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Jim Colton

Your Starting Five
« on: October 16, 2013, 04:01:36 PM »
Imagine that a genie granted you the following wishes:

 - He grants you a plot of unfettered land that you would consider to be the perfect site for a golf course. Doak 11 potential. Just picture that site in your head, you don't have to describe it.

 - Then he says, "you can choose any architect, dead or alive, to design and build your golf course for you...who do you want? I still need to check on their availability, so give me a list of 5 in order of preference."

Who's your five? I don't want any qualifiers or any statements like 'I'd choose X for Site A, but Y for Site B'  Just a list of five names in order for your dream site is fine. If somebody questions your list, then you are free to discuss your rationale in more detail.
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Steve Kline

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2013, 04:10:42 PM »
Doak
MacDonald/Rayno
Coore/Crenshaw
Ross
George Thomas
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Brian Finn

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2013, 04:16:58 PM »
C.B. MacDonald
Alister MacKenzie
Seth Raynor
Donald Ross
A.W. Tillinghast
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Michael Wharton-Palmer

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2013, 04:19:19 PM »
Colt
Mackenzie
Doak
Tillinghast
Braid
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Andrew Buck

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2013, 04:19:57 PM »
Mackenzie
Doak
Mac/Raynor
Ross
Colt
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PCCraig

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2013, 04:21:41 PM »
ODG:

MacDonald
MacKenzie
Raynor
Flynn
Langford

Alive:

Doak
Coore/Crenshaw
Urbina
Hanse
Dye (Pete)
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Eric Smith

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2013, 04:21:58 PM »
Mike Nuzzo
Ian Andrew
Robin Hiseman
Rob Collins
Brandon Johnson
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BHoover

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2013, 04:26:57 PM »
Ross
Alison
MacKenzie
Raynor
Flynn
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Matt Bradley

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2013, 04:27:31 PM »
1) Mackenzie
2) Raynor
3) Colt
4) Doak
5) Simpson
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Charlie Gallagher

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2013, 04:29:07 PM »
Mackenzie
Hanse
Doak
Nuzzo
Thompson
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Jim Colton

Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2013, 04:30:26 PM »
If I'm being honest...

Colton
Doak
Mackenzie
Macdonald
Nuzzo
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Greg Taylor

Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2013, 04:30:35 PM »
Colt
CB Macdonald
Tillinghast
Coore/Crenshaw
Mackenzie

No massive science, just my favourite five!
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Bart Bradley

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2013, 04:30:45 PM »
Quote from: Matt Bradley on October 16, 2013, 04:27:31 PM
1) Mackenzie
2) Raynor
3) Colt
4) Doak
5) Simpson

Smart kid!

I wonder if you don't have Simpson too low?

Bart
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Matt Bradley

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2013, 04:33:34 PM »
Quote from: Bart Bradley on October 16, 2013, 04:30:45 PM
Quote from: Matt Bradley on October 16, 2013, 04:27:31 PM
1) Mackenzie
2) Raynor
3) Colt
4) Doak
5) Simpson

Smart kid!

I wonder if you don't have Simpson too low?

Bart



Very possible that I do, found it interesting that no one else had mentioned him so far.
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Bill_McBride

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #14 on: October 16, 2013, 04:35:10 PM »
Anyone who has been fortunate enough to play Wolf Point will have Mike Nuzzo in his five.  It's that good.  
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Thomas Dai

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2013, 04:38:04 PM »
1 Herbert Fowler
2 Harry Colt
3 n/a
4 n/a
5 n/a

Just two will do fine.

All the best
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Rees Milikin

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2013, 04:43:06 PM »
Alive:
Rob Collins
Mike Nuzzo
Doak
C&C
Hanse

Dead:
Tillinghast
Macdonald/Raynor
Mackenzie
Colt
Ross
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Josh Tarble

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2013, 04:44:24 PM »
Quote from: Jim Colton on October 16, 2013, 04:30:26 PM
If I'm being honest...

Colton
Doak
Mackenzie
Macdonald
Nuzzo

I'm with you here...if I'm being honest my list is:

Myself
MacKenzie
Ross
Doak
Dye (Pete)

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Greg Gilson

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2013, 04:52:07 PM »
Simpson
Colt
Raynor
Doak
Allison
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Alex Miller

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #19 on: October 16, 2013, 05:01:05 PM »
Josh and Jim; nicccccce.

Miller
Mackenzie
MacDonald
Thomas
Colt

So it looks like if they need to be alive, I'm desiging it  ;D. And of course since no course is built by just one man, I'd need a lot of help from people who know what they're doing.
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Dan Delaney 🐮

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #20 on: October 16, 2013, 05:01:54 PM »
Flynn
Crump (Why wouldn't you give him another shot?)
MacKenzie
Ross
C/C
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Alex Miller

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #21 on: October 16, 2013, 05:04:11 PM »
Quote from: Dan Delaney on October 16, 2013, 05:01:54 PM
Flynn
Crump (Why wouldn't you give him another shot?)
MacKenzie
Ross
C/C


I agree. And Fownes also built a masterpiece, albeit penal, in his only attempt.
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Howard Riefs

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #22 on: October 16, 2013, 05:05:31 PM »
Macdonald/Raynor
MacKenzie
Flynn
Doak
Coore/Crenshaw
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Michael George

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #23 on: October 16, 2013, 05:10:24 PM »
Quote from: Eric Smith on October 16, 2013, 04:21:58 PM
Mike Nuzzo
Ian Andrew
Robin Hiseman
Rob Collins
Brandon Johnson

Eric:

So should Mike Nuzzo get ready to spend some time in Tennessee if I can raise the capital?   ;D
« Last Edit: October 16, 2013, 05:12:31 PM by Michael George »
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Eric Smith

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Re: Your Starting Five
« Reply #24 on: October 16, 2013, 05:17:23 PM »
Mike,

Jim's opening post mentions a genie and potential Doak 11 land. My Tennessee dream has neither of those in it. :)

However, I would hope to lean on all of these guys if the opportunity presented itself.
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