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mike_malone

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Hollywood Golf Club—If you are going to do it then do it big!
« on: July 20, 2018, 05:03:27 PM »
  I’m not the biggest fan of heavily bunkered courses so loving Hollywood wasn’t because David Greene is a great host. It was because of the unabashed love for Travis exhibited throughout.


It has a strong and varied set of par fours.
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MCirba

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Re: Hollywood Golf Club—If you’re going to do do it!
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2018, 05:12:21 PM »
Michael, I love the greens.
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mike_malone

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Re: Hollywood Golf Club—If you’re going to do do it!
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2018, 05:24:22 PM »
Quote from: MCirba on July 20, 2018, 05:12:21 PM
Michael, I love the greens.


Yes they spoke Travis to me. I suggested that Travis was the first architect to find LSD.
When I played Westchester I felt that the built up features on hilly land was jarring but it works wonderfully here.
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David_Tepper

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Re: Hollywood Golf Club—If you’re going to do do it!
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2018, 05:25:02 PM »
Mike M. -

Hollywood GC hosted the Met Open last August. I started a thread about it back then,  but I can't find it now.

Here is a nice video about the event. The tour of the course begins after the first 2 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OtCn3StQkI

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mike_malone

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Re: Hollywood Golf Club—If you’re going to do do it!
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2018, 05:27:59 PM »
David Greene said you worked there as a young boy.
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David_Tepper

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Re: Hollywood Golf Club—If you’re going to do do it!
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2018, 05:58:43 PM »
Mike M. -

Yes, I worked for the tennis pro at HGC for 4 summers in the 1960's. Then one summer I prepped the clay courts every morning. Over 50 years ago. Never got to play the golf course. ;)
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Tom_Doak

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Re: Hollywood Golf Club—If you’re going to do do it!
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2018, 06:00:26 PM »
Mike:


Believe it or not, the club kept us about 25 bunkers short of a full restoration at Hollywood.
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mike_malone

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Re: Hollywood Golf Club—If you’re going to do do it!
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2018, 06:02:51 PM »
Quote from: Tom_Doak on July 20, 2018, 06:00:26 PM
Mike:


Believe it or not, the club kept us about 25 bunkers short of a full restoration at Hollywood.


I heard of a few while out there today.
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Jeff_Mingay

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Re: Hollywood Golf Club— If you are going to do it then do it!
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2018, 07:03:41 PM »
What a golf course. Awesome.
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Joe Bausch

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« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2018, 08:14:11 PM »
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Tim Martin

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Re: Hollywood Golf Club—If you are going to do it then do it big!
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2018, 08:44:46 AM »
The Travis greens are incredible and allow so much creativity in the form of backstops, shelfs and internal contouring. RGD's consult and restoration implementation along with the membership's desire to continue along a path to restore the course to as close to original as possible is a winning formula. Hollywood is as fun it gets.
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MCirba

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Re: Hollywood Golf Club—If you are going to do it then do it big!
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2018, 09:37:36 AM »
Michael,


Did you know that William Flynn did the construction at Westchester for Travis?
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mike_malone

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Re: Hollywood Golf Club—If you are going to do it then do it big!
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2018, 09:33:55 PM »
Mike,


 That shows that Flynn can follow direction. He probably thought “ this is one course I don’t have to worry about being rated higher than mine”. ;D
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