archies on board than damn near any other thread. Well done on the thread.
Can't really comment on your design, the lines confuse my primitive mind.
Thanks George. I tried to honor the opinions of others--some were good friends of mine-- in "desk drawer-ing" it for a few weeks until AAC was closed.
I also did what Tom asked and didn't even make a glance at it for that time period. Like any creative endeaver, things change. I have recently been on a tear studying courses of the Northeast. (I will be at my best friends wedding in Connecticut in May, and am looking to play some golf while I'm up there.) Aerially, places like Eastward Ho!, Friars Head, Tamarack, Yale, Kittansett, Newport CC are so carefully draped on the terrain. Green to tee transfers are minimal, and the bunkering is positioned so well. I love me some cowboy golf out west on the new American links of Nebraska and Oregon and Colorado. But the classics in New England and Long Island are really getting my attention right now.
As such, I will tackle a much more walker friendly routing tonight. I also want to cross more contour lines as opposed to running with them after studying these great courses more. For some reason, I had Ballyneal in mind while I was routing this land. Now I see the fallacy of that idea. I must find a reputation for THIS property. Not take another course's reputation and force it.
We'll see how it comes out. And as always, Tom and you guys will be here to frag me if I step too far out of bounds.
I'm excited to get it started again.