This is related to a bit of local San Francisco politics. In this last election, an extremely controversial measure was passed which promises to turn the main thoroughfare along Ocean Beach into a city park. Now, as I've gone on and on before about, this huge section of land exists effectively as linksland: they literally have to plow the sand off of the road as parts of the dunes try to move around. Now, for local budget deficit reasons, there is no funding for the building of the park, but I just wondered if designing a large, seaside park would be something that golf course architects would be interested in.
I think golf course architecture is relevant here, specifically because this type of land is regularly worked on for golf courses, but more importantly, because much of the area of the new parkland sits below the largest dunes, I see golf course architects as exceptionally talented at guiding people in and out of scenic vistas in dunes, while maintaining a natural landscape.
So what do you all think? Has it happened before? Is this all nonsense where I don't understand the scope of city park vs golf course design? I'd appreciate your thoughts.